Working on my passion...

Sooooooo......I am finally taking steps to living my passion!  I signed up for a Group Exercise Certification course on June 1st and I have talked to a friend about giving classes in her new studio she is opening soon.  I probably won't be able to teach classes until January, but I am super excited.  I am also going to a fitness conference in August where I will glean all kinds of great moves/info.  I can't wait!  The best part is that my husband is so supportive with me pursuing my dreams, he's the best!

Ok, so two things for today: quick meal recipe & workout!

Recipe:  I realized after I devoured my quesadilla that I probably should've taken a pic of it for the blog.  But here's the thing, I didn't know I was going to share the recipe until after I ate it! Ha!  I just needed something I could quickly throw together with what we had in the fridge already.  My concoction: Black bean-mushroom quesadillas.

I had available:

Wheat tortillas

shredded cheese (any kind-I had Italian mix)

black beans

mushrooms (any kind-I had shittake)

diced pimento peppers from a jar

avocado

So I mixed the beans, mushrooms, and peppers in a bowl with garlic & cumin power and a smidge of salt and pepper and microwaved it for 30 seconds, twice.  Then I put my tortilla on a skillet, put the bean mix on top, added some cheese, and topped it with half an avocado (cuz they are delicious and nutritious) on half of it.  Then I folded the other half on top and smushed it, let it cook for maybe a minute or two on each side.  Done!  Spread some plain greek yogurt on top and boom, a tasty & healthy super fast meal.  

I had to make some changes for the hubs, as he is a picky eater.  His quesadilla was just the mushrooms, beans, and cheese.  He liked it, too.  You could really put whatever you have in your veggie drawer on these.  I bet spinach and mushroom would be good!  

Work out:

I pulled some of my go-to moves from my pre-pregnancy workouts for todays sweat session, and honestly it kicked my preggo tush.

warm up: 2 min of 8 high knees, 8 quick knees, 8 mountain climbers

do the following 3 times through 10-12 reps each unless noted otherwise (I managed each circuit 2 times through, blame it on the preggness, or the un-airconditioned garage, either way thats all I had in me)

walking lunge with weight up in front (20 reps)

10 wide mtn climbers, 5 tuck jumps (50 sec)

lunge back with kick w/weight on shoulders )

half burpee to shoulder press w/dumbells 

lateral raise to front pull 

plie squat holding heavy weight 

one legged deadlift holding heavy weight

tricep dips

push up w/row w/dumbells

I plan on recording some of my moves and posting them with my weekend blog post, I hope I remember to do so before I start my workout instead of after I'm done ;-).

Thanks for reading!