A night away...

This weekend I got to go spend a night in Park City with three other awesome peeps.  Good thing I did spin on Friday morning and lifted cuz I ate a lot this weekend!

Our routine trip picture that we take.  Always!

Have any of you ever been to World Market?  I love that store for their chocolate selection.  I have been waiting for two weeks to get my most favorite candy bar.  I didn't eat hardly any treats all week so I could enjoy the whole dang thing.  Guess what?  I got there and it was discontinued.  WTF?!!!  We still made out with quite a stash.  

This pic is sick.  But I was so disappointed. I settled on a regular flake instead of a snowflake bar.  I still have half of it left.  Had it been the snowflake it would have been gone!

The hotel we stayed at was amazing.  We have stayed there before and will stay there for every trip to Park City.  It is really nice and cozy and modern.  Love it!

I had to post this pic because Jose looks like such a perv who can't wait to get me into that room.  :)  Babe...what is that face your making?  Haha.

Our lovely room....

And bathroom....

This suite had two big bedrooms, fireplaces, two big bathrooms, a family room, laundry room, kitchen, and it's own private hot tub on the balcony.

We went to the Loco Lizard Mexican restaurant.  It was pretty good but I was really hungry and anything would have been good.  The chips and salsa were awesome.

Marcus's chimichanga was the size of my thigh.  It was ginormous.  He was the only one with leftovers.  We cleaned house.

I ordered the tacos al pastor.  They were really yummy although I could only eat one after two diet sodas and chips and salsa galore.  Everyone else helped me finish them off.  Thanks guys.  What good friends you are.

We got the fried ice cream to share.  Um...Yum!  The boys ate most of it but I had my share.  Believe me.

Ahhhhh, so happy together.  Give us ten more years and we will probably sitting at separate tables.  :)

In our room there s this window that looks into the bathroom.  Shower, tub, and toilet are all visible.  Is that so weird?  I know.  We had some good times playing peeking tom though.  Want to see a visual?  No?  Oh come on....just really quick.....here it is.......

Oh poor Marcus.  Now this pic is on the world wide web and smart phones across the globe.  Sorry.

Yep...we're in a theater.  Yep...opening night.  Yep...Breaking Dawn.  Meghan wanted to go see this movie so bad so we all went with her.  I have not liked one of the twilight movies and this one wasn't any better.  I did have a good time though because is impossible not to have a good time with these peeps.

We went out to sit in the hot tub and put our feet in and it was 106.  Oops... a little to hot.  So we waited for it to cool down.  I froze on the side.  We dumped snow and ice in it and it cooled down.

The hubs did snow angels on the deck to cool down.  Weirdo...it's not like he was dared or anything.

I got out first.  I wrapped up in one of their robes, took off my wet suit, sat on the couch and ate High Chews while watching crap on TV.  Who knows what time Marcus and Joey finally got out of the tub together but Mego and I fell asleep on the couch.  Sheesh...thanks boys.

It was so nice to get a full nights rest without kids waking us up.  I missed my babies though.  I got up and felt so refreshed.  There is a Kneaders connected to out hotel so we just hit that up for breakfast.

It sucks really bad when your husband spills a whole glass of water on you just as your food arrives.  Mego can vouch for that one.

Mmmmmmm,  I ordered the sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich.  I had them put it on whole wheat bread with no butter and had them do egg whites.  It was seriously so good.  Then hubs comes and sites down and puts a chocolate filled croissant on my plate.  Thanks babe....good to know your prefer me a little chubby.  :)

Thanks for the fun night guys...it was a blast!

Sore

I woke up today so dang sore.  I skipped the gym this morning and went to the temple instead.  My gym friend Aubrey was going and I decided to tag along since it has been a while.  So I have felt crappy all day.  But, at least I did something good.  

I made myself a little parfait before I left.  The usual.....plain greek yogurt, raw oats, blueberries.  This is one of those go to meals that can be made in seconds and includes protein, carbs, and a fruit.  Fabulous.

I was in a cereal mood today so Kashi and unsweetened almond milk is what I had when I got home.

Lunch was mixed greens with cottage cheese and balsamic vinegar.  I had a side of hot chocolate protein.  I'm addicted to the stuff.  Completely.

Dinner tonight is squash soup.  I just peeled and cubed a big squash, put in a pot and covered it with chicken stock and 1 cup of coconut milk.  When the squash is soft puree it in a blender and then add it back to the pot.  Stir in some nutmeg and salt and pepper.  So easy.

Lettuce Wraps:
2 pds. of chicken, pork, or steak
grated carrot
green onions
6 Tbs. low sodium soy sauce
1 Tbs. sesame oil
1 Tbs. sesame seeds
1 Tbs. agave nectar
pepper

I used my vegetable peeler to slice my veggies.  I also used cilantro because I didn't have green onions on hand.

Mix all the ingredients together and let marinate for an hour or so.  While this is marinating I cook up some brown rice.

Saute until veggies are tender and the chicken and done.

You can use iceberg lettuce for these for we prefer romaine in this house.  Top a leaf with brown rice and the chicken mixture.  So good.  This is my M.I.L. recipe but I altered it a teensy bit.  Try it.

It is going to be a late night tonight and I have to be up at five.  Suck.  It should be fun though since I will be working with my sissies all night.

Abs and legs

I have a love hate relationship with working my legs.  I love how I always feel like I get such a good workout, I love how it pushes me, I hate how tired I am after legs, and I hate how sore my hamstrings get.  Here is my workout today:

First I did this gpp workout:

50 situps

50 crunch twists L
50 crunch twists R
50 back extensions
1 min 6" leg hold
50 KB juggles 25/35
50 tick tocks L 25/35
50 tick tocks R 25/35
1 min ab bridge hold
50 crunches
800m run

After the 800 meter run I started right in on legs.  First off was a burnout on the leg extension machine.

Then:

Single leg glute raise on bench-15 each leg

50 walking lunges

Barbell hip thrusts-15 each leg

One minute sprint

*repeat three times

Deadlifts with barbell-15

Leg Press-10 Heavy Weight!!!  (this link is awesome.....labor? constipation?  Oh...just lifting.)

Sumo squat jumps holding a 25 pd plate-15

*repeat three times

Squats on smith machine-15

Pulsing abs with weight-15

Butt to floor squats on smith machine-15

*repeat two times

TRX single leg lunge jumps-10 each leg  (add a hop when your coming up out of the lunge)

Hanging abs-15 center  10 side to side

*repeat three times

 

Breakfast today was mint chocolate hot cocoa protein with one egg + one egg white.  Thanks babe for making this while I soaked my freezing butt in the tub.  :)

Snack was apples and almond butter along with some of my girls pita chips.  I get really bored at gymnastics and so I shared.  Well they shared but still.

Lunch was a wrap.  I used a La Tortilla Factory low carb wrap with hummus, spinach, lettuce, chicken, balsamic, and seasonings.  It was good but I am still trying to talk myself into liking these tortillas.  I eat them all the time because I like the nutrition facts but my taste buds don't like them very much.  Oh well, I will continue to eat them.  Blah.

I pulled off the fish braid today....well kinda.  I used to do these all the time when I was little.  In fact, it was the first braid I learned how to do.  So the tutorials all ever the web are killing me.  It's old news peeps.  I felt like a little girl again.  Hubs made the bed today...can ya tell?

Snack today was a protein smoothie.  I had a raging headache and felt bad for my kiddos cuz I was smack down on the couch for at least an hour so.......

I drank this and took two extra strength excedrian.  It took the edge off and I was able to function again and embarrass my kids pumping out my dance moves in the kitchen while making dinner.  I am going to scar them for life.  Ah well.

At least they like my healthy smoothies.  I don't feel so bad if they don't eat all their veggies at dinner if they have one of these during the day.

Dinner tonight was chicken lettuce wraps with brown rice.  I will post the recipe tomorrow.  They were so yummy, so healthy, and my kiddos love em too!

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.  :)