I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it 5,000 times more… I love BodyPump!
It felt so good to be back in the gym taking my all-time favorite group exercise class after more than two weeks away. I must admit I was a little nervous about how the class would go and whether or not I’d be able to handle the load of my typical weights.
Good news! I powered through and left the class feeling strong, but with very fatigued muscles. I have a feeling I’ll be sore tomorrow.
After the gym, Ryan and I came home and took Sadie on a one-mile walk before breakfast.
Breakfast
Last night I prepped a bowl of uber chocolaty overnight oats as I was packing my lunch. About 20 minutes before bed, I opened the fridge for a glass of water when my bowl of overnight oats stared back at me.
“Eat me,” it beckoned. “I’m soooo chocolaty and delicious!”
Not one to ignore the coaxing of breakfast foods, I ate it up. Having just demolished my breakfast before bed, I obviously had to remake my oats last night.
Today’s breakfast was uber chocolaty overnight oats: round two!
It was just as good as round one and I was glad I took the time to remake it after scarfing down the original bowl.
I topped my overnight oats with frozen banana slices and enjoyed them along with a small bowl of raw cashews that I ended up dumping into the bowl of overnight oats as well.
Raw cashews are good. And I am a tool.
This meal felt extra special because I ate it with the nifty spoon I nabbed as a free gift from Bucherer in Switzerland.
Remember???
Aw, now I wanna go back. Switzerland was seriously unreal. I miss the mountains!
Unfortunately instead of hiking up Mount Pilatus today, I’ll be heading off to work, which is almost as fun.
I’ll be back for lunch!
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I have been meaning to buy some raw cashews for Katie’s Fudge Babies, but they are always so expensive! I need to meander over to the bulk bins…
The first time I did body pump my entire body felt like Jello. Hope you are not too sore!
Wow so I just looked at your typical weights you use for BodyPump–that’s pretty impressive! But how do you fit that much weight on your barbell? In all the BodyPump classes that I’ve taken there are only 1lb, 2.5lb, and 5lb plates to put on the barbell. So for squats it seems that you would have to put on 5 plates on each side…yikes! The instructors don’t even use that much!
my class has 10 lb. weights
i love raw cashews too : )
right that’s it- I’m going to try chocolate overnight oats!! they look soo good. I’ve mixed them all up and already sneaked a few spoonfuls…. can’t wait for breakfast! xox
I was hesitant about your overnight oats because I’m pretty particular about the consistency of my oatmeal. But I tried this chocolate oats recipe last night (I’m a bit of a chocolate freak) and LOVE it!! Thanks for the idea 🙂