Good morning!
I hope you are all doing well! I took the night off from blogging last night to enjoy a fun evening with Ryan and some of our friends. We had a great time and I hopped into bed last night with a big smile on my face and a full belly!
This morning we awoke nice and early to head right to the gym. No dilly dallying around here!
I actually woke up with a sore hiney! I think the lunges I did during yesterday’s boot camp class kicked my butt. Since I figured that I already put my body through some strength moves yesterday using only my body weight, I did a super-fast weights workout today to round out my strength training for the week.
This total-body workout included three sets of 15 reps of the following exercises and took me about 25 minutes to complete:
- Leg extensions (35 lbs.)
- Deadlifts (25 lbs.), super-set with bicep curls (15 lbs.)
- Tricep dips (body weight), super-set with shoulder raises (10 lbs.)
I finished my workout with 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical.
Once we arrived home from the gym, Sadie wanted some attention, so we leashed her up for a walk through Winter Park.
By the time our walk was over I was starving. I was getting quite cranky and told Ryan that with every step I took, all I was thinking was, “Egg! Cheese! Bagel!”
Can you guess what we had for breakfast when we got home?
Breakfast
I quickly popped two cinnamon raisin bagel thins topped with muenster cheese into the toasted oven to make my favorite breakfast bagelwich for both of us.
While the bagels were toasting, I cooked egg whites on the griddle. After spreading raspberry jelly on one half of the toasted bagel thins, we had a delicious meal ready to enjoy!
This was actually Ryan’s first time trying my latest breakfast obsession and he agreed that it is pretty darn amazing.
I think I waited too long to eat this morning, because I’m still hungry. Off to grab a banana with some peanut butter before I hop into the shower!
I’m really excited for our plans today. Here’s a clue: It’s going to be a berry good time!
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OOO BERRIES??? at first i thought you said ‘beery” as in you were going to some beer festival or something- hah! AW look at Sadie all proud to give her mama some huggin’!
It looks so beautiful there! Sunny, warm weather! It’s cool and rainy here in Atlanta. Enjoy your day!
Wow your city looks so pretty! Mine still has snow : (
Have a great weekend!
Egg whites, fake bagels, blah blah blah. I don’t know how or why people live on crappy diet food..
if you don’t like them, then definitely don’t eat them! i genuinely enjoy egg whites and cinnamon raisin bagel thins and am not on any kind of a diet. i eat food that i think tastes good and makes me feel good.
Stop reading, and don’t comment if you are that opposed. I am eating an everything bagel thin right now because it tastes amazing without being overloaded by bread. If i wanted to eat a big ass bagel I would, and I am sure she would too…what part of a bagel egg or cheese is crappy? If that’s a crappy food “diet” then bring it on, because it tastes awesome!
AMEN!! I just ate egg whites and turkey bacon. Its because I like it and it makes me FEEL good. Its not diet food. Its real food. If I wanted eggs and bacon I would. I think its all about balance. If I wanted a big bagel I would have instead I had a large banana with peanut butter and then I had my egg whites and turkey bacon with toast. Don’t read this or bash on Julie if you don’t like what shes doing. Do whats best for you and stop bashing on her.
How can you say egg whites are “crappy diet food”?? Eggs are def part of any healthy diet
Whole eggs are part of a healthy diet. The yolk is where all of the nutrition like vitamin d, e, b12, iron, phosphorus, selenium, zinc, etc. are. Egg whites are incomplete. They are a good source of protein, but don’t supply the adequate nutrition of a whole egg with yolk included. I’m just tired of seeing a preponderance of “light,” “low fat,” “low calorie” foods on blog after blog. It’s a clear reflection of how out of touch our society is when it comes to nutrition. Bagel thins are highly processed and loaded with artificial ingredients. What part of that equation can possibly make you feel good? An actual bagel from a bagel shop is mainly comprised of flour, salt, yeast. No fake ingredients that are difficult to pronounce. And they taste a hell of a lot better than any imitation bagel could. You only live once…
I’m in no way trying to bash Julie in particular. I just find it sad that women, in general, rely on processed, fake foods just because they’re lower in calories. Decades ago, there were no such thing as “bagel thins” as well as other factory produced fake foods, and our country was not facing an obesity epidemic like it is now. It’s not a coincidence, that’s for sure…
If you want to talk about eating healthy you would cut out white flour all together it does nothing for you except me full of empty calories and carbs
Vanessa, I agree with you 100%. I’m allergic to gluten, so I don’t eat any white/wheat flour products at all. But generally speaking, it’s much better to consume fake foods without mile long ingredients list than a real product with a few basic ingredients.
I meant to say it’s much better to consume foods without mile long ingredients lists than real products..
It looks so sunny there!!! I can’t wait for that weather to makes it’s way north a lil bit 🙂
Toasted bagels are the best way to eat them… warm goodness
It looks SO gorgeous down there. I’m jealous! Boston is freezing and still has some snow :-/ I can’t wait for it to warm up! Seeing those pictures makes me hope that I get accepted to UCF for grad school even more!
😀 And that breakfast looks amazingg
I think I know what you’re doing! You’ve gotten me addicted to cinnamon raisin bagel thins!
OMG – bagel +egg white + cheese + raspberry jelly = awesome! Can’t wait to try that for myself.
I love when my husband likes “my” food too 🙂 Ohhhh I think I might know what you’re doing….does it have anything to do with berry picking?!!! I hope so, because I love berries and would love to see recipes you cook/bake up!
You’re picture from the morning walk today look so pretty! All of the spring colors are popping! Woohoo!!
That park looks unreal! Gorgeous 🙂
winter park is so GREEN! I am so jealous of your ability to wear shorts. Ahh spring time is coming!!! Have a great saturday 🙂
Have a great Saturday! 🙂
Can’t wait to find out what you do this afternoon!
That workout sounds great: total body and quick! =D
great workout and breakfast!
I hope you have a great saturday!
I love this combo! The whole sweet & salty thing is where it’s at! Looks like you’re having a gorgeous day there! I’m in Michigan for the weekend & it is cold, rainy, & gray! I’ve only been here a day & a half & it’s already affecting my mood! 🙁
jelly and cheese are such a good combo! Definitely underrated
Daaaaang… that first picture you have of Winter Park up there looks like it could be out of a magazine. SO pretty!!!!! Love the spring flower blossoms 🙂
I’m extremely jealous of your beautiful Florida weather! Are you going berry picking? Have a great day! 😀
Ohhh that green grass….I am so jealous!! I can’t wait for green grass and flowers.
WOW…Winter Park is gorgeous! All that greenery makes me smile…spring time baby!!
WOW! Firstly, I shall try that workout tomorrow – great advice! And I’m jealous of that park you went to, it’s beautiful!! Plus, I’m hungry and craving a bagel 🙂
I am going to try the bagel sandwich, it looks so good. We now have your sloppy joe once a week and I made the raspberry glazed salmon last night. Thanks for the great recipes!
I just ate a nasty bagel at the airport, so now I’m jealous of yours! Have a great day and have fun…berry picking!?!?
Are you going strawberry picking!?!?! If so im super jealous, i used to go when I was younger and its def not season for that here..
Looks like a beautiful day there!! Still gotta try the muenster cheese on the cinnamon bagel thin!
The addition of raspberry jam to the sandwich is genius! I’ll be trying it soon. Have fun today!
Please tell me you are going strawberry picking! I haven’t done that in ages! Have a great day!
I am so jealous, it is so gorgeous in Winter Park! I remember walking around in winter park looking for a cafe to eat at when I was visiting the parks 3 years ago. It is so pretty, and the weather looks amazing!
Seriously every time I see this cheese melted I want to drop what I’m doing and melt some cheese on ANYTHING! Nice workout!
Did you go to the Strawberry Festival? I just got back. It was great when it opened but by noon it was way too crowded and hot. But then we had a great strawberry shortcake across the street away from the crowd!
Yes! We are on our way home now! 🙂
Cool! I wish I’d known you were going; I would have loved to see you. I hope you got lots of pictures. Did you have fun?
so much fun! we both said we wanna go back next year!
Good grief it is gorgeous where you are! What a perfect looking day. Enjoy it!
I am always jealous when I see you in shorts and a t-shirt, specially like that in the sunshine! 🙂
Your breakie actually looks pretty delicious to me 😉
I hope you appreciate the irony of a park called Winter Park filled with green grass and flowers in early March. We’re still getting more snow where I live! Sadie’s beautiful…what a gorgeous vizsla!
I understand why you’re still hungry after eating that, it’s cause it looks so dang delicious! I just ate and wish I had one of those now!
Nice workout!! That breakfast looks delish!!!! I am enjoying the weather in Orlando today and jealous that you live here year round!! My mom and I ran a race and laid by the pool all day. My city is jealous of your city.
Omg that park is so green and you both look so tan. Totally jealous!
Are you going berry picking? Making a pie?
xoxo
Kathleen
I picked up the ingredients to try this breakfast sandwich at the store yesterday. Maybe Sunday morning, if I don’t sleep through breakfast? Or maybe I’ll just have it for lunch … It looks delish!
Did you happen to catch last weeks’ top chef. One of the contestants made a grilled cheese sandwich with raisin bread and apples. Reminded me of your breakfast concoctions!
Hey Julie! I just had to tell you that because of your bagel obsession, I made it a mission to find the cinnamon raisin bagel thins and OMG they are to die for!! Now I know why you love them so much…..and is it just me, or do they taste heartier and doughier than the original ones? I dunno but they sure are good and I love them! Now I have to try your creation with eggs and muenster cheese! 🙂