Life Lessons

As I was perusing Pinterest, I saw this..

 

It really resonated with me this week. Weary, I am. Rest, I need and crave! You know how I was complaining about being so tired? Well, apparently I was getting sick. (Can I blame the time change for that, too?) Yesterday, I was barely able to drag my butt out of bed for a shower, let alone to work out! So, last night I decided I would get my fitness on! TurboFire - Fire 60, sounds like a good place, right? HOLY MOLY! I officially decided that Chalene Johnson is a former dancer (I don't know her background at all). At one point I was thinking, "I was cheerleader. Pssh... I've got this!" Wrong, Erin. You're oh so wrong.

Legs were flailing, arms were flying (waving them in the air like I just don't care) Sorry, I had to say that. :) After 40 minutes, I decided to stop. I was so tired, I simply didn't have it in me to keep up. My hair was soaking wet, which was good and I was satisfied with that! 

Life Lesson #1: I have to remind myself, rest days are just important to my health as my workout days. This is even MORE true when you are sick. 

Life Lesson #2 (totally unrelated to the above topic): Denial is never a good thing. Don't test your limits to see what you can get away with. Sounds dangerous, right? Well, I guess it was if you consider a nice warm bowl of oat goodness to be dangerous! When I was doing our grocery shopping over the weekend, my inner bargain shopper overtook my gluten free senses.

 $1.24 for old fashioned oats vs. $5 (and some change) for a bag of gluten free rolled oats

You're right, the $1.24 bag won this round. "Oats are gluten free," I told myself. "What are the chances they are contaminated," I asked myself in a deniable fashion. "Do I really need to spend $4 more for oats to be gluten free? It will be just fine." I was wrong on each and every level. The aforementioned $1.24 oats have now been bequeathed to a friend. Enough said. So, I imagine I will feast on breakfast quinoa until I have gluten free oats back in my cupboard.

 

TurboFire - Core 20

Again, I woke up late. I was just barely able to get a 20 minute workout in. But let me tell you, this workout packs a HUGE punch. You better believe if they are making a 20-30 minute workout, they will make each and every move count. "I think I can, I think I can." And I did, for the most part.

Breakfast

Chunky Monkey Peanut Buttery Oatmeal

1/2 Cup of Oatmeal, topped with the following
1 TB Peanut Butter, natural
1/2 Banana
1/2 TB 60% Cacao chips
1 TB Ground flax seed

 

 Hot, black coffee to sip on (YEAH!)

Lunch

Arbonne Chocolate Protein Shake 

Mixed with

Arbonne Fiber Boost

2TB PB2

Dinner

Peanut Butter Cup Smoothie from PB Fingers ( I have to try this sucker out!)

Snack

Arbonne Fruit Nutrition Snack Bar

 

Don't forget the Zevia giveaway! 

 

Sick Day

I'm home with a sick little one today. I wasn't expecting to be, so I got up at 4:30 as usual to work out. Consistency is a good thing, right? I recently got the TurboFire workouts. I REALLY like them, but apparently I ordered the wrong disk set. Apparently what I ordered was an add-on to the program, not a program on it's own. I was hoping to do a P90X/TurboFire hybrid.

I first tried my TurboFire disk last week and I did the HIIT workout. It. Was. Awesome. Seriously, this was a 30-minute workout that left my hair soaked! Since I'm still recovering from the Little Rock Marathon, I did a shaping session today. When your arms are shaking, you know you're working! That's my first workout since the race. My hips have been pretty sore, and my IT band has been pretty tight. I've been focusing on stretching, using "The Stick" (my muscle roller), and re-igniting my love affair with Aleve.

I got a few comments on my chick peas/garbonzo beans snack the other day, so I thought I'd give the recipe! It's really easy and something that my parents made often when I was growing up.
Chick Peas (1 can, unsalted, drained OR 1 bag, dried, prepared according to directions)

2-4 TB  Red Wine Vinegar
1-2 TB  EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
1/2 tsp   Salt
1 tsp      Black Pepper
1 tsp      Garlic Powder

In a bowl, add chick peas. According to taste, and amount of chick peas used, add vinegar and oil. Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Then it's ready to eat! I like it warm from freshly boiled peas, but they are good cold, too. Enjoy!

There is a special giveaway coming up soon. Don't miss out!! :)


Daily Encouragement

 

 TurboFire - Tone 30 

Breakfast

Steel Cut Oats, topped with 1/2 banana, 1 apple, 1 TB almond butter, and 1/2 TB ground flax

I simply cooked the oats according to the direction. I prefer more liquid to mine, so I cooked them in 1 part water, 2 parts almond milk (unsweetened, vanilla).

I sliced/cored an apple, and cooked that in the microwave for 1 minute. I did eat a couple of the slices before it got in the microwave. Hey, it happens!

Then I topped the oats with the sliced banana, soft warm apple, and other goodies. :) AH-mazing and insanely filling.

Lunch

Lunch today was super quick and easy. Taking care of a little one is a job on its own!

Arbonne Chocolate Protein Shake, mixed with Arbonne Fiber Boost, 1 TB of PB2, the other 1/2 of the banana from breakfast.

Dinner

TBA :) - only because I really don't know yet!