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What I Ate Wednesday and a Leg Workout!

Posted on Apr 10, 2013 in eats, legs, weight training, WIAW (What I Ate Wednesday) | 20 comments

First for What I Ate Wednesday…. I have been doing protein powder with almond milk and coffee pre workout pretty much every day. Post workout I do a quick shake with protein powder, almond milk, almond flour and 1/2 banana. My actual breakfast for the next few weeks will be egg whites, yams and avocado. Mid morning has been a protein pancake but that will have to go soon too Lunch is steak with yams, veggies and avocado. Afternoon has been tuna and veggies (no pic) and dinner will probably be fish or egg whites. I have been wanting to barf at the thought of chicken lately so it’s out for a while. AND – So excited when I was looking through old pics...

Giant Leg Set and Lower Abs!!

Posted on Mar 17, 2013 in abs, fitness, legs | 4 comments

So yesterday because my week was all screwed up I just did my own leg workout that I made up as I went along. I am dying today from soreness and I was so exhausted at the end yesterday that I literally forgot to do my calves. So happy I am feeling better. I swear my quads (flexed in the top right) take over everything I do for legs – darn things! Here you go!! Giant Squat Set: Bar – 20 reps Bar + 20lbs 15 reps Bar + 30 lbs 12 reps Bar + 40lbs 10 reps Bar + 50lbs 8 reps Bar + 70bs 6 reps Bar + 50lbs 8 reps Bar + 40 lbs 10reps Bar + 30 lbs 12 reps Bar + 20lbs 15 reps Bar -20 reps I didn’t hit all of the reps on the way down but I pushed out as many...

What I Ate Wednesday – Soooo Boring!

Posted on Mar 6, 2013 in cooler, eats, WIAW (What I Ate Wednesday) | 5 comments

My eats are going to be so boring until Vegas and then fun for a few weeks and then boring again until the wedding. Oh well it’s worth it. Breakfast was protein pancakes that I ate in a baggie on my way to work in the car – no pic obviously. M2: Stuffed chicken, sweet potatoes, avocado and veggies M3: Steak, sweet potatoes and veggies M4: Chicken, avocado and veggies M5: Egg whites with veggies (not pictured yet because I haven’t had it yet) M6: Protein shake with water I found the cookies and cupcakes before my night class when I was eating M4 -> I wanted one so badly but instead I ate my chicken and went upstairs. I had more starchy...

Another leg workout :)

Posted on Feb 10, 2013 in fitness, legs | 12 comments

Legs! Leg day makes me happy. It’s exhausting and takes a long time but I love when my legs are sore because it means they are working and I am working hard. My leg workouts have been pretty much the same lately but here you go! I change up the weight and reps all the time. Leg Extensions: 3×10 Lying leg curls: 3×10, superset with jump squats Incline leg press: 10 with toes at edge, 10 with feet together Squats: 3×10, superset with jumping lunges Plie squats: 3×10, superset with side lunges holding a plate: 3×10 Single leg calf raises: holding a plate do as many as you can until failure and then drop the plate and go to failure again,...

Leg Workout for January

Posted on Jan 16, 2013 in legs, wedding | 4 comments

Hey everyone! I hope you liked the back and bicep workout I posted if you tried it I did it again this morning with a friend and she was dying at the end too. Is it weird that that makes me happy?? I promised that next I would post the leg workout so here you go! Be warned. I did this last Friday planning on repeating it on Monday and couldn’t because I was still too sore – oops! Hope you like it Leg Extensions supserset with Leg Curls: 12-15 reps 3x Inverted Leg Press, 10 with toes up high and 10 with feet together: 3x Bar Squats: 10-12, 3x Plie Squats superset with Side Lunges holding a plate weight: 10-12 (each side for the lunges), 3x Single Leg...

Grocery List and Bulk Cooking

Posted on Jan 8, 2013 in arms, bulk cooking, clean eating*, eats, legs | 14 comments

So…really quick, here is my leg workout from Saturday and my arm workout from today. Legs: Leg curl, superset with leg extension. 3×12 Inverted leg press, 10 with feet high up on the plate, 10 with feet together. 3x Plie squat, superset with dead lifts. 3×12 Standing calves. 3×12 Seated calves 3×12 Then I did my grocery shopping because I didn’t go on Sunday like I normally do. Also the Fatkid and I just realized that our bachelor/bachelorette parties are less than 3 months (mine) and just over three months (his) away – HOLY #$%$. That means the wedding is just over 4 months away so we need to kick it in gear after the holidays. For...

Leg Workout and Paleo Almond Butter Banana Muffins

Posted on Sep 17, 2012 in blog dogs, breakfast, clean eating*, eats, intervals, legs, snack | 13 comments

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend I know we did! Saturday I did legs and while it might not seem like a lot – it kills! Then we went for a hike on Camelback mountain (we always do Echo Canyon which is the ‘harder’ side) the weather was soooo nice – I am thrilled it is finally below 100! AND spent sometime outside with the bugs Yesterday during football I wanted to try to make some paleo protein muffins and I have to say I think these were a success. BUT BE WARNED: I do not like sweeteners so if you usually cook with some form of sweetener (or vanilla extract) I would add it because you might find this to be not sweet enough for...

a quick recap and a little surprise

Posted on Jun 18, 2012 in legs, life | 12 comments

So I just wanted to give you guys a quick recap of our weekend and my awesome surprise from the Fatkid First off – I went to Fire Daughter and met Samya – she is just as gorgeous and sweet in person! If you haven’t checked out her stuff, you need to. I don’t know if you saw me post it on Facebook, but I asked my old trainer/friend for a new leg workout and while we were talking I mentioned I loved having a trainer for legs because then I can lift heavier (since I have a spotter). He was talking to the Fatkid about it later that day and when the Fatkid came home Friday night he told me I have a trainer again – wahoo!! I am going to be...

summer workout plan

Posted on May 26, 2012 in abs, arms, back, fitness, legs, shoulders, weight training | 8 comments

So I promised you guys I would share my plan with you and I can’t lie – I didn’t make one last weekend because I had a little too much fun at a bridal expo with one of my friends Work has been busy lately and I have to leave my house at 7:15am to get there by 8:00am so that means I literally can only work out for 30 minutes in the AM because my gym opens at 5:30. Some of these I will just have to do after work. I think this is going to be my plan for the next few weeks – you’ll notice I write the upper body ones out so that I can superset if I want (often I will if I’m running short on time). Sunday: Bis/Tris cardio or plyos 3...

i’m back!! with a little legs and a cooler

Posted on May 17, 2012 in cooler, legs | 4 comments

I feel almost 100% and loved waking up and picking what I wanted to do at the gym today So on days I am working downtown I literally only have 30 minutes at the gym (even if I get there right at 5:30 when it opens) so today I did a quick booty circuit. I did all of the following exercises in a row, rested for a minute and then repeated two more times. Wall squats with a stability ball (holding a 10lb plate) x 15 Single leg squats (with your back foot on a ball) 10x each leg Froggies on the ball x15 Heel kicks on the ball x15 Leg curls on the ball x15 Single leg glute bridges 10x each leg ***The frog kicks and the heel kicks are just like this video except for the...