I overslept (again) and missed the morning gym class. Normally that would result in me just throwing in the towel for the rest of the day, but I decided to eat breakfast, and then just go and use the equipment at the gym. For some reason, I just can never motivate myself enough to go to the gym for any other purpose aside from the classes. I guess because with the aerobic classes, you HAVE to keep up or look like a schmuck. Whereas on the machines, I often slack and just get off whenever I feel “tired.”
Anyway, I went and did 45 minutes on the elliptical, then 25 minutes on the bike. Whew, that left me exhausted. I burnt only around 300 calories though because I didn’t set the resistance very high. My heartrate was in the right target zone though. That’s one thing about being at a lower weight now — to get any real results, I have to really really push it hardcore. Whereas in the past, any kind of movement was fine and dandy. That’s the frustrating part because I’m generally a very lazy person… just gotta keep telling myself, “When you play, play hard.”
Breakfast (10am)
egg over easy w/ grapes on the side
Snack (1pm)
Mango
Lunch (1:30pm)
whole wheat couscoust tossed w/ chopped baked prawns (leftovers from a few nights ago) + chili/garlic/soy sauce
side of corn
Snack (3pm)
persimmon
Dinner (6pm)
core hamburger helper (using 93% lean beef, fat-free sourcream, and whole wheat pasta — *see recipe below)
salad w/ olives and ff italian dressing
Snack (9pm)
Lipton’s Bedtime tea w/ a dash of soy milk
*I really loved the Hamburger Helper Recipe. I made it as healthy as I could… it really is reminiscent of the boxed version, except a lot better!
1 lb. 93% lean ground beef
1 med onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3.5 cups of low sodium ff beef broth
Whole wheat pasta (I used a bag of trader joe’s rotini)
3/4 c. ff sour cream
3/4 t. mustard
salt and pepper to taste
Brown the beef along with the onion and garlic. Drain any fat. Add the beef broth and the pasta, cover, bring to a boil, and simmer at a med. boil for 15 min (or until pasta is cooked). Turn the heat down to low, and stir in sour cream and mustard.
And to end this random entry… here’s my Hello Kitty “massager” that cousin Diana brought back from her Japan trip. I asked her for some weird Japanese souvenirs and she brought back this classic, hah! Love it!!!
