Friday Faves & Fitness

Happy Friday!!! I am still down with cold and cough, but on the bright side its gonna be upper 70’s this weekend. Finally can walk around in shorts and flip flops

1. I am addicted to Greek Yogurt bowls. I was telling my husband the other day if provided I can eat Greek Yogurt bowl whole day.

2. I currently use Moroccan Oil Treatment after washing my hair and it makes it so soft, also love the nice aroma. I am thinking to buy the Moroccan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner which is Sulfate, Phosphate and Paraben free and Nutrient Rich.

3. Love these shades from Essie. I am so obsessed with the different colors from Essie.

4. Still few days left on the #AprilArmsChallenge by Athena. I completed the 30 Day Shred and currently just doing the Arms Challenge due to bad cold and I am feeling pretty weak past few days.

5. Previously I thought to start Ripped in 30 Days by Jillian Michaels in May. But after completing 30 Day Shred, I decided to take a month break from Jillian.

6. For the month of May I will be doing the Summer Shred by Bobbi Mccormik. I have joined this program yesterday. Bobbi will send weekly mails on workouts, meal plan. I am so excited for this challenge.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday with new updates on the Summer Shred.

MIMM : Weekly Meal Plan – Workouts

MIMM confused?? Its Marvelous in My Monday. Its a linkup hosted by Katie @ Healthy Diva Eats. 

As I prepare my weekly meal plans and workouts mostly on Monday I decided to link up to #MIMM from this week.

Weekend was marvelous as we had a get together at my friends place with lots of catching up, yummy food. My friends parents are here and aunty prepared all Indian delicacies which I happened to stuff my self. As I was at my friend’s place whole day I skipped Day 9 of 30 Day Shred and I needed a rest day too.

Marvelous is  as I got to complete Week 2 of #AprilArmsChallenge and yesterday we started the Week3.

Monday is Marvelous as I am proud of myself to complete 2 challenges halfway, I start Level 3 of 30 Day Shred and just 10 more days to complete.

Its Marvelous for preparing the meal plan for the week so I can just wake up/ go home and prepare the meal instead of staring at the refrigerator. I am planning only till Friday as during weekends we sometimes go out / meet friends and end up having dinner at their place.

Weekly Meal Plan

Day	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Leftovers	Spinach Curry with Tofu
Tuesday	Spinach Curry with Tofu / Roti	13 Bean Soup
Wednesday	13 Bean Soup	Cauliflower Curry / Roti
Thursday	Cauliflower Curry / Roti	Idli / Chutney
Friday	Brown Rice / Eggplant Curry	Grilled veggies and burger

Workouts

Day	30 Day Shred	AprilArmsChallenge
Monday	Level 3 – Day 1	Pyramid Pushups or Pushups Fit Test
Tuesday	Level 3 – Day 2	Triceps Tuesday
Wednesday	Level 3 – Day 3	Biceps Blast
Thursday	Level 3 – Day 4	Tabata Thursday
Friday	Level 3 – Day 5	Friday Five
Saturday	Level 3 – Day 6	Rest Day
Sunday	Level 3 – Day 7	Week 4 Challenge Starts : Sunday Circuit

Was your weekend too marvelous? What are your plans this week??

04/08-04/14: Workouts and Meal plan

Hello Everyone. Its Monday and start of new week, new workout plans and meal plans. First let me tell you about my weekend. It was awesome, all I did was shopping, shopping and shopping. Bought some new dresses for me and daughter and the regular grocery shopping. I was doing workouts the past week, completed Level 1 of 30 day shred and I am day 4 (took rest yesterday and did zumba) of Level 2 and also on track with #AprilArmsChallenge of Fitness & Feta.

Today morning I weighed myself and I was up by 2 pounds, this may be due to muscle build (or due to my bad snacking??). No idea, so decided to cut down sugar, unnecessary snacking, processed foods for this week and check back again on next Monday if this helps. Also I will be drinking lots of water, doing regular workouts, eating lots of veggies and fruits and even track my food to determine the number of calories I take on regular day. 

Weekly meal plan :

DAY	LUNCH	DINNER
Monday	Mediterranean Salad with grilled veggies.	Roti with Cauliflower Masala
Tuesday	Roti and Cauliflower Masala	Dosa, Tomato chutney
Wednesday	Brown Rice, Beans Curry	Roti, beans curry, carrot salad
Thursday	Salad	Roasted tomato, bell pepper soup
Friday	Cabbage curry, broken wheat	Quesadilla
Saturday	Okra curry, brown rice, lentil dal	Leftovers  and Roti
Sunday	Mixed Vegetable Rice	Salad/Leftovers

Weekly Workouts:

DAY	30 Day Shred	April Arms Challenge	Others
Monday	Level 2 –Day 4	Pyramid Pushups
Tuesday	Level 2 – Day 5	Triceps Tuesday – Isometric holds
Wednesday	Level 2 – Day 6	Biceps Blast
Thursday	Level 2- Day 7	Tabata Thursday
Friday	Level 2 – Day8	Friday Five
Saturday	Level 2 – Day 9	Rest Day	Abs/ Running
Sunday	Level 2 – Day 10	Week 3 Challenge Starts	Abs/ Running

It’s Friday !!!!

Sorry for not posting the past two days, I was a bit lazy to blog :).  I did complete Level 1 of 30 Day Shred and yesterday was my first day of Level 2. Also was on track with the #AprilArmsChallenge. My arms and shoulder were in terrible pain this morning and instead of doing today’s workout I slept another hour. Much needed sleep as i don’t need to worry about lunch ;-) .

Yesterday night I prepared 13 Bean Soup with Veggies and it was awesome. Will post the recipe tomorrow. It was done in less than a hour and I had leftovers so brought to work for lunch.

Its Friday and weekend is finally here. It feels a lot like Spring as the temperatures are in upper 60’s and 70’s for the weekend. But on the sad note its gonna snow on Monday and Tuesday :(. Here is a simple workout to do at home or anywhere with no equipment.

I would like to share some funny quotes and pictures just for some fun. Happy Friday and have a great weekend  you all.

30 Day Shred : Day 9 and Triceps Tuesdays

The #AprilArmsChallenge for today is “Triceps Tuesdays”. It’s a superset i.e. where two exercises that are grouped together which are completed back to back with minimal rest between each exercise. The exercises are :

• Double Arm Dumbbell Triceps Kickbacks  – 12 reps
• Triceps Plank Hold : 10 – 20 seconds.

I did 15 reps of Double Arm Dumbbell Triceps Kickbacks and 15 seconds Triceps Plank Hold. Repeated this whole set for 5 times. I did this workout in the morning and completed it in less than 15 minutes. Later I did the following exercises :

• 50 crunches ( the first 30 were a breeze, the rest were pretty difficult)
• 45 second wall sit
• 45 second plank ( I started trembling after 20 seconds, but put a goal to complete it ).
• 20 squats
• 30 forward lunges

I burned about 90 calories and 30% body fat for doing these exercises.

In the evening I completed the 30 Day Shred : Level 1 Day 9. Today instead of following Jillian, I muted the exercise and did all by myself. As its almost the end of Level 1the exercises were pretty easy from start to end and I burned 229 calories. I made a goal in the morning to burn around 300 calories and did it. Tomorrow is the last day of Level 1 and cant wait to start Level 2 ( which according to many is the hardest level ).