New PB & MOREEEE!!!

I promised you all a foodie filled post so that is JUST what you are going to get??

how was everyones day? Mine was just lovely! Woke up and had a nice bowl of oats which hit the spot! I have been using my new trader joes PB with flax! I bought this because the jar and description was strikingly similar to the Naturally More PB. Now, although my heart lies with the Naturally More, I have to hand it to Mr. Joes. This PB is awesome! it doesn't taste like the NM but it is so velvety and rich and large chunks of peanuts!! I couldn't even taste the flax in here!

9g of protein in this baby!! the color is so rich and yummalicious!!!

Some coffee with my favorite TJ's soy creamer

This was my lovely bowl of Oats this morning using the PB

in da mix

• 1/2 c oats
• 1 1/2 c water
• 1/2 banana sliced in the pot
• 3 frozen strawberries diced
• handful frozen blueberries (added at the end)
• packet truvia
• chia seeds
• TJ's valencia PB (i certainly used more than this, I just perfer to have the PB on the side, and dip in the PB, then dip in the oats, ya dig??) rather than all drizzled on top!

This fueled me for the gym! I was quite sore today from my workout yesterday, SO I started off with 10 minutes on the step mill (the BIG stairs) this thing really pumps up my heart rate, I can be sweating after just 10 minutes! especially since my gym just LOVES to crank the heat!

After that, I did some light legs (backward lunges, plie lunges) and some arms (biceps, shoulder, delts) with some jumping jacks and burpees in between sets!

Came home and made a delish POST WORKOUT SMOOTHIE!

-i was rushing and didn't have time to take a pic BUT it consisted of

• 1/2 C frozen mango
• handful frozen raspberries
• 1/2 C almond breeze
• water/ice
• few slices nanner!
• packet truvia

Lunch time rolled around a few hours later at work! I was super siked because I had a yummy salad in store!!

• romaine
• cukes
• cauliflower
• carrots
• chickpeas
• red pepper
• walnuts
• sliced TJ's low sodium turkey breast
• broccoli 
• home made dressing using the apple cranberry chutney!! (chutney, dijon mustard, rice wine vinegar, EVOO)

Snack time was made this morning before work. I got a bit creative here so bare with me. It may sound strange but I have made it before and it is sooo good!!

This is the first step which is dicing up a veggie burger and cooking it thoroughly. I like the Boca Vegan veggie burgers (I am not vegan but I think these are tasty!)

Naomi's Boca Suprise!!

• Keep the veggie burger in the pan 
• add 3 eggwhites 
•  I added broccoli, but any veggie of choice would work! 
• cook it fully 
• put that mix in a tupperware and off to work it goes for my 5pm snack!!

I could not take a picture of my dinner, as we are not supposed to take pictures at work BUT when I came home I munched on some yummy melon!

Now normally I am not a huge melon eater, don't get me wrong i LOVE all fruit and do not discriminate, BUT if I were to go grab some fruit, Melon would not be my number 1 choice. This melon was so juicy and sweet! it tasted like candy!! (ok well ALMOST like candy!!)

I also had a few bites of Friendship whipped cottage cheese. I wanted to take a pic of it to show you how it is different from regular cottage cheese. In my opinion it is creamier and SO delicious!!

see how it is soo smooth!! (sorry for all you bloggies who dislike cottage cheese!!!) I am a HUGE CC fan, so I had to snap a shot!!

one of my favorite recipes using the whipped cottage cheese

Pumpkin "ice Cream"

• 1/2 C whipped cottage cheese
• 1/4 C canned pumpkin
• pumpkin pie spice
• cinnamon
• Truvia
• mix all together and stick in the freezer for about a hour and eat!!

also sipped on some gingerbread tea with almond breeze!!

This is a lot of tea in a HUGE cup, thats why it doesn't look full!

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Ok bloggies, off to relax and then hit the sack!!

XOXO

*Naomi*

**Don't forget to send me your top 10 music workout playlist for me to post this weekend!!!

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Music to Motivate!!

So I will do a Foodie Post later this evening I PROMISE.  For right now I thought I would do a post dedicated to the importance of MUSIC WHILE WORKING OUT!

I dont know about you, but for me, if I forget my Ipod, it is as if the world comes crumbling down. The worst thing that can happen is: I get to the gym, ready to go, grab my ipod already singing "everytime we touch' by Cascada and  come to find out the battery is dead!!! anyone experienced this tradgedy??

Listening to music during exercise can improve results, both in terms of being a motivator (people exercise longer and more vigorously to music) and as a distraction from negatives like fatigue.



The reasons why music is important to your workouts

• Music diverts a person's attention in repetitive exercises thus the feeling of fatigue, exhaustion and boredom are evaded.
• Music can reduce the factors contributing to pain, tension, anxiety and discomfort.
• Music can act as a stimulant which can increase your performance. Respiration and cardiac rate is increased from music. This can help you intensify your workout.
• The body movement to rhythm of music increases energy levels.  
• The rhythmical qualities can follow the physical skills and can improve motor skills.
• Physical strength can also be attributed with type of music. Sedative music decreases muscular potential training ability.
• Fast stimulating music can increase in muscle tension.
• It promotes a positive mood and avoids any kind of negative thoughts.
• It can make a workout go by faster
• You can be rocking out to Miley Cyrus or Nirvana and no one would even know! the point is to find something that works for you! YOUR PUMP UP MUSIC!

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Personally, I am a HUGE techno fan. Not just the typical club/house music that is just music, no words but the type with acutal lyrics and a sweet beat that keeps me going through those tough workouts! A few favorites:  cascada, DJ Encore, Basshunter,  DJ alice I also LOVE "happy rap" as I call it such as Pittbull, LMFAO, Akon,  Sean Kingston, Beyonce.

Here are some of my fav songs on my current workout playlist

• whacha say by Jason Derulo
• Girls by Pitbull
• Shut it Down by Pitbull ft. Akon
• Sexy Bitch by David Guetta ft Akon
• La La La by LMFAO
• Evacuate the Dancefloor by Cascada
• All I ever Wanted by Basshunter
• Lost In Space by Kinetic
• Flying High by Bass-T & Sven-R-G
• When You Leave Me by Basshunter & Alina
• Going Nowhere by DJ Dean
• Hotel Room Service by Pitbull
• Outta Here by Esmee Denters
• Patron, Tequila by Paradise Girls ft Lil Jon
• Medicine by Kim Leoni
• Force of Nature By Groove Coverage
• Falling Down by Space Cowboy ft Chelsea Korka

What is your workout playlist currently?? Your gal over here would LOVE to know!

**Email me or leave a comment with your current workout playlist and I will post them later this week for all to look at and share!**

 If you are like me, you are always looking for new and fresh music Ideas to fuel your workouts, so let this FITfoodie know what tunes you are jammin' to!