Shades of Health!

Hey lovelies. I want to share something with you guys that is kicking off on August 1!It's called Shades of Health and it was created by one of my BGR sisters, Shionta. Shionta has been such an inspiration to me and everyone that she is around I'm sure. So I definitely wanted to share this with you all so you can join in on this beautiful journey. 

Here's what she had to say about it:

Shades of Health, a journey started December 1, 2013, (not a challenge) will forever connect health and fitness and yoga practice. My intentions have and will continue to break the unspoken barriers within the African American community that are experienced in health and fitness and yoga practice. EVERYONE is WELCOMED to empower change. The short of the long, I had the opportunity to speak with a group of girls scouts that were African american 6-8th grade and they verbalized "black girls don't do yoga, black girls don't workout", I was really in shock, but used that opportunity to uplift and share my knowledge and truth. I'm claiming that the journey will continue to be a blessing to so many and new faces will join us. No prizes are given, the rewards will be created through our intentions! Follow along on Instagram!

Peace and Blessings.

Day 1,11,21 @findingthedivine 
Day 2,12,22 @csamaa 
Day 3,13,23 @radiahmaria 
Day 4,14,24 @laiusky85 
Day 5,15,25 @kethysk 
Day 6,16,26 @yogikayla 
Day 7,17,27 @daniveemcqueen 
Day 8,18,28 @dropitlotus 
Day 9,19,29 @sunqueen 
Day 10,20,30 @heartbeat4many 
Day 31 Everyone post someone else that may have inspired you through their caption, posture, exercise, etc! 

Make sure you follow them all on IG! Shionta is @heartbeat4many!

I can't wait to join in on something positive that will uplift and inspire others especially those in the African American community to be fit, healthy, and enjoy your journey to being a healthier you.  

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Shopping at ikea is like returning to therapy.

Happy Father's Day!
to the fathers, the daddies, those acting as fathers, those playing both roles as mother & father. You are appreciated.
 Happy Sunday! 

I had a great Saturday. A little bit of yoga, a little bit of love, a little bit of ice cream.. all so much fun. 

On Friday, I finished my last workout of Livefit Trainer Phase 1. 1 phase down, 2 more to go.

I worked my shoulders and abs hard on Friday too.

I mean it may had something to do with the fact that I knew I was having pizza last night. Yeah see Pizza hut had this deal. Large pizza for $5.55 to celebrate their anniversary. Now c'mon. I'm not saying no to that. So I planned a movie and pizza night for me and le boyfriend. It was great. I convinced him to watch Spirit of the Marathon with me. I hadn't heard about this movie until a couple weeks ago when someone told me about the 2nd one that premiered for one night only on Wednesday. I wasn't able to go but was told the 1st one was on Netflix. So I had to check it out. Can you say inspiring and awesome! I can't wait to cross that finish line one day and become a marathoner. Ahhh I can taste it. 

No eating after 8:30 will be hard.

The half way mark. We are almost at the half way mark. At the end of this month officially half of the year will be gone. Crazy speak I tell you. So with a new month comes a new goal(s) and new challenge(s). As some of you may know, I joined in on the Chobani challenge and made goals for the rest of my year.

My May goal was to get more organized and to run less, strength train more. Goals accomplished for the most part. I did not run at all last month and I have been strength training much more thanks to Livefit Trainer. As far as organization, I'm getting there. Slowly but surely trying to make a to do list for each day and complete it. It's hard work sticking to it but I am trying to dedicate myself to it more. So this goal will go over into June. My june goals was as follows:

Workout Wednesday: Good morning Yoga!

Good morning bombshell's & gentlemen!

Today's workout wednesday treat is one that will wake up your body and get you ready for your day.

Should only take about 10 - 15 mins out of your morning!

Find the specifics on this workout—including how long to hold each post—at Mind Body Green

Enjoy your hump day!

Any special plans today?

xoxo, the coily bombshell 
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Pancakes - POPEYE STYLE!

Today has been relaxing. I woke up and caught up with my daily yoga and then spent the afternoon at the park. I did a 3 mile walk while reading my book club's book of the month Sacre Bleu. Then I relaxed by the water and tried to read up on some homework and some of Women's Health. I had all this great strength thanks to my wonderful breakfast!

I came across the recipe for these on one of my newly favorite blogs. I am learning to get into trying new things so I was actually excited to try these. I am a pancake fanatic sooooo why not mix my love for pancakes with my love for spinach?! I know I know, most people are going to think .... "Spinach pancakes - Ewwww" - at least that was one of my responses on Instagram but to my surprise and maybe many others if you chose to give these bad boys a try, they are quite good!

Popeye's Pancakes

Ingredients: 

1/2 Cup of Pancake Mix (I used what I had which was Log Cabin All Natural Pancake Mix)

1/3 Cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk (though I used Sweetened - it was what I had :-/)

1 tbsp of egg white

1 to 2 cups of leafy greens (i.e. Spinach but hmmm I wonder how Kale would work)

1/4 of a very ripe banana

Dash or 2 of cinnamon

Dash of vanilla extract 

Instructions: 

Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor or Magic Bullet.

Grease then hit a skillet and put it on medium to low heat. 

You want to cook them really slow with low heat. Don't rush them. Let them take their time. 

Pour 1/3 of the batter on the skillet. (Don't judge my pancakes circles)

Just as the bubbles begin to pop is when you can flip them! 

Enjoy! I did :-) . I kept it simple and just topped them with some light syrup and had the rest of the banana (from the 1/4) and two slices of turkey bacon on the side! Looking forward to this breakfast again in the future. 

Serving: For you and only you! I had enough for 3 nicely sized pancakes.
Calories: Mine was 306 calories. Calories would vary depending on pancake mix and sweetened and unsweetened almond milk!

This recipe is compliments of Petite Athleat! She topped hers with other goodies. :)

Do you like to try new recipes with ingredients you'd never imagine? Like Spinach!

What did you have for breakfast?

What's your favorite magazine?

xoxo, the coily bombshell

Now this is March Madness!

I sometimes think my brain needs to be examined for insanity. 

So I think challenging yourself is important. It keeps your body guessing and working out exciting - kind of .  Depending on your definition of exciting. Mine is pretty twisted.

My own personal march madness is as follows:

• Run AT LEAST a mile a day. If my body is too tired - walk that mile! No days off! Madness indeedy!
• Run 70 miles. 5 more miles than I ran last month. 
• Be a beast with Insanity. Won't let Shaun T get the best of me!
• Daily Yoga Poses with Grow Soul Beautiful & The Ultimate Fitspo

• And for some reason I agreed to do this as well. After panting like I was just chased by a dog this  and yesterday morning this is really going to be a true test of my madness. Burpee challenge! 

Well let's see how crazy I can be. I took on these challenges and I will fight to be successful with them.

Make goals! March Maaaaddnnnessss!

xoxo, the coily bombshell