Snowed in and a Clif Bar

The snow storm continued last night and I woke up with my car covered in snow and the roads had yet to be plowed. My job allows me to work from home whenever I need, so I stayed home and made oatmeal with vanilla protein powder, stevia and cinnamon.

  

Work was going well and then I started coughing and sneezing and my back hurt and I figured since I was already home, I would just stay there instead of going in this afternoon. 

I looked up my favorite massage school after work was done and they had no appointments, so I did the only logical thing and passed out on my couch for what ended up being 2 and half hours. I woke up feeling like a million bucks and put my "Pumas on my Puma Piggies" (that is what my nephew says) and headed to the gym for leg day.

 

I did an hour and fifteen minutes of cardio and burned 840 calories between the bike and the elliptical. I had a lot more energy than I anticipated. Today was leg day and I have been makin' all kindsa gains in this area recently. I even took a pic on my phone and then it disappeared into the abyss when I tried to load it on here. I have increased all of my weights and will be up to 6 plates on the leg press in no time!

When I got home, I ate the most wonderful thing. Manfriend and I went to the Outdoor Retail show this past weekend and Clif Bar came out with these vegan bars called "Kit's Organics". I bought some of them today. They only have SIX ingredients and they taste like heaven in your mouth. I ate so many samples at the Retail show that I think the poor girl was going to cut me off....who does she think she is?

 

 

A Blizzard and Starbucks

Whew, it has been a while. I continue to tell myself that I am going to keep this thing updated and then my 5,467 other interests and hobbies kick in and I forget....

I got up this morning, sat on the computer for a little while and then went to the gym. They were playing Indiana Jones in the "cardio cinema" so I watched Harrison Ford battle with the Ark of the Covenant while I cranked out 53 minutes of cardio on a elliptical and burned 667 calories. I didn't stop at 666 calories because it is Sunday.

I did biceps and triceps today and then I went into the aerobics room where two girls had decided to make it their very own workout gallery and they were blasting Whitney Houston from the speakers so I went and did my situps and stretches by the stairs instead.

This afternoon I went to visit a dear friend of mine who was once one of my patients. He told me that he had been transferred to a rehab center from the hospital last week so I drove into the city to see him and we talked for an hour about him and his family and everything in between.

I really love being a nurse. The people I have met have made every second worth it.

When I left the rehab facility, a blizzard had started. I was covered in snow in 0.1 seconds and I headed to my brother's house to see my favorite nephew and give him a frog hat that I found for him at the Outdoor Retail show and then decided to drive home because the snow wasn't stopping and the plows hadn't started....did I mention I have two bald tires?

One hour and a starbuck's coffee later I was home to my sweet manfriend. Sitting warm and cozy now. We talked at length about apple and his new ipod and determined that neither of us knew anything about loading music onto one of those gadgets.

Making my workout schedule for next week!

This is the year....

Ok, so I know that everyone everywhere makes resolutions and claim that they are going to do something and within a few weeks they stop. I am serious this time. I think that manfriend thinks that I am a little crazy with my bodybuilding obsession, but as a fellow athlete I also think that he understands. Living with another athlete helps, but he is also one of those that was blessed with a metabolism that naturally burns 10,000 calories a day and he has a six pack just by sitting there and watching TV. Thumbs down.

I have decided that this is the year of the Summy Six Pack:

That isn't me. That will be me this year, though. Back in March/April, I was workin' a 4 pack and then....well I lost some lean. I have found over time that my desire to become more and more lean has just increased. I have sort of become "pissed off" for it as the Hogetwins would say. I wish I would've taken a pic of my abs back then to use as a bit of motivation. I haven't been posting a lot of recipes recently because I haven't been cooking a whole lot. I have been trying to focus more on my diet and frankly my meals have consisted mostly of things that I don't have to cook, like fresh fruits and veggies.

I have also been spending some time on my facebook Summy Fitness page. Summy Fitness

I have been taken back by how many people started following me and it feels pretty neat having some peeps share their fitness goals and accomplishments with me.

I will post some of the things that I eat and products I use.

Whatever your goals are, stick with them. Stay focused!

P.S. I have been pushing it extra hard at the gym. Supersets and working to failure and I keep forgetting to take my magnesium and calcium . So sore. Don't do that. Calcium and Mag and sore muscle article