and could not be more excited!! My friend and I went there yesterday to check it out, and after our tour we both signed up on the spot. They have a special summer deal – only $115 for the summer and that includes about 15 cardio classes, free weights, state of the art treadmills, bike machines – and a nice locker room with towel service!
And probably the coolest bike machine ever! You can sign up with a user id. When you ride a particular course, the next time you log in, you have a “ghost” rider which is your previous ride to see if you can beat your last time!
The best part is that I’ll be able to do a spin class twice a week at 7:15 in the morning!! That is the one class I’ve missed most since leaving a gym with classes.
Breakfast yesterday was Chobani peach yogurt and a flat out breakfast pizza!
I didn’t bring a lunch yesterday because I thought my friend and I would just grab something after the gym tour. I forgot I had to cover the front desk during lunch, so I had 1 1/2 servings of a can of tomato soup. I would have eaten the whole thing, but that would have been about 120% of my sodium for the day!
After the gym I was still hungry so we stopped by McDonald’s. I got the Southwest salad, and I have to tell you . . . I loved it! I took off the tortilla chips, and only used half of the salad dressing, but the dressing made it – it was nice and spicy! So with the soup and the salad, lunch comes in at505 calories, 66 carbs, 34 protein, 12 fat and 1.5 fiber.
For dinner I had surf and turf on the brain. I decided to get Tony salmon, and while I love grilled shrimp, I wanted something different. My sister and I used to work at a high end restaurant in high school that had the best New Orleans bbq shrimp. The only problem was that it had like a stick of butter in the sauce – but to take a fresh piece of bread and dip it in the spicy broth was something to behold! And now that I think about it, I probably was too chicken to try the shrimp and only ate the broth!
Here is my light version! You can do this on the stove, but I did mine in a cast iron skillet on the grill.
Barbecue Shrimp Recipe (printer friendly version here)
Ingredients
1 | tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
1 | tablespoon butter |
1 | teaspoon oregano |
1/2 | teaspoon paprika |
1 | teaspoon dried rosemary |
1/2 | teaspoon cayenne pepper |
1/2 | teaspoon Tabasco |
1 | clove garlic, minced |
1/2 | pound shrimp, deveined but shell on |
1/4 | cup chicken broth |
Directions
- Combine all ingredients in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook, 3-5 minutes until shrimp turn pink.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with lemon and French bread to dip up the flavorful sauce!
I actually forgot the lemon part – that would have been great! I was mad when I was cleaning up and saw the lemon on the counter!
So seven shrimp were a serving! I ended up pouring half the sauce over all my plate, so not only were the shrimp spicy, but also the steak (which I overcooked!) and corn!
Update because I can never remember! I am submitting my grilled barbecue shrimp to Christina’s Friday First!
I think I am now up to 21 participants in my 101 Days of Summer Challenge! You have until Sunday to join – I think its going to be great!
Stats for Thursday:
- 1,433 calories, 146 carbs, 132 protein, 40 fat and 13.1 fiber
- no exercise, unless you call walking around a gym tour exercise! 😀
HAPPY FRIDAY! Does everyone have a three day weekend like me?
Biz,
Great new gym! Lucky lady!! I’ve been looking for a yogurt I will actually eat and won’t send me into a sugar coma at the same time. I’m always looking for natural protein choices (in addition to tofu, PB, nuts, etc…) since I don’t eat much meat. Though I tolerate Splenda, I don’t like artificial sweeteners in yogurt – gross, and most have so MUCH sugar that well, they’re just not possible… I recently tried Stonyfield’s greek yogurt (15 grams of carbs per serving and fairly LF) – lots of fruit on the bottom and creamy. Last night I tried Chobani (on sale at our grocery store and meets the sugar/fat requirements). Not bad. Creamy and thick. 21 grams of carbs, I believe? Reasonable. Less fruit than Stonyfield, but a little less $$, too. Glad to see it’s on your list of good stuff. 🙂 Thoughts on other brands you’ve tried?
Thanks for sharing!
Fage is my absolute favorite, but at $2 a container, not in my grocery budget! I can usually get Chobani for $1.29, which isn’t too bad.
That’s a sweet gym and deal you got! Wish I had one of those virtual machines for this winter!
Oh my, your gym is BE-A-U-TIFUL! Enjoy it you lucky gal!
Yum this looks great! Have you tried the salt yet?
Chef E
http://cookappeal.blogspot.com/
ooh great gym and great price! Nice! That shrimp looks awesome – love the sound of the ingredients!
That gym looks nice. I hate my gym, but it’s cheap and they sort of have a monopoly on gyms in the area anyway.
wow, that gym looks amazing…and so does that meal! YUM!
Also, did you design your own header or have someone make it for you? I LOVE IT! I’m looking for a change and don’t know where to go – any help would be really appreciated! Thanks! 🙂
The photo is from iStock.com – it only cost me $6! 😀
Enjoy the gym! It looks great!
The shrimp look & sound fantastic!
Have a great, long weekend!
Man, I want your gym. Mine is good, but we definitely don’t have fancy machines like that!
And I guess technically I have a 3 day weekend, although I don’t really have regular work weeks right now anyways. But I’m away for 3 days, and it happens to fall over a weekend, so we’ll go with it!
Wow, that gym looks incredible!!! You like spicy food, huh? Not me, but I do love shrimp!
Wow, that gym looks fantastic, Biz! Wish ours had an Expresso bike, that looks really cool. (Although I’m pretty happy with my gym overall.) Glad you’ll get to enjoy spin class again!
And I think I’m going to have to get a cast-iron skillet for our BBQ, because your shrimp and scallop dishes look heavenly. And because our kids hate it when we cook seafood indoors. 😉
WOW! That gym looks like a spa!!