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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a macro-nutrient and a micro-nutrient? You hear of them all the time, but probably still don't understand them.

Well, here is the short of the long if it. A macro-nutrient is the main food of that group. Apples, Salmon, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and avocados. These fruits, vegetables, proteins, starches, and healthy fats are your macro-nutrients.

Micro-nutrietnts are all the little things in those foods. Your vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. So, like in this picture, the apple is the macro-nutrient, and all it's nutrients, vitamins, and minerals are the micro-nutrients.

kbouchard200 wrote: »

I'm a single mom of 2 girls (11 and 6). Looking for friends for motivation and recipes

Here's one for you to try if you haven't.
Deviled Avocado Eggs

1 dozen hard-cooked large eggs, peeled
2 medium avocados, seeded with "meat" scooped into a bowl
4-5 teaspoons lime juice
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon ground red cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon salt
cilantro leaves and/or green onions, chopped, for garnish

Thoughts:
• Avocados should be ripe but not mushy.
• Avoid avocados with large indentations on the skin; this could indicate bruising.
• This recipe is gluten-free

Instructions
Slice eggs in half lengthwise. Scoop out the yolks and place in a medium bowl. (Be careful not to damage the white halves).
Add avocado to bowl, and mash yolks and avocado thoroughly with a fork until fairly smooth. Add lime juice, garlic powder, cayenne and salt. Stir well to blend all ingredients.
Place filling in the whites using a small spoon or pipe in with a pastry bag and decorative tube.
Garnish as desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate in a tightly covered container.

Often we can mistake being dehydrated for being tired and hungry. So the next time you're dying to take a nap or feel those nagging hunger pangs, grab a glass of water— not tea, soda, or coffee. It'll hydrate you and fill you up in a way the other stuff won't.

Happy Friday! What do you have planned for the weekend?

Happy Monday. I hope you had a great weekend. Time to get back to work. What on the workout schedule for today? This week?

Well, my May accountability group is off an running quite well. 9 participants this time around. That's 9 people I am directly helping stay on track and striving towards their goals. I remember when I started having regular support and was able to accomplish so much more because of it. I'm really glad I am able to pay it forward now. Cheers to the month of May!!!

I went all out today!

22 minute hard corps ;
Cold Start warm up
Mid program PT test
Special Ops Cardio.

I was only at 75% by the time I got to the cardio one, but I did it. That one was tough too. Now it's time to refuel.
I am happy to report that I did increase my numbers on everything for the PT test except the plank hold. For some reason that one got me today.

And those burpee rolls... Yeah I can't do those. Not that I didn't try. I think the proportion of my upper body compared to my lower body hinders me.

Good morning everyone. I wanted to share a post with you I shared with my free accountability group yesterday. I hope you find it useful.

If you've ever been in any of my exclusive groups, you probably have been frightened by the amount of food that you have to eat. You thought with lose weight you would have to eat far less and be hungry all the time. That's just not the case.

Take a look at this photograph. Based off the processed types of foods that you probably have been eating or drinking, your body's been taking in an incredible amount of calories, but not enough nutrients.
But when you eat whole foods such as fruits and vegetables, not only do you get the calories your body needs, but you get all the nutrients that your body can actually use. Processed foods just do not contain them, they are removed during the processing.

That's probably why Shakeology has been working so amazing for everybody, because also contains the nutrients from whole foods that you probably haven't been eating or drinking.
Can you over eat healthy foods? Absolutely. But it is rather difficult to even try, because you practically would have to be eating The entire day.

If you do feel like you're hungry, try increasing the amount of vegetables that you eat. Even some of us who have really amazing diets high in veggies, still can afford to eat a little more (and a variety of that as well).
So don't be afraid if I'm asking you to eat more, I just mean eat more of the right things.

Good morning! How was your weekend? I hope great. My family and I ran the sprint into summer 5k and did amazing. My son (7) not only beat me by a whole minute, but came in 1st for his age group. My girls were in the top 10, and m wife came in 3rd. I am in a tough age group, and came in 9th. Still. Great times. Despite the fact that it got cold and windy.

Went for a nice easy run this morning. 4.25 miles, 10:35 pace. My hip is getting better. Still not 100% yet, but nice to be able to go further than 2 miles before it starts really hurting.

The thing that has helped a lot is more stretching and foam rolling. The lack of is what got me into trouble a couple of months ago. I didn't properly stretch like I normally do. In my younger days I stretched very little. But now that I am getting older, I suppose I have to add a little extra time in. I wrote a blog about this too. Fell free to check it out!

http://www.peralesfamilyfitness.com/2015/10/to-stretch-or-not-to-stretch.html