We all met at The Beat Coffeehouse at 8am on Saturday morning, uffdah early, good thing they have wonderful coffee!
The first speaker was Mary Sailors of Fit this, girl! She's a Personal Trainer, Bootcamp Instructor and a Kettlebell instructor and super nice and easy to follow. She gave us a presentation about how to focus on your goal, what to think about mentally, physically, food wise, and environment wise. She showed us exercises that anyone can do at home with a band, too!
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| Mary Sailor, Fit This, Girl! |
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| Lets Squat! |
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| Kris @krisgetshealthy.com and Ann @twelve-in-twelve.com |
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| Ann working on resistance band moves |
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| Jen @priorfatgirl.com pulling those bands! |
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| Yay Jen! |
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| Kris and Ann listening attentively to instructions |
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| Kris's turn! |
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| Work it Kris! |
Jen talked about how much relationships can change, can be lost, and new ones can be built as we change our minds and our bodies to become healthier. Our lives, our environment, the people we want around us, the people that can accept our new lifestyle may change who we surround ourselves with and who chooses to stick with us. She said that 80% of marriages where one spouse loses a significant amount of weight end in divorce...so its important to compromise and to keep lines of communication open!
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| Jen |
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| Doing her thing |
After meeting a the coffeehouse, we ventured to our 2nd half of the day, which was a cooking class on Healthy Comfort Foods by KitchenWerks.
We learned how to make:
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| Spaghetti sauce served on romaine or wilted broccoli slaw (as pasta substitutes) |
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| Topping off the mac 'n cheese with breadcrumbs |
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| mmm organic, gluten free and appropriate portioned mac 'n cheese |
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| Coconut chicken strips, they are coated in a flax crumb topping and baked on a sheet with coconut oil, SOO GOOD! |
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| Pizza made on Joseph's Lavash or Arnold's Sandwich Thins We used the homemade sauce or olive oil as the base |
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| Jen putting together what she claims was the "best" pizza |
I had such a wonderful time catching up, networking, learning new things, tasting new things (you betcha I'm going to serve pasta sauce on wilted broccoli slaw now!) Plus a healthier recipe for mac 'n cheese and chicken strips, yum nom nom nom!
Made me feel healthy and accomplished all weekend.
P.S.
On Sunday I also ran outside for another 25 minutes w/ a 5 min warmup, yay me!
1 comment:
Woohoo, congrats on the run! We should jog Lake Harriet sometime soon. :D
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