NaBloPo: The Saturday Report

 

Hey Friends, I have more than five minutes to talk today!  I'm on the back end of a meal prep session, which means that I've done all of the hands on work and washing up, I'm just sitting around waiting for stuff to finish cooking.  So let's chat!

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What's Cookin' Good Lookin'

It's cold and snowing, so it's chili weather.  I've got a batch of Pinch of Yum's Sunday Chili simmering away on the stove.  According to the blog archives, I haven't made this since January 2020 so it's time.  And yes I'm making Sunday chili on a Saturday, that's how we roll.

My second food prep project was a big ol' batch of Instant Pot Chipotle Chicken for the fellas along with a big batch of rice.  I'm in a place where I detest chicken and expect this to continue for the rest of my life, but the rest of the house doesn't have that problem and they're obsessed with this recipe.  So I figured I would give the people what they want.

In other food news, my latest obsession is Shin ramen.  I picked up two bowls when I was at the Asian mart last weekend and I can't stop thinking about it.  The noodles stay a bit crispy instead of getting soggy and the broth is really spicy (yes they have non-spicy varieties as well).  Chances are 100% that I'll stop by the mart again tomorrow and restock.

When I finished my workout right before lunch I was starving and wanting nothing else besides a big ol' bowl of noodles.  I knew that I needed to add something for protein but I also just wanted noodles.  The compromise that I came up with was to swig down a glass of protein powder while I waiting for the noodles to soften.  It seemed like a decent way to get what I needed (the protein) and what I wanted (a bowl of pure noodle goodness).

Fitness report

I finished week one of six of Caroline Girvan's Fuel series this morning.  By rights I should have finished tomorrow but I was a day behind due to traveling yesterday.  One drawback to body split strength workouts is that it can get complicated to catch up when you miss a day.  Since the Friday and Sunday workouts are both full body, I figured it would be easy enough to just double them up today, do some cardio tomorrow if I want to, and then be right back on schedule on Monday.  Well not easy but doable.

Basically Fuel is exactly what I thought it would be, which is strength with a bit of a cardio focus and my review is the same as for every other Caroline Girvan series that I've tried so far: I like it.

I ran another mile after a strength workout earlier in the week and decided to abandon the running-as-knee-rehab project because, well you know, I just don't want to run right now.  My knee is almost 100% better so I think that it just needed time to work its issues out.  I'll stick with 15-20 minutes of moderate intensity treadmill walking after my strength workouts and call it good.

All of the food is ready so I'm off to package up a bunch of chicken (yuck), rice, do the final wash up and then eat a nice steaming bowl of chili.  Stay warm my friends.