these are honestly so yummy, and so healthy – cucumber makes such a great alternative for ” crackers ” that you would normally eat this way – so light tasting, and so fresh! I ate these after a great upper body workout 🙂
I love making simple, healthy things to eat – i have a busy schedule so don’t really have a lot of time to put a whole bunch of effort into my meal prepping so i like to keep it easy but healthy!!
These tuna cucumber bites are perfect for lunch or post-workout snack 🙂
RECIPE:
1 can of tuna ( i prefer light tuna water packed with less salt )
cucumber ( you slice up as many as you want )
1/3 cup of chopped red onion ( i love the flavour )
its super gloomy here today in Canadas Capital, hoping for some nice summer weather in the coming weeks.
I just wanted to hop on here to talk a little bit about my mental health, as its just as important as physical health if not more.
In 2012 i was diagnosed with severe high functioning depression and anxiety. I was in grade 12 my last semester of high school when i got the diagnosis and that was after years of counselling, which I started back when i was 6 years old ( which ill get into later)- I refused to take any medications as i didn’t want to pump my body full of things to make me ” happy ” – i wanted to find happiness on my own, and man was that ever a struggle. So i fought the anger inside of me, i fought the saddness, and i fought myself, and to this day i still do – Happiness can be found anywhere but you must find it within yourself first to truly be happy anywhere.
I have good days and bad days, days where all i want to do is sit in my bed and stare at the 4 walls that know me so well, and listen to nothing but the rain or the wind – & then there are days where i feel like nothing can stop me, nothing can dim my light, which is a repeating cycle of good and bad days, but don’t we all have those?
Mental health is becoming more talked about, but people still feel so ashamed to say they have a mental illness, or their suffering, or they need help, but one thing I’ve come to realize through this journey with myself is that, we should never feel ashamed for not being okay, for asking for help, for being tired, for feeling like everything is out of our control, were human and we tend to feel every emotion in waves, always reach out for help, you’ll be stronger for doing so.
You are your biggest enemy but also your closest friend, treat your mind good, feed your mind positive things, practice self love, self care, stop comparing, stop judging, stop being envious of others, start living your life, stop allowing your mental health to float over you like a dark cloud, let your light shine, you’ll thank yourself later 🙂
Its so important to love yourself, and take care of yourself, you can lie down every night beside someone, but know you might not always have that person, but you will always have yourself so never give up on yourself, keep pushing, keep swimming, keep climbing, just keep going
” Give yourself the love and attention you give to others and watch yourself bloom “
My names Kasarah Lessard, but a lot of my friends call me Kassie – I’m 24 years old and born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
I am a Police Foundations graduate aspiring a future with the RCMP ( so a lot of my fitness goals are for my PARE testing which if you don’t know is the physical tests for the RCMP – but i also just enjoy getting my body moving)
I started my fitness journey years ago, quit, started again, quit and started again.. & this time i am not quitting on myself, I’m determined to become a healthier version of myself. ( its not the number on the scale that counts )
I love writing and I’ve really been trying to step outside of my comfort zone lately ( we all get way to comfortable there), and thought why not start a blog where i can share all my progress updates, recipes, nutrition & just some of my daily life!
” You can rise up from anything, you can completely recreate yourself, nothing is permanent, you are not stuck. You can make new choices, you can think new thoughts, you can learn something new, you can create new habits. All that matters is that you decide today, & never look back ”
Wellness With Kassie 