Yesterday was a little sub-par on the fruits and veggies consumption front and today I awoke determined to cram five servings in over the course of the day.
I made a pretty solid dent in my goal at lunchtime today and loved the fresh punch of flavor from the nutritious produce.
Salmon salad served as the highlight of my meal.
To make the salad I combined:
- Salmon
- Mustard
- Relish
- Light Miracle Whip
- Chopped cucumber
- Chopped carrot
- Chopped tomato
Sides included roasted green beans and a nectarine. 
And a cup of my favorite pomegranate green tea!
After lunch I immediately started thinking about dinner ideas. I have three different meals in mind, but am leaning toward something rather appropriate for the upcoming holiday, St. Patrick’s Day.
Mmm!
Spring 2012 Workout Playlist
As I worked through the morning, I also took some time to download a few new songs to update my workout playlist.
Since boot camp has me doing longer-than-usual cardio sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I am counting on this playlist to pump me up and help me power through some kick-butt treadmill workouts.
Since I am always on the lookout for new music to add to my iPod, I figured you guys might want a sneak peak at my new playlist:
- Fun. – We Are Young
- Carly Rae Jaspen – Call Me Maybe (<—Totally reminds me of a song Robyn from the ‘90s would sing)
- Amy Winehouse – Valerie
- Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
- Nero – Promises
- Gossip – Heavy Cross (<—Song from the Dior commercial with Charlize Theron)
- Glee Cast – Rumor Has It/Someone Like You
- Fun. – Some Nights
- Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
- Glee Cast – America
- Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
- David Guetta & Chris Willis – Gettin’ Over You
- Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
- Andy Grammer – Fine By Me
Past workout playlists that have popped up on the blog include:
- Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon Playlist
- Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon Playlist
- Rockin’ Playlist
- Disney Playlist
- ’90s Playlist
- Run, Run, Run Playlist
- Spring 2011 Playlist
- Summer 2011 Playlist
Question of the Afternoon
- What is your current favorite pump-it-up song that energizes you during a workout?
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I loooove We Are Young, and Valerie will ALWAYS be on my workout playlists! Did you see the version Santana from Glee did? So so good! I had to laugh about the Robyn reference… remember Show Me Love? 😛 Oooh to be a teen again!
UGH, I love the Rumour Has It/Someone Like You Glee Mashup. sometimes, they make songs so much better than the original. that one’s also on my running playlist. 😉
I love listening to Girl Talk’s album “All Day” when I run on the treadmill – it really gives me tons of energy. One of my current favorite songs on my workout playlist is “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence & The Machine. A good playlist can make a HUGE difference!!
I have yet to get tired of “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray. I played it twice in the last mile of my half marathon, and it’s my go to song for the final push at the end. I may look like a fool jamming out to it, but it totally pumps me up!
(Now I’m thinking of Hans and Frans from SNL.)
Bruce Springsteen “American Land”. Can’t get enough!
For the salmon, do you use canned salmon?
it was a pouch of salmon, but similar to canned!
Loved Robyn when I was younger… wasn’t she at the Grammy’s??? If I remember correctly she was wearing a pretty ridiculous outfit, but it was exciting to see her nonetheless!
We fly out for Florida on Wednesday – we’re going to West Palm Beach for a wedding. Have you ever been there? If so, your recommendations on fun things to do/see/eat would be great! And yes… we are going to a few Cardinals games since it’s Spring Traning. I’m a CUBS fan, but baseball is baseball! Woop!
PS- my new fav is “We Found Love” by Rhianna… love the beat! 😀
I had salmon salad today, too! I’m not a fan of Chris Brown but I am loving the International Love song.
I love this!! I really need some new music. Thanks for sharing! Right now my favorite song is Wild Ones by Flo Rida feat Sia. I’m also digging Drunk on You by Luke Bryan (I like a weird mix!)
Tisdale’s, Gomez’ and Bieber’s dance video got 20 million hits for their dance YouTube video to Call Me Baby…don’t ask me why I know that 😉
I have a few favorites for running right now:
– Lonely Boy by The Black Keys
– Stronger by Kelly Clarkson
– Part of Me by Katy Perry
– Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars
– Domino by Jessie J
I alwaysss love Valerie! Especially the Glee version!
My new favorite is Ben Rector “White Dress” – listen, you’ll love it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfJtAe_pCY
This is the perfect timing. I’m planning on vamping my playlist this week since I have a half on Sunday.
International love- Pitbull
I seriously consider attempting to dance on the treadmill
every time it plays. Haha
The new fun album is super good.
My Current pumpup song is “Devil’s Den” By Skrillex! I love music and I have a ton on spotify. Feel free to check out my “runners high” Playlist on Spotify!
http://open.spotify.com/user/rocksteady32/playlist/2oYLgdObbZnHZVD095gT2V
I have that mug too but mine is an A! It’s totally my favorite
The new “Just Wanna Make You Sweat” song is great for any type of workout!
whitney houston by gavin creel.. YOUTUBE it.. it will change your workout.. and your life
I know it’s old at this point, but Adele’s Rolling in the Deep energizes me during my runs! Also Taylor Swift’s Change.
Stronger by Kelly Clarkson
Current faves:
-“Starships” by Nicki Minaj
-I second the vote for “Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson
-“Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO (hard to beat a song about being sexy because of working out)
-“Bad Girls” by MIA
MJ’s “Black and White” is up there for me – I see you have a little Michael on your playlist too!
Also, the YouTube video for “Call Me Maybe” with the Disney stars/teeny boppers is actually hysterical. My roomie and I have been playing it on loop for days
Yes!! Playlists…I’m always on the look out to find some new gems for running!
HANGOVER by Taio cruz!!! and LEVELS!! MY FAVS 🙂
Those roasted green beans looks awesome. LMFAO has been topping my workout playlists. So peppy!
Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ always gets me pumped!
wild ones-flo rida!
yummy salmon!
I’ve been dying to know the song from the dior commercial 🙂 so catchy!
Haha I actually have to find a balance between a good amount of veggies and too much. Too much doesn’t agree with my stomach…
Wild Heart-Sabi
You Gonna Fly- Keith Urban
Midnight City-M83
Princess of China-Coldplay and Rihanna
Ass Back Home-Gym Class Heros
Hit the Lights-Selena Gomez & The Scene
Walk-Foo Fighters
Ships in the Night-Mat Kearney
Glad You Came-The Wanted
I’m kind of mad that I have never considered making a salmon salad in the style of tuna salad. I always have canned salmon on hand, too… seriously, what a great idea!
I love rocking out to 90s rock more than anything. I throw in a bunch of classic grunge songs for my spin classes- Foo Fighters are my fave!
good song recs!! i definitely need some new songs on my ipod..im so sick of my music!
I made your roasted green beans and salmon burgers the other night for dinner. We loved them!
I’ve been playing two songs on repeat on my runs lately: Valerie by Amy Winehouse and Domino by Jessie J. Thankfully, I’m not sick of them yet!
Good songs! I also love “You Make Me Feel”-Cobra Starship and “Brighter than the Sun” -Colbe Caillet.
I love lots of veg at lunch too!! YUMM
thank you so much for setting links so we can hear all the songs!! I really appreciate it.
And I love the playlist 🙂
You just made me ridiculously excited that Call Me Maybe is on that list! I literally found the song on Saturday night and I have been completely obsessed with it ever since! Another upbeat song I’m really loving right now is I Like It Like That by Hot Chelle Rae. So fun! Reminds me of summer, driving with the windows down and singing at the top of my lungs with my best friend!
Dirt Diana is my favorite Michael Jackson song!
So happy that someone else works out to Dirty Diana! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been busted having a treadmill dance party to that song!
Call Me Maybe is by far the best song to workout to ever!!
I rocked salmon salad for lunch today too! Great minds thinking alike.
Right now my favorite song is “Everybody Talks” by Neon Trees, it’s great to run to 🙂
I’m a huuuuge We Are Young fan! I play it on repeat at the office – I’m glad my cubicle neighbours sing along too 🙂 and I’m glad someone else that is an adult can appreciate the Carly Rae Jepsen song – I feel about fifteen years old when I sing along with it!
As annoying as I find Nicki Minaj …. my latest workout jam is her new single Starships. Girl’s got rhythm!
I love to see the playlists of other people to be inspired for my one! 🙂 I just updated mine yesterday with german rock songs, and those 3 – Maroon 5 – Moves like Jagger, LMFAO – Sexy and I know it, Christina Perri – A thousand years (I know it’s a slow song, but it still helped me during my run yesterday)
I love Run-Run-Run by Natasha Bedingfield. It always inspires me to get my butt in gear when Im starting to dwindle on my run.
I am so obsessed with “We Are Young” by Fun.–so good!
I have always wanted to know the song to that Dior commercial! It’s such a pump up song! Thanks 🙂
That’s so funny, I just posted a new playlist myself a few days ago and we share many of the same songs! My faves now include Talk That Talk by Rihanna feat Jay-Z, Tonight (Neon Feather Remix) by Seether, and Power by Kanye West. Also, most of the songs on the new Chiddy Bang album have good beats for long marathon training runs 🙂