What up?! Thank you for all your congratulations!
So I am loving my new school schedule. Today was quite productive.. workouts, school work, work work, “quality” TV time. Tomorrow will be more of the same, but also includes PT and hopefully Yoga (it’s almost been a whole week :/).
FITNESS
Spin, Arms, Chest.. increasing weight, to failure.. Felt awesome 
Cardio: Spin 45 min.
Weights: Arms & Chest
Biceps: BB Curls, Concentration Curls, Preacher Curls, Cable Bar Curls
Triceps: Close-grip Chest Press, DB Tricep Extensions, DB Kickbacks
Chest: Incline Chest Press, Pec Dec Flyes, Push-Ups, 1-arm Push-Ups
560 calories burned overall.
NUTRITION
It was totally a bottomless pit sort of day.. guess that means my metabolism doing it’s thing and loving the cardio!
I wasn’t hungry when I first got up, but knowing I was going from Spin to Weights, I though I better have a snack.
I went with 1/2 c Cottage Cheese mixed with 1/3 c Cake Batter Protein Powder topped with 1 tsp Ground Flaxseed and 1/8 c Galaxy Granola. I tried the Cranberry Orange flavor.. one word: yum!
Recently I talked about working to incorporate more Omega 3′s into my diet, and Flax Seed is an excellent way to do it. Flax contains 1.8g Omega-3s per tablespoon, and is also a great source of Fiber and Lignans (which have antioxidant quality). I’ve purchased ground Flax in the past, but the problem is that it goes bad crazy fast. As soon as the seeds are ground they start loosing their health benefits. So I started buying whole flax seeds, then grinding small portions in the Magic Bullet Blender, and storing whatever I don’t use in the freezer. Golden Flax Seeds are one of the new items in my OpenSky Shop!
Here are a couple fun videos from Mohr Results on Omega 3′s & Flax Seed
Post-workouts I was definitely ready to eat. I went with 1/2 c TJ’s Fat-Free Blueberry Muesli topped with Fitness Cake Batter (1 container Greek Yogurt + 1/2 scoop Cake Batter Protein Powder)..
Next meal looked a lot like last nights dinner but with Kabocha.. 1.5 c Baby Spinach topped with BBQ Tempehtations, 85 g Kabocha and 1/2 c Cottage Cheese mixed with 1 tbsp Nutritional Yeast..
Before heading off to escape the distractions of my house, I enjoyed a couple tablespoons of Vanilla Almond Galaxy Granola, plain Greek Yogurt and a tbsp of natural PB..
At Coffee Bean I enjoyed a taster of their new Peach Ice Blended (sooo good! but definitely loaded with sugar) and a Berry Tea..
Dinner was more leftovers.. a piece of Kabocha Quinoa Casserole, TJ’s Savory Tofu and a few Grape Tomatoes..
What’s better than cookie dough for dessert?! I enjoyed PB Protein Cookie Dough (1 tbsp natural PB + 1 tbsp UVAB + 1 scoop Cake Batter Protein Powder)..
Yeah, and there might be something else.. I’m still hungry! :p
FUN
Giveaway Winner
Thanks again for all your responses, but in this case there’s just one winner..
And that person is .. Keri R.! I’ll shoot you an email today!
As Promised
New OpenSky items are up.. and I finally got the Protein Powders! I don’t have Cake Batter quite yet, but hopefully soon. I do have a couple of my other faves and a other fun items:
Fitness
- BSN Cinnamon Roll Protein Powder – one of the best tasting powders, so good mixed with Greek Yogurt or Cottage Cheese
- Optimum Nutrition, Gold Standard 100% Whey, Protein Powder: Caramel Toffee Fudge and Mocha Cappuccino flavors- makes the best healthy ice blended mochas!
- Glutamine Powder – muscle recovery supplement
- Scivation Xtend – great tasting BCAA supplement
Foods
- Artisana Coconut Butter - you know how I rave about this
- Coconut Oil – fave fat for baking
- Naturally Nutty Organic Almond Butter & Sunflower Butter
Specific recipes and more I why I love these items.. coming soon!
A couple veggies have popped up on my radar recently that I haven’t retried recently, beets & brussel sprouts. In the past, I didn’t like either at all, but a lot has changed. Any great recipes you recommend I experiment with?
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