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Marathon Meg

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Tonight, I completed a marathon…an EA active one, that is. I had all intentions of going to a gym up the street from us for a BodyPump class, (I got a free one-day pass at a work health fair awhile back) but traffic put the brakes on that idea. So, I opted for Plan B — another Wii EA Active Personal Trainer workout. I’m still sore from Sunday’s 40-minute session! I scrolled through all the workouts, and stumbled across the “Big Daddy” of the bunch — the 51-minute marathon. That’s 42 exercises, including lots of running, squats that made my legs burn so much I needed a fire extinguisher, inline skating with jumps, arm work and oh so much more. I was heaving and pouring sweat by the time I crossed the virtual finish line on the track — my last exercise of the session. I seriously wanted to quit about halfway through, but I didn’t. And I’m really proud of that. I’ve come a long way in four months!

I’m also glad that I stayed in my calorie range today with these tasty meals and snacks:

Breakfast -- the other half of yesterday's smoothie

Lunch -- salad with baked tilapia, feta cheese and fat-free raspberry vin

Snack #1 -- a lovely tangerine

Snack #2 -- Wasa cracker smeared with one tablespoon natural PB

Dinner -- PIZZA! 1/3 of a California Pizza Kitchen sicilian pie (only 310 cals) plus side salad with one tablespoon Sabra hummus

Even after all this food, I was still under my calorie range for the day. What?! So, I fixed that with a bag of 100-cal popcorn.

Sweet + Salty...yum!

I’m going to try with all my might to get up early in the morning to work out. Tomorrow night, I’m having a gals dinner with my dear friend, Sara Ashly, and I don’t want to cut the catching up short to get home to exercise.

Night, night, all!

Tags: 100 calorie popcorn bags, California Pizza Kitchen sicilian pie, EA Active Personal Trainer workout for Wii, natural peanut butter, Sabra hummus, salad with fish, smoothie, tangerines, Wasa crackers
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Meg Makes It On Monday: Smoooothie

Monday, November 30th, 2009

So, I have a confession to make: I’m a pretty big bore when it comes to breakfast. Did you know this already?

If you keep up with my blog, you know I ♥ my yogurt bowls. About 99 percent of the time, my bag of eats that I take to work every day consists of: a banana, a Tupperware of Kashi GoLean cereal and a container of Chobani yogurt. It’s a great blend of protein and carbs and quick to put together when you stay in bed too long like I tend to do. But if variety is the spice of life, I think my a.m. meals need a big heaping spoon dash of salt!

So, I decided to be a bit of a copycat and try something I’ve seen on many blogs I read — a protein-packed smoothie. I was a bit hesitant — would thickish liquid truly fill me up? Would I be hungry 20 minutes later and attack the snack machine? Could I go a morning without my beloved Chobani? I’ve had smoothies before, but usually they were the chocolate variety that has a day’s worth of calories in, oh, a couple sips. But, no worries. My green-tinted shake kept my tummy full and snarky hunger monster in timeout until lunch. And I may or may not have snuck my favorite yogurt in the mix.

Here’s the magic potion: