Picture Day!

Hello there!  I’m feeling great today!  The gym went MUCH better; I got in a great workout and was dripping in sweat and out of breath and my legs hurt going up the stairs to my front door when I got home – all GREAT things! J  AND I made a new recipe (in addition to my tuna lol) to try for lunch and I have high hopes.
Here’s what I did at the gym today:

TIME	EXERCISE	REPS	LBS	SETS
14 MIN / 1 MILE	ELLIPTICAL	MED	N/A	1
	SINGLE LEG EXTENSION	12	10	4
	SINGLE LEG CURL	12	20	4
	LEG PRESS	12	90	4
	CALF PRESS	15	90	4
	INNER CALF PRESS	15	90	1
	OUTER CALF PRESS	15	90	1
(on bike)	LATERAL DB RAISES	15	5	4
(on bike)	DB BICEP CURLS	15	5	4
(on bike)	DB SHOULDER PRESS	15	5	4
(on bike)	DB TRICEP DIP	15	5	4
28 MIN / 10 MILES	BIKE	80 RPM	N/A	1

I upped the resistance on the elliptical and the bike 1 notch and it seemed to work out just fine J.  The elliptical took a little longer than yesterday to complete the mile, but I’m assuming that’s due to increased resistance.  The leg workouts went fine, not too much discomfort in the ol’ knee.  I wanted to work my arms but knew that I wouldn’t have time since the bike takes so much time so I decided to just do my arm excercises while riding!  It worked out really well and actually helped pass the time.  I tried to maintain a speed of 75-90 RPM, averaging at around 80.  It felt really great to sweat J.  I also found today that I am OVER all of the music on my iPod and need an update STAT!  I’m going to try to work on that this weekend. 

For dinner tonight, I made a big taco salad w/ grilled chicken, bagged romaine mix salad, homemade black bean and corn salsa, onion, fresh tomato, FF sour cream and FF cheddar cheese.  It was YUMMY!  I’ll be honest, I had 2nds lol.  After looking over my nutritional intake yesterday, I decided to add a bit to my breakfast. 
Food Today:
Breakfast:
2 servings liquid egg whites (6tbs)
PER SERVING:
Calories: 25
Fat: 0
Soduim: 75
Sugar: 0
Carbs: 0
Protein: 5
Protein Shake w/ Skim Milk

Snack:
Low Carb Yogurt

Lunch:
Tuna Salad
3 Grilled Eggplant Slices (see below)

Snack:
Protein Mousse
String Cheese

Dinner:
Honey Chipotle Salmon
Bell pepper and onion
Salad

I found the recipe for the Eggplant slices online and tweeked a bit to my liking:
Eggplant Snack:
1 Eggplant, peeled and sliced into ½” rounds
Egg Whites (liquid or real)
Reduced Fat Parmesan Cheese
Granulated Garlic (or Garlic powder)
A PINCH of cayenne

Just peel and slice the eggplant, coat with egg whites then coat with parmesan (seasoned w/ garlic and cayenne)
Grill on the George Forman (sprayed w/ nonstick spray) for 10-15 minutes – keep an eye on them, flip every once in a while.  They should have grill marks and turn golden.
Then eat!  I’m going to have them for lunch and I’m excited to see how they turned out!  I may skip the cayenne next time and just use hot sauce when I eat them?  I’m going to re-heat them in the toaster oven at work so they keep their crisp-ness.

OH!  I almost forgot that I have pictures to share!  Duh lol…
Well, here is last month’s picture:

June 15, 2011

And here's this month:

 July 15, 2011

Not a huge difference, but I do see it!  Most importantly, I feel it. :)

Well, have a happy Friday and I'll see you again Monday with an updated weigh-in!