I spent yesterday morning hoping for a boost of workout motivation. Unfortunately, I’m going through a bit of an exercise funk at the moment. I even utilized the workout clothes trick. Basically, I spent the entire day in my workout clothes to better my chances of getting my sweat on.
It’s a pretty good trick because I get to be super comfy all day and it usually leads to a workout. Double plus.
It worked. My motivation came around 6PM—after I had cleaned my house from top to bottom. Right when it struck, I took it and ran. For real. I hopped right on the treadmill and did a super sweaty workout.
I’m really hoping this means the funk is OVER and DONE. Because, honestly, it’s just been annoying.
Rather than overthink it (and risk losing motivation), I just went back to the basics with a simple and sweaty run with some sprint intervals tacked on at the end.
3 miles total – nothing too crazy, but a solid workout in my book. The sprints get me every time. Sprint for 30 seconds, jump off and rest for 30 seconds, and then repeat. Hello, sweat.
Want to challenge yourself? Sprint for 45 seconds and rest for 15.
You know those workouts that simultaneously kick your butt and energize you (AKA my favorite workouts)? Oh yeah, this was one of them.
It powered me through a baking experiment, cooking dinner, and cleaning the kitchen. Later on, it even powered me through a dance party with the family. There’s nothing quite like jamming out to peanut butter jelly time in the living room.
So back to that baking experiment. My Mom gave me an abnormally large zucchini that was just asking to be shredded and baked. I’ve seen tons of amazing recipes for zucchini bread swimming around the web lately, so I combined a few to come up with my own version. A healthified version, of course.
Much to my surprise (baking is not my strong suit), it turned out delicious!
I’ll share the recipe next week!
For dinner, I baked a few sweet potatoes (wrap in tinfoil and bake at 425 degrees for about 40 minutes) and whipped up a huge batch of black beans and corn.
Loaded sweet potatoes for the win! So freaking easy, healthy, and delicious!
I topped mine with plain Greek yogurt, black beans, salsa, and freshly ground pepper. A little sweet, a little savory. The perfect side to my hunk of chocolate chip zucchini bread.
Yep, I made muffins and bread. That’s what experimentation is all about – right?
While delicious, this meal did not sit very well during our impromptu dance party. Oh no, not at all.
AND I still have about a pound of zucchini left. It was a monster, I tell ya.
Any great zucchini recipes I should know about?
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