Got out of bed and went swimming this morning??!!
Part of our summer membership at the park district by our office includes lap swim from 6 to 8 a.m. I was meeting my friend this morning at 6:30, so when the alarm went off at 6, I knew I had to get going – what a great motivator knowing she was waiting for me!
Neither of us are great swimmers, so we actually swam in the deep end, not the actual swim lanes – we looked on with envy as these people swam like they were on a swim team! But we had our paddle boards and probably did at least 20 laps in 30 minutes. At one point I was doing the back stroke and looking at blue skies and birds flying by – what an awesome way to start the day!
Breakfast yesterday was my good ole egg sammie with watermelon. Breakfast comes in at 398 calories, 42 carbs, 25 protein, 16.4 fat and 3 fiber.
I did 35 minutes on the elliptical machine while watching Rachael Ray again. She made this delicious (well, it looked good!) lemon garlic sirloin tip recipe that I definitely want to recreate.
Lunch was a 6 ounce baked new potato with a cup of my buffalo chicken chili with an ounce of cheese – this was so filling! Lunch: 566 calories, 68 carbs, 28 protein, 21 fat and 13.1 fiber.
So you may remember I had baked fish and chips on the menu. The more I thought about it, the more I decided to fry them. One tip for crispy fries was to soak them in water at least an hour or overnight. I cut mine up yesterday morning and they sat on the counter all day.
I lost a few that weren’t completely submerged:
Then I did a simple beer batter: 1 cup flour to 1 can beer, salt, pepper and Old Bay seasoning.
The verdict? Underwhelming. You have to cook the fries first at 320 to blanch them, then cook them a second time at 375. It took me 50 minutes to make that plate above! Between waiting for the deep fryer to get to temperature, I was almost embarrassed to serve this dinner. 🙁 Guess they all can’t be winners!
Stats for Tuesday:
- 1453 calories, 168 carbs, 92 protein, 46 fat and 19.8 fiber
- 35 minutes on elliptical
I still have 25 minutes before I have to leave for work – happy hump day!
WOW. its like KFC fries and chicken and McDonald’s egg mcmuffins made healthier, whole, and EVEN YUMMIER LOOKING! geez im always in awe when i see your food- it just gets better and better!
so happy u jumped on in that pool! nice size and gorgeous layout- better than the usualy square/rectangle ones to swim in haha
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Good job on the swimming. I’d do better getting there if I had someone to go with too!
That pool looks so relaxing. What a great way to start the day especially in this hot and humid weather.
Go you – I bow in awe at your swimming! Did you ever think you’d be getting up early to swim? What motivation to have a friend waiting for you…that really does help. You are awesome with your workouts!!!
Swimming outdoors rocks. So far I’ve done all mine in my gym’s pool. Soon I’ll get outside!
I love swimming first thing in the morning! But I don’t do it often enough…
What a great way to start your day!!!! The pool looks beautiful!
I’m so sorry that your fries took so long!
I soak fries for about a half hour before cooking, but then I season them and bake in the oven until they are done, turning them every ten minutes or so to make them crispy! It works well!
Oooo, I love swimming! If my gym had a swimming pool, it would be absolutely perfect. For now, I use the community pool a few miles from my work about once a week; it’s great, but they might stop keeping it open year-round, now that the master’s swim team moved to a different location. Keeping my finger crossed that they stay year-round, because the other options are really expensive.
And your dinner looks really good…sorry it turned out underwhelming. Breakfast and lunch seem to have made up for it, though. 🙂
Swimming is the best summer work out! Looks like it was a gorgeous morning too!
Sorry dinner was underwhelming – that’s a bummer 🙁
Hope you’re having a great Wednesday!
Way to go Biz! Anyone who gets up that early in the morning is a hero in my book! 🙂
Sucks about the fish and chips, but don’t worry too much. Your percentage for delicious dinners is still VERY high!
The potato looks awesome! Sorry the fish and chips didn’t work out well. LOVE the photo at the top!
That is an awesome way to start the day. Ryan swims laps during his lunch hour. It is a very good work out. Sorry your fries did not turn out so well.
ALL of these meals look absolutely scrumptious as usual ESPECIALLY the fish & chips.
i cant believe you got up so early to go to the pool and workout — congrats! that’s awesome!
I don’t know if you have tried this, but one trick from aqua aerobics is to put the kick board in front of you so that it is vertical in the water – the more of the board submerged the better. Then you do your laps with it – it adds resistance. I really miss aqua aerobics!
I hate when I work so hard at dinner and it stinks 🙁 Sorry I feel your pain! lol I want that baked potato- BAD! 🙂
That DOES sound like a great way to start the day! What a beautiful pool, too. I don’t like to swim, but I LOVE to swim outside. I swear I would do it more often if I had a pool in my backyard. I’m gonna work on that. 😉
Biz…that looks good, i’m sad it didn’t taste quite as good! I’m just glad to see you using old bay!
You, my friend, are dedicated to swim that early in the morning. It makes me jealous that I am not a morning person!
Well, dinner sure does LOOK good!! 🙂
What an envigorating way to start the day!! I wish we had a pool!!