*Please update your bookmarks to my new website: Hope you’re all having a great Wednesday so far! I can’t believe how quickly this week is flying by! (normally when I’m getting back on track with my eating, the days seem to drraaaaaag… so this must be a good sign!) 
To recap, last night I had a GREAT workout on the elliptical machine. I had a quick, pre-workout snack:
Then I headed downstairs to my little apartment gym. I was really worried about how my foot injury would react to the elliptical, but 40 minutes later I left the gym pain-free! Wahoo! Time pretty much breezed by as I did intervals while watching the Biggest Loser. I did my standard sets of 5-minute intervals:
Full Body Elliptical/Cross-Trainer Intervals:
0:00 – 2:00: Steady, moderate pace
2:00 – 3:00: Focus on pulling the ski-like handles with your arms (your arms should be doing almost all of the work to keep that machine moving!!)
3:00 – 4:00: Focus on pushing the handles with your arms
4:00 – 5:00: Increase the resistence, and sprint using your lower body only
Repeat the 5-minute intervals, this time going in the opposite direction with your legs (if you were going forward, switch to going backward). I change directions every 5 minutes to keep my muscles guessing and changing! Repeat these 5-minute intervals 6-8 times for a great, sweaty workout!
After my workout, I spent some time stretching (extra important to me now– want to prevent any more injuries!!) and then I iced my foot for the rest of the Biggest Loser. I’m so lucky that my husband plays Dodge Ball on Tuesday nights, because I get the whole evening to myself to watch TV and workout on my own schedule.
This morning, I’m still pain-free! So I think it would be okay to squeeze another elliptical session in this afternoon. It’s very hard on me not being able to run, so I hope that my foot heals soon. I can wait another week or so, if it means I get to keep running in the future! I’d really love to start training for a half-marathon, so I want to make sure I’m in good condition before I start doing that. I started my morning off with another deee-licious bowl of Pumpkin Oat Bran:
This bowl had 1/3 cup oat bran, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup pumpkin, dash of cinnamon, nutmeg and sea salt, a splash of vanilla, and liquid stevia and maple syrup for sweetness. I topped it off with a small handful of raw walnuts today… which was not as tasty as the dollop of raw almond butter I used yesterday. But now I know!
I’ve noticed that even after just three mornings of eating cooked breakfasts, my body is starting to crave more raw foods! I was kinda wishing my breakfast cereal was COLD and more HYDRATING today! I seriously considered putting it in the fridge for a while, but decided against it. I think I’ll start trying to incorporate more raw foods back into my diet as the week progresses. I don’t want to jump head-first into the raw food bandwagon again, because I’m trying to make my new lifestyle about gradual changes that will STICK. But adding some more raw food into my day shouldn’t be too hard.
Now, I’m back to work with a snowman mug of coffee and a BIG glass of water to keep hydrated! (also, I like to swish it around my mouth after each coffee sip to keep my teeth from getting stained!!)
(Don’t you love my Where the Wild Things are toys in the background?) My desk is VERY professional.
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