One Workout Away from a Good Mood

In January I published a post all about exercise mantras. You guys submitted some awesome mantras that have really stuck with me. This morning, I used the mantra submitted by Cynthia to get my butt to the gym.

You’re just one workout away from a good mood.

I woke up feeling crabby and a little out of sorts. I remembered Cynthia’s mantra and walked to the gym determined to flip flop my mood.

About 20 minutes into my workout, I noticed myself gettin’ into the music blasting on my iPod. I was sweating and kickin’ my butt and feeling 10,000 times better.

I will definitely keep this mantra in the back of my mind on days when I’m feeling out of it or just plain grumpy (not grumbles 😉 ).

My workout today looked like this:

• 15 min. run
• 5 min. incline walk
• 10 min. stair master
• 20 min. elliptical

I hopped around from machine to machine to fight boredom and this workout flew by! Gotta love cardio hodgepodge workouts.

Breakfast

Breakfast this morning included a new little treat.

Funky Monkey freeze-dried fruit! I received three packs of the snacks from the company to sample and couldn’t wait to give them a try because of this…

Do you see the ingredient list!? Freeze dried pineapple and guava. That’s it.

The bits of fruit were crunchy and so sweet! I actually double checked the ingredient list because I was convinced there had to be added sugar. But no! The fruit almost tasted crystallized. I loved every flavorful bite.

I ate most of the pineapple and guava pieces straight out of the bag but managed to save a few to sprinkle on top of my morning yogurt bowl.

In the mix:

• 2% Chobani Greek yogurt
• Fresh blueberries
• Sweet potato puffs
• Chia seeds
• Funky Monkey pink pineapple pieces

The texture freak in me was really feelin’ all the different textures in this bowl.

Off to work!

Oh and be sure to stay tuned because a giveaway involving Funky Monkey snacks is in the works! 😀