Impromptu Dance Party? Sure :) 8/3/11

Well yesterday (and this morning) panned out a bit differently than planned.  After work, I went to my mom’s to get Nora and she was still asleep… so I had an apple with peanut butter (I was starving!) and then ended up eating a low-fat brownieL.  Due to my brownie fail, I decided that I was DEFINITELY going to walk Nora to her music class (I was in debate b/c it was 1,000 degrees outside) and we ended up running late so it was a BRISK walk to class.  At class, it was pretty active; lifting/swinging/carrying Nora around along with jumping/running with the kiddos.  I took a donation for Cinderella’s Closet to class (they’re having a drive while I’ll be in NYC) and in my rushing around, I had thrown my cell phone into the donation bag and left it with the music teacher.  Oops!  I didn’t remember it until I got back home with Nora (another brisk walk to the house) so I turned my self around (w/out the child in tow) and jogged/walked back up to music class to get the phone and high-tailed it back home!  So in total it was probably about 1 mile of jogging/walking that I hadn’t planned!  I didn’t feel so bad about the brownie after the 2^nd tripJ.  I got home and made a Chick Pea Salad for dinner (recipe below)… and then sent the whole thing with Branden and Nora when they went to his mom’s house to visit his brother who came in town.  So, my dinner was the apple and peanut butter after workJ.  Once they left, I turned the music up loud, cleaned my house and danced!  I worked up a pretty damn good sweat in doing so and I enjoyed myselfJ.  SO turns out, yesterday wasn’t all that much of an exercise break after-all. 

This morning I got up and went to the gym… but I was having a hell of a time getting into the C25K session.  My body was just NOT having it.  I’m thinking that it was due to the fact that I hadn’t had a bite to eat in over 12 hours and I did a little running last night.  My body tends to just say NO. whenever I try to run back-to-back.  I’ve read tons of times that it’s good to have something to eat/protein shake before your workout but I am just nervous that it will make me nauseas!  Oh well, here’s what I did at the gym this morning:

TIME	EXERCISE	REPS	LBS	SETS
5 MIN	TREADMILL	WALK/JOG	N/A	1
	RF BICEP CURLS	30 SEC.	5	4
	BOSU UP-DOWN	10	N/A	3
	RF TRICEP EXTENSIONS	30 SEC.	5	4
	WOBBLY PUSHUPS	10	N/A	3
	TRICEP DIPS	10	N/A	4

Every time I post my workouts, I think to myself, do they even know what “RF BICEP CURLS” even means?  So I decided that I would break down the exercises.  I’m going to do this in a separate post so then it’s easier to find all of them in the same place for reference, rather than having to pan through each post.  So, if you would like a breakdown of the less common exercises, go HERE!  I’ll try to update as much as possible or if anyone has a request for a break-down, just let me know and I’ll add it!

Recipe Time!

Chick Pea Salad

4 boneless/skinless Chicken Tenders, Grilled (seasoned w/ granulated garlic and a pinch of cayenne)

1 can Chick Peas, drained and rinsed

½ Red onion, chopped

2 Small Cucumbers, peeled and chopped

1tbs Garlic, minced

1 can diced Italian Tomatoes, drained and rinsed

¼ c Fat Free Feta Cheese

3tbs (eyeball) Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

1-2 tsp Fresh Oregano, minced

Mix it all in a big bowl and either chop the chicken and mix it in or serve it on the side… yummy and light!

Food Today

Breakfast:

Mocha Protein Shake

Snack:

Low Carb Yogurt

Lunch:

Tuna Salad

Grilled Eggplant

Snack:

Mocha Protein Mousse

Dinner:

Honey-Chipotle Salmon (I buy this in a box at Sam’s but I am going to eventually try to re-create on my own!)

Sautéed Broccoli & Mushrooms

Lemon Rice

I would like to say that I’m going to go back to the gym this evening and do the C25K session that I failed with this morning, but I don’t know that I’ll get the opportunity to do so.  We’ll see! 

Well, I suppose that’s all I have for today!

Oh, another fun little change that comes with losing weight:  my heels don’t hurt my feel as badly anymore!  I love wearing giant platform 4” heels... but it was always really difficult to wear them for an extended period of time with so much pressure on the balls of my feet… but I wore a pair yesterday that have proven to be quite painful and I made it through the work day and was still able to ‘hop’ up my stairs when I got home! J  Like I’ve said before, it’s the little things…

Until tomorrow…