If you’ve followed this roller coaster, you may have noticed that my eating habits change with the wind. Always healthy, but slight variations here and there. Maybe because I am crazy, but I just really want to discover the way of eating and working out that is best for my body. Which I think I know, but always like to try new things.  Like Confetti Cupcake Pop Tarts as you know…

What I have realized as of late after experiencing with cyclical keto and low carb high fat diet is that quite frankly I canNOT do without fruit. I just adore fruit. Particularly strawberries.

Look at these beauties! I mean a world without strawberries is quite frankly not a world I want to effing live in. Let’s be honest…

A piece of fruit never made anyone fat.

I love fruit. Fruit is meant to be in my body. I do believe my body should have less carbs, more fat, and more protein than the average bear, but this does not mean I will love without fruit.

What I have really realized is when you start to cut too many things out of your diet, sugars, fruit, carbs, chocolate, you start to crave it more and you just drive yourself crazy and overeat everything. I learned this once before when I was vegan and it became a dangerous game of “what can I eliminate and give up next?” But this time I think I learned this one just in the nick of time, because it’s peach season biyttchesssss.

Post workout delight bite:

So delish and nutrish and makes my heart warm.

Today’s Shredfest:

1. One-leg Romanian Deadlift (RDL) (10–12 reps each side, at a 13 RM on first set weight selection)
2. Plie squat w/ high lat pull x 10
3. One-leg hamstring curls on a Swiss ball—6–12 reps each leg
4. Plank for abs (and gluteus medius on sides) -> Progression: start with 30 seconds front, 30 seconds each side, working up to 90 seconds maximum
5. 25 kettle bell swings (Start with a weight that allows you 20 perfect reps but not 30)
6. 10 Cat Vomits

Feeling terrific friends, can’t complain. But the moral of this fruitful tale (see what I did there? ha):

Life is too short not to eat good food, the occasional treat and the attempt to stay healthy and live your days long and fruitfully. (Ha again with the pun!) 

Anyhooters! Happy Friday!!!!

x to the ohhh Whitters

As you may have seen in my weekly workout plan, today is a cardihoeeeee day. Last week I made some serious strides in the ol’ hit the pavement and run jog department, and this morning felt like a yummy dream. I hit the track with my Mommy and we worked through some intervals together.

30 Minute Interval Track Workout

• Walk for one minute
• Stride / sprint / jog for 30 seconds
• Alternate the two and see how much distance you can cover in 30 minutes

I made it past 2 miles. My mom did one mile with me and then walked. It was fun to have her company! As you may know I’ve been a bit frustrated by my lack of being able to run long distances since getting knocked up, with the exception of my half marathon at 8 weeks. But today I felt terrific. My mom was actually getting a bit frustrated by how difficult it was for her to jog the intervals, but I told her to be proud of herself for just moving!! Anddd I need to take a dose of my own medicine sometimes.

In any case at 23 weeks, I am happy to be moving somewhat fast, but really just to be moving and feeling well.

Breakfast = 1/2 cup of sliced strawberries + 1/4 cup of paleo trail mix I made + 1/4 cup of coconut milk + Iced coffee with a dash of coconut milk anddd cinnamon.  Yummo!!

Hope you all have a fabulous day. Prego, not prego, take a moment and thank yourself for sweating today orrr just being awesome in general.

x to the ohhh Whitters

Oh em gee. I told you I was gonna cheat, and cheat I did. Just in case you want to live vicariously through my day…

Pre-workout half of a strawberry Pop Tart!

Saturday Workout:

1. One-leg Romanian Deadlift (RDL) (10–12 reps each side, at a 13 RM on first set weight selection)
2. Chin-up Close Reverse Grip (four-second negative lowering portion only) × 10 or until you cannot control descent
3. One-leg hamstring curls on a Swiss ball—6–12 reps each leg
4. Plank for abs (and gluteus medius on sides) -> Progression: start with 30 seconds front, 30 seconds each side, working up to 90 seconds maximum
5. 25 kettle bell swings (Start with a weight that allows you 20 perfect reps but not 30)
6. 10 Cat Vomits

Repeat sequence 3 times total

Post Workout Delights!

• 1 - 100 calorie no sugar added chocolate milk
• 1 - Red Velvet Pop Tart

Breakfast

• A delicious date with the other half of beezy body and my bestie and I missssssss her soo effing much!!!!
• Raspmimosa (yep! deal with it.)
• About 1/3 - 1/2 of this stuffed strawberry french toast thingy YUMMO!

BBQ Snacks

• Chips and salsa!!!!
• These delightful blue cookies in the back (Mommy made them, Girl Scout cookies with frosting on top!!!)

Lunch/Dinner

• My favorite Italian food of all time from Mariechiaro’s. Shells with Salsa Rosa + White Pizza + Caesar Salad

Dessert

• The cake my mom froze from my actual birthdaayyyyy!!!

What I did not take photos of…

• Bites of an ice cream sandwich
• Strawberries
• Grapes
• Hawaiian chips
• Grapefruit juice

THIS MY FRIENDS is a melted confetti sprinkle found in my bra, post cheat day….

I have literally NO idea how many grams of carbs or calories I consumed. However, it was enough to give me some wicked bad heartburn and I know I overdid it. But it was my birfday, I don’t care, and two days later back on the wagon I already feel terrific.  There is just magic that comes along with a cheat day, though moving forward I will not binge like this. It made me sick. And to those who thought I will never touch a poptart again… Ha see you next cheat day ol’ Confetti Cupcake!

This week’s Workout Schedule. For the full plan click here.

• Monday - Weights Circuit
• Tuesday - Cardiohoeee (attempting another 3 mile run/jog/walk/don’t cry) OR Barry’s Bootcamp cardio only w/ January
• Wednesday - 13 Minute Kettlebell Workout
• Thursday - Cardiohoeeee Cardiohoeee (attempting another 3 mile run/jog/walk/don’t cry) OR Barry’s Bootcamp cardio only w/ January OR MAYBE just a walk/hike
• Friday - Weights Circuit
• Saturday - REST
• Sunday - Weights CIRCUIT + PACK FOR TULUM!!!!!!!!!!!

Why yes, this is the best shirt of all time. A gift from January. Obsessed.

I hope you all have an amazing week!

x to the ohhhh Whitters

P.S. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!!

#1 Thing I love about having bangs. Being very sleepy after my workout, washing only my bangs, and putting the rest back in a pony tail. Boom. Sophisticated.

Today’s Shredfest was Cardi-hoooeeeee

• 20 minutes on the elliptical mixing intervals and changing the resistance every minute (otherwise it takesss foorrreverrr)
• 10 minutes on the treadmill steady climb from 10 to 15 with mixing speeds

Cardihoe sure makes my bump a sweaty sweat beast. Like I said recently, less is more. 30 minutes is just enough time to get your heart rate up and your body ready to burn fat all day long.

In other news. This shit is exciting. Today is day 12 of being on a low carb, high fat, moderate protein diet known is Cyclical Keto andddd tomorrow is my very first cheat / carb load up day!!!! I may or may not have bought a box of Red Velvet Cupcakes and Confetti Cake Pop Tarts just to get in some high glycemic carbs and restore my glycogen!  Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it has been a long time since my last Pop Tart.

Best believe I’m gonna shower in that shit tomorrow para my birthday celebration and dessert eating I did not enjoy on my actual birthday. Imagine this is me, but in a tub of Pop Tarts:

(source)

In terms of Cyclical Keto, there are a number of reasons why I am doing it but I will spare you the deets perhaps for another post if you really care. And don’t worry, it is safe, I feel healthier and happier right now as I have my entire pregnancy. So don’t worry little one.

Happy Friday and have a rockin’ weekend beez!

x to the ohhh Whitters

If you follow us on the Facebook Machine, you know about my hatred for A Pea in the Pod.  BLEHHGG! After a recent missseerableee trip there and not wanting to shell out $70 and up on jean shorts I will wear for a few months, I was bound and determined to make my own. So I recruited a pair of my dad’s old jeans, which are big and perfect because I can belt them and after this kid pops out I can wear them high on my waist.

Here are my tips on cutting the jeans into shorts:

• Start long and keep cutting
• Use a tape measure to try to make the sides equal
• Be careful not to over-cut in the crotch area
• When you get to the length you want use those scissors and shred babyyyyy shreddd away

1. Find a bucket or large bowl and fill it with bleach (I used good old Clorox) far enough to cover the amount of shorts you want to dye (You could thread the loops of your shorts with a ruler or a hanger and hold them in the bleach but I just shoved them in the bowl)
2. Submerge the shorts wearing gloves or using a plastic spatula
3. Soak them for 10-30 minutes depending on the color you want (don’t over dye them or they will destroy the fabric)
4. Rinse them in a sink with hot water and vinegar to stop the dying process
5. Wash them and dry them and enjoy those bad boy daisy dukes!

Hey girl heyyyyy

Don’t judge my messy room by the by.

That’s all beez. Total cost = .50 in bleach approximately, the pants were trashed anyhooters.

x to the ohhhh Whitters

Before I get into today, I have to talk about yesterday. My little nugget Madison who I’ve been coaching softball since she was like 8 and is now 18 had her senior day at my same high school and I almost cried. Which I blame on the hormones. I am soooo incredibly proud of her, she is a talented talented athlete and an exceptional human.  Love the shit out of herrrrrr.

                             Isn’t she pretty???

              I really don’t know where the last 10 years went!!!

Anyhoot. Today was a big day. Mr. Jackalope and I ran 3 miles (almost) nonstop with a few walks. It. was. amazing.  Hasn’t happened in at least 2 months especially since realizing my body is no longer my own.

We ran to our favorite spot known to us as “Grandma Betty’s Church”. Grandma Betty believed in angels and a church that was outside somewhere. I feel her here and had been reallllyyy sad I hadn’t been able to run this far in the past few months. BUT WE DID TODDAYYYYY!!!

            Apparently it made someone vewwyyy sweeppy.

I cannot tell you how amazing it felt to run, to actually run (well jog I jogged in every sense of the word) but my legs stretched out and my belly found its groove. My doctor told me keep doing what you do until your body tells you not to, and today there were moments of discomfort when I would walk, and moments when my body just needed to push through a bit and find its groove. It’s amazing. I used to HATEEEEE running with a fiery passion (Coach J I am thinking of you kid) but now I miss it with my whole heart.  Weird.

Post run bliss = A keto omlette made of an egg and a half plus shredded broccoli + coconut oil + coffee + coconut milk + cinnamon. A girl can’t complain. 

Moral of the story: Keep moving, but always be thankful for the movement you are allowed and be at peace with what you cannot control.

x to the ohhhhh Whitters

PS I will be back later with a wicked DIY dip dye tale!  :D

You read that right. Today I had a 13 minute workout including warm-up, stretching and foam rolling.

Yep. 13 minutes in out and ready for the day.  How did this happen?

• Quick warm up
• 25 kettlebell swings x 5 rounds (125 swings total) (1 minute rest)
• Foam rolled the hips and legs, stretched and left

In detail, this is what my workout plan looks like. Keep in mind it is flexible like whoa and changing as my body changes. In a nutshell I plan to lift 2-3 times a week with two days non lifting in between with a mix of steady state and interval cardio. Basically trying to play with the MED method.

“Minimum Effective Dose. MED is the smallest input needed to produce a desired outcome. For example, if you want to boil water, the MED is 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Increasing the temperature above 212 degrees will not produce a better result, it will just waste resources. We wanted to focus on the 1-3 things that would allow us to raise $100,000 in 10 days, and eliminate everything else. MED is described in detail in The 4-Hour Body.” - Tim Ferris

                               Hellllooo haggard face

So this week it looked like this:

Sunday

All exercises, except for kettlebell swings, are performed for 10 repetitions using a 13-Repetition Max2 (RM) weight (You could do 13 reps but absolutely not 14).

1. Heavy dumbbell front squat to press (DONK to heels)—squeeze glutes at bottom for one second before rising
2. One-arm, one-leg DB row
3. Walking lunges with sprinter knee raise
4. Wide-grip push-ups
5. Two-arm kettlebell swings x 25
6. 10 Myotatic Crunches

Repeat sequence 3 times total

Monday

Interval Cardio - did 60 minutes on the treadmill walking / hills / jogging a little

Tuesday

Active rest day. Walked / Ran / Jogged 30 minutes in the morning.

Wednesday

• 25 Kettlebell swings x 5 rounds
• Foam roll the legs and hips

Thursday

Cardio 30 minutes first thing in the AM

Friday

Active Rest Day like a hike OR sleep in depending on how I feel.

Saturday

1. One-leg Romanian Deadlift (RDL) (10–12 reps each side, at a 13 RM on first set weight selection)
2. Chin-up Close Reverse Grip (four-second negative lowering portion only) × 10 or until you cannot control descent
3. One-leg hamstring curls on a Swiss ball—6–12 reps each leg
4. Plank for abs (and gluteus medius on sides) -> Progression: start with 30 seconds front, 30 seconds each side, working up to 90 seconds maximum
5. 25 kettle bell swings (Start with a weight that allows you 20 perfect reps but not 30)
6. 10 Cat Vomits

Repeat sequence 3 times total

So this Sunday will be a rest day, Monday will be cardio, and then weights again on Tuesday. Make sense? 

The Kettlebell Swing

Thank you all for the birthday wishes yesterday!!! Here was my day in photos.

The cake my mommy made, that I did not eat, but froze the rest to enjoy on Saturdayyyyyyy

My actual enjoyed birthday cake if you will…

Crockpot shredded chicken from my friend January!

Me trying to whip up a failed keto dessert in response to the plethora of desserts my mom brought to the table. (Photo from the one and only Savannah Rose)

I hope you all have a fabulous hump day!

x to the ohhh Whitters

22 weeks and it’s official (though it has been for 22 weeks total now) my body no longer belongs to me. It belongs to the little hunk that likes to kick me when I walk or run jog too fast for his nesting comfort.

The perfect bday present from the hubs + my NASM certification course! Little man is going to be my first client!!

Yesterday I hit up January’s Barry’s Bootcamp class (she’s one of the bestest instructors of all time San Diego) and I parked myself on the treadmill for the whole class working through walking intervals with hills and a few attempts at running. I think the longest I could run was about 45 seconds before there was too much pressure or an elbow coming from within telling me to slow down maaaa! Nonetheless according to the treadmill I burned over 500 calories (I know these aren’t the most accurate measurements) and went about 3.75 miles. Suhhweet.

Evveennn with the new prego support band momma got me for my birthday, I still cannot run as I really truly desire to.

Besides looking incredibly sexy and squishing any top layer of belly fat one may carry, I have to give this thing a B-.  I am quite confident I can design something better, and I think I will. It definitely helps but holy hell it is hot as balls, and perhaps it is because I am carrying so low, but it really helps support by like 30%. Not the 70% I was hoping for to be able to run.

30 - 100% Jackalopes don’t gives a shit he was just happy to be out walking and trotting again this morning. So happy. Even though we only covered about 1/2 the distance we normally do and he was very confused about our route. There were moments on my run this morning where I wanted to cry because my legs were so tired perhaps from the wicked tread sesh I had last night, orrr the lack of blood flow and circulation (as pointed out by my awesome boss who happens to be a doctor and wonderful woman). This made me stop and think. It is what it is. Just keep moving. Jackalope and I will run 6 miles again with a BOB in tow. Don’t cry. Cowwwgirlllss don’t cry.

In other news. After my run, I dusted off my sense of defeat, whipped myself some delicious keto pudding to start the birfday off right and threw on some sparkles. Because if you can’t wear sparkles on your birthday, when the eff can you wear sparkles?

22 weeks. Glitter. Sass. 28 years under my belt. Ooooofta.

Keto Cocoa Coconut Pudding

• 1/3 cup of full fat coconut milk from the can (organic)
• 1 scoop of About Time Chocolate Peanut Butter Whey Protein
• TBSP of coconut flakes
• Splash of almond milk
• 1 TBSP of unsweetened baking cocoa
• Whip it up with the hand mixer, pop in the fridge for 20 or 30

For keto ice cream click here.

Anyhoots. Off to shake my sparkles at work.

Moral of the story: I am now sharing my body with the most handsome, important little man in the history of the world and that in itself makes everything else seem petty. I won’t lie to you, being prego is tough somedays, you constantly have to check yoself before you wreck yoself. But I am thankful, happy and glowing (from my sparkly dress).

x to the ohhhh Whitters