hey guys! it was so fun hearing about your family traditions in my last post. sounds like everyone has some fun things they look forward to each year. i know i am looking forward to the holidays for some more traditional adventures.
well, it is one of those blog-at-1-in-the-morning type of posts.. so this will be short and sweet. REAL sweet actually, because i whipped up blender upon blender upon BLENDER of fresh fruit smoothies tonight!
but before i show you all that, let’s take it from the top!
the top was not too early today. i set my alarm with good intentions to go to a spinning class at 8 AM~somehow turned the blaring alarm off and had no dogs sleeping with me to pull me out of bed.. so i rolled over until 10! i know most of you are early risers, but i have no shame in saying i can sleep in. and i can sleep in LATE. i could have kept sleeping when i woke up at 10 but i knew i had a busy day. i could probably be a professional sleeper, i would be real good at it!
i went straight to the gym for some HIIT! i never get to workout first thing after i wake up because, well, it is impossible for me to make myself get up before work to go to the gym. trust me, i’ve tried.
i made some leaps and bounds, i am not sure if it was because i was running on an empty stomach or if i just had a power boost, but i set a new personal high for average heart rate and also a personal best for 20 min HIIT distance (on the treadmill).
the whole point of high intensity interval training is to get your HR to go up and down in intervals, but it is also important to have your overall average HR at a higher level, hence the term “high intensity”. i was glad i cranked it up a notch today!
(numbers are in miles per hour)
- 2 min @ 6.0
- 1 min @ 6.5
- 1 min @ 7.0
- 1 min @ 7.5
- 1 min @ 8.0
- 1 min @ 6.5
- 1 min @ 7.0
- 1 min @ 7.5
- 1 min @ 8.0
- 1 min @ 6.5
- 1 min @ 7.0
- 1 min @ 7.5
- 1 min @ 8.0
- 1 min @ 6.5
- 1 min @ 7.0
- 1 min @ 7.5
- 1 min @ 8.0
- 1 min @ 10.0<—high point
- 1 min @ 5.0
stats: 20 minutes, max HR 183, average HR 158, calories 169
i was a sweaty mess after this, always a good feeling. i know the amount you sweat does not determine how good of a workout you got.. but it sure feels good to sweat a lot, don’t you all agree?!
meal 1: egg scramble (mushrooms+onions+peppers+goat cheese) & 2 waffles with naturally more PB
by the time noon hit i had already downed over a half gallon of water. i was parched!
i had a lot of errands to run this afternoon:
- took 2 pair of jeans to the seamstress (i am a shortie! gotsta hem them)
- picked up a birthday gift for my mom
- went to the local fish market for tomorrow’s dinner supplies
- went to the local mexican market for tomorrow’s dinner supplies
- went to the grocery store to get stuff for tomorrow’s dinner
as you can see, lots of prepping for tomorrow! i will be cooking a delish dinner so make sure you check back tomorrow night
once i got to my mom’s i was famished and still had a lot to do so i blended up a quick little drank…
meal 2: chocolate protein shake @ 4:00 PM
do you want to know what is crazy? i hadn’t checked today’s national food holiday before i had this, then i checked and it turned out that today was national chocolate milkshake day!! oh, i am just that good.
this just had a scoop of protein powder, a cup of almond milk and ice. i didn’t throw a carb in because i knew i would be eating one of the fruit shishkebabs during the wedding reception!
i changed into my beach attire—it was a beach themed reception which was kind of fun, i liked that it was casual and not super dressy!
marshall & i set up the tiki hut with our 3 blenders and smoothie supplies!
marshall looks happy to be there, no?
the three kinds we were whipping up:
it was a whirlwind! i was blending like caaarazy.. people were taking the smoothies faster than we could make them!
finally there was a lull in the crowd and we got to take a break…
and i got to have some fruit~
my dad joined in on the lounging..
and then it was back to work, blending, business as usual! i could open a smoothie stand of my own!
whew.. enough smoothie photos, sorry if that was overkill!
when we were done we helped clean things up, i got a killer arm workout carrying bunches of chairs from the yard to the truck and then unloading them later on. my flappers—as my mom so lovingly calls them—are sore!
it is safe to say i was starving.
meal 3: grilled chicken salad @ 8:30 PM
marshall and i went to a spot called cafe rio (you SLC kids know about it, obv) but it is a real good mexican joint and their salads are to die for.. and usually around 1500-2000 calories a pop! i kept it clean though.. it was a rough order: “grilled chicken salad, no cheese on the tortilla, no beans, no rice, shredded lettuce, EXTRA pico, no.. no.. MORE pico please, extra cilantro, no tortilla strips.. yes! perfect! thanks kind sir.”
yes there was chicken hiding in there..
messy photo. sorry. but with that much pico, who needs dressing? not me!
well, that is the extent of eats in my day. i didn’t get a lot of meals in but i did wake up later than usual so i still managed to eat every 4 or so hours.. that is good.
came back to marshall’s and finished off season 4 of weeds so now we have to start watching season 5 online. dang that show is good!
oh and my girl emily notified me that the new larabar flavors have been spotted in the SLC! thanks for the tip girl! can’t wait to try that PBJ one.
serious time.. feel free to skip to the Qs at the end now and not read this, it could be long.. it could be boring.. but i gotta say a few things for myself.
i am not weighing myself these days. but i tried some pants on today.. well.. like 5 pair of jeans to be exact. let me just say i thought they would fit me by now and they still don’t. i have been busting my ass these past 5 weeks and i am afraid i am not making the progress i am capable of, judging from my first go-around with body for life. i have looked at everything i am doing under a microscope and picked through my workouts and meals with a fine toothed comb. everything i am doing is the same—if not better—than the first time around. my workouts are intense and my eating is polished and i take my rest days and i drink my water.
i know, i know, i did not gain the weight in 5 weeks so i can’t expect it to be gone in 5 weeks, but i did expect to have a lot more progress than i have had. it is frustrating. i don’t know what to do! and now i am real nervous to go to seattle on thursday.. and be on vacation for 4 days.. afraid i will screw up what little progress i have made.
it is crazy that i am typing this. i am the queen of knowing what to do in every situation. i am the girl who people come to for advice about how to stay on track while out of town. i know i can take my travel home gym and i know how to eat right when eating out. but i still am just kinda blah about the whole seattle thing because i haven’t made the progress i’d hoped for.
it is hard to deal with weight gain. way hard. yeah i was a fat kid before, but then i worked hard and got to where i needed to be.. and that was rad! last november i was in the very best shape of my life and i felt great. i didn’t hate walking past a mirror in the store, cringing at the reflection, and i didn’t have to worry about grabbing one of my 20 pair of jeans and wonder if they wouldn’t fit. it felt good. damn good.
and then i threw all my progress out the window and i am mad at myself. it is true. i am not getting all depressed-mode or anything, but i think it is important for me to be honest with everyone, honest with myself, and let it be known that i am pissed off that i let all my hard work go to pot. NO, i am not in horrible shape, but i am not where i want to be. and know that i WAS there a short 9 months ago kills me! duh janetha. and then to do the motions and eat the foods i know i should eat and not see the progress i know i saw once before? well that just straight baffles me.
so like i said, i am frustrated, and i am rambling, but i believe it is probably good for me to get it off my chest. i want to be my normal, happy, food loving, fun having self when i go to seattle.. i just hope i can be.
end rant.
ha. if you read that, then thank you.. and i am not asking for any pity, i was just venting some of my feelings, part of why i blog
hope you are all enjoying your weekend!
momma b’s birthday celebration tomorrow, can’t wait to cook up a storm and have some good times with the fam!!
Qs
1. what do you want/was your wedding reception like? dressy? casual? dinner? just dessert? tiki hut with janetha and marshall blending smoothies? we are available for hire
2. do you workout better in the morning or later in the day? i think later in the day i have much more energy, but i feel like i get a better “burn” when i workout in the morning. does that even make sense?
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