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Pumpkin In May

by Jen on May 17, 2012

Breakfast has been orange the past couple of mornings.

Sierra Tweeted about having pumpkin oat bran for breakfast yesterday morning and it inspired me to reach into the depths of my pantry and pull out a can of pumpkin. Pumpkin banana oatmeal with pumpkin butter and maple peanut butter for breakfast yesterday.

Pumpkin, banana and blueberry overnight oats topped with pumpkin butter, sunflower seed butter and Crofter’s all-fruit preserves for breakfast this morning. I definitely associate pumpkin more with fall and winter eats but it’s been a good spring treat these past couple of mornings. Sullie is loving it too because I usually put a spoonful in her breakfast!

Pumpkin…eat it all year or eat it seasonally?

You didn’t hear from me yesterday because my arms were too tired to type after doing this workout. We did the CrossFit Regionals workout and it was killer. There was no way I was going to do the prescribed weight so I did band assisted pull ups and used a 55 pound bar for everything except for the overhead squats, I just used the bar for those. I finished in 25 minutes flat and I think I was shaking for an entire hour after finishing this workout. I had that awesome all-over muscle exhaustion feeling. I had to teach yoga after and warned my students not to be alarmed if I dropped them when I was assisting them. (I didn’t.)

To say that I slept well last night would be an understatement. I went into a solid 8 hour coma but woke up feeling amazing and ready to tackle the day. So much to accomplish. I’m headed off to the new location now. They’re finishing up all the final touches on construction. I’ll post a photo in my next post.

Have a great day!

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Cake And Veggies

by Jen on May 15, 2012

Hey, hey! I hope everyone had a great day. Things are moving full speed ahead over here and every day I get more and more excited about all the amazing things that are happening at Metro. I know I mention this in pretty much every post but I really love my job and I feel so lucky every day for this opportunity. It’s amazing to love going into work every day and for it not even to feel like “work.”

I don’t have much to report from Monday other than these two tidbits…Katie (Sweet Tater) assisted my evening hot class and led the first 10 minutes of class! She’s teaching her very first class all on her own at Y2 Yoga tomorrow. Second, the rest of my night involved wine, birthday cake, yoga poses and late night frozen pizza.

Photo evidence. I celebrated the birthday of a yoga friend last night and when yogis get together you can be sure that we’ll end up with shoes off and in yoga poses.

Breakfast this morning was overnight oats.

After last night’s less than stellar eats, I was craving veggies for lunch. I made a delicious salad with spinach, leftover coconut quinoa and sweet chili tofu, roasted brussels sprouts, beets, avocado, goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. It sounds like a gross/weird combo but it was so good!

Workout today was CrossFit but I totally half-assed it. I skipped the warm up and skill/strength work and just jumped in for the WOD. It was three rounds for time of 15 front squats and 15 pushups on the barbell. I didn’t do the recommended weight for the front squats and that was a mistake. I finished way too quickly because it just wasn’t challenging. After that we rested five minutes and then ran a timed mile. I ran my mile in 6:59 which I was pleased with but I wish I’d committed more to the overall workout.

Tuesdays are my late nights at the gym so I taught a yoga class after CrossFit and then headed home around 8. Sullie and I walked for about 45 minutes and the highlight was her spotting a bunny. They had a stare down before the bunny finally hopped away. So cute.

Dinner was marinated sautéed chicken breasts with Trader Joe’s Harvest Grains Blend and roasted balsamic asparagus with parmesan.

Dessert was the French lemon yogurt cake that I baked Sunday with ice cream and strawberries. I am in love with this cake and can’t stop cutting slivers of it.

I actually have more work to finish in prep for a full day tomorrow before I can get to bed. Off to knock it out!

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Loving Lately

by Jen on May 14, 2012

I’m short on time but full of inspiration. You’re going to have to be patient with me over the next few weeks because so much of my attention is focused on work and opening our new location right now. Exciting but consuming. So here is a quick look at some things that I am loving lately.

The National Peanut Board for sending me a care package full of peanut-themed goodies. They thanked me for being such a good ambassador of peanuts. I do what I can.

On that note, my package included Peanut Butter & Co.’s Mighty Maple and it’s safe to say I’m obsessed.

Under Armour’s Fly-By Mesh Tank – it’s so lightweight and breathable and it kind of feels like I’m wearing nothing…in a good way. It’s nice not to have a tight workout tank clinging to my stomach (because some days you don’t want your tank to cling!). I really like the racerback and the cut provides for complete freedom of movement throughout the shoulders.