Workout Bunny

Gym day today! 30 mins on elliptical trainer and 20 mins on treadmill/running and walking intervals. Followed by a leg workout! Workout Rating: 4/5 Motivation Level: 4/5 Breakfast (8:00 am): - Scrambled Eggs - Sprouted Whole Grain Toast with a tiny bit of low fat cream cheese Sprouted bread is a type of bread made from whole grains that have been allowed to sprout, that is, to germinate. Sprouted grain breads are significantly higher in protein, vitamins and enzymes, and the complex starches are converted into natural sugars.  They are also low GI, so they are digested more slowly by the body, keeping the blood sugar levels stable for longer, making people feel more satisfied.  Snack (8:30am): - 5 Strawberries One cup of strawberries will provide you will your daily requirement of Vitamin C is a well-known immunity booster, as well as a powerful, fast-working antioxidant. Lunch (1:00pm): - snow peas and 3 pieces of potato and a Smart Ones Fajita Dinner ...

Weekends are so challenging to stay on the healthy eating bandwagon! Who else finds it hard as well? I do have some little tips for myself and others to help them survive the weekend without accumulating HUGE amounts of calories like our husbands can without batting an eyelid! If you go out to a restaurant for breakfast and you can not say no to a good old fashioned eggs on toast, bacon and hash browns kind of breakfast do the following: ask for brown DRY toast (This means NO butter! Your are getting the added benefit of a little more fiber and less refined carbs as compared to white toast and also your dropping the added calories that butter adds) eat one slice of toast. (I can't have over easy eggs without toast, NO WAYS! :) ) only eat half the amount of hash browns (if you MUST take the rest to go and give to someone else). No pancakes. I know it's tough but I only eat them maybe once every two to three months as a treat. OTHERWISE go for an egg white omelet with li...

I started feeling better yesterday and went to the gym yesterday and today as my cold is slowly going away. Today I did 30 minutes in total on the elliptical machine. 25 minutes on level 8 and then 5 minute cool down, slowly going from level 8 down to 1. Yesterday I worked my legs, glutes and core, so today I focused on upper body strength.  I usually do about 5 different arm exercises made up of 3 sets of 15 reps for each one. I make sure I do a combination of exercises that work my biceps, triceps and chest. I am so happy to be back at the gym! Happy Friday everyone! Breakfast (9:30): - steel cut oats Snack (12:30pm): - 1 greek yogurt - handful of Shreddies (dry cereal) Lunch (2:00pm): - Tuna sandwich, light mayo, sprouted whole grain bread, lettuce, tomato and cucumber Dinner Sushi Fridays! :D (6:45pm): - ebi sumono, spicy tofu, spicy dynamite rolls

Breakfast (7:30am): Steel Cut Oats (no topping) Snack (10:30am): Starbucks: Tall Frappachino made with skim milk but whip cream topping (couldn't help myself :p) Raisin Bran Muffin Lunch: (2:15pm): 1 greek yogurt cup 1 piece of sprouted grain toast (1/2 with low fat cream cheese and other 1/2 with organic peanut butter) 1 cup of rooibos with chai tea, skim milk, and 1 1/2 tsp of brown sugar Dinner (6:00pm): 1 cup of brown spaghetti with tomato sauce and meet balls cup of green beans and 1 carrot chopped (all steamed) Workout: None today, I have a vicious sore throat right now. Very unhappy about that!