Oh my Zumba!

Breakfast:

• Egg whites Florentine
• Oats with flax, wheat germ, black berries, and a little honey

Mid-Morning:

• Carrots
• Hummus

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with roasted red pepper and hearts of palm
  
• 1 slice of whole wheat bread plus 1 packet of Justin's Chocolate Almond Butter

OH MAN was that almond butter good! :) :) :)

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop of protein powder with one glass of milk
• 1 pear

Dinner:

• 3.5 oz Coho salmon
  
• steamed green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
• glass of milk
  

The salmon was pretty good! (Bought it at the Whoe) :)

Work out:

• 20 minute run before class
• Arms and abs
  
• Zumba (50 minutes)
  

So this was my first Zumba experience. Of course I looked like a complete idiot, but who cares! Maybe I'll actually gain a little more coordination if I keep going! haha So much fun! If you've never been to a class before, then you should definitely go!

What a day!

Breakfast:

• Southwestern Scramble: 1 whole egg, egg whites, onion, garlic, tamotillo, 2 oz green chili sausage from Whole Foods
  
• 1 slice of whole grain bread from a local bakery
  
• handful blackberries
  

Mid-morning:

• 1 container of coconut Greek yogurt

Oh man, it was the best yogurt EVER!

Lunch:

• Garlic and Olive Oil Cous Cous topped with ground lamb (prepared with fresh mint) and goat's milk feta cheese.
  
• Fresh Kale

Oh man was this sinful! A clean meal and absolutely YUMMY! I can't believe I actually cooked this!













Mid-afternoon: OOPS! Forgot to eat this one today!


Dinner:

• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• kale
• chicken
  

Standard dinner here. Nothing too special.

Workout:

• 4 mile run
  
• Legs at the gym
  
• 1 h 45 minute hike at Mt. Olympus
  

Okay, lets talk about this for a minute. HOLY CRAP! Next time I decide to go hike the most difficult trail I've ever been on (Now I'm not saying the trail was even realistically that bad, but it was just the hardest one I'VE ever been on) I need to remind myself NOT to kick the crap out of my legs before hand. I ran downhill for the first two miles of my run today (on purpose, mind you) down to State St and then back the rest of the way. I was dying the higher we got. I'm giving my legs a break tomorrow and not doing any running. CRAZY!

Super good clean day!

Oh man! Was today an awesome day of clean eating!!! Not necessarily following the hard corps eating plan, but clean, delicious, and healthy none the less!!! The Farmers Market was today and man did I stock up! Green beans, kale, peaches, nectarines, pears, basil, cucumbers, tomatillos, blackberries! So much good stuff!

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine

Mid-Morning:

• Banana Chai Smoothie from the farmers market

This smoothie was AWESOME!!! Holy cow! So Good! It had banana, chai, dates, coconut, almond milk, and protein powder. Such a great great clean meal. I'm a huge sucker for coconut and dates!

Lunch:

• Banana date power ball from farmers market

So that smoothie kept me pretty full, but I decided I needed to eat something before working out...thus the power ball! It was really good and had a lot of things like flax, wheat germ, dates, etc.

Mid-afternoon:

• Broccoli
  
• spinach feta chicken burger patty

Dinner:

• tuna/salmon avocado roll from Whole Foods

I had to run in and grab a few more groceries and it was late so I just grabbed. Delicious as always. Gotta love the Whoe!

Workout:

• 30 minute run around campus
• 45 minute hike in the mountains
• 45 minutes weights at the gym

Today was a great workout day too!!! I walked a LOT today on top of all that. I didn't make it to the gym yesterday so I decided to do arms & legs today. Rotating starts again tomorrow. Went up past Alta to do a little hiking with some of the guys. SO BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to go back! :)

10.1

So now I remember why I don't eat out a lot once I really get into eating clean. My fingers are SOOOOO swollen today from all the sodium in the dinner at I had at Squatters! BOOOOOOOO! :)

Day 1()

Today was a pretty good day! Last first day of new classes for my first semester here at the U.

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine

So breakfast is pretty much the same every day, but you know what? I haven't gotten tired of it yet! ;)

Mid-Morning:

• Apple
• 1 scoop whey protein
  

Lunch:

• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Polynesian turkey burger patty (with pineapple)
• Broccoli
  

SO this morning while I was eating breakfast I realized I didn't have any veggies cooked! Uhoh! So while eating I through a bag of frozen broccoli in the pot to cook. Turned out great! Through in a little garlic sesame seasoning, and you've got a nice side dish! :)

Also, I got to the music building and realized I forgot to pack a fork in my lunch cooler! Now I can hear you saying, but Lisa, you're only 3 blocks away. Well 20 minutes is not enough time to walk 3 blocks (just to get a fork), eat, and then walk back in time for rehearsal! So I just roughed it out and ate the primitive style today. With my hands! hahahaa

Mid-afternoon:

• spinach feta chicken burger patty
• broccoli
  

Again, with hands! EEK!

Dinner:

• Chili Crusted Ahi Tacos
• Black Beans
• Rice
  

So dinner tonight wasn't terribly bad for me, but still the opposite of good. :) Went to Squatters with a few people for dinner. So sue me! Everything in moderation, right?!

Day 9

Today's food is pretty much the same as yesterday's. That's the only problem with cooking for 1! You wind up eating the same thing over and over. Its a good thing I like the food I eat! :D

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine
  

Mid-morning:

• apple
• 1 scoop protein powder

Lunch:

• Fresh green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• spinach feta chicken burger patty (found at Whole Foods on sale)
  

Mid-afternoon:

• Lemon tarragon chicken
• Spinach salad with hearts of palm and roasted red peppers.

Dinner:

• Fresh green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Polynesian turkey burger patty (with pineapple)

Work out-

• 25 minute run
• Arm weights
  

Time to start rotating the weights. Tomorrow will be core day!

Day 8 8-)

SO here we are again. I've been bad about posting this go around.

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine

Mid-morning:

• apple
• 1 scoop protein powder

Lunch:

• Lemon tarragon chicken on top of fresh cabbage
  
• 1/2 sweet potato

Mid-day:

• Lemon tarragon chicken
• Spinach salad with hearts of palm and roasted red peppers. Yummy!
  

Dinner:

• Fresh green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• spinach feta chicken burger patty (found at Whole Foods on sale)
  

Workout:

• 30 minute run around campus
  
• 30 minutes circuit weight training at the Rec here.
  

I'm really excited to have a gym again!!!! I usually only do arms when I do weights (cause I figure my legs get enough of a work out from all the running I do), but this go around I've decided to do both! Let's see what kinda muscle I can build (especially with all this clean eating)! My legs sure did feel like jello after wards! Haven't done any leg weights in a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. Gonna start rotating tomorrow. :)

Day 3 of the do-over.

Its amazing how easy it was to fall back into clean eating after how bad my eating habits became this summer. :)

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tbsp wheat germ, and 1 spoonful blueberry jam
• Egg whites with spinach
  

Mid-morning:

• Pear
• 1 scoop whey protein powder
  

Lunch:

• 4 oz ground turkey with pineapple cooked in
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• carrots
  

Mid-afternoon:

• celery
• 3 oz tuna
  

Dinner:

• 4 oz chicken breast
  
• steamed zucchini (with garlic and onion)
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  

I absolutely LOVE the smell of fresh chopped garlic and onions. :) Yum!

Can I have a re-do please?!?!?!

Okay, so my summer was awesome. Incredible. A blast. Anything and everything you could think of. It quite possibly goes in the at least the top 3 of my best summers ever! Well here's the only problem. I ate like crap all summer. My body has gotten ticked off at me for it. Now I finally have my own kitchen again! Woohoo! Here's to a new year of clean eating in my new home, Salt Lake City!

Breakfast: You guessed it!

• Oatmeal (with one spoonful of homemade blueberry jam from the lovely Jeanna Caputo)
• Egg whites

Mid-Morning Snack:

• 1 pear
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder

Lunch:

• Carrots
• 1/2 Sweet potato
• Salad with ground turkey (that was cooked with pineapple mixed in)
  

Cooking turkey with pineapple....Who knew!? Apparently, Whole Foods knew! ;)

Mid-Afternoon Snack:

• Granola bar

So I know its not on the cooler one plan, but its all I had available at the time. Choose your own adventure!

Dinner:

• Carrots
• 1/2 Sweet potato
• Ground turkey with pineapple (same from lunch)
  

Super excited about all the good, clean food I'll be eating! Check out all those veggies in that little fridge!