I'm not a big breakfast person, but I do like a good smoothie. This one is my favorite, not only because it's tasty, but it's pretty easy to make too. It's just frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries (about twice as many strawberries as blueberries), a scoop of whey protein powder (I use the EAS - vanilla flavor), and some water. To make it more like a "milkshake," add a packet of splenda and one tablespoon of heavy whipping cream. MMMM!! I'm not sure about how many calories it has, but it's probably around 200, which isn't bad for breakfast, and it's got 17 grams of protein, so it's a good way to finish off a tough workout.
Speaking of, I ran another 3 miles on the treadmill this morning. Because the treadmill tends to get really boring (as turtle7 pointed out), I try to mix it up. Today I did speed intervals, going from 5.0 pace to a 7.0 pace in a 5-minute period, then repeating that 6 times. It definitely got my heart rate up. Monday, my average heart rate was 158. Today, it was 178. I ran the same distance, in the same amount of time, but today was definitely harder.
In other news, as someone who is constantly watching the scale, I found this really interesting. Basically, all my worrying about losing weight is making me sick. What do you guys think?
I'm really enjoying reading everyone's posts. If there's anyone else you'd like to invite to join the blog, e-mail me.
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