Slept pretty good last night and got up at about 6:50, which is pretty good sleeping in for me 😀 I had a protein drink and biked to the gym in gorgeous weather!
Did the iron – trying to do less weight and more reps.
| Exercise | Set/rep/weight | Muscle worked |
| Barbell Squats | 3 sets of 8 at 45#!!! | Lower body |
| Chin ups | 1 set of 2, 4 sets of 1 | Upper back |
| Dumbbell Pullover | 3 sets of 10 with 25# DB | Back |
| Barbell press | 3 sets of 12 with 45# bar | Chest |
| Plank | 3 sets of 1 minute holds | Abs |
| Good mornings | 3 sets of 10 with 30# bar | Hammies and low back |
| Face Pull | 3 sets of 15 at 20# | Shoulders |
| Nosebreakers | 3 sets of 12 at 25# | Triceps |
Good news – I was finally able to get back under the barbell! Just an empty bar, but I could do the squat fairly balanced. Yay! I was feeling so good about that I hopped on the treadmill and busted out a mile jogging. Really slow, but I did the whole mile. About a 14-minute mile, but jogging nonetheless. Maybe I will get over the injury after all 
Came home and made some custard oats with cocoa powder.
Topped with almonds and some fluff. Then I relaxed and read blogs and caught up on emails. Pretty soon, it was time for a visit here:
Dentist! I have a chipped filling, which is going to be replaced next week. They are also going to fill a cavity and build up between these 2 teeth. I have a large space between those teeth and food gets caught there a lot. I have to floss it after every meal (annoying).  It will be nice to get that fixed. I have to say that I really love my dentist. He really seems to care about the patients. I also found out I am an agressive brusher! I have some exposing of my roots on one side because of that. So, I have to make sure I keep the brush angled and to only hold it with 3 fingers to keep the pressure light.
After a good cleaning, you know I had to go spoil that with eating!
Isn’t this fun? It’s a blue potato topped with laughing cow, some quinoa and broccoli. Tasty, but I did put some hot sauce on it after taking a pic 😀 Plus a yummy pear. Working in carbs today in preparation for tomorrow.
Spent time working in the garden. Nothing new blooming, so no pics today. I made lattes.
Looks a little green? Don’t tell anyone.
Maybe it is because there was some of this in there:
Hey, it’s the weekend! With this on the side:
John got cooking dinner. He made a recipe link provided by Karen for Mujadara – a lentil and rice dish.
Caramelizing onions:
I cooked up lentils while John did the rice. Mixed all together with cumin, cinnamon, salt and pepper:
We cooked up some chicken, too, because we need more protein.
Easy and tasty! Although it did take a while to cook those onions. Who knew the onions would be so yummy. This from a girl who picked out every single onion out of things growing up. (I know, Mom, can you believe it??).
I also made a batch of date protein ball/squares today:
Made this batch with almonds. And I snacked on some. I hope to have a recipe up this weekend for these. These are to take along tomorrow. We are shooting for a 60-mile ride! I am a little nervous, but looking forward to it. We will be leaving early as it will be at least 5 hours of riding.
Have a super night!
Yum, Indian food! Hope you have a great bike ride tomorrow! I’ve got to dust mine off and hit the road. (I’m getting a swelled head from the inflated mileage on the spin machines. Plus fresh air sure beats spin studio funk.)
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Love Indian food, we just had chicken Rogon Josh with toasted basmati rice. Yum!
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Wow, 60 miles!!! Have fun!
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Other than the dentist, what a great day. And yummy Indian food….
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I can’t wait for the ball/square recipe!
Good luck with the ride!
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Have a super (and safe!) ride!
I’m going to lighten up on the weights and increase the reps, too, for the next few weeks. Something different, just to keep things interesting. 🙂
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The date protein square looks delicious! I hope you enjoy that l o n g ride tomorrow!
Hi Lori. I’m really glad to hear that you are making such a good recovery from your injury. Sounds like you’re doing all the right things and it is paying off 🙂
Your food looks yummy. In defense of my heritage :), I feel the need to point out that mujadara is a Lebanese dish. It is often eaten with shredded chicken, so clearly you and John were in tune with the spirit of the meal.
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Oops, it really is middle Eastern food. Very good, though, even if I did mislabel it 😀
I love the combo of lentils and rice. I’ve only eaten what Vicky fixes, but I am going to try a few recipes myself.
All your eats look great today.
And congrats for getting back under the barbell!
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So … you’re a closet boozer, eh? 😀
You made the dish! How cool is that? Caramelized onions are super yummy.
Have a great ride tomorrow!
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Guess not so closet anymore LOL!
This was a vidalia onion we used, too. It was very good. I cannot stand raw onions, so I was worried I wouldn’t like this dish but it was really, really good! Thank you for the link 😀
Have a good bike ride! That blue color is amazing in the potato. I have never seen those. John makes are really yummy Mujadara. I may need to put that in our plan sometime soon. Hope you have a nice weekend!
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Have fun today on the bike ride!
And … I do expect a pic of you in the chair at the dentist next week 🙂
Have a great weekend Lori!
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From over here it looks like you have made stupendous gains in healing…but I guess when you are living it, it seems like forever.
I love Indian food and your food looks very tasty.
Blue potatoes, green lattes? What is going on over there? LOL! 🙂
Have a great bike ride today!!!
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Lori, yahoo for your workout & moving forward from the injury! I feel your happiness!
OK, I want to know what that little side ting was as it looks like a molasses cookie to me.. doesn’t everything! 🙂 Was it a piece of bread with nut butter???
Hey, I made your cookies but since I only had whey powder, did the pan version. I added in extra protein & made them more an after the gym or out & about protein bar for me.. YUM!!!!!!!!!!! I used cinnamon/oatmeal flavored protein powder. Thx for that recipe but I still want to try it in cookie form!
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Delicious looking food – yum! I am so glad that you are really starting to heal and make forward progress. That is wonderful.
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I have to go to the dentist Thursday to get a cracked tooth fixed. I don’t mind dentists now but this one DH there is a real pain. Lecturing me on my poor dental care. i’m thinking: fix me up and leave me alone you’re not my mother! 🙂