flashback friday round two.

heyo! i feel so organized blogging at the end of the day.  i wonder how long i will keep it up?  well, actually i already know i won’t be blogging tomorrow night so that screws things up already ;) i will be at my friend’s cabin in the woods (well it is more like a gigantic baller house) so i will more than likely post about that sunday!

it is like your answers get better and better each time around.  everybody is pretty eager to eat breakfast, as you should be.  but  susan waits approximately ten to fifteen seconds before eating breakfast, i am fairly certain she must keep a toaster for her waffles beside :) oh, that reminds me of the episode of the office with the foreman grill! haha~such a good episode.

ooookee dokee!

meal 1: protein oats @ 8:30 AM

you will be seeing a lot of this business, fyi.

meal 2: whole foods salad bar! @ 12:30 PM

since my sister and her fam are in town everyone got together for lunch!

we all snagged our selections~

 

checked out (thanks for lunch mom!!)

and cruised over to the park to enjoy our lunch!

lettuce, spinach, bell peppers, olives, garbanzos, edamame, celery, beets, carrots, chicken and cucumbers. and the tiniest scoop of the black bean quinoa salad there on the right.. it is my fave but definitely NOT on plan~so i just had a bite. topped the salad with balsamic vinegar.

i wish they lived here!

my niece izz got some noodles & co mac’n’cheese.. ohhh i LOVE that stuff, it was hard to not take a bite…

my dessert~ (the others had two bite brownies for dessert, i resisted..reluctantly)

and then we fed the ducks! and geese and other birds…

couldn’t snag a decent photo, but these are all my nieces and nephews.. i am the only sibling not married with children!

then it was back to the office for me. next up was a celebration of sorts.  today is national creamsicle day so i whipped up…

meal 3: orange cream protein shake @ 4:00 PM

not the greatest photo, just the view into my magic bullet mug as i was driving!  this had 6 oz almond milk, 2 oz simply orange OJ, a few pieces of frozen peach and a scoop of vanilla protein powder. orange julius :)

i ate this as i drove to the vet! penelope had to get her one year checkup & shots~

she didn’t know what was coming…

 

she did sp well! not a peep! she clocked in at 22.2 lbs, my favorite number! :)

after this i cruised to my mom’s for my lower body workout which ended up being somewhat of a joke because penelope didn’t want me to work out. she kept laying on my face whenever i was on the floor..

ah, such is life. i did manage to get things handled~

quads/abs

squats on upside down bosu holding dumbbells:

• 12 @ 15#
• 50 crunches on ball
• 10 @ 20#
• 50 crunches on ball
• 8 @ 25#
• 50 crunches on ball
• 6 @ 30#
• 50 crunches on ball

squats against ball against wall

• 12 reps
• 12 second hold

hamstrings/abs

dumbbell stiff legged dead lift

• 12 @ 20#
• 30 elbow-to-knee crunches on bosu
• 10 @ 30#
• 30 elbow-to-knee crunches on bosu
• 8 @ 40#
• 30 elbow-to-knee crunches on bosu
• 6 @ 50#
• 30 elbow-to-knee crunches on bosu
• 12 @ 30#

stability ball hamstring curls

• 20 reps interrupted frequently by penny

glutes

• 3 sets of 15 left leg lifts w/ 10# weight on hip
• 3 sets of 15 roght leg lifts w/ 10# weight on hip
• 3 sets of 50 lying butt bridges with 10# weight

calves

seated calf raises

• 12 @ 140#
• 10 @ 160#
• 8 @ 180#
• 6 @ 200#
• 12 @ 140#

standing calf raises

• 12 reps

i also did some crunches on the floor and hung out with my niece, she is 3, she said she was working out her fingernails so they would be big and strong. i love her face.

after my workout i didn’t have any real plan as to what to eat, which can be bad, especially in my mom’s house which is stocked with lots of unapproved food..

meal 4: 1 wasa w/ cottage cheese, 1 string cheese, some grapes, 8 almonds & a few bites of leftover ground turkey sauce from last night

that is the only photo i managed. sorry, it was kind of a random mish mash of snacking until i was full.  it worked out without any cheats so that is great!

i went to marshall’s and rewarded penelope with a real bone for being so brave at the doctor.  penny is no vegan. 

randy was real jealous.. he would slowly move in and she would slowly pull away, he did get a few licks in.. here is a play-by-play:

randy got a little rude and growled at the little bean so we had to take the bone away all together. what a bully!

i am going to take a break now so i can eat and then post what i ate. hold please.

meal 5: 0% fage+1/2 larabar

i used the cashew cookie flavor~i have heard good things about it but honestly this little dude did not have much taste to it. maybe it was a bad batch? it really just didn’t taste like much of anything. downer. i haven’t eaten many larabars in my day due to the stats but i do love them. so far i have tried cashew cookie, peanut butter cookie, banana bread, cinnamon roll and apple pie.  i think the cinnamon one has been my fave thus far.

 

well that sums up my day! tomorrow is free day so i am excited to have a few items i have been craving (and resisting!) this week.  you can bet there will be some cereal and/or ice cream. 

and now for my friday feature~flashback friday!

i was going to flash back to a trip in california but since penelope was at the vet today i decided to change it to her very first vet visit back in october~

look how tiny she was!!

i think she was about 8 pounds!! she has almost tripled in weight!

 

then…

now!

 

haha. i love her. (i don’t love my extra weight though..grumble!)

so there you have it! a whole lot of dog and family photos and not much food in this post, hope you all dont mind :)

question time!

1. fave larabar flavor?

2. do you live near or far from your family? if you live away from them, do you visit often? is it hard to live far from them? we all live close except my one sister and her fam (hubs and 3 girls).. it kills me that they live so far! i could never, ever live far from my mom. i think you all know this!

3. weekend plans?!?!?

xo. janetha b.