It’s Wednesday!! Now for most people, they would think it’s “hump day”, but all I can think about is Wacky Wednesday at camp! Days like this really make me miss New York summers.
While I do miss camp A LOT, I’m kind of grateful to be writing this post in my yoga pants and sweatshirt rather than a one piece swimsuit over a pair of shorts with a beach towel cape and soda bottles in my hair. :)
Today has been great! I slept in quite late this morning due to a weird sleep last night. I had a terrible migraine and fell asleep around 10, which is pretty early for me. Around 1:30 am, I was wide awake and ended up being up until 5 am!! I was, however, productive with my time spent awake and decided to go grocery shopping for a couple of things at Walmart. Thank goodness for stores that are open for 24 hours. On my way back, I was super thirsty and swung through McDonald’s to grab a diet coke before heading back to my room to read and eventually fall asleep. I woke up around ten thirty and was ready to eat right away!
On the menu: egg whites, veggies, 1 La Tortilla Factory wrap
I decided to go with the La Tortilla Factory wrap rather than toast because while they hold the same amount of calories, the wrap has loads more fiber, which I knew would keep me fuller longer. I needed a breakfast that would stick this morning because, due to a weird Wednesday schedule, I had to do my workout right after breakfast rather than later in the afternoon. I forgot to snap a picture of the actual page (I will include it in tonight’s post), but today’s workout was legs/ calves and it was TOUGH. I honestly went to bed last night thinking that today was going to be so easy because I have pretty strong legs already.
Here’s what the workout looked like:
I began with ten minutes on the elliptical and then completed the Live Fit Day 3 workout.
Live Fit Day #3
I have underestimated the intensity of these workouts so far, which makes me REALLY excited about the rest of the program. I love being able to push myself to the limit during a workout, and while my usual cardio intense training gives me that, it gets a little bit monotonous doing the same run every day. It also isn’t doing much for my body anymore because my muscles are accustomed to it. This little switcharoo has proven to be exactly what my body needed!
After leaving the gym with quivering legs, I got back home and made up a quick protein shake using 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1/2 frozen banana, a few small strawberries and water/ ice to thicken it up a bit!
This was so sweet and filling as a post workout snack!! While I LOVED yesterdays’ mix of turkey muffins and cottage cheese, I was definitely in the mood for something sweet today and this did the trick! The only thing that I hate about working out SO early in the day is that my metabolism seems to be on fire for the entire day and I feel like I could eat everything in sight. This was heightened to a new degree today because the weight lifting is making me so much hungrier than cardio does.
After a meeting with my boss, I ran back to my room to prepare lunch/ my late afternoon snack because I work the front desk from 3-6pm on Wednesday’s, and then I headed down to start my shift!
Lunch today looked like this:
I had basically the same exact thing that I ate yesterday. I’m a creature of habit. It happens. Lunch was comprised of a Tyson Grilled and Ready chicken breast on top of garlic roasted zucchini and hot spinach. This was paired this with a honey-crisp apple and two plain rice cakes to make a very filling meal that pretty much covered all of the bases nutritionally! :)
Well, it’s time to do a little work on the blog, and add a few new recipes before my shift is over!
I hope you’re having a WONDERFUL day! :)
Here’s a Thought:
Talkatchalater,
Happy Hippie
