We have reached the last day of my full week of eating! I’ve definitely had fun with it, and I’m enjoying following my friend who has been doing something similar!

Breakfast:

Protein hot chocolate and banana bread, that I think was made with oat flour. I have a bunch of slices of mystery quick breads in my freezer, so it’s been a fun came reheating them and trying to figure out what they are! And obviously they’re all good options.

Lunch:

A hummus, goat cheese, and egg salad with a side of veggie straws and a piece of homemade chocolate.

Snack:
So I tried to make a zucchini smoothie, and it was just not good. I froze a bunch of zucchini and threw it in with cake pop protein, and it was just too much zucchini. The taste wasn’t awful but I couldn’t bring myself to drink much of it. So I had a few bites of that, but then aborted and went for a bar.

Workout:

10 minute EMOM: 5 push press+20s dumbbell bent over row (35#)

WOD:

3 rounds

15-12-9-6-3

Goblet Squats

Dumbbell snatches (35#)

2 min rest between rounds

I did this workout the very first week of quarantine and it absolutely kicked my butt. As it turns out, it was just as hard during week 8 of quarantine…The workout called for 3-5 rounds and I was very done after 3. It took me just over 18 minutes. I did like this one though for a fast, minimal equipment challenging workout. I’m trying to keep some of that kind of workout on hand for when we’re out of quarantine and I’m spending long hours at the vet hospital, and won’t have time or energy to go to the gym.

Dinner:

Zucchini noodles with pesto, chicken, and mozzarella. Plus some veggie straws while cooking.

Dessert:

Snack:

Rice cake half with sunbutter and half with berry cream cheese.

And of course to end the day and the week of eating, here is Marie being silly sleeping under my roommate’s bed:

I know this seems to be the general consensus with the world, but I’m not the only one who can’t keep track of what day/month/year it is, right? I almost feel like time froze back in March when lockdown started, but somehow time keeps passing. All that to say, we made it to Wednesday, but how much do days mean at this point??

Breakfast:

Very similar to yesterday, but this time blueberry yogurt. + sunbutter+blueberry chex+ a mango on the side. This yogurt is a newer find for me, and I’m enjoying it quite a bit! Not too sweet, but still some flavor.

Lunch:

This one was inspired by all the avocado sandwiches from Jessica. That, and the 4 for $4 avocados I got at the produce stand last weekend! My GF wrap is filled with chicken, garlic and herb laughing cow, mustard, avocado, and lettuce. Plus a peach. I’m SUPER excited that peaches are now in season! But it was a confusing realization, given, as I mentioned at the beginning, I keep thinking we’re still in March…

Snack:

Here is something I haven’t had in a LONG time, and I don’t know if has ever made it on the blog…a protein brownie. There are tons of recipes out there for these, but I’ll share what I do. 3/4c chocolate protein powder, 1 tablespoon dark cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and water until it is a batter consistency. I microwaved it for 30s, added some chocolate chips, and then for an additional 20s.

Workout:

6×3 deadlifts at 205#

WOD:

100 mountain climbers

100 V-ups

100 mountain climbers

100 plank drags (35#)

100 mountain climbers

What I’ve learned this week is my core has gotten much stronger in some ways…like sit ups and V-ups…and much weaker in others…like apparently my running muscles? My obliques were sore after my 1.5 mile run yesterday, so that was new…

Dinner:

Same as yesterday: balsamic kale, roasted carrots, red pepper hummus, and an egg. Plus a yogurt bar+ a spoon of ice cream for dessert!

Snack:

Since quarantine started, my friends and I have been doing Wednesday nigh Great British Bakeoff Netflix parties and it always makes me sooo hungry! So I snacked on a Cookie protein bar while watching.

And to close out the day, I’ll leave you with this:

I don’t really have a clever title for today, so we’ll keep it simple and dive right in.

Breakfast:

Protein hot chocolate+leftover cheddar biscuit.

Today was a bit of a mess in terms of online learning…our wifi all around town was gone, and my cell signal at home is too weak for a hotspot…I drove and sat in my car in a place with better signal for morning rounds via zoom. When I went to the SAME location in the afternoon, I couldn’t get a strong enough signal for a hotspot and had to call in to my zoom rounds. And I was wifi-less for nearly 12 hours, which in quarantine is rough! So that’s a little bit of my real life for the day.

Lunch:

Salad with hummus, goat cheese, and an egg, plus some GF crackers on the side.

I also had some homemade chocolate from my sister, and a spoon of ice cream that my friends sent me yesterday. Shout out to Jessica!

Snack:

White cheddar rice cake with Trader Joe’s Kale Greek yogurt dip.

Workout:

I did my CF programmed workout, plus some extra Olympic lifting work. I did a 10 minute EMOM of 2 hang power snatches, working up to 80#.

The WOD was 5 rounds of 3 minutes on and 1 minute off:

4 hang power cleans (105#)

7 hand release push ups

10 lunge steps

Dinner:

Mexican-ish salad, a day early for Cinco de Mayo! This has lettuce and carrots as the base, corn sautéed with Elote seasoning, baked chicken, avocado, and Bolthouse Salsa Verde dressing. YUM

Dessert:

More ice cream cake! Look at that cross section. Beautiful.

That’s all for tonight—see you back tomorrow!