Healthy San Diego Living

Feeling Like Myself Again

Veggies, egg whites, a slice of whole wheat bread, a little salsa…so simple yet soooooo delicious! This is one of my favorite things to make when I’m in doubt and to be honest, that is quite often. So I’ve been whipping a lot of these up lately before the gym

Friday I decided to go to the gym and take my time because I was staying in for the night. I’ve been going out a little more than I’m used to and figured it be nice to spend a free Friday night at home, relaxing. So it was just me…Weeds (my new favorite show) and well lets face it, I can’t relax….I cleaned! Yes, I spent my Friday night CLEANING! Oh well…someday I’ll settle down.

Anyway, I’m doing well with the increase in weights for my Incline Bench press-I’ve been able to do a few more reps at 30 which is quite the feat for me since I was stuck at 25 for so long.

Incline Chest Press	DB Chest Press	Low Row	Lat Pulldown
10 @ 20#	10 @ 20#	4×12 @ 90	10 @ 50#
10 @ 25#	10 @ 25#		10 @ 60#
8 @ 30#	10 @ 25#		8 @ 70#

Seated High Row	Pec Deck Flies	Tricep Pushdowns w/Rope Extention
4×15 @ 70#	2×10 @ 30#	10 @ 35#
	10 @ 40#	10 @ 40#
		8 @ 45#
		10 @ 35#

Saturday I did legs—something I truly dread at this point. I don’t know if it’s because I’m tall and therefore my squats are more difficult since I have further to go but I just HATE doing legs! And of course they’re the area I feel I want to work on the most.

Deadlifts	Leg Press	Hip Extensions AKA The Butt Blaster	Hack Squats
4×10 @ 50#	10 @ 90#	3×10 @ 30#	4×10
	10 @ 180#
	10 @ 200#
Seated Leg Press	Hamstring Curls	Barbell Squats
2×10 @ 200#	3×10 @ 35#	2×10 @ 45
10 @ 180

And there’s nothing better than recovering from a leg workout the next morning with a huge bowl of oatmeal. Unfortunately I’m all out of Almond Butter *Gasp* but I’m trying some substitutes until I get my hands on a new jar.

This was definitely good but just not the same…I prefer it NOT in my oatmeal! Must hunt down AB ASAP!

Food Food Food…I Love Food!

It’s been 3 weeks and I’m STILL in vacation mode! The relaxation, the sun, the FOOD….I just can’t seem to get it off of my mind! While staying at Footprints on the Beach, we were fortunate enough to indulge in some pretty amazing food made by none other than our lovely chef, Nadine! Meet Nadine-

Nadine knows the way to my heart-

No meal was short of spectacular. In fact, it was as if they were the main events of the day—we all waited in anticipation to find out what our next one would be and each one proved to be better than the next! I wish I would have taken more pictures, but I was usually licking my plate by the time it even occurred to me. So here are just a few shots of some of our food, and I assure you, no carb was left behind-

And wine…we can’t forget the wine…

1st Taste

Welcome to the most random dinner EVER…

While I was sick this past week, the worst possible thing happened…I lost my appetite and NOTHING tasted good too me at all. *GASP* I KNOW! I couldn’t even get though my coffee in the morning without being disgusted which had me in quite the fog BUT in turn, weaned me off that 2nd cup that I used to just HAVE to have. Anyway, once my taste buds were functioning properly, I of course went straight for Brussels sprouts—you know, the most pleasant smelling and tasting vegetable around! Well at least after 20 minutes at 400 degrees in the oven and lots of garlic and other spices!

And what better to pair with Brussels sprouts than an…egg? I’m telling you….heaven on a plate right here-

Seriously! After this picture was taken there was a lot of dipping…mixing…just a big deeeeelicious mess!

And I’ve been eating salads like a fiend so naturally I put one together to go on the side with-Onions-Tomato-Mushrooms-Cucumber

I haven’t posted about my workouts in QUITE a while and after my last vacation I’ve been working on getting my strength back again. Here’s my last Chest/Back workout-

Incline Chest Press	DB Chest Press	Low Row	Lat Pulldown
10 @ 20#	10 @ 20#	4×12 @ 65#	4×12 @ 50#
10 @ 25#	10 @ 25#
6 @ 30#	10 @ 25#

Seated High Row	Pec Deck Flies	Tricep Pushdowns w/Rope Extention
4×15 @ 70#	2×10 @ 30#	10 @ 35#
	10 @ 40#	10 @ 40#
		8 @ 45#
		10 @ 35#

After weights I’ve been doing either speed intervals or a steady pace on the Stairs anywhere from 15-30 minutes depending on how I feel. I like the stairs sometimes because I can bring my book with me and get lost in it-takes my mind off all the climbing!

It’s a great day here in San Diego. Not only did I get to start my morning off with a big glob of THIS in my oatmeal this morning

But it’s also a GORGEOUS day here and officially feels like summer! I’m soaking it all in but of course a part of me still wants to be here-

Have a great day!

Bleh!

I’m sorry for my blogging absence—I’ve been a little busy…

Yes…I got SICK!

I’ve done SO well this past year escaping everything “going around” but it finally got me AND my voice! The cough drops help the voice and cough, of course-the tea soothes me-the Nyquil helps me sleep-and well…Almond Butter just helps make everything better!

WILL be back!