Muncher Cruncher

Yesterday my day begun a little earlier than planned. I woke up at 5:00 AM like it was 10:00 AM I was WIDE awake, and couldn’t go back to sleep. So, I decided to head out for a little morning run. I ended up doing about six miles, and it couldn’t have been more enjoyable. I didn’t time myself. I didn’t stress about pace. I just plugged my tunes in and ran. It felt awesome. I got to watch the sun rise as well which made it even more fantastic.I was LOVING my playlist as I ran. It was one of those, sing to myself even though people are looking at me crazy, kind of runs. I’ll list a few of my favorites, if you don’t have them add em! Good music always makes working out better. 

• Hold On When You Let Go and Let Go When You Give It – Stars
• Punching in a Dream – The Naked and Famous 
• Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
• When In Rome – The Promise
• Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
• Halo – Beyonce
• Big Parade – The Lumineers
• I’m Not Your Hero – Tegan and Sara
• And We Danced – Macklemore

I came back and did about a half an hour of chest and triceps. It felt good to get a solid, early morning sweat in. Eventually, everyone else finally rolled out of bed.;) I spent the rest of the day with my mom and sister which was, of course, the best. 

I have decided that my love for frozen yogurt must be genetic. My sis suggested we go and get some, and we were instantly all on board. So very delicious.               I hope that your Saturday was as fantastic as mine!

I flew to Arizona yesterday to come watch my darling niece graduate. She is more like my little sister than may niece. We are ten years apart and I love this girl to pieces. She is fantastic. I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I adore hanging with my family. It’s because they are great people. You’re welcome to come hang with us. I think you’d agree. 😉

Today I got to sleep in a bit which felt so great. I’ve been feeling sick and low on energy all week, so I’ve been trying to find a balance of trying to take care of myself and not overdo it, while still burning some calories. I woke up not feeling super awesome, so I decided to cut the cardio and just focus on legs and shoulders. My energy level is still kinda low so I went with higher reps with lower weight.  This is another workout that you can easily do at home! You can change up the weight if you need to make it harder or easier!

When I say “cardio” people automatically assume I’m telling them to go for a run or to hop on an elliptical. While those both can be fabulous forms of cardio. Cardiovascular exercise is a matter of getting your heart rate to an elevated level in order to work your body at an aerobic level and burn excess calories. The most beneficial form of cardio is interval training in which they body is pushed to an intensely high level of work with shorts moments to recoup. One thing that people need to realize is that getting your heart rate up doesn’t have to require equipment. The following circuit is a great way to get an awesome cardio workout. and calorie burn without having to use any equipment at all. 

• (r&l=1) means doing the exercise once on the right and once on the left equals one total rep
• plank jacks – start on your elbows in a plank position and jack the legs out and back in that counts as one rep
• I recommend going through this five times for a full cardio workout. However, if five times is too intense just decrease it to 2 or 3 sets until you can work up to that. Heck, if 5 is too easy, add some more! 😉

I get hungry every time I look at these photos…When are they going to invent that technology where we can turn pictures into food? I mean it is 2013, right? I thought we’d be flying around in hover crafts at this point. We are soooo behind the times. Anyways, the winner of the Food Should Taste Good Sample box is…drumrollllllllll…..Congrats to Robyn! You will LOVE, “The Works.” They are absolutely delicious, as we as all of the other flavors. Email me at megolina21 at gmail.com, and we’ll get ya all hooked up! Have a great Thursday! xoxoxo

An area of concern for a lot of people with regards to eating healthy is snacks. It can definitely be hard to give up the junk food that has infiltrated the way that most people eat. My advice to the people that I work with is to find better alternatives. There are some fantastic, whole, natural, healthy snack options that taste great. There is a company called Food Should Taste Good that is most definitely helping to present some of these healthy snack options. I have to say, this has been one of my favorite product reviews to date.The company’s name fits the product, 100 percent. Food really should taste good, and in this case, it does.  

The fabulous people at FSTG sent me a sample box of their all natural chips. WOW. Seriously tasty stuff. My favorites were “The Works” all natural tortilla chips, and the Original Sweet Potato Chips. These weren’t your ordinary tortilla chips. They had amazing flavor. So so so good. The ingredients are awesome. You can’t go wrong with all natural, whole foods peeps. The Original Sweet Potato chips were awesome as well. Tell me those don’t look fantastic? Well, they taste fantastic too. You can’t go wrong with the ingredients in these tasty chips either.Sweet potatoes. Sunflower oil. Sea salt. It doesn’t get much more basic than that. AWESOME. I could go on and on. What I’m telling you is that I LOVED these products. I’m a huge fan, and I would totally recommend them to anyone! It should also be known that these different chip varieties are certified Kosher and Gluten Free, lower in sodium, and free of cholesterol, preservatives and trans fats. You can find these chips at most grocery stores, so try them out. However, luckily…one of you gets to try them out for free! The fabulous people at Food Should Taste Good have been kind enough to offer a sample box of their products to one of you! Awesome right? I know.

If you’d like to win a sample box of these fantastic chips, leave a comment telling me which flavor you think looks delicious! You have until Wednesday, May 15th at midnight to enter. The winner will be announced on Thursday! Good luck!!

Once upon a time I was in high school. Seems like ages ago…right? I was just reading through one of my old journals today, and I found this inserted in it… I didn’t realize I’ve always been a fitness crazy…It totally made me laugh. Good to know I think I have found my calling in life, right? If there is one thing I can definitely say it is that I LOVE what I do. I have been blessed to be able to make a living doing what I love most. I know not everyone can say that!

This week has been SO. MUCH. FUN. I have spent all week with my family, hence the lack of posting. If you know me, you know that spending time with my family is one of my favorite things in the world. It trumps all else…even blogging. 🙂   

I really do love when they come to visit. They are just so fantastic!

Yes, I get excited about my family. That is pretty clear. I also get excited for people when they win stuff. (Good transition right…) ANYWAYS, the winner of the April Mix Giveaway is……..Leslie Bingham! Congrats girl! Email me at megolina21 at gmail.com and I’ll get you all hooked up!! I hope you have all had a great weekend! xoxoxo Megs

Oh my goodness. It’s almost MAY! I’m not even mad about it. You know how much I love summer. 🙂 The thought of swimsuits is keeping me motivated to train hard and eat clean!  I’m not even going to waste any time here…this months mix giveaway is here!

•  I Love It – Icona Pop
• The Way – Ariana Grande
• As Your Friend feat. Chris Brown – Afrojack
• Back to Love feat. DJ Pauly D – Jay Sean
• Girls Like You – The Naked and Famous
• Love Lost – The Temper Trap
• #thatPOWER feat. Justin Bieber – will.i.am
• Change Your Life – Little Mix
• Daylight – Maroon 5
• Come & Get it – Selena Gomez
• Pusher Love Girl – Justin Timberlake
• Punching in a Dream – The Naked and Famous
• The Cave – Mumford and Sons
• Lions in Cages – Wolf Gang
• Highway Don’t Care feat. Taylor Swift & Toby Keith – Tim McGraw
• Forever and Ever Amen – The Drums
• Impossible – James Arthur

Lots of awesome new beats that I’m not even mad about.

To enter to win this mix, you know the drill…
1) Become a subscriber and leave a comment letting me know that you are one!
2) For an additional entry…leave a separate comment telling me what is currently keeping you motivated!
3) For more additional entries…tweet about the giveaway, facebook it, blog about it, instagram it, pin it, etc. and leave a separate comment for each telling me you did so!

Good Luck! The contest will end Friday May 3rd at midnight! The winner will be announced on Saturday, May 4th. To see previous mixes, click HERE.