Today marked day #3 of Jazzercise, and I’m still loving it! It takes 21 days to make a habit, right? I guess I’m 1/7 of the way there. My teacher, Chris, busted out some killer ab and butt routines today, and I’m willing to bet I’ll be whining about how sore I am tomorrow! My workout report:
Total Time: 61 min.
Total Calories: 668
Max. HR: 187 (better, Holly?)
Avg. HR: 157
I was super excited about dinner tonight too! Through every leg lift and kick, I was thinking “the more I do here, the more of my dinner I can eat!” Funny thing is… I don’t want more! Who am I?
On Sunday when I went to our local ethnic/produce market, I was thrilled to see that they had organic grass-fed beef on super sale (no, it wasn’t rotten) and I couldn’t wait to cook with it! I bought 2 1-lb. packages of sirloin, and decided that I would cook it all to eat throughout the week. If it were summer (oh how I wish!), I would’ve sprinkled the steaks with salt, pepper, garlic, and a little chili powder and grilled them. Alas, it was all of 20 degrees here, so stovetop it was. I made a quick marinade, completely to taste, but it included:
- soy sauce
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- Worcestershire sauce
- garlic powder
- ketchup
- ginger
- sriracha
- sesame oil
I mixed all the ingredients together and poured them over the steaks for a quick (about 30 minute) marinade, then cooked them in my cast iron skillet. They got a nice crust on them, and stayed juicy.
I also made (as you can see) mashed sweet potatoes! I think I’ve mastered the mashed sweet potato, and, I’m going to be generous enough to share the recipe with you all. I’ve made mashed sweet potatoes before, but tonight’s were far superior!
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
2 large sweet potatoes, baked
1/4 c. fat free sour cream (optional)
cinnamon to taste
ground ginger to taste
2 Tbsp. maple syrup
Directions
Peel the baked sweet potatoes and put the insides into a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients, and mix throroughly with an immersion blender. Serve!
I had a bit of a hard day, starting with a conflict with a close friend. I’m hoping that it can be resolved soon, as I’m not cool with things the way they are. The day continued with the heater in my room making ridiculous noises, and state testing started today too… so let’s just say my good sweat and dinner were MUCH NEEDED!
With the weather the way its been here, and the winter doldrums completely setting in, I’m going to leave you for the next few days with some fantastic photos my dad sent me. They really touched some part of me that needed brightening, so I wanted to share.
Hope you all have a great night 
xoxo,
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It really needs to get warm out because I want to grill everything lately and the broiler doesn’t cut it!
Hope everything works out with out your friend!
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SWEET POTATOES!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great healthy dinner idea, we will be trying tomorrow. Thanks
Good luck on your jazzercise!
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Yes and no. A little lower would be better I think.
No more than 175.
Good job though!
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Friend stuff is always rough. I hope you guys can work it out. And hopefully your workout helped get out the frustration, I love that about exercise (well…ice cream does it too…but that’s slightly less desirable, right?).
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Love the mashed sweet potatoes! Yum!! I seriously LOVE sweet potatoes and I really am going to make these this week. Laura
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ps CAN’T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO JAZZERCISE
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What kind of HRM do you have?
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Oh man, I’ve so been craving a really good steak, and that looks like just the one I need!
Hopefully you’ll work out whatever issues are going on with your friend. It’s always hard when there is a problem, but if you are good friends it should work out in the end.
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hope your day gets better today and you and your friend solve the problem soon!
dinner looks delicious!
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Such cute little wors of inspiration…thanks for sharing
Dinner looks delicious AS USUAL!!
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Love the photos. And I LOVE mashed sweet potatoes!
Good luck with making habits
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ha we did have similar dinners… love the mashed sweet potatoes
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i didnt know people still did jazzercise! i want to try
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Mara @ What's For Dinner? Reply:
March 4th, 2009 at 6:59 am
YES! Apparently people do, my class was packed! It’s so much fun…though I do feel like I should be wearing legwarmers and sweatbands.
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Awesome burn at Jazzercise! I love that you’re taking that class
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I’m sorry about the friend issues. I hope everything works out. Those are some great quotes to remember!
Your mashed potatoes look so good!
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thanks for sharing those pictures — very hopeful messages! i hope you get to the bottom of what’s going on with your friend. and yay for being 1/7 of a the way to a healthy jazzercise habit!
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Those sweet potatoes sound AMAZING!! Good job with the workout! You are becoming quite the Jazzerciser!
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Love the inspirational photos! I hope you can get things patched up with your friend! Being at odds sucks.
Thanks for the recipe!!
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