On the move!

Hello all my lovely followers 🙂 I hope you all had a great easter weekend with your loved ones! This post is just a notification that my blog has moved to the new and improved blog www.fitbabe95.com 🙂

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Fritatta

Looking for an easy, delicious meal to make on the weekends? 😛 This Fritatta is so easy to make, all you need are eggs, cheese, tomato’s and bacon!

Step one: start frying the bacon in a pan, and add the tomato’s once the bacon is crisping up.

Step two: crack 7 eggs into a bowl and whisk together, adding salt and pepper for seasoning. Then add the grated cheese to the eggs.

Step three: Place the fried bacon in a pan that can go into the oven, and pour the egg mixture over it.

Step four: place the pan into the oven at 180 degrees and bake until cooked to your personal taste!

Before baked

After baked

You can add various ingredients to this dish, such as mushrooms or onions, and pair it with a fresh green salad! 😛 The amount of ingredients you add to the dish is to your discretion, as well as how many people you are going to serve. This one that I made serves about 4 people.

xoxo

FitBabe’95

Day #10 !

Yay! It’s day 10 and time to start getting back into gym 😀 I am only allowed to do ‘light’ exercise until I am strong enough, but nevertheless I am still SO excited to be back at gym!

As promised, I will be posting my light exercise program. I am not a doctor so I don’t suggest you just go ahead and do this program after a serious opp or injury! The only reason I am going to be doing these exercises, is that I know my own strength and my body is used to hard workouts, so this will be easier for me than for someone who has not worked hard in the gym before 😛 so please consult your doctor before doing anything if you have an injury or just had an opp!

Lower body:

• Air squats
• Step-up’s
• Body-weight calf raises
• Lying down side leg raises
• Walking lunges

Upper body:

• Light bicep curls (4kg instead of my usual 8kg)
• Modified push-ups (knees on the ground)
• Modified plank rows (modified push-up position, bring your arm up to your side as you would in a standard row, this will work your back muscles)
• Light side and front raises

Core:

• Balance on a BOSU ball – this will help me get my stability back
• High plank (in a regular push-up position)
• Crunches with a pilates ball (lay with your shoulders on a pilates ball, legs 90 degrees, and slowly do crunches)

Cardio:

• Step machine
• Incline slow walking on the treadmill

xoxo

FitBabe’95

Couscous Salad

Happy Saturday everyone 😀 For the weekend I thought I’d share one of my favorite recipes with you. A couscous and chicken salad !! This salad is my all time favorite because it is so easy to make, and it is delicious. You can serve it for a dinner party instead of having a normal green salad, you can add this to your menu 🙂

What you will need:

1. Couscous
2. Salt and pepper
3. Olive oil
4. Red onion
5. Fresh tomatoes
6. Cucumber
7. Chicken pieces/breast
8. Lemon and herb dressing

What I normally do is steam the chicken breasts until cooked right through, then I dice them into small squares. I then put boiling water over the couscous until covered and seal the bowl with a plate in order to keep the heat in the bowl. After about 5 minutes, check that the couscous is soft but not clumping together, and separate with a fork. You can then add in the olive oil, salt and pepper to mix the couscous together. Chop up the salad ingredients (cucumber, tomatoes and onion) into fine pieces and then add into the couscous bowl with the diced chicken pieces 🙂 Serve with the dressing. I sometimes have a plain balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing too 😛 Another note is that you can use Quinoa if you don’t like couscous or want an even healthier version 🙂

xoxo

FitBabe’95

Deadlifting

Hello Hammies! 😉

I decided to switch up my leg routine last weekend by adding in deadlifts. I’m not too sure that it was such a smart idea considering I am STILL stiff in my hamstrings! 😛 But it is always good to switch up your routines, and this showed me that I have been neglecting my hamstrings, which is very bad.

We tend to be creatures of habit when it comes to having a workout routine, that is why I am making my routine one that is very diverse, and trains the whole body. This will allow for a holistic fitness of the body, cardiovascular and strength wise. 🙂

I am feeling super strong and healthy with my new routine and eating plan 😀 My advice for someone who is struggling with following a training routine or eating plan, would be to switch it up until you find what works for YOU 🙂

We all have different ways in which our bodies respond to certain foods and exercises, the difficult part is finding the one that is right for you, but when you find it you will be so happy and confident in your own skin ❤ Just keep going! You CAN do it 🙂

My workout was:

• 3 x 10 50kg deadlifts
• 3 x 10 leg extension
• 3 x 10 hamstring curl
• 3 x 10 hip abduction
• 3 x 10 hip adduction

Happy training all 😀

xoxo

FitBabe’95

 

What’s your excuse?

This post is a rather serious one as apposed to my others… but with that said, I do hope that you find this as motivating and inspiring as I did 🙂

Yesterday I had the privileged to see para-athletes training on the sports ground in the afternoon. It is so amazing that these people have the motivation and strength to go out onto the field and train to be one of the top athletes in the world! 🙂 Now this got me thinking, able-bodied people use SO many excuses that are irrelevant if you REALLY want to reach a goal, or achieve greatness in your life. These athletes were out in the heat of the day (note that it gets up to over 40 degrees here) training their asses off with NO excuses!

I was so motivated and inspired by them that I thought of all the little excuses I use when I don’t “feel” like working out. So here is something to remember; if someone who is disabled can kick-ass on the sports field and in the gym, then what’s your excuse? I have so much respect and admiration for those athletes, and it changed my whole perspective on training and the way I view my workouts.

I really do hope this resonates with you all, and I hope it inspires you to work harder and assess your excuses in comparison. Now I ask you, really, WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE?

❤

xoxo

FitBabe’95

 

Progress over Perfection

One of the most important things to remember in your fitness journey is that progress is way better than perfection! I am SO happy with my progress so far, I am not ripped to shreds, and I do have fat in my problem areas, but it is all part of the process 🙂

The problem with most girls and their body images these days, is that they all look on social media for the “perfect body” or the body that all guys deem to be “hot”. I am even guilty of thinking that I need to have a completely flat stomach and a thigh gap in order to be pretty and likable. I want to tell you this is NOT TRUE! Any one who tells you that you need to have those things in order to be beautiful is lying! Every girl is beautiful in their own way, yes that is a cliche saying, but I mean that every girl has something about themselves that is unique and beautiful to someone else. 🙂

 I took this picture this morning before my gym session :) As you can see, I do not have shredded muscles and I am not “skinny” or “lean”, but I am proud of my progress and I am only one month into my new training program! So I am excited to see my results later on. Tracking your progress is also a very good way to stay motivated and remind yourself of how far you’ve come. Sometimes you just need to look at yourself, love your body and enjoy the process. It won’t be easy, but it is worth it! One thing that I have realized is that looking at Instagram models and comparing myself to them is NOT HEALTHY! So for any girls who think that they need to look like the Instagram models, here is a tip: STOP IT. Follow real people who are going through the same process as you, it will be much more motivating and rewarding <3

xoxo

FitBabe’95

January was just a warm-up

Hello Beautiful people 😛

Yes it is February! WOW how time fly’s. I am so ready for this month; last week I moved into my new flat with my roommate at varsity and today I registered for my new course in Personal Training 😀 I am so excited to get into the course and learn more about what I am so passionate about! Everyone has been saying that Feb is the real start to reach your goals for 2016, and I agree. Jan was such a trial months for me, because I wasn’t really in work mode and I was still sorting out all my things for the year ahead. But now it is definitely crunch time and dedication time 🙂

 If you are already bored with your training or diet, switch it up this month. Try new recipes and workouts! It is so important to stay motivated and interested in your training in order to see results and develop a love for fitness. I have made some improvements to my current training program, and I plan to better it even more and continue to see the results from using it. I also have two guinea-pigs who are starting my program to see the effects of it and results :P  I hope to share these results with you in 3 months time!

Tomorrow I have a fitness test to do for my course…. eeeek… it is a bit nerve wrecking but I hope that it isn’t too bad, and that I don’t die 😉

Wish me luck!

xoxo

FitBabe’95

Gym-manners matter!

Having manners at the gym matter. No, I do not mean just being nice or friendly to your fellow members, but having respect for the gym and it’s members too ! I have had many frustrations when going to gym when other members do not put equipment where it belongs, or they interrupt your session because they feel more entitled than you are.

There are certain rules and etiquette when it comes to the gym. Such as putting the weights back where they are supposed to be. We are all at the gym for the same reason, we all have a common goal, so don’t be disrespectful of the other gym members by leaving weights lying around, or just being rude 😦 Having a bad experience at gym can put someone off exercising, and that would be a shame to see.

Another issue that I want to talk about is helping other gym members out if you see them failing or doing something wrong. I know that personal trainers are not always around to help, and someone can seriously injure themselves if they are not familiar to an exercise that they are doing. If you do know how to do the exercise with the correct form, you should be kind enough and help the new member out, before he/she hurts themselves and doesn’t want to go to the gym again 🙂

Just remember: we all have a common goal! Don’t make it harder for someone else to reach their goal while you are trying to reach yours.

xoxo

FitBabe’95

Day One!

Today I started with my new training program 🙂 To start off the week I did a MAS running session (you can find more details about it in the post about it in the workout category) This session is a 40 minute interval running workout, and it KILLS!!

The first day of training is always the toughest because you need to push yourself to get back into your routine! So when you are training, and feel like giving up, just remember that all you need to do is push past that barrier, keep going, and soon enough you will be where you want to be 🙂

This quote is the quote of the year for me. It is so true, the beginning of any new journey is always tough, but once you are in it you WILL be unstoppable 🙂

Happy motivational Monday ❤

xoxo

FitBabe’95