Another train delay caused me not to get into work until 9:30. Second day in a row. This time it was the train in front of us, which was a local train, so they dumped all the people off at one station, we picked them up, and my express train was now a local train and made all.the.stops to Chicago. Gah.
I brought yogurt to make a parfait, but by the time I put it together at 10:00 a.m., the yogurt was room temperature, so I put the whole thing in the fridge for 30 minutes and ate this at 10:30. 6 smart points – 2 for the yogurt and 4 for the Kind chocolate granola.
I’ve decided that since I am working out at night now, to switch up my meals and eat what I typically would eat for dinner at lunch, and have lighter meals for dinner. Perfectly normal to cook up a pork chop and saute apples at 6:15 in the morning, right?
I also had zucchini that I cooked for my side, but sadly forgot that on the stove. My sister, our friend Jenny and I walked to Mariano’s on our lunch walk, and I picked up 1/4 pound of this quinoa corn and edamame salad and some tear drop grapes, which were delicious. I’ve seen them before online, but never in person.
My afternoon snack was some canteloupe (I have yet to have good canteloupe this summer) and an apple with 2 tablespoons of chocolate PB2. I was still hungry at 5:00, so unphotographed was a banana dipped in 2 tablespoons of granola.
I think my Fitbit is officially broken. I’ve switched the battery, and it doesn’t seem to matter where I put it – on my bra, on my shoe or on my pants, all of a sudden it will just reset itself to zero. I had just looked down before I went on my lunch at walk and had 4900 steps. When I got back I checked it and it was back to zero. Getting a new one is not in the budget, and while I realize I don’t need a Fitbit to tell me how many steps I do, I did enjoy the challenges.
Last night was Day 8 of Insanity. But I’ve switched it up. I am moving to Insanity Max:30. Still a 60 day program, but they are only 30 minutes long – and intense! Because I am going to Planet Fitness later at night, this 30 minute workout is perfect, and truth be told, I was kind of sick of the same old Insanity videos, because they repeat every third day or say.
Schweaty!
I ate dinner around 8:30. I made chicken taco lettuce wraps. Six ounces of chicken (4) 1/2 cup drained corn (2) with green chiles and chopped baby peppers. This was filling and I didn’t feel my dinner at all when I was working out later.
As I was letting my dinner settle, I had things I wanted to do: downloan my pictures for the day, put my food togehter for today, when Hannah asked if I wanted to play a game of Yatzhee before we went to the gym. Yep! Always say yes if your child asks to do something with you. 😀
Um, welcome to the gun show! Ha – I love this pic though 😀
I am starting to see some definition in my shounders, which is nice! Now if I could just get rid of my tummy, I’d be happy. I know it will come in time, so it’s all good.
Because we pay the $19 a month, we get full access to the “spa” area. I tried the red light therapy last night. It’s 12 minutes long, you stand up, the floor vibrates and there is music playing. I am not sure how I feel about it. Standing for 12 minutes after doing the 30 minute circuit, abs and stretching, I wished I could have laid down like in a tanning bed. Apparently it’s good for your skin? Anyone else heard of this? Is it bullshit?!
The best part was the 10 minute message chair – at 11:00 p.m. at night. Perfect way to end the day. We were home by 11:20, I was in bed by 11:30 (asleep in 1 minute!) and I woke up at 6:30 this morning, so a solid 7 hours of sleep.
It’s so weird, because literally all Tony and I did after dinner was watch t.v. Basically from 7:30 until 11:00. Now I don’t watch t.v. except for Friday nights, and occassionally on the weekend, and I really don’t miss it. Everyone has the same 24 hours, do you feel you have enough time to get everything done that you want?
Curious minds want to know – how many hours of t.v. do you think you watch every day or week?
Make it a great day!
By now the Fitbit problem is solved, and am glad because I like the challenge with you and the others.
I had the same problem though and had to buy a new one too beginning of this year.
Right now I actually watch 2 hours TV a week. On Monday night a Dutch show about elderly that go on vacation for 6 weeks and it’s very simple but love to watch it and on Tuesday nights I watch the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
Normally I watch one or two Netflix episodes of some show about 2 nights a week. I have never been someone that watched TV a lot.
I’m usually a lurker but had to chime in regarding the red light therapy question. I too do the $20 PF membership, and always joke they should pay me because I’ve talked it up to so many people. I went in as a skeptic regarding the red light, but actually use it BEFORE I work out a few times a week, and LOVE it. Using it before makes my muscles feel warmed up and ready to move, and I have absolutely noticed a difference in my skin (softness, lines, and especially sun damage!) with regular use after several months. I’d say give it a go for a few weeks and see if you like it! 🙂
If you haven’t already, try giving Fitbit support a call. I did because my battery was acting wonky and they sent me a new replacement free of charge. They’ve always been wonderful to me- Worth a try!
Thank you! Someone else suggested that too and I am going to try that as well – thanks Em! 😀
I barely watch TV. If I am lucky maybe an hour or two every other week. I would like to set aside one hour a night to watch a show (I was in the middle of the Sopranos a while ago but then life got in the way) but it’s so hard to make time after getting the kids to bed!!
I have a fitbit I’m not using. I will email you.
Friday night seems to be the one night where I don’t mind watching mindless stuff for a couple hours – its my rest day so there is no guilt that I “should be doing something else!” Thanks again for the offer for the fitbit! 😀
Pork chops and apples sound good! I am not a big TV watcher, so I don’t watch during the week, but I gotta watch my Game of Thrones on Sunday nights.
Jacob will actually shout out “two hours until Game of Thrones!”
TV habits vary a lot! I would say that most days, I don’t watch any.
Maybe 1-2 nights a week, I can watch a single 42 minute show on Hulu.
Weekends, a bit more. Maybe 2-3 shows a day.
Kids are at about 1-1.5 hours a day right now. More on weekends, but that ends soon when school starts. No TV or electronics in the morning on school days.
I suppose if I had little kids that would change! I am having a sleep over with two girls ages 4 and 8 on Friday night – going to watch some kid movies – would love some recommendations on Hulu or Netflix! (I only have Hannah’s old Disney VHS tapes, with no VCR!). 😀
I always feel like I have so much to do at home and never enough time to do it. Which is especially frustrating when I don’t have enough to to at work because then I sit there thinking about what I could be doing at home.
Red light therapy = bull. Hahaha!
I was reminded how boring my day is when my boss was out of town for two weeks – I used to having nothing to do all day for years!
I’m going to call BS on that red light therapy…whatEVER, Planet Fitness! It’s great that you and Hannah are going together – I think that makes it so much more fun (says the social exerciser).
Yep, I am going to agree with you on the red light therapy – I tried it, it wasn’t for me – I’ll just stick to the hydro message at the end of my workout, thank you very much 😀
one of my fave quotes is “remember that beyonce has the same number of hours in the day as you.” LOL <3
I follow Steve Weatherford on Instagram, and same thing – he manages to pack so much into a day – such an inspiration!
The quinoa corn and edamame salad looks like something I would really enjoy. All your eats for today look pretty tasty. Way to go, you and Hannah doing a late night work out. Let us know how the red light therapy goes. I personally think you already have great skin, it always has a great healthy glow. Keep up the great work!
I need to recreate that recipe Kym, it was so good! I have been blessed with good skin, and I don’t do anything to it to warrant that – good genes – thanks Momma!