fitness week 4

MONDAY
Workout

• Workout A (minus elliptical) and workout B 

Food

• Pre-workout: Protein shake
• Breakfast: 1/2 champ from Ernies
• Lunch: Quesadilla from Bajio 
• Dinner: Omelet (eggs/onion/green pepper/Havarti cheese with avocado)

TUESDAY
Workout

• Workout B

Food

• Breakfast: Green protein shake 
• Lunch: 1/2 Mango jelly and sunflower butter sandwich on Squaw bread
• Snack: Apple, turkey roll with mustard and pickles 
• Dinner 1: Chicken salad 
• Dinner 2: Black Bean Burrito with homemade salsa

WEDNESDAY
Workout

• Workout out at RCC (abs, bum, arms, calf)
• Yoga

Food

• Pre-workout: Protein shake
• Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with avocado and homemade salsa
• Lunch: Chicken salad and carrots with jalapeno yogurt dip
• Snack: Green smoothie
• Dinner: Rotisserie Chicken, fruit salad (honeydew type fruit with raspberries), corn

THURSDAY
Workout

• Pilates 

Food 

• Protein shake (honeydew, blueberries, Whey powder, ice, 1/2 banana, and walnuts)
• Coconut water mixed with fruit punch with glucosamine powder
• Breakfast: Oatmeal with blueberries and raspberries and almond milk 
• Lunch: 1/2 Turkey Sandwich (mustard, turkey, avocado, pickles, cranberry sauce)
• Snack: Carrots and hummus, apple (some treats (sour patch)) 
• Dinner: Fish, green beans, fruit

FRIDAY
Workout

• Stretch Day

Food

• Breakfast: Watermelon/blueberries with cottage cheese, green/protein smoothie, hard-boiled egg 

• Lunch: Turkey sandwich 
• Snack: Red peppers with jalapeno yogurt dip, cranberry limeade from sonic and onion rings from sonic, chocolate cake from Ernie's
• Dinner: Tuna casserole and fruit
• Snack: Homestyle popcorn with caramel

SATURDAY
Workout

• Yoga
• Workout B (variations)

Food

• Breakfast: Protein shake
• Lunch: J Dawgs 
• Snack: Cottage cheese, leftover tuna casserole, banana popsicle 
• Dinner: Pina Colada salad from Zupas with some dessert (creme brulee pudding stuff (really sweet) and lemon berry tart) with Katie

Next week I work about 15 hours more than normal so I won't be able to workout as much or go to any of the yoga or pilates classes (sad).. hopefully I can start running though! My knee is feeling much better.

Happy fitness! - Do what makes  you happy. I don't workout cause I need to, I work out because I love the way it makes me feel. On days I workout I can feel a huge difference in my day. Just do a little - eat a little better (but still treat yourself and don't freak out if you have a yummy (but unhealthy) eating day. It's okay. Life is still meant to be enjoyed. Eating well helps you feel better (but having treats every once in a while helps too!) Just do what makes you feel good about yourself and it will be easy to stick with it. If you find a routine that works for you and makes you feel good it'll be so much easier to stick to it!

some outfits

Outfit 1: Work

Shirt, pants, belt, necklace, earrings, shoes: J.Crew

Watch: Timex

Outfit 2: Work

Shirt, bracelets, belt, shoes, earrings: J.Crew

Shorts: Volcum (YEARS ago)

Watch: Michael Kors 

Outfit 3: Work

Shirt, bracelets: J.Crew

Skirt: Banana Republic

Shoes: Farylrobin via Kaleidoscope

Necklace: NYC

Earrings: Francesca's 

Watch: Michael Kors 

Outfit 4: Dinner with  Katie

Shirt, shoes, earrings: J.Crew

Skirt: Forever 21

Watch: Timex 

Outfit 5: Work

Dress, earrings: Banana Republic 

Bracelets: J.Crew and gifted

Hat: Target

Watch: Michael Kors

Shoes: Sperry Top-sider

*All other jewelry - gifted (Taylor)*

truth

 Thank you Pinterest.

Party with Bain

My parents, Seth, and Jenn left for Vegas on Sunday so it was just Bain and I. We had so much fun!!!

First off, my Relief Society lesson went well.. so that was good!

 Shirt/Dress/Shoes/Bracelet: J.Crew

Belt: Flower Basket

Bracelet: gifted

Earrings: aBree Original

After church we made Green Chili Soup and I cleaned my room (switched out my winter clothes for summer clothes and got rid of some old things) - always a good feeling.

Monday Bain and I worked out at RCC then stopped at Target. I finally bought myself a Timex (only $35!!) It is gorgeous, I also bought two bands ($7 each) to go with it (navy and khaki).

After Target we were planning on getting a Champ and getting home by 11 am so that I could eat and get to work by noon. BUT.... my car decided to not start. And naturally everyone is out of town. My dad was calling people, Taylor was calling people... finally my cousin was able to come help me out. STRESSFUL! But it is such a blessing to have so many great people in my life who were willing to help me out. (While waiting Bain did walk over and get us our Champ and I made it to work only 20 minutes late.)

After work Bain and I went up to Park City (in my brother's car) to the outlets......(after stopping at Bajio for lunch/dinner)

J.Crew Factory + Memorial Day Promos + 20% off coupon + $75 gift card = happy

(This is both of our purchases combined + a few items not pictured {gifts})

We got $904.05 worth of clothes for only $378.03

 We saved more money then we spent... we call that AWESOME.

We also stopped at the Nike outlet where there were some pretty good deals as well. 

I really do need to STOP tempting myself and not go to any store EVER again this summer. Even if I do get good deals. AND timeless pieces. I'm suppose to save this summer - not spend...

And here are our two songs of summer (one is just simply amazing...the other one, annoyingly cheesy but somehow catchy - I hated it FOREVER but now it is just funny)

Everything is Sound - Jason Mraz

hahaha

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

and the music video is prime!

Happy Summer!

fitness journal week 3

MONDAY
Workout

• I did not workout today due to my knee 

Food

• Breakfast: Whole wheat strawberry pancakes with powdered sugar 
• Snacks: Almonds and walnuts, orange
• Lunch: Cashew butter and peach jam sandwich on crunch bread 
• Snacks: Slice of Rosemary bread from Costco (thanks Kiara)
• Dinner: Chicken cooked with mango salsa (Costco - delicious), asparagus, strawberries, pasta salad
• Dessert: Mini ice cream sandwich
• minus all the bread it was a pretty good eating day

TUESDAY
Workout

• Workout B minus the running (knee injury) (crunches/bum/push-up routine) + I added these workouts too 

Food

• Breakfast: Protein shake
• Snack: Carrots/peppers with yogurt dip, applesauce, hard-boiled egg 

• Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich and an orange 
• Snack: Almonds and Walnuts 
• Dinner: Whole wheat pasta, broccoli, fruit (strawberries and kiwi)

WEDNESDAY
Workout

• Knee still hurting.. ugh I'm so frustrated! I want to run and go to yoga and Pilates 
• I did my crunches and this bum workout + my regular bum workout
• I am planning on making a more in-depth and intense workout this weekend and hopefully I can start on it next week!

Food (we are fresh out of groceries.. not much choice for food, went today though so should be better)

• B: Protein shake
• L: leftover pasta and orange
• S: Special K cereal 
• D: Panda Express 

THURSDAY
Workout

• Workout B (crunches, push-ups, bum) minus running

Food

• Breakfast: Hot Pink Smoothie
• Lunch/Snack: Hard boiled egg, Special K, carrots/cucumbers and hummus, protein shake (didn't have time for one big lunch so it was mostly snacks all day)
• Dinner: Quinoa with beef and broccoli (PF Chang brand)

FRIDAY
Workout

• This bum workout + this ab workout 

Food

• Breakfast: Quinoa with almond milk/agave nectar/blueberries and strawberries 
• Lunch/Snack: Protein shake, carrots/cucumbers with hummus, Greek yogurt (chobani passion fruit is my favorite), bologna sandwich with mustard and avocado
• Dinner: 1/2 Hula salad from Rumbi + sweet potato fries (one of my favorite meals) with Emily and Katie and 1/3 cazookie from The Chocolate. AMAZING.

SATURDAY 
Workout

•  Stretch day (I failed at working out this week..) I was sore from the bum workout yesterday + knee is still hurting, but feeling better!

Food

• Breakfast: 2 Eggs (omelet-ish style with avocado and spicy hot sauce), cottage cheese and berries, and 1 piece of bacon 
• Lunch/Snack: Carrots/cumbers with jalapeno yogurt dip, apple, yummy protein chocolate bar (unsure of brand - I will find out and post cause it was super good!), berry pie (at work) ((food is so hard when you work for 7 hours))
• Dinner: Protein shake, IN-N-OUT fries and protein burger animal style

SUNDAY
Food

• Breakfast: Green smoothie and Special K with fresh raspberries and blueberries
• Lunch: Green Chili soup (white beans + green salsa + chicken broth + chicken with tortilla chips, cheese, and avocado on top) and blueberries
• Dinner: Shapes mac and cheese (childhood favorite) and cowboy cookie dough

 

weekend...

Bree Style.

Friday - dinner (Rumbi) and dessert (The Chocolate - Cazookie) with my lovlies Emily and Katie!

Saturday - Skype date with Taylor

What more could a girl ask for? 

(okay maybe if I could touch my date that would have been nice - only 3 and a half weeks!)

my dream. j.crew style.

Behind the scenes with Molly Shaul director of Wedding Design at J.CREW.

Literally my dream job. 

I want it.

please please please please please.

DYING. 

Read article here!

Berrilicious

Look how awesome these look!!!!

Seth and Jenn are currently selling at the UVU  baseball games - go check it out and get one of these delicious strawberries (or lemonade, or frozen banana pops, or fruit bowls). They will be doing many more events this summer and cater as well. Check out their blog. 

So yummy!!

have compassion

I am giving the Relief Society lesson in my ward this Sunday and the topic is "The Rescue for Real Growth" (talk given by Bishop Richard C. Edgley), as I was researching and preparing I found this quote.


"We must recognize that we are all imperfect—that we are beggars before God. Haven’t we all, at one time or another, meekly approached the mercy seat and pleaded for grace? Haven’t we wished with all the energy of our souls for mercy—to be forgiven for the mistakes we have made and the sins we have committed?"

—President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Merciful Obtain Mercy", General Conference, Apr. 2012

The bottom line is, have compassion on others. Don't judge. Our world is filled with so many trials, so much comparison and competition, so much judging, so little remembering that our fellow men are important to our Heavenly Father. That we are all equal. Try to judge a little less today - realize you don't understand the circumstance of others. We have no idea what each person goes through or the life they have lived. If we spent more time loving and admiring others, our life would be much happier. Life is hard for everyone. Those who seem perfect - DON'T HAVE IT PERFECT. We all go through so much and are trying our best to make it through each day. Love more. Serve more. Be more kind. Be more understanding. Remember "the worth of souls is great in the sight of God...(D&C 18:10)"

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier, be the living expression of God's kindness. Kindness in your face, kindness in  your eyes, kindness in your smile." - Mother Teresa

"Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate." - via

current crush..

Pictures via

Pinterest @breelena

sweet tooth crush

lunch crush

hair + glasses + sweater crush

gorgeous back + swim suit crush

wedding dress detail crush

sparkle + gown crush

summer + glasses + hair + casual men's fashion crush

shoe crush

necklace crush

flower crush

cake crush

love crush

wedding crush

Some current favorites from my pin boards.