Falling Off The Wagon.

We all do it from time to time.  Take a short detour from our chosen path and fall off the wagon of whatever commitment we have made to ourselves.  In fact it happens with fitness and nutrition quite often.  This weekend I ate wheat products on multiple occasions.  I could tell you it was a special weekend with special circumstances, but breaking a commitment is breaking a commitment, no matter what reasons you use to justify your actions.  So I fell off the wheat-free wagon this weekend.

But here is the thing that matters most, on Sunday morning I got back on it.  I didn't feel bad about myself, I didn't make a judgement about my willpower or my lack of discipline, I just got back on the path and moved forward.  There will always be speed bumps or road blocks on your journey to a better you, sometimes you just have to A.I.O.  What's A.I.O. you ask?  My Air Force brothers and sisters will remember this one: Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome.  Just remember you have a goal you are trying to reach, and one false step won't derail all the hard work you put in thus far.  Refocus, cast off any doubt, and continue on to your destination.

"Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get up."

-Chinese Proverb

 

Ironman legend Julie Moss

 

 

So who else stumbled this weekend with their diet or workout plans?  It's Monday, how many of you got back on the wagon already?  Share your story with us; how did you go off track and what tip or trick did you use to get back on that healthy track?

 

I just reminded myself why I'm wheat-free and why I need to continue to be wheat-free (which for me is I want to really live a full life into my later years, and I want to help my clients do the same.)

 

 

Talk to me people!  Let's start a discuss about this.  If you have a story share it, because someone else might be in the same situation as you were, and could use your advice and your experience.

 

 

Thanks for reading this and commenting and the next post will be up next Monday, so have a great week and don't forget to give yourself a break and pick yourself up and get back to it.

 

Healthy Protein Cookies

 

1/2 avocado

1 banana (large)

1/4 cup flax meal

1 Tablespoon chia seeds (optional)

1/2 cup whey protein (any favor you want)

1/3 cup Greek yogurt

1/4 cup steel cut oats

1/4-1/2 cup regular oats (depending on consistency)

1/3 cup honey

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

 

Mix all above together with either a hand mixer or bowl mixer.

Mix in or stir in-

1/3 cup walnuts

1/3 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips

 

Place each 2 inch by 2 inch cookie on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes.

Cookies will be firm and golden brown color.

*If consistency is too runny then add an extra 1/4 cup of either flax, oats, walnuts, or protein powder*

 

This for a single batch.  You will need to play around with the ingredients to suit your tastes, so let me know if you modify the recipe and come up with something better.

 

Enjoy!







The Ground Rules

So let’s go over the ground rules for how this blog is going to work.  I have every intention that this project will be a conversation between you and me.  There is definitely lots of information about fitness, nutrition, health and training that I want to share with you that I hope will either make your life better, or at the very least get you thinking for yourself about improving your health.

But with that being said, we aint taking no one-way roads on our journey to enlightenment!

I expect you to get involved with this blog and our effort to change our lives for the better.  I want you to start discussions, ask questions, try things and report back, even challenge what you hear from me as well as what you have heard from others. I want to know what is working in your life, and what is not; what advice was right on, and what just plain sucked.  Together I think we will find some important answers.

Now on to content:  I would love to think you all want to hear how my Ironman training is going and what my latest run splits are for last weekend’s long run, but I know most of you have no interest in that stuff.  Most of you want to hear about going wheat-free, how to make healthy changes to your workout routine or your diet, and what information is true and what is false when it comes to nutrition and training and who can you even believe anymore.

Of course we will discuss all of that and more, including healthy and tasty recipes, tips and tricks for making habit changes, new workout ideas and whatever else you all would like to talk about.  Remember this is your blog too, so tell me what you want to discuss and we will answer questions and debate topics you propose.

I recently went wheat-free and I have gotten a lot questions about how it is going and what the reasoning’s were behind my decision to cut wheat out of my diet.  I will be sharing my insight about a wheat-free diet in future blogs I promise.  Wheat is one of the most toxic “food” substances you can ingest and I highly recommend reading Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis if you have not already.  This will give you a new reality when it comes to the kind of food we are putting in our bodies and the overall effects on our health.  It is a quick read and you can get it online for little money. 

Okay, I know I promised you a healthy recipe for protein bars (cookies) but I can't translate Heather's recipe so I will include it on Monday's post (sorry to be a tease.)  I want to make sure I have the right amount of each ingredient before I cut you loose in your kitchen.

Here is a picture to entice you even more.

 

 

Have a good weekend and we will talk on Monday!

You And Me, We Are The Same!

That's right!  We are the same.  We all struggle with finding that balance between good health, daily fitness habits, eating right, working, playing, spending time with your loved ones, dealing with stress, doing the right thing, while at the same time trying to enjoy life!

That's what this blog is all about; you and me just trying our best to be healthy, fit, happy and fun-loving, while the modern world tries to make us- sick, lazy, fat, pissed-off and a workaholic.

But we are fighting back!  And I'm going to show you how we can do it and keep our sanity in the process.

I want to talk about fitness, nutrition, being healthy, and enjoying life.  Not just living longer, but having the best years of your life, no matter if you are 16 or 96.  This in my passion, but I will still need your help to fight the battles.  Together we can change lives of everyone we touch.

I will be sharing my life with you.  My life as a fitness professional, endurance athlete, boy friend, craft beer drinker, small business owner, and someone who struggles with eating right, staying focused and getting my butt off the couch when I would rather watch Master Chef.

You can look forward to fitness tips, healthy recipes, workout videos, inspiring books to read, testimonials from those of us who have made changes, and hopefully some entertaining reading.

Since consistency is the key to life, look for new blog posts on Mondays and Fridays and if you have not already done it, 'Like' the JMP Facebook page and subscribe to the JMP You Tube channel.

Thanks for taking time to read my blog, and we will speak again on Friday where I will put up Heather's famous protein bar recipe. Yum!