Back On The Saddle

Good morning! I woke up bright and early, ready to greet the day because... I went to the gym! I was really excited to go, and sprung out of bed and put on the birthday duds I'd never gotten to wear because of my injury.

Before I left, I had the last piece of protein bread with Smart Balance and prunes.

I loved this combination (which I borrowed from Erin), but there's something about the flavor of Smart Balance that really gets to me. I looked it up online, and there doesn't seem to be any fish oil in it (the Omega-3s appear to come from plants) but it tastes really fishy! I noticed it the other day, too, and it might be too much for my palate to take. Sad.


On to my workout!

I had a nice, easy bike ride (stationary) and got some of my French reading done at the same time. Biking is so efficient! Here are my stats:

2.21 miles
253 calories burned
35:00 minutes

I also did a few machines:

pulldown- 3 x 10 @ 30 lbs
chest press- 3 x 10 @ 10 lbs
shoulder press- 3 x 10 @ 10 lbs
row/rear deltoid- 3 x 10 @ 10 lbs

I came home and had a nice big bowl of oatmeal, but tried to mix it up a bit and came up with: tart pumpkin pie oats!


1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 granny smith apple
pumpkin
flax seeds
pecans
brown sugar


With coffee and vitamins; I added vitamin C and Cold Snap to the mix because I sense some winter sniffles coming on. I ordered some more vitamins to re-stock; hopefully they'll be here soon!


Great start to the weekend. Happy Friday!