Day 13...

Another work week in the books and all is still going well with the challenge. Still had a bit of a desire to crack open a bottle of wine and pick up a pizza for dinner, but only a small desire that was easily avoided and of course nothing beats the feeling of waking up the next day knowing you made really smart choices the day before. So, on to the weekend! 

Breakfast - slice of frittata, half an avocado, half a grapefruit and black coffee. Will this ever get old? :) 

Lunch - arugula and spinach salad with leftover chicken from the night before, cucumbers, hard boiled egg, half an avocado, dates, slivered almonds and pomegranate seeds. Those pomegranate seeds will be missed next week (the dates too) not only because they taste so good, but they had such a pretty color to the salad - seriously, how could you not want to eat this for lunch everyday? 

Dessert - cashed in one more time on my ability to have fruit with some chopped pears, apples, some more pomegranate seeds, coconut, lemon juice and cinnamon/nutmeg sprinkle. So satisfying. 

Appetizer - had a handful of pistachios and some plantain chips dipped in some sunshine sauce - wow, so good. Those plantain chips will be good for the Super Bowl (even if I have to sacrifice some "no fruit" points to enjoy them). 

Dinner - lamb chili served over spaghetti squash. This chili was so good and surprising with the lamb instead of typical ground beef. So sweet and flavorful. We simply cooked the meat in water, then added in onions and carrots galore (even more sweetness) and a big can of diced tomatoes. After a couple hours on the stove it was nice and thick and the spaghetti squash was the perfect addition - especially considering we couldn't have rice, cheese or tortilla chips as options. Didn't even miss those things! A great Friday night meal. 

Workout - I'm officially on the Tabata bandwagon. I love the intervals - 20 seconds is just long enough to make you start to cringe, but not so long that you can't push even harder towards those last seconds. Plus the ability to vary up the exercises keeps it interesting. Today I did a set of leg extensions with "W" arm presses - each minute I would switch the leg so my arms/shoulders were on fire by the end of the 4 minutes. Then I did a set of kettlebell swings and jump rope. Then I did a set of sit ups and bicycle crunches. I ended with a set of jump rope and jumping jacks. 

17 more to go...