Finals!! One Down, One to Go!

Well…the quarter is almost over with! Tomorrow is my last day of class and my last final…thank goodness cause I am really ready for a break. I had my psychology final this morning which I am sure that I aced! Actually, I should say that I lucked out more than anything…..we had two parts to this final, a take home portion which consisted of 90 multiple choice questions that were to be turned in this morning, and then the in class short essay questions that we were to do this morning. Well, my professor came down with a terrible illness (I emailed her with well wishes, everyone around here has been so sick lately), and canceled the second part of the final! So, that meant that all we had to do was turn in the take home portion which I worked on with some of my classmates last night! I am almost positive that I got at least 85 out of the 90 points, I will keep you guys posted though.
Tomorrow morning is my biology final…that is another story all together. Let’s just say that I AM not ready for this one at all. There have just been so many projects in this class that I have not had time to study like I usually do. I am just going to keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best.

THE WORKOUT!
When I got home from class today rushed to the gym so that I could get my workout in before my biology study session with Victoria at the Manolin Cafe.
I still can’t run and am getting bored with the same ole stuff so I decided to do a Crossfit workout today. Crossfit workouts are pretty intense and basically aim to get your heart rate up and keep you working in an anaerobic state for the entire workout, and increase your endurance. They are similar to circuit training but way more intense, and requires little to no weights depending on which one you do. You should check it out at http://www.crossfit.com/.

Okay, so onto the workout!
All of the Crossfit workouts have names, and I am not sure what the name of this one is…my friend at the gym just told me to do it and I forgot what he called it.

5 rounds – max reps of each – not for time of:
65lb bench press (yeah, I know it’s not a lot of weight…but I’m not Arnold or anything)
and band assisted pull-ups

What I did….
Round 1: 20 bench press, 30 pull-ups
Round 2: 15 bench press, 30 pull-ups
Round 3: 13 bench press, 25 pull-ups
Round 4: 12 bench press, 20 pull-ups
Round 5: 10 bench press, 15 pull-ups
…pfew that was hard, but felt good and I know I will be feeling it tomorrow for sure!  Actually, I am already feelin it…which means I might not be able to lift my when I wake up in the morning!  haha
I also did three rounds of leg/hip raises on a weight bench since I always like to get a little bit of ab work in.
When I was done with all of that I hopped on the elliptical trainer for 30 minutes and studied for my final.

Okay….. onto my eats!

I soaked my steel cut oats again last night before I went to bed and they were waiting for me this morning, and ready to be cooked!  I let them come to a boil and then put them on simmer for about 15 minutes.  While they were cooking, I added some cinnamon and a packet of stevia to give them some added flavor!  

I decided to take my homework into the kitchen so that I could keep my eye on the oats and not burn them.  

I also got an awesome idea for a new way to cook my egg whites from Jenna at http://eatliverun.com/!

Thanks for the tip Jenna!! I took 1/2 cup of egg whites, added some salt and pepper, and stuck it in the microwave for 2 minutes, and they turned out perfect!!  They tasted amazing and were the perfect addition to my steel cut oats.  Sometimes I feel like I don’t get enough protein in the morning and this is a great, quick and easy way to make sure that I can fit it in.  With my busy schedule I don’t really have to time to stick the eggs in the pan and cook them up on the stove.  I digress….

When my oats and eggs were done, they looked like this…

I decided to cut the egg whites up in cubes and add them to my oatmeal….surprisingly, they tasted great together…..

and made my taste buds and tummy so happy!!

When I went to the Mandolin to study with Victoria, I had an iced pomegranate green tea, and a salad with mixed greens, chicken, green apple slices, walnuts, dried cranberries and a little bit of honey mustard dressing.  I completely forgot to take my camera!  Darnit!  Oh well, that certainly won’t be the last time that I go there and order that salad, so I am sure that I will have pics for you in the future!

When I got home, “the Hubbs” was making breakfast for dinner….pancakes!  I think he must have been a chef in another life because he was flipping the pancakes on the pan and really looked like a pro!

I had a few bites of his pancakes…he wanted me to be the taste tester and I was not going to argue, but I decided to have this for snack instead before I headed out to the grocery store.

A yummy Ruby Red Grapefruit!!  They were only .79 each at the grocery store when I went this morning to pick up kitty food so I couldn’t resist picking a few up! (that and I have a serious grapefruit addition)

Well, grocery shopping took up a good portion of my night and when I got home, I DID NOT feel like cooking……so, I decided to have one of these….

 

 

 Vietnamese Style Chicken Wrap from Trader Joe’s,  I ate it without the dipping sauce and it was just what I needed.

 

Mmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmmm.  I really should just make my own wraps more often, I always enjoy these so much and I am sure that I could come up with all kinds of awesome combinations.  **note to self make wraps and eat lots of them**  🙂

“The Hubbs” decided to make himself a supreme french bread pizza (as you can see, he and I have totally different eating habits…but that does not mean that I didn’t have a few bites…hehe).  To be honest, it built me up a lot and let me down, it really lacked in flavor and was waaaay too greasy, sooooo didn’t compare to my wrap!  He wasn’t too pleased with it either, and he is a huge fan of pizza and could eat it every day.  Actually, I could too…if they weren’t loaded with so many calories and so much fat. 

After dinner I spent about an hour working on the book-keeping for our business and decided to work on my blog for the day since I have been neglecting it over the past week or so.  I hope you all have enjoyed my posts so far!  I really get a lot of joy out of putting this blog together and hope that others get that same joy from reading it…although my day to day life and eats aren’t nearly as interesting as some of you out there.

So far my sweet tooth hasn’t kicked in, so it looks like no desert for me…which is a good thing for sure.

If I change my mind I will be back with a pic to share!

Well, I had a great day and I hope you all did too!!  I can’t wait to start my spring break tomorrow!  Woohoo!!!!

Have a great night everybody and I will check back in tomorrow!

Oh, and here is my cute pic for the day!  I came home to this the other night when I got home from work….hubby and Spike sleeping on the couch.  ZZZZZZZZZZZZ