vicious sweet tooth

Last night the hubby and I met up with another couple at one of our favorite vegan and raw restaurant – Grass Root – this place is so awesome…here’s more about it from their website:

Grass Root Organic Restaurant is dedicated to contributing to the Bay Area, with the first and only Vegan, and Raw/Living Food alternative. Our earthly consciousness guides the decisions we make when we create your dining experience. We are committed to a higher standard and always make the organic choice for you. We select the freshest produce and highest quality, non genetically modified foods. Our menu identifies the foods’ orientation and is marked vegan, vegetarian or Raw/Living accordingly. We believe everyone should be comfortable when they order any item on our menu.

Dinner:

Appetizer – steamed edemame

Main course – Marrakesh:

Our Grass Root raw hummus, with live sprouts, assorted veggies, romaine lettuce, sliced
cucumbers and avocado lounging on a toasted pita with aromatic fresh rosemary. Served
with our famous creamy basil dressing.

Dessert – Raw pecan pie – this is so amazing – it tastes just like pecan pie.  It’s very sweet and I can taste, the dates and maple sugar in it. It was super creamy and I’m not sure what’s in it to make it this way – maybe avocado?  But it is AWESOME

The food was awesome and the company was even better, so it was a really fun date night for the hubby and me.  Which we rarely do on a weeknight. So, this was a super great treat for the both of us.

Ok, let’s rewind to the day’s eats….

Breakfast: 1 egg + 1/4 cup eggbeaters + some of the homemae pizza sauce I made the other evening

eggs

Lunch: 1 whole wheat pita, 1/2 cup spinach, 1 roma tomato, 2 tsp crumbled goat cheese, 3 gardien crispy tenders and dijion mustard

Pita Sandwich

Snacks: Sorry, all unpictured.

1 gala apple

1 grapefruit

1 Carmel Nut Brownie Luna Bar

After we finished with dinner and socializing with our friends, we headed home and watched a little TV and then called it a night.

Workout: This morning I did a circuit training – here’s what I did:

Circuit Training:

 4 different circuits -

Dumbell Presses on bench or body ball- 10 reps
dumbbell flys on Body ball (or bench) with crunches (use half the weight of the dumbell press and do 15 reps
squats – 50 fast
one min sprint at 7 mph

1 min rest

plank – hold for 10 seconds
close grip push ups – 5 reps
side plank – 10 reps
flip back into plank pose and hold for 5 seconds
close grip push ups – 5 reps
side plank (other side)
flip back into plank and hold for 5 seconds
burpies (start in plank position, jump your feet between your hands and jump up into the air raising your hands, drop down place your on the floor and jump your feet back into plank) do 10 reps
sumo squats 50 reps
one min. sprint at 7 mph

1 min rest

push ups – 10 reps
squat jumps – 20 reps
wide shoulder presses with leg extension 9 10 reps each leg
jump rope for 1 min

1 min rest

bench dips – 20 reps
tricep press – until muscle failure
static lunges with lateral shoulder raise (10 reps with each leg)
jump rope– 1 min
boat pose – 30 sec

1 min rest

jump rope – 1 min
bicycle crunches – 50 reps
extended plank ( up on your hands, place hands together and a little above your head) – hold for 30 seconds

I ended by doing 10 mins on the stationery bike – followed by a 5 min cool down

Peace out.