Short post with gross looking food pics

The weekend started out good with a 5 am gym sesh.  I lifted biceps and back today as well as doing a spin class.  Spin kicked my trash.  I loved every second of the sweat rolling in my eyes.

Breakfast was hot chocolate protein with a side of plain greek yogurt topped with raw oats and blueberries.  I received my chocolate mint protein on my door today!  I'm so excited to try it hot tomorrow morning.  I'll lat ya know how it was.

I baked all morning for my husbands scouts so by 1:30 I hadn't really eaten anything decent.  I had the sick feeling of eating too much brownie batter ya know?

So lunch was boring.  A single plain salmon burger.  I knew I needed some protein and real food but nothing sounded appetizing and this is what I was able to gag down.  Big whoop.

My mom invited me up for pizza but I fed P first.  This is whole wheat noodles with my moms homemade pesto which is probably the best thing I have ever eaten.  I snuck a few bites of his dinner before I got myself a plate.

Pizza with lots of veggies and pesto with a salad on the side.  This hit the spot since my meals were not really meals today.

There was some weirdo at my parents tonight.  Not sure who she was but I did happen to snap of pic of her.............

Happy weekend everyone.  We have a crazy packed weekend of course but I'm hoping I squeeze in a workout somewhere tomorrow.

Winter running

I got to the gym by five this morning to lift because I was meeting my friend there at six to go running.  I am not liking this running in the cold/dark thing.  It is killing me!  I wear two shirts, a coat, hat, gloves....but I think I need a snow suit.  I am a wuss I guess.  I am usually fine by about mile two but man, it is so damn cold starting out. 

When I arrived home in my puffy winter coat I still felt like an ice cube.  I made some oatmeal with bananas, almond butter, and unsweetened almond milk.  I ate about half of it and decided I wanted hot chocolate instead. 

So another hot chocolate protein shake it was.  That hit the spot and I was satisfied.  I just ordered some mint chocolate protein.  I can't wait to have mint chocolate hot cocoa in the morning!!!

I cleaned my house today.  When I clean I blast music.  I received a text from the hubs while I was cleaning that said, "I love you.  The house is looking good."  Huh?  I thought he was at work.  So I went out to the front room to check things out and that sneaky bast left me another cinnamon roll.  You know I love them babe but are ya trying to make me chubs?  Sheesh.  However...it did put a big fat smile on my face.  

My on the go snack.  I had to share my apple with Olls.  :)  She is an apple monster.  She even weaseled one while trick or treating.  I was pretty impressed with her skills.

Lunch.  It looks like mac n cheese but its not.  It's whole wheat elbow noodles with the above butternut squash sauce.  I had it with a side of chicken and spinach sprinkled with balsamic.  I never eat pasta.  Not because it's healthy or not healthy...because I just don't really like it.  I know, I'm weird.  But it has never been one of my favorite things to eat.

I need one of these babies right now.

When making dinner and your starving and your kids are starving...bust out the veggies and dip.  I ate so many veggies before dinner that I couldn't eat that much real dinner.  But that's OK I guess.  My kids always get there veggies in this way too because they are always so hungry before dinner.

Dinner tonight was sweet potatoes, other potatoes, and chicken all cooked together.  Tender and delicious.

For you runners....do you run outside in the winter or stick to a treadmill?

Do you like pasta or could you care less about it?

Chocolate for breakfast....chocolate for lunch.

I feel like I have been in such a funk lately.  I think all the late night weekends are throwing me off.  I did not want to get out of bed this morning.  At all.  In fact, as I was up and walking out the door I almost b-lined it straight back to bed.  I made it to the 5:15 spin class.  That woke me right up.  Good morning glutes and quads!  Sheesh.  Then I decided to lift legs.  Here is the workout I made up today:

Supersets:

Squats-12, then pulse for 10

Box jumps-20

*repeat three times

Single leg glute raise on bench-15 each leg

Jumping sumo squats with a 25 pd. plate

*repeat three times

Hamstring curls on ball-10, then 5 singles on each leg

Single leg lunge out on ball-15 each leg

*repeat three times

Deadlifts-15

Wall sit with ball straight into wall squats with ball-30 seconds, 10 squats-SLOW!

*repeat three times

I a supposed to run tomorrow.  Haha...hopefully my legs keep up.  When I left the gym it was freezing.  I couldn't fathom drinking a protein shake made with ice.  So I turned it into this...

Protein hot chocolate.  Oh my gosh.  This will probably be my go to after workout shake most days this winter.  1 1/2 scoops chocolate protein, 2 heaping teaspoons of cocoa, a couple drops of stevia.  I shook it up in my blender bottle then poured it in a mug.  It really tasted like hot cocoa and it warmed me right up.

I love these for snacks.  A plain brown rice cake, almond butter and sliced banana.  This is a great quick snack when your low on time and my kids love them too.  I finished off the banana with a little more almond butter a little while later.

My sister took my girls this afternoon and my baby was sleeping.  What?  That NEVER happens.  I never have time when I am just alone.  It was crazy.  I decided to take advantage of it and take a nap.  I went to bed at one and was up at two.  I didn't sleep much but my body felt rested after that.  Thanks so much Christy!

When I woke up I wanted to try this chocolate cake I saw online.  If you have a sweet tooth like me and want some healthy alternatives to sweets you need to check out this site.  It is all desserts that have been made healthy.  LOVE IT!

Uh, after that crappy lunch I decided to have veggies for dinner.  The hubs said he would do dinner tonight so Papa Johns it was.  I let myself have a small slice with a big spinach chicken salad.  I ate a tine of raw veggies while waiting for dinner as well.  Thank goodness I got some veggies in today.

It's 7:08 and I am going to bed soon.  I am such a grandma.  But a grandma that wakes up reeeeaaalllly early.  :)

An crazy weekend...I'm tired

First and foremost....they have steel cut oats at Costco!  I new that other locations had them but not the one by me.  I was so excited to see them.  Maybe they have had them forever and I am just a turd and didn't realize it. 

 

So my breakfast Friday was steel cut oats with a blender shake.  I love steel cut oats.

This is the cake I made.  It my most favorite chocolate cake.  It's the frosting that is so amazing.  I didn't eat very much on Friday so I could enjoy myself at girls night.  

The spread was amazing.  We had salad, tomato basil soup, french dip sandwiches, veggie tray, cornbread, lemon bars, candy, and of course Diet Coke.

Christy....these were the best french dip I've ever had.  It was the sharp white cheddar for sure.

We talked, tried on nighties...yep, stalked through facebook, watched modern family, did out toes, and had one of us pee our pants.  

It was such a fun night.  Thanks girls. 

We had to be in Logan at nine am so unfortunately I wasn't able to sleep over.  I got home a little after two and had to wake up at five thirty.  I do not function on little sleep but I did OK.  We drove up and drove home three hours later.  By the time I made it home I was ornery.  I blew up at the hubs for no reason...sorry bout that babe, then decided I better go on a run or something.  So I went on a five and a half mile run and felt so much better.  I apologized to Jos and made us some dinner.

Salmon burgers with balsamic over spinach and half an apple.  It was so yummy.  All in all it was a fun weekend although I still feel like I am running on no sleep!

Tonights going to be a good night......

love that song.  I can't wait for tonight.  I get to go to a girls night but not just any girls night.  It's a slumber party folks.  I am in the middle of baking my favorite chocolate cake to take so this post will be a quick one.  I need a night out though and the girls I am going to be with are crazy fun.  Mostly crazy...which is exactly how I like em.  Can't wait.

Todays workout was a good one since I want to eat my cake tonight.

I did an hour spin class which was insane.  I was soaked and had to change my shirt.  It was such a good workout.  Then my workout got really random.

Tricep kickback on pulley-15 (each arm)
Overhead tricep extension-15
Unassisted dips-15
*repeat three times

Then did three rounds of this GPP workout:

4 rounds for time:
400 m run
20 KB swings 25/35
20 OH DB press (strict) 15/20
250 m row
20 Aussie pullups (I did skull crushers here instead)
20 ski squats med/heavy (I did these on the pulley)

Then:

Single leg ball lunges-15 (each leg)
Abs on ball using pulley with weight-20
Reverse crunch with pulley-20

Then I left.  :)

pms....go away

Sorry you all (well all three of you) have to hear about my menstrual cycle.  Lets just say I'm bloated, up seven pounds....yup seven, and want chocolate 24-7.  Not a good thing two days after Halloween and you have a ton of it in your pantry.  On a positive note...I got my workout in at home last night before bed.

This morning's workout was all over the place.  Here's what I did:

15 minutes on stairmaster

Incline DB curl-15 each arm
Alternating BB curl-20
*repeat three times

5 minute row

Running the rack-biceps
Back row-20
*repeat three times

Lat pulldowns-15
Straight arm lat pull downs-15

Spin for 25 minutes

Cable cross lat pull downs-15
High pulley cable curls-15

A few abs and I called it good.

Breakfast today post gym was a blender bottle shake and a whole wheat blueberry muffin that the hubs made.  I needed more than a shake today since my pre period body id trying to convince me it's starving.  Fabulous.

Snack on the go... + dark chocolate chips and raisins.  Sorry Bubs, I ate all your yummy snacks.

Lunch today was also on the go.  A six inch turkey sub from subway.  I pick up Joey from work and we took the girls to get haircuts.  By the time they were done we were all starving and subway it was!

I ate probably three or so mini candy bars throughout the day so a healthy dinner had to be on the list.  Balsamic chicken, sweet potatoes, and salad.  I could have been a lot better today but my body is crazy right now.  CRAZY....I tell ya.  So there.  Be prepared for more period talk this coming week.  Technically the fun hasn't even begun.  Heaven help us!

November?

I cannot believe it's November!!!  I hope you all had a happy Halloween.  Thankfully I got in a workout yesterday.  I did GPP and then went on a 4 1/2 mile run before this....

We  went over to my sisters house and let the kids trick or treat with all their cousins.  They all had so much fun and we had a ton of good food.

The turkey....  :)

They even went to Aunt Heathers to trick or treat.  They got way too much candy but they were sooooo excited.

Since we were up way to late last night I didn't get my butt out of bed to get to the gym...it's three thirty and I still haven't squeezed one in.  I am planning on doing this a little later:

20 squat jump
100 inner thigh raises (50 each leg)
20 jumping lunges
100 glute raises (50 each leg)
plank hold
*repeat five times

We will see if I can pull that off before bed. 

When I woke up this morning my hubs brought me breakfast in bed....and then when I walked out to my car to start the cycle of taking and picking kids up, I found this on my front seat.  :)  I have a keeper.  Thanks babe.

Do any of who have any fun Thanksgiving plans?  We do!