What I did Wednesday

Evening partners!

After a bit of a hiccup yesterday today I hit the ground running.

Kicking it off with an amazing breakfast. I haven’t had my egg scramble in a few! It is one of my favorite breakfasts and keeps me full forever! Today’s mix included green peppers, onions, two slices of turkey bacon, some mozzarella cheese and a big ole heap of salsa. I’m currently in a salsa kick I can’t  get enough of it. I should start a twitter hashtag called #speaksalsa just to hear about how others eat it! I think, I might just set that up! If you are on twitter be sure to give me a follow @cusecomm.

My morning workout included a super quick 10 minute Backside workout. Thanks to my handy iphone daily workouts app. I love this thing!

1 minute each:

• Squats
• Front lungue
•  Side lunges
• Mule kicks left leg
• Mule kicks right leg
•  Froggy lifts
• More squats
• Bridge Lifts
• Squats
• Plank

While my house was still silent and my coffee was warm. I checked out a package my husband left for me on the counter. THANK YOU LAUREN! Lauren from Joyfulshimmy.com saw my sadness in not getting the Mod Cloth headband in my birchbox this month and sent me her’s!  How sweet is this girl?!  I can’t wait to get all gussied up in it!

After finishing up some work and feeding the troops we set off on an epic adventure to walk to the playground! Clocking in at just over 6 miles I pushed the two little ones in a walk/run pattern to the playground. A great workout for mommy, 6 miles pushing an additional 100+ pounds of children and stroller…… I’ll take it any day!

Kids aren’t the only ones who love a swing in the summer sun….. Miley was getting in on the action too!

Tonight also marked the beginning of the end of my break from hockey season. Summer Hockey begins. I know my son loves it but sometimes it’s really difficult to leave the 80 degree sunshine for the freezing ice rink. 🙂

Sadly  though this is only big boy hockey! Even though my youngest wore his helmet just in case….. he couldn’t get on the ice.

And there you have it my super busy day! I hope you all had a fabulous day as well!

International Delight Iced Coffee

Good Monday Readers!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! And for my Florida readers I hope you dry out soon! My weekend was a blast. In case you missed the fun:

Welcome to Summer 5K

Saturday was FULL

After a super lazy Sunday of cleaning my house and watching the Lion King with the boys this morning was time to get in some miles. I woke up and hit the treadmill for a quick 20 minute 2 mile session. Nothing fancy just a run. I’m going to be hitting up a group class later today as well.

I’ve been dying to try out my new iced coffee. As a member of Vocal Point from time to time I am asked to try out new products and give my opinions. If it’s coffee it’s for me!

I was excited to try out International Delight new Iced Coffees. New International Delight^™ Iced Coffee is the perfect blend of 100% premium Arabica coffee, real milk and cream with just the right sweetness.  I sampled the Original since my store didn’t carry the Mocha I was hoping for.

It was super easy this morning to just fill up my cup with Ice and Pour! The Original was a prefect balance of creamy and smooth flavor. And it was a perfect addition to my morning fruit! The fruit was left over from my son’s birthday party so this breakfast with the coffee took all of 2 minutes to prepare! That’s my kinda meal 😉 Quick!

My one concern is the amount of sugar and sodium in this drink. Although it was super quick it’s not something I could drink everyday.  I try to drink my coffee black as to not drink my daily calories. At 150 calories per serving this is something to drink in moderation just like any special coffee drink.

Also side not I’m loving my pretty new tumbler! You can’t beat Marshall’s you never know what you are going to find there! My last LARGE tumbler met its end at the hands of my 2-year-old. Apparently they are not equipped to handle the weight of a John Deere Gator. Who knew? 🙂

**As a full disclaimer I was provided a coupon with which to purchase the product and give my complete and honest review of the product.**

Spin Class and Questions

Becoming a new freelancing stay at home mommy has afforded me some great perks. One of those perks is being able to attend daytime gym classes including SPIN which I have been missing due to my old schedule!

I took my son to preschool, my youngest into the child watch program and into my first daytime spin class I went. It was so dark in the room I could barely see especially since I was coming in from the sunny outdoors. I found a bike in the back corner and got to my thing. This class was called “Cycling” on the schedule and was only 30 minutes long, I assumed incorrectly that it was an express spin class. It was intense and much more like cycling than spin which is difficult to pull off on a spin bike. The music wasn’t for me I would rather rip my ears off than workout to country! There were two hip/hoppy songs that worked for me. I wish the bad news ended there.

What threw me for an almost hysterical loop was the instructor who seemed to be grunting throughout the entire workout. Rather than instructing the group on form and intensity levels she was yelling instructions, while enjoying her own workout as we watched and biked along. I have been to at least 1/2 a million spin classes. I thought I had seen it all! I almost started laughing out loud as if it was all a joke. Then her group who must be regulars began counting along with her LOUDLY through jumps. I have never seen a class like it.

While I really enjoyed the intensity of the workout part of the class I’m not sure I would ever go back. I want an instructor who is tough but not insane, the whole class made me uneasy. While Jillian Micheals is NUTZO  on  TV, I have to believe that the intensity from her is fingerscrossed more for the cameras. I once hired a personal trainer and she was FABULOUS. She was serious but understood that screaming at people isn’t a great way to get them to work for you and normally leads people to shut down mode. Plus while as an instructor you can work out, it isn’t the time to be doing your own workout. I did join a group that seems to have been going together for a while too, so it may have just been weird but….

The whole class just turned me off. It was disappointing to say the least.

There are a few other options for spin classes and I’m hopeful I can find one that is a great workout where I won’t be screamed at in the dark 🙂

If you’ve taken Spin you know it’s intense! What do you look for in a great instructor?

At Gold’s Gym I had the best instructor EVER. Her music was fabulous and different. At the beginning of each class she fully described the “ride” and told you the intensity upfront. She was upbeat  peppy and really enjoyed her job. She rode along with us but all the while offered ideas on posture, pedal movement and “lazy tummys” as she called them.

For example we would have a huge hill to climb followed by a down hill to a run drawn out flat rise the music for this would include “Come on Eileen” for the uphill/stuck in the mud cadence, then the ending of the song was the downhill. Then we would move into “ONE” by U2 for the long flat ride. For sprints I will never think of the song “Proud Mary” in the same way again! You could picture the ride in your head as you rode,  she gave cues as to where you were in the ride throughout.  And what muscles we getting the best workout at the moment.

 I want to know am I crazy for not liking this class? What do you look for in a great Spin Instructor?