My morning schedule has changed. Currently no need to get up supah dupah early for driving purposes, which means that I have to rely on my own motivation for morning workouts.
bwahahahahahahahahabwahahahahahahaha
In case you are new here: I am not a morning person. I do not get up early on my own. I am the queen of sleeping through the alarm and utilizing the snooooooooooze button.
Having said that, I did get up around 8:30 this morning to get a bit of a head start on work. In fact, I beat the coffee maker. I had to stand around rubbing my eyes waiting for it to brew…
I heart my flirt mug. :)
A little while later I consulted my twitter peeps regarding fresh pineapple and green smoothies. Angie and Katie assured me that it works so I decided to give it a go.
In the KA: the basic green + pineapple: ice, 1/2 banana, flax meal, 1/2 scoop Amazing Meal, spinach, UVAB…
Yum!! The pineapple gives it a nice sweetness and takes a bit of the edge off the Amazing Meal. I think I know where the rest of my pineapple is going.
When lunchtime rolled around, I really wasn’t hungry…but like I said earlier, the blog (and you guys!) sort of force me to eat. I went with a quickie grilled cheese…
That’s dill havarti in there. nommy.
With a few grape tomatoes and a few slices of cacciatore sausage.
And a handful of red grapes…
Work is supposed to be shorter days right now, but it didn’t happen for me. I had planned to hit the gym right at 5pm (if not earlier) but when 5pm came and went, I grabbed a bar from the loot box sent by Krista.
Clif Nectar Bar…
Cranberry Apricot Almond. Tasty and chewy. Basically a ripoff of my beloved Larabars.
Finally around 7:20 I was able to head off to the gym. My back is killing me (I know you are all soooo sick of hearing about it, but it’s a different kind of hurt than I usually have and it is NOT getting better AT ALL!) so I took it easy.
- Power walked on the treadmill for a warm up.
- Did most of Day 2 of Intro to Iron (Legs)…I had to skip a couple of things so I added squats and different ab work.
- Finished up with another power walk at a faster pace and higher incline.
I would have stayed for more cardio, but by this point I was starving. And I hadn’t planned anything. I considered Subway but didn’t really feel like stopping so just came home…stared in the fridge for a minute and decided to go with oatmeal.
Who says oatmeal isn’t dinner?!
Last week I finally remembered to pick up some egg whites, so this time my oats were a la Jess!
In the pot: UVAB, water, oats, cinnamon, 1/2 banana, and 1/4 cup egg whites…stir thoroughly and pretty much constantly.
On top I just sliced up the rest of the banana and sprinkled a few walnut pieces on.
Very creamy, simple and deeeelish. Thanks for the idea Jess. I love hiding extra protein in my meals. :)
And that’s it. I’m currently just watching American Idol (no one grabs my attention this season AT ALL) and perusing my reFresh cookbook looking for ideas so I don’t wind up staring into the pantry again tomorrow night. I planned my money and workouts this morning but didn’t plan my meals. I’m on it!
Do you plan your workouts? meals? other?
Meal planning will totally help with the financial planning, too! I meal plan, and weeks when I don't, we spend up to twice as much on groceries.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big pineapple in smoothies fan - second only to frozen mango!! YUMMY!
Have I told you lately that you're amazing?
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the egg whites in the oats! SO good and protein filled! Way to go on the workouts:) Good start to March:)
Man, I really have to try those egg white oats!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I plan my meals... this week I went very hard-core, and pre-portioned/made all my lunches, dinners, and snacks... I just wanted a week of NO THINKING (well, food-wise). This is a one-time thing, though--there's no way I could do this every week!
I hope your back feels better soon! :)
I am so relieved that you weren't upset about the AG review!
ReplyDeleteI plan out my meals roughly when I am making my grocery list on Sunday, but I tend to shift things around a lot.
I think Lee Dewyze is really good and sounds like a lot of the alternative rock guys on the radio. And I like Adam Lambert's voice. Haven't seen the girls yet.
I plan my meals for the week on Thursday or Friday night. Since I am on ww I use etools to create the menu and then build a grocery list from that. It makes weekdays so easy. I have just started going to the gym.. I hope to make a schedule for that too so that it becomes a routine.
ReplyDeleteI will need to try the pineapple in the smoothie next week :)
I usually plan my meals and snacks but am pretty flexible about them. I definitely need to work on planning more re. workouts, I pretty much suck at that :)
ReplyDeleteSorry about your back. Back pain is terrible, it can make it so hard to even function sometimes. Hope you figure out what the problem is soon!
I plan my workouts and dinners, but not lunches and breakfasts. Probably because I eat a lot of the same things so I don't need to plan. I love structure though.
ReplyDeleteI demand a recount! Frogs totally should have smoked ladybugs. Somebody must've hacked into your Twitter account...
ReplyDeleteSorry about your back!
ReplyDeleteI plan my meals for sure, and sometimes snacks but not usually.
I plan my workouts too, as in...I plan to workout...but those fall through all too often :)
I LOVE adding pineapple to smoothies, it's super good for recovery (esp. bruising!) and does take the edge off! I am glad I am not the only health blogger who struggles with mornings! Oy! ;)
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