Hi guys!
Here is your shopping list this weekend in preparation for the Vegan Challenge beginning Monday May 28th! You can join for 1 day, 1 week, or the full 2 weeks! Whatever you do, make a commitment and stick with it! We’re going to do this together as a community to see the positive effects it will have on our health, overall fitness, energy levels, and physique.
Below is a shopping list for you to take with you to the supermarket this weekend. You do not need to buy everything, just buy what you like under each category. I will have the full meal plan with recipes up before Monday. Here it is! Remember, no meat, poultry, eggs, fish, dairy, or honey. And as Nicky Holender says, “EMBRACE THE VEGETABLES!”
Herbs:
basil, cilantro
Spices:
black pepper, cayenne pepper or chili powder, cinnamon, cumin, curry powder, paprika
Seasonings:
hot sauce (sriracha, tabasco), liquid smoke (def get this for eggplant bacon), low sodium soy sauce, mustard, salsa
Canned & Jarred:
black beans and/or pinto beans, chick peas or garbanzo beans (def get this for hummus), canned whole or crushed tomatoes (for tomato basil soup)
Frozen:
Edamame (def need this for salads and for “edamole” or “guacamame”), any frozen fruit or veggies you like
Seeds & Grains:
amaranth (you must try this!), quinoa, ezekiel bread (found in frozen aisle of most health food stores), brown rice, lentils, oats for oatmeal, psyllium husk, flax seeds
Fruits & Veggies:
Buy anything that you like! Be sure to get these though…
Mushrooms, minisweet peppers or bell peppers, baby spinach and/or romaine, carrots, tomatoes, egg plant (need this!!!), sweet potatoes + apples (we’re making a mash), bananas, avocados, an leafy green you like, onions, zucchini (for zucchini noodles), lemon (need this for pico de gallo)
Other but not necessary:
Almond, rice, hemp, or soy milk, tofu, tempeh, soy yogurt, soy cheese, vegetable broth (but we will also be making our own), rice/hemp/soy protein powder for protein pancakes, almonds, natural organic peanut butter unsalted
I will be posting the official meal plan with calorie breakdown either tonight or sometime on Sunday.
YOU IN!? Reblog this to make a commitment. Even if it’s for 1 day.
Remember your childhood? You were playing Manhunt, Hopscotch, Capture the Flag and Hide and Go Seek until the porch light came on. You were watching the best cartoons and summer seemed to be too short and too long at the same time. I came across PowerGirl Fitness on Youtube while I was searching for some new workouts. In PowerGirl Fitness, 8 Year Old Jesse Lipke instructs a 20 minute exercise routine. Now some questions do arise: Is she behind PowerGirl Fitness or are her parents (Her mother is a Nutritionist and her father is a Personal Instructor and a Doctor), is this controversial or not? Maybe her parents have some weight behind PowerGirl. Another question is, why couldn’t she wear something more appropriate for a Youtube video? With this question I am torn. I grew up in the Dance World and I know that at that same age my friends and I were wearing the same type of clothing. However, I feel for a Youtube video, Jesse and her workout friends are susceptible to Pedophiles and other sexual predators.
With my personal agenda aside. I do have to say that her workouts are very reminiscent of the dance workouts I used to do before a routine. She might become the next Jillian Michaels! So get your workout on and enjoy! :)
Utada “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI”