Dinner For One...

With the evolution of the fast food, cooking for one has become a lost art.  Most single people out there would rather stop at the drive through then go home and cook just for themselves.  I spend a lot of time alone and sometimes I think "Why even cook its just me."  I've always done this and it never occurred to me that's where I went totally wrong.

Today I had day all to myself and spent it talking to my friend. She's single and she tells me she tends to not cook for herself either. When she said that I had a mini epiphany. We never notice what we are putting in our mouths because instead of just cooking ourselves a regular meal we go out to eat and have a 1200 calorie meal. If not, when I stay in I just snack and snack. Before I know it I've eaten the whole bag of chips or cookies. lol. So I've been super careful about this habit of mine. I prepare dinner for myself even when I'm eating alone. I make an event of it and don't just prepare some half-assed meal. In fact here its:

I made a chicken leg quarter with green beans on the side and two corn tortillas. I topped it off with some sour cream and a little Pico de Gallo (salsa). I loved it lol. It was nice to take some time out to do something for just me.

Today's work out was awesome as usual. I am always so amazed about how much endurance and strength I gain from one day to the next. The exercise of the day is definitely the Assisted Pull up. I've googled a pic and here it is:

So pretty much you add weight to help lift you. But as your muscles develop you start to take more and more weight off until you can do a pull up with your own body weight. When I saw my workout plan had this exercise on it I panicked. The one that the book calls for is a pull up using a giant rubberband. But being that I'm heavy I could almost see me breaking the band and falling on my ass. lol. So next best was this machine. The first time I did it I super sucked and as always it became my enemy. lol. However, today I can currently lift 80 lbs of my own weight. I'm more and more excited about it every time I use it. lol. I love that machine and how it just taunts me to see how much weight I can take off of it that day.

So I guess not much to say today. It was a pretty boring day. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little more interesting. I plan on taking on a fitness class at the gym. I'm going to attempt spinning for the second time in my life. Hopefully my butt wont be too sore. Lol. Wish me luck!!!
Happy Workouts!!!!!!!