Crossfit At Home Workout

Today after work I headed to the gym for some weight training since I got my long run in yesterday morning.  I started out with some machines that I can't remember the name of.  One of them I just call the armpit fat machine haha.

I think I make this same face while i'm using this machine hahah. Durf.

After a few arm machines I moved on to this cycle of exercises:

Complete 3x through

12 x deadlift w/ 15lb dumbbells

12 x sumo squats w/ 20lb dumbbell

12 x bent over row w/ 15lb dumbbells

Once I was feeling sufficiently warmed up I went through this Crossfit like workout from Blonde Ponytail.

Once I got through this 5 times I was pretty tired. It took me right around 25 minutes to complete the workout.  When I finished, I still had a couple minutes before I wanted to leave the gym so I hopped on the elliptical for a little less than 20 minutes:

I used an elliptical similar to this one.  I like this model becuase you can increade the incline so that you are taking huge knee high steps and you can increase the resistance up to 100.  I alternated between 25 and 35 because my legs were pretty much spent. I stayed at each resistance for 2 minutes, sprinting the last 30 seconds of each 2 minute interval.

Then headed home for some dinner:

HAM!!! I love ham, not even kidding.  I also had some cucumbers from our garden, carrots, zucchini fries, corn and a slice of garlic toast.

The zucchini fries were left over from our bbq yesterday.  Making them was super easy:

You'll need:

sliced zucchini

panko breadcrumbs

parmesean cheese

salt

pepper

egg whites

Mix panko breadcrumbs, cheese, salt and pepper together in a bowl (no measuring here for me, I just eyeball it).  Cut zucchini into fries, dredge in egg whites and dip into panko mixture. Place on a sprayed baking sheet and pop in the oven at 425 for 20 minuts.  They even tasted good the day after. I just popped them in the toaster oven to crisp them up again. So good!



Free Meal

This morning I woke up on a mission. I wanted to get to the gym and have a really good long strength training workout.  First I fueled up with these pumpkin protein pancakes for breakfast.  I think this might become a weekend tradition for me.

Delish!! Apple butter in between and peanut butter on top. No need for syrup here.  And then I was off to the gym...in the rain.

I did this fisrt set of workouts up top 3 times.  Each set took me about 10 minutes and I rested for 1 minute in between sets.  Aftet that I did a couple of machines before I moved on to just a little bit of ab work in the second workout.  I finished off with some planks before stretching and heading home.  When I got home Champ was waiting for me! I played with him for a little before making my lunch.  Matt and I picked up a new toy for him last night.  It has 16 squeakers in it. Champ pretty much freaked out when he realized this haha.

squeaker cow. one squeak per square

Lunch:

Tuna salad that I mixed with hummus instead of my usual yogurt, grapes and a pumpkin yogurt mixture up top!

Then for my project of the day...cook a turkey breast for the first time.  I got a free turkey breast from our grocery store for spending x amount of dollars before easter. 

Success!!!

Turkey dinner! Turkey, corn, cranberry stuffing and baked zucchini fries

I love these zucchini fries. They are perfect for cookouts and so easy to make. I got the idea from skinnytaste and adapted it to what I had in my pantry.  I mixed together some panko, parmesean cheese and garlic powder in one bowl and egg whites in a nother. I cut the zucchini up into strips, dipped them in the egg whites and then into the panko mixture.  I baked them at 425 for 20 minutes.  They even turned out good the next day. I just popped them in the toaster oven for a few minutes and they were good as new. 

The rest of my day was spent writing thank you cards, watching the flyers and doing some crafting.  I think I'm beginning to reach my diy quota haha.  34 days til the big day!!