She’s a Plate Cleaner!

Happy Sunday!

I feel like I’m in some sort of time warp because it’s 2:30 and I’m just getting home from the gym and lunch now and we left this morning at 10!! We definitely didn’t work out THAT long this morning, although we met a couple friends at the gym and had a great exercise session.

I had a GREAT new breakfast this morning which actually kept me going for over 5 hours. I like to eat every 3 hours but I didn’t have a choice since the line for the cafe at lunch took an hour. Needless to say, I was quite ready by the time the food came at 1:30! As for my breakfast, I had 1/4 cup steel cut oats made a banana and 3/4 cup water and I stirred 1/2 scoop of protein powder into the end product as well as a big spoonful of almond butter. The protein powder must have added that kick because I had a great session at the gym and felt very energized all morning long. Woohoo!!

I did shoulders/triceps/biceps at the gym and here was my routine today:

2 minutes on the treadmill to warm up

3 sets of triceps pulldown. 30 lbs

3 sets of lateral raises. 15 lbs

3 sets of shoulder presses with dumbbells. 20 lbs

3 sets of lying triceps extension. 30 lbs

3 sets of hammer curls. 15 lb dumbbells

3 sets of bicep curls with cable machine. 20 lbs

3 sets of assisted pullups. 30 lbs assisted weight

And then after lifting, Ryan, Erin and our friend Jeff and I all put on our bathing suits and goggles and headed out to swim some laps. I am very very very new to swimming since I really never took swim lessons as a kid and never swam actual strokes growing up. I was always a doggy paddle kind of girl. I’m trying to get better at it since Ryan loves it so much and it would be a fun exercise we can do together. He was michael phelps in the pool today and I swam about 6-7 laps doing the breast stroke until I passed out on the side of the pool.

We went to my faaaaaavorite cafe for lunch: Daily Eats. I ALWAYS order the exact same thing! The greek egg white omelet with whole wheat toast and fruit and I smother it in ketchup and hot sauce :). The omelet is filled with kalamata olives, tomatoes and feta cheese and is sooo delicious. Ryan and I also split an order of turkey sausage but I ate two of the links and he only got one. I also ate the other half of his toast but gave him most of my fruit. Haha poor Ryan. My body was starving for carbs and just food in general at this point and I cleaned my entire plate in about five minutes flat and then was STILL HUNGRY!!!!!!! Can you believe that? I think I will have a little snack in about an hour and drink some water. It was sure delicious!!

We are out to run some errands then relax on this Sunday afternoon. See you all in a bit!