Another great perk of living at our new apartment is that they offer free personal training sessions twice a week at our gym.  So, I decided to take advantage of that yesterday.   The sessions last 30 mins and are pretty intense!

After work though, I was so tired and thought about canceling the appointment but then just told myself to just go and quit trying to talk myself out of it.  When, I got home, I got into my work out clothes and went to the gym to warm up and then had my session. I felt great afterwards and knew I would be happy I went.  The mind is a powerful thing and too often I let it talk me about of things!!

Yesterday should have been a little easier to hit the gym since the hubby was out-of-town, but for some reason it wasn’t.  Whenever he’s here, I just want to hang out but when he’s traveling, I’m usually a little more motivated, but not lately.  I can feel myself getting lazy…I mean, I’ve been trying new things lately and seeing what’s out there, but if I’m on my on and plan on going to the gym at our place, the laziness creeps on up.  Must work on that.

Workout:

• 5 min warm-up on treadmill – walking
• 27 mins on elliptical
• 30 min personal training session doing abs, arms, lunges and cardio

After the gym, I came home did a little cleaning and then fixed a green smoothie for dinner:

Green Smoothie

• 1 cup unsweetened original almond milk
• 1.5 large handfuls of spinach
• 1 Tbsp flax meal
• stevia
• crushed ice
• 1 scoop of almond butter

Other eats from today include….

Breakfast: I started the day off with an EmergenC

Raspberry EmergenC

Breakfast was raw oats in almond milk, cinnamon and 1/2 a banana

Raw Oats in Almond milk + Eggs

Snack: PB&J Larabar – one of my faves!

PB&J

Lunch: I had to run some errand yesterday during lunch, so I stopped by Starbucks on the way back to the office and picked up a little sweet treat.  They were out of the mini vanilla scones that I adore so much and instead of saying NO, I opted for a mini donut…it was calling to me, I swear! I also had a tall iced skinny cinnamon dolce latte.

Tall Iced Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte

Mini Donut

As the bad girl I am, I ate my dessert before my lunch…but you know what – life is short so you should eat dessert first – that’s my philosophy anyways.  Once I returned to work, I warmed-up my 1/2 sweet potato and ate my raw celery and cucumbers with a little avocado.  Pretty balanced meal if you ask me

Snack: 1 hard-boiled egg white.  I also had 1/2 banana with almond butter when I got home from work, before hitting the gym.

After dinner and watching a little bit of Netflix – Miami Ink anyone?  I called it a night…these shows ALWAYS suck me in.

Peace out y’all….

Work went well and then we had our small group after work in which we talked about Doubt.  Like doubting God is who He says He is when we walk through trials and we don’t understand why certain things happen the way they do.  Very relevant topic in my life right now.  But we also discussed that it’s ok to question and have doubts, but we must let these draw us closer to Him and not away.  And we must still recognize that God is good and has blessed us. We read about David and the many Psalms that he wrote.  He was very vocal about his frustration, yet he still praised God for who He is.

So, the title of this post might be a little odd, but I generally see doubt as a negative thing, but after our discussion last night, I believe it can be positive – meant to grow and challenge us where we are right in that moment.  It can allow us to discover things about who we are and what we can handle or turn the struggles into greater good for others.  Very good lesson.

So, with that said…on to yesterday’s eats.

Breakfast: Yesterday morning, I started the day off with a delicious Smoothie (213 cals).  I threw in some of our fresh strawberries we got at the Strawberry Festival.  Yum.

Protein Smoothie

• 1 cup Almond Milk
• 1 Tbsp Roasted Almond Butter
• 1 cup Spinach
• 1/4 cup silken tofu
• 3 Lg Strawberries
• Splenda
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Snack: Roasted Almonds – 170 cals

Roasted Almonds

Soy Joy – 140 cals

Mango & Coconut

(source)

Lunch: Ground Turkey Stew (approx 225 cals)  + celery & roasted red pepper hummus (60 cals)  + tall iced skinny latte (90 cals)

Turkey Stew

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus + Celery

Iced Skinny Vanilla Latte

Dinner: During our small group, we snacked on some edamame (approx 125 cals). When I got home, I made a large salad that contained: Spinach, strawberries, cucumber, 1 Tbsp hummus mushrooms, 1 Tbsp artichoke olive spread. Yum! (147 cals)

Salad

Dessert: I snacked on some strawberries (20 cals)..they are so delicious.  We had some heavy whipping cream left over from the chocolate ganache I made and so I wanted to see if I could make whip cream and it worked!  I saved it for the hubby though.

Strawberries

After dinner, we watched Law & Order and I worked on the pile of laundry we seemed to have accumulated this weekend. Then we crashed out.

Total Calories: 1190 calories

Workout: None…still healing

Peace out…

Oats + AB

Snack: 1 graham cracker rectangle (59 cals) w/ 2 tsp AB (63 cals) – 122 cals 

Graham Crackers + AB

1 Banana (90 cals) 

Banana

40z container of applesauce  (50 cals) – not pictured 

Lunch: 1/2 whole wheat pita (75 cals) 

Arugula salad: Arugula (8 cals), 3 strawberries (12 cals), 3 mushrooms (10 cals) , 5 broccoli florets (4 cals), 1 Tbsp Avocado (30 cals), 1 Tbsp Hummus (35 cals), 1/3 oz Mt. Sterling raw goat cheese (35 cals) – 134 cals 

Skinny Vanilla Latte (90 cals) 

Arugula Salad

Dinner: Breakfast Pita – 1/2 whole wheat pita (75 cals) , 1 egg and 1 egg white (87 cals), 1 Tbsp avocado (30 cals), some raw goat cheese (25 cals) and some homemade popcorn the hubby made us (this portion x2 - 175 cals?)  -369 cals 

Breakfast Pita

Dessert: 1/2 cup of S’mores Vegan Ice Cream – (approx 150 cals).

Tonight I made a different version.  I’m going to post the 2 recipes later and a comparison. 

Smores Ice Cream

 After work tonight, I headed to the gym for a workout.  Still can’t run, so I did the bike.

Workout: 

• 6 min warm-up on treadmill, walking
• 45 mins – stationary bike, Intervals – Resistance 3 and then up to 7 alternating each about 1:30.
• Cool-down: 8 mins on treadmill, walking

Total Calories: 1340 cals

Peace out….