Nutrition and Fitness

Lately I've been semi-following this blog and his writer, Skinny Jared. He's lost a lot of weight and has done it fast. Many people don't agree with his way of doing so, mostly because he eats around 500-700 calories a day and exercises it all off at the gym. I agree with his high protein and how much he should be burning during a workout but I could never eat that few of calories a day simply because I'd be hungry.

Yes, a part of me does say that it is also unsafe to eat that few of calories in a day but hey, its better than getting skinny smoking crack. He's trying to get healthy and he may not be doing it the best way, although he is pretty damn successful with what he has done.

Now with the friendly competition. OK, I get it. Maybe I'm bad because my idea of friendly competition is what all of you "nice" people call antagonistic warfare. He usually burns 700-800 calories in an hour and that is great. But I've been doing INSANITY and it completely kicks my ass! Not to mention that I burn just a tad bit more calories than Jared does in 55 minutes. I just want to see him beat my best, or at least try:)

Missy Davis

AdvoCare Independent Distributor

937-239-6048

Now seriously, I'm not going to go into all the scientifics about how each cell does all this complex stuff, but I do want to tell you why you plateau when you've been busting your ass as hard as ever exercising.

As most of you may know, I've been doing INSANITY. I'm in the middle of my 3rd week and I've started to notice a decline in the amount of calories I've been burning.

In my first week I was burning 600-700 calories. Now I'm only burning about 550. I'm constantly checking my heart rate. My resting is now about 15 beats per minute lower than when I started. This means I have to work harder to maintain my target heart rate. I've not been pushing myself much harder, (my poor knees are killin me!) so there is a slight decline in the calories burned due to my body working more efficiently.

Not only is my body working more efficiently but also I am used to my workout. The set of disks switch it up in the second month so I'm planning on (hopefully) seeing an increase in the amount of calories burned until I get used to the routine.

It goes to show you that if you plateau, you are still making progress. Doing different things in your workout routine or switching up your eating habits for a few days to a week may be all you need to break the plateau. Just don't give up.

Missy Davis

Independent Advocare Distributor

MissyFromOhio@gmail.com

(937)238-6048

YI'm all for trying new things, so I bought an eggplant. I had no intentions making Eggplant Parmesan, so I looked online and concocted a good recipe for eggplant chips!

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:

Eggplant

Mandolin or knife

Oven

Olive oil

Seasonings, salt, pepper

Most of what you'll need to do is preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and slice the eggplant into 1/4 inch slices.

Parchment paper line your baking sheets and lightly coat your slices with olive oil. Add seasonings. Bake for 20 minutes. At 10 minutes, flip.(I know I used foil but I was out of parchment paper. I'm gonna have one hell of a time with sticking!)

YUM!

Missy Davis

Independent AdvoCare Distributor

MissyfromOhio@gmail.com

937-239-6048

I know this is a HORRIBLE look for me but I'll definitely reach my goals if I keep it up! Second day insanity burned 722 calories in 41 min. I was dripping sweat!

The best part of it all my (sometimes) sweet five year old Logan saw me sweating and brought me a towel and wiped my face. Then when he saw my water bottle empty he said, "I'm gonna fill your water bottle back up with Watermelon Spark."

Missy Davis

AdvoCare Independent Distributor

MissyFromOhio@gmail.com

937-239-6048

Today I started INSANITY. I can already tell it will burn more calories than leisurely squats, crunches and burpees. I am much more wore out after a 25 minute fit test than my first 30 minute jog

Just a compilation of the intetnet's "best abs"

NUMBER 7

Justin Beiber. Those manly abs accented with that dainty tattoo of, oh I don't know a penis? NEXT!

NUMBER 6

I don't know how you get abs with a gut that tubby, but props dude!

NUMBER 5

Nice try, almost believable for photoshop, ALMOST...

NUMBER 4

Ya know, if he spent as much time out in the sun as he did pretending he has abs he might be as nearly as tan as those buns!

NUMBER 3

Now this is just classic. It's funny and he's staying cool, plus he has a hippy van!

NUMBER 2

He almost should earn number one for creativity, but...

NUMBER 1

I honestly don't know why I'm giving this number 1 but I'm sure if you're willing to be this, you gotta want it. This poor person deserves to be number 1 for something!