So I am on week 5 of the 200 squats training program. Week 1-3 went off pretty much without a hitch. Then week 4 I fizzled out. Mainly because I was doing so many other things (Zumba, Boxing etc). I managed to do one day and I didn’t even stick to the training program I just wanted to see how many I go do consecutively. That number turned out to be somewhere in the 100′s (sorry can’t remember the exact number and too lazy to go back in my tweet history). That was awesome but then I fizzled out. I didn’t do the rest of the week.
I noticed that everyone I started doing the training program with had basically dropped out. Or at least no one was talking about it so I figured they were on the same boat. Then Monday I didn’t make it to Zumba (the horror…I was truly sad) but I wanted to at least move and get my heart rate up for a bit. I decided to do week five. Week five looks something like this
Set 1: 49
Set 2: 54
Set 3:40
Set 4: 32
Set 5 max: 80
It was tough. I tried to push past 80 for my max but I knew that meant that I would be ULTRA sore in the morning. Not wanting that I decided to stop at 80. That left my total for squats (I rested for 60 sec between each set) at 255! Hello. I was amped. So amped I almost woke up the baby when I clapped my self and said YES!. Never did I think I would do that many squats (HELLO NON-SCALE VICTORY), it’s quite amazing. I cannot wait for Tonight which is day 2 of week 5.
So far those squats are all I’ve gotten to do this week for exercise. Lat night I went right from work to Ikea (and 2 other stores) looking for a bed. Over the weekend as I sat on my bed my son comes over and sits his butt on it with and and CRASH the whole corner is now down on the ground. So my joint is lopsided. Do you know how hard it is to sleep on a lopsided bed. Let’s just say it’s not fun trying to keep yourself from rolling over and up and off the bed. By the time I got home I rushed around to get all the things ready for the baby to go to my moms house today and tried to get him to sleep. By the time he went to sleep my eyes couldn’t stay open so yea it was night night time. Tonight we go and pick up the bed and then come home to put it together. That should be fun!!!!!
On the food front I am currently IN LOVE with quinoa. I know, could I be anymore late? I’ve been meaning to purchase it since I saw it for cheap at PriceRite (which is like a discount grocery store). Finally I remember about two weeks ago and never did anything with it. One day last week I didn’t want to eat rice so I decided to make some quinoa. I seasoned it like I would my rice (onion powder, garlic, fresh cracked pepper and some turmeric) and OMG…Love at first taste. Even the kid loved it.
Then this week I really DID NOT want to put another spoonful of oatmeal in my mouth. Seriously the thought made me gag. So I remembered that I had seen breakfast quinoa on Pinterest (follow me btw!!!). So I made quinoa before I left the house. Once I got to work I added a bit of 1% milk , brown sugar, cinnamon and some Plum Amazins (diced dried plums) and yes the food gods have struck once again. It was amazing and reminded me of Wheatena in the consistency. It kept me full until I ate lunch. I cannot wait to try other combinations. Now I just wish I could purchase a huge bag like I do rice.
Have you tried any new foods lately? Had any non-scale victories?
