Check out this morning’s breakfast!
Right now you’re only three ingredients away from a fantastic morning meal!
Last night I cooked up a batch of quinoa to have on had throughout the week. This morning I topped a cup of Chobani strawberry banana Greek yogurt with the cold quinoa and a sliced banana for a creamy quinoa breakfast bowl.
It was such an easy breakfast to throw together and I loved all the different textures and flavors. Though I probably prefer my barley breakfast bowls to this quinoa breakfast bowl, both are tasty and fun to eat.
Workout
Today’s workout was a strength workout courtesy of the Best Body Boot Camp program I’m following.
It was the easiest workout for me of all the boot camp workouts I’ve completed so far, which probably means I didn’t use weights that were challenging enough. I used the weights I’m used to using for certain exercises, but since the workout had me doing 10 reps instead of my typical 15, I definitely could’ve challenged myself more by selecting heavier weights.
Something to keep in mind for next week!
My favorite move today was the walking lunge with a medicine ball twist.
Me? Liking lunges? What?
I think the medicine ball twist helped distract me from the awfulness of the lunges and made me feel more powerful than I usually do when I’m just lunging. Believe me, I was shocked that I liked this move, too.
Off to download a new podcast and take Sadie for her morning walk before parkin’ my butt at the computer ‘til lunch!
See ya then!
Question of the Morning
- What strength training exercise or cardio workout are you loving lately?
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I never would have thought to add quinoa to a breakfast bowl. It looks delicious. 🙂
My trainer had me do medicine ball twists too! KILLER!
Lovely looking breakfast!! I like walking lunges, but I always feel like such a tool doing them around the gym!
Lately I have been loving jumping rope between sets! It is a great active rest and keeps my heart rate up! An exercise I have NOT been loving? Single leg barbell squats…. AH so hard!
Lately I have been loving lifting in general! I tried your treadmill interval workout from yesterday’s post and it had me huffing and puffing! I really enjoyed it!
I’m not following it to a T, but I’ve been adding in Live Fit upper body workouts 2-3 times a week – they can be done in about 30 minutes, most of the equipment I have at home, and I’m feeling so much stronger!
I love the stair-stepper! In 15 minute interval session, I build up such a sweat and my heart is racing!
I am a big of spider planks these days..such a great way to increase the intensity and do I dare say, it’s quite fun :)!
Ive never been able to venture into breakfast quinoa combos. yours looks good though!!!
And it makes me so happy every time I read you’re loving a workout. Now…go use heavier weights! << Sgt Tina, at your service 😉
oh gosh, that breakfast looks amazing! And I’ve found with Tina’s workouts that I need to check the reps before picking my weights, I did workout A yesterday and definitely upped weights for the sets with 8 reps!
Oooooh I randomly cooked up some quinoa yesterday too! This is looking like a good choice for breaky, haven’t had any yet 🙂
I’ve been loving overhead presses in bodypump! I feel so powerful! 🙂
I am such a breakfast quinoa lover! Especially with something sweet on top like greek yog! #nom
I hate lunges too – I’ll have to try those with the medicine ball to see if I like them better!
I love twists with a medicine ball, you can really feel the stretch in your waist, which I love! Another fun twist is to use a Stability ball in place of the medicine ball. Great exercise!
I never thought in a million years I’d say this but, pushups have slowly become my favorite now that I actually have the strength to do a few of them in a row. I’ve been doing 50 a day and it’s fun to see my strength improve and be able to do a few more in a row every day.
I love quinoa on my salads, but haven’t tried it for breakfast – sounds interesting! Yesterday I actually did one of your treadmill workouts and loved it (while hating it, too, haha) – the 25 Minute Treadmill Incline Workout. It definitely left me nice and sweaty, and I felt great 🙂
I just had quinoa for lunch 🙂 I really enjoyed those lunges as well even though my favorite exercise of the bootcamp workout was the oblique twist….I definitely felt the burn 🙂
Since you mentioned podcasts again, I was thinking you may like one called “Vinyl Cafe Stories.” I find them good for when I walk my pup. There are usually 3 stories told during each cast. It is a Canadian radio show but I think it can be enjoyed by all 🙂
I’m loving circuit training right now. I do that on the days I’m not running, and it kicks my booty! 😉
I never would have thought to add quinoa to my yogurt! I am going to have to try that! Does it keep you full?
I love walking lunges with a twist too–so fun!
And quinoa for b-fast is the bomb! Looks delicious.
I started doing BodyPump in October anf I’m addicted! Although, I will always hate lunges!!
I’ve never thought of doing quinoa for breakfast I always have used it in more savory meals. Good idea.
I have been really into squats lately and running!
quinoa for breakfast…hmm….I trust that it was yummy but I am skeptical!
I keep seeing Qinoa for breakfast but have yet to try it, it seems so weird to me!
I tried a barley bowl once and just didn’t like it for some reason, maybe I need to try again! I’m actually loving the one leg stability ball squats from the previous two weeks of bootcamp – I think they’re fun for some strange reason 🙂
I really tried to like quinoa, but it didn’t work. I may give it another try.
Hey Julie, I know you aren’t trying to lose weight or anything while doing the boot camp but I was wondering if you took any measurements or had any fitness goals? Do you plan on sharing any differences in your body?
i don’t really have any fitness goals with the boot camp and signed up because i was just looking for some new workouts and wanted a challenge. through the boot camp program we make two goals every week to try to stick to and mine have been drinking 9 glasses of water a day and eating 5 servings of fruits/veggies. i have felt like my balance/stability is improving from the workouts though, which is awesome!
Mmmmm I haven’t had quinoa in awhile and your breakfast looks like just the thing to make! My face strength move is the back rows!
I love quonia. I mix it with goat cheese, salsa, and tuna and it just hits the spot. So easy and fast.
I’m loving barre classes. Such an amazing workout!
I love simple breakfasts! Lately I’ve been topping my Greek yogurt with a scoop or two of Kellogg’s FiberPlus Cinnamon Oat Crunch, walnuts, and banana slices. So good and so easy to throw together.
How did you come up with the idea of quinoa for breakfast? I absolutely love it for dinner or lunches, but I never would have thought of using it in a yogurt bowl! Is it really good?
I need to start using barley in my breakfasts, just to take a break from oatmeal and cereal. I have it on hand; I just need to remember to make it!
I love doing squats on a Bosu ball. It makes me feel pretty badass when I can actually balance for all 15 reps, and it is SERIOUS work!
I’m loving decline chest flies. I did some today though I’ve never really gotten into them in the past. It’s a unique feeling, and I like switching up from the norm.
I loooove squats. They get the whole body burnin’. But I always regret going overboard the next few days–like today, my bum is still SORE! 😀
Never would have thought of mixing quinoa with greek yogurt! That looks tasty :). I loved the overhead squats from that workout! I had never done them before and found them really challenging.
what an interesting way to utilize quinoa..might have to try this out! 🙂
A walking lunge with a medicine ball twist = me falling over sideways.
I’m loving Tabata for both strength and cardio workouts lately! Last night I taught a class where we alternated between Cardio Tabata, Lower Body Tabata, and Abs. So sore today! 🙂
Ever heard of Tone It Up! ? I’m working on their Drop10 toning moves right now and they’re different and challenging – so good so far!
I never tried Medicine Ball twists during lunges! I definitely want to. I’ve been loving intervals of sprints and inclining on the treadmill lately!
I love medicine ball slams! Especially following a tabata interval structure – so tough.
I’ve been loving pushups lately, I never thought I’d say that! I love that they work so many muscles at one time, and you don’t need weights. I have a love/hate relationship with lunges, they definitely work, but they burn!
I am loving interval training – especially on the elliptical. Have never done them before, but Tina has me doing them and they are great.
Great idea for the breakfast bowl! My fiance hates quinoa so this would be a great way to use it up.
your workouts are inspirational…I only dream of strength training workouts…perhaps this week I shall see some of those dreams come to fruition…and I will be literally, instead of figuratively, stronger (not just in my dreams)
are you going to a midnight viewing of the Hunger Games Julie? 😀
Quinoa for breakfast! Pretty nice idea, I should try it with some fruits!
I like cold quinoa with berries and yogurt and cinnamon! mmm
Walking lunges are just hard!
WHY have I still yet to try quinoa for breakfast?!
I love using the bosu trainer for anything. It kicks my butt! And my TRX (which has been neglected lately).
I need to try those lunges- love the bonus core work!