What I Ate Wednesday and an Interval workout!

Yesterday was pretty uneventful so I figured I would spare you all the boring details of my life. But, I have some good stuff for today! One of the reasons I started this blog was to motivate some more challenge in eating healthy and working out. Giving something interesting to read every few days is inspiring me to step outside of my comfort zone and try a lot of new stuff. 


So, today, instead of my normal 3 mile jog, I decided to step it up with some intervals. I started with a 2:1 ratio of work to recovery, then 1:1 and then 1:2. Working with intervals is a fun way to break up your workout and can work on the bike, in circuits or cardio machines at the gym. Here's the workout: 

• - 2 min walking
• - 2 min running: normal pace, 1 min walk (x3)
• - 1 min running: pushing the pace past comfortable, 1 min walk (x5)
• - 30 second spring, 1 min walk (x4)
• - Repeat or finish out your workout with a jog

To my surprise this worked perfectly with the 3.1 mile loop. The whole workout took about 30 minutes. Average heart rate was 162 bpm, max heart rate was 193 and total calorie burn was 367... not bad for a 30 min workout. This was much more effective than jogging the route like I normally do.


I think I am going to try something similar for my long run tomorrow. I struggled last week so hopefully some interval running will break it up a little bit. 


I also got to go grocery shopping today! Unlike most, grocery shopping is one of my FAVORITE activities. I love looking at all the products and reviewing ingredients and planning my meals for the week. Some goodies I picked up: champagne mangoes, tomatoes, Larabars, Kombucha and a new protein powder.

I was attracted to this one because its comprised of several different sources of protein... especially chia, which is an up-and-coming superfood. I liked the flavor of it, but it was really chunky with just almond milk... this powder needs to see a blender and would be great in smoothies.


Last thought, in keeping with the title of this post, What I Ate Wednesday:

• Breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 cup water, 1 cup almond milk (extra liquid = more oatmeal!), 1tbs peanut butter
• Snack: greek yogurt, 3 strawberries
• Lunch: hummus wrap, mango, Kombucha drink
• Dinner: tilapia taco at Blue Fish Grill (surprise dinner from the boyfriend!).. I may have had some fries too ;) 
• Snack: protein powder, almond milk

Question of the day: Any good interval workouts? Let me know if you try this one or something like it!