I sported the ol' two-piece last year in Vegas/California, but I definitely wasn't feeling on top of my game with how I looked. I know it isn't all about how you look, but ya have to admit, confidence booms when you're feeling comfortable in your own skin, right? Right.
Anyhow, a play-by-play of my off the wall Sunday goes as follows.
Breakfast
After a 9:45 wake-up, I started my day with a smoothie, coffee and water.
In the mix was a small banana, 1/2 scoop of chocolate peanut butter combat protein powder, 1-C of Kirkland mixed berries, 1T of all-natural peanut butter, 2-C of unsweetened vanilla almond milk and 1-C of ice water.
I knew I probably wouldn't be home for a few hours, so I made sure I had a big and energizing breakfast.
Workout
I was gonna do the same workout as yesterday but I was running in different sneakers and they definitely didn't serve me well. My shins were aching and it was just an uncomfortable run. I ran 2.5-miles on 6.0mph for a total of 25-minutes. After my run, I walked on an incline of 5.0 for 30-minutes and punched out 2+ miles. Not bad for someone who had bad legs.
After my cardio, I did a '12 in 12' workout. That's 12 sets of shoulder exercises in 12-minutes.
12 in 12
3 x 10 Shoulder Press (20-lbs)
3 x 10 Shoulder Shrugs (20-lbs)
3 x 10 Side Lateral Raise (12.5-lbs)
3 x 10 Cross Overs (12.5-lbs)
I probably would have skipped the weights if I hadn't of run into Caitlin where we got on the topic of trimming up for down South. She too, is going on a trip the same time as myself (Caitlin does Cuba) ;) haha <--that's my daily attempt at being funny. Fail.
After the gym, Samantha and I text back and forth on supper plans and we went with vegan macaroni and cheese (compliments of miss Georgia Brown..Hi Georgia / Thank you for the great idea). I had the rice noodles at home but decided to go all out and get the dairy-free cheese at Natural Value in Dominion.
It was definitely a great idea to go with a vegan meal because Sam had bought a massive box of tofu at Costco.
After Dominion, I headed to the Natural Health Shop. It was my first time there and I've had it written in my book 'to do' for quite some time now! I love all that stuff and I buy a chunk of my groceries at Natural Value so it seemed like a fit.
Look at all the goodness, right? Sam and I have been on a hunt for soya sauce but everything we found was SO high in sodium. Like 38% of your daily intake high. I managed to find a bottle at the Natural Health Shop that has 6% per T. This sounded perfect since our macaroni and cheese called for 2T. It's fermented soya sauce and the owner told me she has been using the stuff for 20+ years. Score!
I also got some goodies to try out.
I bought rye flakes, apple chips and some pre and post-workout Vega mix. I've heard some good stuff about Vega (plant-based protein) and thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a shot. Steven swears by it.
Funny how I got the Vega to try, because after I left the Natural Health Shop, I headed to Popeyes for some Nutriwhey.
They didn't have any Nutriwhey on hand so I was pretty disappointed. I went to Cavedog cause I was sure they'd have it .. butttt they were all out of vanilla.
I'm pretty particular about the protein powders I use cause 1. I hate chalky-tasting powders, 2. I hate powders that don't mix well and 3. I like powders that have a good consistency for baking.
The girl working at Cavedog assured me that I'd love Isoflex and said that it's so light that it "floats" haha I said f-it and went with it.
Bonus: Notice how FULL to the rim the powder is? Omg, I usually expect to open the tub and it be half empty (this is quite common) so I was super pumped! (o the little things in life).
When I got home, I tried my first Iso shake and it was loved it! Yum!
..Followed by a small bowl of leftover chicken that Sam cooked a few nights a go.
The girl at Cavedog also told me that she too, bakes a lot. She said that she used vanilla Isoflex to make oatmeal cookies the night before.
The little darling was lovely enough to write down the recipe for me (which I totally ended up whipping up for snacks this week).
After my little run-around, decided to start some meal prep/baking (and this was ALL before 2-pm! La-la-la-lifeeee .. I walked in my door at 1:52).
Samantha was coming home for 5, so I did a few things before prepping us supper. My afternoon went as follows:
- showered
- did a hair treatment
- shaved my legs (this is big)
- cleaned my room
- took down the Christmas tree (stop judging)
- tidied the living room
- did dishes
- started and finished a blog post
- read some of my favourite blogs (you gals know who you are)
- started the new storage room in the basement
- reorganized my closet
- reorganized my books
Then... then it was baking time :)
Protein Banana Cookies
Prep Time: 5-minutes MAX
Cooking Time: 15-minutes
Serves: 9
Ingredients
Directions
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350-C
2. In a medium sized mixing bowl, mash up the bananas
4. Using a regular-sized spoon, portion the batter in 9 servings of cookies
5. Bake for 12-15-minutes, remove and let cool
6. Eat desert for supper :)
Holy hannah were these cookies delicious!!
The girl with the recipe told me she had a mind to eat the whole batch ... ugh .. these definitely won't last a week. Sam and I both ended up eating 2 and I'm sure she's gonna pack a few for her lunch! Yum! :) Thank you whoever you are!
After desert-baking, it was time for supper prep. We cooked the vegan Macaroni and Cheese. I won't give you the recipe as I cannot steal the thunder from Georgia as this was her wonderful recipe!
The only thing I would have changed with this recipe was using dijon mustard (as she had advised). Instead, I only had lime mustard from Liquid Gold in Halifax (this gave too much of a tang..) .. yet I still managed to eat it :)
If you're interested in making this, the brands I used were:
After supper, I:
- cleaned up the dishes
- curled my hair (cause ya'kno .. I'm really cool on a Sunday night)
- ripped the ass out of
mySamantha's jeans - headed to Starbucks
- drank too many coffee for a Sunday night
- organized all the photos on my lap top
- relaxed for the remainder of the night
Now, that's some Sunday isn't it? Ahh yiahhhh!
Anyhow, I shall be off as Courtney is meeting me at Starbucks for a Monday morning catch-up :)
Later lovers!
Questions
1. What makes a 'productive day' in your eyes?
2. Do you have a 'go to' protein powder?
3. Have you ever tried a vegan dish?
Yowzers you were busy. Holy crap. I did dishes and laundry and that was it for me.
ReplyDeleteYAY! I love that you tried my recipe!! I always wonder if people who have tried them, like them? Sounds like you had an awesome weekend.
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