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~ Best Shape of Your Life Challenge! – STRENGTHENING THE HOUSE!

-WEEK 5

Theme of the Week: Clean Eating and YOU!

As we move into the mid-way point of the Challenge, I want to look at this thing called Clean Eating, GetInShape (1)which you’ve all been adopting over the last few weeks.

What is Clean Eating? It’s about eating close to the earth, the way Mother Nature intended.  It’s about respecting our bodies enough to feed it wholesome, real foods.  It’s about choosing live foods over dead ones. I call it the Caveman Diet or 100-Mile Diet. Or, ‘that’s-the-way-my-great-grandparents-used-to-eat’ diet.

But ‘clean eating’ means different things to different people. It’s not about eating specific foods – vegans and carnivores alike are both clean eaters – it’s about eating real food, while still respecting your preferences and choices! That’s the Warrior Woman Way!

Here’s how I look at it: if you can’t pick it (from a tree) or pluck it (from the ground), if you can’t hunt it or fish it, it shouldn’t be on your plate.  Nor should it be in your body.

Labels: Which brings me to another point, if it has a label, it’s not a whole food. Grab that bar or breakfast cereal, turn it over in your head and read the label…..can you even pronounce those words? Then what are you doing putting it in your body? You wouldn’t eat a cotton ball, would you? Then why are you eating that?

Who’s calling the shots, anyway? Are you trusting the government/Health Canada/media/ who all say the additives are not bad for you? Think again. We’re all swimming in a toxic pool of chemicals, it’s best we jump out now!

Clean eating is not just about food, it’s a mindset. And the more you live it, the more ‘natural’ your way of eating becomes, and everyone else’s eating style seems odd.

Clean eating is not about denial. It’s about freedom. Freedom from pain, low energy, headaches, PMS, mood swings, depression, thick midsections and a fat butt.

Stuck on menu ideas? I’ve resisted the temptation to do Menu Plans for you. This approach NEVER works. But you can certainly create your own plan, and this week, you’ll read how. You know about calories portions by now.

So I’m including a free copy of my Clean Zone Diet Cookbook, with over 30 recipes, with calorie, protein, carb and fat counts. That should do it!

And let’s see how you did on the Macronutrients sheet from last week, shall we? We’re wrapping up macro’s this week, so we can move on into deeper water… 🙂

Training: We’re continuing with our Double-Split routine but we’re playing with drop sets and super sets, two valuable training tools that will ramp up your training, and cut time from your workout. Not bad! So let’s keep strengthening our house! And make sure you continue with the GLUTE circuit in your workout cards, and the new Ab circuits too…! Always keeping it fresh!

So remember, eat clean, train hard, and enjoy your success. It’s only just begun!

 

Week 5: Same as Weeks 3 & 4 – Legs/Chest, and Back/Shoulders/Arms

We are experimenting with drop sets and super sets, so please watch the videos. We’ll chat more about them soon!

Nutrition goals: Clean eating recipes. Yum!

Body/Mind: Find Your Inner Grrrrrr!

 

VIDEO and accompanying ARTICLES for this week….

BSC Workout Videos –  SuperSets and Drop Sets 

Nutrition:

 

Support Articles: