Deidra Mangus

So which of you reading this is totally guilty of waiting until the New Year to start back up with your fitness journey? Who is guilty of letting go of their nutrition because the holiday food tastes good, letting go of the gym because it’s well…. too cold, and not really caring about what they look like because your not in a bathing suite or shorts/tank top in the winter anyways?

If this is you and your feeling the slightest bit of guilt, maybe its time to rethink your winter and holiday habits! I am not asking you to completely give up holiday food and treats… I know I am not, but what I am doing is finding healthier alternatives so I can still enjoy, but stay healthy and feel good about myself inside and out without feeling self conscious of how I look in my clothes!

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with letting go of the normal “New Year’s Resolution” that everyone does and start now! You don’t have to set yourself back by letting go of yourself when you can be that one that is moving forward and then when the New Years comes, your ahead of the game and your making it easier on yourself and your body to be healthy, happy, and confident in the skin your in!

As an online fitness coach, I love to reassure people that may be following me and my journey that my goal is not to set unrealistic goals on you, help you be “skinny” or starve yourself! My goal is simply to help YOU fulfill YOUR health and fitness goals, whether its to lose 5 pounds, 25 pounds, or 100 pounds (depending on how much you need to lose to be a healthy weight), or just tone and gain better eating habits and/or exercise habits! My goal is also to motivate your and help you become a positive role model for those watching you and also to help you have a healthier lifestyle so you can share this with your household and children if you have them! As a mother, this healthy lifestyle has impacted me the most!! I do not talk about how “fat” I am or how I need to lose weight… especially in front of my kids.. But what I do love to talk about is how mommy loves to be healthy because our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, which is given to you from God and our job is to honor God with our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV). So its time to practice what I preach and show them mommy is leading by example so they can do the same and grow big, strong, and healthy!

So for this week, I have prepped my meals to help me stay accountable with my nutrition. I am prepped so I do not have to spend time during the week cooking, and I can no longer make excuses for not having “time” to cook or anything prepared if I’m on the run! I take less than 3 hours total to prep and I’m ready to roll! Here are some of the meals I’m eating with some new recipes for you that hopefully you can use for your family!

Honey Glazed Salmon

Ingredients:

• 4 4 oz filets of salmon
• 4 tbsp whole wheat flour
• 5 tbsp raw honey
• 2 tbsp I cant believe its not butter
• 1 tsp fresh minced garlic
• 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• Himalayan salt (or sea salt) and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Pre heat oven to 400 F.
2. In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter.
3. Add garlic, honey, lime juice, salt and pepper. Cook for 3 minutes. Set aside.
4. Season the salmon with Himalayan salt and pepper.
5. Coat the salmon filets in the flour and then drizzle the honey mixture over filet.
6. Heat Olive oil in large skillet on medium high heat.
7. Add salmon to hot skillet, skin side on top first and cook for 2-3 minutes.
8. Flip salmon and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
9. Place in oven and bake on 400 for 8 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
10. Serve with remaining honey glaze.

Clean Stuffed Peppers 

Ingredients:

• 4 whole peppers (colored or green.. its your preference)
• 1/2 lb lean ground beef (93 %)
• 1/2 lb ground turkey (99 % lean)
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp chopped purple onion
• 2 tbsp chopped jalapeños
• 1 large portobello mushroom chopped
• 1 8 oz can organic spaghetti sauce
• 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (2%)
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Pre heat oven to 375 F
2. Cut tops off peppers, leaving a large opening at top for filling. clean out inside of pepper so there are no remaining inside
3. In a medium bowl, mix ground beef, turkey meat, garlic, onion, jalapeños, mushrooms, 4 oz of spaghetti sauce, garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper.
4. Add mixture to fill each pepper. If you have leftover, you can make small meatballs to place in pan with peppers.
5. Place peppers in a cooking dish.
6. Add remaining sauce over peppers.
7. Top with mozzarella cheese on each pepper.
8. Cook for 50 min or until fully cooked through meat.
9. Let cook prior to digging in!

Hope you enjoy these recipes and can cook them for you and your family!! Be sure to comment your experience with them below!

I have found when I meal prep, to cook these recipes in bulk that way I have dinner, and then lunch and dinner for the next day or so!

If you want to keep your healthy lifestyle going over the holiday season and be ahead for the New Year, I would love to mentor you and give 1:1 support and help to reach those big goals of yours, or just to help you learn how to live a healthy lifestyle!

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