December 24, 2008...1:47 pm

Last day of 21!

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Hope your having a fantastic Christmas eve! Since tomorrow is my birthday I am enjoying the last day of being 21! 21 was a good year, can’t wait to see what 22 brings! Sorry I was MIA yesterday, it was such a LLOONGG day with getting my car fixed in the morning, then going straight to work for 9 hours, getting off at 8 pm, then gym, shower, dinner…phew! Usually I have time in the morning to get some stuff out of the way but I spent my morning at Wal-mart getting a new battery.

I have a couple workouts to report, first was last nights quick visit to the gym for some weights, I did 3 sets of 10 reps of the following:

Tricep pulldowns at 40 lbs

Chest presses at 45 lbs

Bicep curls at 30 lbs

Lower back machine at 60 lbs

100 crunches (total)

40 bicycle crunches (total)

I wanted to do some cardio but it was getting so late and I was just getting too tired. So this morning I went back for a heart pumping workout that felt AMAZING! I did 30 mnts on the elliptical (which is growing on me!!) at resistance 7 averaging 120 strides per minute, then just to mix it up I hopped on the stair master. I HEART THE STAIR MASTER!!!! It was tough! My speed was 70 stairs per minute and I stayed on for 5 minutes, doesn’t sound like much but man that was a killer, my legs will be sore tomorrow! I loved it though, I’m going to do this machine once a week from now on adding a minute each week. Here are my stats from today:

Total time: 38 mnts

Calories: 385

Max heart rate: 180, my max is 178, oops, thanks stairmaster!

Avg heart rate: 167

Onto the food yo!

Bok choi breakfast! Scrambled eggs with bok choi, tomato, and asparagus! Plus a bagel and cream cheese and some blackberry’s, yummers!

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Here’s a shot of the veggies pre-eggs, I just love vegetables!

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And here’s my packed lunch, an apple and some caramel dip, apple sauce (I’m on an apple kick lately) and a turkey swiss sammie on whole wheat.

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Not food, but I thought I would show you guys my new running shoes from Brooks company. I took them for a short 2 mile run on Monday and they are light as air! MMUUCCHH better then my cheap clearance New Balances from Shopko I had been running in!

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Aaanndd back to food :) Maybe the most amazing salad I’ve ever had! I can’t take credit for this one, it was all Bret!

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Spinach salad with tomato, avocado, raspberries, and walnuts! Soo good! Just topped with some chicken, poppy seed dressing and parmesan cheese on top, and enjoyed!

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Enjoy your holidays! Have a merry Christmas! I’ll see you guys when I’m 22 :)


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