Yesterday I got home from work and I sat down with a snack of string cheese and a few multi-grain tortilla chips and watched the rest of The Barefoot Contessa on tv while eating, gearing myself up for my workout. (Why I like to watch cooking shows when I can't eat it is a mystery, but I do. ) After I was done, (and trying to think of a good reason why not to go downstairs to exercise and coming up with nothing) I changed and went on down to the torture....er.....basement to get it over with. After using the weights and the Gold Gym machine thingy, I was about to get on the treadmill when I decided to call a friend and chat while being on it. I figured it would take my mind off of it and not be so bored at the same time.
Well let me tell you, it does work! We talked the whole time I did my 2.10 miles and it really seemed to go by much more quickly than if I had done it talking to no one. Really makes me wish I had a workout buddy! Once I was done with the treadmill, we hung up and I continued another set of the weights, etc and then was done. So I worked pretty hard but it didn't seem like it which was nice. Makes me wish I had unlimited minutes on my cellphone.....I'd be calling all kinds of people. lol
For dinner we had fish, couscous, and roasted veggies, but I only ate about 4 ounces of the fish and all of the roasted veggies. They were delicious!! I put some zucchini, onion, asparagus, artichoke hearts, and red bell pepper in a baggie and added a little olive oil, a lot of garlic, and some sea salt and shook up the bag so they would all get coated and then I poured it on a cookie sheet and roasted it for about 20 minutes at 450. They were really yummy too. So very healthy dinner last night for me, and no snack for later.
For today I am still trying to figure out how I'm going to work this out; Sean Michael has tkd at 7 and I'm the one who has to take him because Hector doesn't get off work until 6:15. Fortunately though we are having just leftovers from Sunday's dinner, so I'm thinking if I get home by 5, I can heat up the chicken and pilaf in the microwave and I can have the chicken and a salad and steam some asparagus I left out from yesterday and be done eating by 5:30. Sean Michael can clean up the kitchen while I go workout downstairs for 45 minutes, and when I'm done I have 15 minutes to clean up and then leave the house to take him. Or I could workout first and then eat dinner. I kind of like working out after dinner to burn those calories, but then again sometimes after eating it's like oh man just let me sit down and watch tv. I guess I'll have to just see when I get home how I feel to do what first.
Tomorrow I am off all day and while I have a lot to do, I'm going to try and get two workouts in, as I know Friday I probably won't get to at all. So ambitious, right? lol But we'll see if I do get the time tomorrow.
Nothing going on at work right now, boy do I wish I had a treadmill in here!!!
You need to convince your boss that a treadmill would be a good investment. If you are healthy you won't need any sick days and you will be there IF he needs you...yeah, I know, that's pretty funny, huh?! It's worth a try, all he can do is say no. Happy employees are productive employees!!
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