DIANE Fitness • Macros • Outdoors

01/10/2022

11/29/2021

Night snorkeling with the Manta Rays in Kailua-Kona, HI

Hang Loose Boat tours in Kailua-Kona, HI took us night swimming with the Manta Rays

11/23/2021

I tried a new meal prep company this weekend. Check it out:

Meal Prep, Reviews Review: Lean Kitchen Co. November 23, 2021 / If you are like me, some days, maybe most days, you forget to plan your healthier meal options for the week. Whether you make your own or plan where you will eat in advance, or order in your meals, let’s face it. Some of us just pl.....

07/21/2021

Alpha-gal syndrome is also known as the “red meat allergy” or the “tick bite allergy.” It’s most likely caused by the bite of a lone star tick. I live in Missouri, in the middle of nowhere. Just my luck 🙄 I should’ve made move to Kansas City with me 😂 can you imagine? 😂😂

I was diagnosed back in January and haven’t really made any attempts to quit eating beef, pork, lamb, dairy, beef by products, etc. My very few symptoms (extreme bloating/gas/sharp pains) have been acting up a lot these last few weeks. I couldn’t take it anymore. It hurt so bad and it was so uncomfortable.

Last week I made small changes to what I ate but I didn’t have a whole lot of options at home. I was getting so frustrated. Getting overwhelmed with this is too easy because there isn’t a a set list of things to avoid and different websites say different things 🤦🏻‍♀️

I made the choice of going as dairy free as possible and avoiding all red meats….unless there is a special occasion 🤗

Who else is dairy free or dealing with alpha-gal? What are your must have items at home? I think I need more snack ideas than anything. And is there such a thing as a feta cheese alternative?? I love feta on my salads!

05/03/2021

Alright. Trying a second meal prep company. I think I’m going to try several out, then give an overall review. What do you guys think?

I don’t know much about this company yet. I was in the city today (St Louis) and knew there would be some companies to pick from. This was the closest one.

Right off the bat, I was happy to see so many options and the macro breakdown. Downfall, the prices weredouble, triple, and even quadruple was I had previously been paying 😬 more info to come a little later 🤗

Starting tomorrow with the breakfast turkey, eggs & potatoes and I think maybe the salmon sushi bowl for lunch 🤗

05/03/2021

The other night, Ally & I were headed home after soccer practice. We rounded a curve & I was shocked. There was Gymshark RV at the end of a drive. I said out loud to myself, “what on earth are they doing on B-Hwy in St James, MO!?” Ive been a huge fan for many years, so of course I was excited! But also, really confused. This is seriously the middle of no where Missouri 😂 next, we saw a car w/CA plates. “OK. They’re following each other & probably got lost. There’s hardly any service on these backroads,” I told myself. Next thing we see is running on the side of this curvy, hilly, tiny country road. I saw his Gymshark socks. We realized they weren’t lost & he was clearly a sponsored athlete. naturally, we pulled over, checked IG & sure enough, this man was on day 57 of running across the country for a great cause! (👀 Soles4Souls)

We end up going home since they clearly didn’t need help. We played some soccer out in the yard for a bit & told about who/what we saw, & he said, “why didn’t you say something earlier! Let’s get out & see if we can find him to cheer him on!”

We loaded up & went back towards town, but he was no where to be seen. We continued into town to grab some dinner, & on our way back home, we saw the RV.

We stalked them through the lot & while he was checking the lot for a place to park the RV, we stopped to talk to him. He started running in CA, was on day 57, & averaging 44 miles a day!

I was sad to hear a few days later that while running though our neighboring town, he encountered some ignorant passerbyers who felt the N-word, among other things, were appropriate to yell out at him. It saddened & angered me, however it comes as no surprise seeing as how Owensville, MO is a small, rural town in Missouri that is predominantly white (98.54%).

My thoughts when first seeing him out running:
• Nothing cool ever happens in St James, MO! Gymshark is here! This is so cool!
• Omg, he’s got such a cool story!
• Lord, I hope he doesn’t step on the wrong persons property while out here...

I had a thought to warn him to be extra careful in these areas, but I didn’t want to bring any (cont. in comments)

04/26/2021

Hmmm. Meal Prep breakfast wasn’t too shabby. Aside from having to assume the macros, I’m satisfied. Lacked flavor, but added salt. And I didn’t have to make anything or put anything together. So I’m happy.

I ended up guesstimating this at 527calories, 26p, 40c, 31f

Swipe ➡️

Just eyeballing it all, I’m assuming:
• Standard serving size of sausage, 2oz/56g - this meal prep company is also a butcher shop, so I assume it’s one of their own pigs, and it was really yummy!
• 1/2 serving of shredded cheese, 14g
• standard serving of red potatoes, 4oz/113g, maybe have been a little less
• 50g of spinach. Maybe? You know how deceiving a serving of spinach is raw vs cooked! 😂
• and eggs. I don’t think these were really eggs. The consistency did not match to that of real scrambled eggs. They were like the eggs you’d get at a buffet, but not as dense. I’m going with powdered eggs on this one. Maybe 4T
• few chopped pieces of a purple onion in there too

I brought a taco-ish looking meal for lunch. It’s the one I’m most excited about!

Do you meal prep breakfast? Normally, at work, I’m just a yogurt girl. Simple, light, tasty. But this one was also simple & light. Lacked flavor, but still good. Which works because I have 4 of these 😂

04/25/2021

Giving this meal prep company another try. It’s the only one some what local to our area, and priced really well. $6 each, buy 3 get, 1 free. This order broke down to $4.50 a meal. Much less than what I spend on lunch when I eat out!

Overall, I felt that my first go at it was pretty good, just really bland. The rice in one last time wasn’t cooked all the way so it was hard and kinda crunchy. All of these are guaranteed under 550cal per meal, but no macro breakdown, so it’s a guessing game. But, love that I wont have to cook meals for this week, just meals for the fam.

Trying to focus on workouts this week and getting things done around the house. So the less planning and cooking on my end makes my week so much easier.

What are your musts for a meal prep company? Macro breakdown? Custom macros? Do you prefer it bland so you can season it to your liking? Want flavor already added? Prefer to pick up in store so you can pick some out, or just order online and have it delivered?

04/19/2021

Super easy meal prep. Or, more like, “shoot, I forgot to prep this week so I need something quick and easy that I can cook while simultaneously cooking dinner for the family” kinda of meal 😂

479 cal 42p 33c 20f

6oz ground chicken
1/2 serving pinto beans
1/4 serving corn
Mixture of Romain & spinach
1/2 serving rice
14g shredded cheese
1/2 serving sour cream
Totally forgot my salsa at home 😫

+ a 🙃 I have one of these almost everyday for breakfast or as a mid day snack

What is an easy go to for your meal prep?

02/25/2021

This is my favorite breakfast right now! It’s so quick and easy and full of so many different flavors!

Just enough to tie your over til your mid morning snack or lunch, but not too heavy to have you dragging at your desk by 9.

Only 185 calories (10p, 18c, 8f)

• 1/2 Asiago + Everything But The Bagel Seasoning (it’s the Asiago that really makes this so good!)
• 1/2 serving cream cheese spread (I prefer whipped cream cheese but I bought the wrong one!)
• 1/3 serving smoked Atlantic salmon

If you don’t toast your bagels (which is really weird....), you must for this!