 Well good morning from my sick self and my box of clean eggs. I am going to a temp boot camp this morning. I have not worked out the last couple of days because I have a cold. My cold started on Friday and it's just progressively gotten worse I feel like. I thought that I would get better and better as the days went on but Saturday was actually my best feeling day and then Sunday yesterday was awful last night. It was awful. I was so congested. I had to blow my nose the entire night through. So I need this entire box of clean eggs to come with me in order to make it through boot camp. I'm not really coughing or anything. Lots and lots of congestion which is a concern because I really can't breathe through my nose. So we're just gonna see how this workout goes. I almost didn't go but at the same time I want to work out and move my body and I'm hoping that maybe that will even help with the congestion. I mean positive thoughts right? Positive vibes. I didn't even make it through the Super Bowl yesterday. I ended up going to bed about 7.30. I was just so exhausted. This cold is just wiping me out. A lot of you have reached out and said that there is a cold going around. So whatever is going around I unfortunately have it which is weird because I don't really get sick nor have I been sick at all since I moved to Arizona. So it does suck. It just kind of puts a kink into my my day-to-day life and my workout. So let's see how boot camp goes. I'll definitely update you guys once I get home. I'm so excited about this. I've actually been craving waffles and I love making them with the devotion because it's 20 grams of protein just in the protein powder and I did add one teaspoon of carry gold butter and then a quarter cup of sugar-free maple syrup. Mmm the sinful cinnamon protein powder simply mixed with canned pumpkin puree. You can add a little bit of water to get the right consistency. Literally makes the perfect waffles. It is my favorite favorite one. It's kind of that comfort food breakfast that I need and on a side note my nose is so raw. My nose hurts so bad from blowing it so much. I mean I literally carry this Kleenex with me everywhere. My voice sounds like I've been smoking for 20 years. I can't wait for the sickness to go away. Not gonna lie. I wanted to share while I eat breakfast. I wanted to share a quick little Lola update. A lot of you have reached out asking how she's doing. So you know that I just got back from a trip to Atlanta so the first night that I was there I actually texted Troy and asked how Lola and the dogs were doing how he was doing and he called me and as soon as I saw that he was calling me I had this big pit in my stomach because he never calls. He'll always just text me and I had just asked how Lola was. He was calling to let me know that when he was petting her that he found a lump on her neck and he said it felt like the size of a pea maybe a little bit smaller than a pea and he said it was kind of hard and moved around so of course instantly I panicked thinking that she's out of remission and it's her lymph nodes and so we just and I my first thought was I was just gonna come home. I was fully prepared to figure out a way to get two hours back to Atlanta and come home and he said that she was acting completely normal so what we decided to do was just keep our eye on the lump while I was gone and he said it was kind of off to the side where when she was diagnosed with lymphoma her lymph nodes right here under her neck were really really swollen so he kept an eye on it while I was gone it never changed size she's acting completely normal since I've been back it hasn't changed size she actually went to our regular vet appointment both her and Palmer this last week for their yearly checkup she had her yearly blood work done and the vet there didn't seem too concerned about it. Lola actually has an oncologist appointment tomorrow I'm filming this video on Monday and she goes to the oncologist every two months and her appointment is actually tomorrow so the vet said definitely have the oncologist look at it since she's the expert on what to watch for for out of remission lymphoma cancer and they'll probably aspirate it just to make sure that it's nothing to worry about but we think maybe it's just a fatty lump or a cyst and like I said it hasn't changed in size she's acting normal the vet wasn't too concerned I mean she was concerned enough to say hey have them look at it when she goes to the oncologist but you don't need to race the oncologist today because I asked her I said if you're concerned I'll call and they'll get me in right away and she didn't seem too concerned about it so I've been worried of course about it I just want to make sure that it's nothing I mean she's older she's at least 11 11 and a half so it's possible that it is you know maybe a fatty lump or some type of cyst but we'll get it checked out tomorrow and I've been watching her like a hawk and she's eating she's drinking she's acting completely herself but it's just definitely a stressful time when your dog is in remission from cancer because the average remission is 12 months and Lola's about 11 a little over 11 months into remission so I start panicking I mean I've panicked every day for 11 months but even more as we get closer to the average 12 months but she's doing so well another kind of interesting thing you know how doctors and vets they don't when it's a time of tragedy when they're diagnosing your dog with cancer your family member with cancer they kind of don't tell you everything because it's overwhelming enough for the diagnosis well when we showed up there this last week for her appointment she goes I've been getting the reports from the oncologist and I'm shocked at how amazing Lola's doing and she said when I saw her on the schedule for today I was surprised because I wasn't sure that that I would see her again after her diagnosis last year because she her cancer had progressed to stage five so it was in her spleen her liver and all of her lymph nodes were swollen so she did check the lymph nodes behind her knees and they weren't swollen so that was a sign that she's like I don't think she's out of remission but I thought that was interesting because of course she didn't tell us how severe the cancer was I mean she told us that it was lymphoma and it was cancer and she needed treatment but she was actually surprised to see Lola number one doing so well and number two back at the vet a year later so we have quite a little warrior on our hand she's a fighter and I told the vet that Diesel's watching over her that's the only thing that makes sense to me why she's doing so well so I'm really hoping when we go tomorrow to the oncologist it's a clean bill of health because my baby I need my baby in my life so proud of her I'm so happy she's healthy but I will tell you that even remission has been very stressful for me I worry about her every single day I check her lymph nodes every single day it's that constant when is it gonna come when is it gonna come when is she gonna go out of remission when is she gonna be sick it's very very hard and there's a term for that type of grief and I saw it in the lymphoma in the K9 lymphoma support group that I'm in on Facebook it was called like expectationary grief or something it's an actual thing where you're just anticipating all of these terrible things happening and it's a form of grief so I really try to just focus on the positive that she's healthy she's happy that we get to spend a lot of time together I've made it a point to spend as much time with her as possible that's a big reason why I stopped working at 3 p.m. and I just want to enjoy every minute with her and I want her to be healthy and happy and stay in remission and live out her life healthy and without cancer and cancer-free so fingers crossed we get a good diagnosis a good confirmation from the oncologist tomorrow but I'll definitely keep you guys posted I do post on Instagram pretty regularly so if you want to keep up with me a little bit more day-to-day that's definitely the place to go but I'll definitely definitely update you guys in a future video and thank you for everybody who's reached out asking about her there's been a lot of you that's why I decided to do just a quick little update I'm about to hop on a coaching call and I'm feeling pretty congested at the moment and a little bit of brain fog is happening I mean I forgot to take my pre-workout before I went to boot camp this morning at boot camp I kept skipping certain exercises it's what happens apparently when I have a cold so I'm going to mix up some motivate burn but I'm going to do the no stim burn the no caffeine because I do want to have coffee a little bit later today so I have the no stim burn and kiwi strawberry it's my favorite flavor I love the kiwi strawberry recovery I love the kiwi strawberry burn you can actually buy it by the full tub or you can buy it in these cute little single serve packs I really like these especially for travel if I'm hiking if I'm out and about I can just throw this in my purse my car my backpack and quickly mix up a single serve of motivate burn on the go you actually get five little packages of the no stim strawberry kiwi and then I also have the little packages of the regular burn this is the cherry lemonade this is my favorite flavor I really really love it it's a new flavor to the motivate burn line and I love it again you can get it in the full tub or you can get it in the little stick packs I've been really really loving the stick packs lately I do have the full tub of the cotton candy as well but today I'm feeling like I need the benefits of burn just minus the caffeine so if you're sensitive to caffeine get the no stim if you want the caffeine get the regular but burn's going to offer fat burning a metabolism boost energy focus everything your girl needs today so I am definitely going to mix this up that will also help me get in a full 40 40 ounces of water so motivate burn is great to help you get in your water as well plus nobody's mad about metabolism boost a fat burning energy and focus I just put my little packet in my cup and then I'm going to fill this with water and ice and then I'm going to take some some of my vitamins for today all right I have my motivate burn ready to go and after breakfast I didn't even know that motivate carried this but when I saw that they did I picked it up I've been loving it and that is seamos now I've talked about seamos on my channel before but it's either been in a gel form or a powder form this is a capsule so it's super convenient it's a really easy way to get all the benefits of seamos seamos is rich in essential vitamins and minerals including vitamin a k calcium and iron contains antioxidants that help protect cells from free radicals it's a great source of iodine which is a simple essential for thyroid function and overall metabolism it's anti-inflammatory and it contains mucilage which is a substance that may help soothe the digestive tract and promote gut health it also helps support your immune system and it has skin and useful complexion properties as well so you know I have inflammation and a healthy gut is so essential for weight loss that I've been really loving having this in just a convenient capsule form you actually take two capsules daily and again I take them after my breakfast I have my morning vitamin my multivitamin that I take my turmeric from motivate my probiotic from motivate and then I always take my seamos when I mix up my first cup of water for the day I love that it helped that it has iodine so it helps support your thyroid and also helps regulate your hormones positive impact on your metabolism it helps with weight loss so I've been really loving it and I really enjoy that it's in a capsule form and the price cannot be beat it's about the half the price of other seamos capsules or gels or powders that I found on the market and it's super super effective I'm really really loving it so I will go ahead and link motivate down below so you can check out the seamos the burn I do have a 20 discount for motivate so you're going to get 20 percent off the already super low prices so I'll put everything down below for you but I'm going to go get my first 40 ounces of water in for the day my motivate burn seamos check and we're off to a fantastic start it's time for special bones right you ready for your special bone oh okay come on let's go let's go you gotta go in the kitchen that's where the bones up yeah the kitchen's way to bones up we're currently using the smart bone so I go back and forth between the regular ones in the rack right now I have the rack these are more affordable right now on amazon I'll link these for you and here's what they look like the dogs love them are you ready oh good sit buddy good sit can you sit to knock good job baby so I'm about to hop on another coaching call and I'm gonna make up a quick coffee I'm not feeling protein coffee today since I had the devotion protein waffles I try to limit myself to two protein supplements every day and I have my protein coffee this morning and my waffles so I'm going to just use my drag up cold brew I think this is the last of the Christmas tree one I love all of the flavors drag up makes the best cold brew I do buy my I did buy my picture off of amazon I'll link drag up and my cold brew picture for you and then I actually have this italian sweet cream regular creamer I'm not feeling sugar-free either so I'm going to do two tablespoons of regular creamer and I'm going to make up a yummy iced coffee and then I'm going to have a hot cup of tea a little bit later too that seems to really help with my throat but right now we need another boost of caffeine before this next coaching call I'm also going to have a couple of my little Alyssa's oatmeal cookie bites with my cup of coffee I love these absolutely love these two of these little cookies it's only 90 calories great source of fiber and a great source of protein and it literally tastes like a little mini oatmeal cookie for lunch today I'm going to have some of my taco pie I actually made this for my boot camp gallantines party and we had quite a bit of leftovers it's already sliced into servings I did go ahead and figure out the points and calories I hadn't done that for the party but I'm going to have a slice of the taco pie and then I'm going to top it with a tablespoon of light sour cream and a tablespoon of guacamole so here is my lunch look how good this looks I just layered it in a baking dish topped it with my sour cream and my guacamole so I'll go ahead and put points calories macros here on the screen for you so for an afternoon snack I'm going to keep it really simple and I'm going to have one full cup of good culture cottage cheese so as serving as half of a cup I'm going to do a full cup and that's going to give me 28 grams of protein and I'm going to top it with 75 grams of blueberry so I kind of have a sweet cottage cheese this is a go-to for me to help get in my protein and I just love cottage cheese in general so that is my afternoon snack so here is my snack my cottage cheese and my blueberries again I'll put points calories macros here on the screen for you for dinner tonight I am making an easy quinoa chili recipe I am sick as you know so chili sounds really really good so let me show you what you'll need you're going to need minced garlic broth of your choice I'm using beef broth that's what I have on hand quinoa kidney beans petit diced tomatoes corn and black beans salt and pepper a little baby can of tomato sauce a bell pepper and onion and then I'm actually using the kinders chili seasoning you can also put together your own seasoning mix based on your spices but this is going to save a stat I'm also adding a pound of 93 percent ground beef I'm going to dice up my onion bell pepper pull out my big stock pot and this is literally a dump-and-go recipe once your ground beef is cooked through I'm adding in my diced up bell pepper and onion and a big scoop of minced garlic and we're going to let that cook for about five minutes now we're adding in two cups of dry quinoa tomato sauce and three cups of your broth reserve one cup four liter go ahead and give that a stir you want to make sure your quinoa is submerged in the liquid then we're going to add in all of our chili seasonings again I'm using the little kinders chili seasoning pack and then give that another stir I'm going to pop a lid on this and allow it to simmer for about 10 minutes so now I'm ready to add in the rest of the ingredients I'm going to add my additional one cup of broth my can of diced tomatoes my black beans kidney beans corn and then a little salt and pepper we're going to give that a stir and allow it to simmer for about another 20 minutes oh she's full so the chili is done and this looks so good this whole pot only makes six servings so I'm going to go ahead and serve it up I shredded some sharp cheddar cheese just from the block we're going to add that to the top and I'll be back to share points calories and macros so here is my dinner and again I put a couple tablespoons of shredded sharp cheddar cheese right on top so for dessert tonight I'm going to make my typical yogurt bowl but I'm going to change it up just a little bit so I'm going to have the danon light and fit banana cream yogurt I've been kind of craving bananas so I'm going to do the banana cream yogurt and then I'm going to do half of this banana this is a pretty small one but I'm going to slice half of it really thin and top the yogurt and then I'm going to put half of a serving or a quarter cup of my catalina crunch cereal that's going to give it a nice crunch factor and then I'm going to do a teaspoon of hemp seeds and that's going to give me again more of a nutty flavor and a little bit of extra protein thank you for joining me for today's what I eat in a day this sick girl is going to get her pajamas on and go to bed because I'm exhausted I've literally blown my nose 500 times today so I'm going to call it a night don't forget tonight's dinner recipe is on my recipe website I'll link it down below for you as well as motivate nutrition coaching links and discounts to my other favorite things and come join our facebook group we'd love to have you thank you for watching and I'll see you next time bye