Month: February 2013

Treadmill workout, total body circuit and my favorite salad

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Guys, I am soooo happy about the long weekend.  My job has been kicking my butt lately with these crazy hours so an extra day off is ALWAYS welcome 🙂

This weekend I got in a couple of really sweet workouts and made a yummy yet easy dinner. SO…

I am going to move it along in chronological order so let’s start off with Friday.  I didn’t really feel like braving the cold so I made this balsamic onion, bacon and goat cheese pizza recipe that I found on Pinterest + my favorite salad [aside: For the pizza, I bought a pre-made wheat crust and used turkey bacon instead, it was still delicious!]

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My favorite salad is so simple yet so delicious, I can honestly tell you that I eat this thing AT LEAST once a day.  To make it, all you need is: Arugula (or some other super green mix, spinach, bok choy, etc), goat cheese, dried cranberries, walnuts, liquid agave and olive oil.  Just toss all the ingredients in a bowl and ENJOY!  You’ll thank me in the morning.

Saturday morning got started off on the wrong foot, to say the least.  I was signed up to do my very first Bar Method class with my friend Leslie.  Well, for some reason, I thought the studio was a lot closer to my apartment so I wounded up full-on sprinting to the place.  WELL, I got there TWO WHOLE MINUTES late and they wouldn’t let me take the class!!!  OMG, to say I was pissed would be the understatement of the year.  So instead, I pouted walked my booty home and did this awesome treadmill workout instead:

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Guys, this thing kicked ASS (for me, anyway)!

Today was nothing special, I didn’t feel like doing much in terms of working out but I’ve been taking a lot of cheat days so I thought it best to drag myself to the gym.  I ended up doing 15 minutes on the elliptical + 10 minutes on the stair climber (the one that rotates) + this awesome circuit workout that I found on Peanut Butter Fingers <— If you’ve never been to her website, check it out ASAP, it’s awesome!  Oh yea, the workout!…

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The workout only took about 20 minutes so I was on my way back to the couch in no time!

As for the rest of my day, I am going to fart around with my camera and take random pictures of Chicago like a total tourist.  Then tonight, I’m off to see Identity Thief and then to grab some dinner.

Hope you all have an awesome Monday off!!!!

 

Super Bowl, shrimp dip and my favorite snacks

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Hello everyone!

I haven’t posted on here and a while!  I guess I’ve just felt like life has gotten the better of me these days.

Anyway, last Sunday, we went to our friends house for the big SUPER BOWL.  It was a typical gathering filled with lots of food, beer and JENGA!!!  

FOOD:

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I ended up bringing this wonderfully (and healthy) delicious Hot and Spicy Buffalo Shrimp Dip.  It was a big hit! 

Anyway, back to the Jenga…In case you were wondering, we (naturally) managed to turn Jenga into a drinking game.  You see, each block has instructions to either drink or do something else silly.  Exhibit A:

ImageLeslie pulled the card that required her to keep her head on the table AND have her next turn skipped…tough luck Leslie.

Here are a couple of other pictures from the night:

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ImageIt was a good night 🙂

In terms of my workouts, I haven’t really been feeling like myself so I haven’t doing anything special.  Mostly just running, the elliptical, spinning classes and weights.  I’ve noticed that I do a lot better when I wake up early and get going in the morning so that’s what I’m going to strive for this week.

I have been doing pretty good with eating healthy, low calorie and yummy snacks so I thought I would share some of my favorites…

Cottage cheese with sugar free jelly mixed in
Carrots dipped in hummus
Greek yogurt with blueberries (sometimes I also mix in some granola)
Broccoli with veggie dip
Banana and sunbutter

Do you guys have any delicious go-to snacks?