PT was legs today, I did sets of squats with my feet on weights (like weights that go on a barbell) which lifted my heels up. This was to place more focus on the quads while squatting and it worked. Whew! Then I did squats with 30 and 35lb dumbbells. Holding them, squat down so the dumbells touch the floor. I did those okay but my last set was rough! And I worked on hamstrings. Leg work drives me bonkers. I desperately need it but as I workout, I can feel how weak they are and how much they need to become stronger, and that’s the frustrating part to me.

After PT, I came home and took Rocky out for his walk. Ooooo it was cold! It’s below freezing and windy which made for a not so pleasant walk. I almost cut it short but decided that wouldn’t be fair to Rocky, who seemed just fine even though he didn’t have his big boy jacket on, so I kept going. I was glad to get home though!

I was starving by this point but it wasn’t even noon yet so I tried to hold off. Around 11:30, I couldn’t take it anymore and decided to make lunch.

Mmmm salad

I had a big salad with:

• Romaine
• Spinach
• Sunflower and pumpkin seeds
• Chopped red onion
• Cube red delicious apple
• Raisins
• Cranberries
• Cucumber

Lunchie

And I drizzled that with a little bit of maple balsamic dressing. On the side is the rest of my apple and a frozen breakfast quesadilla that I was eating because I was asked to review it. In the middle is the leftover carrots and cabbage from dinner last night. Scott had leftovers for his lunch. I ate all of my salad, only 1/2 the quesadilla, and most of the remaining apple. I also had three bites of cabbage, 2 carrots, and 3 bites of the porkchop. Couldn’t resist it, it was soo amazing!

After lunch, I did a little bit of work and some laundry. Then I moved to the kitchen to do some more recipe experimenting. I love playing around with ideas! Back to more work and laundry.

Chocolate Chip

Around 2:30-3pm, I started getting a bit hungry and knew I would not make it till dinner. I decided on a chocolate chip Z bar (I forgot I even ate this until I saw it when I downloaded my pics! Hooray for taking pics of my food!). It was okay, honestly a bit too chocolatey for me. I still love Clif so that’s okay.

Then it was time to get started on dinner which was also another experiment!

His and Hers

Everyone seems to be doing “his and hers” lately, so I thought I would do one tonight! “His and Hers” pasta dinner. I made some penne and worked on a new sauce idea. On the side we had some sauteed zucchini and summer squash. Yum! I ended up going back for 7 more pieces of penne (it was mini penne, don’t get excited!)and I had two small slices of bread with a smidge of butter on them. Scott and I are staying in and relaxing tonight. Both of us have some work things we need to get caught up on. See you tomorrow!