Counting my blessings!!

Hello everyone and hope your thursday (almost friday!!) nights are going well. I’m happy to say I had an AMAZING day! I couldn’t believe it but someone actually returned my cell phone and I get to pick it up tomorrow!! HOORAH!! Oddly though, I haven’t missed it much these last couple days! It’s been pretty nice… =)

Today was busy, but “good busy” if that makes any sense? I intended to lift before my cardio dance class (which i’ve learned doesn’t really count as exercise- I’m lucky if it gets my hr to 130)  but I pressed the snooze button a few too many times… In an effort to save a little time, I made delicious breakfast cookie last night: (1/3 c. oats, 1 T PB, 1/2 serv pro powder, 1/8 c. UVAB)

I dont know if it filled me up quite as much as my normal bowl of oatmeal, but it sure was delicious and  nice little change! (I tried hiding the bite I took lol)

After munching this down I hurried off to the gym, got about 3/4 of my weighs in and hurried off to cardio dance (today was kickboxing- aerobically it wasn’t much work at all but my legs felt like boulders from the leg workout I did before hand- bad idea- I fear my kicks and punches were pretty weak looking )

Here was my leg/ab workout:

weights: time- 1hr, 10m, cal-318, max hr- 160

cardio dance class: time- 58 min, cal-264, max hr- 138

After my class I was sooo hungry, so I rushed back home and had some leftovers: 4oz Faux Fried Chicken w/ .5 T BBQ, 1/2 c. Kashi with 1 T Fage & pinch of stevia.

Kinda boring but it was what sounded good and I was in a hurry to make it here:

Did some tanning for an hour and got my the best email ever... my phone was returned!!!

I snacked on this on my walk down: a cookie doughBalance Bar!

very tasty AND it had no Malitol!

So something I’ve been meaning to mention is malitol. A few days ago I posted a picture of one of the Think Think bars I had, which states that it “contains no sugar”. Well as Ian pointed out to me, it actually contains an artificial sweetener known as Malitol which is NOT good (especially if you are aiming for lower carb macros). Take a look at this link (i had no idea!) That being said, I’m definietly going to start reading the labels more carefully for this ingredient.

That being said, the balance bar (at least this flavor) was awesome! Plus, no malitol! AND great stats: cal-200, fat- 7, pro- 15, carb- 21

After my quick 1 hr tanning break, I walked back home, changed really quick and drove out to a random gym; I had a spin class I was supposed to attend and do a write-up on… except I was a tad late.. and got a bit lost…

So, no spin but I did make up for my missed cardio and did a quick 25 mins HIIT on their elliptical (burned another 250 cal). This gym was crazy!! You aren’t going to believe what I did after the workout…

Well, my sweay self sauntered on downstairs to a lobby bigger than the gym itself… complete with waterfalls, massage chairs, a bar, cafe…. Oh and it was a tax day party..

SOooo… I did some wine tasting (no beer for me), grabbed a few chocolate covered almonds/malt balls, some grapes/carrots/caulilower.. skipped the pizza and subway…

THEN had myself a nice little aqua-massage!

Umm.. I would like to know what kind of gym this is and if people here actually come to workout… there was also a olympic size ozone pool, spa, sauna, steam room, outdoor sand volleyball courts, racquetball, squash, basketball (all indoor courts) etc….

After this little adventure I hurried home to a quick but tasty dinner (3.5 oz tuna, 2 hard-boiled egg whites, 1T sweet & sour sauce, on top of an orowheat sandwich thin):

The sweet and sour sauce is only 35cal for 2 T and tastes awesome!! I was still full from all the snacks =)

(He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. -Isaiah 40:11)

Then I showered really fast and went to my bible study, which was awesome. Ohhh and almost forgot, I was sure to stop on the way and get my free brewed coffee @ Starbucks (which you got for tax day w/your reusable mug)

Came home to this tasty dessert, which was a repeat of last night but with 1 T Better n’PB: (fage, kashi, stevia, pb)

Soooo good!

So thats about it, here’s my macros (not counting my little wine and choco treats): macros were good again!

cal: 1424

fat: 30.94g / 18.91%

pro: 161.18g / 43.79%

carb: 137.32g / 37.3%

Have a wonderful friday! I’m going wine tasting tomorrow, should be fun!