HIIT me baby one more time

I did a HIIIT workout yesterday for a total of 12 minutes and am shocked at how sore I am today!! Wasn't expecting that one..I set my gymboss for a 3 rounds of 1 minute intervals and repeated this circuit 3 times with a 2 minute rest in between.

• Mountain climbers (30 seconds knees to elbows and 30 seconds knee twists to opposite elbow)
• Lateral shuffle and reach
• V Sits
• Burpees

I had double the workout yesterday because I also taught Zumba later that night. Waaa hoo!!

Yesterday's lunch was a siracha fest. Roasted turkey on a bed of greens, cous cous, and lots of red stuff.

It was a pretty tasty and healthy lunch. Preparing healthy meals are so much easier when most of the work is done for you. I popped the turkey in the oven, laid out a bed of pre washed salad,Waitrose ready made cous cous and when the turkey was ready, I just placed it on top!

Dinner was made by T

oven baked rainbow trout w. asian seasonings, mushrooms filled with goat cheese, artichoke pieces, and truffle oil. YUM! The mushrooms were SO good.. I was sad there were only 2 pieces :(

I had eggs this morning but by mid morning I was hungry again so I made myself another goat cheese and
tomato sauce snack. I'm on such a goat cheese kick lately.. it's such a mild and creamy cheese!

Workout this morning: Tone It Up's Beach babe workout
I set my gymboass timer for 30 second intervals, 8 rounds and rest 2 minutes after the set. Complete 2 more times

• frog jumps
• side lunges with twist, 30 secs each side
• walk out with knee push ups (I did 1 minute of these because I couldn't fit that many in only 30 seconds!!)
• high knees
• waistline crunches, 30 seconds each side

I also did 3 sets of 10 reps of Tone It Up's arm workout

• Bicep curl to shoulder press
• Front raise and lateral raise
• Bent over row to rear fly
• Tricep kickbacks

My arms were burning by the end!!!

leftovers for lunch.. sadly I tried to recreate the stuffed mushrooms but they just didn't taste very good!

Since our usual cleaning lady is out of town, I spent most of the afternoon cleaning our flat. It took nearly 3 hours and I still feel like it isn't at its best!

Time to read my Chemistry book, sweeeetness!

The Skin I Live In

evoo, salt, pepper, minced fresh garlic

after a successful PUNCH class, I was craving a salad for lunch. I peered into Pret a Manger for a split second but wasn't really feeling anything in there so I came home to find a sirloin steak in the fridge just waiting to be used!

a bed of herb salad with rocket leaves

portobellini mushrooms

these mushrooms have so much more flavor and are meatier than just plain button mushrooms.

I spread some goat cheese on top of the steak a few minutes prior to taking it out of the oven. Goat cheese + steak= brilliant!!

it was missing a little something something...

a HA! A squeeze of siracha and honey balsamic dressing did the trick!

I couldn't resist an afternoon shortbread, caramel, and chocolate bar. yummy!!

The movie last night was awesome! I really enjoyed seeing it at the Somerset House. If you aren't aware, Somerset house has an outdoor area that turns into a movie theater during the summertime. Its usually a place where people can chill out in the sun during the day. When the weather is actually nice, I've seen kids play in the water that shoots up from the ground . We saw "The Skin I live in" last night and it was the strangest plotline I had ever seen but it was a really great movie. I highly recommend watching it! Bonus, we also got to see Pedro Almodovar and one of his movies stars Elena Anaya (beautiful!!) in the flesh! I won't lie, he was a bit hard to understand with his thick accent but it was really cool all the same.

Note to self: Bring blanket next time!

We unfortunately forgot to bring blankets so we sat on the cold hard ground!

Breakfast this morning: I decided to forgo the carbs and have scrambled eggs w. sauteed mushrooms. I might have had some McDonalds healthy fruits and veggies last night. ;-)

snack prior to hitting the gym later in the morning/afternoon

Workout: 8-10 reps

• Incline bench press
• Lateral raise
• Rest 2 minutes and repeat 2x
• Incline lat pulldown
• Cable reverse flye
• Rest 2 minutes and repeat 2x
• Gym ball jackknife
• Gym ball alternating superman
• Rest 1 minute and repeat 2x

mmmm.. I was craving Chilangos!

its somewhat healthy! I got the grilled chicken salad with pinto & black beans, chix, tomatoes, medium salsa, and lettuce

I also added an additional topping of cottage cheese at the last minute. It was really delicious on top!

Agenda: research, study, teach zumba, relax!

Holy crapballs! This season looks insane and I love it!! :-D muhahahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75jnazn_JpY

Cucs and Goat cheese

talk about a random but healthy snack: cucumbers with a tablespoon of goat cheese. crunchy and savory just how I like it :)

Dinner last night was Bigham's Indonesian chicken satay with some added prawns and broccoli. I managed to sub another zumba class and not totally fall apart from my recovering cold..

eggs and toast for breakfast

I proceeded to go for a run later in the afternoon. BAD BAD idea. About 20 minutes into the run, I started feeling a.w.f.u.l! I guess I'm not completely over my cold after all! My bad.. :(

Most of my morning/afternoon was spent researching and working on my personal statement. Thankfully I have my brilliant husband tearing it apart editing it. ha! Red ink EVERYWHERE. Bad Hanna Bad! :-) Not that I mind though because I'm always grateful for help---lord knows I could use it! I'll just have to keep on truckin! More on this later...

I stopped by Pret a Manger for lunch after my run. Don't ask me how but I managed to get lost while trying to get home from Regent's Park so I was actually running/walking for an hour!

I really love Pret a Manger's soups because they are filling and very hearty. Mmm.. soup when you're sick is peeerfect!

 

an afternoon snack that's pretty much dessert: banana bread w. a spread of nutella.. Yum!

Agenda: teach zumba, rest