My weekend
I had a fabulous weekend! I went to a local artisan marketplace and shopped with friends, had a lazy pajama coloring session with the family, made lots of delicious meals from scratch, and got a nice workout in.
Workout
I didn’t feel like running Sunday, so I started with a nice 10 minute indoor cycling session to warm up. Then, to split up the running, I decided to do 800 meter repeats on the treadmill with TRX rows in between. Having the indoor bike, treadmill, and TRX (equipment which we’ve slowly acquired over the past four years) makes our home workout space feel like a real gym. I love the feeling of going back and forth between the different items on my own little circuit to keep things from getting monotonous when working out indoors. I’ve never been able to motivate myself to go to an actual gym, but love the peacefulness and flexibility of working out at home when the kids are at preschool, sleeping, or otherwise occupied.
Winter running goal
15 miles per week. There, I said it. That was the only hard part, right?
Immune Boosting Smoothie
I’ve completely fallen for this vitamin c and anti-inflammatory packed smoothie recipe from Angela Liddon’s cookbook, which she shared on The Telegraph, so you can find it here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/11587164/Citrus-and-ginger-flu-fighter-smoothie-recipe.html
It’s like orange juice with a zing but no sugar high. When I feel a sore throat coming on, I like to add the optional cayenne which has purported anti-septic properties as well as being anti-inflammatory. It soothes the back of the throat and gives this orange “smoothie” a nice kick. I often add 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric to the smoothie for its health components.
Even if you’re not into the ginger and cayenne, I love the technique of using a whole orange and ice to make a nice cold orange drink that hits the same sweet spot as orange juice, but without the same sugar crash because it still has the fiber of the whole orange. This could revitalize my weekend breakfasts; I love the taste of orange juice but not how I feel after I drink it!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend also 🙂
Thanks, I’ve just saved that on my Pinterest, so I’ll buy some oranges in the next day or so.. That seems like quite the home gym!
I am going to have to stock oranges more regularly, I love it! Hope you enjoy it too 🙂
I bought an indoor trainer for my bike, which I have set up right next to my treadmill. That’s about all the space my “gym” has, but I do like being able to do something different now that the winter weather is here! I also started doing some of the Blogilates.com videos, which you can really do anywhere (read: my living room floor), and they are killer! In a great way though. That smoothie looks pretty good!