I'm Sooooo Creative

It's my Nike Beer holder...I'm going to pin this to Pinterest.

A Salsa Saturday Night

Grilled chicken and homemade salsa is on the menu this evening.....Ahhhh and some Michelob Ultra Light.

The salsa recipe is as follows.....

-1 can Ro-Tel
-1 can tomatoes (either whole or diced!)
-half an onion, chopped
-1 can black beans (drained)
-1 can whole corn (drained)
-1 clove garlic
-cilantro (again, depending on taste)
-salt
-the juice of half a lime

Pulse in a food processor or blender...then chill and add chips.....I guess no clean eat this evening.

The window cleaner is not for seasoning but for cleaning up my mess.

Excuses

Words To Live By

The Holstee Manifesto Lifecycle Video from Holstee on Vimeo.

New Years Resolutionists

are gone..... We are 27 days into the "New Year" and my gym is for the most part EMPTY. Possibly since I live in Florida everyone is already slim, trim & beautiful and myself and a select few have at our disposal a fully equipped (PURPLE) gym. Even the red-shirted trainers have been standing around more and more this past week.

On a brighter note I got on the scale this morning and I met half of my January goal, to be under 220 lbs the other half is to remain below that number for the month of February. Even with a hearty serving of Wings with TNT Man the other day I managed to still drop some weight....... It's going to be a great weekend, some lifting, some running, some swimming and some biking.

Talk About Leaving A Footprint

The Weeks Totals

I spent some time in the pool and on the bike this week, nothing quite like having Friday off and living in Florida...the pools always open and as long as it's not raining you can get in a bike ride.

I'll never be fast, but I ran 3 miles without walking and maintained an average heart rate of 153.

Things Aren't Always As Advertised

The hotel stated "Indoor Pool" so I booked a room.....somehow I think if you can stand in the middle of said pool and touch both of the sides it's not really a pool........They did have a nice dreadmill.

C'mon Scale

MOVE........

Lean Lifting

Confidence Through Strength - Lean Lifting PROMO from Bougie Photography on Vimeo.

I Guess I've Got A Few Years Left

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I Ate Too Much Last Night

Saturday Night Dinner

I'm a foodie and I enjoy cooking, this evening it's
Three Amigos Chili accompanied by BETTY'S JIFFY CORNBREAD CORN CASSEROLE which looks delicious except they left off how long to leave it in the oven....at this time it's longer that it takes to drink 3 beers....it's one of those once per week days.

The Week In Review

So this week I spent 30 minutes in the pool thrashing about, I rode my bike 4.5 miles, ran a bit over 7 miles and threw the iron around for an hour and 40 minutes.......I have no idea if this in any way resembles a triathlon training program. I'm following (or trying) a program that I found at TriNewbies of course finding hotels with indoor pools in the winter is tough.
I think one of the weirdest things is changing up my resistance training...the hardest part is not hitting the iron every other day the second part is not trying to lift something heavy only 5 times but instead checking the ego at the door and dropping the weight and increasing the reps...this procedure does actually cause the heart rate to increase...

Speaking of heart rate I replaced by long ago dead Polar heart rate monitor. I started out looking for some sort of a waterproof timer. All I had with a timerwas my trusty Gymboss or my iPhone...neither of which are WATERPROOF.... I hit up WallyWorld looking for a Timex Ironman, which after pricing out I found that for $10.00 more I could buy a waterproof heart rate monitor....so I took the plunge...after my first swim I'm not 100% convinced that it's totally accurate in the pool but I'll take it for a run tomorrow and see what we get.



Which leads me to my next topic, not really but it sounded kind of cool.....as everyone know I love beer and as a matter of fact I even track my beverages via Untappd....well as I embark on a more regimented training program my plan is to partake of this wondrous beverage only once per week......golf clap please...actually this really won't be that hard as I've actually only been sipping that amazing nectar only twice per week for the last month or so......thanks to the holidays...