posted by Jennifer on a day in the life of me!, chicken, lunch, The 100 Day workout challenge

My lunch inspiration came from The Neely’s on the Food Network. I watched one of their programs over the weekend and even though most of the things they make are not so healthy – I made their signature rub. It’s super easy – just 3 ingredients. They use this rub on chicken, steak, potatoes, ribs, etc.

Neely’s BBQSeasoning:

1.5 cups paprika
3/4 cups sugar
3 3/4 tablespoons onion powder

Mix together in a clean jar with a lid and you can store it in an airtight container for up to six months.

Since I made the rub, I took out 2 chicken tenders and added 2 tsp. of the rub and cooked the chicken until done, set aside.

Next, I cut up some baby red, orange and yellow peppers and sauteed them in a skillet for a few minutes.

When it was time for lunch, I assembled my salad. I cut up the chicken, I had different kinds of artisan lettuces, strawberries, an apple, and peppers. The only dressing I had was lite Italian, so I dressed my salad with the dressing, then put the chicken on top. Awesome and SUPER filling!

I also added a few dried cranberries, a few sunflower seeds. When I was talking to my sister after lunch – turns out she had almost the same exact salad – twin powers activate!

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I mentioned yesterday I got some new work out dvd’s from my local library. I will tell you that I did NOT ride my bike to work since it was raining, and I did NOT walk during lunch, so after dinner, and running a quick errand, I didn’t get home until 8:15 and I definitely did NOT want to exercise.

I looked at the choices of what to do and I picked out this one called Iron Yoga (2005). Anthony Carillo is the man who came up with this type of yoga. He developed it when he was cross training for the Iron Man Triathlon’s he’s completed.

Even though I was not looking forward to exercising I really enjoyed this work out. I’m used to doing fast workouts – Taebo, the Firm, biking, etc… This workout was the exact opposite. You use light weights (I used 5 lb. dumb bells) and it is super slow moves. There is very soothing music, it’s hard but relaxing at the same time if that makes sense. It has a lot of balance moves and it’s a total body work out. I finished the whole thing which was 58 minutes. I had the motivational support of my son Mark who was practically next to me the whole time saying things like “way to go Momma!” and to his brother he said – “you have to give props to Mom because I could barely do the first exercise!” I appreciated his shout outs through out the whole workout.

So, if you’ve never tried yoga with weights, see if it’s at your local library!

I’m looking forward to salad club at work today – I’m off to chop up some veggies!!!