Today was a busy one. I had a doctor appointment, and Terry came with me to watch Marshall while I was in there. We also went out to lunch and then I dropped Terry back off at work before Marshall had a crazy meltdown. Poor guy. We played it pretty mellow after that.
Thanks to some suggestions on Facebook, I upped my game for tonight's dinner. As I mentioned yesterday, I was already planning to slow cook some chicken breasts with salsa, but I really wasn't sure where I'd go from there. Here's what I did:
- four chicken breasts in the crock pot with about a cup of salsa (we like Whole Foods' 365 Salsa Verde)--I spread about 1/4 cup of salsa on the bottom and the rest on top of the chicken
- cooked on LOW for 4.5 hours (ours switches to warm when the timer's up--does everyone's crock pot do that?)
- pulled the chicken out, shredded it up, and then added about a cup (maybe more) of the liquid from the crock pot to the shredded chicken (I tossed the rest of the liquid, which was about another cup); then I returned the chicken to the crock pot on the "warm" setting until we were ready to eat
My friend Kirsten suggested sweet potato and black bean burritos, but I didn't have black beans, so we made do. I opted for a salad, and Terry went with a burrito, and we loaded up with:
- the awesome chicken (so juicy!)
- sweet potato fries (sliced into wedges, tossed with olive oil, salt, and pepper, roasted at 450 for about 35 minutes, tossing halfway through)
- lettuce
- avocado
- tomatoes
- more salsa
- pepper jack cheese (for Terry)
- crumbled tortilla chips
Remember how I don't love salads? I could get on board with this one!
I am already inspired to make tons more fun meals, so I started pinning some ideas today. Hopefully this new motivation will last!
I even felt motivated to squeeze in an upper body workout today. After a nice walk (Terry strapped Marshall into the Ergo to get him to take a good nap), I grabbed a set of dumbbells and got to it.
* - I made up this move. It's a regular biceps curl plus a hammer curl plus a reverse curl, all in a row (that's one rep).
** - I did this one on a ball.
I loved this quick workout. My arms definitely felt fatigued at the end, but it was over before I knew it. Plus it only required a set of dumbbells and a stability ball. Marshall also thought the whole thing was pretty funny, so that's a win. I love being back to strength training!
What did you have for dinner today?
Any fun upper body workouts to share?
What did you have for dinner today?
Any fun upper body workouts to share?
I AM OBSESSED WITH CHICKEN! But that was not on my dinner menu this evening, but it was on my lunch menu - CHICKEN SHAWARMA! :D
ReplyDeleteI have never had shawarma! I have wanted to try it ever since seeing the end of The Avengers. :-)
DeleteLooks like a great workout. I always do double curls but never thought of adding in the reverse. Great!
ReplyDeleteIt was invented out of necessity when I worried I'd be too bored to do three sets of all three types of curls. :-)
DeleteIm all about the salmon about the salmon NO SAUCE. #singit :-)
ReplyDeletei posted a total body workout on the blog today! #greatmindsthinkalike :) :) i had mac and cheese last night for dinner haha
ReplyDeleteHa! Looking forward to reading yours! It's tough getting back into things after pregnancy, right?
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