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About hellokittyjunkie

I am a graphic designer, blogger, amateur photographer, Zumba instructor and a Hello Kitty Junkie. My favorite color is pink and I collect Hello Kitty things. View all posts by hellokittyjunkie →

Sunday Dinner: Lemon Pepper Tilapia + Baked Sweet Potato Fries + Salad

June 2, 2013foodbake, baked sweet potato fries, clean eating, cook, cooking, dinner, fish, food, health, healthy, lemon pepper tilapia, meal, protein, salad, sweet potato, sweet potato fries, tilapia, vegetables, veggies, watermelonhellokittyjunkie

I’ve been wanting some sweet potato fries for a while… Found a good recipe and it was simple enough for me to not burn down my kitchen! I also had a craving for salmon (I could eat salmon everyday), but since my local grocery store didn’t have a great selection, I made lemon pepper tilapia instead. I love how easy and fast this is to make. Threw in some veggies because my Momma told me to eat different colored fruits and veggies every single day! *good advice* 😀

And for dessert? Fresh watermelon! It is sitting in the fridge getting cole right now so I can enjoy some right after I publish this post! 😀

Sunday Workout

June 2, 2013fitness, food, workoutabdominals, abs, chicken, clean eating, dead lifts, exercise, food, glutes, lets, Postworkout, potato, Richef, smith machine, squats, stairs, strength, workouthellokittyjunkie

When something in life upsets you, go work out. And eat clean food. That pretty much sums up my Sunday.

Richmade Gym Regimen 06/02/2013

I went to the gym — stayed for about one and a half hour.

Here is my gym regimen:
10 min stair warmup (my intensity level is not so high yet — work in progress)

Abs
125 ab crunch machine (50-70 lbs)
450 ab crunches

Legs (3 sets below)
10 squats on smith machine (50 lbs)
10 lunges on smith machine each side (50 lbs)
10 dead lifts with barbell (45 lbs)
40 calf raises (no weights)
10 push ups

*Bonus
7 smith machine squats (70 lbs)

As usual, the best part was the postworkout meal! Chicken with onions and peppers with roasted red potato cooked by Richef.

Richmade Postworkout Meal: Chicken and Potato by Richef

And as always, it was delicious!

iPod shuffle Added to My Gym Flow

Richef’s Baked Meals

May 31, 2013foodbaked, baking, chicken, chicken wings, clean, dinner, food, green beans, health, healthy, meal, Postworkout, poultry, rice, salad, seafood, tilapia, vegetables, veggieshellokittyjunkie

I love coming home after working out and having a clean and healthy meal to consume! Richef is a pro at baking… Last night’s postworkout meal was baked chicken wings (seasoned with herbs and stuff) with rice and green beans! Yes, it was delish!

I missed my Zumba class tonight, so I guess this meal is just considered dinner. 😀 Baked tilapia and a leafy green salad!

The meals prepped by Richef don’t always have too many ingredients, which goes to show — you don’t need so much to make something healthy and yummy!

Ebby102’s Zumba Routine: Work – Lil Jon

I’ve had this song stuck in my head for the past few weeks — ever since my Zumba instructors started incorporating this song into the class. I really like Ebby102’s routine — she is rockin’ it!

New Asics Kicks!

May 31, 2013fitness, footwear, workout, zumbaAsics, bright, colorful, exercise, fitness, footwear, GEL-FLASHPOINT, GEL-NOOSA TRI 8, gift, kicks, present, rainbow, running, shoes, sneakers, traininghellokittyjunkie

Something very amazing happened! My Momma gifted me with a pair of beautiful Asics! I had been obsessing over the GEL-NOOSA TRI 8 and well… Mothers are the best things in life.

So far, I’ve worn them to the gym twice: once in the weight room and another time in Zumba! Love how they feel — so comfy and light and breathes well and stylish! 😀

Is it funny that having new workout gear encourages me to workout even more?

My baby sister Banana even got a pair of kicks! Aren’t her GEL-FLASHPOINT super cute?

I missed my Zumba class tonight. 😦 I feel pretty anxious to go workout — can’t wait for tomorrow!

Working Out with My Gym Buddy

I had a great workout session with my gym buddy Amandabot last Saturday! We did a little warm-up and got our strength training on. It’s fun to workout with a friend at the gym — that way we can show each other any new tips we learned. Since we live far away from one another, we ave to plan to have sessions like these…

You Don’t Even Know It… Two hours passed and we got in a good workout and spent some quality time together. 😀

Zumba Mix By DJ Javier

I am always looking for good tunes to workout to — found a nice little upbeat par-tay mix for when I am in the Zumba mood at the gym! The best part about finding awesome mixes on Soundcloud is that you can download some of them!

Wednesday Night Workout: Zumba!

May 22, 2013fitness, food, workout, zumbacardio, chicken, dance, exercise, fit, fitness, food, fun, gym, meal, party, Postworkout, sweat, workout, Zumbahellokittyjunkie

I look forward to the middle of the week because I have awesome Zumba classes on Wednesday and Thursday — I always sweat my booty off! And isn’t it fun to workout when you’re actually having a fun party!?

I’m pretty shy in class, but I stayed after a little while to give thanks for an incredible workout and to request a new song/routine for one of my fave Zumba songs — El Teke Teke by Crazy Design!

This song is fast and I know the routine my instructor comes up with is going to be killer!

Can’t wait until she begins to incorporate it into her class! 😀

Booty picture — grow booty grow… Sometimes, it’s hard to see the progress. In the image below, I can’t even tell anything has changed about my glutes…

My post workout meal — this is starting to become my fave time of the day — teriyaki style chicken and veggies with rice. Richef is talented at making delicious meals. How healthy teriyaki sauce is, I dunno… But I LOVE home cooked meals made from the heart. 🙂

Hump Day Motivation

It’s Wednesday and like many people, I need some Hump Day Motivation! My motivation for my new fit lifestyle is Trainer J! He is so strong! Look at all those muscles! When Trainer J goes to the gym, he focuses primarily on arms — but his arm day still consists of 100 pull ups!

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