Tuesday, August 13, 2013
SUPERSTAR Foods for Weight Loss
Almonds
Apples
Black Beans
Cauliflower
Cinnamon
Cottage Cheese
Eggs
Garlic
Lentils
Olive Oil
Parmesan
Pears
Portobello Mushrooms
Quinoa
Red Bell Peppers
Tomatoes
Vinegar
Wild Salmon
Yogurt
Thursday, August 8, 2013
40 lbs and 8 inches right after she had TWINS! How did she do it?
This girl (Jennifer) did Turbo Fire and lost over 40 lbs and 8 inches off her waist alone. And guess what?? Turbo Fire is on sale THIS MONTH! woot woot! It's $45 LESS than it used to be. Message me ASAP to get it: LindseyCrafton@gmail.com. Get it through me and you'll get another $15 OFF! Last time it went on sale, it was SOLD OUT.
Here is part of Jennifer's story:
When I started my journey (this time around), I had just given birth to two baby boys. My twins were born on May 18, 2011, two months premature. It was a scary and emotional situation, and my husband and I spent the next five weeks driving back and forth to the NICU to see our babies. I had gained weight during the pregnancy, but now that the twins had been born and I was sent home without them, I turned to food to comfort me. Six weeks after delivery, I hadn't lost a single pound and felt fatter, thoroughly unhealthy and extremely depressed. It was soon after the boys came home that I was diagnosed with post partum depression. Dealing with depression AND an unhealthy body was just too much to bear, and I felt like I had a looooong journey ahead of me. I was always the strong one, the positive friend and motivator, and here I was at the bottom... feeling hopeless.
TurboFire is fast-paced and energetic. I respond to music, and TurboFire's music can't be beat. It doesn't matter what kind of mood you're in, what's on your docket for the day or how tired you are; once you hear that music, you can't help but dance. Not to mention that the punching and kicking was definitely therapeutic. Haha. And following the weight workouts from ChaLEAN Extreme helped me to feel stronger and see my progress right in front of me on paper as I saw my weights increase with each passing week. Feeling stronger physically started to transition to feeling stronger emotionally.
Thai Lime Chicken
Thai Lime Chicken
Serve your family a clean and tasty Thai-inspired chicken dish in just 35 minutes (and it's freezable!) Try serving your protein with brown rice, a seasonal veggie or your favorite quinoa dish.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/3 cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
- 1 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp ginger, ground
- 1/2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1 lime
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a mini food processor, grind peanuts until fine, but not to paste.
- In a small bowl, combine peanuts, garlic powder and ginger.
- Place chicken on a cookie sheet and squeeze juice from lime overtop. Then roll chicken in peanut mixture until well coated.
- Bake chicken in oven for 25 minutes or until no longer pink in center.
Homemade Gatorade!
My kids LOVE Gatorade but it's full of crap! I came across this recipe and want to try it. If you make this homemade Gatorade, leave a comment and let me know how you like it.
Homemade Gatorade Concentrate
I tested this with both fresh juice (unpasteurized) and a bottled organic pasteurized juice and they both tasted great. Brands such as Eden Foods or Lakewood are great options.
Makes about 2 quarts
Makes about 2 quarts
For the concentrate:
1/2 cup juice (I used cherry)
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt or any other unrefined sea salt
1/2 cup juice (I used cherry)
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt or any other unrefined sea salt
Place all ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat over low, stirring occasionally until honey and salt is dissolved. Pour into a glass container and store in the refrigerator. If you use a fresh juice (unpasteurized) it will keep for about 4 days in the fridge. If you use a pasteurized juice it will keep for about 2 weeks in the fridge.
To serve: Stir 1-2 teaspoons concentrate into 8 ounces water (if you prefer a stronger flavor add an additional teaspoon or two) or mix all of the concentrate with two quarts of water.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Challenge Group starting June 3rd!!
It's amazing what can happen with some support and accountability! I have a couple Fitness Challenge Groups going on right now and I have another one starting June 3rd. I cannot explain how much I love these groups! Watching people change in 90 days is amazing. It is SO much harder to do things alone. With these Challenge Groups, you find support and people who understand. These groups aren't just for losing weight--it's becoming the best person you can be! It doesn't matter if you have a few pounds to lose, more significant weight or wanting to tone. We can all get healthier! Message me below if you want a SPOT in the next group! Who's ready to GET HEALTHY!!
Below are quotes from my current Challenge Group--pretty amazing!
"With this group behind me I know I will succeed right along with the rest of you! Seeing all the posts here everyday by people who are fighting the fight with me is more than inspiring!"
"I tried to do it with out the group and that was a mistake I should have done this MONTHS ago!"
"I also remember this group and how much I want to succeed."
"I barely check my regular news feeds anymore, lol! This group is so motivating, supportive & inspiring that it's my favorite thing to "check in on" when I get on Facebook ♥"
"Joining the Just Do It group has really helped me gain strength to really work on the healthy me I want to become."
"THANK YOU so much for your help, I've been fighting this battle alone for so long and it makes such a difference to have your help and support and that of the group!"
"To be able to share success and failures of our progress to people that are going through the same stuff and want the same stuff is key. All i think about all day are my points Lol. Without my group I wouldn't think about it and just act without thinking. "
Monday, April 15, 2013
Aspartame--Why I won't Eat it.
Aspartame is one of my migraine triggers...Here's Why:
by Chris Wheeler
Why you shouldn't have it or anything containing aspartame
by Chris Wheeler
Several weeks ago the Wrigley's Corporation mailed me a sample of their latest product, X.Cite - "40 sugarfree crunch pearls in a resealable package". Its on TV ads and supermarket checkout counters with Airwaves and Extra gum. The artificial sweetener, they all contain, aspartame, has been described as "a Pandora's box of chameleon-like toxins and tumour agents that have 92 FDA (the US food regulatory body) acknowledged ways to ruin your life, death being one of them".
Aspartame is 180 times as sweet as sugar, with fewer calories and it's a 100 per cent certain bet that most New Zealand dieters and diabetics are consuming aspartame in some form with the full approval of their doctors and local diabetic club.
Animals and insects have a lot more natural intelligence than human beings when it comes down to food and they all avoid aspartame - cockroaches won't eat it, cats and dogs won't eat it, ants won't eat it and flies won't eat it - but politicians and food regulators worldwide consider it safe enough for us.
Aspartame, that synthetic, genetically engineered sweetener, is now found in everything from Coke and Pepsi diet drinks, Wrigley's sugarless chewing gum and Weight Watchers products to common drugs and dietary supplements available at your local pharmacy and "health food" shop. Labelled as additive 951 it has been available to the Western diet as a sweetener since 1981 under various brand names - Nutrasweet, Equal, Spoonful, Benevia or Equal Measure.
On food items in New Zealand, usually the only mention of aspartame you'll get is that the item "contains additive 951" or the warning label "PHENYLKETONURICS: Contains phenylalanine", which has to be included for the sake of a small population group of people who suffer permanent brain damage if exposed to any excess phenylalanine in their diet. Medicines do not have to be labelled.
Aspartame is a chemical combination of wood alcohol, aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Wood alcohol chemical name methanol is a cousin of ethanol, the alcohol in alcoholic drinks. Methanol, a very poisonous clear liquid, is mixed with a purple dye to make methylated spirits, used as a cleaner or fuel. In their natural, non-synthetic form both aspartic acid and phenylalanine are present in the human body in minute amounts as essential amino-acids involved in vital body functions. Their presence in these vital functions is carefully monitored by the body's self-correcting mechanisms.
Guzzling Diet Coke or chewing Wrigley's sugarless gum, however, releases excess amounts of these critical chemicals. At temperatures reached in sunbaked drinks seen outside service stations or in the human body, aspartame breaks down into its hazardous components that further degrade into even more dangerous byproducts. Methanol produces poisonous, carcinogenic formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and formic acid (ant sting poison). Phenylalanine converts to diketopiperazine (DKP), a tumour agent. Aspartic acid, though essential to normal brain function, in excess stimulates nerve cells to death, ultimately making holes in the brain.
Most aspartame poisoning victims go on for years getting gradually sicker and plaguing their doctors with symptoms which imitate a host of more easily named conditions. Hardly anyone thinks to query an additive approved by government, regulators and health authorities.
The supporters of aspartame safety including our Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA now called Food Standards Australia New Zealand FSANZ) admit to the 10% methanol content, but state that fruit has more methanol, which is untrue. Recent studies (e.g. Monte [l984] and Nisperos-Carriedo and Shaw [l990]) using gas chromatography demonstrate that methanol concentrations in fruit are extremely low and are outweighed by an abundance of ethanol, the natural antidote. Aspartame has no ethanol to counter its methanol toxicity.
Ah, but what's the evidence for all these assertions I hear you say?
Aspartame has been one of the most widely investigated food poisons in the past 50 years. It outranks monosodium glutamate (MSG), another popular food additive, in the sheer volume of adverse reactions listed in the over 100 scientific papers now listing aspartame health problems. In a recent survey of aspartame research the pro-aspartame group of scientists - who all asserted aspartame's safety - were all connected with Monsanto or Nutrasweet Corporation either by direct employment or as contractors or consultants.
Aspartame has been documented as causing headaches, numbness, fatigue, blurred vision and blindness, heart palpitations, brain lesions and tumours, memory loss, dizziness, muscle spasms, miscarriages, sexual dysfunction, irritability, anxiety attacks, vertigo, epileptic seizures, rashes, tachycardia, tinnitus, joint pain, nausea, mood alterations and depression, hearing loss, slurred speech, loss of taste, and insomnia, as well as eroding intelligence and short-term memory. It also helps trigger multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Epstein Barr, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, mental retardation, lymphoma, and birth defects.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A Special Place in My Heart
I have done Turbo Fire and Brazil Butt Lift---both I LOVE, but I think Insanity will be coming back to my DVD player again very shortly since it's almost SUMMER!
Watch this short video and see WHY Insanity works so good and why you see results so much faster than just going to the gym.
Watch this short video and see WHY Insanity works so good and why you see results so much faster than just going to the gym.
Insanity has NEVER gone on sale before! They just announced that during the month of April, Insanity will be on sale! The Challenge Pack is $25 off, plus it saves over $70 if bought separately.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1 cup oat flour
- 3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup raw sugar
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup plain soy milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 ripe banana, cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or other favorite nut
- 1/3 cup semisweet vegan chocolate chips (such as Tropical Source) or Dark Chocolate Chips
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Whisk together oil, soy milk, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add wet mixture to dry ingredients; stir to combine. Fold in banana, walnuts, and chocolate chips.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop dough onto pan with a small ice-cream scoop. Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown, turning baking sheet halfway through. Let cool on a wire rack.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
SUMMER SLIM DOWN APRIL 1ST
I want to HELP as many people as I can get ready for summer! I am starting the SUMMER SLIM DOWN CHALLENGE on April 1st! With the purchase of a Challenge Pack (click on Challenge Pack tab for details) you get a free Shaker Cup! I needed a PUSH when I wanted to change myself, so here is YOURS!! If you are waiting for a sign--THIS IS IT!
If you already have a workout program and you only need Shakeology, let me know and we can work it out and still get you a free prize:)
I will be your PERSONAL COACH, which also includes over 30 recipes, 30 day menu, clean eating 101, shopping list, motivational support, fitness tips, prizes and A NEW YOU!
EMAIL ME LindseyCrafton@gmail.com or FB me at www.Facebook.com/Lindsey.Crafton
If you already have a workout program and you only need Shakeology, let me know and we can work it out and still get you a free prize:)
I will be your PERSONAL COACH, which also includes over 30 recipes, 30 day menu, clean eating 101, shopping list, motivational support, fitness tips, prizes and A NEW YOU!
EMAIL ME LindseyCrafton@gmail.com or FB me at www.Facebook.com/Lindsey.Crafton
Almond Flour Dark Ch. Chip Cookies
3 C Almond Flour
1/2 C Butter
1/2 C Raw Cane Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 t Salt
1 t Vanilla Extract
1/2 t Baking Soda
1/2 C Dark Chocolate Chips
These cookies aren't "healthy" but they are healthier than regular chocolate chip cookies! I did a test on my husband and 6 year old son who didn't know I wasn't making regular chocolate chip cookies...I waited for their reaction before I told them they weren't regular cookies. They loved them! I passed the test.
BAKE AT 375 FOR 12 MINUTES
YUM!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Your HEALTH is worth it
I feel I need to do my diligence and break down the difference
between Shakeology and EVERYTHING else. When you are COMPARING labels, it's NOT
the "protein, carbs, sugars, calories" that makes Shakeology so
unique...it's EVERYTHING ELSE! The antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics, amino
acids, digestive enzymes, adaptogens, and phytonutrients, all coming from over
70 of the worlds natural superfoods and preserved to keep the nutritional
integrity for bioavailable absorbtion in your body. Shakeology is 100% natural
with no artificial sugar, flavor, stimulants, or colors. Shakeology is not some
silly-gimicky protein shake, its in an entirely different league than ProFit,
Body by Vi cake-shakes, Mona Vie, Jamba Juice, Slim Fast, GNC products, etc. I
could go on. In doing your diligence and fueling your body, know WHAT to look
for and WHAT you are supposed to be comparing and HOW it's made. Otherwise, why
BOTHER?!
Isn't your HEALTH worth it?!
If you truly think Shakeology is expensive, BREAK DOWN what you actually spend on your food and eating out per month. You will be pleasantly surprised that $4 per meal is a great deal--especially when you are getting SO much value for that $4, there is no comparing to anything else. I am one of the cheapest people you will meet and I had to break down what my food costs every month before I started Shakeology and then I calculated it again AFTER being on Shakeology. I realized we were saving about 20% in grocery money per month. $4 is less than the price of a Starbucks drink :)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Lettuce Wraps with Quinoa, Black Beans and Avocado
Ingredients
- ½ cup chopped raw onion
- 1 red or yellow pepper (washed, seeded, and diced)
- ½ can black beans (rinsed and drained)
- 1 cup quinoa (dry and cooked according to package)
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 avocado, diced
- Frank’s Red Hot (to taste)
- Black pepper (to taste)
- Salt (to taste)
- Bibb lettuce
Directions
- Cook quinoa according to directions on package.
- Prepare onion and red pepper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients above (except for lettuce leafs).
- Once the mixture is combined, spread ¼ cup of the mixture onto each lettuce leaf and wrap/fold over like a taco shell
YUM!!
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