T25 - Day 12

Well I worked very hard today at my eating -- actually truth be told I was a bottomless pit. I really think it is because I didn't eat properly over the weekend and my body was trying to make up for it.

I don't think I ate bad stuff today though, for breakfast I made this:

Strawberry Banana French Toast Casserole

Ingredients
•4 slices bread (gluten-free or whole grain), crust trimmed, cut into cubes
•1 banana, mashed
•6 strawberries, diced
•1/2 cup almond milk
•3 eggs
•1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
•1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•maple syrup for serving

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a small baking dish or individual ramekins with spray oil. Place cubed bread in baking dish(es). Mix mashed banana, strawberries, milk, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla together in a medium bowl. Pour milk mixture over bread cubes and toss gently until bread is evenly coated.
2.Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through.
3.Serve with maple syrup.

Then for snack at around 11:40am I had two rice cakes, a small bowl of coconut greek yogurt and some grapes. Lunch was at 12:30pm and I had a whole wheat sandwich with black forest ham, lettuce, tomato and cheese (mayo and mustard in small amounts) and I had an apple sliced up with that. A couple hours later around 2:30pm I was starving again, and I had such a bad chocolate craving so I had a 100 calorie chocolate bar type thing,  some cottage cheese and I actually devoured a whole bag of crispy mini's. That part wasn't the best.

Then I was starving again around 4pm so I had a bunch of cucumber and served supper early at 5:30pm. Joelene was a sweetie and actually made us supper tonight. Whole wheat penne pasta, chicken in a yummy chicken sauce, broccoli and a bit of cheese. It was healthy and delicious. See? bottomless pit today!

I got my water in today too. I am however struggling with a head cold as I think I mentioned so I wasn't sure I could do the workout tonight. I pushed through it, and damn was it hard! It was the total body circuit and then of course the AB challenge.

I CAN OFFICIALLY SAY WE COMPLETED THE AB CHALLENGE!! YEAH!

• We did 150 crunches
• 58 leg raises
• and a 90 second plank

Clearly the hardest one yet and we both did it! I am proud, and we are going to start it all over again because it just adds that extra AB work to each workout night.

Well I finished off my night with a peanut butter, banana & chocolate protein powder shake. It was good and very satisfying. Now I'm going to hit the hay because I am NOT going to allow myself to get sick!