I worked out in my home gym this morning. It freakin’ rocks having a gym in my house! I took the dog for a quick warm up walk then came home and did a full body strength training set. I worked out for an hour, tackling the whole body! I did break it up with spurts of cardio, like mountain climbers, jumping jacks and some plyometrics for my legs.
I went back to Intense Intervals with Valerie Hunt at the JCC. This class is so great! A very hard workout! Come with me next week!!! Monday’s at 9am at the Dell Jewish Community Center on Far West Blvd.
Breakfast:
6:30am
Thomas Whole Wheat Bagel Thin with cashew butter and HEB Apricot All Fruit Spread
Decaf coffee
water
snack:
11am
Apple and raw walnuts
water
Lunch:
12:30
Tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat bread and a couple of pita chips
6 dark chocolate morsels
water
Snack:
One banana
water
Dinner:
8pm
Cheat meal!!!
Matt and I went to the Olive Garden. I know you’re going, “WHY???” Well, you see we met on August 16th 2007, I remember the exact date because it was my Dad’s birthday 🙂 Every month on the 16th we have designated our junk food day! Our very favorite junk foods are pizza and hamburgers, so usually we pick a different hamburger or pizza joint to chow down at. This month we had been seeing the Olive Garden commercials on TV and decided we HAD to go there. I had not eaten at Olive Garden since high school. I had portabello stuffed ravioli and it was pretty good. It’s no gourmet italian food, but thats not what we were lookin’ for 🙂 It was perfect!
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Breakfast:
6:30am
Thomas Whole Wheat Bagel with Cashew Butter and HEB Apricot All Fruit Jam
One cup of mixed: white chai tea and decaf coffee
water
Snack:
9:45am
apple with a handful of pistachio’s
10:30
banana
water
Lunch:
12:30
Tuna salad sandwich(homemade) on whole wheat bread and a couple of HEB Multi Grain Pita Chips
water
snack:
2:30
Strawberry Greek Yoplait Yogurt
5pm
broccoli and celery sticks with a tad of Bolthouse Yogurt Low Fat ranch Dressing
dinner:
7pm
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
French Beans
Brown Rice
Water
Nabisco 100 Calorie Cookie Pack
Yesterday was cardio so today is my strength training day. I worked biceps, triceps,chest,back,legs and core. Most of the exercises I do are full body functional exercises, meaning I use a wide range of muscles to stabilize my body while targeting a certain area. I want functional muscles, not mirror muscles 🙂 OK, well I want mirror muscles too, but most importantly I want them to function to help me with everyday activities PLUS help me to look smokin’ 🙂 I try to do three sets on each muscle group. I vary on how much weight I use. Today I really mixed it up. For example: I started with 20 push ups to get warm. I went straight for my back muscles after the push ups with what I call the lawn mower pull. This move works your lats primarily but also your legs and core as well as shoulders. I used 15 lbs in the first set with 15 reps. I went right to my chest press exercise with 15 lbs and 20 reps while holding my body up on a physio ball. Second set of back right after chest, using 20 lb. dumbbell’s X 8 reps. Chest again, moving up to 20lb. 8 reps. Lawn mower pull for my heaviest and last set, 25lb 6 reps. One last chest set at 25 lbs. 6 reps. I did the same type of program on my biceps and triceps. After it was all over, I stretched all major muscles groups, holding each stretch for at least 30 seconds. I did some ab work on the BOSU ball as well as the floor and the physio ball.
Are you getting the recommended daily amount of 4 grams of omega 3 fatty acids? Hit it early by adding a tablespoon of flaxseeds and one quarter cup of walnuts to your morning oatmeal.
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