Last weekend was quite a challenge for me. It was my birthday weekend as well as my baby nephew's 1st birthday party. It was a non-stop celebration from Friday to Monday. I made sure to get in my workouts where I could in an attempt to counter the effects of the bad food I was ingesting, but needless to say the damage was done.
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| John David's 1st Birthday! |
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| Edgar's Bakery's Famous Strawberry Cake! |
Fortunately I can honestly say that I only had one piece of my birthday cake and left the rest with my parents. Go Maegan! That's a definite first!
So on to the "clean eating" part. Here are some of my meals in the last two weeks.
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| Carrot Cake Protein Muffins (Jamie Eason and Natalie Hodson's recipe) |
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| Spinach Salad with pears, strawberries and walnuts |
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| Spinach, edamame, broccoli and turkey burger salad |
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| Scrambled Egg Whites, Turkey Bacon and Ezekial Raisin Toast |
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| Egg White and Broccoli Muffins (Before Baking) |
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| Egg White and Broccoli Muffins with hot sauce |
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| Clean Pizza- spinach, tomato sauce, artichoke, sun dried tomato, part skim low fat mozzarella and chicken |
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| Scrambled Egg Whites (with one whole egg), turkey bacon, Ezekial Toast and an Orange |
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| Turkey Burgers on the George Forman Grill! |
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| Turkey Burger with broccoli slaw (gives it a nice crunch) and spicy mustard on an Arnold Sandwich Thin |
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| My NEW FAVORITE!! Chobani Bite Coffee Yogurt with Dark Chocolate Chips!! Only 100 calories! I stick mine in the freezer and eat it like frozen yogurt! Nips that sweet tooth in the bud! |
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This is just one small example of the temptation that I have to conquer weekly at my office. There are almost always "goodies' of some sort in the kitchen at work. Most days I am able to refrain from eating them, but some days I cave in to my inner sugar addict and divulge in some sort of sugar-filled sweet. This often leaves me unsatisfied and remorseful. Fortunately today was NOT one of those days. I was able to pass by the Krispy Kremes and eat a jucy orange instead.
Maegan- 1, Donuts- 0 |
I love this program because I am always sore which lets me know that I have been working hard!! My body feels tighter and my pants are looser!
We are on the right track!
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On top of James Wilson's Program, a friend of mine asked me to start training for a Half Marathon with her. I immediately said YES! because I have always wanted to do a half. I have a personal dream of one day finishing a half marathon. Hopefully that dream will become a reality this coming fall.
I should admit that I am both scared to death and excited. One of the reasons for my fear is that I suffer with chronic shin splints. Fortunately I have lost some weight and purchased different shoes which has significantly helped. I plan to log my miles here on my blog so I will keep you posted with my progress along the way.
Miles this week:
Saturday I ran 3.1 miles
Tuesday I ran 3 miles
I am scheduled to run 3 miles on Thursday, 3 miles on Friday and then 4 miles on Sunday.
Wish me luck!
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| A little inspiration for the week! |
You think to make stuff I never would.
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of help. I don't come up with most of it on my own. I look at clean eating blogs and follow female body builders. I'll post some more links on that soon!
ReplyDeleteYou are doing good kiddo! I LOVE looking at your cuisine creations!! And, by the way everybody - that Edgar's Strawberry Cake is KILLER! (thank you very much Maegan)!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mom!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, that cake is amazing!!! We will have to do it again next year! :)