Who wasn't there? My sis - who thankfully I spent time with last weekend, Emily, who lives in DC, I'll be in her wedding in October - can't wait to celebrate, and my cousins (from my side and Austin's side) Laura and Robyn - who I see pretty regularly! Anywho - I felt like such a LUCKY LADY and had SUCH a good weekend - now let me back up! Friday I felt awful. Just tired and worn down and like I was getting sick – eek! I just worked, and instead of working out I took it easy at lunch and me and Stacy went to Uncle Julio’s for lunch. We even valeted – I felt that bad! We had a nice lunch, chatted a ton of course and split the chicken fajitas – yum! I headed back to work, worked and then, knowing Austin wasn’t coming down to get me until 7 p.m. (to go to Auburn for the weekend), I decided to work out. I was feeling better and was going to DO IT!
At the gym I got on the treadmill and walked ¼ mile at 4 mph, ran 1 ½ mile at 6.3 mph, then walked ¼ mile at 4 mph – 2 miles at 21.51 minutes!
Then I hopped off and did upper body ST: Sitting, back-to-back: 15 bicep curls, 15 shoulder presses, 15 overhead tricep extensions and (bent over) 15 rows. Over to bench press: 15 chess press. Repeat 3 times.
Then I hopped back on the treadmill and ran for 2 miles (ran at 6.3 mph – then ran ¼ mile at 7.5 mph) – 2 miles at 18.44 minutes!.jpg)
Then I stretched a bit, before knocking out this lower body workout, I adapted it a bit from The Great Balancing Act. I changed the weights, so that I wouldn’t die, and had to alter the amount of sets because I ran out of time!
Straight Set x5:
Ball squat 10 lbs x 15
16 lbs x 10
20 lbs x 6
16 lbs x 10
10 lbs x 10
Alternating Set x3:
Dumbbell stiff-leg deadlift – 10lbs each hand x 10 reps
Step-up – bodyweight x 15 reps each leg
Alternating Set x3:
Walking lunge – bodyweight x 20 (10 each leg)
Hamstring curl on ball – 10-15 reps
Alternating Set x3:
Standing calf raise – bodyweight x 15 reps
Side lying leg raise – x 15 reps each leg
This all took me an hour and 20 minutes – GREAT workout! I left a sweaty mess after realizing that the water was out for a mainline repair. No shower for me – ugh! Afterwards, I met Austin and Reuben and we took off for Auburn only to meet Teresa, Forrest, Mary, Jimmy, Monica and Jason at Teresa’s house for a few beers. Perfect end to what turned out to be a great day! I ended up at 1,856 calories, 57 fat grams, 185 carbs and 91 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.
Q: Do you have any leg workouts to share? I haven't done legs in FOREVER - and I can tell. It's time to get serious and trim some inches off these thighs!
Q: If you're married - do you get to see your bridesmaid's a lot? I feel so lucky to see mine as much as I do - love those wonderful ladies!
I'll post more pics of Auburn tomorrow, and of the rest of our fun-filled weekend! And I STILL need to post the quiche recipe - eek! Also, Lee asked about magical margaritas - i'll post that recipe too! Hope you're all having fabulous Sundays! We're in Auburn about to pack up the car and roll back to Atlanta!
