French Bread is Heaven
I swear, I must have lived in France in my last life! I have a weird obsession/love for French bread as well as stinky cheese, wine, chocolate, and small dogs… and of course, my husband! 
Anyway, lunch was a wonderful smoked turkey and smoked Gruyere cheese sandwich on toasted French bread with sun-dried tomato hummus. This sandwich was 100% holy yum!!!
On the side, I had some cucumber sticks and grape tomatoes with a scoop of homemade sun-dried tomato hummus.
Of course, I wanted something sweet to eat after finishing lunch. I cut a whole wheat wrap into 3 triangles and topped them with carrot cake jam, Barney Butter, and raisins…
… and then I rolled them up. These sweet bites definitely hit the spot!
Workout
After running some errands at Old Navy and Best Buy this morning, I hit the gym for a run on the treadmill, followed by some upper body strength training.
A (Not Boring) Treadmill Workout:
Total time: 45 minutes
- Walk at 4.0 at 7.5 incline for 4 minutes
- Jog at 6.5 at 1.0 incline for 5 minutes
- Repeat walk + jog 2 times
- Jog at 6.5 at 2.0 incline for 3 minutes
- Run at 7.0 at 1.0 incline for 3 minutes
- Sprint at 8.0 at 1.0 include for 1 minute
- Jog at 6.0 at 1.0 incline for 1 minute
- Sprint at 8.0 at 1.0 incline for 1 minute
- Run at 7.0 at 1.0 incline for 1 minute
- Jog at 6.5 at 1.0 incline for 3 minutes
- Walk (cool down) for 5 minutes
Run Stats:
- Distance: 4.84 miles
- Time: 45: 01
- Pace: 9:17 min/mile
- Calories: 475
After running, I did a strength training workout from Health magazine (December 2008) called Back Fat Be Gone, which definitely got my shoulders and upper back workin‘! I bet I will be sore tomorrow! 
Say hello to gorgeous shoulders and a defined upper back with these moves, based on the exercises group-fitness instructor Randy B. Washington teaches in his Top It Off class at Crunch Miami. The trick to this übereffective routine: repetitions done at a fat-burning pace with few or no breaks in between. Do this 12-minute routine 3 times a week for 3 weeks and you’ll be ready for that strapless holiday dress.
Before the gym, I snacked on a clementine.
I’m off to get ready for date night, which is actually starting with an afternoon coffee at a cafe and some walking around downtown. I bought a cute new top from Old Navy this morning, which I am excited to wear for our date. (P.S. Old Navy is having a 60% off sale!! Check it out!)
Enjoy your Saturday evening, bloggies!
Posted by: Tina 24 comments
Posted in: Uncategorized, workouts
Tags: cheese, clementine, cucumber, French bread, hummus
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Sounds like a great Saturday!! Have fun on your date! : )
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Have fun on your date.
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Lovin’ the hummus and sweet treat!!
Hooray for date night!! Enjoy
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Hi Tina. That lunch looks very good. I also love good crusty french bread, good wine and cheese! Yummo! Now I want all of the above.
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I want to eat lunch at your house tomorrow, ok? Everything looks awesome. My kind of lunch for sure.
Have fun on date night
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
oh date night!
I LOVE french bread- it doesnt get much better than french bread and spinach and artichoke dip. my arteries disagree- but who needs them anyway?
Kelly Turner
http://www.everygymsnightmare.com
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 4:39 pm
mmm love that idea of the tortilla desert! I will have to check out Old Navy.
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I agree with the title.
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Love your sammie!
Have a fun date night!
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
What a great idea for a snack I can’t wait to try it!
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Have a great night!
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 6:49 pm
oh man, that carrot cake jam just seems soooo amazing! such a yummy day you had
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Oh – enjoy date night!!
Love the lunch dessert rolls
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 pm
carrot cake jam? well that’s probably the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of. Great workout, it doesn’t seem boring cause of all the change and my treadmill workouts always become so monotonous I’m gonna have to give this one a whizz, have a great date night
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Enjoy date night! I definitely need to find some of that carrot cake jam!
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
OMG that burnt/blackened toasty part of the bread is the best part! Have a great night!
on Jan 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I love Old Navy! I got a giftcard for Christmas and totally hit it up the 26th – love the current clearance and sale selections!!
on Jan 4th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Love the little sweet bites, and I’m still so curious about this carrot cake jam. Sounds divine. Thanks for the treadmill workout as I love doing intervals. Makes the time go by so fast, and I enjoy my time on the treadmill so much more.
on Jan 4th, 2009 at 9:59 am
LOVE french bread…I so want to learn how to make it from scratch! And those sweet little bites are genius!
on Jan 4th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
What an excellent workout!! I am going to copy it very soon
on Jan 4th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
[...] I lazed around and eventually did Tina’s (Not Boring) Treadmill Workout (which Jenn did today too!) I altered it a bit though by doing incline 15 for the 4mph walking [...]
on Jan 6th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Love the treadmill workout, I’m going to have to do this soon to cure my treadmill boredom. Thanks!
on Mar 19th, 2009 at 7:21 am
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on Jan 26th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
[...] But I managed to grab a treadmill and got down to some serious running! I took inspiration from this post on Carrots n Cake. I changed the speed to reflect the kph on my treadmill and ended up burning 380 [...]