Workout Buddy Power!

Today was a fairly busy day at work. I started off with some delicious fruit and carrots
(trying to increase my veggies).

You can tell my desk is super organized...

After a busy morning, I met some folks for lunch in the dining hall and enjoyed spinach salad with some chicken breast and oranges on the side. There may have been a peanut butter cookie involved that was not pictured.

Work out

Today was week four of Tina's Best Body Bootcamp and I'm not going to lie to you, I really wasn't feeling it. My workout buddy Katie felt much the same way. As we were going through our circuits I was thinking about how important and valuable it is to have a workout buddy. This marks the fourth week we have done this bootcamp and for the most part we have been very consistent. What's more important than the consistency of our workouts is the fact that we have challenged and supported each other through these tough workouts. 

Our workout synergy included matching workout tops...awesome!

In the end, finding someone to support you is really important. We didn't want to be there today but we got through it. Workout buddy power!

I followed 30 minutes of circuit training with 25 minutes of stationary rowing. Note to self...next time while rowing wear awesome gloves. I may be forming blisters. Not to mention wearing gloves will make me 3 times more bad ass which is 3 times more bad ass than I am currently.

My batwings look AWESOME!

For dinner I made this delicious concoction. 

Steamed broccoli, marinara sauce, Trader Joe's Turkey Meatballs and a sliced apple. Yum! I love broccoli and marinara sauce. Who needs noodles? 

Do you have a workout buddy?


What do you do when you have an off workout day?

Official End of the Holidays and Pizza Friday

This Morning:

Well it's official, the holidays are over. This was marked by the completion of my favorite holiday treat this morning, Trader Joe's Cranberry Apple Butter.

It's so sad, I'm not going to lie to you, I looked on Amazon to see how much it would cost to purchase this stuff out of season. Unfortunately $12.00/ bottle is a little out of my price range. I love this apple butter on top of plain greek yogurt. Simple, low sugar way to sweeten plain yogurt.

RIP Cranberry Apple Butter...I will see you in October. Marty was kind enough to remind me that it's "only ten more months"...thanks Marty.

Every Friday we have PIZZA! So happy Pizza Friday!

I decided to make my personal favorite, pineapple cheese pizza. Here's how you make it happen:

First, start with pizza dough. I buy Trader Joe's whole wheat pizza dough. It's only $1.29 and honestly, less expensive to buy than it is to make. I buy a couple and freeze them. Flour your dough and rolling pin and roll dough into the shape of your pan. This Friday Marty elected for square pizza.

Transfer your dough to your pan and then roll your crust. You can do this like a pie crust or just fold it over while pinching.

Spread the sauce evenly over the dough. We like lots of sauce in this place.

This sauce is awesome, flavorful and has large chunks of vegetables. YUM!!!

Go ahead and throw on your remaining toppings. I used 1.5 cups of cheese. A mixture of low-fat mozzarella and parmesan cheese and one cup of pineapple. Bake in a preheated oven set at 425 degrees for 25 minutes. This will produce a crispy bottom. If you like your pizza softer, check on it around 20 minutes.

Ours ended up like this. Delicious! 

This is what my portion looked like. I added this up to be 8 Points Plus. I love pineapple on pizza, not really sure why :). Salty cheese and sweet pineapple. YUM! Generally I avoid meat toppings like pepperoni because they are high in fat and points. But that's the great thing about making your own pizza, you know what's going into it and can have a lot of control over the toppings.


What's your favorite pizza topping? 


Anything you have a hard time living without after the holidays are over?

Abs and Roasted Tomato Sweet Potato Ravioli

Today has been pretty relaxed, trying to get homework completed and not procrastinate too much. Tonight Marty and I decided to hit up the Y and try to play some basketball. Unfortunately, the volleyball girls had the courts covered.

My cardio workout today was a 45 minute interval workout on the elliptical and the Core workout through Tina's Best Body Bootcamp. I'm not much of a core workout fan but have decided these   Teaser combinations are the devil.


Tonight ravioli is on the menu. I made roasted tomato and sweet potato ravioli. Here's how you make the magic happen:

Take one large sweet potato, peel it, and chop into small cubes. Add cherry tomatoes. Add one tablespoon of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Put in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. I roasted my veggies at 400 degrees.

They should look like this.

I used Trader Joes delicious ravioli and prepared it with some sugar snap peas. In a large bowl I combined the cooked ravioli and roasted vegetables with two generous tablespoons of pesto and some parmesan cheese.

This is a "Marty sized portion" :). Overall turned into a pretty delicious dinner with lots of veggies. For my portion, I loaded up on the veggies and only ate 4 ravioli's. Makes it a little easier on the Weight Watchers points plus.


What did you have for dinner tonight?