Ahhhhh!!! I start my new job at NuVal today! I’m so excited!!! And nervous! 😯 I’ll be sure to give you guys a full report later today. Wish me luck!
Workout
My Monday started bright and early at 5:15 AM for a trip to the gym. I only had about an hour to exercise, so I split my workout 50-50 between strength training and cardio:
Strength training:
- Chest Press (dumbbells): 25 lbs, 15 reps, 3 sets
- Chest Cable Crossover (machine): 30 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets
- Front Raises (dumbbells): 10 lbs, 15 reps, 3 sets
- Upright Rows (dumbbells): 15 lbs, 15 reps, 3 sets
- Concentrated Biceps Curls (dumbbells): 15 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets
- Hammer Dumbbell Curls: 12 lbs, 15 reps, 3 sets
Cardio:
- 30-minute iinterval mix from MotionTraxx: “Drop a Jeans Size Workout ”˜09 – Interval #3.”
When I got home from the gym, I found the sweetest note from my husband and puppy wishing me luck on my first day of work:
I love that Mal added ‘keep working hard‘ to his note. Even though I’m working fewer hours in an office, it doesn’t mean that I am working less. I actually have to work harder now!
Breakfast
This morning’s breakfast included a very delicious ingredient: coconut! 
Shredded coconut used to be one of my favorite oatmeal add-ins. I can’t believe how long it has been since I last had it in my oats.
In the mix:
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut
- Pomegranate arils
I also had some iced coffee with vanilla soy milk for breakfast. You can sort of see it in the background of this last photo! 😉
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Campbell’s Giveaway
The folks at Campbell’s offered to giveaway a prize pack featuring their V8 Garden Vegetable Blend Soup. Wahoo!
The prize pack includes:
- Campbell’s V8 Garden Vegetable Blend soup;
- A Campbell’s V8 Soup Health Journal and vegetable shaped pens to keep track of your servings;
- A Flip and Tumble shopping bag to stock up on vegetables; and
- A Pedometer – to count your steps.
To enter: Leave a comment on this post about your favorite vegetable. I will randomly pick a winner at tonight’s dinner post.
Good luck!
I never thought i would say this, because I HATED this vegetable as a kid, but now I love zucchinis! Both the green and yellow varieties. Yum!
brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes (especially together) is my fave.
hope you had a great first day!
My favorite vegetable is celery- such a nice peppery taste. (Mmm, I might also pick french fries….!)
Mmmmm green beans! Like your coconut, I’ve recently rediscovered this food item and I’ve been crazy about them lately!!
Thanks for the giveaway and good luck on your first day!!!
I’d have to go with green beans!
I LOVE CABBAGE!!! I did not as a child but I do now! Broccoli is a close 2nd as well. =) Laura
P.S. Good Luck Today!!!
My favorite veggies are brussel sprouts. Why do they have such a bad reputation? I love them so much.
Thanks for the V8 contest, Tina!
My fave veggie depends on the time of year – right now it’s brussel sprouts 🙂
Broccoli!!! I have it 6 out of 7 days a week! But I did try spaghetti squash finally…close call!
ps – love the blog, i’m a new reader but a big fan!!!
Can’t wait to hear about how your job went! How exciting! 🙂
My favorite vegetables would have to be sweet potatoes! Although I have just fallen in love with roasted brussel sprouts. Mmmmm! So yummy.
Mmmmm my favourite vegetable is definately squash roasted in the oven with a little olive oil… Sooo good!
good luck on your first day & i loveeeeeeeeeeee zucchini!
I love yams!! With some brown sugar and cinnamon!! Corn is my second favorite!!
I would happily eat eggplant all day every day.
I totally agree that working from home doesn’t mean less work, it often feels like more! Thanks for agreeing so I don’t feel nutz!
Gosh I didn’t even come by for a giveaway…so what a surprise. My fav veggie is a sweet potato.
Good luck at your new job, you’ll do great! As for my favorite veggie, I LOVE broccoli! I eat so much, I cant believe I havent turned green. 🙂
I hate picking just one. My favorite vegetable right now is winter squash. I love eating it with cinnamon and walnuts.
Cherry tomatoes, especially in the summer. I could also eat asparagus by the pound…and sometimes do!
I love Spinach. I think those Popeye episodes got to me. It’s slimy, mushy and thick, so by all accounts I should hate it, but I LOVE spinach! Mmmm.
Tomatoes!! We have at least 10 tomato plants in the garden!
Spinach!! I could eat it by the bunch!
i hope you had a good first day. i love all veggies but i’d say cucumbers are my fave!
Roasted root veggies, especially roasted cauliflower 🙂
i love spinach and butternut squash!
My favorite is spinach. Although it makes me teeth feel kind of funny I love buying a big bag of spinach and steaming it. Soooo yummy! Good luck at your new job : )
If I had to choose one, I would probably pick pumpkin! There’s so much to do with it…in soup, chili, with cottage cheese…I could go on and on!!
Like choosing a star in the heavens!! Humm so I guess it would be collard greens, kale, sweet potato. I can eat these any time and prepared any way. YUM!
My favorite veggie would definitely have to be bell peppers! They’re so yummy raw or cooked!!
corn is definitely my favorite vegetable!
spinach is my fav!! You can add it to everything
Broccoli 🙂
CABBAGE! I am totally a cabbage monster. 😀
Are sweet potatoes a veggie? They are in my book 🙂
My favorite vegetable is cabbage!
Butternut Squash! There’s SOO much that you can do with it, and it is SO tasty when coated in olive oil and roasted in the oven, mmm…
Definitely butternut squash and artichokes!
My favorite veggie is definetely the coveted sweet potato! So much you can do with it and its uber healthy too!
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Congrats on your first day at work!
Sweet potatoes. Hands down.
Ah! So hard to pick just one favorite vegetable!
Right now, I’m loving Green Beans 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR JOB!!! Your oatmeal looks D-E-L-I-C-O-U-S!!! My favorite veggie is SWEET POTATO!!! I LOVE mashed sweet potatoes and fries:)
favorite vegetable is definitely beets or pumpkin or squash or carrots. all of the above. oooo sweet potatos!! i’m a vegetable junkie!
Awww thanks 🙂
That’s a hard question. Maybe eggplant? Or squash, or broccoli, or brussel sprouts, or spinach. Yeah. All of those.