Today’s morning workout began with 20 minutes of light cardio on the elliptical. I spent my time on the elliptical reading the new Publix FamilyStyle magazine. Have any of my fellow Publix shoppers flipped through their new free magazine? I was quite impressed with the clean layout and gorgeous photography.
After browsing lots of ridiculously tasty looking recipes in the magazine, I entered the weight room more ready to dig into a five-grain salad and some flan than to workout. Fortunately once I got through the first exercise of my lower body and abs circuit workout, my motivation to work out returned.
I can already tell I am going to be awfully sore tomorrow. Those single leg deadlifts kill me! The stability ball roll-ins that I fell in love with through Tina’s Best Body Boot Camp kicked my boo-tay! I tried to do them slower than usual and that definitely increased the challenge. Yikes!
Breakfast
Breakfast this morning started with a banana that I ate while preparing a batch of scrambled eggs.
Today’s eggs were scrambled with milk, parmesan cheese, zucchini and half of an avocado.
Avocado, I adore you.
I’m signing off for the morning with two pictures of Sadie that I snapped on my phone last night within 60 seconds of each other that will hopefully make you smile.
Sadie went from this…
To this…
In less than 60 seconds.
She’s a moooonster.
Question of the Morning
- What is your favorite magazine? Have you discovered any new gems out there recently?
Single leg deadlifts kill me too. They always seem to make me sore for days! I’ve been LOVING avocado lately too! Yum!
Ashley @ My Food N Fitness Diaries
Do you look at Matchbook Magazine? I love that!
alyssa – life a la wife
stability ball roll-ins – love those! reminds to break out my stability ball and so some
Sadie is too cute, Jax does similar faces. One thing that I just love about Vizslas they have such cute face expressions. Always can make me laugh!
purelylori
Love step ups- they always leave me sore!
Khushboo
I’ve kind of been obsessed with HGTV magazine haha. It’s great inspiration for decorating and organizing your home, plus they list the websites where all the products can be found. A little dangerous!
Meghan @ After the Ivy League
OUTSIDE magazine, it’s where I get all of my adventure trip ideas! And now I have an amazing husband to drag along
Christina Nickles
I love Oxygen magazine, lots of great info, workouts and and recipes.
Lindsey
I have so many magazines sitting in my apartment but zero time to read them. I’m hoping to bring them home with me for Christmas!
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats
Sadie cracks me up! I love expressive dogs.
Amanda @ Romancing the Unusual
I love magazines! I like reading All You, Taste of Home, Food Network, and Rachael Ray.
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope
OMG. I was just thinking the other day how I LOVED single leg dead lifts! That’s funny. I’m totally sore after doing them, but in a good way.
I recently discovered Oxygen Magazine, and am in love. Fitness magazines are amazing, in general, but Oxygen is great.
Beks
Sadie is so stinkin cute!!
Southern Living is my favorite right now.
laurie
I actually really love Oxygen which is strangely enough one of the only magazines I don’t subscribe to.
Also, you totally got me craving avocado!
Alex @ Healthy Life Happy Wife
Seriously, I have turned into a magazine hoarder lately! I love them for new recipes… Ive been in a cooking rut lately.
Great workout! SLD KILL me too! I’m sore for days afterwards!
Candice
i used to be a magazine hoarder, too! now i just rip out the recipes i want and stick them in a folder and then take my old magazines to the gym for other people to read after i am done. it’s also nice to have a bunch of recipes i’m dying to try in one place!
peanutbutterfingers
I do the same! But have taped them to pages in my cookbook. It helps me keep them organized a little bit more.
Candice
I just recently started adding avocado to my eggs and I am so glad that I have…delicious!! I also love spreading avocado on toast and topping it with a bit of salsa. It is SO good!
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl
I really like Women’s Health, plus Kerry Washington is on the cover and she looks AMAZING! I like to read it when I’m on the elliptical, such motivation!
ashleynelsonTX
i think she is absolutely stunning!
peanutbutterfingers
Sadie is adorable!! I love magazines, especially real simple, glamour, and vanity fair!
Molly @ Happy&Healthy
Haha Sadie is adorable! Great workout, I can’t wait to try it!
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance
Your breakfast is making hungrier!
I love Outside, Runners World, and Sunset magaines.
Joelle (On a Pink Typewriter)
Any type of deadlift always gets to me the next day, but abs are almost never sore! Those pictures were hysterical!
Stefanie @ Thin Vegetarian
I love Fitness Magazine! But I may be a bit biased
Samantha
Family Circle is a great magazine for parents of teenagers (which I know you don’t have, but some of your readers might). It also has recipes and decorating stuff all in a pretty thin magazine…which I love because I can actually get through it.
Sadie’s adorable by the way!
Sonja @ The {Happy} Travel Bug
I have been LOVING avocado lately too!
My favorite magazines are Oxygen and Women’s Health.
Danica @ It’s Progression
So excited to use this circuit! Thanks for posting. I was tyring to put something together and you’ve included the excersises I was thinking about and more. Thanks!
Bobbi
I love stability ball roll-ins, too! They’re killer; I always know I’m going to be super sore the next day, but they’re one of my favorite exercises for my legs.
Molly @ Just Your Average Athlete
I like Women’a Health and currently have a subscription to Marie Claire that was a gift. I’m also admittedly a sucker for tabloids…but I get too distracted to read a magazine while I workout. I do enjoy dowloadable books though – they free up your hands!
Victoria @ Reluctantly Skinny
Who couldn’t use a lil’ extra abs n’ lower-body help, eh?
I like Oxygen, Fitness RX, and Women’s Health fairly well, but I’m too cheap to actually purchase any of them since I get so much workout/recipe inspo online.
Wish we had Publix in NC! I want one of those special holiday subs.
Tiff (@LoveSweatBeers)
Oh Sadie. How you always manage to make me smile.
She is so adorable!
Kristen @ notsodomesticated
Oh, dear! Love silly Sadie! Your breakfasts always look so filling and yummy, but I have never eaten veggies in the morning. Any tips on how to start liking that? I always do something sweet for breakfast, but I’d like to branch out.
Melissa @ Freeing Imperfections
I love People magazine and Cosmo and all the bridal magazines and I’m planning for a wedding this summer! haha
Erin @ Girl Gone Veggie
i like woman’s world because it comes out weekly and is a quick read. i found your blog because of a publix magazine.
mj
haha That last picture kills me. She has such a personality!
Ashlee
single leg deadlifts always kill me too! i love women’s health for a magazine!
Linz @ Itz Linz
I love Women’s Health and Fitness magazine…but I’m also currently obsessed with Bon Appetit and Cooking Light (is that weird? nope!) Single leg deadlifts leave me with serious jello legs. Ouuuuuuch.
Claire @ Keeping Up With Claire
I love single deadlifts & stability ball roll-ins too. Hurts SO good
Annette@FitnessPerks
My favorite magazines are Time, Food Network and People (but only if I like the cover story)
Elisabeth
Mmm, I love avocado, too!
Erica @ For the Sake of Cake
I love Clean Eating magazine and anything that features lots of desserts! Even if I don’t end up making them, I like to peruse through them at the store because of the beautiful pictures.
Ellie@Fit for the Soul
O my gosh, don’t get me started on magazines. I’m a magazine nut. I love pretty much all of the women’s health and fitness magazines, cooking magazines, and home decor magazines. There’s way too many to list!
I love that you bring your magazines to the gym when you’re finished with them. I don’t do too much magazine reading, or reading in general, at the gym, but it’s always a treat to see a Fitness or a Women’s Health magazine lying around to peruse if I’d like. 
Ali @ WHOLEistically Fit
I don’t buy magazines often (I wish I did!), but I am a sucker for celebrity gossip..so I usually opt for In Touch. I have been wanting to get into more cooking/home&garden type magazines, though!
Steph @ Water, Extra Ice
Love Cooking Light and Runner’s World! If I’m on the elliptical, I usually go for a good gossip magazine like People, though.
kim@hungryhealthygirl
I did so many step-ups on Tuesday that i dont want to do another one for a while, but I’m going to save this for when my legs are back to normal.
Thanks!
Rachel@Running Daze
I love reading fitness magazines, like Shape and Fitness. It gives me a little bit of motivation!
Katie
That poor puppy needs a nap!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More
hior eac
what is a DEAD Leg LIFT i have a osu and pilates reformer wtih stand and an eplytpical?
BUT dont know what u call a dead leg lift , how many reps and sets do u do for each exercise mentioned
thanks
DAVIA
DAVIA DAVIS
My new favorite magazine is called, life: beautiful.
It’s faith based and just really, really lovely!
Shannon
I always love your workouts. Do you have any suggestions for what to replace the exercises that involve a stability ball with? I don’t have one at home right now and don’t want to just skip the exercises!
Danielle
Nice lower body workout, the single leg deadlifts are challenging but great for strength and balance. I posted a lower body workout today too, you might enjoy some of the side lying exercises to add to your routine to get some lateral work! A good fitness to read once you take your NASM certification is their own publication, The Training Edge. Good luck with studying!
Jacquelyn B
Pictures of Sadie are one of my favorite parts of your blog! She cracks me up and I can’t wait to live somewhere that allows pets!
Brittany Smith
I like super food ideas, healthy food guide or Women’s Health! Oh and some trashy mags are always good to read in times of bored-ness
Bek @ Crave