14 Day Challenge: Day 8

Now that I am getting used to waking up in the morning to workout, I think I'm going to keep it up after this challenge is over. Maybe not every day, but still going to try and do a lot of 2-a-days workouts. I am feeling amazing and more in shape just after one week. My clothes are feeling looser. Love this feeling! The challenge is also reminding me how important it is to incorporate strength training regularly, an area I was slacking in beyond my weekly class.

This morning I went and did my strength training:
2 sets, 20 biceps curls with 10 lb dumbbells
2 sets, 20 triceps kickbacks with 5 lb dumbbells
2 sets, 20 front and side shoulder raises with 5 lb dumbbells
2 sets, 20 rear deltoid raises with 5 lb dumbbells
2 sets, 20 side crunches (20 per side) with 10 lb. weight

Then I had a great run on the treadmill, kept it at a slower pace (5.7 mph, 1% incline), ran for about 26 minutes then did a cool down walk at 3.5 mph on an 8% incline.

I had my regular reduced fat Jif PB on 1/2 a slice of multigrain English muffin before my workout. I tried some new English muffins this week (since the grocery store was out of my Thomas's ones) and these were VERY filling. The brand is Aunt Millie's and it's the multigrain muffins. They're only 100 calories each, too and since I only eat half at a time they're great.

After my workout, I still felt pretty full from that so I decided to make a granola parfait! I missed the one I ate at the hotel in San Diego, so I tried to recreate it:




It was so good! I bought some strawberry flavored granola at the HyVee in the Quad Cities. Man I wish we had HyVee's out here! They're an awesome grocery chain with a HUGE health food section and all this granola to pick from! I only bought about 1/4 of a pound, I'll have to get more next time I visit Nels out there. Then I just paired it up with plain Greek yogurt. YUMMY!

I don't think I did so well with dinner, but not really sure. It was a home-cooked meal so hard to gauge. I tried to keep my portions small. I had about 3/4 cup of potatoes, just 1 1/2 slices of meatloaf, and some green beans. Then caved into a very SMALL brownie - seriously, for a brownie addict it was like the smallest brownie I've ever had!

Boot camp class didn't feel as hard tonight as it usually is. My muscles feel worked, but not dead.

My dad is completing yet another online assessment for a possible job at the moment. We can't wait until these things are over. The math portions suck, and then the barrage of questions for the psychoanalysis part are ridiculous - here is a REAL question that appeared on this test: "You would enjoy spending the whole day watching animals at the zoo. Yes, No, or Don't Know." What?? What does that have to do with anything?? And then the ones that ask the same question 5 different ways to see if you contradict yourself...UGH. He had 2 successful second interviews today and we should hear something soon, which is desperately needed since his previous employer is still fighting the unemployment =/

Well, that's all I got. Night!