You know what I’m tired of doing? Blowing my nose! I have a cold and I went through an entire big box of Kleenex in less than 2 days. So tired of being sick. I’ve felt like crap for the last week and a half. In fact, I only worked out once last week because I felt I needed to take a break from working out so as not to exacerbate my sickness. I even went so far as to stay in the apartment all weekend. Seriously…I stocked up on food Friday afternoon and didn’t leave my apartment on purpose until Sunday night because I thought the rest would make me feel better. To the contrary…by the time the weekend was up, I felt even worse. To add to that, I felt extremely guilty for missing out on almost a week’s worth of working out. So I returned to New York Health & Racquet Club this morning to workout with my trainer. I was a little nervous because I thought I’d be too exhausted from all the days of inactivity to really be able to get a good workout in this morning. But I was wrong. My trainer Leo is the consummate professional and took it sorta easy on me. He modified most of my workout so that it wouldn’t wear me out, but so that I also got in a good session. And believe it or not, I actually felt better after I worked out with him!
A few days ago, I met up with, Maryann Donner, the Group Fitness Director at New York Health & Racquet Club. Taking into consideration my current fitness level, she recommended classes that I can take on the days that I’m not working out with my trainer. Some of the classes I’ll be taking will be Vinyasa Yoga, Bosu Core, Athletic Abs, Aquacise, Pilates Mat, Zumba, Total Sculpt, Boxing Ringside, Abs/Back/Core and Somatic Yoga. Taking all these classes will help get me into that bikini by the 4th of July AND keep my workouts interesting and exciting! So that’s what’s happening with me on the exercise end of things. As far as food, here’s just some of the stuff I’ve been eating…
High fiber shredded wheat cereal.
I felt like having guacamole, so I decided to make a healthier version of it at home. I even made my own tortilla chips! I got the recipe from Food Network’s new show “Mexican Made Easy” with Marcela Valladolid:
-Chips
(Start with store bought tortillas)…These are healthier than most store bought chips since they’re baked. Start by brushing the tortillas with a little vegetable oil on one side and stack as you brush. You only have to brush one side with the oil because once you stack one on top of the other, the other side gets the oil from the top of the previous one you brushed. Then cut the stack into triangles. Make sure you cut them similar sizes so that they bake evenly in the oven. Then put the chips in a single layer on a baking sheet. You don’t have to grease the baking sheet since there’s already oil on the tortilla chips. Bake in the oven for about 10 to 12 minutes in a 400 degree preheated oven. Once the chips are baked, be sure to salt well while they’re hot so that the oil will help the salt stick.
-Guacamole
You’ll need ripe avocados, an onion, lime juice, cilantro and salt. Cut, pit and peel the avocados, then place in a bowl. Add lime juice at this point to prevent the avocados from turning brown…about 2 tablespoons for every 3 avocados you use. Use a fork to cut and mash your avocados. Add about half a chopped onion and about 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro. Mix and season with salt to taste.
And there’s my finished product! It was yummy! The only thing I would change would be to add tomatoes to the guacamole. I’ve been so obsessed with avocados lately, which is probably why I was craving the guacamole.
I also used avocados in the soft tacos that I made yesterday. I had a feeling they’d be good, but I wasn’t expecting to be blown away by these tacos! All I did was brown a few corn tortillas on the oven burner. I topped them with pulled chicken in barbeque sauce (bought already prepared from the store), sliced avocado, chopped cilantro, chopped onions, shredded mozzarella cheese, salt & pepper. These tacos were healthy and amazingly yummy.
I had lunch with my co-workers Tre, JJ & Mo Bounce last week. We went for sushi. I had the shrimp tempura roll. It was super good and super fresh because aside from the tempura shrimp, it had fresh lettuce and you guessed it…avocado! I swear, I’ve been so obsessed with avocado these days that if I could put it in my cereal, I would! Lol.
Almonds, bananas, dried apricots, dried mangos, dried blueberries and dried apple clusters are some of the snacks I’ve been eating. My fav of the bunch are the dried blueberries. I absolutely love blueberries and figured I’d also like them dried. Turns out I do! The only setback is that the blueberries stain your fingers and nails as you dig into the bag. It was even hard to wash the stain off my hands. And it’s not cool walking around with blue fingers and nails, lol. I’ve also had chocolate here and there, but I’m trying to get out of that habit. Not altogether, but not as often. I really do need to add more leafy green veggies to my regimen. I’ll try to work on that this week.
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