Back in the gym nice and early for another quality workout!
Today’s workout began with 20 minutes on the elliptical.
While peddling away, I watched a story about an adorable puppy that was rescued from a trash bag in Orlando. A horrible breeder threw the puppy away because it couldn’t walk. (It has a condition called “swimmer puppy syndrome” where puppies remain on their chest and their chest wall flattens out.)
With the help of hydrotherapy in the pool and massages, the puppy, Harper, is taking her first steps at 11 weeks old.
(Photo courtesy of Flyin Fur Pet Photography)
How adorable is Harper!? Those eye bore right into my soul. I hope she lives a long and happy life.
After my time on the elliptical was up, it was off to the weight room to complete a leg workout that included the following exercises:
- Squats
- Lunges
- Deadlifts
- One-legged leg press
- Hamstring curls
I upped my weights during squats today and worked hard to get 100 squats again. This time I needed a break after 60 squats in a row, but I finished the remaining 40 in one swoop.
My legs felt fatigued but not totally beat after this workout which is a good thing since I have a five-mile run on the agenda tomorrow.
Breakfast
Breakfast today was protein-packed!
Do you guys add milk to your scrambled eggs? I always do, but Ryan never does.
My scrambled eggs were made with two eggs, two small chicken breakfast sausages, milk and a quarter of a cup of shredded cheese.
The sausages really amped up the flavor profile of this dish.
Page Updates
Yesterday I spent some time revamping a couple of my recipe pages to hopefully make them a little more organized with the use of categories. I added new favorite recipes to the mix as well!
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Desserts, Baked Goods and Sweet Treats (<— Definitely make the pumpkin spice cookies on this page this fall! They’re Ryan’s all-time favorite cookie and are ridiculously easy to make.)
Of Possible Interest
- Tabata: The Four-Minute Miracle Workout (Shape.com)
- Low Impact Exercises for That Time of the Month (FitSugar.com)
- My Guest Post on Work Your Closet (WorkYourCloset.blogspot.com)
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Aww Harper is so cute!! Why would you THROW IT OUT? I mean, put it down if there’s something wrong with the thing, dont put it in a trash bag. UGH!
Ugh i feel like I made those pumpkin spice cookies wrong b/c i didnt like them? They were too puffy and I thought they had no flavor… did i undercook them? Wah!
Bizarre fact: I never knew that people added milk to their eggs until my boyfriend called me out for NOT doing so. I thought HE was the crazy one!
Your lunch post needs to be up ASAP so I don’t have to see that puppy any more. She’s so freaking cute! I love the video of her walking.
totally add milk to eggs for scrambling! sometimes if i dont have milk, i make them anyway!
I always used to add milk to my eggs, but saw on a cooking show they are actually fluffier if you add a little bit of water to them instead. I do that now, and I really think the water is the trick.
what is wrong with people? OMG! I am not even a pet owner, so I don’t even fully understand what this means, but as a human being, I do NOT understand how you could do this to a living, breathing animal. How hard is it to take the animal to a shelter at the very least? My God what is this world coming to. What a pretty puppy!
oh my goodness that story about harper broke my heart… what a terrible, terrible thing to treat animals like that.
This post made me a big crying mess! How could anyone throw away an animal?!?! They should honestly go to jail in my opinion.
I add milk to my eggs unless I’m lazy or in a hurry. Your leg work outs have me inspired to do 100 squats! We did 100 push ups (not in a row–that’d be impossible for me!) in bodyworks last week and it made me feel so accomplished!
omgshhhh what a cute puppy and what a sad sad story~but glad she’s better, I hope? 🙂
And I love Tabata style workouts!! Basically intervals, just more intense. 😀 I would like to someday try that on the elliptical, I bet it’s grueling!
My heart melted when I saw the photo – I couldn’t get past how blue her eyes are!
What a sweet pup! This is ours: http://cueyourlife.com/2011/09/01/introducing/
I’d take on this pup anyday! Love the blog!
omg. i can’t believe they would just throw a puppy away like that! thank god harper was rescued.
i need to go hug my dog now.
I cannot believe how cruel people are, I mean, really, who in their right mind could EVER do such a thing?!?!?!?!?! I want to go find whoever did that and stuff them in a trash bag and see how they like it!!!
But that puppy is so adorable, animals will always have a special place in my heart:)
I would like to make that puppy mine!! He has stolen my heart with those eyes. <3
Way to make me bust out crying at work…lol, and I am not a quiet crier. I had to tell my boss I was getting sick, now I’m a pariah. Whoops. Poor puppy. 🙁 That’s so horrible.
I don;t know how I missed this! 🙁 We have a Weimeraner… love them!!!)
Oh my gosh this made me so sad!!!! How could you toss away THE CUTEST THING ON THE PLANET. Some people are so stupid and dumb.
I used to add milk to my eggs until I found out that adding water makes them fluffier!