Right Side of the Bed, Recipe Right Side of the Bed

Posted the 10/11/2008 14:03:59 By Carrots 'N' Cake (Visit website)

Good morning, blog world! I’m happy to report that I woke up on the right side of the bed today! Well, I technically sleep on the right side of the bed, so I suppose I get up on that side every morning, but you guys know what I mean!

After a great workout, I enjoyed a bowl of strawberry-almond oatmeal made with frozen strawberries, honey, ground flaxseed meal, almond slices sprinkled on top, and, of course, my morning scoop of Teddie chunky peanut butter.

The frozen strawberries tasted delicious in my oats this morning. I greatly miss fresh strawberries, but frozen ones are almost as wonderful!

Larabar Love

On Saturday afternoon, I received the BEST package of goodies! It was from Larabar as a thank you for being featured on the Larabar blog last week. I still think this is the coolest thing that has happened to Carrots ‘N’ Cake!

Inside the package was a variety box full of Larabars flavors, a bunch of which I haven’t yet tried! I am especially excited to sample the Banana Bread and Key Lime Pie flavors!

Also included in the package was a Larabar t-shirt (love it!) and some JamFrakas bars. I haven’t tried a JamFraka bar yet (in fact, I haven’t even seen them in stores), so I was super psyched to see these! Can’t wait to try them!

Larabar, THANK YOU for all of the goodies!!!!!

Workout

My workout was great this morning! I’m lucky to have a gym on the bottom floor of our apartment building. With it being so close, you’d think I’d be there all of the time, right? Well, I was… when we first moved into the building. I was getting married in a few months and trying to get myself in shape, so early morning workouts (and sometimes evening workouts in the same day) were no problem. However, after about a year of using the gym downstairs, I was bored. I mostly kept myself motivated with workouts that I tore out of magazines or found online, but I needed something else to keep me going… which is how I ended up at Healthworks. Long story short, I haven’t been utilizing our building’s gym lately, and this morning was the first time in awhile that I’ve had a tough, sweaty workout there! Here’s what I did…

Double Circuit Workout

Total time: 60 minutes

Equipment: Dumbbells of varying weights + elliptical (or treadmill or jump rope)

Weight: Choose a weight that allows you to perform just the right amount of reps. The last couple of reps should be tough. I used 12-20 lb dumbbells.

Reps: 15

Rest: 10 seconds between exercises

Warm-up: 5 minutes on elliptical at an easy pace.

Circuit I:

Walking Dumbbell Lunges
Dumbbell Squats
Bent Over Rows
Leg Lifts (lower abs)
Dumbbell Flyes
Bent Over Rear Deltoid Flyes
Tricep Dips on Bench

Cardio I: 5 minutes on elliptical at a fast pace.

Circuit II:

Pilet Squats
Single Arm Dumbbell Row
Crunches
Upright Rows
Seated Overhead Dumbbell Press
Dumbbell Concentration Curls
Calf Raises

Cardio II: 5 minutes on elliptical at a fast pace

Repeat series.

Cool Down: 5 minutes on elliptical at an easy pace.

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