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<p>OK. Tonight I’m turning the second half of the sauteed chili powder chicken breasts into fajitas – with quickly seared vidalia onion and a couple of fresh poblano chiles. Little more chipotle pepper, some store-bought black bean and corn salsa, some Mexican cheese, and one 6 inch tortilla as my carb splurge. Another way of turning veggies into a mountain of food. I never leave the table hungry.</p>
<p>But first… Spartacus!</p>
<p>Back from the walk. Its HOT out there!</p>
<p>ID- do you have any recipes that don’t involve chili peppers/spicy stuff?</p>
<p>jym, regarding the four lost pounds – be aware that one or two of them might turn up “found” again before disappearing forever. It’s not always – actually, it’s never – a straight downhill ride.</p>
<p>Yup-I’ve been down this road before. Am hoping its not water weight…</p>
<p>Yay, jym! Good work.</p>
<p>Spartacus 1.0 again today for me. Three sets. Hard 57 minute workout. Substituted TRX inverted rows in place of the bent over DB rows and single leg deadlifts in place of the lateral lunges (which I do in the warmup).</p>
<p>This is a change of pace from the NROL4A workouts. Faster pace which means a little bit lighter weights and faster, more “explosive” tempo.</p>
<p>Solid week with 2 Spartacus workouts, 2 5k walk/jog workouts (that are really brutal for me), and a tough set of Airdyne intervals.</p>
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<p>Yeah. Most of my seafood stuff (haddock in white wine, salmon, Jacques/Julia’s Mediterranean Seafood Stew, etc) is pretty mild. A lot of my meat dishes – roast pork, steaks, Italian pot roast, etc.) is mellow. A lot of dinner salads that aren’t too spicy, like my regular chicken caesar salad. I will confess, however, to liking hot spicy food of all cusines.</p>
<p>My chicken fajitas tonight were to die for. I usually make them with green or red bell peppers. The fresh poblano peppers kicked 'em up a notch. Just quickly sautee the onion and peppers, toss in the sliced chicken breast from last night, mince a chipotle pepper and toss it in. Pile it into a mountain on a warm tortilla. Top with the black bean and corn salsa and some shredded cheese. Nuke it in the microwave to melt the cheese. I figure it at 825 calories if I held it to a quarter cup of cheese.</p>
<p>4 rounds for time of:</p>
<p>–12 KB Swings (50 pounds)
–1/4 mile run
–12 Box Jumps (24" box)</p>
<p>Time: 14:41</p>
<p>Jym, congrats! Excellent start. </p>
<p>I’m slacking off this week. No exercising at all today except some ocean swimming and a short walk. We checked out the gym at the hotel - very impressive. This gym has a full rack of free weights and an assortment of kettlebells. The machines look nice, too. I planned on running on the path by the ocean, but with all of the construction (shall I say, destruction?) going on, I will be better off running on a treadmill. Grrr… stupid Disney.</p>
<p>Ate an extra 500 calories yesterday. Felt ravenous. Just a greek salad for breakfast. No sore joints this morning. Maybe I can play tennis everyday. My guess is that playing tennis everyday will get my weight down quickly. I just don’t have the time nor partners to hit with daily.</p>
<p>We have a large doubles group today, tomorrow and Monday at the local high-school. I’ll try to make it tomorrow.</p>
<p>Off to a walking trail with DH. Its a start…</p>
<p>H and S are off this weekend, so I have the house to myself. Actually looking forward to it. Already got in a repeat of my previous walk/run combo and suspect I need some new shoes. Am going to look into that today.</p>
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<p>I suspect I need some new legs! :)</p>
<p>I keep waiting for these walk/jog combos to get a little easier. My max heart rate on Thurs was only 100%, down from 101% on Tuesday, so I guess that’s progress, right? It sure doesn’t feel like progress when I’m panting like a dog. Of course, it was pretty hot on Thursday. Now, the ice age has returned. It was 83 degrees outside when I went to bed and now it’s in the low 60s.</p>
<p>Did a gorgeous 3.3 mi wlk/run (mostly walk) on a trail by one of the rivers around here. Beautifu sceneryl!</p>
<p>H and I spent an hour in the gym today, running and biking. Ran 7 miles, descending pace. Hub pedalled his bike really hard, then went after the kettlebells. When we started our workout, we had the entire gym to ourselves, but by the time we were done, the gym got busy. Now we are debating whether we should stay put or drive someplace scenic. It is a bit windy, and the water is choppy even in the lagoons.</p>
<p>Bunsen, I want your life :)</p>
<p>D is home for the summer and we made a pact to work up to a 5k at the end of the summer. D, who never runs, is a lot faster than I am.</p>
<p>Where are you vacationing, BB??</p>
<p>Ko Olina. 
Very nice place, I highly recommend it. Unfortunately, the beautiful path along the ocean is all wrecked by the stupid Disney who is building a monstrous resort next door to the Marriott. Grrrr… The new Disney hotel with its gloomy brown walls and tribal decor looks really creepy. It sticks out like a giagantic sore thumb among the beautiful buildings in Ko Olina. Not a place where I would take my grandkids to. :)</p>
<p>blankmind, good luck with the 5K! I would never try to race my girls. One was a D1 runner, and the other, who never run, did a triathlon without any training. Her 5K split was under 25 min (she ran it after swimming and biking, and in aquasocks, because she forgot her running shoes at home!). :eek: So try to concentrate on your own pace and run against yourself.</p>
<p>Great run at my old running lake in Dallas. Saw old friends, remembered how bad the wind is in Dallas, but hung in for 8 miles with the last few the fastest. Saw people I haven’t seen in over 5 years. My life is so enriched due to being a runner- even a hurt one! One friend I saw (over 70 woman) is also hurt. We exchanged injury info and ran off in opposite directions!</p>
<p>Sounds like you’re over the hump.</p>