I had a lovely day with the sister-in-law (Sophie). We went to the beach, worked out, and made a lovely dinner for the Husband and Harry.
The beach was a little cold, but it was nice to be outside.
While we hung out, we flipped through this book, called Core Performance Women: Burn Fat and Build Lean Muscle, which focusing on strength training for women. It was an interesting read, and it has full-color photographs describing the exercises.
Before we got to the beach, I had a rice, black bean, sour cream, and salsa bowl from Chipotle:
And at the beach, I snacked on one serving of PB Pretzels:
And a serving of chocolate-covered nut clusters.
After the beach, Sophie and I hit the gym. She wanted to try the Intro to Iron Pumping Challenge. Today was Back and Biceps day! Here’s what we did:
Day 3: Back and Biceps
- Warm Up: 5 minutes of cardio
- Seated Row: 3 x 12 with 45 pound weights
- Lat pulldown: 3 x 12 with 45 pound weights
- Stability Ball Ys and Ts (alternate between “Y” and “T”): 2 x12 for “Y” and 2 x 12 for “T”
- 21s: 1 set of 21’s with 30 pounds; 1 set of 21’s with 20 pounds
- Stability Ball Back extension: Skipped this move
- Frog crunches: 10 crunches
- Hammer curls: 3 X 12 with 5 pounds
- Oblique V-up: 30 crunches for each side with 5 pound weight
Afterwards, I did 30 minutes on the stationary bicycle and read New Moon (again!).
Sophie said she was craving VEGETABLES so we decided to create a giant vegetable roast!
I had: mushrooms, sweet potatoes, parsnips, Brussel sprouts, and carrots.
And a huge piece of yummy garlic bread made with minced garlic! Mmmm!
Time to watch a movie (Inglorious Bastards) with the family. Have a good night!
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Awesome workout! And your dinner sounds vegtastic; I could dive right in
GREAT MOVIE!!! Love your veggie dinner, looks delicious.
What beach did you go to? My favorite in that area is Melbourne Beach.. or right across from Patrick Air Force Base in Satellite Beach!
It was Cocoa!
Enjoy the movie!! I loved it for the most part… dinner looks fab!
What a great day! I want to go to the beach!
Enjoy the movie
I wish I lived that close to the beach. It looks so peaceful!
So jealous a day at the beach aint no thang for you! Sounds like a great time:)
Nice job on the workout.
Enjoy the movie – let us know how it is. We’ve been thinking about picking it up lately.
what a sweet day! i so wish i could hit up the beach anytime
great workout girl!
Looks like a great day, followed by an awesome workout and delicious dinner. I love having huge veggie-filled dinners, especially when they’re roasted or grilled. It really brings out the natural flavors.
Looks like a great day =) I wish I lived somewhere so close to the beach!
I have got to find me a Chipotle…those bowls you’ve been getting lately are making my mouth water. Rice + beans + sour cream = does it get any better?
Those veggies look a-mazing
Nice workout! This reminds me I need to lift some weights tomorrow!
So jealous you went to the beach today!
beaaaaaaaaach. withdrawalllll.
I can’t believe you’re at the beach in January…I’m SO jealous!!
Yum! The veggierific lunch and dinner look awesome! I love garlic bread!!
I think back and biceps moves are some of my favorites! Love the Y’s and T’s and hammer curls especially
Inglorious Basterds is so good, enjoy!
The vegetable roast looks so satisfying. It’s amazing what a huge plate of veggies can do.
Loved Inglorious Basterds!! One of my favorite films from this year.
I’m jealous of that beach! Even if it was chilly! Here in the midwest, we don’t get to see the ocean very often.
And I know this has been said before, but how gorgeous is your sister in law?!
I really liked the movie Inglorious Bastards… definitely can tell it’s a Quentin Tarantino movie, but I thought it was pretty darn good!
That’s the kind of book I need. I’ve been thinking about the New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women. It’s on my Amazon list.
I really enjoyed Inglorious Basterds!!
You’ll have to let us know how you like the movie!! I loved it even though it’s pretty graphic!
I really like Inglorious Basterds! Very interesting for a lot of reasons!
Hey Caitlin!
Jealous of the beach too… especially because we went to Florida during the holidays got the super cold weather, so I didn’t get to enjoy the beach much (it was my first time seeing the Atlantic!!!).
Love the Roasted Veggies, will make that soon.
How many times have you read the Saga? I have read the entire thing twice, back to back…
me too, twice!
I love roasted vegetables. I never get tired of them. I could eat Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes for every meal of the day!
I LOVE Chipotle — a friend is taking me out to lunch for my birthday later this week and I totally chose to go there. Gotta love a burrito bol with guac!
A day at the beach sounds so wonderful right now. That book sounds really interesting – I haven’t read it but will have to check it out
Ha, at first when I read you did your 21′s with 30 lbs and 20 lbs of weight… I was like, DAMN GIRL, cuz I just assumed you meant dumb bells and then I saw with Gina’s link you can use a straight bar. Still impressive nonetheless!!
Yum! Your meals always look so fantastic!
I can’t wait for my next beach trip!!
I love garlic bread – a little too much I think
Those veggies look great – mushrooms are the best!
Chipotle = best fast food ever.
I love those TJ’s dark chocolate nutty bites – yummm.
Even though it was a bit chilly it still looks like a wonderful day at the beach!
Oh now I’m craving roasted veggies and Chipotle…at the same time…gah I’m starving
I need to stop reading food posts at night because your food always looks so good and makes me hungry! lol
Your food always looks good!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who reads the twilight saga over and over and over again…
Your dinner looks amazing! I’ve been craving roasted veggies lately but have been too hungry to wait for the time they take!
Good news Caitlin! Did you hear that an American company, Kraft has bought Cadburys chocolate overnight, so you should have all those chocolate bars that you loved whilst in England near you soon, a bit like when they bought Terrys Chocolate Orange- yey for Creme eggs!
oh no! i hope they dont change all the recipes.
Oohh do let us know if that film is good, I’m curious to see that!
DELISH!
That dinner is all my fave foods – veggies and garlic
I’m having total beach envy right now!! We had 5 inches of snow last night and I’m *craving* the salty sea air.
Dinner looks wonderful, by the way!
What a great workout!! Oh and I’m tempted to read the Twilight series again!!
and I’m totally jealous you were at the beach yesterday…
“IT’S A BINGO”. Loved inglorious basterds!! BTW I love how you spend time with your sisterinlaw BY herself. Shows you love your hubby so much that you want to be PART of his family and not just marry into it..
I wish I lived close enough to the beach to head down for a day! It’s about a 3-4 hour drive no matter what beach you go to from here! Sounds like you had a great day!!
I like the beack in the cold with a hoodie.
Chipotle is my fave and so better than Moe’s!
That looks like a pretty perfect day!!
Inglorious Basterds is phenomenal! I hope you enjoyed
Hehehe this post title made me think of the JErsey Shore. The guys call thier morning routine GTL (gym, tan, laundry).
You should call yours BGD.
I’ve been told Inglorious Bastards is a really great movie, how did you like it?
And i’m reading the Twilight saga over again… LOVE it! Never gets old!
It was a good movie, but it was gory and gross. Worth watching just for Brad Pitt though – he was great.
Hey! My boyfriend, who is a self-proclaimed gym rat (I call him a “mesomorph”), swears by the Core Performance line! All of his training plans are derived from Core Performance books and website, and we even occasionally cook some of the recipes (turkey meatballs are the best)! He really wants me to get into the strength stuff for runners but I am a bit of a fraidy-cat. Anyway, it’s cool that you have the book for girls!!! I should look into it… (or maybe I’ll tell him it would make a nice V-Day present
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