Holy Quads, Batman!

Cheese and rice, my quads are burning from yesterday!  I'm quite proud of myself, I fought through the pain and got to the gym this morning to complete the Tuesday workout, start to finish. :)  As you can see from the posted workout yesterday, I did arms today.  I met up with Emily and Terra at the gym.. but they were in no mood for a real workout so we chatted while I ran through mine.  It was still nice to have someone to talk to!  I hate the fact that all of the wanna-be body builders are coming to the gym so early in the morning now!  I vote that if you have a bicep larger than a certain measurement and a shaved head, you should only be permitted in the gym from 3-5pm.. because they're just not fun to work around.. with their judging eyes.. !

Anywayyy, Branden was not very happy to hear that I skipped the flutter kicks yesterday! (oops!)  He pointed out that just because something is hard, doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.  It's something to work for!  He said "Even if you can only do 10 seconds - do the 10 seconds, rest, and do another 10 seconds."  That makes sense.  I have flutter kicks coming up in another workout soon.. and I'm going to try them :)

Yet again, nutrition followed plan up until dinner. (Are we seeing a pattern, here?)  It was my friend Dale's birthday yesterday so a few friends gathered for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant.  Branden and I split Chicken Fajita for 2.. I won't dare call it healthy, but at least it wasn't deep fried?  And I didn't get the opportunity to eat very much while taking care of Nora, so that actually worked to my advantage!

Okay, today's menu plan:
Breakfast:
Whole Wheat Bagel w/ Peanut Butter
Chocolate Protein Shake w/ 2% Milk (I NEVER drink 2%, but I have to go to the store..I'm out of Skim!)

Snack:
Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt w/ crushed Graham Crackers - 185 Calories (I measured today!)

Lunch:
Salad;
Mixed Spring Greens w/ Raisins, Croutons, Grated Parmesan and Light Cesar Dressing - 280 Calories

Snack:
Organic Baby Carrots w/ Organic Salsa Cilantro Greek Yogurt Dip - 100 Calories

Dinner:
I'm not even going to list it.. we all know what happens here! ;)

Tomorrow's Workout:

10 MIN	ELLIPTICAL	FAST	1
	DUMBBELL SQUAT W OVERHEAD PRESS	12	4
	1 ARM DUMBBELL BENT OVER ROW	15 EACH ARM	4
	BARBELL HIGH PULLS	10	4
5 MIN	BIKE	FAST	1
	DUMBBELL CURL W/ OVERHEAD PRESS	10	4
	BALL CRUNCHES	20	4
	SEATED CABLE LAT PULL DOWNS	12	4
	FLUTTER KICKS	30 SECONDS	6
10 MIN	ELLIPTICAL	FAST	1

Looks like we're working on Back tomorrow!  Ohhh I see those flutter kicks staring me down.. and 6 sets this time!  Sheesh..

I'm starting to get really excited about it all.  I'm noticing this morning that I seem to have more energy - which makes me assume that it's not necessarily that I'm just tired, but I've been depressed and that's what's killing my energy.  Getting more excited about these workouts, and seeing the support from my friends and family is helping to lift that cloud of depression and it feels great! 
This weekend I'm going to work on getting a "Before" picture up! 

Thanks for following.. and have a great Thursday, I know I will. :)