Oh APPLE DIPPERS..How I love THEE..great weight loss tip..

Happy Friday ladies!!! I know with the beautiful weekend coming up it will be to hot to cook, so I am sure alot of us will be going out to eat..I know I go out to eat at least once every weekend..so I thought it would nice to share a healthy eating out tip with you all.

McDonald's Apple Dippers have easily become my favorite fast food item. They are so yummy and help me to stay on a healthy track. They are sweet, crunchy, almost taste like candy (thanks to the caramel) and they are ONLY a DOLLAR!

Apple Dippers have replaced french fries in my life..yes..that's right..I said REPLACED!!!
I am the french fry queen. Everywhere I would go I would ALWAYS order french fires..no matter what! I personally believe that this is one of the reason why I have gained weight, so I now try my darnest to stay away from them.

So here is my excuse for choosing apple dippers over french fries.
French fries are only good for the first few fries, when they are really hot and just come out of the fryer. They then get cold and soggy in matter of minutes and just don't taste the same after that. So then I start eating them just because I have them and not because they taste good.
Also, the calorie stats help too!
A small fry has 230 calories and 11g of fat
A medium fry has 380 calories and 19g of fat
A large fry has 500 calories and 25g of fat!!!!!
Yikes!!! All with no added vitamins...just loads of carbs, plus you always get something else with your fries, like a hamburger or chicken nuggets and that just adds on to your calories too.

Apple Dippers on the other hand are just a total of 135 calories(yes, that is with the low-fat caramel dipping sauce) and 1g of fat. They also have 310% of your daily Vitamin C and 6% of your daily Calcium. Plus since apples have a lot of water in them, so they keep you fuller a lot longer than any small, medium, or large fry!


So if you eat apple dippers over a small french fry, you will be saving yourself 135 calories and 10g of fat..DAMN!!!!!! Plus you will adding in some nutrients :)

I hope I have convinced you to replace your french fries with apple dippers or at least try it! I know it is tough but it is really worth it..I don't ever crave the french fries any more because all I want are these dippers!!!!


YUMMY!!!!!! :)

Vitamins that I Take

Since this is a health blog too, I thought I would share with you the vitamins I take on daily basis. I get all my vitamins from iherb.com or Costco.


I take a total of five to six vitamins a day





Starting from the left:


Jarrow Formula B-Right, B-Complex- I purchased this from iherb.com and it a vitamin B12 supplement. I do not take this everyday, but I do take it on days that I feel sluggish or on days that I feel that extra stress is just piling on me. It works great and I can really feel the difference it makes on my body when I take it. When you take a B12 vitamin, it does turn your urine a neon bright yellow, but no worries, it is normal. That is how your body gets rid of the excess B12 in your body


Natural Omega 3-6-9 Lemon Flavor- I purchased this from iherb.com and I love it. I have been using this for a little over 6 months and my hair, skin and nails have been looking great. It also has great for your heart and cardiovascular system as well. Since this is lemon flavor fish oil, I never burp up a nasty fish taste. It is also a big pill, but it is a gel capsule, so it goes down easy


Kirkland Vitamin D3- I bought this at Costco. I had blood work taken about a year and the Dr. told me I was vitamin D deficient and since then I have taking a Vitamin D supplement. I am not out in the sun a lot, nor do I drink a lot of milk (which are your two big vitamin D suppliers).You also need vitamin D to absorb calcium in your body, if you do not have enough of it in your body, your body can not absorb the proper amount of calcium, no matter how much calcium you intake. Since taking this supplement, I am no longer vitamin D defiant!


Kirkland Calcium- I got this at Costco's as well. This is great to take because I am not a huge milk drinker or yogurt eater and it is very important for women to get the proper amount of calcium for our bones.


Kirkland Priemium Performance Multi- I got this at Costco and it is a multi vitamin with some herbal supplements in it. It honestly taste GROSS!! This is not my favorite vitamin!


Now Candida Clear- I got this at iherb.com and it is comprised of oregano oil and black walnut oil. It is suppose to help prevent yeast infections. Due to my birth control, I have been yeast infections and this helps, but it doesn’t prevent them 100%.




I store all my vitamins in the 6 in 1 vitamin dispenser that I got from amazon.com



This is very convenient because all my vitamins are in one place, together. There is no unscrewing six different bottles, everything is in one place and labeled. It was $8 with shipping and the link for it is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Apothecary-0000-Vitamin-Dispenser-Sections/dp/B002LMWTEK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1279171999&sr=8-2




BTW..my sister HATES swallowing pills (she is 21) but she loves taking these!



I get them at Costco's for her and she takes them everyday. I had tried them and they do taste very good. I would advise you to keep the bottle away from young kids because they may think that they are candy and want to eat the whole bottle!! I know my 6-year-old cousin did!

HIIT-High Intensity Interval Training

I learned on Makeupgeek.com about HIIT, yes we talk about more than just makeup!!

HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training and it really kicks your butt!!

What is it?:

It is a workout where you walk slow for 1-2 minutes and then sprint at your fullest potential for 30sec-1 min and then cool your body back down for another 2 min and then repeat the cycle.

What's the point?:

The point of HIIT is to shock your body and wake it up. When you sprint for those 30 sec to 1 min you are really pumping up your heart rate and then you cool it down for 2 min. When you do this, you are burning alot more fat vs. just running or walking the tread mill at a steady pace. It is a good and fast way to burn off that fat!!!

Low Resistance vs High Intesity:

Low resistance of aerobic exercise came about is a study that showed low-intensity exercise burns a greater percentage of calories from fat as opposed to carbs; however, when high-intensity exercise is practiced, the research showed the percentage of fuel from carbs is increased, while the amount of fat utilized is greater than or equal to that burned during low-intensity exercise. In research, HIIT has been shown to burn adipose tissue more effectively than low-intensity exercise—up to 50% more efficiently!3 In other words, HIIT speeds up your metabolism and keeps it revved up for some time after your workout. The bottom line is HIIT training burns a greater number of total calories than low-intensity training, and more calories burned equals more fat lost.

http://musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp

I also read that Beyonce does this as well to stay in shape:

Borges reveals the secret to achieving Beyoncé’s incredible physique is training with health in mind, as opposed to looks. “If you think about being as healthy as you possibly can, there is no way you’re not going to look like a million bucks. And that’s what Beyoncé did,” he tells In Touch. Their goal was to make sure she could run around for two hours onstage without feeling winded every night. So before the tour, Beyoncé, 28, did interval training — 45 minutes of alternating between sprinting and running on the treadmill, followed by body-resistance work. Now, Beyoncé does yoga and Pilates for an hour on show days and body-resistance exercises on days when she’s not performing. Borges also tells In Touch that the star eats a sensible 1,600-calorie diet of lean proteins with healthy carbs. “The truth is, it’s a lot of sacrifice. You have to push yourself,” Beyoncé has said. -www.theybf.com

I also did HIIT yesterday and man did it kick my ass. I did 20 min of it on the treadmill, where I walked for 2 min at 3.5mph and then I ran at 6.6mph for 1 min and continued that cylce for 20 min. I also did it on the bike as will. I went from 80mph for 2 min and then jolted up to 120 mph for 1 min. I am not a runner nor a biker, so those speeds were really challenging for me and I really got a great workout from it!

I advise everyone to at least try it, it is such a great workout!

Dinner Last Night-Zucchini!!

Ohh it was very good!! LOL

I thought I would share a recipe with you all for some zucchini. I love vegetables and they are very healthy for you and you should incorporate more of them in your diet especially if you want to loose weight!

Some facts about Zucchini are:

-They contain Vitamin C and lutein, which promotes eye health.

-They have just 25 calories.
- They can very rapidly grow to several feet long.

-When at the store, avoid ones with bruises or broken skin.

-Store in the refrigerator.

Ingredients:

two zucchini (sliced)
1 tbsp of EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
Dash of salt, pepper, and dill
white wine

Directions: Put you stove on low-med and in a saute pan, put your EVVO at the bottom of the pan and place your sliced zucchini in the pan and mix it all together. Let that saute for about 5 minutes or so and then add a dash of salt, pepper and dill (dill is what really makes this dish good!). Saute that for about 5 more minutes or so. Then as a dash of white wine, cook for about another 2-3 minutes and you are finished!!!

We also had turkey burgers with tomatoes, low fat mozzarella and basil on a 100 calorie bun.

The whole meal was really..it was so good..I didn't want dessert after..LOL

Enjoy!

Food Journal:

Breakfast

Veggie egg white omelet with cheese, homefrie and a side of toast

Hot tea

Lunch

Turkey Burger with 100 calorie bun

1 cup raw broccoli

100 calorie veggie dip

Dinner

6 chicken nuggets

1/2 cup baked beans

1 sm piece of corn bread

Work out:

20min on tread mill using HIIT

10 min in bike using HIIT

100 cruches

30 lunges