Wow. Thank you all so much for your congratulations and support on this morning's post. I've had ants in my pants for weeks wanting to tell you guys, so I'm glad I can finally talk about it. Let the official countdown begin!!
After eating my usual protein cereal breakfast, I dashed off to the gym, arriving by 8:30 in order to miss the rainy Saturday morning crowds. Once there, I completed a 30 minute elliptical workout I found on FitSugar (nixing the final five minutes and turning minutes 25-30 into cool down instead), then moved onto upper-body weights. I've done this workout about five times now I think, so I need to sit down with some books tonight and come up with a new one. Gotta keep challenging those muscles!
While I was lifting, something kind of annoying happened. Another woman and I were using the same bench and weights, which was working out fine. Then, an acquaintance of hers came over and started chatting to her, and instead of putting things back and stepping away to catch up, they both sat on the bench to talk while she held onto the 10 lb weights. This went on for 15 minutes, so I couldn't use the bench or the weights. In retrospect I probably could have just said something, but I felt kind of shy about it...and isn't it gym etiquette that you're supposed to let others work in and not monopolize the equipment? Hmph. Maybe I'm overreacting though...
After the gym, I grabbed a snack, made a big grocery run, showered and dug into an early lunch.
The other night my parents went out to dinner and brought home some leftover veggie pizza, so I had two small slices of that alongside a salad of spinach, steamed asparagus, spiced chickpeas and hummus.
The grocery store was having a sale on fresh raspberries, so I picked up two containers and ate one whole one with my meal.
And then, a cookie dough cupcake!
The cake portion of these is surprisingly light, so while this was a normal-sized cupcake, it didn't feel like a lot. Definitely very sweet, though! (Can you spot a Maggie nose in the above photo?)
This afternoon I'm going to visit my grandmother with my dad and hopefully getting some more work done on the picture project. Hope you're enjoying your weekend!
What's your biggest gym peeve? I get most annoyed with super smelly people. I know none of us smell particularly good while exercising, but deodorant is a common courtesy...
