I am still on Week 2 of my Couch to 5 K, so I spent a glorious 25 minutes with my treadmill and my fantastic new shoes. I managed to get just over 1.6 miles and I was dripping (yuckers!) by the time I was done.
I headed back upstairs and did a new ab workout:
25 Dumbbell Punch across Body
12 Reverse Crunches on Stability Ball
12 Dumbbell Flys
I did 2 sets of the above. I realize that Dumbbell flys are
not ab exercises but I really like them. :D
Then I followed it with 2 sets of 25 (each side)
Crunches with Twist (foot on opposite knee).
In my quest to drink more water, I have been looking for variations to try. I've tried adding lemon slices, oranges slices and chunks of cucumber and they all offer a bit of a different taste, which is nice. I've also been experimenting with a couple others. I tried the Dr. Oz Metabolism Boosting Green Tea drink two days ago...it was 8 cups of green tea, a handful of mint leaves and a couple orange slices. It was supposed to brew overnight so that the flavours blended. They blended alright, but there was no way they were going to overpower that awful green tea taste. Huge yuckers! I drank half a cup (maybe!!!), washing down each mouthful with a gulp of plain water. Then I poured the whole thing down the drain. Bleh.
So yesterday I tried something new. I filled my Blender Bottle with water and added three or four apple slices and a full cinnamon stick. Very yummy. It still tastes like water, with maybe a hint of apple, and it smells like apple pie! I'm drinking this again today...it's definitely a nice change.
For anyone who is looking for more clean eating ideas...here's the inventory of food I brought in my lunch today. Please keep in mind that I got here at 9am today and I'll be here until 8pm...it seems like a lot of food. :D
1 small container of Whole Grain Rice Crackers
1 small container of cherry tomatoes
1 medium container of Plain Greek Yogurt with cut-up strawberries
1 small container of apple slices
1 small container of carrot sticks
1 very small container of almonds
1 large container of salad (baby spinach leaves, sliced hard boiled eggs, red pepper and pumpkin seeds)
1 medium sized baked Sweet Potato
Hmmm....now that I write that out, it doesn't look like enough food. :P
Good thing this apple water is filling me up and I haven't touched any of my food yet. :D
I realize that I write quite a bit about Mark and I and our different attempts to keep the other from reaching their fitness goals. I know that couples should support each other rather than sabotage each other, but we are very competitive people and this works for us. :D
However, just so everyone knows...I did attempt to help sway Mark to the way of healthy eating last night.
With dinner on our plates, we were sitting down at the island in our kitchen and he brought
out a bag of chips from the cupboard to add another "side" to his plate.
"Did you want some of these carrot sticks instead?" I asked, offering some off of my own plate.
"Nope."
"You know those chips aren't good for you, right?"
"Yep."
"You know these carrots ARE good for you, right?"
"Yep."
"And you still don't want any?"
"Nope." he said, shaking his head and looking quite pleased with himself.
He must have some plan I don't know about. :S
I wish him lots of luck. Sort of.
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