Welcome to The Energized Life! Each week, we'll dive into recipes, ingredients, fitness, mindset, community, and much more! My goal is to live a more energized life, and to help you do the same! I'm excited to share these gems with you!
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Recipe of the Week: Flourless Chickpea Brownies
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Chickpea brownies, you say? Yup! And they are DELICIOUS!!!!
Ingredients:
- 1 (15-oz.) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained, rinsed
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 2 flax or chia eggs *
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1⁄3 cup unsweetened cacao powder
- ½ tsp. baking powder, gluten-free
- ¼ cup semisweet (or dark) chocolate chips
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Prepare 9 x 9 -inch baking pan
- Place chickpeas, oil, "eggs," maple syrup, vanilla extract, cacao powder, baking powder, and salt in blender (or food processor); cover
- Blend until smooth
- Add chocolate chips; mix by hand until blended
- Evenly spread batter into prepared pan
- Bake for 25 to 28 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of brownies comes out clean
- Cut into squares
* Note: to make a flax or chia egg, simply mix one tbsp chia seeds or ground flax seed with three tbsp of water; mix; let sit at least 10 minutes.
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Ingredient Spotlight: Chickpeas
Chickpeas have been utilized in certain cultures for thousands of years, and their nutritional benefits are impressive! Here are some highlights....
- low in calories, but high in nutrients
- the fiber and protein in chickpeas may help prevent overeating
- an excellent source of both plant-based protein and complex carbohydrates
- low on the glycemic index; may help to keep your blood sugar level steady
- high in soluble fiber, which improves gut health
- may help protect against diseases such as diabetes and heart disease
- incredibly inexpensive
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Exercise of the Week: Standing Pilates Leg Work
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Instead of one exercise, I'm bringing you an entire segment to tone the booty, core, and stabilizing muscles! These exercises are derived from Pilates and work everything from the core down.
Remember those loops that I featured last time? I also uploaded four quick loop videos to my YouTube Channel! Check them out!!
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Mindset Spotlight: Affirmations
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Say it, say it, DO IT!!!
This goes for everything in life. In order to create lasting change, we must constantly affirm that which we want.
Affirmations, while they sometimes seem cheesy, are incredibly effective! I have a friend who looks at herself in the mirror every morning and tells herself out loud everything she loves about herself and everything she plans to accomplish for the day as if it is already so. Might sound funky, but she's one of the happiest, most successful people I know! What do we have to lose, right? Who's with me?!!!!
Which affirmations do you or might you start say(ing) to yourself each day?
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Product of the Week: The Lacrosse Ball
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Research indicates that many physical issues stem, originally, from the feet. One cause is excess tension in the feet. Often this is the result of wearing high heels or unsupportive shoes. Rolling your feet with a lacrosse ball can help! Tennis balls and racquetballs work, too, but they are squishier and not quite as effective. You can find a lacrosse ball at your local sporting goods store or online.
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As a certified holistic health coach, one thing stands out among my clients...many aren't eating enough or aren't eating in proper balance!
To be honest, even with all my knowledge, I discovered I was eating out of balance myself!
While it is possible to weigh and measure all of your food and to perform complex calculations to ensure you're eating the right balance of nutrients, who has the time? I certainly don't!
The Ultimate Portion Fix seriously rocked my world and gave me tremendous dietary freedom!
If you want to create true change that lasts a lifetime (whether it's weight loss, more energy, better digestion, or something else), I HIGHLY recommend this program!
And...I'm becoming master UPF certified, so that I can take you through it!
Email me at lexi@alexisherrill.com with questions!
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To all my fitness professional friends....
I have spent over $10,000 on nutrition certifications over the past two years in an effort to better serve my clients! Although I am incredibly grateful for all the knowledge I have gained, I would recommend getting certified in the Ultimate Portion Fix (for less than $200) before anything else!
I am going through the certification now and am incredibly impressed! I can't wait to become master certified and to share this knowledge with everyone I know!
If you would love to able to answer your clients' nutritional questions with confidence, help them succeed in reaching their goals (after all, most fitness goals are far more dependent on nutrition than they are on exercise--although the two together are ideal), and grow your own knowledge, this is an amazing program!
If you would like to know more, please email me at lexi@alexisherrill.com! I love talking nutrition and fitness!!!!
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