What I Ate Wednesday

Goooood Morning!  My first official What I Ate Wednesday post.  Please let the record state that I am not a registered dietitian, an expert, or anywhere near perfect.  I should also mention this post was not sponsored by Trader Joes.

Today included a great leg workout from Blogilates.  Seriously. I felt my legs for two days after this workout.

Breakfast:  An oatmeal "pancake" with natural peanut butter and maple syrup and an iced coffee with Almond Milk.  I should probably scale back on the amount of maple syrup......you think?

Snack 1: Apples and peanut butter

Lunch:  Udi's gluten free bread with Trader Joe's chicken salad.  I ate the rest of my apple and some broccoli.  Sometimes I'll only eat one slice of gluten free bread because they tend to be dry...Anyone else have that problem?  I ate this about an hour before my leg workout.

Snack 2 (post workout snack):  Strawberries and Almonds

Snack 3: Small amount of smoothie.  It was made with coconut water (Trader Joe's brand), spinach, frozen mixed berries, and half a banana.  It tastes better than it looks.  Way to get a good picture....

Dinner:  Trader Joe's gluten free chicken nuggets, homemade sweet potato fries (they were way too salty), and some frozen veggies.

Huh.  After looking at what I ate today I feel like I eat a lot more veggies than I thought I did.  Insightful.

I also had a small handful of M&Ms (what was left in the bag..)

This post does not reflect the water I drank with every meal and while working out.  I didn't take pictures.  Nothing fancy.  Glass, ice, and water.  boom.

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Weekend Recap

Good morning!  Hope everyone had a great weekend. Apparently I took a long weekend myself since I didnt blog yesterday. :)

Saturday:
We went to my friend's son's birthday party. I had a good time catching up with old friends I haven't seen in four and a half years. Wow.  It was neat seeing them as mommies now. I should have taken a picture with them. Fail.  We ordered Thai Food for dinner.  I love me some good Thai :D

Sunday:
We discovered a new trail and park!  We recently moved to a new city and have been loving the fact that the city has a plethora of parks and trails. It's a super family friendly place to live.  Fall at least looked like it was on its way - despite the heat when we were walking in the sun. But there seemed to be the fall chill in the air in the morning. Time to head to Bath and Body Works to get some fall candles. 'Cause that's what you do. Right? Let's make fall happen. 

It was just a quick walk - just a mile.  The Hubs pushed the kiddos in the stroller and I walked the dog.

Thursday Workout

Thursday was a great day.  We drove up to my parent's house to get our goldfish they have been keeping for us.  They were sad to see her go.  This fish has a lot of personality.  I'm completely serious.  She shows off for food and it's pretty entertaining to watch.

Normally our boys are outside playing in the garden or otherwise rolling in the dirt but today we stayed in doors.  My dad saw a bear at their house the day before.  A freakin' bear.  Yeah.  I'm definitely not about to tango with that.

My oldest son has a cold so he didn't sleep well the night before.  Which means I didn't sleep well the night before.  I think there's always a direct coloration.  He's completely grossed out by snot and boogies - and while I appreciate that about him, it does make it a little hard when he gets a little upset if he even thinks he may get boogies on himself.  I had plans of waking up early to get in a workout before we left our house but since I didn't sleep well I over slept a bit.  Oops.

We used his cold as an excuse to swing by Jamba Juice on our way home to get some fresh squeezed juices. I sucked at taking pictures.  E for effort.

I managed to squeeze a workout in at night.  I signed up for Cassy Ho's my.blogilates.  Cassey not only puts together great youtube exercise videos, but she also has a workout calendar she puts out each month with an exercise plan for you to follow. It makes working out from home super easy.  I really can't recommend it enough.  Since I've been doing her programs I've noticed a ton more muscle tone in my arms and stomach.  Best of all - her workout program is free.  Yeah.  Pretty amazing.

Tonight I worked out my arms and back following her workout plan for the day.  I can tell I'm going to be sore tomorrow.  I don't know why but today felt super hard.

The first video, 5 minute fat burner,  was killer.  She started with Star Jump.  Yeah.  Those pretty much kill me every time.  The next few videos were: Arms on fire, Push plank challenge, toned arms and sculpted back, and stretches to relieve lower back pain.  I now feel like my arms are dead.  But in a good way.  Although I feel like this workout was super hard for me today, I can really tell like I've improved.  I still wuss out during some of the moves and have to take a break here and there - but I can do some of the exercises now better than I used to be able to.  She's also great at reinforcing the fact that we're all on our own fitness journey and not to compare ourselves to each other.

The night ended with some great leftovers and a bowl of chocolate crispies with almond milk.  Again - I suck at remembering to take pictures.  Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Embarrassment Sweating

Good evening!

Today was a low key day.  It was the first day this week we didn't make plans to do anything.  I guess that's not entirely true.  The Hubs went shopping with his dad and grandpa -  But the boys and I didn't have any plans.

Game Face

Today's workout was a leg workout from blogilates.com  I did the following videos: Legs on fire, Bubble Butt workout, Perky Butt n Lean Legs, 3 minute thighs, and thigh trimmer and butt lifter.  Good workout!  The Thigh trimmer and butt lifter workout is ment to be used with Pilates bands but I didn't use them and it still ended up being a good workout.

sweaty face after workout

Honestly I think I was much sweatier at Target this morning when my big boy decided to throw a fit because he wanted the "cool" cart and none were available.  Anyone else sweat from embarrassment?  geez.  

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Workout post 1

Hello!

Tuesday morning started off a lot earlier than anticipated. I had a difficult time sleeping all night and then randomly, at four in the morning, I was awake for good. Don't ya hate when that happens?  Grr...

since I was awake I was able to put that time to good use. I ate my usual breakfast (oatmeal pancakes) and got my run on.  Today was week 4 day 2 of the Couch to 5k program. I love this program. I've done it a few years ago (running and I have an off again on again relationship) and think it's super doable. Today was jog 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, jog 5 minutes, walk 2.5 minutes, jog 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds and jog 5 minutes.

The obligatory foot and dog selfie

My dog was super excited to go on a run.  She was my bestie the rest of the day.  I must be getting a little faster during my run because she seemed like she was running out of energy towards the end.  Maybe dogs have off days, too.

After my run I completed a circuit workout from the Housewife Glamour blog. Check out her blog.  It's super cute and she is very motivating and has some great workouts posted.  The push-ups were
definitely my sticking point. It felt like a good whole body workout.

check out Houswifeglamour.com for all of the details!

Later in the evening The Hub's grandparents and parents came over for dinner. The Hubs planned dinner and decided on making some grilled Mahi Mahi, pesto tortellini, and some broccoli.  I decided to eat a sweet potato since I don't eat gluten. The Mahi Mahi came out great.  Our boys sure had a great time entertaining all of the grandparents. Everyone had a great time.