My Day Of Eats

TGIW for serious. Thank the lord this week is over half way done!!

Now for What I Ate Wednesday!  I do have to warn you all that volleyball season started today.  That means that every Wednesday for an hour or two I'll be playing volleyball after work, which also means that dinner will most likely be leftovers since we get home so late.  Matt and I went to our first game today.  We won one gam and lost two (this is really good for our team so we were super happy with the results)!!

Now let's start from the beginning:

Broken record player I know. Overnight oats for breakfast.  I probably eat this 5 out of 7 days of the week for breakfast b/c it keeps me full for over 3 hours which is super important for me.

Mid morning snack:

Unsweetened apple sauce and a handful of trail mix.  I feel like I'm 5 when I eat this applesauce, but I love it.   

Lunch:

This was definitely my favorite meal today.  I used some leftover southwest blackbean salad from last night and mixed in half a can of tuna. I had a whole wheat tortilla on the side for scooping along with my apple.

I have a feeling I'm going to be making this a lot.  Just  look at this stuf...

so pretty and yummy

When I left work I snacked on some dry cereal and a wheel of mini babybell cheddar cheese.  This tided me over until we got home from volleyball, around 7pm. Then I through together a quick dinner of leftover turkey in a salad.

spinach salad with carrots, string beans, snap peas, turkey, blue cheese and hummus.  I ended my night with a slice of watermelon and a peice of dark chocolate (this is a must).  I'm off to go write some more thank you cards! I'm determined to get these things out by the end of the weekend.  Easier said than done for me.



Hump Day WIAW

Happy Hump Day! And it's WIAW!

First a cameo from Champ.  Love him.

Breakfast:

Pumpkin Chia Overnight Oats

Lunch:

Unpictured...I think I was a bit hungry.  I got a sandwich from wawa that hit the spot. Turkey, cheese, spinach, cucumber and tomatoe on rye. I ate half with an apple and saved the other half for tomorrow. I love getting two meals out of one.

Dinner:

Whole wheat pasta with pesto, chicken and feta. Salad on the side!

Snack to help warm me up!

I also had a late night snack of a cut up pear with two scoops of nonfat plain greek yogurt and one scop of almond butter



After work I went to the gym for a short workout.  I started with a couple of my favorite arm machines:

AND

.....just kidding haha. I love how they changed these informercials to men instead of women. Like that helps haha.

After my weights workout I hopped on three different cardio machines for 10 minutes each. I went from the bike to the eliptical to the treadmill. On the treadmill I sprinted a mile and finished in 8:20.  A little better than last week, but I think I can still do better.



What I Ate Wednesday

My very exciting meals from Wednesday.  I managed to keep my meals pretty balanced today I think! Always love when that happens.

Don't hate me...I eat the same thing daily for breakfast and love it.  I can't stop.

Breakfast: Overnight Oats using Pomegranate Chobani.  1 container Chobani, 1/4 cpu old fashioned oats, sprinkle of wheat germ, splash of milk, spoonfull of almond butter and some craisins and granolla to top it off.

Mid morning snack on some of these bad boys (gift from my boss...she knows I love nuts lol)

Lunch:

Not pictured :( I'm so bad.  I gobbled it up too fast. I had peanut butter and apple butter on a whole wheat deli flat and an apple.  I finished it off with a peice of dark chocolate per usual.

Dinner:

Left over crab cake in a salad full of spinach, snow peas, carrots, chopped pear, and blue cheese (with more pear on the side).  I also had a small peice of cornbread from dinner Sunday night. I topped it with Newman's Own light italian dressing.

Snack:

Mashed up banana, some cliff bar, spoonfull of apple butter, craisins and granolla. Pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds. My new favorite late night snack.

I know it looks really gross but I love it

I also got in an hour workout today at the gym.  I did 30 minutes of strenth training concentrating on my legs and abs.  Then I did ten minutes each on the bike and eliptical sprinting.  I moved on to the treadmill last and attempted to spring a mile.  I finished it in 8:20.  I think I could've picked  it up a little, but switching machines in ten minute intervals did get me sweating fast.  It also kept me interested in the workout. 

I haven't taken a class at the gym in a really long time because they don't really fit into my schedule anymore.  I have Monday off from work for MLK day and my gym just so happens to have a spin class at noon.  I'm so excited to take it! I haven't taken a spin class in a really long time and I can say that it's definitely one of the hardest workouts out there.  I thought about being an instructor for a little, but realized it might be a little difficult with my full time job...mrrrr.

Close Your Legs Woman!

My favorite part of the weekend is sleeping in and having time to enjoy my breakfast in the morning.

Apple Cinnamon Chobani Overnight Oats and Half Caf Coffee

After breakfast, I went up to Wilmington with the MOH to get her and my sister's bridesmaid dresses  (I haven't tried my sister's on yet, but it will happen).  Then Matt and I took Champ to White Clay for a hike since it's 60 degrees out...global warming like wooo.

Along the trail they had fitness stations that Matt and I stopped at to give a go.  Matt took some pictures of me attempting to to a pull up at two stations....there's a similarity between the two pictures.  See if you can pick it out.

One

Two

OMG CLOSE YOUR LEGS hahah.  I'm glad I never attempt these at the gym.  I think I need to work on my form ie keep my legs closed.

Matt schooled me...legs crossed and everything.

Another thing we discovered, Champ loves sticking his head out the window.

When I got home I did this workout from GOtheXtraMile.  I went through the circuit twice and finished up with some ab work for a 30 minute workout.

dead sexy