Getting in the Zone

When I woke up this morning, I immediately felt muscle soreness (in my shoulder blades, glutes, and obliques to be exact!). Call me a weirdo, but I both hate and love this feeling. I wasn’t sure if I should go to boxing tonight already feeling fatigued, but I decided to go for it.

On my way there, my mind was drifting and I actually missed the exit for the gym. I had to loop back around the highway at the start of rush hour traffic and started thinking that maybe this was a sign that I shouldn’t go. But I made it there, and boy, am I glad I did.

The class was smaller than any others I’ve been to, which I liked. We partnered up and I immediately got in the zone – partly because I have a friendly competitive nature during workouts and like how a partner motivates me, partly because my partner was a girl who I could immediately tell was a little bit nutty competitive. She made a few questionable comments to/at me during the workout (at one point she accused me of cheating, but I think she was just mad I was beating her ;-)) and the look in her eyes was kind of – how do I put it nicely – very focused and angry (possibly slightly psychotic!). At one point I laughed at something and she gave me a death stare in response. I’m pretty sure she either disliked me for no apparent reason or was picturing an ex-boyfriend as she punched and kicked at me. It made for an interesting class, and needless to say, I got an awesome workout in. I’m thinking that tomorrow is going to be a strictly pilates workout to stretch out all my soreness!

Dinner

Tonight I decided to try out a box of couscous I recently got, and quickly threw together a yummy meal.

Sesame, Avocado & Tomato Couscous

Serves 1 – or you could use the whole box of couscous & triple the other ingredients to make 3 servings, and bring it to work/school/wherever for a meal on-the-go.

• 1 cup of wheat couscous (I obviously made the whole box & have leftovers to use for later this week.)
• 1 oz (about 1/4) avocado, sliced
  
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, diced
• 1/2 TBSP sesame oil
• 1 TSP toasted sesame seeds

Cook couscous according to directions. When it’s done, put a cup of it in a bowl. Then mix in the sesame oil, avocado, tomatoes, and sesame seeds.

Stats: 360 calories, 18 g fat, 10 g protein, 46 g carbs

No matter what it is I’m doing, Harley likes to be right in the middle. This sometimes makes at home workouts comical, as she always finds a way to get involved – whether she’s putting her tennis ball on my back as I’m holding a plank pose, jumping on me thinking I’m playing with her while I run in place, or sliding herself underneath me to lay down as I’m doing push-ups. Yesterday was no exception, as I snapped this photo of her playing on top of the workout list I was trying to reference:

Anyone else have a (totally lovable, pain in the butt!) pet who constantly likes to be in the middle of whatever you’re doing?