Yesterday was Day 3 of the “Cleanse” and I was up and out the door again in the dark. The key for me is not to snooze – because once I hit the snooze, I could literally be back asleep in less than 10 seconds and before I know it an hour has gone by. Another chili morning – there was frost on the ground!
I like how the clouds in the back almost look like mountains.
I just looked up my leg exercise on my iPhone and went to town. It was legs and when I first looked down it said “we are just going to work our legs today – it’s a cardio rest day.” Huh. I didn’t remember seeing that before.
- Leg extensions: 2 warm-up sets with lighter weight for 30 reps
- Wide stance barbell squat: 2 lighter sets of 15 reps, 2 heavier sets to failure
- Leg press: 4 sets of 8 reps
- Walking Barbell Lunges: 3 sets of 20 reps
- Barbell Step-ups: 3 sets of 10 reps
- Plié Dumbbell squat: 3 sets of 15 reps
- Standing calf raise: 3 sets of 20 reps, last set to failure
- Donkey calf raise or Leg press calf raise: 3 sets of 20 reps, last set to failure
Yep, that set above took me 40 minutes to complete. For the lunges I did one lunge to the right, then one to the left and that was 1 rep – after 60 total reps my legs were on fire! I almost have camel toe in this picture below – you’re welcome.
I’ve had a taste for oatmeal lately, and when I saw Abbe’s recipe for baked pumpkin oatmeal, I was sold. I adapted it with what I had on hand, and ditched the extra fruit on top to lower the carbs. Thanks for the inspiration Abbe!
Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal
- makes 2 servings: 304 calories, 14 fat, 37 carbs, 8.3 fiber, 9.4 protein
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 cup oats
- 3/4 cup pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons sugar free pancake syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1.25 cups unsweetened almond milk
Heat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients together, put in a small casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes, or until the edges start to pull away from the dish.
I was hungry when I got back from the gym, so I wish I had a better picture, but this is a keeper – swear to God it tastes like the inside of a pumpkin pie. Since this is high in carbs, I alternated between eating a bite of the oatmeal, then a bit of vanilla Chobani so that I didn’t have a blood sugar spike. So good! Not only that, this piece below has a whopping 292% of your daily Vitamin A and 39% of your daily Calcium.
No work interruptions yesterday, so I was able to hit the pool at lunch for a nice, medium paced 30 minute swim. I have to tell you, by 10:30 my legs were sore from the strength, and the pool stretched it all out. Don’t let the sunny skies fool you – I think our high yesterday was 43 degrees!
Lunch was leftover black bean and barley chili that I had in the freezer. Normally I would have sprinkled the chili with cheddar cheese, and used homemade tortilla chips for dipping. I pretended my cut cucumbers were chips – ha, almost worked!
I bought a 100% whole wheat Boboli crust when Hannah and I went to the Entenmann’s outlet store a while back. When I was talking to Tony about dinner he said “when the hell are we going to have the Boboli and finally have some decent pizza around here?” Ha! First off, I never thought he would go for a whole wheat pizza crust, but I ran with it. See the two lines crossed through it? It was double marked down and only .99 cents.
Except fuck. I am not eating cheese on this cleanse. How am I going to eat pizza without cheese?
My side? Italian sausage, broccoli, red pepper and baby spinach. Tony’s side? Italian sausage, green olive and THREE, count them THREE kinds of cheese! I am so proud of myself that I didn’t taste a shred of that cheese while making it.
I finally decided to add hummus on my side! Just a couple tablespoons – this is the brand I buy – .99 cents a can and only 35 calories for 2 tablespoons.
The verdict? Amazeballs. This hummus has a lemony note to it and it was absolutely delicious. I had 3/4 of one half of this pizza – 416 calories, 49 carbs, 19 protein, 17 fat and 9.6 fiber.
Tony loves to text me weird shit throughout the day – here is an example of our banter. I can’t show what he started this string off with – he’s a dirty bird and our parents read the blog.
And while I was waiting for my lunch to heat up, I jumped on Facebook and couldn’t believe my eyes!
Tony put that sandwich on Facebook and said: “After being forced to give up my first sandwich love ( peanut butter and banana) this is now my nirvana….the perfect BLT!”
I had to comment and ask if we had a budding food blogger in the house?? To which he replied:
If I took the sandwich outside and put multi-colored leaves and acorns around it, I would be a food blogger. I just took a picture of a samich on the counter.
Ha Ha Ha!! I guess he’s seen me take probably 20,000 + pictures in the last five years? I love you Tony!
Stats for the Day:
- 1621 calories, 152 carbs, 102 protein, 73 fat and 32 fiber
- 39% of calories from fat, 24% from protein and 36% from carbs
- 40 minutes KILLER legs, 5 minute stretching before work
- 30 minute swim at lunch
Alright, off to the gym – today calls for arms/abs/cardio – and I have the correct workout, thank you very much.
Make it a great day!
I love it, the texts were hilarious and your camel toe comment cracked me up. I love that it is Tony in the texts, but the contact name on the phone is Jeff. He really does look more like a Tony.
You must be in Phase 2 of Jamie Eason. The actual week of workouts takes me about 1.5 weeks to complete because I’m still running. I know you’re not supposed to but I can’t stop! I like having some organization to weight training, something I’ve never had before. However, the workouts are getting longer.
Camel toe or not (lol) you are lookin fantastic! And Tony’s response about the food blogger pics cracked me up. Guess he knows what being a food blogger entails! haha. Why did he have to give up pb and banana sandwiches? I love those too and I usually drizzle on a bit of honey.
V – one particular night he had more than one sandwich and he levitated over the toilet all night – bam! He hasn’t eaten one since!
Glad we could make you laugh Dana!
You and Tony crack me up!
HAHAHA! I love your relationship with Tony. You two are bananas and it’s so much fun 🙂
You’re doing such a great job with your workouts and meal plan! Keep up the rad work!
Thanks Alex! Hope you are still loving your new life! 😀