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PLAN AND PREP

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThQ3UGnuzcdObP3Oq1xIKUJ32fu-0TkW3vLht23m_ntYY3VAUa4udnr3Lr6EIazFp1MhJej5_US57QiX-PCeyrYhCM-DFPHfEMYOISJeuJETjhMfklmiRaSy5OSDJXsAqYQG1sqSer4Em/s1600/IMG_3080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThQ3UGnuzcdObP3Oq1xIKUJ32fu-0TkW3vLht23m_ntYY3VAUa4udnr3Lr6EIazFp1MhJej5_US57QiX-PCeyrYhCM-DFPHfEMYOISJeuJETjhMfklmiRaSy5OSDJXsAqYQG1sqSer4Em/s320/IMG_3080.JPG" width="157" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I confess that being spontaneous is a difficult one for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I am definitely a plan and prep girl when it comes to almost everything about Darla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have always done better with structure and a guide to get me from start to finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Where this has served me best is in my meal planning and exercise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not one of those who open the door to the refrigerator puzzled by what to eat, looking for something and finding nothing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that would drive me crazy, and talk about wasting energy by leaving the frig open�YIKES. I have dedicated one day out of my weekend and sometimes during the week, to plan and prep my meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This not only ensures that I eat healthy, but saves me lots of money, time and stress, especially when time is limited during the busy work week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I have two crock pots that are in constant use and filled with boneless/skinless </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_rlM0dowB8z7guBi0buoiIfUyFdscDYncn9TP2JEY9LeCtjWfsVzW8cHqrABWHtl5bSE9NzCS50pCo1V_kjikE5RvnT8t4_ORadINEs2gga0Y3lrqFzpABk5XdZUAXr25LNn9jo1zZTN/s1600/slow+cook+cartoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_rlM0dowB8z7guBi0buoiIfUyFdscDYncn9TP2JEY9LeCtjWfsVzW8cHqrABWHtl5bSE9NzCS50pCo1V_kjikE5RvnT8t4_ORadINEs2gga0Y3lrqFzpABk5XdZUAXr25LNn9jo1zZTN/s320/slow+cook+cartoon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>chicken breast, brown rice, quinoa, and steel cut oats at any given time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Having crock pot chicken ready to eat is fabulous and I use it for so many things: chicken rice bowls, wraps, tacos, and even by itself with a side of chopped veggies or fruit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I am not kidding when I say that it takes about 10 minutes to throw the chicken in the crock with my spices and on with my day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><br />  <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwEasuJTXIuazdYZsT1emlGZb5HESBwwfhl6Jk47ovMd9VaV294YcIHVxV5c1onDsLoGmOEBZIBwlJcRkmxsjcwdmGAhFlLhu_97Qmst0R3tyNJAlKJDYU9WDfjNl3V5fY6q1G6i6DbKG/s1600/Failing-to-plan-is-planning-to-fail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwEasuJTXIuazdYZsT1emlGZb5HESBwwfhl6Jk47ovMd9VaV294YcIHVxV5c1onDsLoGmOEBZIBwlJcRkmxsjcwdmGAhFlLhu_97Qmst0R3tyNJAlKJDYU9WDfjNl3V5fY6q1G6i6DbKG/s1600/Failing-to-plan-is-planning-to-fail.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I also plan my workouts and just as I create a program for my clients, I plan for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Not doing so would be like getting ready for a test without studying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Having a plan, writing it down, and following through makes for a successful, challenging workout catered to what I can do and accomplishing that goal in the time allotted and at least 5 days per week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I am able to look back on my workouts and know from one day to the next what muscle group I will work, avoiding any sore areas of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Having a plan and prepping for it during my fitness routine creates an even flow, eliminates any guessing, and allows me to be very efficient and effective of my time and body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The planning and prepping is really not difficult, and actually very simple as a </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMztVqXf3ON1JTDwxk_cj2YzxFEzvCZIAZQLY42n0bA6bo1WX6SI3grlmbP_IOKtt-cWecyzPf4lwHHQ6iKZJc84sJk8P3jxRQTHJXdJr-A7Bs8h_KnMHfm3AY1XinmHCAOnTOp0VNRJc/s1600/keep-calm-and-make-a-meal-plan.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMztVqXf3ON1JTDwxk_cj2YzxFEzvCZIAZQLY42n0bA6bo1WX6SI3grlmbP_IOKtt-cWecyzPf4lwHHQ6iKZJc84sJk8P3jxRQTHJXdJr-A7Bs8h_KnMHfm3AY1XinmHCAOnTOp0VNRJc/s320/keep-calm-and-make-a-meal-plan.png" width="274" /></a></div>healthy LIFESTYLE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I would feel weird if I did not have my healthy food in the refrigerator ready to go, or my exercise program in front of me as my accountability guide to an effective workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span>This is the secret that is really not a secret to living a healthy life and maintaining a healthy body. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What it comes down to is caring enough about ME to make my health a priority and I have done so through the planning and prepping process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My hubby and I eat most of our meals at home and rarely eat out and we do not consider this a wrench in our life, but we welcome creating and eating healthy foods, and more than that, enjoy how it makes us feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beautiful part about eating healthy is even if the exercise lacks during the week, I am still maintaining a healthy body through my planned meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Many studies show that vigorous exercise 3 times per week accompanied by healthy nutrition will maintain a healthy body, which is why the nutrition is so vital to keep up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Imagine, not working as hard in the gym by maintaining healthy food intake�sounds GREAT to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><br />  <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><h2 align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">IN YOUR FACE MOTIVATION</span></b></span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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PLAN AND PREP

I confess that being spontaneous is a difficult one for me. I am definitely a plan and prep girl when it comes to almost everything about...

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Don�t Over-think Healthy

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiR1HXGscLpuUvxrQzYRh3bKPY0RrAdiAzgYWlM3cZ56_Dszzcclek1IhMR24DBCu6xKSigBWAdyRiHn3KGrVYJymbLY64_l1R-Avh72Q40nxDlBQWTmOz8shOgKEYBzAEHJ9FZ4gAHJK/s1600/stress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiR1HXGscLpuUvxrQzYRh3bKPY0RrAdiAzgYWlM3cZ56_Dszzcclek1IhMR24DBCu6xKSigBWAdyRiHn3KGrVYJymbLY64_l1R-Avh72Q40nxDlBQWTmOz8shOgKEYBzAEHJ9FZ4gAHJK/s320/stress.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you ever find yourself getting caught up in over-thinking healthy and what it takes to live healthy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In my journey of living a healthy lifestyle, I have found that over-thinking can lead to feelings of inadequacy of not doing things right, and getting so overwhelmed that it turns into something that is not enjoyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Living a healthy lifestyle should be about simplicity, enjoyment, fun, balance, and all those fabulous things in life that make life worth the ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops: 312.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">                                                                      </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I come from a background of extreme athlete, competition, and counting every <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SGND4BYhbo75nNYxZ2bESHusaiK29wHqf1GfQ3P_5N1T9j2j6PfDcFmfO_jnTztDWLMZpSth_NAhZDmJ-b151_rXjM680upwLQ17eD46DpuxRiKlt0eKle-TOQfSohYOW4EIjnm1qYu-/s1600/TO-18Aug07AM-141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SGND4BYhbo75nNYxZ2bESHusaiK29wHqf1GfQ3P_5N1T9j2j6PfDcFmfO_jnTztDWLMZpSth_NAhZDmJ-b151_rXjM680upwLQ17eD46DpuxRiKlt0eKle-TOQfSohYOW4EIjnm1qYu-/s320/TO-18Aug07AM-141.jpg" width="212" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>Getting Back to Healthy</b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>gram of protein, carbohydrate and fat I put in my face, in addition to the supplements taken at spaced out intervals throughout my day, and the intense workouts all tucked neatly into my very organized trainer binder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Whew�I think about that now and remember how strict, stressed, and really undernourished I was during that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My body fat was not at a healthy level for a woman, I was not having a cycle and my hormones where so out of whack that it took months for my body to get back on track when I made the decision to discontinue treating my body that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Now�am I saying that competing is a bad thing�NO�I am not saying that and I applaud everyone�s goals for health and fitness, but what I am sharing is that it did not work for me for an extended period of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Further, this was not a life-long sustainable way of health for my body, mind and spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I just wanted to make that clear before any backlash hit my page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>What I am sharing about this time in my life is that I did over-think health, but I was not really thinking about health per se as my goals were to look a certain way and not considering feeling a certain way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Fast forward to many healthy years later�</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxykydQBvtMbvfZ0jJCOEEncD6CXVXYB-C2s5ZcKjJaO6pAur7Q_XukuqN_7IOHfTR1J4UYt1zeV0waBziAP2aclS4LAbX2N-B3oETkpGiT-h7_loM7zz3TiD5mSez7Y32u0OU1GSS4nF/s1600/945486_10151930556230760_90583378_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxykydQBvtMbvfZ0jJCOEEncD6CXVXYB-C2s5ZcKjJaO6pAur7Q_XukuqN_7IOHfTR1J4UYt1zeV0waBziAP2aclS4LAbX2N-B3oETkpGiT-h7_loM7zz3TiD5mSez7Y32u0OU1GSS4nF/s320/945486_10151930556230760_90583378_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I do not over-think my healthy lifestyle and teach quality over quantity, simplicity over difficult, and enjoyment over feeling overwhelmed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I designed a very easy nutrition guide for my clients that I use myself and have received rave reviews, as well as fabulous results that are life-time maintainable. I never want healthy to feel like a burden to me or my clients. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do believe in a health plan and structure when it comes to food prep and having food ready to go for the week, but that is the only effort required for a healthy lifestyle, alongside a consistent exercise program. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I put in the time to cook my food and enjoy what I cook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I no longer count calories, keep a journal, although this can be helpful when first beginning a program, and simply eat healthy food throughout my day without calorie restriction�.AMEN. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I believe in keeping food to their simplest form and eating it raw or close to raw if possible, and I am talking mostly about my fruits and vegetables here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Of course, I crock pot chicken like no other, boil a boat load of organic eggs, crock pot large amounts of brown rice and steal cut oats every week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This has become my habit or healthy eating life and feels as natural as breathing to me now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I will also share that I do splurge in moderation, although I prefer to cook/bake my splurges because to me there is nothing better than a home-made cookie, pie, or brownie warm from the oven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Also, I do not like how overly sweet, salted or incorrect fat saturated purchased desserts can be and prefer to control that part of my splurge intake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So, the point I am driving home about my nutrition and how I think about it�is that I DON�T OVERTHINK IT�I eat to live and keep all kinds of healthy REAL food in my refrigerator and pantry and ENJOY my food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I realize that my body needs all kinds of fabulous nutrients and I have no worry about eating anything healthy that will fuel my body in a great way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>If it is healthy, I eat it�that is how simple I keep it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 12.0pt;">I can say that not over-thinking healthy has provided a much healthier and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSywAsIq5YNx736HC-maZlPPzIm_muoyeEysBh-0jdTnsJCiB-E7GgLfkWB2Qxh57WkGwXuA35XNs_R1bw1wubaMYtMBZXwkJzdz7MdtS-eIutys4efdAEc75QSgm1tURBJNssUteyfEy/s1600/happy.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSywAsIq5YNx736HC-maZlPPzIm_muoyeEysBh-0jdTnsJCiB-E7GgLfkWB2Qxh57WkGwXuA35XNs_R1bw1wubaMYtMBZXwkJzdz7MdtS-eIutys4efdAEc75QSgm1tURBJNssUteyfEy/s1600/happy.png" /></a></div>happier lifestyle for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I believe if healthy feels like a burden, something is not being done right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The beautiful thing about living a healthy lifestyle the right way and not over-thinking it, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is that it does feel good, makes my body feel strong, provides a confidence and happiness that is awesome, and overall allows me to be my BEST healthy ME.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Wow�what a journey and I like it!<br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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