I wasn’t technically starting my Whole Life Challenge today, but I wanted to do an update of what a day in the challenge might look like… But first, a recipe!
Simple Egg Salad
Ingredients
- 2 eggs, hardboiled
- 2 teaspoons soft silken tofu (or yogurt/mayo)
- cumin & chili powder
- dash of salt, to taste
Directions
- Hardboil the eggs. Discard one yolk (optional). Chop up the egg whites finely, setting the remaining yolk aside.
- Mush together the yolk, the tofu, and spices. Add the chopped egg whites. Mix. Yum!
I also have a fun treadmill workout for you. It’s called the 5-4-3-2-1 workout and I found it at InTheGym.net. Tanya has a ton of other great workout ideas, so check it out. Here is what I did:
Part 1: (all 0% incline) – 22 minutes.
- 2 minute warmup, 4.0 mph
- 5 minutes 6.2 mph
- 1 minute 4.0 mph
- 4 minutes 6.5 mph
- 1 minute 4.0 mph
- 3 minutes 7.0 mph
- 1 minute 4.0 mph
- 2 minutes 7.5 mph
- 1 minute 4.0 mph
- 1 minute 8.0 mph
- 1 minute 4.0 mph
Part 2: repeat part 1 (minus the warmup)! – 20 minutes.
Part 3: (different from InTheGym’s workout) walking at 4.0 mph, then 3.5 mph, then 3.0 mph. Then stop 
– 15 minutes.
And now for the update…
- Yoga – I did yoga stretching for about 10 minutes after my treadmill workout. Not ideal (I wanted to do a podcast or video), but it fits!
- Walking – part of my treadmill workout was walking. Check!
- New meal (this doesn’t have to be daily, just weekly) – I made egg salad and put it on top of my salad for lunch. Delish. Recipe above.
- Organic – using up the non-organic veggies that I still have. This might take a few days.
- Green oat bran – with banana soy pudding (from Whole Foods), dark chocolate dreams peanut butter, and lots of spinach.
It was a good day, even though the challenge hasn’t technically started. Good luck on the first day *TOMORROW* if you’re joining me. And don’t forget that this weekend is Memorial Day weekend – I can’t wait to spend time with my sweetie and just relax.
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Congrats on not snacking after dinner! I’m still working to get to that point… it’s not an easy feat!
your challenges sound great! you’re doing so good already.
i loooove egg salads.
thanks for the treadmill workout – anything to make it more exciting!!
about the google reader comment, i have noticed that as well and thought it was the same for everyone….?!?! i hope it doesn’t especially hate me! i find that the more pictures i have in my post, the longer it takes to go up on reader (i “subscribe” to myself on reader so i can see it’s showing up properly)
you’re doing great so far, maggie!
great idea with the egg salad!!
I’m not sure I can start the challenge today but definitely soon!
great workout! I love intervals!
Great Job Maggie!
I’m bookmarking this one for when I make my grand return to the treadmill. Looks like a good interval workout!
Sounds like a fun challenge. I like the new meal idea. Good interval idea. I’ve done soemthing like that a few times and it’s killer
I love the idea of your Whole Life Challenge!
Since I started eating around 400 – 500 calorie meals, I am not even tempted to snack – I used to have 200 calorie breakfasts and by 10:00 I was starving!
I would have liked to participate in BSI this week, but have yet to find your beloved vegetable!
Have a relaxing weekend Maggie!
Wow, your Whole Life challenge sounds great! Best of luck I can’t wait to hear all about your progress
I’ll join in on points one through three of your challenge. I can (and should) do those things. Count me in!
i would never think to add tofu to my edd salad – you are just so creative, girlie!
well done on the challenge! that workout looks like a good one, im going to have to check out that website. seems like a good resource.
Good luck with challenge starting today!!
~Justine
I just bought a dozen eggs yesterday to make egg salad – great minds! (Johnny’s moms fresh eggs don’t boil well.. so I have to plan ahead and buy special when I want to boil!)