Sometimes when I take a few days off from the gym, my next workout feels more difficult than usual. I’m sure it’s all mental, but getting back into the gym after a weekend of pounding down lots of holiday food just feels hard.
My workout yesterday was tough. I felt my body huffin’ and puffin’ much earlier in my workout than usual. Today wasn’t so bad. I have a feeling tomorrow will be even better.
My workout this morning began on the treadmill beside Ryan. As some of you may remember, Ryan added 20 minutes of cardio to his workouts during Lent and decided to keep it going now that Easter has come and gone. I must admit, I love having a cardio buddy in the beginning of my workout!
My 20 minutes on the treadmill were spent alternating back and forth between running and incline walking in a workout that looked like this:
Minutes | Incline | Pace |
0-5 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
5-10 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
10-13 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
13-18 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
18-20 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
After my time on the treadmill was done, I did 10 minutes on the stair master and 20 minutes on the elliptical before heading over to the bike where I pretended to workout and really just read blogs on my phone while waiting for Ryan to finish.
I read like a blog over the weekend, so I had lots of blog reading to catch up on and knocked a bunch out while lightly peddling on the bike.
Breakfast
Hooray!!! Smoothie time!
After a three-day hiatus, the smoothie bowl returned in full-force this morning and I was in heaven.
In today’s mix:
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 3/4 c. frozen strawberries
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1 1/2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 2 pinches xanthan gum
- 1 large handful fresh spinach
- 1 1/2 c. almond milk
It was just as glorious as I remembered! Including fruits and veggies in my morning meal made me feel like I recharged my commitment to healthy living.
I’m back, baby!
This morning’s smoothie was particularly voluminous. I felt like I could’ve dove right into the bowl and done the backstroke and still had room. Okay, maybe not, but it was quite large. I’m nice and full now!
Time for work! I’m not gonna lie, I kind of wish I was staying home curled up on the couch next to Sadie even though the stench her little hiney is producing this morning is seriously rank.
Please tell me some of you out there have gassy pets. Sadie is seriously a flatulence fiend.
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