Healthy Living

Maddie, 20, from Vancouver Canada

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What Does 2,500 Calories Look Like?

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Running in Zion~!

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First night of the one month makeover, taking it a bit slower, only doing the dinners for the first little bit to get myself accustomed to it. Trying to set a routine and get myself healthy again!

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Tonight’s DINNNNNNNER 🍝🍝 when I’m being lazy and can’t be bothered to make my own pasta sauce… Which is often 👀 I just mix together a tin of cherry tomatoes and macro organic pasta sauce from woolies and it’s SO GOOD 👅 low fat and low sodium !!! + rocket + corn + nutritional yeast + pepper + lemon = heavennnn 😜👼🏼👌🏼

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After Work Abs!

Get your abs ready for summer with this bodyweight circuit:

Squats - 30 reps

Side Plank Left - 45 seconds

Side Plank Right - 45 seconds

Rest 20 seconds

Sit-Ups - 20 reps

Forearm Plank - 60 seconds

Ab Crunch - 20 reps

Rest 20 seconds

Sumo Squat Jumps - 20 reps

Side Plank Left - 45 seconds

Side Plank Right - 45 seconds

Repeat 1-3x

Feel the burn. Love the burn. It’ll all be worth it in a few weeks.

See plank exercise demo here

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Work your Abs & Core!

Do these 9 ab exercises for the prescribed number of reps or hold count:

Bear or Side Plank Crunch - 10-15 reps on each side

Toe Touch - 20 reps

Russian Twist - 20 alternating reps

Single Leg Crunch - 10 -15 reps on each leg

Crisscross or Scissor Kicks - 20 reps

Bicycle Crunch - 20 reps

Hip Raise - 20 reps

Jump Up or Donkey Kicks - 30 seconds

Cross Leg Crunch - 10 - 15 reps each leg

Rest and then repeat the entire sequence.

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Muffin Top Workout

This is an awesome workout I found on Glamour that I’ll be doing later today. It’s only 4 exercises that are repeated for the prescribed number of reps or hold count: 

- Weighted Twist x 15 reps on each side or alternate for 30 seconds. Try using a 10 - 15lb weight. 

 - Scorpion Twist x 10 reps on each side. 

 - Grasshopper x 20 reps on each side. 

 - Standing Elbow Crossover x 30 reps each side( you can start by doing 20 reps) 

 This workout should be done in addition to 30 minutes of cardio 3 x a week. 

Bye bye Muffin Top! 

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Avocado-spinach sauce turned out 💣💣💣💣 1 avo, 1 cup spinach, 1 clove garlic, 1 tsp lemon juice, black pepper, pasta water for desired consistency~ atop brown rice pasta, spinach, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and tomatoes xx so simple yet so damn guuuuuuuud 😜

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 If you are seeking natural ways to cleanse your body, these eight simple ways below will be very helpful.

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Pan-Seared Steak with Garlic Butter

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important

Have you ever thought “Man, I feel impossibly shitty and I don’t know why”?

Run through this checklist before you do anything else.

What have I eaten in the last 24 hours? Is it enough? If not, go and eat some food, you butt.

Am I hydrated? If not, put some fluids in your body, fool.

Have I slept an acceptable amount in the last 24 hours and preceeding few days? If not, do your utmost to have a nap. You need a reset, bro.

Have I been outside/partaken in whatever form of exercise I am capable of? You’re stagnating, homie.

Have I communicated with anyone? At all? About anything? In the last 24 hours? Sup, you’re not actually a lone wolf, and even if you’re just shouting BUTTLUMPS at someone over the intertubes, it’s better than shouting it at yourself inside your own head.

So basically: eat, drink, sleep, walk, and talk. If you still feel like emotional ass after that, start looking for more involved explanations.

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This shit is no joke.

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All of these are extremely important.

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Adding: 6. Have I communicated too much? Am I overstimulated? Do I need some quiet time? Go stare at a blank wall in utter silence for a bit.

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I try to go through this kind of checklist whenever I feel funky. It really helps.

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I. Numbers signify the value of a lot of things, but they do not measure your worth. Do not give your GPA, your weight, your salary, or any other number more power than it deserves. You do not earn merit by being enslaved to a numerical value. You are more than a number. That is unconditional. You’re a piece of infinity. If you’re going to identify with a number at all, let it be that one. You are limitless. II. There will be times that you fail, but that does not make you a failure. Keep going. Do not let the fear of failure keep you from trying. Do not remain stuck. Move forward. Go slow. Go three steps forward and two steps back but do not stop. Baby steps will get you farther than laying down in defeat. III. You are the only person holding yourself to such unattainable standards and you are the only person disappointed when you do not meet them. No one else expects perfection from you. No one else overanalyzes your imperfections the way you do. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Give yourself a break. After all this time, you sure as hell deserve one. IV. Your flaws, mistakes, struggles, and weaknesses are home to a distinct, profound beauty that you don’t even realize exists. Imperfections make you real. You don’t need hide them. You don’t need to pretend to have it all together all the time. You’re only human, after all. V. Constantly aiming high, working hard, and striving to do better is admirable until you start berating yourself for the shortcomings you experience along the way. Self-improvement and self-deprecation are two very different things. Do not confuse them. VI. Black and white are just colors - not the lens through which you should view your life. The world is a big gray area, and within the gray you will find endless color. You do not need to experience life in such high contrast. The way the world works isn’t so cut and dry - it rarely involves the alls or nothings that constantly plague your mind. Open your eyes to all the possibilities. Take comfort in them. VII. Perfectionism may yield some achievement, but nothing outweighs the freedom in realizing that because “perfect” does not exist, you are not bound to it. Realize that, remind yourself of it often, and breathe easier. Be free. VIII. You don’t need to keep trying to prove yourself. You have been good enough all along. It’s time you start believing it.

a note to myself and to all of the struggling perfectionists that needed to hear it (via grilledcheese-samwich)

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An Apple a Day Infographic

[thehappycleanvegan]

Food is fuel. You do not need to earn food. You have permission to eat. Eat to feel good. Eat to think clearly. Eat to be social. Eat to look your best. Eat to nourish every cell in your body. Eat to have energy. Eat to live.