It’s a rainy, dreary day here! All day I wished I could crawl back in bed and watch movies and snuggle with the husband and the pup.

But alas, it wasn’t meant to be!

I had a busy day at work, but was also battling a headache. Sometimes when strong weather systems go through and the barometric pressure gets crazy, my head aches. It feels like somebody has it in a vice!

The good news is I’m still on schedule with completing tasks this week before we head to Pittsburgh to see my family on Thursday evening. Hurray for planning! LOL

Breakfast

Red berry, blueberries, and half of a way-past-its-prime banana (it was kinda mushy-gross) with milk

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Snack

Strawberry fruit leather. I found these at Target, and they were way cheaper than the buy-individually fruit leathers in the organic section of our supermarket. Delish! I love the texture 🙂

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Lunch

I packed a few pretzels and some carrot sticks and tomatoes, but we were lacking any kind of protein and whole grain that looked good at home, so I got a ham/provolone/lettuce/tomato/pickle on whole wheat sammie at the farmer’s market. Was disappointed to find she put mayo on it (ew) so I ate it open-faced sans the bread with mayo.

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I like mayo just fine, but hate it on my ham/turkey sandwiches. Gross!

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I had a meeting at lunchtime, so I actually ate half the sandwich, went to my meeting, then came back and had the rest of the sandwich + the pretzels + the carrot sticks/tomatoes afterward

Snack

Honey Almond Flax Kashi Bar with PB (although I wish I had some almond butter right now…would’ve been perfect on it!)

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I’m finding that higher protein snacks fuel me through my cardio+weight days better. Carbs give out on me halfway through.

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Exercise

20 minutes HIIT on the elliptical

10 minutes of steady state on elliptical

Stretches (lower back/hamstrings/piriformis)

Upper Body Strength:

I stole my upper body workout in its entirety from Susan today. Like, so much I’m copying and pasting it from her site and adding my weights.

I love Susan and her workouts, and am happy and thankful she takes the time to chart them out for people like me to steal during weeks I’m too lazy/tired/stressed/busy/bored to create my own 🙂

Back

Exercise

Reps

Weight

Wide-grip lat pulldown

12

60 lb

Seated cable row

12

40 lb

Wide-grip lat pulldown

8

65 lb

Seated cable row

8

45 lb

Wide-grip lat pulldown

6

70 lb

Seated cable row

6

50 lb

Wide-grip lat pulldown

10

60 lb

Seated cable row

10

40 lb

 

Chest

Exercise

Reps

Weight

Dumbbell bench press

12

12.5 lb dumbbells

Standing cable fly

12

10 lb each hand

Dumbbell bench press

8

15 lb dumbbells

Standing cable fly

8

15 lb each hand

Dumbbell bench press

6

20 lb dumbbells

Standing cable fly

6

20 lb each hand

Dumbbell bench press

10

12.5 lb dumbbells

Standing cable fly

10

10 lb each hand

 

Shoulders

Exercise

Reps

Weight

Arnold press

12

10 lb dumbbells

Barbell upright row

12

20 lb barbell

Arnold press

8

12.5 lb dumbbells

Barbell upright row

8

20 lb barbell

Arnold press

6

15 lb dumbbells

Barbell upright row

6

30 lb barbell

Arnold press

10

10 lb dumbbells

Barbell upright row

10

20 lb barbell

Biceps – Alternating Sets

Exercise

Reps

Weight

Barbell bicep curl

12

20 lb barbell

Incline curl

12

12.5 lb dumbbells

Triceps – A
lternating Sets

Exercise

Reps

Weight

Skull crusher

12

20 lb barbell

Forward tricep extension

12

15 lbs

680 calories burned. 🙂

Tried to walk Holly but it was just too windy/cold/wet, so we did one lap of the park (1/3 of a mile) and called it quits!

Dinner

Salmon (with fresh lemon, salt, pepper, and a small pat of real butter), wild rice, and steamed broccoli.

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I freaking love this meal. 🙂

Evening

Gotta pack up some toiletries, thaw some turkey meatballs for tomorrow, and maybe sew the couch. I hate to sew, and am bad at it. I ran out of time to do it properly last night. Really I think I’d rather go read my book. Ha! 🙂

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