Protein French Toast

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having an amazing day. Here is another breakfast idea for you guys. Its protein french toast with carmalized bananas and blueberries.

You will need
2 egg whites
1 whole egg
cinammon
agave
100% real maple syrup
This will make two slices of french toast

*Crack open your eggs and seperate, add the whole egg and whip untill it bubbles.
* add cinammon and a t'spoon of agave and mix in the mixture of eggs
* soak a slice of whole wheat bread in the mixture
* spray your skillet with pam and set the bread on the skillet with medium heat. cook until brown on both sides.
* When toast are finished remove from skillet and put some slices of banana and blueberries in skillet and let it warm up.
* finish the dish by putting the bananas and blueberries on the toast and drizzle warm real organic maple syrup

I did not calculate the calories on this but this is not a lean breakfast. this is great for those weight training with heavy weights. Its loaded with protein, and good carbs.

stay healthy, beautiful and intelligent guys~

Your friend

Mina

breakfast anyone??

Ive gotten some questions on instagram about breakfast ideas.
here is one of my favorite ones. I consume most my carbs in the morning. I need a lot of carbs because I am working out a lot and I lift heavy. So I overload on carbs.

Here is my normal breakfast

Peanut butter Chocolate Oats
* 2 servings of Quaker oatmeal cooked in almond milk ( about half of a cup of almond milk)
* 1 scoop of peanut butter and chocolate protein powder ( I use muscle milk but you can use any kind that you want) ( if you dont have this flavor just get the regular chocolate protein powder and add 1 or 2 table spoons of peanut butter)

Place oats in with milk in a pot and cook at medium heat, once it is nice and hot add protein and mix very well ( if you are adding peanut butter add the peanut butter at this time too )

mix well in pot and serve. You can add slices of banana on top.

This is delicious and full of healthy carbs and protein. perfect for the start of the day. remember you need carbs dont deprive yourself from them

xoxo


Mina

Bikini Body!! Swim suit haul

I decided to release some stress so I went swim suit shopping!!! I went to target. They have a great collection of swim suits at very affordable prices. At first I didn't know which one I wanted to get. I had around 10 different suits in the fitting room. I managed to narrow it down to 3 different kind.The quality of these swim suits is definitely at higher standards than the average affordable swimsuit. Shell is 82% nylon and 18% spandex and the lining is 100% polyester. I think for 14.99 each total of $28.00 for both top and bottom, you definitely cant beat that.

The detailing is beautiful too.  The blue and white polka dot one has a cute red and white bow in the center and the flower swim suit has a heart center detailing. Both tops are bandeau with option of a strap. The bottoms are standard bikini cut style. I especially love the way the blue and white polka dot bikini looks on me. These tops are also great if you have small boobies as they enhance the chest area with the cute ruffles ( flower one ) and the big bow in the center ( red and white polka dot one)

I decided to leave the red polka dot one since it didn't really do much for me and my medium tan skin complexion. These where the ones I picked from the 3. Hope you guys like it! Hurry to target before these cuties go~

Im BACK

Hi my fit divas!! Sorry I have not posted in a while. I have been super busy with bookings. I recently did the melting pot commercial.  If anyone see's it please record if for me.. us actors dont get anything lol.. we usually hear it from other people

Good news I got my fitness images back. Here are a few samples. They are not edited yet and still need to get watermark removed. But here are some that I like. What do you think??

UPDATE: Katrina and Kerena from "Tone it up" contacted me and will be featuring me on their site. Keep tuned for that <3 <3 

Also, I am working on some work out videos for you and on my site BeFitDiva.com so stay posted

love you all

Stay intelligent, healthy and beautiful

Mina~

Eating clean and Beautifully

Recipe
Chicken

*  4 to 6 oz  boneless organic chicken breast
* Parsley
* Mrs Dash all herbs seasoning
* chopped onion flakes
* pepper
* garlic clove
Rub garlic clove all over the chicken and put all herbs and seasoning on it. Cut small slits on chicken and place on a non stick skillet on medium heat. put a lid over it. when the chicken is slightly brown on both sides, pour a bit of water on the skillet to create steam and cover the chicken till fully cooked.

Salsa
* Trader Joe's Fresh Salsa  in HOT

Place the salsa over top of chicken and finish dish with a side of veggie of choice. I used spinach.

NOTE:
if you want to make this salsa homemade ( i didnt have time) you will need
* tomatoes
* onions
* green bell peppers
*lemon juice
*cider vinagar
*cilantro
*garlic
*Jalapeno peppers
* Habanero peppers

ENJOY <3

Mina

Fit Chicken Quesadilla!

Last week was hell of a week. Traveling to NYC and being in pain due to my hip. This week I feel a lot better and was able to work out my lower body. :D This is my post work out meal. It has just enough carbs 24g and high in protein 32g for an awesome post workout lunch.

Recipe:
* 1 Whole Wheat Wrap, or Tortilla
* 2 to 4 oz ( depending on how much you want)  of  chicken
* 1 Laughing cow Light Swiss cheese (35 cal)
* Brocolli or Spinach
* Trader Joes Fresh Salsa ( in hot) 
Bake the chicken and cut into small cubes or strips. Take wrap or tortilla and spread the Swiss cheese on it and put it on a none stick skillet for about 2 to 3 mins on medium, ( until nice and toasted) Put chicken and veggie on top and finish off with fresh salsa.  ENJOY! :D

Also my hair is growing out from a angled bob I had, and this is what it looks like! its terrible and i cant get it to fall nicely anymore. Any ideas on how I can manage until it fully grows out?? I am not using any flat irons anymore. ( only on bangs to tame them) <3

Stretching?

Hello everyone! Its been about 4 days now that I have been out of the gym and in recovery mode. I recently strained my left hip flexor. In addition, my glutes and quads are so tight, I am limping and barely able to walk. This whole entire week I have been back and forth from my city to NYC, ( approx 3 hours) for auditions, thus forcing me to walk the streets of the city. It really took a toll yesterday as I am not able to walk today without an extreme limp and pain.
I visited my good friend who is a physical therapist, and he informed me that my injury may take up to 1 month or more to heal. This is how long i will have to avoid lifting heavy weights and strenuous exercises such as squats, dead lifts and leg press. ( which it the secret to my define lower obliques and toned legs.
The purpose of this blog is not to talk about my injury but to inform all of my BeFitDivas on the importance of stretching.
It is very important before any exercising to "WARM UP" a warm up enables good blood flow to go through entire body allowing for muscle to prepare for contractions that are associated with lifting. In addition to the warm up, one must then stretch the muscle. I don't know how many people ( I am guilty ) stretch without the warm up.  Think of a  muscle like a frozen piece of meat, you aren't going to cut it and try to work with it in its frozen state right? One will thaw it out and then handle the meat accordingly. The same concept applies to muscles.

On the flip side, "During a workout, intense lifting causes microscopic tears to form in the fiber and connective tissue of muscles. These tears fatigue the muscles and accumulate in large number. With proper rest and sufficient nutrients the muscles are slowly rebuilt over the following days, but full repair can take a week or more." (Live-strong.com)
The soreness that we feel is the accumulation of lactic acid that builds up in the muscle. The purpose of stretching post work out is to reduce this accumulation of lactic acid build up and for injury prevention.

My injury occurred, according to my therapist, due to my muscles building and not being properly in alignment with my body. What??? you may ask..
Apparently my muscles as they grew and due to lack of muscle stretching, they grew in a weird slight misalignment with my joints. So as I performed my exercise, my body was not in correct alignment resulting in extreme pressure on my joints and adjacent muscles near area I was working.
In order to correct this problem, I have to stop building my muscles and strengthen the little tiny muscles deep withing my inner thigh by doing isometrics ( putting resistant against a fixed object such as a wall) In addition, I have to stretch. A lot!!

I hope everyone had a better week than I did  :(

Also, I was not sure on what to eat tonight, so this is what I came up with. Peanut, orange, coconut soy Thai tofu with a side of spinach.  The tofu was cooked in coconut oil.
Recipe:
Extra firm tofu, cubed

1/4 soy sauce
2 tbs natural peanut butter
1/4 tbs of grated ginger
2 tbs of OJ
1 tbs of coconut oil
diced onions, carrots and celery 
( cook tofu in coconut oil until brown, add the in mix veggies and all the ingredients together to coat the tofu. Add the cooked spinach on the side for a complete healthy meal.