Hope you are all having a great day!

Still muggy around here.  Today was the B workout of Stage 4 (not 5, like I said the other day) for New Rules of Lifting.  Preworkout snack was 1/2 of this bar  (I ate the rest with lunch):

John brought me a couple bars back as a little present when he was away this weekend.  How sweet 😀  It was pretty good, like a soft granola bar.  Not much protein, but that is okay preworkout.

The lifting:

• Barbell deadlift: 1 x 8 55 pounds, 1 x 8 65 pounds, 1 x 8 70 pounds
• Bulgarian split squat: 3 x 8 25# plate
• Underhand grip lat pulldown: 1 x 8 50#, 1 x 8 55 #, 1 x 8 60#
• Reverse lunge with forward reach: 3 x 8 –  8 pound dumbbells
• Prone Cuban snatch: 3 x 8 – 8 pound dumbbells
• Swiss ball crunch: 3 x 8
• Reverse crunch: 3 x 8
• Lateral crunch: 3 x 8
• Prone cobra: 3 x 2 minute holds.

Now I feel tired holding the prone cobra for so long.  I actually think I felt something in my back, maybe it does do something after all.   Then I did some recumbent biking.

Got a text from John that he was biking to meet me – so off I went for Bagel Day, jr. (Sunday is official Bagel Day).

Now *this* is a cup of coffee!  I don’t know if you can appreciate how big this cup is that they gave me!

Plus the star of breakfast.  Num.

I am just feeling off today.  Definitely not radiant, and I’m not sure why.  I have gotten a headache in the afternoon for the last 3 days and I don’t know why.  I haven’t changed any eating patterns.  Maybe it is the heat.  I have been guzzling water, so I doubt it is dehydration.  But I am definitely a wee bit cranky, too.  Of course, that makes me snacky.

Because it was hot, I decided to try the sample of Amazing Grass  for lunch that I got from Annabel.  This stuff is flying around the internets.

I used 1/2 of a frozen banana, 1/2 cup of milk and 6 ounces of water.

Ingredients as follows (if you can read it).

I have to say, it didn’t look very appetizing.  Gray looking.  Not like the colorful spinach smoothies!

At first I took a sip and liked it, but then I got a very bitter after taste.  It was almost like a Splenda back taste, but there is no fake sugar in it.  Weird.  Each time I sipped I thought I liked it, then the bitterness set in.  Maybe it’s the kale?  Anyway, doubt I would be purchasing this anytime soon.  Although I am really glad I got a chance to try it!  I did like the bars, they were date bars like Larabars.

Afternoon snacky.  Instead of dealing with my crankiness, I ate this.

I laid down around 4:00 after taking some ibuprofen to get rid of the headache and dozed a little.  Not sure why it takes so long for stuff to kick in.  After an hour, I was tempted to take more, but just waited it out.  John offered to cook me a hamburger for dinner, but that was totally unappealing.  So I had a dinner of champions:

Baked tostitos, salsa, and cheese.

Just finished up with work for the day.  Only 1 day left before the weekend!  Tomorrow is payday, too.  Yay!

I am feeling ice cream coming on tonight.  I mentioned it to John, and he is all for it, so probably will be going out for the real deal (no yogurt).

Question:  Have you tried any Amazing Grass Products?