Happy Biggest Loser Day all! This morning, I decided to bust out and try my Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout. I LOVE that this entire workout DVD is by Jillian Michaels. No offense to Bob or anything, but, I honestly feel like Jillian’s workout DVDs are tougher (like her 30 day Shred!)
The DVD gives you a choice of picking the programs you want to do:
* Warm Up, Cool Down
* 25 M Cardio Circuits
* 10 M Upper Body Sculpt and 10 M Lower Body Sculpt
I’ll admit I was a bit afraid to take the entire DVD with Jillian to start….so I picked warm-up, the Upper & Lower Body Sculpt and the cool down.
WOW ~ Let me just say that Jillian maximizes her punishment ~ she is constantly Super Setting all while working out two muscle groups at a time with NO BREAKS! Just think of holding your hand weights going into a deep JUMPING squat doing a shoulder raise. I think it’s cool that you can up your intensity by increasing your weights. I used my Reebok Adjustable Weights so I could change the weight easily as I switched sets. I stuck used 5, 10 and 12 lbs though.
Did I mention I can feel my triceps already? Not sure it was from the tricep dips or the push-ups!
Breakfast was EASY….1 banana plus 5 strawberries (2 pts)
Plus a 100 cal LF TJ’s Banana Froyo (2 pts)
Protein power ~ an egg white fluffy that you know I covered in Sriracha after I took this picture (1 pt)
Mid morning I had a snack repeat ~ I am just totally addicted to this Savory Vegetable Alouette Fluffy Cheese and Black Pepper Triscuit Combo (4 pts).
Lunch wasn’t fancy at all but it was completely delicious. I had 1/2 c of TJ’s Organic Brown Rice, plus leftover grilled veggies topped with Sriracha! (3 pts)
Plus 2 cuties for dessert (1 pt).
It really took ALL my will power to make sure I ate my lunch FIRST because I had to order SIFT CUPCAKES for our Birthday Celebration tomorrow.
3 sample cakes came back with me ~ Champagne Raspberry (pink), SNICKERDOODLE (w/cinnamon cream cheese frosting!) and Lemon (which had lemon curd in the middle). Don’t worry, I didn’t eat THREE CUPCAKES although the though DID occur to me to NOT share :D I cut them in 4’s and had 1 bite of each ~ OMG ~ words cannot describe them ~ LOVE!!!! I LOVED the cake on all of them but really only dug the snickerdoodle frosting.
Today was an exhausting work day so I wanted something really easy for dinner. I whipped up Ellie Krieger’s Fettuccine with Walnuts. I followed the recipe exactly (shocker, I know), but, did add a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes for some HEAT and put it over spinach since I didn’t have any arugula.
I LOVED getting a little parmesan nuttiness, walnuts, garlic, spinach, and parsley in every bite.
This was AMAZING ~ it honestly tastes like a fancy dish you’d get at a restaurant ~ so rich, crunchy and light, yet, very filling. It only took 15 minutes to make too!
Calorie Count gave it a B ~ Not bad especially since the fats are healthy fats.
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I can’t wait for BIGGEST LOSER tonight ~ it’s going to be so GOOD!! My fingers and toes are crossed that NONE of the RED team members get picked to stay ~ I just don’t like them, but, everyone else is ok 😀
FUN FACT: Did you all know that Stephanie and Sam are dating on The Biggest Loser????
Night all!
mmm, that pasta looks really fantastic. i, too, love the nuttiness of parm! the egg white pillow is like perfectly symmetrical! i love it! thanks for the words on the DVD, i am always on the lookout for a good one 🙂
Awesome eats today! I’m very jealous of those cupcakes!
I’ve been looking for a new Jillian DVD to get…I may get that one now.
Sam looks FANTASTIC! And he is such a nice guy with a great personality! He’ll be fending off the girls when he gets home ; )
Love the Ellie Krieger review! I’ve actually been using her cookbooks finally and love the recipes. Definitely try her walnut/chicory salad. I used my spring mix and the dressing is SO good!
hahha..i love that you put Sriracha on everything! i finally tried it for the first time over a week ago and i thought my head was going to explode! toooo hot for me! maybe mixed in a peanut sauce though for spring rolls..nom nom. now i want that…and i haven’t even had breakfast!
That sounds like such an intense workout!
The Biggest Loser was so emotional last night, huh? But good for Steph, she looks great now!!
Mmmm, cupcakes! =D
xo
K
If it didn’t have gluten, I’d be all over that dinner dish, and I don’t even normally like pasty! But something about nuttiness and parmesan sounds yum
I’ve been wanting to buy the Last Chance Workout! I love all of Jillian’s videos. I own most of them by now. I’ve been meaning to checkout the yoga video as well! The roasted veggies look so beautiful, healthy and fresh! I’ve got to start roasting veggies more often. (and I love how low in points they are!)
mmm dinner looked YUMMY!
Jillian scares me…lol You are BRAVE girl, or just crazy! I have not figured it out yet, the friendship is too new. lol 🙂
I was wondering about that with Stephanie and Sam!!!! I thought I caught her saying something about finding love and wondered who she was talking about.
Those cupcakes look sooo good. Especially the lemon one. Yum!
I love finding out random facts about stuff when I read your posts. hahaha i had no idea they were dating!!!
I really should get on the bandwagon for TJ’s yogurts!!! Are they reallllly truly amazing? I can imagine dipping those Cuties into the yogurt…mmmm yum…
That pasta dish looks amazing!
Ooh! I didn’t know TJ’s made banana yogurt–must find it ASAP!
I love Jillian. I will definately get that DVD. I tried her WII program and it bored me. I like weight training, so the one you tried looks good.
That fettuccine looks woooonderful! YUMMM! I did know that about Stephanie and Sam, but just because someone sent me a link to the article a few weeks back. I think it’s cute!
Wondered how that Last Chance workout dvd was. Oh that fettuccine looks so good.
I caught it when Stephanie said that she met someone but I had no clue who it was. Cute!