Bright, shiny and NEW!
Hiiiii 😀 HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Hope everyone had fun celebrations last night! We certainly did, but I was a bum and didn’t take a single picture :/ We had a lovely dinner with some friends at Liz and her pilot’s house (spinach and salmon salad, brownies with ice cream and peppermint bark) and then came back to the casa a little before 12 to ring in the año nuevo.
The puppies have been resting all day.. apparently 2009 was a tough year for them
I slept in, crawled out of bed, and after taking a morning dip into the almond butter jar, I made an unconventional bfast.
Millet bread with maca and cinnamon, an egg with cayenne and roasted veggies (zucchini, onion, tomato and brussel sprouts with sea salt, pepper and garlic powder).
It was everything I could ever wish for 😀
Next, I hit up the gym for some leg action, which was a little tricky since the pilot and I ran 6 fast miles before our dinner party last night. By the end of today’s workout, my legs felt great.
I did some supersets:
| Elliptical | 5 minutes | Crossramp 10, level 5 |
| Superset 1: Stability ball hamstring curl alternated with stability ball overhead pass |
Body weight | 4 sets of 15 of each exercise |
| Superset 2: Standing lunges alternated with 45 second planks |
Body weight | 4 sets of 15 on each side for the lunges; 4 sets of 45 second planks |
| Superset 3: Calf raises on a step alternated with side crunches |
Body weight | 4 sets of 15 on each side, for each exercise |
| Superset 4: Leg press with feet positioned higher to target glutes alternated with leg extension | 120 lbs for the leg press; 35 lbs for the leg extension | 4 sets of 15 of each exercise |
| Lots of stretching! | ||
| Total time: 50 minutes |
This workout was KILLERRRRRRRRR. Supersets are an awesome way to train more effectively, since you’re using an entirely different muscle while the other one rests.This enables you to train the entire time without taking rests in between sets. Ideally for supersets, you want to train antagonist muscles on the same day (which are muscles that oppose the actions of another- like biceps and triceps).
After my legs and abs extravaganza, I was ready for a smoothie!
I had a tropical superfood smoothie with vanilla Sun Warrior protein and spirulina
It was face-rocking amazing 😀
I went to TJ Maxx to look at their yoga clothes –got a shirt and a sports bra- then came back to the casa to make some bloomin’ onion bread
1 cup raw sunflower seeds, 1 cup ground flax, 1.5 sweet onions, coconut aminos (!) and a splash of olive oil. They’re un-cooking away in the dehydrator, and once again, my house smells like onion 🙂
Snacked on two of the incredible vegan power cookies:
(gah! I need to paint my nails! Don’t judge me, haha)
I’m about to do some laundry and then back to the gym for cardio and a training appointment. Tonight we’re having INDIAN with Jeni and her pilot. I can taste the naan already 😀
Have a wonderful day!
xoxo,
Gina
Something to do: Make a vision board of all of the things you want to accomplish in the New Year! I’m going to work on mine this weekend and post it on Monday 🙂
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that cookie at the end looks great. I ate about 10 that looked just like that last night, however they weren’t Vegan power cookies… more like chocolate chip awesomeness cookies.
hahah chocolate chip awesomeness cookies are pretty delicious though 😉
Hi Gina,
Happy New Year! 🙂
I regulary read your blog (looove it) and during a bit of downtime today read a couple of your recent posts. Was just wondering why you chose to buy a Garmin and what your thoughts on it were (maybe a future post?)
Im looking to buy a heart rate / fitness monitor and am a bit unsure what to buy :S
hey! i got the garmin because i really wanted to know my distance and pace while i run. for aerobics and indoor activities, i use a polar f6
for the raw bread- do you process it all together, or is it just mixed together before put in the dehydrator???
i process everything separately because you want the onion to be chunky and not too watery, then mix it all in a bowl
Love supersets! I rarely work out with rests in between. If my clients ask when we are rest, I tell them when our sessions is ovvvvah! 🙂
Those cookies sound so good! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Gina!!
Happy New Year Gina!! I love Indian Food too 😀
What a day so far! Great job on the legs workout:) I’ll be lucky if I get in a little yoga today. Ouch. Happy New Year!!
A vision board is SUCH a good idea! I can’t wait to see yours!
I like the idea of a vision board, I’ll have to think about that. And what is Maca like? It sounds good slashhh I want to try it 🙂
maca has an earthy malt taste. it’s excellent with chocolate 😀
so how do supersets work? do you do four sets working one muscle, and then 4 sets working another muscle then just go back and forth working just those two muscles?
back and forth working just those two muscles..
like 1 set of chest presses, 1 set of compound rows, 1 set chest press, 1 set compound rows, then switch to the next two groups
I vision board is a lovely idea! I can’t wait to see yours!
Indian food! YUM YUM YUM! I’m jealous…despite having just spent over three months in India, i still crave the stuff on a daily basis- nothing like some hot piping garlic naan and some super spicy baignan bharta or channa masala to go with it!
I want my Excalibur to get here, already! That bread looks really easy to make! 🙂
it IS super easy to make!
hurry up, excalibur…. you’ll love it!
I love the vision board thing. I want to start the year in a positive note but my famiky is making very difficult to do so. One of the things i would love to incorporate eating raw, if u could please give me some tips on that and hope fully suggest a cookbook/recipes/website i would be very grateful. thank u so much, u inspiure me.
hey brenda,
check out my friend gena’s blog, choosingraw.com she has so much info about eating raw, as well as some amazing recipes! i also recommend ani phyo’s cookbooks to get started (raw food kitchen is amazing)- her recipes are simple and delicious.
best of luck to you and don’t let your fam get in the way of you doing what’s right and healthy for YOU.
xoxo
Neat to see you mention a vision board! I’ve done treasure maps for the past few years. This year I’m doing a dream “book” instead to hit different areas of my life and ebb and flow as my goals change or are added to. It really helped me (the maps) keep sight of what was important to me as the weeks and months ticked by.
A vision board is a great idea! I have a couple vision/look books that I’ve made over the years but a goals board would be really good to have in the house as a reminder of goals and accomplishments.
Ok your dogs are soo adorable!!! The smoothie looked really refreshing, and im am DEFINITELY trying out those vegan power cookies!! Great workout today! Cant wait to see what you hope to accomplish this year!! <3 <3
Adorable puppies! The vision board is a great idea 🙂 Have a great 2010!
A vision board is such a great idea! I’ll have to get on that!
Ooo and I’m loving the onion bread..that stuff is soooo good. And naan? I have yet to try indian but I guess it will have to be a new years resolution of mine!
that is an excellent new years resolution.. everyone needs indian food in their life 😉
happy new years! glad you had a fun night with great food and friends. those cookies look dangerously delicious – i could devour one right now off the screen!! i wish my friends/family liked indian because i legit have NO ONE to go with me to get indian food 🙁
i’ve never heard of coconut aminos!! where’d you get them?
happy new year!!
i got it at the health food store- it’s basically soy sauce made of coconut sap instead of soy! awesommmmmmme 😀
i had indian buffet today!!!!!!!!!! it was gasmic! amazing!!! they looked at me funny when i asked for a 3rd order of naan. What can I say?!
mmmmmmmmmmmm power cookies 😀
HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVEEEEE! Oh, and I got your xmas card!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I love the idea of a vision board! I think i just may do this!
Can you do me a favor and visit my new blog. It’s a fresh new start and I want people to visit it! 🙂
Sounds like you guys had a really nice time last night!
A vision board is such a fun idea! I may just have to do one too 🙂
Happy New Year!
Supersets are awesome things – they make me feel like I have direction instead of just going from one exercise to another
Happy 2010! Thanka for the inspiration to create a vision board!
Happy New Year!!! Great post 🙂
Saw on Twitter your belly is full of Indian. So, sounds like you enjoyed your dinner this evening. 🙂
Glad you had a good New Years my friend. Peppermint Bark – so glad that stuff is only around during the holidays. Love anything peppermint and chocolate. Such a good combo!
I NEED to make those vegan cookies. Off to click on the recipe. 🙂
Yaa for Indian tonight !
oh, I was so bummed b/c my computed wouldn’t let me get to your blog earlier today…so weird! I’m really wishing I had a dehydrator right about now b/c that bread looks astounding 🙂 Happy New Year!
Happy new year!! I had a great one too, I’m loving the idea of a vision board, can I put up stuff that I really want to happen, like a picture of me marrying a fabulous man?
um OF COURSE!!!
love your blog!! did you soak the sunflower seeds and flax seeds first? i got a dehydrator for christmas and i can’t wait to try this!!
nope, i didn’t soak anything first 🙂 enjoy, let me know if you like it!
Happy new year! Hope we all have a good 2010!