Vacation

Having a full time job really makes summer not feel like summer. Lucky for me, I requested a week off in August. Back in January I thought it would never come and here I sit at my parents house in Easton.

My vacation kicked off with a somewhat spontaneous trip to Baltimore. My roommate and I headed up to Charm City around 6:30 met up with some friends and then headed over to Rams Head for the


Baltimore edition of Made in America. I honestly couldn't even tell you who performed. The scene was much more relaxed then the week before for Big Gigantic in DC. The Budwieser's were flowing for free and the crab cakes were fresh. I even had a shell in my crab cake which made me smile. Once we all were intoxicated we decided to venture over to Mad River in Fed Hill and danced the night away. It was so great to be back in Baltimore even if it was for only a few short hours. We ended up venturing back to the District around 4:30 AM.

Saturday morning I woke up not feeling too great but knew I needed to get to Easton sooner than later. During my packing extravaganza I wondered how many calories were in a Budwieser. Yes, these are the things I think of

Once I was all packed and fed (bacon and eggs) I made my way to the Eastern shore after stopping at the Annapolis mall to exchange some shorts and Starbucks to keep me awake. Starbucks ended up having a promotion that after 2 pm you could bring you receipt to any Starbucks and get a refill $2. Well once I got home, I chatted it up with my 2 Aunts who were in town and took Starbucks up on their offer. I have never had two coffees in a day but it was much needed.
when hungover. A 12 oz. Budwieser turns out to be 145 calories. A Budlight isn't even that much better. Budlight is a whopping 110 calories per 12 ounces. Talk about empty calories. And for you Cider lovers *cough Emily cough* one Angry Orchard is an insane 210 calories!!!

2nd Annual Catilina Wine Mixer

After dinner I headed to my friend's birthday party. I had so much fun that Sunday I laid in bed all day and slept. Monday I couldn't take  it anymore and headed out for a run. My phone was dead and I left my charger at the party so I had no music or tracker. I run the same route at home so I know it was
about a mile and boy was it hot! The humidity here is rough! I kind of enjoyed running with out music though. After I got a little cardio in I went to a friends to layout.

Tuesday I planned on waking up and running but realized I had forgotten my running shoes at my friends (I am very forgetful). I rolled back over only to be woken by my dear mother asking if I wanted to go out for lunch. Of course my answer was yes so I jumped out of bed and got ready. For lunch we went to Oxford and ate at The Masthead. I had a softcrab BLT which  was delicious. I swapped out the ranch for their homemade sweet corn vinaigrette. After lunch I napped all afternoon. Didn't even get up for dinner. I know I know whats wrong with me!

Today I got back into it though. I woke up and snuck into the gym. Since I hadn't lifted in days I did all three circuits. While working out, a lady came up to me and asked where I got my workouts from. It's so humbling when people come to you for advice. It's one of the reasons I created this blog.

Here's today's workout:

20 minute warm up on Arc Trainer
Push Ups
Bench Press
Pec Fly
Narrow Push Ups
O.H. Tricep Extension
Dips

Wide Grip Pull Down
1 Arm Row
Seated Cable Row
Underhand Cable Pull Down
Alternating DB Curl
1 Arm DB Preacher Curl
Standing Biceps Cable Curl

Leg Press
Leg Extension
Barbell Squat
Leg Curl
Calf Raises

Finished with Core.

Tomorrow I will head back to the district and then Friday, Fit Foodie Fantic and I are going to create a workout to do on the Mall so stay tuned for that! Hope everyone's having a great week. Only two more days until the weekend!

xoxo

Learn something new errryday

One thing I learned today was that no mater if you are hungry or not ALWAYS EAT BREAKFAST.

This morning I woke up with a little less time then usual to get ready. I am usually starving in the morning. Today I wasn't. I came down stairs and downed my fiber drink. I thought about making some breakfast but decided against it, got ready and headed to the gym. Once I walked into the gym I immediately realized that I was dragging a little.

Warmed up with 10 minutes on the bike. I really need to put new music on my phone. I normally listen to pandora while working out but the gym has no reception so thats not an option. Anyway... today was leg day.

Heres how it went:
The usual 3 sets of 12
Leg Press
Leg Extension
Squats on Smith Machine
Leg Curl
Standing Calf Raises
Seated Calf Raises

I didn't even feel like doing any ab work. The only thing I wanted to do was eat. For breakfast I had a banana and chaboni greek yogurt in peach. I'm really starting to like the taste of greek yogurt. After I had eaten something I felt much better. Before workout #2 I had a Pure Organic Apple Cinnamon Bar. The bar has 8 total ingredients. 8! How awesome is that? Organic Dates, Organic Apples, Organic Agave Nectar, Organic Walnuts, Organic Cashews, Organic Almonds, Organic Rice Protein Concentrate (ehh not the best but least its the 7th ingredient!) and Organic Cinnamon. For 200 calories you get 5 grams of Protein and 4 grams of Fiber. My only issue with this bar is the price. It's just so darn expensive to eat healthy sometimes. For the cost of the single Pure Organic bar I could have gotten two bags on peanut butter M&M's (my favvvvv).

I was then ready to do some core work. After I got my crunch on, I took Step Aerobics. I need to buy some new shoes because these Nike Free's aren't cuttin it. They kill my feet in class and I have holes in the toe on both shoes!

For lunch I had a salad. Instead of the usual grilled chicken I had left overs from my roommates date night. It was Prociutto and Spinach Wrapped Chicken. I'm sure it'll be up on fitness foodie fanatic's blog soon.

Dinner was sausage, lots and lots of peppers, and a sweet potato. Overall very clean day! I'm very proud and ready to do it all again tomorrow. 

Put in work, Put in work, Put in work, Put em' in the dirt

Today I did work. By work I mean I spent 3 hours working on my fitness. Usual morning routine: wake up, make breakfast (same as yesterday), pack lunch (same as yesterday) and head to the gym. Today I did 30 minutes of cardio before my strength training. After I broke a sweat on the Arc trainer I headed over to the weights. Today was Back and Biceps. Here's the workout:

Wide grip Lat Pull-Down 3X12
One-Arm DB Row 3X12
Seated Cable Row 3X12
Underhand Cable Pulldown 3X12
Alternating DB Curl 3X12  It really started to get tough here.
One-Arm DB Preacher Curl 3X12 UGHHHH struggle city
Standing Bicep Cable Curl 3X12
Finished with ABs and then had some greek yogurt post workout.

That was workout #1. After my yogurt I took an Ab class followed by a sports conditioning class. Needless to say baby girl is beat. Once I got home I had dinner already in the over for me thanks to my kind roommate. Ran upstairs showered and by that time dinner was ready. Tonight I had talapia and a sweet potato. I always need something sweet so for dessert I had a few blueberries and a chiboni bite. I highly recommend them. They are only 100 calories and delicious. Tonight I had coffee with chocolate chips (probably not 100% cleanse approved but it's a better alternative to Oreos.

Tomorrow is leg day!!! I'm really excited. Squats are my favorite. Welp folks I'm going to go watch another episode of Orange is the new black and call it a night.

xoxo,

Back to the grind

Lately I've been been a very naughty girl. I've been eating like crap, haven't been lifting, and have been feeling anxiety about it all. I feel much better when I'm in control and lately I haven't been. With all that being said I've decided to get back on track. Get serious again with my training and stop eating so much gosh darn gluten and grains!

To get back into the swing of things I started my 10 day cleanse. This go around I gave peaches and cream a try. It is so much more delicious than citrus. The citrus was impossible for me to get down. This morning I almost enjoyed the fiber drink. I will say... I don't know that it has the same effects as citrus if you know what I mean haha...

For breakfast I had an omelet with veggies from my dad's garden, bacon and some almond milk. Once I got to work I had my measurements taken which were worse than I thought. But that's ok. It's going to help me push myself even harder.

Weight: 133.5
BP: 100/68
HR: 72

Bicep: 10 1/2 & 10 3/4
Flex: 10 7/8 & 10 7/8
Chest: 33 7/8
Waist: 27 1/2
Abdomen: 28 1/2
Hips: 40 1/4
Thigh: 19 1/2 & 19 1/4
Calf 14 1/4 & 14 1/8

Body Composition:
Abdomen 19
Suprailiac 17
Tricep 14
Thigh 33
Bodyfat percentage 24.3
Body Fat Weight 32.4
Lean Body Mass 101.1

After I got my measurements taken I hit the weights. Today I focused on Chest and Triceps. Here's my workout:

Superset 1
Wide Pushup 3X12
Bench Press 3X12

Superset 2
Flat Bench DB Flys 3X12
Narrow Pushups 3X12

Superset 3
Overhead Tricep DB Extension 3X12
Tricep Dips 3X12

Followed by lots and lots of core!

After my workout I had a banana and then a few minutes later I needed lunch! Lucky for me I packed a delicious salad this morning. I prepared a chicken breast that I had marinated in herbs for 24 hours. I boiled some eggs and used some peppers my dad had given me. I used my roommates mandolin to slice up some cucumbers. I can't believe I haven't used one of these before. It makes everything so simple.
Then I added a few cherry tomatoes. Needless to say I didn't finish the whole thing. Later on I had some Honey Mustard Almonds. The aren't the best snack but I need a little something to get me through the day.

I got some more cardio in in the afternoon when I taught class. After work I rushed home to stuff my face and find out who wins the bachelorette!!! For dinner I had talapia, asparagus, and my left over salad. Today was a pretty good day. Myfitnesspal says I still have 334 calories that I could ingest to be under my caloric goal and lucky for me I'm not hungry. It's probably because I'm so into the  bacholorette I can't thing about foooddd
ahhhhhh!!!