Fit Is The New Black

Today was one of those days where I just felt on the brink. I don’t have the energy to whine, so onto the workout and food journal.

Food

-Blueberry pineapple protein smoothie

- Hummus

-Black sesame rice chips

Workout

I seriously don’t know why I post my workout. It’s pretty much variations of the same thing every day, but…

1.5 mile power walk

2 mile run mixed with high incline walk

.5 mile run

30 minutes on elliptical

Toning exercises 

I think I’m fighting off a cold. I’ve been feeling tired lately and generally worn out. I had my fair share of sugar earlier this month. Lots of chocolate passed my lips, and with Valentines Day? Forget about it.

Sugar kills the immune system, hence why I feel really run down.

I stayed home all day yesterday with my boyfriend and wrote. Today I hit the gym and grocery store.

3 miles of running (kept it at 5.5mph, but shot up to 6.2mph towards the last stretch).

35 minutes on elliptical

Hanging knee raises

Crunches

Arm raises

Lunges

Rotary Twist with 35 pounds

1 mile walk

* I decided to do minimal ab work today, due to the fact my stomach has been seriously bloated, which I think has to do with my over exercising the muscles.

Food:

Breakfast

Soy latte

Small blueberry and pineapple protein smoothie

Lunch

1/4 cup of Basmati rice with Shag ponir

1/4 slice of baked eggplant

Dinner

Salad made with mixed greens, avocado, raisins, and red pepper hummus.

Black sesame seed rice chips

4 mile run/walk with high incline

30 minutes on elliptical

Dead lifts

lunges

Arm raises

Hanging knee raises

weighted crunches

Food

Soy latte

Pineapple juice

Protein bar

FLT on fiber bread

Pink Grapefruit

Beets

Flourless chocolate cake (in honor of a bday)

This morning I woke up at 5 am to workout! I didn’t workout on Sunday, so I was determined to get some fitness in. I have several hours of traveling on days like today, and I don’t want to do boo besides eat and put on my PJ’s when I come home. Working out when the Sun is still down sort of sucks, but I always feels happy about it once I begin. The hardest part is really convincing myself to get dressed.

I didn’t have a lot of time, so I just did the following:

2 mile walk

arm raises

Crunches on stability ball

Donkey kicks

Lunges

Standing side raises

Food:

Breakfast:

I worked out on an empty stomach, but made sure to grab a soy latte an hour later.

Smoothie made with pineapple, banana, and orange juice

Lunch

Salad made with romaine salad, avocado, chickpeas, sweet peas, tofu, and croutons.

Several chips (seriously, I only ate about 5, because I couldn’t stand the crunching sound I was making in public, lol).

Dinner

Salad made with romaine lettuce, guacamole, onions, tomatoes, and corn chips.

Orange Popsicle

Whoa!! I actually ate my daily requirements of fruits, veggies and proteins. This was the first “perfect” day of eating I’ve had in awhile! Whoop Whoop!

Ok, let’s get into it.

1.5 mile power walk

2.5 miles of spriting

35 minutes on elliptical

Crunches

Reverse crunches

Walking lunges with a twist, holding 5 pound weights in each hand

Hanging knee raises

Dead lifts with 30 pounds

Ab exercise with 40 pounds

Donkey kicks

Arm raises

Standing side leg raises

Russian Twist on stability ball

I’m totally zonked! As far as food…not so great. I had some green beans and noodles for lunch, and I also was woken up to a wonderful soy latte purchased by my boyfriend, but other than that?? Wait, I had a protein bar. But the nights young, and I’ll have something adequate in my tummy soon.

I ususally post at night, but I plan on trying to be productive around that time, so here is my workout and food now.

Workout

1.5 mile walk, just to warm up. I woke up exhausted today. I hope I’m not getting sick.

50 crunches on abench

5 minutes on elliptical

2 miles of running

.5 miles of walking on slight incline

25 minutes on elliptical

50 more crunches on abench

reverse crunches

scissor kicks for lower abs

standing side bends with 12 pound weights

standing side twist with 8 pound medicine ball

donkey kicks

standing lunges

back extensions with 24 pounds

hanging knee raises

more ab work on stability ball

tricep curls

standing side leg raises

arm raises with 3 pound weights

Stretching

No wonder I’m zonked!

Food:

Breakfast

Soy Latte

1/4 cup of whole grain pasta

Lunch

Chickpeas and the remaining eggplant parmigiana that I made last week. See my awesome vegan recipe.

Snack:

Instant hot chocolate, made with unsweetened almond milk.

Dinner:?? I think I’ll keep it light and go with some delicious pink grape fruit or something like that. I’ve been craving citrus lately.

Make sure you check out my latest post about Pure Barre!!

I woke up around 4:20 this morning, briefly contemplated going to the gym, then nodded off again.

I admit, I wasn’t very active today, but I had good reason. I did, however, eat very healthy, and I feel like sharing today’s menu.

Breakfast:

Soy latte

8 oz of orange juice

Lunch:

Salad made with arugula, cherry tomatoes, 1/2 of a chopped avocado, and chick peas.

Dinner:

Vegan eggplant parmigiana, and a side salad made of the same ingredients my salad was, only this time I added some dressing.

I didn’t do great in the fruit department, but I scored in the veggies. Tomorrow I’ll have more control of my schedule (I spent a little more than 3 hours traveling today), so I should be able to do better than today.

Oh, FYI: Tomorrow Fit is the New Black will have a new post about a workout I think you should try! Also, makeup lovers- check out my weekend post about my new fave finds from the drugstore.

I’m sorry I’ve been mia for a few days. Things have been bananas in my world.

I hit the gym on Saturday and did one of my harder core routines. Sunday I had some place to be, but I walked around in 4 inch heels all day, which I think she could as exercise.

Today I did the following:

A quick power walk warm up, followed a a little over 2 miles of sprinting and endurance running (switch up every 1/2 mile or so). Since I was in those heels I decided to skip the incline.

I also hit up the elliptical for 30 minutes. I was going to do longer, but I had stuff to get done.

I mixed some ab crunches with leg, arm, and back exercises.

Then I was done!

Food:

I actaully ate some of my eggplant parm in the morning, and a bit later for lunch.

I’m currently drinking a blueberry and kale smoothie, but I think I put too much kale in it. Opps!

1.5 mile power walk at 4.3mph

2.5 mile run, mixed with walking on slight incline

30 minutes on elliptical

Reverse crunches

Back exercise with 20 pounds

Hanging knee raises

Rotary twist using 25-40 pound weight

Lunges

Crunches on stability ball

Arm raises

Food:

Breakfast

Soy latte

1/2 power bar

1/2 glass of 100 percent pineapple juice

Lunch

1 serving of fiber pasta w/sauce

Remaining glass of pineapple juice

Dinner

Garden salad made with mixed greens, sweet peas, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, and hummus.

8 cold french fries-yuck.

1/2 fudgesicle.

4 mile run mixed with walking on slight and high incline

20 minutes on elliptical, using levels 10,12,17,9,3

Weighted crunches

Stretching

I got to the gym really late today, so I just trying to get in some solid sweat time.

Food

Soy latte

Garden salad

Zucchini minis