Be
better than you were yesterday
I found this quote particularly relevant to my journey
today. As you may recall, I was miserably sick yesterday, slept most of the
day, and toughed out my workout around 10pm. This morning, I felt better, still
a sore throat, major sinus pressure, and overall icky feeling, but comparably
better than yesterday. So I’m better than I was yesterday, physically speaking,
in more ways than one.
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DAY 10 WORKOUT: LOWER FIX
Last week, I did this workout with resistances bands, and
today I used weights. I felt like I got much more out of it with weights- I
could really feel my muscles shaking and burning. This is a tough workout but
I’m so optimistic about how it’s helping recuperate my decade-long struggle
with quad/knee issues… and for that I love this workout, despite the sweat and
pain.
DAY 10 FOOD
I started off with a simple bowl of oatmeal with cinnamon
and maple syrup. Because Anniston
likes to eat everything I’m eating, and because I didn’t want her to eat out of
my bowl today and get my sicky germs, I made her a bowl of oatmeal too. So we
sat side-by-side on the couch watching Nick Jr. eating oatmeal. Not sure why I
thought allowing my one year old to eat oatmeal on the couch was a good idea. I
have oats everywhere- on the couch, on the carpet, on my clothes, in my hair...
But hey, at least we both had a healthy breakfast!
I ate 1 hard boiled egg before my workout just for a little
extra protein (2 eggs counts as 1 red serving, so this was ½ a red). It gave me
the little extra boost of energy I needed.
I finished my workout right around noon, so it was time for
shakeology. Today I chose to go all out and make a banana split shakeology. I used
½ purple container strawberries, ½ purple container pineapple, and ½ banana. It
was pretty good- great mid-day treat!
I still had ½ a red serving hanging around (since I only ate
1 hard boiled egg earlier in the day). I ate 3 deli ham slices (6 slices count
as 1 red)- kept me going until dinner.
Ever since I saw an olive garden ad on my facebook page the
other day, I have really wanted some pasta. I decided to make spaghetti tonight
with whole grain noodles and homemade marinara. I’ve always done a hybrid of
homemade and jarred sauce, but I went full out homemade tonight with san
marzano tomatoes and everything. I put a green container’s worth of celery,
onions, and carrots in the sauce as well. I also added some lean ground turkey
for protein (1 red container’s worth). I portioned out the pasta in a yellow
container. Then, because I still had a blue left, I topped it with shredded
Italian cheese. This was great. The homemade sauce was a success, and despite
me thinking that the yellow portion of noodles “looked” small, it was more than
enough and I felt very satisfied with dinner.
I have discovered that some whole grain pastas are better
than others. Some have a very grainy texture and pronounced flavor, whereas
others you can’t tell the difference between the whole grain version and the
starchy original. My favorite brand I have found so far is the Fit & Active
100% Whole Grain Thin Spaghetti. You can buy this at Aldi for less than $1. Sometimes
healthier food is more expensive, but this is the same price as regular noodles
so it’s an ideal swap.
At our church community group tonight, I had a cup of hot
cinnamon chai tea. It was delicious. Didn’t even need a drop of sweetener. It’s
apparently available at Fresh Market, so I may be making a trip there in the
near future.
OTHER THOUGHTS
MAJOR HEADLINE NEWS.
This is the first time in years that I’ve put on a pair of jeans and NOT had a muffin top! Oh my gosh. Y’all
don’t even know the number of times I’ve had to change my shirt in an effort to
conceal my muffin top. It was so freeing
to be able to put on any shirt I wanted today and not worry about it!
And…wait for it…wait for it… I can take my skinny jeans off without undoing the button or zipper!
Seriously???!!! We are not allowed to weigh or measure ourselves until the end
of the program, but this has to indicate some progress!
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