Monday Gym = Success

Yay! I actually went to the gym. I stuck with 35 minutes of cardio because I didn't want to feel like death the next morning, but it actually went pretty well! I did 25 on the elliptical and 10 on what I call the "leg thingie".

So I woke up to a breakfast cookie this morning! It was actually really good! Mmm soft and chocolaty. The only thing I wasn't happy with was the fact that I used WAYYY too much banana and I'm definitly not used to the texture of oats. The taste was fine but the texture was just.. ick. I ended up putting cool whip onthe last 1/4 of it, just becaude of the texture. Definitely something I need to get used to!

So tonight was take 2 of the breakfast cookie. This one was slightly different.


Started off with:
1/3 cup oats
1 big Tbs. Skippy Natural Peanut Butter
2 spoonfuls of applesauce
Cinnamon
Little bit of salt

To make this:


I plan on topping it with microwaved apples with some cinnamon and a little PB!

Lunch consisted of (a forgotten picture) of grilled chicken, brocolli, carrots, whole grain penne with a lotttttttt of seasoning. I'm definitely a big seasoning person!

Dinner was grilled chicken with a chipotle citrus marinade and a cut up apple for a snacky!

Tomorrow I'm going for day two in a row of the gym, arms! I'm very, veryyy excited that I seem to be sticking with this so far. I can't wait until I start to see some sort of result. It's only been three days but I'm actually starting to feel better. I already have a little more energy. Time will tell what else happens!

Cookie =]

Today is a very exciting day. I'm made my first breakfast cookie!! After watching the Fitnessista make manyyyy of these cookies I FINALLY decided to try it out for myself and I even took some pictures (on my cell phone, haha).



This one was:
1/3 cup oats
Half Packet of Carnation Instant Breakfast (Chocolate)
1 Tbs of Skippy Natural Peanut Butter



Add 1/2 mashed Banana



Added 1/8 cup milk and made it a nice batter. The only thing wasn't too sure about was if it was supposed to be this soft? It was a lot more liquid-y than I thought it was going to be.
I added some cinnamon and a little bit of sugar.



The final product!

I'm reallyyyyy excited to give this a try. It's really exciting to know I'll wake up and have breakfast ready for me to eat!

Today was full of tons of snacks because I was running around all day.

Throughout the day I had a pancakes, microwaved apple with cinnamon, chicken alfredo, grilled chicken and a banana with PB.

I'm off to bed early tonight because I have a terribleeeee headache. Up early to do Monday gym... cardio day!

Musings Pt. 2/ Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Here's the major one: Get healthy and lose weight.

I think I said it before but from being a gymnast my whole life, I could eat whatever I wanted and never gain a pound. Because of that, I never learned how to eat properly. Through the teachings of the Fitnessista I've been able to find some sort of guide in learning how to eat right. I know it will take a while to change and make new habits, but this will be my major goal of 2010.

2009 was full of gaining weight and I've noticed a change in my attitude because of it (and I'm sure my boyfriend has, too!). I'm irritable and cranky and get grouchy more easily than before. I'm angry when my clothes don't fit, I'm angry when I look at old picture of myself when I was thinner, I'm angry because I'm not as confident as I used to be. I used to be able to put on clothes and tell myself 'you look good'. I knew there was a problem when I was in a bridesmaid in a wedding and didn't think or feel like I looked good. Usually any girl feels pretty when her hair is done, wears an expensive dress and nice high heels. I just felt so... round.

Everything I do I just feel round, like I'm waddling or like a swallowed a beach ball. It seemed like it was such a sudden weight gain that I never got used to the new pounds as they were coming, because they came too fast. It may be TMI, but I have stretch marks everywhere where they never used to be. On my 5' tall body, a 30 pound weight gain is taking it's toll. I'm tired all the time and just downright out of shape.

I don't want to say my major goal of 2010 is to lose weight (but it is). I'd rather say my goal is to consistently go to the gym and eat cleaner, healthier foods. I'd like to follow a general schedule of:

Monday: Cardio
Tuesday: Arms
Wednesday: Cardio
Thursday: Abs/Back
Friday: Cardio
Saturday: Legs

Another goal of 2010 is to run my first 5k. I'm planning on running the Girls Inc. 5k on April 17th. I'm crossing my finger's that I'll be able to complete it with this short amount of training. I feel like three and a half months is not going to be enough! I'm gonna try out the Couch to 5k program and see if that can make me a runner ;).

It's off to bed. It's almost 3 AM and I'm supposed to be up at 9 to go to the gym with my sister. First gym visit of 2010... and first time I've been to the gym more than once a week in months!