WSU Week 3 and a Thank-you Giveaway
Hey everyone!! Hope you’re having a happy Monday so far 😀
We’re back in Valdosta and getting back to the grind over here. Even though I have a boatload of laundry and cleaning to do, it always feels nice to come back to the casa after sleeping in a hotel for a couple of nights. I like our house, I guess 😉
1. The Winter Shape Up
I didn’t design new workouts for this week because there are two that I’d like love for you to try if you’re participating in the shape-up.
Beginners: (from this post)
–jumping squats (1 minute)
–wall push-ups (1 minute)
–couch dips (30 seconds)
–high knees (1 minute)
-plank (20 seconds)
–side plank (20 seconds)
-switch to the other side (20 seconds)
–plie squat (1 minute)
–chair calf raise (1 minute)
–Pilates swimming (1 minute)
* Repeat the entire circuit 2-3 times
Int/Advanced: (from this page)
1. Bent-Over Row and Kickback
It works: Latissimus Dorsi (Back) and Triceps
Make sure to keep your back flat and squeeze your shoulder blades together
2. Plie and Bicep Curl (I would reduce the amount of sets of this one to 1 or 2 since the following exercise works similar muscle groups)
What it works: Biceps, Inner thighs, Glutes (booty) and Quads (top of thighs)
3. Ballerina Plie
What it works: Quads, Inner thighs, Glutes (booty) and Calves
4. Chest Flye and Reverse Crunch
This works: Chest and Abdominals
Keep your weights from touching the floor and try to keep your legs at the same angle they were at on the ground and crunch your abs. As you gently bring your feet back down, bring the weights back together and squeeze your pectorals (chest).
5. Lunge and Lateral Raise
This works: Quads and Shoulders
6. Oblique Crunch with Dumbell
Works obliques
7. Swimming back extension
Works: Lower back (erector spinae) and the backs of your shoulders (rear deltoids)
Repeat the entire circuit 2-3 times
2. The Raw Cacao Crunchies
So, remember the raw cacao cookies I made last week?
When I did another recipe test last night, the dough came out like this:
Can you believe that’s RAW?!
Not to do any horn-tooting or anything, but that cookie dough is everything I wanted it to be 😀
I even had a hefty little taster to make sure 😉
I rolled out the raw cacao cookie dough:
Cut it into cute little hearts,
and put it into the dehydrator to dehydrate to perfection for 24-36 hours.
I can’t wait to see how they turn out! I have a good feeling about them 😀
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January 2010 was the best month the bloggy has EVER had! Thank you SO so very much for reading my little blog and for sticking around with me- I hope you know how much I appreciate it <3 You all make this such a fun place to talk about food and fitness, and I’m very lucky to “know” all of you.
As a little thank-you,
I’ll send half of the raw cacao cookies to a lovely bloggy 😀
(+ some fun goodies I’ll throw in there)
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment and tell me which dessert you’d love to see a raw version of.
For me, it’s Funfetti cake! It’s my mission to do it one of these days 😉
I’ll pick the cookie winner tonight at midnight EST.
Ready, set…. GO!
<3
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lemon bars!! mmm
Raw coconut cheesecake!
I would love to see a white lamb cake that my grandma used to make. It was white cake with vanilla icing and coconut flakes for the lamb’s fur and two chocolate chips for the eyes (which I would repeatedly eat, and thus, she would have to replace) Good childhood memory.
i would have to say lemon bars!!! mmm best dessert for the summer! 🙂
would love to see a raw version of smores… mm..
Cream cheese brownies!! mmm
Definitely brownies!!
Raw dessert hmmm, I would say carrot cake!!
I’d love to see a raw version of creme brulee’! Yummers!!
Hi! I’m new to your blog and am really enjoying it. I printed out your Winter Shape Up excercises to try out tomorrow. Could you, would you make a raw carrot cake?! Yum!
buckeyes! i’m sure there’s a version out there, but i’ve never tried it!
Carrot Cake!
I would love to see a raw version of a chocolate brownie or cupcake!
I am all about a raw funfetti cake! It’s my absolute favorite kind of cake, and I only eat it on my birthday (the hubs makes it for me even)! But to make it raw, and therefore justify consumption more than just one time/year, that would be amazing!
I would love to try raw s’mores! But your raw cookies that you made don’t sound so bad 😉
I would love me a raw version of Thin Mints or Tag-a-longs Girl Scout cookies!!!!
a raw version of the girl scout cookies that have coconut and caramel. Raw samoas!
Rice krispy treats with all that gooey marshmallow! Thanks for your blog, this is my first time posting…those cookies look heavenly!
I will have to go with samoas those are my favorite but I haven’t had them in forever because of how bad they are! 🙂
raw girl scout peanut butter patties!
I would love a raw tiramisu! And I love your website Gina 🙂
mmm raw lemon merengue pie. i dont even know if that is possible!
Tirmisu or Trifle!
a fun dessert(but seems NEAR impossible to make raw) would be a baked(haha hence the hard part) alaska, or creme brulee!! nomnomnom
now you have me hungry Gina!!!!
thanks girl!
Cheesecake! It is my favorite!
OH MY!! I’d LOVE funfetti or red velvet cupcakes/cakes for sure!!! My mouth is watering just thinking about it 🙂 this giveaway is awesome your great!!
Oh my…there are so many I want…blueberry crunch, peach cobbler, bread pudding… those 3 I would love to see raw! those cookies look delish.
I would love to have some raw funfetti!! I would love to see a recipe for red velvet cake. Yummm!
RAW CARROT CAKE!!! yummy yum yummers 🙂
mmmmmmm those cookies look awesome! i would lovee oreos or a raw brownie sundae!!
Anything with chocolate and peanut butter! Yummm!
I would like a raw key lime pie… super yum!
Raw s’mores would be amazing!!
I would love to see cherry cheesecake raw style!!!!!
I’d love to see a raw version of apple crisp or tiramisu or lemon bars! Mmmm
Carrot cake! Just like my grandma used to make 😉
Wow, what an amazing give-a-way! I would love to see a recipe for a raw version of a 7-layer bar.
Good old brownies!
Brownies!!!
Pumpkin bread with icing…yummmm
I’d love to see a raw version of carrot cake =)
I want to see some raw cupcakes! With frosting 🙂
Thanks for doing this giveaway Gina!
Something contradictory like fried ice cream, creme brulee, or baked alaska. Would the flambee at the end disqualify it as raw? Ha ha I don’t care, I’d do it for the theatrics.
Oatmeal cookies!
Raw bread pudding! Yummyyyyyyy.
something with pistachios …….love that nut!
mmm…apple dumplings? applie pie? cupcakes? i just love dessert 🙂
Anything that tastes like a Snickers bar!
Peanut butter cookies…so good!
LOL raw funfetti cake…genius!! Hmm I would love a raw apple pie.