Valentine's Day Pancakes

Ingredients

·         1 cup low-fat cottage cheese

·         2 1/2 cups of oats (blend into oat flour add 1 tsp of baking powder to the flour and mix together)

·         6 egg whites

·         2 eggs

·         1 1/2 scoops vanilla protein powder

·         ½ tsp of cinnamon

·         cap full of vanilla extract

·         1-2tsp sugar free strawberry jello mix

Pancake Instructions

1.      Combine all dry ingredients and mix well.

2.      Add wet ingredients and mix together.

3.      Heat a skillet and lightly spray with cooking spray.

4.      Pour ½ cup to 1 cup of batter into skillet (depending on the size or pancake you want). When cake bubbles, flip until golden.

5.      Top with Whip topping and strawberries (nuke 5 frozen strawberries in the microwave- I love Costco Kirkland brand)

Taking things one step at a time

I love this time of year. The blossoms starting to bud and bloom on the trees. Weather and the sun starting to change, and good old out door hill runs. Where I live there is no such thing as a flat run. Its up or it's down, and when you go down you have to come back up :). When I first started running I would look at the long stretch of a hill and want to cry and quit. Now, I take it one step at a time...one breath at a time and somehow make it to the top.

With all of our goals in life we need to do the same, otherwise we can get overwhelmed and quit. Trust me I've been on both sides. What helps me is to sit back, take a deep breath, and focus on what is most important. That's how I set up my to-do list for each day...tasks in order of urgency. My workouts are an urgency. They allow me to take time for myself and to keep my body healthy and strong to keep up with my life as a wife, mom, group fitness instructor, and personal trainer. Some days are better then others, and I gobble up the good days and make the most of the messy days :). Take time for yourself to reflect and ponder on what you really want, and what is most important to you and then go for it.

TABATA hill running
(warm-up)
20 sec. sprint
10 sec jog
20 sec. sprint
10 sec jog
20 sec sprint
10 sec jog
2 minute steady pace (pace you can breath comfortable at)
Repeat 5 times or until you get to the top of your hill

Happy Running my friends xx

I love my fitness journal...

In honor of the month of February...LOVE MONTH! I am going to share the things I love. My favorite supplements, fitness apparel, workouts, website, recipes, shoes, you name it, and I will share it. I love reading about the things people are loving out there right now. So here is my FIRST LOVE.

MY FITNESS JOURNAL...

Some might think I am OCD, but it is important to me to right down my daily goals, what I did that day, what I am thankful for, what I ate, how I felt, etc. It is relaxing and rejuvenating to me. The oxygen journal I use has motivational quotes.

Here is one of my favorites right now

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."- Og Mandino

Such a great a powerful quote. Each day is a gift and a new day. When I wake up in the morning before I get out of bed I think of what an awesome opportunity it is to start a BRAND NEW DAY. A chance to be a better mom, wife, friend, sister, daughter, teacher, and motivator. I am so grateful for having that opportunity.

Until my next love...make today great!!