Gooood morning!

Need a recipe for a {happy} Monday morning!?

1. Jump out of bed at 6:30am after an awful night tossing + turning (dang you, windy weather).

2. After getting dressed, quietly break into the fresh batch of homemade granola bars sitting on the counter and take a couple bites to replenish your low blood glucose.

3. Drive to the gym – traffic free – and bust out a 30-minute kettlebell workout before 8:00am.

I did the 8 kettlebell moves to rev your metabolism via Women’s Health + a handful of my standard moves using a 14lb. bell.

Repeated for 3 sets:

• around the body – 10 reps ea. side

• side dips – 10 reps ea. side

• bent row – 10 reps ea. arm

• dead lift – 10 reps

• “double-handed raise bell from knees to chest” – 10 reps

• figure 8 – 10 reps

• swing – 20 reps

• squat – 10 reps

• windmill – 10 reps ea. side

+ 10 half get-ups ea. side and additional abdominal moves

I hope I’m sore tomorrow!

4. At 8:00am, sponteously attend a cycle class and pedal strong with a new instructor and pumping playlist.

5. Jump off the bike after ~30 minutes to return home for a complete breakfast: OIAJ + iced coffee.

Recipe for {cinnamon apricot almond} OIAJ:

• 1 empty (roasted + crunchy) almond butter jar

• 1/3 c. unsweetened almond milk + 2/3 c. water

• 1/3 c. steel cut oats

• 2T chopped dried apricots

• 2 tsp. chia SEEDS

• cinnamon + vanilla

• Topped with: 1T toasted pecans, 1 tsp. crushed cinnamon grahams, 1 tsp. unsweetened coconut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Take a hot shower, slip on a cozy sweatshirt + old pair of jeans and use your endorphins to seize the remainder of your day with a smile :)