Lucky fridge find.
Happy Monday! I was up a little early today for my workout. I ate a Balance bar while getting my bag ready for the gym.
Probably not very mindfully, but oh well.
Biked to the gym for a good lifting session:
| Exercise | Set/rep/weight | Muscle worked |
| Barbell split squats | 3 sets of 8 with 75# bar | Lower body |
| Seated lat row | Pyramid with 12 reps at 40# 10 reps at 55# 8 reps at 70# 6 reps at 85# (hard!!) |
Back |
| Incline DB chest fly | 3 sets of 10 with 20# DBs (40# total) | Chest |
| Pliet squat | 3 sets of 10 with 35# DB | Legs |
| Horizontal cable woodchop | 3 sets 10 (each side) at 30# | Abs |
| Front Raise | 3 sets with 10 with 8# DBs (16# total) | Shoulders |
| Good Mornings | 3 sets of 10 with 55# bar | Lower back and hammies |
I left out any arm work as I really felt like I got enough in, particularly with the rows. Then I hopped on the treadmill for 3 miles. Steady 5.5 mph pace, then in the last mile, I did a 5-minute interval at 6.5 mph (9:31 mile). Felt pretty good. I was good and sweaty then to bike home. Sort of a tiny brick biking home after running. Maybe just a paver….
Whipped up some protein waffles for brekkie!
Topped with a nanner mashed with 1 tbsp maple syrup and 5 toasted pecans. I don’t like to have to measure out nuts, but I will easily eat an ounce plus if I don’t.
Job #1 was slow, so I was able to log in to job #2 and do my work there this morning. Yay! It’s actually kind of nice because the one account I do for them currently only has 4 doctors on it, so I am learning them very fast. Although, this particular account is probably temporary. My other job account has 400+ doctors as it is a multispecialty clinic. That meant the morning went fast and it was lunchtime before I knew it!
Mmmm… cool yogurt and granola on a hot day.
The temps are warm again, but the humidity is not there, so the AC works pretty well at keeping the rooms cool. We don’t have central air, but a window AC in our bedroom and a big one in the downstairs, which is pretty open. I was ready for a lovely beverage, though, iced this time:
With a slice of bread and cashew butter. I’s a hungry girl today.
Did really well on the no snacking front while preparing dinner, thanks again to the Altoids. The urge to snack is really strong, though, and I struggled with it tonight. It is definitely going to be a challenging habit to break. The automatic reaching for nibbles kept wanting to happen and I had to be super conscious of it.
Dinner all ready to be eaten:
Baked clam strips and brussels. That is a peach on the side there (covered in cinnamon, because that is how I roll around here). This peach was okay. Just a supermarket peach and not the most flavorful. I am not fond of the fuzzy skin on peaches and much prefer nectarines. We are on blueberry rationing right now because there is just a tiny bit left and I have to wait until Friday to get more.
I was mixing up a batch of bread dough and was looking for the other container of yeast in the fridge
and totally scored – I found an Attune bar!
Sweet! It’s nice that little things make me happy 
This is my snack for tonight as I finish up work (booo).
Question: Iced coffee or iced tea in summer?
I would have said iced coffee until a few days ago but now I’m trying to cut back! Iced green tea for me please
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Yes to both! Just no caffeine after, say, 4 p.m., or it affects my sleep.
Your “not very mindfully” on the Balance bar cracked me up; hey, you were mindful enough to take a picture! I’ve been thinking about photographing what I eat lately to help me improve mindfulness…but I usually forget about it before I start eating. (Doing okay with it today, though…new habits are hard to form!)
Laughing over “Sort of a tiny brick biking home after running. Maybe just a paver….”, too!
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Coffee and I don’t agree, so it’s definitely iced tea for me!
I really need to watch about snacking before dinner. That’s when I get sooo hungry.
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I’m another vote for both. If I’m in a cafe in the morning, I get iced tea. If I’m in a cafe in the afternoon, I get an iced skim latte. First thing in the morning at home it is always hot coffee though, no matter the time of year.
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Iced decaf tea, pretty much all day long, but I add lime or lemon juice when drinking during a meal. Unfortunately I can’t have caffeine or I’d drink coffee constantly. That’s ok! Congrats on your find. I love when that happens.
Vee at http://veegettinghealthy.blogspot.com
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Neither – although I like both. On a hot summer day I want ice cold water.
Nice find!!!
Hmmm…I love iced green tea and iced coffee so I can’t decide
I still drink hot coffee in the mornings.
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Iced tea, all the way! I’m not much of a coffee drinker at all, especially in summer.
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iced tea and iced coffee- I love them both!
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Neither for me. I still drink my decaffeinated coffee and tea hot in the summer.
I have a big bunch of Brussels to roast up for dinner tomorrow. Can’t wait!
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I love iced coffee in summer time. It’s a nice treat.
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Rarely do iced coffee…but I drink iced tea year round.
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Believe it or not, I drink hot tea all year round. I stop by Dunkin’ Donuts a couple of times a year for their iced coffee with cream no sugar. It’s a real treat, as is a sweet tea which is so good down here in the south.
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I want me some of that homemade bread! YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Iced coffee!
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Definitely tea in the summer. But I still drink hot drinks as I get cold in the air conditioned house. My hubby loves it cold!
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I drink tea and coffee iced and hot! I love them both!
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You are hardcore with those rows!
I love iced tea, but the kind that’s about 95% sugar….so if I had to drink real iced tea of iced coffee, I would probably lean towards iced coffee. But I truly love super cold water when I’m hot.
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Balance bar works. It fueled the great workout.
Cute!
Good “paver”
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I love them both but drink more iced tea and only in Summer on hot days.
I’ve never drank tea or coffee! Snacking(constant shovelling of food really) was a big habit for me to break. I still feel the urge somedays to grab something to eat even though I’m not hungry.
I LOVE coffee and tea but can only drink them hot, even in the summer.