Fitness

My 4-Month Flexible Diet for Thailand Begins

September 4, 2016
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I haven’t done a more personal post in a while, and I am sorry for that. While I spend a lot of time thinking of articles that will be helpful for you, I sometimes forget that reading about a person’s personal experience is just as helpful too. I am finally going home to Thailand at the end of the year! In preparation, I am starting a slow and controlled flexible diet so I can be as body confident as possible when the time comes to fly over. What is a flexible diet and how am I doing this? Continue Reading…

Fitness, Friday Fare

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chickpea Protein Bar

August 30, 2016

If you’ve been a reader for a while, you will know that I love pulses, which are the delicious, protein-packed, sustainable foods known as dry peas, chickpeas, lentils and beans. I’ve made various recipes over the years that included pulses (such as this tasty chickpea burger). 2016 is the International Year of Pulses and it was a no brainer for me to take the Pulse Pledge–and I encourage all of you to sign up too by clicking here.

To celebrate the International Year of the Pulse, and to kickstart the Pulse Pledge, I decided to make a tasty post-workout snack–a peanut butter chocolate chickpea protein bar! Continue Reading…

Friday Fare, Health, Products I love, Salt Lake City

SunBasket: Healthy Cooking Made Easy

August 7, 2016

Surprisingly enough, I have been finding it harder to prioritize making healthy meals with a full-time job than when I was doing my master’s degree and had a part-time job. I think the reason for this is because now that I work 8 hours a day, there are no breaks in between where I can go home, make food or workout. I have a pretty strict routine of waking up at 6am (sometimes earlier) to workout, getting ready for work, going to work and coming home. The last thing I want to do after such a long day is making food and meal prepping (and I keep forgetting to on Sunday lol).

Read on to see how I make healthy eating work with a hectic work schedule and how you can get 3 free meals (so you can eat healthy despite your busy schedule too). Continue Reading…