squats will be the death of me.

hey everyone! so let me first start with last night’s workout…I did my 40 min. workout that I had planned. Legs were a tad sore, so my incline was sometimes less than I had posted and the last sprints I lowered to 7.0, instead of 7.5 speed. My grand total looked like this…

week 3 wednesday workout

After my time on the treadmill it was time to tackle the squats I had been putting off since Monday!!! I happened to run into my sister while I was there and she said she would do the squats with me because I was feeling kinda embarassed to be doing them on the mats alone (I hate people staring at me and so I think this is the main reason I put off squats for so long!). Anyways, with my handy dandy squat partner in toe I ended up doing all of my planned squats (ended up being like 120 squats in all!!!) and they freaking killed!!! Like I could barely walk after! That shiz was intense!! haha I am seriously blown away and my legs today feel crazy sore! But I will take that as a good thing and hopefully with time squats won’t be as killer!!

Last night for dinner I made some fresh green beans, topped them with marinara sauce, and also boiled some goat cheese & sundried tomato ravioli..but being that I have a love/hate relationship with goat cheese..the ravioli last night ended up being a bust and I instead ate the green beans and like 5 raviolis..it was ok and I guess part of life is trying new things, at least now I know not to buy that type of ravioli again? haha bright side maybe?

Next up is my eats so far this morning..let me start with this gem

week 3 thursday strabucks

I usually take my little brother to school, but today my mom did and so I was able to make a stop at the drive-thru Starbucks, which was awesome! I didn’t even have to step out of the car to enjoy a wonderfully warm latte! #spoiledmuch?

Now on to breakfast…as you all know by now I am addicted to overnight oats and was trying to branch out this week with new breakfast options. I had done well so far, and had even made a yogurt parfait last night to have as breakfast today, but then I went back and made it into overnight oats like 20 minutes later!! The addition of rolled oats, chia seeds, and sunbutter into my yogurt definitely made for one happy camper this morning!!

week 3 thursday breakfast close up

Seriously..I think I have a problem! I just can’t seem to get enough of this beauty of a breakfast!!!

Snack was an apple and some blueberry green tea…

week 3 thursday snack

side note..this apple was ginormous!! Like bigger than a softball!! My little brother knows my love of apples and last night he came home from the store with my mom and was bursting with excitement to show me these HUGE apples he got for us!! haha it is moments like that that seriously make me love that kid!

week 3 thursday tea

And last but not least..even though my legs were a burnin’ I was able to do some elliptical and arm work this morning which ended up looking something like this…

march 21 workout

Okie dokes, well I am off to lunch now! I will post my Thursday “Things to Make Ya’ll Smile” post later!! Enjoy your afternoons everybody 🙂

push it real good.

My motto for tonight’s workout is “push it real good”.” And yes, I do plan on repeating that to myself plenty of times tonight. Emotionally it has been a rough few days and I have been trying to ride the wave of tons of mixed emotions…I feel stress, sadness, loneliness, heartache, fatigue, and all of these are emotions that used to trigger emotional based eating disorder behaviors…BUT today I will use my workout to get out some of my emotions in a healthy way and hopefully will be able to push myself and leave the gym feeling rejuvenated!

Here is the workout I have planned for tonight…

Time

Incline

Speed

0-3

7.0

4.0

3-5

8.0

4.0

5-8

1.0

5.3

8-10

1.5

5.5

10-12

2.0

5.7

12-14

2.5

5.9

14-16

3.0

6.1

16-18

3.5

6.3

18-20

4.0

6.5

20-23

8.0

4.0

23-25

10.0

4.0

25-27

11.0

4.0

27-29

12.0

4.0

29-30

7.0

4.0

30-35

1.0

5.5

35-40

1.0

6.0/7.0 (switch every min.)

40-43

1.0

5.5

43-48

1.0

6.0/7.0 (switch every min.)

48-50

7.0

4.0

Plus, I am going to try and do some dumbbell work and maybe some arm machines, so I will post tomorrow on how all that went! Enjoy your evenings everyone 🙂

running shoes

Those are the very legs that will soon by getting their workout on at the gym…#blacksockstheynevergetdirty #imadork #sowat #pushitrealhard