Yesterday was a day of meh eats. Nothing really screamed at me and I just was not feeling my meals. I shall do pictures only because meh is the only word to describe.
Ok so I shall speak about dinner because it was BFD—always a bomb ass meal in my book. I made egg white and egg scramble with cooked mushrooms and onions topped with avocado and ketchup with a side of spray buttered bread
Today started off better at least. I made a green monster that was actually green instead of brown with almond milk, 1 handful baby spinach and Spiru-Tein Strawberry Protein Powder—yum!
I felt inspired to eat something pineapple after reading Mo’s post about pineapples last night. I bought a Pineapple Chobani Greek Yogurt the other week but have been nervous to try it out. For breakfast today I mixed the pineapple greek yogurt with Kashi Crunch!, mixed berries and unsweetened coconut.
My thought on this?
Absolutely disgusting. It was too artificially sweet for me and just did not taste good. Sigh, I hate when I have bad Chobani experiences. I love the Chobani so much but when I try a flavor I don’t like (the only other one I didn’t like was the Chobani Champions Chocolate) it’s just a huge let down. Don’t worry Chobani, I won’t quit you. On another note, don’t judge by my desk, I work better in an organized chaos kind of atmosphere.
We had a temp on our team start today and she sat with me all day. She has a background in finance and is talkative so that was a nice change for me. I pretty much showed her our entire job function and what we do throughout the day and it was enjoyable. I love training people and showing them our process, how our line of business works, etc. For lunch, I had chicken stir fry with snap peas, mushrooms and zucchini
Dinner starred a new ingredient: Eggplant. The hippies have gorgeous eggplants and I always pass them by but never buy them. I decided to take a chance and buy one and make a grilled eggplant sandwich. I sliced the eggplant and grilled with extra virgin olive oil, paprika, garlic and pepper.
While dinner was cooking, I had an appetizer of Trader Joe’s Tomato & Basil Hummus with sliced cucumbers
Verdict? I was not impressed. The flavor didn’t pop at all and I didn’t taste a hint of basil at all. Thumbs down, TJ, thumbs down. Two of my favorite things letting me down in one day is just no bueno in my world.
I had the eggplant on a kaiser roll with tomato slices and baby spinach with a sprinkle of balsamic vinegar and parmesan cheese along with roasted red potatoes
And some Patriotic Pretzels for dessert…..God Bless America
I’ve been a lazy ass as of late. I will admit that right now. I come home from work, do nothing but cook and hang out then suffer from insomnia some nights. This doesn’t make me a happy camper and definitely does not leave me wanting to work out. After I had dinner, I was sitting on the couch watching Family Guy and catching up on some blogs. I was contemplating working out and again, made the excuse that I will just do it tomorrow (as I did yesterday, the night before that and so on) and then I read this post on Kelly’s blog. That post and what she said motivated me to get off my butt and do some strength training.
Workout:
Kettlebell 20 lbs
*Halos (2 sets, 12 reps)
*Shrugs (2 sets,14reps, each side)
*Swings (3 sets, 13 reps)
*Squats (1 set, 14 reps)
*Upright Deltoid Row (1 set, 13 reps)
*Straight Leg Deadlift (2 sets, 13 reps)
*Bentover Row (2 sets, 13 reps)
*Side Bends (2 sets, 15 reps, each side)
Dumbbell
*Concentration Curls (15 lbs. 1 sets, 13 reps each side)
*Tricep Kickback (10 lbs 1 set, 13 reps each side)
*Shoulder Press (15 lbs. 2 sets, 13 reps each side)
*Bench Press (10 lbs. 2 sets, 13 reps each side)
It was only a 25 minute workout but I was happy I did something and had a nice calorie burn and average heart rate of 148 and max of 182
Thanks Kelly for giving me some inspirational words pushing me to work out today. I am all about the tough love!
I had an apple post workout
Right when I was about to chomp away, I saw little Lincoln curled up on the ottoman
I hate how depressed he looks at times then to make it even worse, he will pick his head up, look at me then drop his head down with a big sigh. Yeah, we went for a nice 20 minute walk after that to lift his spirits. And wtf is up with dog owners with little dogs that are Lincolns size not wanting to be social? Lincoln will pull me over there (he is eight lbs and I am not a skinny girl) and then the owners will pull their dogs away from Lincoln and wont let them play. He just wants to sniff some butt, throw my dog a bone!
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Simply Shaka 