Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - 2 Eggs adorned with green onion & mini bell peppers, Grapes & Toast {6PP}
2. Meal 2 - Lean Beef with RF Pepper Jack Cheese & an Apple {5PP}
3. Meal 2 - Spinach Salad with Balsamic {0PP}
4. Workout - This is a horrible self taken pic but I was doing calf raises with FIFTY (50) pounds across my thighs... I started with 40lbs a couple of weeks ago, but it's just not enough. 50 was okay, but I think I need to up it to 60lbs. :)
5. Workout - Core/Calves/Back & Shoulders. I wasn't happy getting out in the 18* weather to get the car back in the garage.
6. Meal 3 - Post-workout protein; Fage with PB2 & a Pear {2PP}
7. Meal 4 - Honey Ginger Salmon, Roasted Asparagus and Whole Wheat Orzo {10PP}
8. Meal 5 - Hummus & Baby Carrots (guess I was hungry and almost didn't realize I forgot a pic) {1PP}
9. Meal 6 - Clean Eating Banana Cookies** {3PP}
10. Night cap - Yogi Bedtime Tea {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 27 Points Remaining: 7 Activity Points Earned: 2

Today was rough. I woke up with my right eye nearly swollen shut (you can still see the redness in the pic) and I just wasn't motivated to do much of anything but I made myself do it. I'm thinking... more sleep is in order and a call to the optometrist tomorrow. :P

**I adapted this recipe with what I had on hand: whole wheat white flour, coconut flour, 3 bananas and 1/3c unsweetened applesauce. They are very very banana-y and oh so yummy!

Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - Strawberries & Cream Oats with Flax seed and fresh strawberries {4PP}
2. Meal 2 - Super Salad with a smidge of Creamy French {2PP}
3. Meal 3 - Roasted Asparagus & Spicy Garlic and Black Bean Burger {4PP}
4. Meal 4 - Rotisserre Chicken on Whole Wheat with Laughing Cow Light Swiss & Romaine, Freeze Dried Strawberries and a mug of Yogi Muscle Recovery Green Tea {3PP}
5. Meal 5 - 4oz Roasted Lemon Pepper Salmon, Roasted Green Beans & Baby Carrots {5PP}
6. Meal 6 - 3/4 of an apple and 3oz Fage Total 0% with 2tbsp PB2 {2PP}
7. Workout - Legs & Biceps 
8. Meal 7 - Post Workout Protein Shake with Milk x 2 {4PP}
9. Night Cap - Yogi Bedtime Tea {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 29 Points Remaining: 5 Activity Points Earned: 8

Great day, lots of movement since we had to get groceries. ;o) Everyone was worn out and went to bed early, except for me... I stayed up and lifted weights. I'm super pleased. I upped my squat weight from 20#'s last week to 40# this week. Definitely going to feel it tomorrow. I also upped my Step Up weights by 5 pounds as well as 10#'s more for the reverse grip bicep curls.

Right now I'm fighting to keep my eyes open so I'll end with Good Night!

"Not Enough Time" Work Out

Not that long ago I found that Insanity just isn't working for my body right now. It's fabulous, I've definitely seen more tone in my muscles and an increase in endurance. However, I'm not seeing that fat burning and weight loss I was seeing with my running and biking. So I decided to take a step back from the videos and start over.

I know I've talked about this routine once before, and quite frankly I've only done it once before. But it's where I'm about to start. It's perfect for my schedule. Why? Because I can knock this routine out in under 15 minutes. It's designed to work as many muscle groups as possible in as short of an amount of time as possible. So I'll be hitting the cardio 5-6 days a week and throwing the weights in every other day. This workout totally gives me no excuse for not getting it done!

We'll see where this gets me at next Tuesday's weigh in. :)

All of these I am performing with a 5 foot barbell, no additional weight added to it's already 14 pounds. Perfect for a beginner.

And if you're unsure how to do any of these moves, check out the links below.

*Bent Over Row

*Upright Row

*Good Morning

*Military Press 

*Stationary Lunges 

*Thrusters 

*Straight Leg Deadlift

After I master this routine I will try to expand to some fun workouts I've pinned!