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?
