Second Chances

Look that's me! 

A very tiny me, but that's all I could get from the website without paying an arm and a leg for the real thing. 

This was me crossing the finish line at the Cherry Blossom Run.  I love the look on my face, I'm so focused!

Anyways, I woke up actually feeling a little sore in the back of my neck.  I'm not sure if this has to do with the accident or not.  They always say you usually don't feel it until the day or two after.  Nothing serious, just feels like I need a good massage! 

Workouts: 

5 mile run this morning was just lovely.  I woke up not feeling into and told myself if I just get my butt there and do at least 3 miles, I can stop.  Well you know how it goes, you after you do 3, you just sort of get into it.  That always happens to me.  Well, that usually happens to me, sometimes I really just can never get into it, but today I busted out those last 2 miles without much thought.  

After work, I headed back to the gym for some weights.  I was much due since I haven't done weights in over a week.  It was an excellent strength session and here is how it went….

5 min warm up on bike

Overhead Press, 40 lbs.----3 sets of 12

Dips with squat, 30 lbs.----3 sets of 10

Chest Press, 30 lbs. -------- 3 sets of 12

5 min of hill speed walk on treadmill (12-15% incline at 5.3 mph) 

Seated row, 40lbs.-----3 sets of 12

Triceps curl, 10 lbs.-----3 sets of 10

Bicep Curl, 20 lbs.------3 sets of 10

2 min of jumping jacks, high knees, butt kicks

Chest flies------10 lbs.-----3 sets of 10

Leg lifts----- 10 on each side

10 min of abs (bicycle crunches, weighted crunches, reverse crunches, rotating planks, 100's, scissor kicks, oblique twists, pushups) 

Wow, that felt good! 

Okay now on to the eats for the day…

Starting with breakfast…

Pear Yogurt Bowl (you know it by now)

1 pear diced and warmed with cinnamon, 1/4 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch, 1/4 Cup Multigrain Flakes, 2 TBL apple sauce, 2 TBL vanilla oikos, almond butter and flax

I know you see this a lot but I just can't imagine not incorporating this into my weekly breakfast lineup.  It's definitely one of my favorite and if you have not tried this, I highly highly recommend! 

Lunch was next and it was a good one…..

I used my leftovers from last night and bulked it up a bit by adding salmon, capers, and a little more dijon. Then I took a bed of spinach, added a bit of balsamic and lemon juice and placed my salad on top and added feta.  Placed this in the microwave for a min so it would mesh together and lastly added a few more ingredients to the salad…sun dried tomatoes, avocado and cucumber, dried peas and sunflower seeds. Oh and hummus of course! 

Sides included carrots, a pickle, a few pita chips (that were stale so I tossed) and a juicy orange.  (Vitamin C consumption number 2 for the day!) 

Amazing salad!  I love warm leftovers on top of a salad.  It's amazing how good last night's dinner can taste on a salad the next day.  Really! 

And then dinner, oh my gosh, dinner. 

Do you all know what day it is?  

Say it with me now….

B

F

D

Wednesday!!!!!!

Yep, you got it!  BFD Wednesday is our favorite day of the week here. 

And tonight, I reached the utopia of BFD!

This would be Fried Egg over Roasted Asparagus on Whole Wheat Tuscan Bread with a Dijon Cream Sauce and holy crap, it was sensational! 

On the side, I made a butternut squash and kale sauté. 

Check out how amazing Toly's sammie looked….

His had 3 slices of bacon, muenster cheese, 2 fried eggs and tomato. 

With home fries. 

OMG dinner tonight was out of this world!  I'm still thinking about it. 

It's funny because I use to hate eggs.  Well, maybe not hate, but I didn't really like them too much and only ate them rarely.  But once I discovered that eggs were actually digestible and did not upset my stomach like most forms of dairy, I tried to get more into them since they are such a great source of protein and dairy for me.  Katherina just posted on giving foods another try and I have to agree.  I started to give eggs a second chance and now I realize how much I actually do like them. I still wouldn't choose to eat them for breakfast most days, as I usually prefer a more sweet breakfast (like cereal yogurt and oats) over savory but eggs are becoming a staple for BFD night!  Oh and just so you know, I will ONLY eat cage free, organic eggs. There are many things that I try to find a healthy balance with in regards to organic and what not, but after being exposed to the horrors and inhumane process of chicken farming, I will never buy a regular carton of eggs again. And I promise, YOU WILL TASTE AND SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE!

Okay, I've said enough.  Time to play on the computer and then bed. 

Night everyone!