Going bananas

Yesterday before Erin and I went for our walk we made a salmon pasta dish that was nothing less than exquisite! We had a hard time restricting ourselves to one bowl. Due to calories and carbohydrates we had to and that's why we wanted to eat our meal before we went power walking for 5 miles. I also ate a banana on the walk and 28 ounces of water. I heard that bananas give you more energy when you're working out, so I wanted to test this theory. I didn't notice much of a difference so I came home and did my research (they contain mainly sugars, so they basically give you a guilt free sugar rush for your work out) and was surprised to discover that bananas have a variety of amazing health benefits to them and I wanted to share them with all of you!

• Stress relief
• Reducing depression
• Anemia
• Constipation & diarrhea 
• Eye sight protection
• Healthy bones
• Healthy kidneys
• Blood pressure
• Heart burn
• Morning sickness
• Smoking 
• Ulcers
• Nerves
• Mosquito bites
• Stroke risk    

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You can help of these problems just by eating a banana once a day! I put mine in my smoothie every morning and now that I'm talking about it I do notice a huge difference in my heart burn. I haven't had one problem since I started my smoothies!
   
I'm a little sore from my work out yesterday and I've decided to start posting the routines I do every day so that you can also do them if you'd like! I cannot believe the difference in my body since I've started working for the last 3 weeks. I believe it's mainly my diet that is keeping the weight off but definitely the exercises building the muscle tone. I can see my abdominal muscles! My love handles have shrunk by 50%! I'm fitting into clothes I never thought I would again! It's such an incredible feeling seeing my hard work pay off. As an added bonus I feel absolutely fantastic!

When I say "diet" I don't mean it in the sense that I'm dieting! I mean it as in what's in my diet every day :) So speaking of my diet... here's the YUMMIEST lunch I was speaking of! I just finished the leftovers for today's lunch!

So here's the recipe:
1 cup of organic brown rice pasta
1 can of salmon (in water, never oil!)
1/2 of a green pepper
1 red pepper
1 orange pepper
1 white onion (red would be better)
1 tablespoon of mayonnaise 

I'm taking the day off today from working out and even walking because I'm entirely too sore to walk. The muscles around my knees are killing me! I'm going to soak in the bath and read Catching Fire for a while and hopefully that will relieve some of the pain.

Have a great day everyone!

Love, Inspiration and Happiness always,