This has been a CRAZY weekend for me! We had visitors from home and wanted to show them around the beautiful Kelowna so they too could have a great experience visiting. For those of you who know Kelowna, they have ALOT of amazing wineries along with independently owned unique restaurants.

It's a little hard when taking people around in wine country to eat healthy each day! There are always restaurants, drinks, and snacks to be had... but you can still make good choices to help eliminate all those extra calories and sugars you are ingesting.

Eating Healthy With Visitors

It's in our nature to want to show our guests a good time and entertain them but sometimes we use this as a crutch to fall off the band wagon of healthy eating and living. 

You may not want to stick to a very restricted diet especially if your guest(s) do not follow one. 

This weekend I went to the grocery store and got enough fruits/ veggies to juice for everyone. Juicing quenches your thirst, and if made with the right combo provides a health alternative to snacking and in come places breakfast or lunch. Here are a few of the other things I did to help keep my nutrition on track:

1. Freshly juiced juice 
2. Protein Pancakes for breakfast, with a little fruit to top it off most people would never know ;)
3. Shakeology is a good fast meal on the way out the door 
4. Coffee with guava instead of sugar or even add a little bit of honey 
5. Pre-portion snacks in bowls so you don't over eat  by picking all day.Veggie trays, fruit trays work well alone with nuts, dried fruits, home made beef jerky. 
6. Have salads with vinaigrettes instead of cream dressings
7. Eliminate the breads & carbs in your house 
8. Bring water when you are out and about, this can help curb your appetite until the next meal instead of an ice-cream, chocolate bar or eating something you normally wouldn't if you didn't have guests 

When you go out for dinner skip the appetizers. When we sit and munch on these tasty starters we consumer more calories and more beverages over the course of a now extended dinner. 

If you get the sweet tooth after your meal opt out for a flavoured tea, or if you really must have that treat make sure you get extra spoons and share it with the group..  I know this can be tough to do. 

You aren't going to be able to avoid everything for the time your guests are here but remember there are many ways you can eliminate the intake of carbs, calories, and sugars.

It has taken you awhile to lose that weight, sculpt the body of your dream, and get on track with your nutrition so take care of it... you Deserve it! 

Wow, Amazing 1 Week Transformation!!

Losing weight and getting into better shape is never an easy task. It can be quite difficult now in days to lose weight because you gravitate to the internet to get ideas... and thats filled with magic pills, potions, and yo yo diets... but in reality the only thing that will take it off and keep it off is proper nutrition, fitness, and hard work.

In my option you need 3 essential things in order to be successful with your body transformation goals: 

1. You much have a support system that is going to keep you accountable to hitting your goals. 
2. You must have a program that is structured so that you don't have time to sway away from it
3. You need to understand proper nutrition for your body. 

When you have all 3 put into place weight lose and toning up becomes easy! Just take a look at one of my clients who is in my current PiYo Virtual Challenge Group.

WOW! These pictures are from week 1 in my the challenge!!! Renee inspires me so much and has such an incredible personality and way about her; I am so happy to be on your journey with you. Way to go girl and I can't wait to see your results when you finish the Challenge!!

I run 4 different fitness challenge groups each month, if you are ready to be the next transformation make sure to head over to my Challenge Group tab or get in touch with me to find out all the details.

Real BeachBody Transformations
Monthly Challenges
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Healthy & Easy Salad Roll Recipe

Yummy!! I am headed over to my girlfriends house this afternoon to make these tasty little treats!

I have always wondered how to make salad rolls, but never looked into making them until she had posted something on her facebook about it.

If you are looking for a healthy, home cooked, whole food meal option I would suggest giving this recipe a try.

10 – 15 rice paper wrappers
1 head romaine lettuce, leaves separated and largest leaves cut in ½*
Cooked Maifun brown rice noodles (optional)
½ cup cooked shrimp, shells and tails removed, diced OR ½ cup plain tofu, sliced into small pieces
½ cup cucumber, chopped into matchsticks
½ cup carrots, chopped into matchsticks
1 avocado, sliced (optional)
fresh basil OR mint

Preparation
Wet spring roll wrapper with warm water. (I usually heat a pot of water on the stove top (not letting it get to a boil) and once it’s warm I put it in a bowl or plate that is large enough to fit the rice paper wrapper in.)
Place wrapper on a hard surface, like a plate. Place lettuce leaf on far left edge of wrapper.
Place a little of each ingredient into the wrap – about 3-4 pieces of shrimp, carrots, cucumbers into the lettuce leaf. Top with 1 slice of avocado and fresh herbs.
Roll wrapper from left to right, folding in the top and the bottom sides of wrapper toward the middle. Just before the wrapper is completely wrapped.
Complete steps 1 to 4 for each wrapper. Serve with the Peanut Sauce

My 7 Day's of Clean Eating and Juicing - Day 4

SO... I have a confession to make!!!

Today I feel off the wagon and wee little bit but that is okay, tomorrow is a new day :) I went to the Kelowna Health and Wellness exhibit with Megan today, learned lots more. After the exhibit we headed to the movie theatre in West Bank to watch Ouija, one of the newest scary movies that's out.

You can't go to a movie without popcorn right? So I had a small bag instead the the medium I would normally devour.

I am not going to lie it tasted amazing but I felt sluggish after and little my stomach felt as heavy as a bag of rocks. I couldn't believe it after only two days of eating nothing but whole food and juicing how much of a difference it was when I put popcorn with extra butter into my body.. not something that I am going to do for awhile.

I came home after the movie and finished the rest of my juice, partially to make myself feel better for falling off the wagon so soon but also because juice you only have a self life of a few days before it starts to go bad!

Todays juice was the exact same as yesterdays! Tomorrow I will be heading to the grocery store to get fresh fruits and veggies for my ned round of juicing... any suggestions and why?

Hope you all had a Happy, Healthy weekend and are feeling revitalized to take on the week <3