Sunday, March 25, 2018

3/25: Meals and Fitness for the Week

Hey hey! Happy Sunday! What’s going on this lovely morning? We’re making banana pancakes here at home, taking turns at the gym, and cleaning up around the house before the usual Sunday errands. All the regular happenings around here. 

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(Just chillin’ with Belle and Moana)

This weekend started off with a delicious note – dinner a gas station tacos – but took a bit of a dive. During the day, I had my second-ever photofacial laser treatment and was pretty pumped to blog about it. (I got good results last time and it worked well at getting rid of some of my freckles and sun damaged spots. In the pic below, you can see how the damaged spots turn brown like coffee grounds. Then within a week or so, they flake off.)

Bbl photofacial

During the procedure, he said he could use a different filter and laser off the cherry angiomas I have on my cheek and neck. (They’re like red freckles.) I told him to go for it, and one of them hasn’t exactly healed like the rest. I think my skin is burned? I have a blister on my neck, so I get to have that checked out tomorrow. It kind of looks like I have a hickey which is all kinds of appropriate.

And then, poor Miss P came down with double ear infections. The Pilot stayed in town to take her to urgent care, while Liv and I took a little roadtrip to Hawkinsville for her Odyssey of the Mind competition. Livi crushed her performance, and thankfully, P was doing a lot better by the time we got back into town. 

I’m ready for a low-key day around here and getting back into the routine.

My fitness routine was a bit scrambled there at the end, but I’m going to hit legs and HIIT today, then back into the teaching groove tomorrow. I’m still testing out lots of new workouts, which gives me something to look forward to when I get to the gym. It’s fun to have something new to try and not have to think about what I’m going to do when I walk in the gym doors.

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Here’s what the tentative plan looks like:

Sunday: Legs + HIIT (similar workout)

Monday: Teach Zumba

Tuesday: Upper body (pull muscles) + easy steady state

Wednesday: Teach barre + teach Zumba 

Thursday: OFF

Friday: Legs (similar) and easy cardio

Saturday: Upper body (push muscles), no cardio

It’s not too late to join in the March workout plan, and if you’d like the new April calendar, make sure you’re on my email list! 

I’d love to hear what you have on your plan this week! Are you taking any new classes? 

Here’s what the meal plan is looking like:

Breakfasts:

I’ve been really into oatless oatmeal lately. Don’t get me wrong, I still love my regular oats, but this has been a fun way to switch things up and get a protein-packed meal first thing in the morning.

Here’s the recipe I’ve been using:

Oatless oatmeal

 In a small saucepan, add:

1 cup almond milk

2 egg whites

1/4 cup almond meal or almond flour

1/2 banana, mashed

cinnamon

and stir over medium to medium-high heat, stiffly constantly until fluffy and cooked through

Remove from heat and top with cinnamon and honey, almond butter, fruit, maple syrup, whatever you like. 

I’ll probably also make another flavor version of this classic fave!

Lunch:

Chopped salads or Fab Four smoothies

Dinner:

For dinner last week, I thought we were getting Sunbasket, but turns out I skipped it last week! We’re having it this week but I’m thinking about switching back to Blue Apron for a couple of weeks to change things up

Sunday: Homemade chipotle bowls

Monday: Spanish chicken and cauliflower rice

Tuesday: Sunbasket turkey meatballs and penne

Wednesday: Sunbasket miso-glazed tempeh salad

Thursday: Out

Friday: Clean out the fridge night (pro mac n’ cheese with roasted veggies)

Saturday: Roadtrip!

Are you meal planning today? What are you making? 

On a super random note: have you tried any type of laser treatment? My last one was a year ago, and I’ll probably wait just as long if I ever do it again. It kind of reminded me of the great eyelash extension disaster. 

Happy Sunday, friends!

xo

Gina

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