#turvis

[carina-xvx-hellebore]

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}Okay I swear I'm going to bed but before I do everyone who reads this if you can please send love to @turvamania on Twitter he's feeling super down but he's a really nice guy.{

[notyourmamascloset]

Loving this!! It fits on my turvis and on my yeti!! $8 on amazon and of course free shipping for prime members. SkyyHi Yeti/RTIC/Ozark Handle/Arctic Cup Tumbler Handle for 30 oz. Rambler for Stainless Steel Tumblers Mugs Flask, Blue Very simple and easy to use.

[karenlalablog]

Is it the good fat or the bad fat?

By Karen

Ok, if you’re a Larry David fan, that title makes me laugh because of the episode of CYE when he keeps asking if it’s the “good Hodgkins or the bad Hodgkins.” If you haven’t seen it, watch it. All of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Every episode. Oh, I just laaaauuughhh and laaauuugghhh.

Okay. Back to real stuff. I’ve got some tips and thoughts for you this week. 

1. Drink Water!! I love that my Fitbit app has a way for me to log my water. I do it every day and I almost always hit my goal. I’ll even guzzle some just to hit it. I don’t even drink anything else anymore. (Except coffee, which you can pry from my cold, dead hands. No, really, my hands are always cold. And really bony.) DRINK YOUR WATER!! Seriously. Do it. There’s really no excuse. It helps you feel full, so you aren’t just mindlessly eating when really your body is dehydrated and craving water. There are other apps, like MyFitnessPal (we broke up, but I’m totally fine with you guys still being friends.) will also log your water. Also, get a cool water bottle or cup that you LOVE to drink from. If you like it, you’re going to use it! I love my Tervis bottle that leaks on me and another Tervis cup I have. And my Swell bottle, but it doesn’t hold a lot. I find that bigger cups/bottles encourage me more because I’m knocking out more water at one time. I don’t log it until I’ve finished that whole bottle.

2. Log your food!!!! Ok. For real. Do this. Again, my Fitbit app has that, and I love it. It tells me how many calories I’ve eaten, how many I’ve burned, how many I have left to eat that day. It takes the “counting” away from me and I have found pretty much everything in there when I’ve started typing it in. I don’t have to add the items + calories in myself. MyFitnessPal will also do this (and that app is free) so use it. You can also find TONS of food log templates on Pinterest, so you can either do them on your computer or print them and put them into a cute little binder and keep it with you! If you have to write it down or log it, you might not eat that bad thing that you want. It keeps me honest. I even log when I eat something I shouldn’t, so I can go back and see clearly when I made that choice and what might have been influencing it. 

3. Eat some good fats! Ok, so I’ve hit my number where my body always goes, “Nope. We’re good. Just gonna stay right here.” on the scale. I talked to the nutritionist we have at the gym and she asked me to tell her my usual day’s food. I told her a couple of days-worth of my eating and she said, “Um, okay. You’re not eating any fats. Not even good fats. You need to get some back into your diet.” Ahhh, yes. The good fats. So I’ve started eating an apple with almond butter on it for breakfast, added an avocado to my tuna sandwich last night after working out, and I can honestly say, I’m slowly coming down on the scale. Go figure. :) I guess my suggestion to you is to talk to someone who knows more than you about what you should be eating. Depending on if you want to lose weight or stay the same weight or gain more muscle... you need to be eating the right things!! I don’t know the answer to that, so please consider finding someone who can help you - like your doctor or a nutritionist.

4. Do it for a cause! So I ran (har har) across this cool app yesterday called Charity Miles. You can actually earn 25 cents per mile for the charity you choose in the app each time you run or walk, 10 cents for each mile biked! There are some AWESOME charities on there (if you need help deciding if they’re a good charity, visit them on Charity Navigator and see their rating and how much they actually spend on their mission. 3 is a good rating, 4 is great.) and if you want some help choosing one, let me know. I’ve researched several of them. So while you’re working out for YOU, you can also help someone else. And that feels extra-extra good!

5. If you have a plan, stick to it. Ok, so this is for me in a funny way. I keep trying to “remember” how many miles I’m supposed to run on any given day. Which, with my Hashimoto’s, remembering ANYTHING is a joke. (That just reminded me to take my thyroid meds, hang on.) So three different times I have either run too much or not enough and not noticed until I got back to my office and looked at my calendar. I am going to start looking at my calendar EVERY morning to be sure I’m doing the correct workout for my running plan. I need to be sure I’m not hurting myself or shorting myself in my training. Also, I’ve been completely faithful in my Rock Your Jeans classes and stayed most days for the “after” classes, which are always really hard, but totally worth it. 

You know what I’m gonna say next. I believe in you. I know you can do this. If I can do this, you can do this. I know that you can. Just try something new! <3 

karen

[krakkula]

Turvis cups are just the adult version of sippy cups.