Birthday Sweat

Hi friends! How are you? Itโ€™s almost the weekend!!

Itโ€™s also my little brotherโ€™s birthday ๐Ÿ™‚ (<— I say โ€œlittleโ€, but heโ€™s 16)

One of my gifts to him:

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A big โ€˜ol sweat spot!!!

Buahaha >:)

We went to the base gym last night, so I could walk around the track and read โ€œClean Eatingโ€ while he lifted weights, but when we got there he said โ€œDo you think maybe you could train me?โ€ I was so happy. My bro is an athlete (he plays baseball and basketball), so it was fun to push him a little ๐Ÿ˜‰

Hereโ€™s what we did:

Shoulders, Chest, Triceps, Abs

1. 5 minute run to warm-up

Cardio blast: tuck jump into a burpee (For this one, you squat down, jump up and slap your knees and when you land, pop your feet back so youโ€™re in a plank position. Do 1 push-up, bring feet back up to hands, squat down and jump again)- 20 reps

2. Circuit #1:

Overhead press (15)

Tricep dips (15) โ€“bend legs 90* to make it easier, straight legs are more challening

V-ups

-Repeat Circuit #1 2-3 more times

Cardio blast: 3 squat jumps (jump 3 times in a squat position) and 1 vertical jump (jump up towards the ceiling, with arms doing a mock basketball shot)- 20 reps

3. Circuit #2

Dumbbell upright row (15)

Push-ups (15)

Medicine ball oblique twist (12 total) [to make it more challenging, cross your ankles and lift your feet off the ground)

-Repeat Circuit #2 2-3 more times

4. Ab Challenge

-50 sit-ups

-50 crunches

-25 reverse crunches

Stretch

*follow with cardio if you would like. We did 20 minutes of speed walking/jogging

* as always, check with a doc before making any fitness changes. If you try it, let me know what you think!

Some recent eats:

New Cocomama Quinoa Cereal

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My friends at OpenSky sent this to me to try and honestly, I was a little skeeved to try it because it looks like astronaut food. The idea behind it is great, and I love quinoa for breakfast, but it was pretty nast.

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Brown rice toast with mustard and tempeh bacon

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(The secret to crispy tempeh bacon: using a decent amount of oil to cook it)

and today, quite possibly the queen of all b-fasts.

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Egg-stada with two green corn tamales and green salsa. When my mom handed me two fresh, homemade tamales wrapped in foil the other night, my heart swooned. I <3 being in Tucson.

I washed down the tamales with one of the brownies from yesterday, just to make sure they were still good ๐Ÿ˜‰

Speaking of brownies..

thank you SO much to all of you who entered my impromptu brownie giveaway <3 I loved reading your comments and it sounds like yaโ€™ll could definitely use something sweet in your day. There was one particular comment that really stood out to me, and that many of you โ€œvotedโ€ on, which was so cute. Here are some of the comments you left:

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and the lucky winner herself:

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Holy amazing, right? Way to use this deployment to accomplish so much in such a short amount of time. Itโ€™s hard enough for me, and I just have a puppy- I canโ€™t even imagine with toddlers. Jessica, you are a rock star and I would love to send you some brownies ๐Ÿ™‚ Shoot me an email (fitnessista at gmail dot com)

Well Iโ€™m off to get some work done <3

Have a lovely day and Iโ€™ll see ya later this afternoon!

xoxo

Gina

Something to do: OpenSky followers, check your email for todayโ€™s Himalayan Salt Lamp promo ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™ve had mine since last fall and LOVE it. It has a beautiful soft, warm glow:

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Something to think:

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61 Comments

  1. The Teenage Taste on April 21, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Jessica sure sounds deserving of those brownies! Way to go, Jessica! ๐Ÿ™‚
    Happy Birthday to your brother!

  2. Lindsey on April 21, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Congrats to Jessica!

    I <3 your "Something to Think" for today. I need to print that out for my mirror.

  3. Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin on April 21, 2011 at 9:32 pm

    Jessica definitely deserves those brownies! And it sounds like she needs a bottle of wine thrown in there too haha. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  4. Lisa on April 21, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    Jessica is well deserving of the brownies!! Is your brother driving you around?

  5. Gina on April 21, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    So glad Jessica won! Happy belated birthday to her!

  6. Christin@purplebirdblog on April 22, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Yay for Jessica… what an amazing lady!! ๐Ÿ™‚ And I love love LOVE my Himalayan salt lamp… a gift from my BF’s mom for Christmas 2 years ago… so pretty! ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Kelly @ My Love Affair with Running on June 6, 2012 at 2:43 am

    LOVE the ‘How to have a lovely day’ post – so true! Smiling at strangers and SLOWing down are 2 things that hold particular significance in my life ๐Ÿ™‚

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