I know, pathetic joke, but you will see the reference in a bit. 

Workout

I loved my gym workout today.  I did what I call a tempo session on the elliptical.

Interval	Level	Time
Warm-up	3	5 minutes
Increase	4	3 minutes
Increase	5	3 minutes
Increase	6	3 minutes
Increase	7	3 minutes
Increase	8	3 minutes
Decrease	7	3 minutes
Decrease	6	3 minutes
Decrease	5	3 minutes
Increase	6	1 minute
Increase	7	1 minute
Increase	8	1 minute
Decrease	7	1 minute
Decrease	6	1 minute
Decrease	5	1 minute
Cool-down	3	5 minutes
Total: 40 minutes

This felt so good.  Especially the level 8s, they were so hard, especially to hold for that long!!  The workout seemed to go so quickly.

Work went well.  I sort of felt the same way I did this afternoon as I did on Tuesday.  Felt snacky and exhausted.  And the only thing that I did different yesterday that I didn’t do Tuesday or Thursday was that I had a diet soda.  Maybe I really do need that caffeine!  One thing I eat at work that I hadn’t brought with me was my frozen non-sugar added hot chocolate.  I made it the same way, about 1T of hot water to dissolve the mix and then cold water.  Then I put it in the freezer for awhile.

(Looks pretty boring and a lot like frozen coffee-but it taste great!)

I had my afternoon snack and that blueberry mix was a definite success!!!

On the way to my meeting at 6PM, I got there about 15 minutes early, so I ran into 7-11 and got myself this little guy.

This was the smallest size they have–12 ounces I think.  I got the Fanta Light because they didn’t have crystal light.  I had never seen (or obviously tried the fanta light).  It was pretty good but a bit sweeter.  I couldn’t find any nutritional data for it online.

 

Dinner

I got home a bit late tonight and was starving (and now VERY exhausted).  I had marinated some steaks (about 3/4 inch per steak) this morning before I left for work with a little soybean oil (like maybe a 1/4 tsp a side–just enough to get the herbs to stick) then put on oregano, basil, red pepper and a touch of brown sugar.  To cook them, I heated a skillet VERY hot and sprayed non-stick spray.  I seared them 1 minute a side and then cooked 3 minutes a side afterwards on a lower heat.  I actually felt like my steak was a bit overcooked (I liked mine medium rare at most).

Then I boiled some carrots and chopped them up.  I mixed this up with about 2T of lemon juice, 2tsp of lemon rind, some raisins, some nuts/seeds, 1T of light sour cream, salt and pepper.  I didn’t know how this would turn out well at all, but we both thought it was success!!

Lastly, I cooked some potatoes.  I had a sweet potato (actually half) and Justin had red skin potatoes.  I microwaved these for 10 minutes and then put them in the oven on the lower rack on boil for a few minutes to toughen up the skin.

I had half a sweet potato (Orange), 4 ounces of steak and about 3/4 cup of the carrot mixture (orange).  See, I told you the title was a pathetic joke, but I tried.

Seeing I have been on a brown sugar kick all day, I didn’t see any reason to stop now.  So I topped off my potato.

 

Okay, time to do my abs and then a snack. This is Number 2 out of the 6 sessions I must do by Saturday August 2 (when we leave for the Dominican Republic). I actually felt a bit hungry/munchy right after I ate dinner.  I didn’t let myself eat anything but I am assuming after abs I probably will want something.  And for some reason, I don’t think it’ll be my leftover Cold Stone ice cream.  I am craving something of more substance.

And I am a bit anxious about tomorrow.  (who gets anxious for Friday???!).  I am going to weigh myself in the morning and hope not to have a repeat of last week.  And then I have an all company picnic at lunch.  I was planning on lifting over lunch and swimming after work.  I need to figure out if I can sneak out to lift real quick and get back in time.  And I am just worried about the food they will serve.  I work for an Israeli company, so I am sure there it will be kosher (no cheeseburger for us! ) and there are quite a few vegetarians, so I assume I’ll be good.  I doubt I’ll be able to get a picture without looking like a freak.

Sorry for the pretty boring post.  I simply am exhausted.  Have a great evening.  Tomorrow is Friday!!!!