I ate fish!

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m as picky as they come.  I have the taste buds of a 7 year old.  I like pizza, Mexican food &  mac and cheese.  Since I’ve been doing this workout program, I’ve been trying to experiment and try new foods. Surprisingly I’ve liked a few of them.  Maybe my taste buds are now equal to a 15 year olds? I’ll take it!  Baby steps here folks…

Last night I wanted to try tilapia.  I have always said I hated fish but I’m so sick of eating chicken for dinner as my only source of lean protein.  The bf and I went shopping for some new fish to try and let me tell ya..he was stoked! He never gets to eat all the “fun” stuff because I never cook it.  Oh boys…

I made Parmesan & lemon tilapia over brown rice and a sweet potato.  It was soooooo good!!! I just covered the tilapia in cheese and a and seafood rub mix, put it into the preheated over at 400 degrees and let it cook for 15 minutes.  It came out sooo delish.  I even want to make it again! I think the Parmesan covering it totally helped ease my way into this little seafood meal.

Can I now say I like seafood?  I say so!

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Shwing!

This morning I got another morning workout in.  Yep that’s two days in a row! I’m on fire.

I completed Day 73 – Chest/Calves/Cardio on Jamie Eason’s LiveFit program.  I’m so close to the finish line in my plan..and so close to my cruise date too!  Speaking of which..I went crazy on Victoria’s Secret’s website last night buying cute swimsuits for vacation.  I figure…If I’m working this hard to look good…at least I deserve a good bikini that will make me look good too 🙂  Hopefully they fit.  I’ve never bought a swimsuit from VS before….plus I’ve lost weight and my lady friends have totally shrunk.  Sorry..TMI… but that’s what happens when you lose body fat!

Sorry..went a little off track there…back to my workout…

LiveFit Day 73

Circuit: 3 rounds

Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip Barbell Bench Press – Medium Grip  20 reps

Incline Dumbbell Press Incline Dumbbell Press Incline Dumbbell Press  20 reps

Dumbbell Flyes Dumbbell Flyes Dumbbell Flyes 20 reps

Dips - Chest Version Dips - Chest Version Dips – Chest Version 20 reps

Pushups Pushups Pushups 20 reps

Standing Calf Raises Standing Calf Raises Standing Calf Raises  20 reps

Seated Calf Raise Seated Calf Raise Seated Calf Raise 20 reps

After you complete the workout, perform 30-40 minutes of cardio (your choice). Aim to keep your heart rate below 220 – your age.

I feel like I have lost a bit of muscle and strength in phase 3.  With all this intense cardio, plyos and high rep sets, it really proves that it’s important to build as much muscle as possible in phases 1 and 2 to be able to maintain some by the end of phase 3.

Each complete circuit took me about 10 minutes to complete. The gym was empty again at 5:30 in the morning so I had no problem getting any machines or weights.  The weight lifting portion took about 30 minutes to complete.

I followed it up with 40 minutes of cardio.  I did 30 min on the treadmill and 10 min on the elliptical.

For the 30 min on the treadmill, this was my workout:

10 minutes: 30 second sprint intervals at 8.0 mph

5 minutes: walking (4 mph) at an incline of 3

5 minutes: 30 second sprint intervals at 8 mph

5 minutes: walking (4 mph) at an incline of 3

5 minutes: 30 second sprint intervals at 8 mph (Last sprint I bumped it up to 10mph)

For the elliptical:

10 minutes: 30 second intervals of “sprinting”

Overall, I worked out for a total of 1:12 and burned 691 calories.  I looked back at yesterday’s post and it’s so weird because both workouts were exactly 1:12 (with a few seconds difference)!! So weird!

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Just filled my tummy up with some whole wheat oats.  Yum.

I’m curious…what time do you prefer to workout?

101 in 1001 goals completed:

  • 4. Try 25 new foods (4/25)
  • 8. Learn 10 new recipes (1/10)

**Erin**

3 thoughts on “I ate fish!”

  1. Totally working out in the morning is the BEST 🙂

    I am curious, are you following the meal plan too? I just can’t commit to it, it’s too hard. Also I hope my running isn’t going to effect my muscle building too much?! I am trying to balance both..

    I also hate seafood! I do like tilapia tho, it tastes like whatever you cook it in 🙂

    Reply
    • No, I’m not following the meal plan. I just can’t do it. I am trying to just eat as clean as possible.

      Honestly, Jamie has said to do NO cardio in P1 because it will hinder the muscle growth..but in order to build, you just have to make sure you’re eating extra calories (on top of what is recommended..which is a lot already)! Building muscle takes a lot of calories!

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