First Training Session Today!

Afternoon, everyone!

This morning I made my first "green monster" smoothie in a while. This one had 1 scoop of chocolate peanut butter swirl Spirutein, 1/2 frozen banana, two handfuls of raw baby spinach, 1/2 c. of vanilla almond milk, a spoonful of Naturally More peanut butter, and 1/2 of a tray of ice.


Honestly, I didn't enjoy this one very much. I don't usually use a full serving of Spirutein (usually half a serving) and it really overwhelmed the smoothie. I drank 1/2 of it, which still kept me full until lunch (other than the 1/2 Ginger Snap Larabar I had before my training session).


The training session went well. I'm doing half an hour of strength training, three times per week and cardio on my own. Today we did:

• wall squats with the ball (3 sets of 12)
• straight Leg Bridge Lifts on the ball (3 sets of 12)
• chest press machine (3 sets of 12)
• chest Fly machine (3 sets of 10)
• bicep curls with the body bar (3 sets of 12)
• shoulder press with the body bar (3 sets of 12)
• crunches with legs lifted at 90 degree angle (2 sets of 12)

After the session was over I did Week 2, Day 2 of the Couch to 5K program.

Now I'm eating my lunch, which consisted of what The Fitnessista would call a "salad beast." it has a mix of greens, extra Romaine, 1/2 a tomato, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, black beans, and hummus. Dessert will be the other half of the Larabar.


This is my first foray into eating a salad with no dressing. I gotta say, the hummus does a pretty good job of flavoring everything. I still love Ranch, though! ;)

Giveaway Opportunity!!!I will be giving away a 1.2 lb. container of Spirutein protein mix ($20 value). You get to pick the flavor. All you have to do is comment below with the flavor you want to try and how you plan on using it (drinks, smoothies, milkshakes, etc.). You have until Friday, July 31st at 12PM EST. I'll randomly pick the winner and announce it on Saturday. Good luck!