I Actually Tried Stuff From Pinterest?!

Yep, you read that right!

I decided to put some of my pins from Pinterest into action.

I have a bad habit of pinning & pinning & pinning,

but slacking on actually DOING anything with the pins.

Please tell me I'm not the only one with this problem.

So this week I decided to take a two pins and...

bring them to life :)

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The first thing I tried was a new recipe.

It's chicken salad, but instead of using mayo you use avocado.

UM, GENIUS!

So delicious.

What You'll Need:

// 1 Avocado

// 1 Lime

// Handful of sliced green onion

// Cilantro leaves (I use the spice rather than fresh)

// Shredded chicken (I use Tyson as pictured)

// Salt & Pepper

What You'll Do:

// Start by putting the chicken in a medium sized bowl.

// Add entire avocado to bowl and mash/mix.

// Sprinkle in sliced green onion & cilantro.

// Squeeze juice from lime into bowl.

// Add salt & pepper to taste.

// Mix everything together.

I ate mine in a whole wheat sandwich pocket.

And I had enough left to eat some with pita

 chips the next two days after I made it.

Guys, this was seriously SO good.

I will definitely be making this weekly :)

And it's way healthier than normal chicken salad.

Original pin here.

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And the next pin I tried was from my "Work It Girl" (aka fitness) board.

I saw a pin that claimed to link to Carrie Underwood's leg workout.

In case you haven't seen her legs:

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Yeah, see why I wanted to give this workout a shot?!

So I did just that.

It was only 3 moves so I figured it would be a breeze.

And I won't lie to you, the workout itself wasn't too difficult to get through.

It is now TWO days later and I don't think my inner thighs have ever been so sore.

EVER. And I'm a workout-aholic so that's kinda saying something.

You can find the pin here, but it just links to an article describing the workout.

I don't know about you guys, but when I try a workout I like to see photo demonstrations.

So I took some pictures of how I did the workout for you :)

one//

Back lunges with a bicep curl

(Do 3 sets of 15 reps for each leg)

Step back into a lunge position.

As you bring your leg back, bring your biceps up into a curl.

Stand back up.

two//

Front lunges with a torso twist 

(Do 3 sets of 15 reps for each leg)

(The original workout says to use a medicine ball but mine

is at my parents house so I improvised)

Do a forward lunge.

Twist body toward knee that is in front.

Lower weights (or medicine ball).

Raise back up to standing position.

This should all be a fluid motion.

three//

Jump squats 

(Do 25 reps)

Start in a squat postion with arms extended out in front of you.

Jump up and land back in squat position.

If you have any questions, you guys know where to find me :)

And another thing - when I finish school (22 DAYS) 

my goal is to somehow find a way to take better pictures! 

I can't afford a camera, but I need to take the time 

to find some good spots outside and get a backdrop for inside pictures...

you know, try to make my pictures not look yellow ;)