Man, it's a hot one.

There's a reason Jillian recommends not exercising between 11-3 during the summer days. Holy moly. And a fan can only take you so far. Then naturally the first circuit was a real ass kicker!! I thought I was gonna pass out. I regained some steam for the last 2 circuits. I rocked out the last one pretty quickly. Overall, however, it still took 60 min. I'll knock those 15 minutes off one of these days. Of course now that I'm starting to get into the groove of the circuits and familiar with the exercises the weather is kicking up 20 notches. In the end I don't really care about the time frame all that much. The more important part is keeping up with the workouts. I could see if it was taking me 2 hours, that'd be a different story.

I must say I'm glad that I have a healthy relationship with food (this current, minor obsession aside, haha). It is SO delicious. I love having all these new recipes and ideas to work from. Given I still fall mostly onto old basics. I'm looking at my stand-bys in a new light. Adding more veggies or different twists. I made a yummy fruit salad yesterday then split it up into smaller tupperware containers. I have found that if I make my food more accessable I'm more likely to eat it as opposed to wasting it. After grocery shopping I'll sit down and prep all my fruit and veggies. Cut them all up, freezing some as needed. I'm more apt to eat my peppers if they're already cut into strips. And it makes dinner time that much quicker. I just ate a very yummy and filling turkey wrap. Turkey, swiss, spinach, red and yellow peppers, avocado, apple slices, mustard and a cream cheese (I know it may sound whacky, but it adds a little something extra) all on a lavash wrap. You can also throw in tomatoes, mushrooms... really whatever you want. It's a little sloppy, messy, but oh so worth it.

I'm off to play with some great kids on the beach... it's gonna be a rough afternoon!