My day started bright and early with a strength training class called 30/60/90. It was a mixture of strength moves, cardio bursts and plyometrics that required serious concentration on my part, so I never got bored. The only downside was that a lot of the moves involved jumps and fast squats, which I'm paranoid about doing due to my knee. I kept it to my own pace and still got in a good workout, though- I tried to really really hone in on the upper body moves.
After class, I hopped on the elliptical for 15 minutes at level 5/resistance 5, to make up for all those jumps I missed. One of the TVs was playing the MTV video station, and the old TLC video "Unpretty" came on.
You can buy your hair if it won't grow/ you can fix your nose if he says so,
You can buy all the makeup/ that MAC can make
But if you can't look inside you/ find out who am I to
Be in the position to make me feel/ so damn unpretty
They were on the Operation Beautiful bandwagon a few years ahead of time, weren't they?
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Before hitting the gym I had two dry pieces of Ezekiel toast, and when I got home I made myself a green monstah.
- 1 c almond milk
- 1 banana, broken into chunks
- 1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior
- 1 scoop (3T) chia seeds
- big handful of spinach
- drizzle of agave
The green color is very apropos for March, no? St. Patty's is just around the corner!
Generally I never really crave smoothies, but lately they've just sounded so good to me! This combination was definitely a winner, too. Simple and delicious.
Feels good to have a good workout under my belt by 9. Off to enjoy my morning before this afternoon's classes!
