>C’mon y’all, lets get woohoo!

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Let’s get it started (ha), let’s get it started in here.

Let’s get it started (ha), let’s get it started in here.

Let’s get it started (ha), let’s get it started in here.

Let’s get it started (ha), let’s get it started in here.

Yeah.

Lose control, of body and soul.

Don’t move too fast, people, just take it slow.

Don’t get ahead, just jump into it.

Ya’ll here a body, two pieces to it.

Get stutted, get stupid.

You’ll want me body people will walk you through it.

Step by step, like you’re into new kid.

Inch by inch with the new solution.

Trench men hits, with no delusion.

The feeling’s irresistible and that’s how we movin’.

Runnin’ runnin’, and runnin’ runnin’, and runnin’ runnin’, and runnin runnin’ and…

C’mon y’all, lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here)

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here)

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here) Ow, ow, ow!

Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya…

1) Did you know those were actually the lyrics? Cause I didn’t.

2) Remind you of starting the week off on the right foot? Yes? Does for meeeee.

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I started the week off right fo sho. Woke up to a steaming bowl of…

 Honey & Pear Chia-Oats (Crock-Pot style)! 

Ingredients

3 c oats

3 T chia seeds

2 chopped pears

4 c h20

2.5 cups almond milk

stevia, ~7 servings

3 T honey

1/2 t cinnamon

1/4 t sea salt

Throw ingredients in pot

Add h20, milk, and mix

Cover and set on low. Cook for 4-8 hours. Whisk in more liquid in morning if too thick.

*To reheat: Store pot in fridge. After cooling whisk in additional liquid. Reheat individual servings in microwave.

Enjoy at the table or in bed with a side of puppy.

Have a great day everyone 🙂

>Beat the heat

>Helloooo!

I hope you’ve had a wonderful week! Mine has been busy-busy-busy! The poor pup had emergency surgery on Wednesday to repair a protruded hernia (ouch!). He’s doing much better today but not too happy sporting this around his neck:

Cross your fingers he returns to his chipper and smiling self soon!

In addition to the week’s craziness, the weather in DC has been insane! We’re talking 101 degrees today (and humid!) and 103 tomorrow! How’s the weather in your neck of the woods????

During the summer I find myself reaching primarily for COLD foods and drinks. In the mornings, it’s been Green Monsters and smoothies:

^1 scoop vanilla whey, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, 1/2 banana, 1/4 cup frozen pineapple, handful spinach, 1 tsp. flax seed oil, cold H20, ice, stevia.

*Note: Try throwing a handful of fresh spinach into your smoothies. I swear you can’t taste it!

**Note: Add a small amount of healthy fat (ex: flax seed oil) into your smoothies (or over salad) to promote absorption of fat soluble vitamins. Without some form of fat, these vitamins go right down the toilet!

Smoothies that taste like Fro-Yo:

^Vanilla whey protein, fresh strawberries, ice, cold H20, stevia, pinch xanthan gum (to thicken)

^Pre-made smoothies. Naked’s new smoothies made with coconut water have 1/3 less calories. Coconut water is very good in the summer as it supplies electrolytes and more potassium than a banana!

Salads galore!

^Spiralized raw zucchini topped with diced tofu, cherry tomatoes, carrots, sea-salted peanuts, Trader Joe’s Spicy Peanut Vinaigrette, and red pepper flakes. This is a PERSONAL FAV!

And of course, staying cool by the pool!

Save the heat for nighttime…

^4th of July bonfire in Cape Cod

Have a wonderful weekend!

QUESTIONS:

1. What food(s) do you reach for in the summer?

2. What’s your favorite Green Monster?

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