Holiday Slacker!

Alright, I have to be honest! I did not make it past week 1!! With the holidays, family, parties, food, sickness at our house and everything else (lets see what else can I use as an excuse?) I totally fell off the band-wagon!

But you better believe I'll be back on it at the new year with the rest of the world!

End of the Week Blues . . . .

So for my workouts I always start out great on Mondays.  I'm excited for a new week, I have fresh new motivation! Tuesday hits and I'm going strong, Wednesday still good . . . then comes Thursday, & it takes everything I have to convince myself to follow through, then Friday & Saturday, and I get so busy and SO demotivated to work out.  It's the weekend, my kids are home, my routine thrown all out of wack!

 I fell off the band wagon this weekend for both diet and exercise.  I'm never going to get the results I want if I keep doing this :(

Any advice? How do get over the end of the week blues?

Special K = Success

I realize I'm only on Day 2, but I had to say, I thought I would be STARVING attempting the Special K diet along with my workout routine. . . . but I am pleasantly surprised!  Day 2 and both days I have felt completely satisfied.

Basic Diet:

Breakfast - Special K bar (sadly I don't usually even have time to eat a bowl of cereal in our hectic mornings)
Lunch - Protein Shake (I LOVEE the vanilla Special K protein shakes!  & I've tried many)
Dinner - is where you can mix it up, I've been having fun trying a bunch of new healthy recipes!

Day - 1 (again)

Went really well!  Felt great to be back, even with Jillian making me work to death :)

Also, a classic favorite of mine for dinner tonight, Chili:

Only 1.5g of Fat per serving with a whopping 15g of Protein! Delicious! (I add a little canned corn, bell peppers, and salsa to spice it up a bit)

Horrible week . . . great ending!

Well, after a horrible week: strep throat at our house; both boys and myself! Then celebrating J-bug's 3rd birthday, we will be starting my workout challenge again on Monday!  This time to stick in out for the full 4-weeks!

Day 1 & 2

Workout day 1 went great!  I did Jillian's 30-day shred and pilates that night in the same day.
Today (day 2) not so good:
Both S-man and I have strep.  Yuck, horrible timing.  Not what I planned.  Had to stay home from work and take care of a sick boy all while I felt terrible as well.  Anyway, got on an antibiotic and hopefully by tomorrow or Thursday at the very latest we'll be back on track. . .

The vegetarian's protein dinner:

I so wish I would have taken a picture because it was DELICIOUS! Being vegetarian, trying to do a high protein diet always takes a little creativity.  Just so you know, on a regular basis I'm never really concerned about getting enough protein, but doing a HIGH protein diet can be a bit more challenging.  Tonight's menu:

Steamed broccoli
Baked Tofu (marinated in balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic)
Walnut Penne Pasta (whole wheat pasta, with sauteed onions, peppers, and walnuts in the sauce)

And let me tell you, (for all those rolling their eyes at tofu) my 2-year-old and 4-year-old LOVED the tofu, they gobbled it up!  Brand new recipe, and the pasta was amazing as well!

Based on my totals from CalorieKing: 35 grams of protein!

Not my pic's, but thanks to Google you can have a visual: