Met back up with my trainer this weekend to work on a lower body routine and I’m STILL having trouble walking 
But I love it! 
He has me doing-
3×15 lunges w/8LBS
3X15 ball crunches
3×15 ball hamstring curls
3×15 ball hipups
3×15 ball squats w/5LBS
3×15 bar lunge
3×15 reverse crunches
The squats were actually intended to be done alone but for some reason I was having trouble staying in correct form–so we added the ball and it felt much better! Hopefully I’ll be able to lose the ball soon and manage the squats on my own–always different when someone is critiquing but better than doing them wrong, right?!
Tonight I did 45 minutes of cardio-
20 min Stairs
25 min Treadmill
THIS month will be 1 year that I’m SMOKE FREEEEEE! Can you believe it? I can’t tell you how motivating it is to think about during my workouts, so amazing!
Anyway, after the gym I cooked some veggies-Squash-Zucchini-Onions-Mushrooms
And I’ve seirously had this INTENSE craving for sweet potato fries the past 2 weeks! Unfort I didn’t have enough time to make the fries BUT I was able to throw one in the microwave for a few minutes and it completely satisfied the craving!
YUM!
My cocktail for the evening-
Was a glass of Emergen-C to fight off a cold I may or may not be getting…just in case! Please don’t get sick, please don’t get sick!!!
OK! I am going to publish this post, get BACK to writing my paper, listen to The Bachelor in the background (guilty pleasure) and then get ready for bed!
Night!
Congrats on a year of smoke free! That’s a bigger accomplishment than many people realize!
Congrats on being smoke-free for one year!!
What an accomplishment!
congrats on the year of being smoke-free! That’s awesome
congrats on 1 year!!
Congrats on 1 year…and look at all those lovely antioxidants in your veggies washing away the past smoking!! :>
Loving your workouts with the trainer…stability ball hamstring curls are one of my faves!
Courtney
adventures in tri-ing
PS…glad to see you are a Lost fan as well!!!
WOW – that’s awesome about being smoke free for a year. Gosh darn it the bachelor is so foolish yet so good. But I did miss it last night.
Congrats on being smoke free for 1 year! That is awesome. That is such a hard thing to overcome so that is amazing!
I just want to leave you an quick comment to thank for your blog!
I really liked your website!!! Would you care whether I placed up a backlink from my website to your page?
Keep up the awesome work!
thanks!
Maryam
haha, before I realized what that cocktail actually was i was thinking it looked GOOD!
What is it about zucchini, mushrooms, and onions that make the best mix?! I love them together. Sometimes I throw in a carrot, too, which I guess is similar to you having yours with a sweet potato. SO good!
Congrats on 1 year, that’s a huge accomplishment! I’m feeling a little sick and I could definitely use some Emergen-C myself!
Haha I love the Emergen-C in the wine glass!
Congrats on one year
trying sooo hard to get back to SD after our 6 mos in Phoenix. I miss it so! Feel better, love your “cocktail”
Omg congrats on being smoke free!!!! That’s SO amazing
Your training sesh sounds killer but so much fun! Gotta love having a case of DOMS!
ive been craving sweet pot fries too!!! im making them with dinner tomorrow night
how do you make yours?
That lower body workout is intense! Awesome
Congrats on being smoke-free for a year! How amazing.
I LOVE that you put the Emergen-C in a wine glass. It makes it that much more special huh?
Congrats on being smoke free for a year!! That is quite an accomplishment!!
wow 1 year?!?!?! congrats chickie!
I love the wine class. Ha too cute!
Congrats on your smoke free anniversary!
Way to be smoke free for 1 year! That must feel amazing! I am trying to motivate the hubz to quit. I am just trying to be a strong example working on my own goals. Hope you dodged the cold (positive thoughts)
Congratulations on one year smoke free! That is super duper!!
Hooray for being smoke free for so long!
It’s been about 12 years for me – luckily my daughter never remembered me smoking!