Today was such a good day! It started it with a yoga private followed by a streak of crazy productivity at work and then a management team meeting, practicing yoga, teaching BodyPump and a CrossFit coach’s meeting. I finished my day with a conference call with a group of women where I talked about my take on food, nutrition and fueling my body. This was hosted by my friend Leslie Ann from LAQ Fitness. She’s doing a Fat Loss Cooking School series and invited me to be one of the guest speakers.
I didn’t wrap up all this stuff until after 9 tonight so this post will be brief so that I can enjoy some downtime before bedtime! Just a few photos for you.
Wednesday lunch was a salad with mixed greens, salmon, goat cheese, pecans, artichokes, dried cranberries and cucumbers.
I have been SO motivated to workout this week…which is a welcome change! We did a really different WOD at Metro on Wednesday which was based on power production and how much weight you could move in a set amount of time. We worked two minutes on, one minute off for two rounds at each of the following stations: sled push, bench press, goblet squats and kettlebell swings. It was such a mind game to figure out what weight you could move consistently for the two minutes to get the maximum score. I am sore today from the high reps at lighter weights!
Workouts this week have looked a little like this…
Monday: 3 mile run + 5 rounds of 20 air squats, 10 push ups, 10 lunges (each leg), 20 stability ball crunches
Tuesday: hot yoga + CrossFit (15-12-9 deadlifts and pullups)
Wednesday: hot yoga + CrossFit (WOD above)
Thursday: hot yoga + taught BodyPump
Lunch today was half of a wrap with turkey, arugula, tomato, havarti, avocado and spicy honey mustard and a cup of butternut squash soup.
And dinner after my long day was a snack of yummy cheeses and crackers and then I was craving protein and veggies. It was after 9:30 when I started on this dinner so the best I could do was defrosting salmon from the freezer and broiling it crusted in lots of spices and mixed Asian veggies on the side. I’m a little worried about how much salmon I eat…I’m probably having it around three times a week right now. I just read so much about mercury so I’m not sure if I should cut it back.
Signing off…thankful tomorrow is Friday!!!!!
Glad you got your motivation back and I have to say all that food looks AMAZING! 🙂 Delicious!
You are fine with wild (non-farm raised) salmon! Mercury content is low compared to tuna, swordfish, etc. 🙂
Please share that motivation around! I never get tired of looking at (more like drooling over) your food 🙂
I need more of that motivation! The quality of your pics is awesome!
Mercury levels are three times higher in wild salmon than in farmed (it’s due to wild salmon’s natural diet) but both are well below accepted safe levels. So I wouldn’t worry at all, but if you are eating it that often, probably go for organic farmed one.
I’m still in awe of that backbend video you posted, it’s almost supernatural 🙂
start eating sardines…. yummy and super high in omegas and low in pollutants…..
I always love the food photos your post……….they are mouth watering! Gives me good ideas for combinations to try in my own kitchen!
I live in Charlotte and was wondering where you get your salads? They always look so good!