Steph- Wednesday April 23rd

We've had some great workouts so far this week. Monday was shoulders, biceps, and legs. Started with a warmup on the elliptical into a set of 8 hammer curls, 8 forward raises (palms ups), 8 lateral raises, and 8 overhead presses. Then 2 minutes all out on the elliptical. Then repeat. Next set was ball bridges with a ring between my legs to make my inner thighs work. (My leg muscles are very inbalanced. My outer thighs are overdeveloped and my inner thighs are very week.) Then crunches on the ball and 2 minute burst on the elliptical. Then repeat.
Tuesday's workout was triceps, back, and abs. It started with 3 min on the elliptical. 10 power squats with an upright row. 3 min elliptical. 10 power squats with an upright row. 10 power squats with a "rainbow" pull. 3 min elliptical. 10 power squats with an upright row. 10 power squats with a "rainbow" pull. 10 overhead tricep extensions. 3 min elliptical. 10 power squats with a "rainbow" pull. 10 overhead tricep extensions. 10 ball jackknifes. 3 min elliptical. 10 overhead tricep extensions. 10 ball jackknifes. 10 ball crunches. 3 min elliptical. 10 ball jackknifes. 10 ball crunches. 3 min elliptical. 10 ball crunches and then stretching. Whew! I was sweaty after that one. My heart rate was up the entire time.

I also started Marisa's "Eat Clean" diet on Monday. Monday I tried doing it with the food that was already in our house, which didn't work very well. So Tuesday morning I went grocery shopping and found all kinds of tasty dairy-free vegetarian foods.
Here's my food log for Tuesday.
Breakfast was shredded wheat with vanilla soymilk and a banana.
Morning snack was a Kashi Go Lean protein roll.
Lunch was a Morning Star Farms meatless veggie chicken pattie on whole wheat toast with veggie cheese (it was really good!) and 1/2 cup blackberries.
Afternoon snack was brown rice with black beans and 1/2 cup grapes.
Dinner was Chickpea Curry and a piece of toast.

It may sound crazy, but I feel leaner already. And my stomach doesn't get bloated out after each meal. I thought that cutting out dairy would be really hard, but the alternatives taste just as good!