Love your feedback on my brief thoughts on serving size. I’m working on putting together a post on mindful & intuitive eating.. something I continue to work on everyday.. so look for that soon! 
FITNESS
Great cardio, and a quick but good lifting session !
I did a distance cardio routine today:
It felt good and the time went by pretty quickly.
For lifting I did a brief semi-full body workout: Squats, Squat Jumps, Glute Kickbacks, Front Rows, Tricep Dips
Plans & Goals
I haven’t specifically touched on my future fitness goals &/or plans. Well I think right now my goals is to be both functionally & form fit! I’ve mentioned before that by the time you get on stage for a Fitness/Figure competition, you may look pretty good, but you’re actually not really all that fit in the functional sense. I want the best of both worlds! A lot of people looking to build muscle actually don’t do to much cardio because you don’t want to breakdown your muscle growth. This is the same reason that it is recommended to consume a quick digesting protein (such as whey) and carb (such as fruit) right after a workout in order to give your muscle fuel to burn instead of breaking down muscle you’re trying to build (super simplified but you get what I’m saying). So although I’m not purposely trying to breakdown muscle, I’m not at a point where I’m trying to build or even maintain all of it. Ideally I’d like to slim down a bit, but I think that will come by just keeping consistent with a mix of HIIT & LIIT along with a few days a week of full body strength training and yoga.
You add muscle by lifting heavy, eating enough to fuel the growth and resting. This is why when I was trying to build I did an upper/lower split, because each muscle group needed time to recovery after an intense workout. It is during that recovery that growth & change really happens. But now, with my new purpose, I don’t need the same sort of rest so I’m going to play with full body workouts and see how I like it.
NUTRITION
Breakfast was a lovely Sweet Quinoa & Goat’s Milk Yogurt Mess topped with Strawberries, Figs and a sprinkle of Wheat Germ..
What can I say, I’m just in a Panini mood this week! Today was low-sodium Turkey Breast with a little TJ’s Guacamole Hummus, Kale Pesto, Tomato and Gouda Cheese on an Onion Roll. I like using a soft roll because when it’s grilled it gets just enough crispiness without becoming so hard that it cuts your mouth when you eat it..
I worked the dinner shift at Nourish tonight. For my meal I took one of my favorite items on the menu (Avocado & Sweet Potato Salad) and added a couple things.. Alyson’s style 
Avocado & Sweet Potato Salad with Chicken Breast and a sprinkle of Black Beans and Goat Cheese on a bed of Mixed Greens.. perfection.. love this flavor combo. It was just the right amount, not too heavy but still filling..
My schedule is still bizzaro. I just finished dinner at 10:45pm. Last night was similar and I was up past 2am doing work but then slept past 9am.. everything’s just been moved back a few hours. And wow this week flew by.. I can’t believe tomorrow’s Friday.. no complaints though!
Any fun weekend plan? I’m just working and planning on going to a couple fun get togethers. Loving life! 
Fun Links
I'm learning to love cardio (but PLEASE don't tell my trainer that or she'll pile on more)!!!
i should totally start doing more full body workouts! especially because i'm getting so bored of splitting. i'm excited to see if you post some so i can steaaaal hahaha
i'm heading over to this pesto link RIGHT NOW
i've just got a girlfriend's going away party tonight which should be a good time
glad you are loving life! have a great weekend
I'm 5"4" and 105 pounds and trying to gain about 5 pounds or so of muscle. In ur opinion should I stay away from cardio and focus more on strength training? I've been doing cardio 2 times a week and weight training 3 and then a TRX class. Any suggestions?
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A couple times a week of cardio is fine.. I'd increase weight training frequency though, and aim for lifting heavier for shorter sets (if you can do 15 reps, it's too light!)
When I went from bodybuilding to just being fit with muscles, I took close to a year with changing the food – how much & the make -up of it, along with going to more intense cardio and circuit training for my weights.. meaning for me, no stopping… lighter weights obviously & lots of drop sets… it worked for me but I took my time.