Double Workout Days

So yesterday and today were a double workout day. Yesterday I decided that it was time to get into my garden and pull about 6 trees that I had in my flower bed. It took me about an hour and an half to pull out the trees. I burned roughly 400 calories doing that. Then later on Friday I did a 15 minute workout where I burned about 10 calories.

Today I did my normal workout of 40 minutes which was a good workout. Then I did some step aerobics was about 20 minutes.

So between these 2 works outs have done roughly 3 hours of good workout. I am hoping that this will translate into a good weight loss on my scale.

Best Workout Time

So I know that alot of people like to workout in the morning. They feel better through out the day and at the end of the day they don't have to worry about working out.

When I started working out years ago, I would walk first thing in the morning because I had the time to do it and did not have to worry about having my children with me. However since becoming a working mom I am now working out at night. I have tired to workout in the morning however I am not a morning person so I decided to go back to my night workout.

Now when I workout at night I have a routine, I have to come home from work set the game up and then workout. Then we have dinner. However there have been a few nights that I have had to eat dinner and then workout. I can say for me this is harder because once I am done working out I am starving I will allow myself a small snack yet I feel like a I am destroying my workout.

My question to you_ what is the best time for you to workout.

Tater Beef Bake

So I found this recipe in the taste of home ground beef edition. I did not think my husband would like this becasue he does not like sloppy joes but he did like it and saud that he would eat it once a month. My kids loved this of course and I have to say it was pretty good. I did have to modify it a because it had veggies in it. I calculated the nutiroal information at sparkpeople.com

Tater Beef Bake

1 lb pound ground beef
1 cup water
2 envelopes sloppy joe mix
1 can tomato sauce
27 tater tots
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

In a dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain. Stir in water and sauce mix. bring to a boil. Reduce heat: simmer, uncovered for 3-5 minutes. add tomato sauce; stir until blended.

Transfer to a greased 13 x9 baking dish. Top with tater tots, baked uncovered 350 for 30 minutes. sprinkle with cheese and heat another 5 minutes.

Nutrional infromation- 6 servings half cup

Caloires- 259
fat-13.3
cholesterol-52.
sodium 696.7
Carbs15.3
fiber 1.1
protein 18.2

Crab Salad

SO I love seafood, however my hubby is not a big fan of it so I have to make it in small batches. I saw this recipe online but I modified it to my taste. Again all nutritional information is from SparkPEOPLE.COM

Crab Salad- MAKE 4 1/4 CUP SERVING

8 oz imitation crab meat
1/4 c chopped green pepper
1 celery stalk sliced thin
2 tbsp Low fat mayo
salt pepper and old bay seasoning

chopped all the ingredients including the crab. Mix together, let sit in the refrigerator at least 2 hours(overnight would be better).

Nutritional Information
Calories 73.6
Fat- 1.8
Cholesterol-3.1
sodium-358.4
carbs- 10.7
fiber- .5
sugar-2.2
fiber- 5.3

Keeping at it

So last weekend I managed to twist my left ankel. Well this weekedn I managed to twist my right ankle which I thougth I had broken at one point. So last week I missed one workout which I was hoping I would make up this weekned which did not happen. Then on Sunday when I hurt my other ankle I was not able to finsh my workout so last night I attempted the workout which I did complete. I did take it easy but managed to do it. Tonight I got on the wii and when I saw it was a 40 minute workout I almost gave up because I did not think I could do it however because I was so tired,yet I did not give up I completed the workout which took me roughly 45 minutes. I am proud of myslef for not giving up