Busy Bee

Today was busy, busy!  Meant it went really quickly, so that is nice.  I am going to sleep like a baby tonight.

Workout #1
Went to the gym over my lunch break and lifted.

Exercise	Weight	Reps/Sets
Incline Bench Press	two 20lbs d.b.	8/3
Chest Flies	two 15lb d.b.	8/3
Arnolds	two 17.5lb d.b.	8/3
Tricep Kickbacks	one 17.5lb d.b per arm	8/3 (per arm)
Pushups on Bosu		10/3
Dead Lifts	two 17.5lb d.b	10/3
Frontal Lunges	two 10lb d.b	10/3 per leg
Squats	two 10lb d.b.	10/3
Leg Press	160lbs	10/3
Leg Extension (R only)	20lbs	6/3
Calf Raises on Leg Press	80lbs	10/3
Pullups on assisted machine	Weight set to 50lbs	8/3
Tricep dips on assisted machine	Weight set to 50lbs	8/3

This took me about 40 minutes.

Lunch
I was definitely ready to eat when I got back to the office.  And what a tasty lunch full of fresh veggies.  I started with a salad of spinach, one hard boiled egg white, about 2T of black beans, some chopped up zucchini, onions and carrots.  I put about 1T of Newman’s Light Honey Mustard dressing on top.

I sort of wished I just had had a huge salad for lunch because this thing was so clean and refreshing.  It hit the spot.

Then I had a sandwich of 100% whole wheat bread, 1 light laughing cow cheese wedge, tomato slices, some cucumber and some sprouts.  At least I had a bunch of veggies on my sandwich to sort of make up for not having a massive salad.

All put together

Then I had my trust Kozy Shack no-sugar added tapioca.  And I forgot to buy more of these this week at the store.  EEEEP!  Maybe I’ll make some jello mixed with fruit tonight as a replacement.  Anyway….

PM Snack
I actually could have skipped my afternoon snack.  It was quarter to 5 and I still hadn’t gotten hungry, but I knew I was going back to the gym, so I ate it anyway.  I never know if this is a good decision or not.  Do I fuel the body or just recognize that it was all that hungry?

This is just some Kashi Go Lean crunch with some dried fruit and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese.

Workout #2
Luckily the rain went away and I was able to get into the pool tonight. 

Drill	Time
Warmup- 8 X 25M Freestyle	10 second recovery/per 25
6 X 50M Single Arm with Fins (6 strokes left arm, 6 strokes right arm, 6 strokes full stroke)	15 second recovery/ per 50
4 X 100M Freestyle Swim (60-70% Heart Rate)	20 second recovery/ per 100
4 X 100M Freestyle Swim with Paddles (60-70% Heart Rate)	20 second recovery/ per 100
Cooldown: 2 X 50M Freestyle Push & Glide	15 second recovery
Cooldown: 2 X 50M Freestyle Easy	15 second recovery
TOTAL: 1500 Meters
Time: Right at 40 minutes

I think my left arm really wanted to just give up and fall off during the swim.  That weakling wanted to quit, but I talked it into pushing through.  I am beat after all this working out!

On the drive home, I had this little guy:

Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch Clif Bar.  It was good but I am beginning to think I like the fruit flavors more, they aren’t as overwhelmingly sweet.

Dinner
I had some 96% fat free ground beef in the fridge that I wanted to use tonight.  And I have a craving for some comforting Mexican flavors, so this is what I came up with.

1lb 96% ground beef
1 carrot
3/4 a zucchini
1/4 red onion
1/3 cup of Newman’s Salsa
2 medium tomatoes
1 garlic clove
1tsp cumin
1tsp oregano
1tsp chili powder
1T fresh cilantro
3T all purpose flour
1/3 cup water

I got to use this lovely new kitchen accessory and enjoyed (wow, I’m a dork!)

(if only my nails looked that good!)

I browned the beef with the minced garlic clove and the spices in a non-stick skillet.  Once browned, I added the onion, carrots, zucchini and tomatoes.  I let this simmer for a few minutes and then added the salsa and cilantro.  I covered the skillet and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.  In another bowl I mixed the flour and water together.  I added this to the mixture and let this cook for about 3 minutes in the beef mixture uncovered.

On the side I cooked some brown rice and cut up some whole wheat tortillas.  I broiled the tortillas with a spray of soybean oil from this also lovely Pampered Chef purchase.

 

Anyway, back to dinner.  I had about 1/2 cup of brown rice with 1/2 cup of the beef mixture.  I sprinkled some mozzarella cheese on top and served with some tortilla chips on the side.  Oh yeah and about 1T of plain fage yogurt.  I didn’t tell the husband that was yogurt and just let him assume it was sour cream (we are all out of s.c) and he never seemed to notice.  I felt sneaky.  (back to me being a dork.)

Dinner was REALLY REALLY good.  It hit the spot.  You may be seeing some leftover tomorrow during lunch because I don’t think I can let Justin have all of this goodness.

Someone sent this to me at work today and it cracked me up.  Warning–the end gets a bit extreme/violent, but none the less…this is humorous.

Okay, watching the end of the Tour from today (I know, surprise, surprise.) Tomorrow is a day off, so you don’t have to hear about it from me.   Anyway, I am planning on doing abs tonight (Exercise TV here we come!).  I probably will have a little something sweet before I go to bed.

Have a great night!!

Happy Bastille Day

Hello Monday morning.  I just don’t understand how in just two measly days I can adjust to wanting to sleep late.  It makes the Monday morning alarm down right vicious. 

I definitely had a cravings for nice warm oats this morning.  But I ended up getting letdown.  I think this is a sign I should have just made it a longer weekend.  It is raining outside and my oats sucked….This should equal a ‘personal day’.

I went to Trader Joe’s on Saturday and I saw a new type of grains.  It was a mixture of 4 different types–rye, barley, oats and wheat.

Breakfast
Has anyone else ever tried these?  I cooked 1/2 cup of these oats with 3/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of liquid egg whites.  The directions said to put 2 parts water to every 1 part oats.  I also sprinkled in a little salt.  I cut up a small peach and some cinnamon.  I cooked these on 40% power for 4.5 minutes.

They came out very watery and just were bland.  I mixed in 1T of flax seed, a splash of light soy milk, a bit of swiss museli and a few raisins. 

The taste just wasn’t there for me.  I may try and switch it up some tomorrow.  It was calling for some more sweetness to it.  Maybe I’ll use a banana tomorrow.

AM Snack
I got a new brand of Kefir from TJ’s.  It is plain low fat Kefir.  We will see how I like the plain flavor.  I don’t even like plain yogurt–too bitter.  I added in a side of cantaloupe which is pretty juicy and fairly sweet (it could have a little more taste to it…almost too watery.)

And to get everyone motivated to want to go workout today. Saturday’s finish in the Tour De France…in the pouring rain.  These men are gluttons for punishment and I find it simply amazing what they do with their bodies.  After 4 hours and 2 minutes in the bike, in the pouring rain, covering 172.5KM at a speed of 42.61kph, these guys still managed to sprint it out to the finish. And to think some days I have a tough time squeaking 40 minutes out at the gym!