Winter Shape Up 2018: Week 3
Hey hey! Happy Sunday! How’s the weekend going?? Happy Winter Shape Up Week 3! If you’re just now joining in the fun, head here to get all the details. This week’s featured sponsor is Lorissa’s Kitchen, one of my very favorite high-protein snack brands. Be sure to scroll down and enter an amazing giveaway from Lorissa’s Kitchen!
I hope that you’ve already noticed some of the benefits from WSU, and so many of our Facebook group friends have said that their energy is higher and they feel stronger already. Workout #1, which had many of us hobbling after the first time (including yours truly) feels a little bit easier as the challenge goes on.
Here’s what the meal ideas look like for Week 3:
Breakfast
Pumpkin Banana Blender Pancakes
Lunch
Chicken, Quinoa, Sweet Potato Soup
The Best Black Bean Soup and a salad
Dinner
Sriracha Chicken and Cauliflower Tacos
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Lasagna
Coconut Curry Meatballs with Sweet Potato Noodles
Snacks
Chocolate Protein Cake for One
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Kalamata Olive Dip and crudités
(Get all of the meals here)
And your workouts for Week 3:
Workout 4: Upper Body Burner with video
Workout 7: Ab Burner
Workout 2: Barre Legs with video
Workout 5: Treadmill Workout
Workout 1: HIIT + Strength with video (<— if you haven’t tried any of the WSU workout, give this one a whirl this week!)
Workout 3: Pilates Abs with video
Another huge shout out to our amazing sponsors, who help keep the Shape Ups FREE and provide amazing giveaways for ya.
Sun Basket // Lorissa’s Kitchen // Primo Water
This week’s featured sponsor is Lorissa’s Kitchen, one of my very favorite high-protein snacks.
Here’s a little bit about Lorissa’s Kitchen:
-They’re protein-rich and responsibly sourced meat snacks. The chicken cuts and steak strips are my favorite, and the Pilot loves the pork cuts. Something that sets Lorissa’s Kitchen apart from similar products is the texture! It has a higher moisture content, which gets them a soft bite. This is something that I love because similar options are often too dry and chewy for my preference. They also tend to be overly salty. Lorissa’s Kitchen meat snacks are perfectly-spiced and have a pleasing soft texture. (Still chewy, but not going to break your jaw haha.)
They have so many awesome flavors: Korean Barbecue Steak Strips, Sweet Chili Pork Cuts and Szechuan Peppercorn Beef Steak Strips. My favorite flavor is the Ginger Chicken Teriyaki Cuts.
Why I LOVE their snacks:
–Lorissa created these snacks because she wanted something healthy and portable to feed herself and her family, without sacrificing the quality ingredients that are important to her. This is something I relate to SO MUCH, because it can be tricky to pack up healthy snacks to take with us that are high in nutrients. We do a lot of fresh fruit, bars, and yogurts, but for something high in protein that doesn’t have to be refrigerated, these are perfect. I have a bag or Lorissa’s Kitchen in my gym bag at all times, and love them for travel and road trip snacks. I had a pack in my backpack when we were at Disney, and could snack on some of these knowing that I’d get a protein boost and they’d help keep me satisfied until our next meal.
-They use great ingredients. The meat isn’t treated with antibiotics, and you can pronounce everything on the package. They use 100% grassfed beef, and there are no freaky fillers, additives, MSG, gluten or added nitrites. Just sustainably-sourced meat + seasonings.
-They’re easy to find! I’ve been able to find Lorissa’s Kitchen at Target and Publix, and they also carry their products at Kroger, Walgreens and Amazon.
And now, it’s giveaway time!
1 lucky winner will receive a mix of 15 packs of Lorissa’s Kitchen products! Since I’m shipping it out, you know I’ll throw in some extra goodies for the winner, too. 😉
Here’s how to enter:
-Leave a comment below each time you complete a workout this week. It doesn’t have to be a Winter Shape Up workout!
-Follow me on Instagram and leave an extra comment
-Follow Lorissa’s Kitchen on Instagram and leave an extra comment
Ready, set, go!!
xo
Gina
*I’ll be announcing the bonus giveaway and Sun Basket winners in tomorrow’s blog post!
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Steady state done
just did a HIIT work out!
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Never miss a monday workout complete. Hour of Power Spin Class! Woo Hoo!
Did workout 5 today while jamming out to the greatest showman soundtrack.
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Lean legs workout done!
2 rounds each of WO4 AND 7
Early morning kickboxing…check! My head cold is gone and I can breathe again. So much more enjoyable!
I did a rowing/strength workout this AM and am doing a barre class over lunch!
Today’s workout was Lauren Gleisberg’s countdown to 30×30 day 2, foam rolling, and YWA true day 29.
Always late on my posting, but did 30 minutes steady state on the dreadmill yesterday.
Did a barre class yesterday and hitting up #7 & #4 tonight!
I did 30 mins steady on the bike today.
I switched yesterday and today so I did 30 minutes steady state on the elliptical today. It was kind of a nice break but still felt good to be active!
Rest day today, so just some walking. I’m surprisingly not sore from workout #4 yesterday!
Tired today so I couldn’t make it to the kickboxing class I had planned on going to … so I hit up a spinning class and stair climbed for 15 minutes. Happy Tuesday!
Booty day this morning! Followed by breakfast with 3 of my girlfriends. Such a treat to take time like that mid week 🙂
I did a row/spinning/strength class this AM!
WO2 and hills today
today’s workout was Eating Bird Food’s new treadmill walking routine and YWA true day 30.
Just did a 20 minute hill program on the treadmill and then workout #2!
Wednesday kicked my butt as soon as the alarm went off this morning. Fortunately, I have AWESOME workout buddies who keep me accountable and I still made it to Spin Class. Now, Thursday morning may be an intentional rest day.
30 min incline walk
Today was my off day but I took a 20 min walk after work. We had such lovely weather it was nice to get outside
boxing class done this morning!
using today as my rest day
I took a bootcamp and booty class this AM!
Mixing up the week, so did workout #1 plus some deadlifts this morning, and I plan to do workout #3 at some point today.
I started the week with workout #1, followed the next day bu 40mn elliptical (incl. Halls). Wednesday si workout #1: I felt stronger than the first week….yet today my legs are as sore as with the first time I did it, so I did 40mn steady state on the elliptical.
today’s workout was Lauren Gleisberg’s countdown to 30×30 day 4.
I did workout #5 on the treadmill tonight – looking forward to a rest day tomorrow! Especially to prepare for workout #1 on Saturday 🙂
Active Rest Day … 2 – 30 minute walks today to let my legs recover from 3 days of intense spinning!
I took a killer sandbag circuit class this morning. Feeling ready to attack Friday!
workout complete: LG’s countdown to 30×30 day 5 and YWA. 🙂
Today is a steady state cardio day for me! I walked for 40 minutes on the treadmill this AM and am taking a spin class later!
WO5 done today
Morning spin class with 45 minutes of stair stepper and stretching this evening.
Workout 4 & 7 today
Active rest today- good amount of walking!
WO1 DONE!
Enjoyed a really nice walk through the park this morning with my husband, stopping for coffee on the way home.
I just finished workouts #1 and #3 – so glad to be finished with workout #1 – that one never really felt easier for me!!
Endurance Challenge Today – My workout friends and I took part in a challenge ride this morning. 2 hrs on the spin bike. Ouch! My legs are DONE!
Workout 2 and 20 min hills on the bike done
Workout #2 plus some arm strength this morning and I’m going snowshoeing tonight as my “hills” workout
OTF done!
I have not checked in at all this week but I’ve been doing the workouts! Sweaty as ever!
15.1 mile training run in the fresh snow. It might have been cold this morning (30degrees) when we started BUT it is now 2 degrees outside and I am so glad we got in the miles when we did! 🙂
I completed workout 3 today! It was just what I needed after yesterday’s hiit workout!