Quinoa, How I Love Thee
Yesterday's challenge results kind of sucked.
Let's see...I was able to do only 118 lunges. They are a lot harder than I remember; in addition, my daughter just insisted on sitting underneath me like the root of a tree which made the lunges absolutely impossible to do. My new food of the day was Quinoa. I made an asian inspired dinner last night so I paired it with broiled fish and szechuan green beans. It was light and pretty darn good. Because I cooked the quinoa in chicken broth and lemon juice, it had a lot of flavor. This meal has about 400 calories.
On the other side, I was able to do my 100 crunches, but only 10 minutes of cardio. By the time the evening came my entire body hurt, but in a good way. Today I will try to do better.
It's the weekend so here goes the challenge of eating right on Saturday and Sunday again. I am gonna rock this weekend by making the right choices. Weekends will not beat me damn it!
Question: How are you gonna rock the weekend?
-Irene aka FitHungryGurl
Let's see...I was able to do only 118 lunges. They are a lot harder than I remember; in addition, my daughter just insisted on sitting underneath me like the root of a tree which made the lunges absolutely impossible to do. My new food of the day was Quinoa. I made an asian inspired dinner last night so I paired it with broiled fish and szechuan green beans. It was light and pretty darn good. Because I cooked the quinoa in chicken broth and lemon juice, it had a lot of flavor. This meal has about 400 calories.
On the other side, I was able to do my 100 crunches, but only 10 minutes of cardio. By the time the evening came my entire body hurt, but in a good way. Today I will try to do better.
It's the weekend so here goes the challenge of eating right on Saturday and Sunday again. I am gonna rock this weekend by making the right choices. Weekends will not beat me damn it!
Question: How are you gonna rock the weekend?
-Irene aka FitHungryGurl
Posted by Irene Robertson at January 16, 2010 7:53 AM 
Categories: Healthy Journey
Tags: Food Challenges Exercise
Categories: Healthy Journey
Tags: Food Challenges Exercise
Quinoa is on my list of things to try, but I keep putting it off. I need to just do it.
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I rocked the weekend by going rock climbing today. ;)
Way to go on the 100 plus lunges.
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I'm going to rock today (Sunday) by focusing on how to redirect my "boredom" eating with healthy snacks, lots of water, and a nice walk around the neighbourhood.
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Hi Irene, How are you keeping?
Well you are able to do 93 more lunges that I am :-O LOL
That quinoa looks yummy!
Take care,
Andew
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@Steve
You've got to try it! It can take on the flavor of whatever you cook it in, so try chicken broth or tomato sauce.
@Drea
Rock climbing is on my list of things to try. I'm looking forward to getting my ass up there.
@Nadene
That is so my problem as well - boredom eating. Getting out of the house is one way I try to conquer that monster. Keeping busy always helps.
@Andrew
Hey buddy, where you been? The quinoa is yummy.
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