Cardio week has been so fun for me, because I enjoy the challenge of collecting points for workouts. I got to be super creative in a realm of fitness that I feel comfortable in. That being said, it was also a very tiring week. Lots of cardio means needing more rest at night, which I didn't make time for on enough nights this week.
This culminated on Thursday night when, with the hubs out of town, I decided to paint our kitchen. I was up until 12:30, and then up at 6:30 am with the wee little one. So on Friday I decided to take a rest day. And by rest day, I mean literally the most lounging around I have done in a looooooong time. And while it felt great to be lazy while I was being lazy, by the end of the day I felt like I needed to MOVE! But hubs surprised us and came home a day early, so we relaxed and ate a big yummy dinner of jambalaya and sauteed fresh green beans and washed it down with a glass of red wine.
This morning we rounded the troops and hit the pavement! We jogged for a half hour with no stopping which is a big accomplishment for me! And I kept a decent pace to which Ned could at least hold a comfortable jogging pace beside me. It was surprisingly fun (and the time went by quickly!) :)
Back at home and on a workout high, I decided to try to make green smoothies. You know, healthified smoothies with the addition of special seeds, spinach, almonds, etc. Starting with a base of ice, banana and milk, I added almonds, cooked and chilled oatmeal, spinach and chia seeds. The first sip was pretty good! Good consistency and good taste. But by the time I poured and served one glass to Ned and one for myself, they had gotten thick and tasted gross. So gross. Poor Ned thought I was trying to poison him! So it was a total fail. Do you drink green smoothies? If so, please share your favorite recipe in the comments section below!
Overall cardio week has been good. It's brought out a true sense of competition between the three teams as we all scramble to gather as many points as we can. Tonight I've got cardioFIT virtually which should give me a good healthy head start to Superbowl Sunday!
I never had green smoothies before, but good to know what to look out for if I'm bold as you to make it.... maybe St. Patty's day. ;) & way to go with Cardio week, glad you got your rest, it'll make the race to week 3 that much more interesting. :) See you at the finish line.
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My fave green smoothie = one very ripe banana, 2 cups raw kale, 1/3 cup milk, 1 tbs honey, 3-5 ice cubes. Even my friends and roommates like it and they gag at anything other than bacon and pizza. I have successfully experimented with tossing in raw almonds, cocoa powder, cinnamon, 1/2 a lemon, and juiced green apple. See you in cardioFIT tonight!
ReplyDeleteI make green smoothies all the time! Either with Kale or Spinach. I do 2 cups of either green, or 1 cup of each, 16 oz almond milk, wheat germ, ground flax ( 1-2 tblsp. of each), and about a cup of frozen fruit either one kind or two mixed. . .I freeze the left overs and have them as a frozen breakfast or snack! Good luck and way to go on cardio week : )
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