God there is nothing I love more that seeing that front door close at 845am on a weekday morning - adios children....Mama gets the day to herself....haha....
I'm sitting here typing my blog as I eat my egg white omelette - 1 whole egg, 1/2 cup egg whites and just under a cup of chopped veggies. Some days it goes down easier than others.
Dropping Jacko off at daycare and then right to the gym. Today is going to be all weights - full body. I have been doing the workout featured in this months Oxygen magazine - its about 4 pages long and its a great workout. I just take the magazine with me to the gym and away I go. Takes me about an hour so thats perfect. While I'm working out I have a 600 ml water bottle with me filled with water and one scoop of lemon flavoured Post RX that I get at GNC - helps the water to go down easier and when you are drinking loads of water its a nice change.
Oh and yesterday just after lunch I started feeling better and because I am trying to work out 6 days a week, 5 minimum I decided to workout at home so I did my cardio/scultping DVD before the kids came home.
Lunch today will be my old standby of chopped veggies (all colours of peppers, cucumbers, carrots) sprinkled with a bit of olive oil and red wine vinegar, chopped chicken and a sprinkle of cold quinoa. This is pretty much what I eat every day for lunch. Sometimes I add a 100 cal pack of cheesies with it if I'm craving but I'm trying to be extra good this week so I will just eat the salad.
Some notes - I used to use balsamic vinegar on my chopped salad but its full of sugar so Rita had me switch to red wine vinegar which I enjoy just as much.
As for the quinoa I buy a box of it in the health food section at Loblaws. The key to quinoa is soaking it - if I'm rushed I will soak if for a minimum of 2-3 hours before cooking but when I can I soak it overnight. Then I cook it in water, let cool, squeeze the juice out of one lime on it and add chopped veggies and a few craisens for sweetness. Then its in my fridge for the week and I eat as a meal or add as a side dish or just sprinkle on a salad.
I also buy a whole cooked chicken probably every other day - thats how much chicken I go through. When my hubby is around I get him to bbq me a bunch of chicken breasts and then I eat those throughout the week.
As I mentioned I'm back to being quite strict since my weight seems to be stuck between the 133-134 mark so snack today will be a handful of cold carrots and cold chicken.
Supper tonight I am making my homemade from scratch chicken noodle soup. I boil a whole chicken for an hour, then remove the chicken, let it cool and cut up the white meat. Add back into the water, 2 tbsps also of chicken bouillon, pepper, cook for another 45 minutes or so on medium. Then add carrots and celery, pepper and cook for another 15 minutes and finally add egg noodles right at the end. Awonderful nutritious meal that the whole family likes and I can have the leftovers for lunch the next day. And yes, I eat the egg noodles....
So off I go- this has actually been a really quiet week for me - no plans...no drama....knock on wood. I have nothing on this afternoon either so maybe another tv marathon, little laundry - before the craziness of the next few days. Tomorrow I'm desperately hoping Avah's birthday presents arrive from American Girl Doll to our UPS box in Port Huron so that I can whip there....she has her spa birthday on Saturday that she is so excited about. Then her actual birthday is on Tuesday where we will give her a new American Girl Doll which is a huge surprise to her - she has no idea she is getting the newest doll. I asked her where she wants to go for dinner that night and of all the places we could go she asked for The London Club...a girl after my own heart. So we will wine and dine there and then give her the presents. So excited to see her face.
We leave for 2 weeks in Florida, 3 weeks from tomorrow - my goal is 130lbs but even more than that to look good in a bikini- I'm going bikini shopping when I'm there to stock up for summer......no excuses....this is the year of Sarah!!! But more on Florida as we get closer to the date. Off to the gym now my friends. And once again thanks for all the amazing comments about my blog being back. You guys inspire me not to cheat and to focus and to get myself to the gym everyday. Could not have done any of this without my Facebook friends.
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