Train for Life

Category: Inspiration

  • Merry Christmas!

    Have you completed each item on your Christmas Bucket List this year? Reinvent the wheel: Christmas is more than presents, festive cocktails, sugary sweets, and extravagant decorations. Be present and mindful. Savor time with loved and create new positive memories. You are the light.

  • Holiday HIIT

    Have you missed one, two, three, or more workouts this past week? Have holiday parties or end-of-the-year deadlines replaced your workouts? Do you need more energy to end 2017 feeling happy and alive instead of fatigued and overworked? Today treat yourself to only 20 minutes and power through the following bodyweight exercises! What’s more? They can be…

  • Thursday Nugget

    Healthy Recipe of the Week Are you seeking a quick, last minute Christmas gift for a co-worker, friend, or special someone? Gather these ingredients in a jar and make that person extra happy! Hot Chocolate Mix Ingredients 3 tablespoons Cacao Powder 1 ounce Cacao Butter (finely chopped) 3 tablespoons Coconut Sugar 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg 1…

  • Thursday Nugget

    Healthy Recipe of the Week A protein-rich sweet dip your kiddo will enjoy! Chocolate Hummus Ingredients  2 cups Chickpeas (cooked, unsalted) 3 – 4 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 2 tablespoons Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, or Tahini 1/4 cup Maple Syrup 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (may be substituted for almond extract) Directions Add all ingredients into…

  • Monday Motivation

      Think Less Achieve More. Keep It Simple. Be Positive.

  • Thursday Nugget

    Healthy Recipe of the Week Are you going gaga over pumpkins? I am! Pumpkins set the mood for a cozy Fall/Winter evening, fill our tummies with sweet delight, and are healthy too! Benefits of pumpkin, include: Rich in carotenoids 2 High in vitamin C Full of fiber Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup Coconut Flour…

  • Monday Motivation

    Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire, If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations Because they give…

  • A Thanksgiving Dessert

    Healthy Recipe of the Week Don’t Stuff… Save Room for Something Sweet! Pumpkin Custard Ingredients 1/2 Cashews (raw) 1  tablespoon Agar Flakes (may substitute for gelatin) 1 pinch Sea Salt 1 1/4 cups Water (boiling) 1 1/2 cups Pumpkin (roasted or canned) 1/4 cup Agave Nectar or Honey 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg (ground)…

  • Thursday Nugget

    Healthy Recipe of the Week The air is crisp. The days are shorter.  A Fall soup to warm yourself inside and out. Harvest Squash and Mushroom Soup Ingredients 3 cups Cooked Butternut Squash (fresh or frozen) 2 tablespoons Grass-fed Butter (may substitute for coconut oil) 1/2 cup Onion (diced) 2 cloves Crushed Garlic 1 1/4…

  • Monday Motivation

    What makes you happy? Oftentimes, it is the smallest pleasures that make people most happy. Happiness: It does not take much. Be grateful in the present as you await what is to come in the future.