Diana Freyaldenhoven

Paleo Chicken Strips Ingredients: Chicken Breast Strips Eggs, beaten Almond Flour Seasonings Directions: Dip Chicken Strips into beaten eggs and make sure that they are coated. Mix Almond Flour with seasonings of choice. Dip Chicken strips in mix and make sure that they are coated. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Enjoy!

This week was the first week of the Bulk Phase of Body Beast. I think I am going to like this phase even more especially since it has shorter workouts!! I know I have said this every week, but I really cannot wait to see my results from this program. Some things I have noticed though...I feel a strong need to fit in 1-2 extra cardio workouts, I feel like I need more cardio in my life and I miss the stretching and flexibility I gained from PiYo. My poor left knee has had so many horse and cheerleading injuries that I NEED to stay flexible to keep my left leg happy! Monday was Chest Day! I enjoy working my chest and I typically always feel the burn from a chest workout. Tuesday was Leg day. WOWZA! This was a great workout and I think I may finally get some definition in my legs after this one!! Wednesday was Arms. I was WORN OUT after this biceps and triceps burner!! Thursday was Back. I am still working on my pull ups. I still need a chair and do not have the full pull up...

Protein Pancakes Ingredients: 1 banana 1/4 cup oats 2 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp baking powder 1 egg 1 egg white 1 scoop protein powder (I used chocolate Shakeology) Directions: Mix all ingredients in a food processor or blender. Cook in a skillet with coconut oil. Enjoy! I ate them with no toppings and with 2 boiled eggs on the side.

Clean Chicken Salad Ingredients: 2 Chicken Breasts, cooked 2 Celery Stalks, chopped 1/4 Red Onion, chopped 1/2 cup Red, Seedless Grapes, quartered 1/2 cup Plain Greek Yogurt 1 tsp Garlic Powder 1 tsp Black Pepper Sea Salt to taste Directions: Put chicken breasts, yogurt, garlic powder, black pepper, and sea salt in a food processor until the mixture is creamy. Put mixture in a medium sized mixing bowl. Add celery, onion, and grapes to mixture and stir until well mixed. Serve with whole grain bread or with whole wheat crackers. I served this as sandwiches on Rudi's Multigrain Gluten Free bread with a fruit salad. My fruit salad was simply pineapple, blueberries, and red grapes mixed together. YUM!

Learning to balance your life is sooo important... Finances Work Time Family Health Hobbies How do you do it all?? I am always learning when it comes to balance. Some say I do too much. Others say I don't do enough. I think the main thing is to know your priorities and be organized. If your family is your primary priority, you should be spending most of your free time with them. Make a list of your priorities and then make a list of things you do and how long you spending doing these things. Are you spending time on your priorities?? Keep a To Do List and a Calendar. This can be done on a paper planner or with an app on your phone or tablet. Just DO it!! :) Schedule everything out. Plan ahead! If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!!

Well this wraps up my 3rd week of Body Beast and last week of the Build Phase! I am seriously loving this program. I know that I am gaining lean muscles and cannot wait to see what my after pictures look like!! Next week I go onto the Bulk Phase. I am excited because I will have shorter workouts!! That is always a plus when it comes to being BUSY!! :) I am continued with my 100% Clean Diet. Today is day 10 and I had my first cheat...a chocolate cupcake that I brought home from work 2 weeks ago and put in the freezer. It was AMAZING!! Tonight we are celebrating our 6th Anniversary, so I will be having a cheat meal tonight too. Tomorrow I plan to go back to 100% clean until next Friday or Saturday. I am loving what this has done for my body so far and glad that I am back on track and I'm not craving sugar like crazy!! I am really trying on being a better version of me...NOT changing who I am, but improving myself! Any day that I workout is a HAPPY Day!!! I was in...

Oh my goodness!!! I saw a picture of these...no recipe and thought "I have GOT to recreate this!!!" This weekend I did and boy did it taste good! You HAVE TO try this recipe!!! Loaded Sweet Potatoes (2 servings) Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes  Green onions 1/2 avocado Plain, nonfat yogurt 1 jalapeño, sliced Salsa 1 lb Ground Turkey Part skim mozzarella cheese Directions: Set oven to 425 degrees. Sliced sweet potatoes into wedges. Put wedges in a medium mixing bowl, add 2 tsp of EVOO and swish around until the potatoes are coated. Add 1 tsp of chili powder to wedges and swish around until the potatoes are coated. Place wedges on a baking sheet and bake 25 minutes. Meanwhile, cook ground turkey in a non stick skillet with coconut oil and season however you'd like...I used minced garlic, sea salt, black pepper, chili powder. Once the wedges are cooked, place them on plates, sprinkle with part skim mozzarella cheese, add 1/4 avocado to each servin...