Tues Tips

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subtitle: stuff from the comments which many might have missed.

subsubtitle: this mightcould look like a lazyMizFit’s blog post, but I went back this weekend, cut & pasted all these into a document for myself, & figured Id prod remind you to as well…

From Bag Lady (with regards to bean consumption) if you are preparing dried beans yourself, add a teaspoon of baking soda when you are cooking them – helps with the gas problem…..

From Marianne with regards to a comment about NOT being a fan of quinoa:
I used to hate the stuff, too, but this makes it darn near tasty!

Kidney Beans & Quinoa

1 tbs olive oil
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup celery stalk, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 tsp dried thyme,crumbled
1 tbs paprika
1/2 tbs dried oregano
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
15 ozs canned kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups vegetable broth
1 cup quinoa

Bring vegetable broth and quinoa to a boil, then cover and simmer 15 minutes.
In a medium skillet, saute the onion, bell pepper and celery until soft.
Stir in the garlic, thyme and spices and cook until fragrant.
Add the beans and simmer until the quinoa is done.
Plate the quinoa and top with beans.

From Angie with regards to replacing foods in recipes:

I am lactose intolerant and am able to tolerate yogurt and cottage cheese, but thats about it. I use soy milk and feta cheese in place of regular milk and any cheese many times.

From Lori typing in reference to her children (this just made me smile):

They’re used to me putting spinach in their smoothies (MizFit note: ick. they dont taste it at all?) so don’t mind the experiments…

From Deb with regards, again, to quinoa (which I inexplicably LOVE—guess Im not the norm. shocker):

With summer here, pick up a whole lot of veggies and marinate them in Italian or Greek salad dressing, then throw them on the grill. About 5 minutes a side, until they are nicely cooked. Toss in a bowl with some balsamic vinegar. Eat immediately.. and keep the left-overs in the fridge. They warm up quickly as a filling for sandwiches, etc.

From Kelly T with regards to the BOSU:

You should flip it over and do squats on the black side, thats my favorite.

From Trace:

I just began meditating regularly and I love it. I download music/instruction on my mp3 player and it’s so convenient and portable.

From Workout Mommy with regards to supine extensions:

An 18 lb baby works great in this exercise too. really!

From Heather with regards to clean eating pre-planning:

My answer? Olive oil cooking spray and a skillet. I cook up a couple of pounds of chicken breast in strips, pop it in the fridge, and we have an anytime yummy snack.

From Diana the Scale (ex?) Junkie with regards to, well, the scale:

I could go on and on until I ran out of space in this box but I just have to say to everyone…limit your scale time. LIMIT IT!

From Kathryn with regards to wrist pain and the downward facing dog yoga pose:

Check to make sure that your fingers are straight and flat and you’re not gripping the floor with your fingers. It seems common for people to lift the palms up off the floor…but this only seems to destabilize and aggrivate the wrists. I always have to remind myself to press my palms to the mat.

From Debra with regards to wrist pain during pushups:

One of my gym’s female coaches suggested that I slightly turn my hands out: when my hands are down, the thumbs are points forward instead of in.

From Mallory (via email, but still…) who likened the Chia ICK or NO ICK debate to those who either love or *hate* bubble tea:

I put chia in my smoothie, it stayed pretty yummy crunchy until the end of my mondo (32ozish) smoothie.
I also put chia in my yogurt, banana, PB2, protein powder concoction! I put ALOT of chia in a bowl of yogurt & I dunno if its because the yogurt was thicker but I did end up with gooey-chia and I enjoyed it! reminded me of the bubble tea tapioca balls…

And your Tuesday Trend?

First this. (Overhaul? did we really need to use the term overhaul?)

A trend which, while I do reside in a hot & sweaty clime, Im hoping not to see offered soon at a salon near me.

The thing we, MizFits, are surely seeing a trendworthy surge in? SelfLove.

Some measurable results, I hope, for all of the effort we’ve put into silencing the negative self-chatter.

Not even close yet? Try this.

MizFit has one (seriously. would I shit you jest about something like this?) and, in fact, it’s one of her favorite gifts for the friend who has everything.

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Comments

  1. MizFit’s arms, as seen in Monday Facetime vid, prove beyond all doubt that she is not a lazy blogger. 🙂

    Thanks for the mirror link. I may have to order that one for myself!

  2. Oooh! I missed some of those. Awesome idea about the meditation on the MP3 player. I’m definitely going to look for something.

    The turning out the thumbs with the push-ups worked for me! Bonus points for getting me to do a set this early…

    Angie, you are LUCKY! Lactose Intolerance often gets worse as you age. My strategy: If you eat dairy, keep the stinky dog in the room with you! LOL.

    Does that mirror thing come in a “clean up after yourself” version? Or maybe “objects in the mirror are younger/thinner/more fabulous than they appear?

    Nice…armpit Botox. I have a razor and a bunch of different deodorants, thanks. Didn’t cost me anywhere near $1500. The body is going to sweat, so if you don’t let your pits sweat it’s gonna come out somewhere else…could be somewhere even worse!

    Rainy Tuesday in Ann Arbor…

  3. Wow dude, that overhaul thing gives me the creeps. I don’t think I could ever sweat enough to need to pay someone to inject toxins into my pits. Can’t blame you for wanting to stay far far away from that.

    Is it weird that I LIKE working up a good sweat when I’m exercising? I know it isn’t always convenient but when I’m working hard I like to sweat.

    Like that mirror though. 🙂

  4. Great tips from the comments! Just one of the many reasons I love your blog!

    Did you know that Botox was originally used as a way to treat people who have over active sweat glands? Yup, it was a therapeutic for sweaters because it “numbs” the nerves and prevents sweat production. It was typically administered to hands and feet, but also to other parts of the body if necessary. Then they found out that way more money can be made if they inject it into your face!

    And I adore that mirror. We all need one.

  5. I think the armpit Botox is right up there with the leg-lengthening Spanish Inquisition surgery Leslie posted about last week…gah.

    Love the mirror, though. And it’s on SALE! I mean, you can’t beat that! Think I’m gonna go order me a few… 🙂

    V.

  6. Ugh – armpit botox! What will they think of next?!
    I missed a lot of those comments so they were great to read. As for spinach in the smoothies, you really don’t taste it but you have to blend pretty good. It is great for thickening them. I think the favorite is frozen blueberries or strawberries, vanilla soymilk and a handful of spinach.

  8. Lots of good tips there…thanks for taking the time to re-post them.

    The mirror made me smile. I suppose that’s the point. Think I may need one of those…

    🙂

  10. I’ve never heard that tip about the baking soda in beans. I’ll definitely have to try that. I love beans but hate the… aftereffects.

    And I love spinach in my smoothies–I don’t taste it at all! My favorite is banana, mango, and a handful of spinach. Sure, the color’s off, but it tastes great!

  11. Thanks for mentioning me, Miz!
    Love the comment-section tips.

    Personally, I’m too cheap, err, frugal, to buy the mirror – what’s wrong with just writing it in lipstick on my own mirror?! (don’t use the lipstick on my own nearly non-existent lips anymore….)

    And the Botox armpit injections? I don’t sweat nearly that much – I own a razor and a half-dozen different anti-perspirants – which are apparently bad for you, but the hell with it – how much worse can the anti-perspirants be than the Botox? It’s a freakin’ proven killer….

  12. Re: spinach in smoothies, I add it my green machine smoothies, and the only thing not green I put in there is cantaloupe, but it tastes good to me 🙂

    As far as the mirror thing goes, that paint people buy to decorate cars for weddings or parties or graduations, pretty cheap at the hardware store will work great and you can change the message as often as you like. Or write multiple self love messages. They always used to do that in the bathroom of the Vagina Monologue performances when I was in college.

  15. Everyday you have such great posts!! How do you do it??

    PS: I heart quinoa too. I remember the first time I ever ate it. I met an ex-boyfriends parents over Easter dinner many years ago. The mom was an old hippie and served quinoa, which I’d never heard of….but ever since, there is ALWAYS a box in my cupboard.

  16. Sweet Jesus…injections and waxing of my poor defenseless armpits for the low low price of $1500? And it’s not even a permanent fix. Thanks…but no thanks. I’ll continue with my early morning love fest with my Venus.

    The other tips were great…especially the beans!

  20. OOO! OOOO! My name! yesssss….

    And for the record, cant taste spinach in smoothies, as long as its not cooked which would be, well, ick.

  21. “From Debra with regards to wrist pain during pushups:

    One of my gym’s female coaches suggested that I slightly turn my hands out: when my hands are down, the thumbs are points forward instead of in.”

    This is an interesting tip. I am going to try it. Thanks.

  22. I had a necklace that said ‘i love myself.’ It was such a small thing, but it really helped me feel good about myself! Now I have passed it on…hopefully it is continuing to spread the self-esteem.

  23. injecting toxins so that your body can’t release toxins through sweating???? lovely! the madness never ends!

    love the compiled posts. it’s hard to get through all of them sometimes!

    putting on some high heels and sneaking cosmos into a sex and the city showing tonight! happy tuesday everyone!

  24. I am one sweaty chick (seriously – I leave a puddle) so my question is: if I botox my armpits would it even matter since I seem to sweat from every square inch of my body? Would my pits be an island in a sea of sweat? No thanks, I’ll just stay shiny all over:)

  25. i’m not sure why people hate quinoa either – if it’s the smell, then they aren’t rinsing it enough. soak and rinse. then rinse again. and again.

  26. Love the tips! 🙂

    Don’t know if I could do the Botox shot in the armpits. But that’s not really a problem place for me. I make sure that areas stays clean and dry at all times… except when I do a long, intense workout, preferably in the privacy of my own home so no one else will witness damp pits. (Ick!) 😉

  27. I hear ya Charlotte! Some days I bend over and the sweat just pours off of me. No thank you on needles in the pit area!

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