I will say that when that alarm went off at 5am and it was hecka cold outside of the blanket I needed to take 4 or 5 deep breaths before I stepped out of bed. But I got into the garage/gym at 5:09am and jumped right on the stationary bike for a quick 5 min warm up.
Why is that riding the stationary bike for 5 min seems like so much less effort and excitement than warming up for that same amount of time on the treadmill? Could it be that in the 5 min I rode 2.15 miles but only burned 23 calories?!? Probably.
After the 5 min warm up I did a circuit work out made up of a bunch of different circuits that I’ve been doing…with a few random things thrown in to mix it up.
I used: Fitness Magazine‘s Fierce & Fab in 14 days and pieces of Tone It Up’s gym free circuits.
Use that 1 minute breather to get your dumbells in easy grabbing position.
I try to focus on form and balance first. Once it starts feeling too easy I’ll add more reps or change the weight of the dumbell or kettlebell I am using.
After that sweat-fest, I came in to whip up some breakfast. While my green smoothie (see recipe in yesterday’s post) was whirring away in the blender I made an egg-less protein pancake. Or attempted to make it into a pancake may be a better way to say it. It was delicious, but in no way would you call it a pancake. It was more like warmed banana flavored stuff you hoped didn’t fall off your fork. 🙂 I should have used coconut flour or GF flour instead of the ground flax – to offer some binding opportunity. Oh well. That’s the nice thing about food experimenting, most of the fails you can still eat.
To make the pancake I replaced my egg whites with 1/2 a cup of unsweetened applesauce, kept in the 1/2 a banana, protein powder, ground flax meal, chia seeds and cinnamon.
The pictures still make it worthwhile. Drool away…
That’s 2 cups of spinach!
Warmed banana “stuff”
It is so chilly today but the sky is blue and clear. So here’s to hoping for a warm up in a bit. Come on Sun! You can do it. 🙂
See ya later
Cathy
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