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  • 14Nov

    Fresh Restaurant Take 4 + Whittle My Middle Updates

    Fitness, Lunch, Whittle My Middle in 30 Days

    Good evening!

    Krissy and I had a fun get together in Toronto today! We went to Lululemon (surprisingly, I walked out empty-handed!) and also to Fresh.

    With all the crazy Swine going around, we decided to start off our lunch with an Immune Elixir:

    juice

     

    <——- Krissy

     

    <——- Me

     

    Lung Lover (left), Flu Fighter (right):

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    I had the Flu Fighter back on our anniversary weekend. I knew today I had to get it again. It was even better than I remembered. Warm, soothing, intense, and ginger-y.

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    For lunch, I tried my first salad at Fresh and it did not disappoint.

    I got the ‘Big Salad’. I felt like Elaine from Seinfeld. ;)

    hgg

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    I had mine without cheese, but with marinated tofu. I rarely eat tofu anymore as I have been trying not to buy many processed veggie products lately (its cheaper to buy beans/lentils!). I had it for a ‘treat’ today as I do like tofu on occasion. However, I wasn’t a huge fan of this tofu. I prefer my tofu baked and crisp and we thought this was raw? It was …..’meh’ I ate half.

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    The salad was delicious though. Especially the homemade dressing:

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    I had the Wild Ginger dressing and it was TO DIE FOR!!!!!

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    Yum.

    Camera Curse:

    Unfortunately, my camera battery died when we went to get a picture together. What is it with my camera dying at Fresh?! lol. Unfortunately, I lost my battery charger for my point-and-shoot so I have no idea when I will be able to charge it again. Looks like I will be lugging the SLR everywhere for a while!

    On that note- Bad news about our SLR. Remember when I told you Eric dropped it? Well, apparently something bad did happen. :( We took the backlight flash off the camera yesterday and we discovered that the regular flash (the one built into the actual camera) no longer works. It won’t even pop open. :*( I am devastated. We are going to see if it is under warranty, but I doubt it since we’ve had the SLR for 3 years now. *sniff, sniff.

    On a happier note, Krissy and I had a great time and it was fun being a big city girl once again! The lovely Alex was supposed to join us, but she is sick with the flu. Feel better soon!!!

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    Whittle My Middle News!

    1) Stability Ball Roll-out

    The amazing Lexi from The Ramblings of a Healthy Student read about our Stability Ball Roll-out woes and she offered to do a video demo for us!!!

    Check it! Make sure the volume is up high.

     

    Isn’t she a doll? :D

    I took Lexi’s awesome advice and lo and behold the move WORKS!!! I was doing it all wrong. Thank you Lexi!

    PS- We have the exact same stability ball! ;)

    2) Yoga for Sore Abs?!

    Are your abs sore and tight from the onslaught of core exercises? I discovered a great yoga pose to help stretch out those sore ab muscles!

    The cobra pose is amazing for stretching out abs!!!

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    I do this pose at the end of every Whittle My Middle session and it feels incredible. Try it!

    3) Stability Ball for a sore back!?

    I love playing around on my stability ball. I have discovered that it is not just for abs- it is actually a great stretching tool. I lay all over it and twist and turn and it stretches out my back so wonderfully! I love this move in particular:

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    Weeeeeeeeeeeeee…….

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    Ahhh it feels sooooo good on my back. Such an amazing stretch.

    I figure I spend most of my waking hours with my back hunched in the opposite direction, so it is nice to stretch it the other way for once. ;)

    Here I am at the gym yesterday doing my yoga and core work:

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    Sporting my undergrad university zip-up- University of Guelph. Loved that school so much. Any Gryphons out there?

    The past couple days I have been doing some intense cardio on the gym’s Stepmill. I am convinced the stepmill is the hardest cardio machine out there. I am the only one ever on the damn thing at the gym! lol.

    Today I did 45 min. on the mill at intensity 10-12. Man oh man was it hard. I was drenched in sweat afterwards. Such a great workout. I skipped my abs today as I doubled up on the WMM moves yesterday.

    I am going to be quite sad when my free gym pass runs out. It has been a nice change of scenery.

    You can follow all my workouts on my Run page as well as my Whittle My Middle workouts on my abs page.

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    Glo Bakery:

    • I just made every single flavour of Glo Bar available in the shopping cart!!!!!! This is the first time I have ever done this, so if there is a flavour you have been waiting on, get it while you can! They won’t be available for long.
    • Don’t forget that pre-ordering for holiday gifts is happening now with 10% off the gift packs until Nov 20th. The orders are already filling up fast so get yours in soon before it is too late.

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    My new addiction:

    • I’m off to watch Gossip Girl. I watched Season 1 Episode 1 last night and I am officially HOOKED. I can’t believe how addicting this show is! I wonder how quickly I can get caught up on all the seasons?????

     

    Have a lovely night!

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    Posted by Angela (Oh She Glows) @ 10:55 pm

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