Hey! Remember how this used to be a food and fitness blog and then I stopped writing about food and fitness (except for the occassional breakfast shot, since my Mom really enjoys them). So, let’s make it all better and show you what my food and workouts have been looking like lately (and by lately, I mean the last year, because I eat the same thing over and over and over). If it ain’t broke, right?
Breakfasts
All I want in this blistering heat is cold food, so smoothies have been perfect. These have yogurt, oats, chia seeds, banana, and are topped with more milk, cereal, and sliced peaches.
Usually I make a huge blender of smoothies and it will make enough for 2-4 days, which I pour into glasses and cover with plastic wrap for easy breakfasts.
Snack
After a couple hours, I’m usually pretty hungry so I almost always have a half pb (or ab – almond butter) & j sandwich with water or milk. I’m like a child, I know.
The rest of the day, I snack on watermelon. There is always a big bowl of cut watermelon in the fridge and every time I open the fridge, my hand ends up in the bowl. It’s like I black out!
Lunch
Call me crazy, but I’ve been wanting anything and everything with mayo for this entire summer. Not a lot, but just enough to give tuna/ egg / turkey some good flavor. Usually I have tuna, but on this day, I used leftover salmon to make a salmon salad with mayo, sliced pickle and sliced onion with a side salad.
The trend continues with these turkey roll-ups…
Also, egg salad, tuna salad, mayo by the bowl (kidding, gross).
One day I strayed from the mayo and had cous cous salad with a little pasta.
Dinner
Dinners have been salads for the most part because I usually make a huge salad (but not normal salads- salads with STUFF) and then it serves as dinner for 2-3 days. These bowls had cous cous salad (with cucumber, tomato, onion, black olives, feta), leftover salmon and tuna, fresh cheese, sliced pickles, cucumber and carrots, on a bed of lettuce. Luis added egg to his.
This stone fruit salad caught my eye on the internet the other day, and as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to make it! It has peaches, tomatoes, plums, sliced red onion, burrata cheese, fresh basil, salt, pepper and olive oil.
On the left is a bed of greens with that stone fruit/ tomato salad from above, drizzled with more olive oil and salt. SO GOOOOD. On the right is cous cous salad and then a chick pea/carrot / black olive / artichoke salad and the stone fruit salad on the side.
Drinks
All the cold drinks, please.
My favorite as of late has been cold seltzer with cubes of watermelon. The watermelon is so fizzy when you finish the seltzer!
Kombucha is good too. Or is it beer?
That’s it for food! Lots of fresh, cold things for these hot summer days!
Workouts
My workouts as of this year have been a mix of high itensity classes, going for runs, and lots of walking. I aim to get 10,000 steps per day (per one of my 2018 goals) so I often go out on 45 ish minute walks. Usually I get 3 scheduled workouts in per week. Here is what this week has looked like:
Sunday: Long 1.5 hour walk, plus daily acitivites (11,000 steps)
Monday: 20 minute slow run and then 30 minutes of weight lifting (15,500 steps)
Tuesday: Long 1.5 hour walk (14,000 steps)
Wednesday: 15 minute run outside and 30 minute Nike Training Club (boxer workout) and then an hour long walk in the afternoon (15,000 steps)
Thursday: 45 minute HIIT workout that included weights and plyometrics. 2 walking tours in the afternoon. (15,000 steps I assumr)
Friday: [I assume] Long 1.5 hour walk and regular activities.
Saturday: [I assume] We are planning to do an all-day hike! It will cover 20 km!!!
Sunday: [I assume] Rest (long walk, swim)
