LUNCH!

I have found myself watching the clock all day looking forward to lunch!

My daughter Sadey and I made the yummiest salad EVER last night,

and we made enough leftovers to take us through the weekend!

Aren't we so smart?

OH SHE GLOW'S DETOX SALAD

To Make:

2 heads of broccoli ( no stems, cut up into tiny pieces)

1 head of cauliflower (also, no stems and cut up the same as broccoli)

2.5 C shredded carrots

1/2 C Sunflower Seeds

1 C Currants

1/2 C Raisins

1/2 C finely chopped Parsley

4-6 TB of Fresh Lemon Juice

Sea Salt

Black Pepper

Kelp Granules or Herbamore

and top it with a drizzle of 

Pure Maple Syrup.

This Salad will definitely be added to the 

21 Day Detox Meal Plan.

It's a beautiful, colorful salad.

You should serve it at your 

Thanksgiving table.

I just had a request from my friend Lindsi S. to share a recipe that I love...

Vegan Cashew Basil Pesto

Vegan Cashew Basil Pesto

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: none 

Total time: 5 minutes!!!

Yield: 2 cups

Ingredients 

1/2 c fresh basil leaves 

1/2 c raw, unsalted cashews

1/2 c olive oil

2 T lemon juice 

2 cloves of garlic 

1/4 c nutritional yeast (optional, it replaces the cheese)  

 salt and pepper

To Make:

1. Put all of the ingredients into your blender or food processor.
2. Blend until the sauce is nice and creamy. You can use extra olive oil and lemon juice to thin things out, if you like. Just keep blending and tasting until it’s just right!

 I use this on sandwiches, pasta, pizza, salads, heck, I could eat it plain. It's soo yummy!

Good timing Linds! Hope you enjoy it. Please share with us what you use it on.

THIS WEEK:

Thanksgiving is only one week away!

I'm focusing on recipes this week that I hope will inspire you to place the best and most nutritious food on your Thanksgiving table, and activities to help you burn some extra calories to prepare you for the FEAST! 

(average Thanksgiving Feast = 3,000 calories!!)

Show your body that you are grateful for it, by giving it the best and keeping it active!

Join me on Thanksgiving morning

to burn some calories and make a difference.

We have about 20 people so far that are meeting us to run 

THE HUMAN RACE 5K

in Draper.

This has been a tradition of ours for 6 years. 

We love to get our family out and to invite our clients to join in the fun too. 

This year will be the first ever 5k for many of our clients.

They better be ready to get addicted. It's expected!

Have a day full of the best!

Cody

I had a great time up in Sandy on Saturday with a group of wonderful women who were interested in 

The 21 Day Detox.

Thanks to everyone of you that came and for the wonderful ways that you added to the class.

I forgot to take pictures unfortunately, but believe me they were all gorgeous...

make that drop-dead gorgeous!

I wanted to share a few of the recipes that were not in the manual.

Hope you enjoy!

 

Juice:

The Cucumber Number

1 cucumber

1 tsp. lemon peel

3 apples

Juice it up and enjoy the many health benefits that come from cucumbers.

Cucumber juice is rich in vitamins

B6, C and K. 

It also contains significant amounts of calcium,

phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and traces of sulfur, copper, iron and silicon.

 Smoothie:

Avocolada

1/2of a  ripe avocado, peeled and pitted

1 C diced pinapple

1 C coconut water

1 TB agave

1 TB lime juice

1 tsp. vanilla extract

pinch of sea salt

Blend in your high-speed blender.

Avocado's are rich in beneficial oils,

they are full of minerals that are great for your skin and hair.

Soup:

Celery and Green Apple 

3/4  C pure water

2 C celery

1/2 C chopped green apple (save some for garnishing)

3/4 C raw macadamia nuts, soaked for 1 hr or more

1 TB coconut butter

3 TB Extra Virgin Olive Oil

juice of 1/4 lemon

2 Tb mince chives

 freshly ground black pepper

sea salt to taste.

Blend in your high-speed blender. Serve slightly warm.

This soup is full of fiber and is very filling.

You may need to share, then again, maybe not.

Please share any wonderful results you may be getting and questions you may have regarding this plan.

I'd love to hear from you!

Tomorrow:

Fresh Air Fitness

Hiking the Y!

We will be meeting at 9am.

Email me or contact me using this blog to let me know if you are coming!

Happy Monday!

Cody

Take That and Run With It!

I really like looking up random facts about the body, as you know the human body fascinates me!

Geek out with me a bit and let me share some cool facts with you:

If you took a single DNA cell nucleus and stretched it out, it would measure about 6 ft. long.

If all of the DNA contained in the cells of your body were stretched out and laid end to end, 

it would reach to the moon and back 8,000 times!!

Wow, now think about 100,000 miles. 

That's about how many miles' worth of blood vessels you have in your body.

That might just seem like a really big number, 

so let's put it into perspective shall we?

It's only about 3,000 miles across the United States; 

the circumference around the entire world (at the Equator) is about 25,000 miles.

Circle the world 4 times and you've come close to how many miles' worth of blood vessels 

are in your body!

 

Our physical bodies were 

NOT

designed for sitting in front of the T.V. or computer most of the day.

Our physical bodies are astounding and miraculous.

And they were flawlessly designed to move!

So take that and run (or walk) with it.

Literally.

(With these fun facts you should be motivated to find time for exercise today!)

"The 21 Day Detox" Class this Saturday is filling up fast!

We have changed the start time from 10am to 11am, 

so that many of the people attending, can also attend

Zumba 

with our class host 

Lindsi Stephens.

Her class starts at 9am at The Life Centre Athletic Club in Sandy.

Then we will go to her house and nourish our bodies with 

recipes from "The 21 Day Detox"

Join me for some Fresh Air Fitness FREE

all month long.

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9am

Alrighty then, now get out there and move your bodies the way they were meant to!

I can't believe it's November already!

This is the month of gratitude, and I'm grateful for it!

I'm very grateful that you stopped by this blog again even though I've been absent for so long!

I'm back.

Race season has ended, vacations were had, babies were born (to two of my sisters, not me!)

and 

my family moved into our new house.

It's been real.

 I am going to teach The 21 Day Detox class again 

on November 12 in Sandy, UT.

10am-12pm

If you are interested, I'd love to have you come! 

This is a perfect time of year to treat your body to a detox. 

The seasons have changed,

and who are we kidding? 

We know some of us have eaten more candy than we should have!

When you sign up I will send you the directions on how to get there.

I hope you can make it!

Also, I post on a different website almost everyday

www.elevateutah.com.

Check it out for the many deals we are throwing out there. 

This month, my personal training staff is offering,

during the week of Thanksgiving,

FREE

group training for anyone that likes us on facebook.

We offer several small group training classes, so we are sure to have a class that fits your schedule.

Also, during this month, yes, during the entire month, I am offering 

FREE

Fresh Air Fitness Sessions

on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9am.

We will get out and hit the trails next week. 

I can't wait to enjoy our beautiful big backyard here in Utah Valley with you 

and help you burn some extra calories to prepare you for the holidays!

Please R.S.V.P. to me at 

cody@elevateutah.com.

and I will send you all of the details.

Have an attitude of gratitude today, and watch how many more blessings will come into your life!

Cody