Holy workout Batman!

First let me say how impressed I am with my Physioterapist, Brian Tomee, who saw Jake (my son) this am and seemingly 'fixed' his foot! After listening to both Jake and I, asking a few questions, he manipulated a Jake's ankle. A small 'pop' sound, Jake's eyes got large, and then Jake prolaimed 'that feels better' and a big smile.

Apparently Brian found some small metatarsals which were out of place, so he quickly and quietly (without warning Jake) snapped them back into place. Beautiful! Jake's foot was sore for a bit in the morning, but after lunch he was walking just fine and asking to go out and play! I can't believe what a turn around this is - we were so worried about how this would impact our trip (in 14 days!!) but now it seems like its a non issue. By suppertime he was asking to play outside, and even took the dogs around the block!! WOW!

I thought I was going to miss the workout today, but as Jake was feeling so well I just took him with me and he ate his lunch (Subway) and then watched the workout. I think I've mentioned that Laurissa has brought her trainer, Craig, into the Core Essentials fold! So, today Craig opted to help Laurissa with out workout: this is both a good and bad thing! LOL!

So today everything was tobata style:

• Skipping tobata
• Squat/Drop touch
• Kettlebell (two handed swing) alternated with a med ball slam
• Kettle bell (alternating single handed swings) alternated with '4 knees high/drop to the ground'
• Mountain climbers, alternated with brazillian twists
• one more nasty awesome exercise that I can't remember....

I haven't been sucking air that hard in a long time. There was very little breaking in between the tobatas, but still, it was only a 30 minute workout! Phew! Today there were only three of us: Jen L, Shanan and I.  Toward the end of the workout Jen was feeling dizzy, Shanan had Craig helping push her through the tobata's, and I was just gettin' er done (so much so that I don't think I said a single word!). Holy Cow, that was a great ass-kickin'!

Oh, I almost forgot, I think I need a smaller size in my workout pants too!! All workout long I was pulling at the damn things as they crawled down my (obviously SMALLER) backside. Yes!!!

Anyway, now that I have my fancy new camera I'm going to try hard to take more photos of good meals, workouts, etc. Here is my favorite breakfast (I have it almost every morning):

This is 4 tablespoons of fast oats (with cinnamon), with a handful of raisins and two tablespoons of low fat yogurt. Mmmmmmm! What I really love about this is how it stays with me until my mid morning snack. Plus it gives me lots of energy.

Lunch was a turkey breast Subway sub on whole wheat, heavy on the veggies but with NO sauce! Mmmmmm, I love this. Healthy, and without the sauce its very low on calories and fat. Supper, was BBQ'd porkchops (I love that BBQ weather is here!), steamed carrots and broccoli, with Hubby's new Italian White Bean creation:

All said it was a great day - Jake's foot is better, I got an AWESOME workout in, I ate really well (with next to no snacking)!! I can only hope that tomorrow is as good as today!!

Nite!