My Fitness Journey:
Steps to the Stage
Keywords: fitness, nutrition, healthy, lifestyle, fitness competition, bikini
My name is
Kayla Zumbach. I’m a junior at Iowa State University and I’m a fitness freak! I
have always been an athlete and have kept myself in pretty good shape. It wasn’t
until college, though, that I started getting serious about nutrition and
working out.
In March of
2013 I decided I wanted to become a fitness bikini competitor. I hired a
trainer, cracked down on my diet, and got really serious about my weight
training. I had planned on competing in a show on June 1, 2013.
Everything
was going great until I ran into some issues with my metabolism. My cardio had
been too monotonous and excessive, which caused my body to store all the fat it
consumed. I could no longer drop fat.
I took some
time off at the beginning of the summer to allow my metabolism to rebuild. My
body is finally ready to start prepping for competition again! I plan to start
competing in April of 2014. I probably won’t use a trainer or coach until
closer to show time.
Please join
me in fitness journey! In the weeks to come, I will be posting my goals and
progress reports along with workouts, healthy recipes, and fitness facts!
Week 1
goals:
This week my goal is to complete my full
workouts every day. With classes just starting up, it’s really easy to make
excuses on why I should shorten or skip a workout. This week I will complete
all of my workouts to their entirety!
Recipe of
the week:
Breakfast is
very important, never skip it! This week I’m going to share one of my favorite
healthy breakfasts: Ezekiel French Toast, inspired by The Body Fuel System.
Ingredients:- 1 egg
- 2 Tablespoons egg whites
- 3 Tablespoons almond milk
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Ezekiel bread
Directions:
- Beat egg, egg whites and almond milk together.
- Add cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla.
- Soak Ezekiel bread pieces in the mixture for a few minutes.
- Cook evenly on each side on a sprayed skillet. I like to spray my skillet with Olive Oil cooking spray!
- Serve and enjoy! :) I like to eat mine with all natural honey and fresh berries on top.
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