Today was my second experience with core synergistics. I must say, I did much better with it this time around. I feel good! This workout is seriously a full-body challenge. It has everything from planks and pushups to mountain climbers, lunges, boats and bananas (think low v-sits, hello abs), bicep curls, squats... and a whole lot in-between. It's a very challenging and exhausting workout but getting through it makes for one wonderful feeling of accomplishment! I'm not lying when I say that this is one of the most well-rounded full-body workouts I have ever done. I even got through the "bonus round" (a few extra challenging moves at the end) tonight!! I skipped it on Tuesday and went right to the cool down. I toughed it out tonight, though! I managed to do 25 one-legged table dips! That was hard, haha. My body is tired but my muscles definitely feel better than they did at the beginning of the week. I was a little leery about this recovery week but I think it's doing the job. I didn't think I would like doing all these workouts when I should be resting... but I'm glad it wasn't a solid week off because that would make me feel very lazy and gross. I do love working out. I'm feeling pretty well recovered... In fact, I'm getting pretty anxious to start phase two on Sunday! Unfortunately, I gotta get through yoga tomorrow first. Booo. Oh well, I guess it'll be good to stretch a little more, rest on Saturday and hit the ground running, so to speak, on Sunday.
I've been getting a little more creative lately with my meals :] it's making a big difference. I'm still hooked on my egg white, turkey bacon and low-fat cheese on an English muffin breakfast. Om nom nom. Although, I did discover today that I have accidentally been using four egg whites instead of three every morning! :X Oops! I have no idea how that happened and I feel guilty for the extra protein... nothing I can do about it now, though! A couple nights ago, I used half a carb and a dairy to make myself a delicious mini baked mac 'n cheese :D I made it in one of my cute red ceramic mini casserole dishes, hehe. It was so good. Tonight, I sauteed some shrimp, scallops, French-cut green beans, pressed garlic and a splash of lemon juice. I served it over rice for dinner- WIN. It was different and quite tasty! I'm also discovering a love for avocados (3oz = 1 portion of fat). Mostly, I like them in the form of guacamole, which I think is allowed since it's just dry seasonings added to the avocado... I have decided, however, that I will no longer eat taco-seasoned chicken on a day when I'll be doing a cardio workout, haha. I kept burping it up and it was so nasty! Sorry for the TMI ;] But it was not my wisest choice. I will, on the other hand, be cooking with more shrimp. I love shrimp. I have a (slight) allergy to them that makes me get itchy every once in a while after I eat them... but they're totally worth it, ha! Either way, I'm enjoying coming up with different recipes to try out. It can be annoying when I'm just hungry and want something quick but if I plan ahead it isn't very inconvenient. I'll tell you what, though, I am excited to eat a bowl of oatmeal next week when I get two carbs a day! :D I miss oatmeal. But I'll miss my nonfat frozen yogurt. A LOT. I love that stuff. And mini rice cakes. I'm losing my two favorite snacks in phase two :[ At least I gain popcorn and pretzels as a snack, though! I'll survive.
Tomorrow marks my last workout of phase one. Ready to briiiing it!
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