Hello all! I survived Butler and have returned! I didn’t do much in the way of exercise, though!
Rather than bore you with details I’ll give you bullets:
- I miss my hometown. It’s peaceful, my allergies don’t act up, and traffic is always light. Plus, the people are a thousand times friendlier than where Dave and I live.
- My husband wants a baby badly. So badly, he’s currently “mad” at me because his best friend became a father over the weekend. Babies scare the crap out of me. And I can’t exactly leave them home alone like I can my dog. But I told him we’d start trying by the end of the year, so I guess I need to figure it all out.
- My family is greedy. No matter how many long weekends I give them, they always want more. I know they miss me, but it’s hard to have to always be the one taking time off from work and driving 4.5 hours. Reciprocation more than once a year would be nice.
- My dad needs a girlfriend. Now. If you know of a 55-62 year old woman in the Pittsburgh area who enjoys classical/jazz music, cycling (not hardcore….just like…on rail trails), theater, sports events, and is affectionate, let me know. Bonus if she can cook. He’s lonely, and it makes me feel bad, because then he want
- Every year my mom insists we color eggs. Four dozen eggs. Last year, Dave ended up doing them by himself because mom and I were cooking. This year, I ended up doing them myself because Dave was in protest after last year, and my mom just had her knee replaced and couldn’t stand to do it. So…why do we color eggs again? LOL
Despite what looks like a complaint list when I review it, I had an okay time. This trip was a bit stressful because Dave was not a happy camper to be away from home this weekend. Oh well.
Here’s how Monday went down:
Breakfast
Whole wheat bagel thin, ½ cup of egg beaters, 2 slices turkey bacon = Monday isn’t so bad after all
With a side of grapes 🙂
Lunch
HUGE salad (spring mix, tomatoes, broccoli, green beans, carrots, yellow pepper) with a can of drained tuna and a bit of red wine vinaigrette. I also packed a bit of cheesy potato deliciousness that was leftover from Easter dinner with the fam. Nom.
Snack
Kashi + PB + Tangerine
Exercise
Stealing from Susan again today. I didn’t have time to throw anything together, and I tend to flounder when I “just show up” at the gym. I’m more of a planner. But she saved the day by having a full body workout in her blog posts while I was away! LOL The only thing I did was remove ab/core work – I am doing that tomorrow. Susan’s table is prettier than mine so I suggest you check out the original workout!
I usually do my cardio first, but today I switched it up….
5 minute warmup on the elliptical
Full Body Workout:
|
Exercise |
Reps/ Sets |
Weight |
| Superset: Wide-grip deadlift Good morning |
12/2 12/2 |
50 lbs 20 lbs |
| Superset: Dumbbell fly Dumbbell shoulder press |
12/2 12/2 |
15 lb bells 15 lb bells |
| Superset: Plie squat Single-leg deadlift |
12/2 12/2 |
15 lb bell 15 lb bells |
| Superset: Seated cable row Incline dumbbell shoulder press |
12/2 12/2 |
50 lbs 15 lbs |
| Straight Set: Walking lunges |
15/2 | 10 lb bells |
| Superset: Forw ard tricep extension Barbell 21s |
12/2
12/2 |
15 lbs
30 lbs |
| Alternating Set: Medicine ball squat Hamstring curl on ball |
12/2 12/2 |
8 lb med ball body weight |
My hubs had never seen the forward tricep extension – he was impressed I knew an exercise he didn’t. LOL Thanks Susan!
Finished it all off with
20 minutes HIIT on the elliptical
Stretching for hamstrings/hips/piriformis
Whew. I was a mess after that. Possibly because it was a thousand degrees in the gym today.
HRM says 717 calories burned.
Ate a fruit leather (nom) on the way home and headed out to walk the pup for 30 minutes.
There may have been a quick swig of chocolate milk on my way out with the pup. 🙂
Dinner
6 oz. Filet mignon (probably more than I need, but there’s nothing quite like a big filet after a full body strength workout, kwim?), steamed broccoli, pasta tossed with olive oil
