Four C’s Breakfast

Today’s breakfast was a 4-C super meal: cocoa Cheerio cottage cheese! I could really get crazy and add in “crunchy” and “creamy” but let’s not take it too far. 😉

The base for my mornin’ meal was no salt added cottage cheese (terrible on it’s own, but delicious when blended) blended with sweetener and cocoa powder.

Pre-Blended Cocoa Cottage Cheese

Blended Chocolate Bowl

I used about a tablespoon of cocoa powder in this mix, so it was super chocolatey. Just the way I like it!

I then added a cup of Cheerios to the mix for some whole grains and that crunch I adore.

The One and Only Cheerios

Four "C" Delight

Creamy, crunchy and filling. Agreat Wednesday breakfast.

Workout

I have been attending BodyPump classes Monday, Wednesday and Fridays for a while now. I usually try to trade out one day of the class for my own total-body weight routine to keep my body guessing, but I was enjoying the Pump so much that I haven’t done that in a while.

Enter: this morning! After 25 minutes of light cardio on the elliptical (while browsing through The Popcorn Factory’s holiday catalog and salivating at every item), I hit the weight room for a total-body weight routine. My workout today looked like this:

• Step ups: 30 lbs., 15 reps per leg, 3 sets
• Shoulder raises: 20 lbs., 15 reps, 3 sets
• Deadlifts: 60 lbs. 15 reps, 3 sets
• Bicep curls: 30 lbs., 15 reps, 3 sets
• Tricep extensions: 20 lbs., 15 reps, 3 sets
• Side bends: 30 lbs., 15 reps each side, 3 sets
• Hamstring exercise ball curls: Body weight, 20 reps, 3 sets
• Abdominal work
• Leg extensions: 40 lbs., 15 reps, 3 sets

(Note: The weight listed is the total amount of weight used. For instance in the Bicep curls, I used a total of 30 lbs. with 15 lb. dumbbells in each hand.)

It felt good to change it up a bit!

What’s your favorite body part to work out in the gym?

My favorite is probably my shoulders or my abs. I really don’t like working out legs! Ughhh.