Day 4 - RevAbs

So today, I got a little caught up in work. I was so busy during the morning that even baby Ethan entertained himself in the swing and fell asleep there for maybe 45 minutes (at least he got a little nap..my little guy.) I didn't get my workout in until 10 pm today, but better late than never. Day 4 was a repeat of Day 1's workout - Total Strength and Mercy Abs...as if my legs weren't burning enough from yesterday's workout. But it was great and I told myself I just gotta be disciplined enough to stick to the workouts for these next 90 days.

During the Total Strength workout, I decided to use weights today instead of the resistance bands like I did on Day 1. The weights definitely made the exercises more challenging, but what got me tonight was the Booty Bridge. I love em but I hate em. The spice round variation was truly challenging as Brett had me lift one leg up while still maintaining the strong bridge position.

I made it through Mercy Abs again and those V ups. On to Day 5 tomorrow. This weekend I may need an extra workout after all as it's Chinese/Vietnamese New Year's (and Valentine's Day) on Sunday and I'm supposed to eat Dim Sum with all my family Sunday morning. I hope this doesn't kill my nutrition plan, but I guess I'll just have to stay away from the fried, greasy stuff and limit what I eat.

Meals and Snacks:

Breakfast: As I mentioned earlier, today I had so much work that I unfortunately didn't have much time (or didn't make the time) for a good breakfast. I just grabbed a banana nut muffin to quickly munch on as I worked away.

I skipped my morning snack as I was still working down in the basement.

Lunch: I finally made it upstairs and made lunch. I was tired and didn't want to mess around with any new recipes so I just made another quick pita - turkey, swiss cheese and mushrooms.

Snack: Banana

Dinner: My hubby had bought some stuffed salmon yesterday from the grocery store, so for dinner I baked it in the oven. The salmon fillet was stuffed with ricotta cheese, feta and parsley. It was a bit higher in fat because of the cheese, but only had 180 calories. I decided to eat just half along with maybe 1/4 cup (maybe less) of steamed jasmine rice. I also made some Asian ground beef lettuce wraps.

I found a recipe online and decided to try it out:

I used Romaine Lettuce and 93% Lean ground beef

for the sauce:
1/4 onion chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1 T soy sauce
1 T rice wine vinegar
Asian Chili Sauce
2 tsp Asian sesame oil
1 bunch green onions chopped
(there were a few other ingredients, but I didn't have them..it still turned out awesome)