by Jen
on November 13, 2011
Today was a “working Sunday” but it was all fun work so I can’t complain!
I knew I was in for a long day so I wanted to get a substantial breakfast in. I made a big pot of banana oatmeal and then poured it into the end of a Justin’s Maple Almond Butter jar. I haven’t been home to cook oatmeal for breakfast in weeks so I really enjoyed this.
After breakfast and last minute finalization of class plans + playlists, I headed to Y2 to teach the 9:15 hot class. I had to report to Fight Gone Mad to get set up for our second boot camp as soon class was over. I was in charge of programming today!
Enter running, wall walk ups and everything challenging I could think of. (What is your least favorite exercise to do? I’ll add it next time! Kidding…sort of. ;))
Walking lunges holding a 12 pound ball overhead? Perfect. 😛
After boot camp, I grabbed a smoothie from Healthy Home Market to get me through my afternoon yoga practice (day 13!) and a late afternoon personal training client. I went with the Strawberry Shortcake and it was awesome. Not too sweet and very almond buttery.
When I finally arrived home around 6 I made a snack of edamame with kosher salt and got started on dinner.
We were feeling ethnic and decided on Chicken Tikka Masala. Served with jasmine rice and whole wheat naan.
I couldn’t sleep so I got up to make tea and work on this blog post. I need to try the sleep thing again because I have an early morning BodyPump class and training client tomorrow.
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