The Petite Athlete

Tis the season! :] Are we getting excited or what!?

I’m contemplating throwing a little Christmas gathering. Involving the ugliest sweaters known to man kind. An occasion that would grandma PROUD.

The sweateriest bash of the season.

I’m so sorry blogging has really taken a back seat the last few months. I am excited that it should become a little bit more regular after tomorrow! I still have my dedicated readers that still check in, and I thank you! I love sharing my fitness and nutritious exploits with you.

I have managed to snap a few photos, a little half-heartedly, I admit! This is a breakfast from sometime in the last few days, consisting of Quaker instant oats, microwaved with frozen blackberries and sprinkled with a little vanilla nut granola. This has been a new favorite of mine over the last week or two. Granola is a naughty little treat – it is so caloric! I but it in the bulk bins and just buy small amounts at a time and very rarely.

I am trying to transition to more protein and nutrient dense breakfasts, like egg and veggie scrambles.

3 egg whites + 1 whole egg + mushrooms + bell peppers + onion + sriracha sauce = spicy delishness!

I also call it Rooster sauce. COCK A DOODLE DOOOOOOO.

A wee bit goes a long way.

So yesterday’s work out was interesting. I started out working out in my room, with a little Ab Ripper X. I haven’t done it in a while, and holy hell bells, it’s HARD.

This is my total pain face afterwards … 350 core and abdominal exercises later. (!!!)

And then I thought I would break out the hour long PLYOMETRICS DVD from P90X. I couldn’t find it. So I decided to just head outside for a run. I was totally unprepared. It was frigid outside! I ended up calling my sister and she kept me company (I run with my iPhone, use it as my iPod) … then my phone died (seems to be doing a lot of that these days) and so I had to finish the next 35 minutes of my run without music. All-in-all, it was a great, brisk, refreshing, CHILLY 5 miler.

My lips were numb by the time I ended up getting home. Talking was awkward, to say the least. Smiling hurt.

After a hot shower, a nice veggie satuee and a glass of red wine, I sat down with the boys and made us some treats!

I used the recipe on the back of the Bisquick box for strawberry shortcake.

Then, I used some frozen blueberries mixed with a little sugar, cinnamon and maple syrup – heated in the microwave to boiling and bubbly, and poured it over the flaky, crumbly biscuits, hot from the oven!

Yum. I wouldn’t mind another one of these bad boys at all!

Tonight’s workout was another interesting one!

• Ab Ripper X (at  ”cardio” pace to really keep the HR up)
• First 20 min of Plyo P90x
• Another 20 min of random cardio activies on my own while watching My Best Friends Girl.

Things like jumping jacks, running in place, high-knees, jump squats, etc. Just lots of random moving. If the roomie would have walked in and seen me, he probably would have tried to rescue me, as my “exercise” resembled something more like a full body dry heave.

As soon as the HR monitor hit 400 calories burned, I cooled down and jumped in the shower.

I wasn’t much hungry for dinner, so an apple and some nuts did the trick for protein and a little yum yum.

Californication is on now! Tomorrow is a busy day of interning, working and then yoga! I’ll try to take as many photos as I can. Have a Happy Monday!