Hope everyone had a wonderful Tuesday. Ending my day now. I had an amazing day balanced with work and time to relax and take a nap. I hardly ever get naps in anymore and boy are they key! Whenever I have the time or opportunity, I always try to get one in but sometimes time just flies and it is hard to actually sit down to close your eyes for a few minutes. Just like our bodies need rest from our workouts, so do our eyes!! We physically need some shut eye every now and then! If you can’t get it from a mid day nap, it is important to at least give yourself a few minutes to remove yourself from your work environment and everything you have going on to breath for a few minutes. So if you can’t take time for a breather or a nap, getting to bed at a decent hour— hopefully before 10 p.m. is key! We need rest for our bodies to perform optimally! I often get so busy, as I know all of you do, and it is hard to imagine how you can fit a little shut eye into your day. The moment you have the time to fit a nap in, you really see how valuable they are to the productivity of the rest of your day. Especially since we all get up at the crack of dawn, early to mid afternoon, we have already been going strong for 8-10 hours. Not only going strong but exuding so much energy with our workouts and cardio. I know for me, come noon, my energy levels start to drop off, as I have already had a 7 hour day! I truly notice a huge difference in my energy levels and overall production from noon on… BUT with that nap, I am able to pick things back up 😉 We all have our peak times of performance and energy and for me that is bright eyed and bushy tail, first thing in the morning! Some of us are morning people and others may just get that burst of energy at night! With my hour nap, I am feeling that little bit of energy this p.m. that often fades by the end of the day! I am all about naps!! 🙂
My workout today was light back, abs and followed with parking lot lunges and side squats (as seen in the video). I did bar bell rows, 100 assisted pull ups (in 7 sets), seated rows, decline ab raises, floor crunches, parking lot walking lunges and side squats. I did all sets of 20 and 3 sets except for the assisted pull ups. I finished up with some burning buns exercises. I love body weight walking lunges and the side squats are killer for your glutes/hams and even quads! 🙂
Today’s diet was the following:
1- protein shake with 1/2 c. oats and 1 tbsp Chia Seed
2-protein pancake with 1 scoop protein, 2 egg whites, 1/3 c. oats
3-5 oz tilapia and 2 Sesame rice cakes with 1 tbsp natural almond butter
4-6 egg white veggie omelet with 1/3 c. brown rice
5-protein shake
6– what is for dinner?? Big Taco Salad with 99% lean ground turkey
Claudine, you inspired me to make my taco salad… I don’t have all the ingredients so am putting this together…
4 oz. lean ground turkey
4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
2 plum tomato, chopped
1/2 cup mushrooms
3 tbsp. canned black beans, drained and rinsed
2 tbsp. chopped scallions
1 tbsp. dried cilantro
1 tbsp. dried basil
1/4 c. salsa
Yummy! 🙂
Off to call it a night! Have a wonderful evening everyone and until tomorrow….
“End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, ‘I love you!’ Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.” –Mark Victor Hansen