In a Cardio Pickle

So things were good, but busy. Today, I shared my 6 pound goal with two co-workers and am hoping that that will help me stay on track. When other people are watching what you put in your mouth, it gives you a tad more accountability, which is exactly what I need. Anyway, let's start from the beginning!

I woke up nice and early, made myself a yummy breakfast, and grabbed the yogurt protein smoothie to go.

Eggs, toast, farmer's market strawberries, watermelon

I snacked in the morning on my belVita bars and tried to stay hydrated in between seeing patients. I grabbed lunch from the free resident food place and snapped a very discrete pic for you guys.

Free lunch tastes better than lunch you pay for ;-)

I had half a plate of bagged salad, some cod, and a spoonful of the veggie lasagna. Aaaand, today I brought my healthier, yummier salad dressing rather than take a packet of the fatty (but still delicious) ranch dressing.

Yum

I didn't really have an opportunity for an afternoon snack, but I tried my best to stay hydrated and ate a fiber one cookie on my way to the gym. Working out on an empty stomach is not my favorite, so though I know eating on the way to the gym isn't super smart, buuuuut it was 100% necessary.

My workout today was just okay. There are only 5 of the ellipticals that I really like (the ones that let you ramp up the resistance) and they were all taken. I was in a bit of a cardio pickle. I wanted to do some cardio, but I didn't want to run. And I feel super lame just walking on a treadmill. So, I tried doing an interval workout on a different type of elliptical, but it wasn't getting my heart rate up enough. I tried just moving as fast as possible, but I wasn't thrilled with that either. Sooo, about 10 minutes into that, one of those ellipticals opened up and I finished my workout on that. It was waaaay harder than the elliptical I was already on. That being said, I think I need to explore some new cardio options. Anyone have any suggestions?

After dinner, I ran to meijer to grab some ingredients I need to marinate some fish I want for tomorrow night and then I came home and quickly made a sandwich because I was pretty damn hungry. I got to use some of my farmer's market tomatoes and lettuce, so it was pretty much the bomb. I thought I snapped a pic, but I didn't. But, I did snap a pic of my Tropicana fruit/veggie juice. I measured it out to make sure I got my 8 oz.

1 serving of fruit + 1 serving of veggies in 8 oz!

Tomorrow I have a conference for most of the day, so I get to sleep in a bit tomorrow - until like 5:30 a.m. Yay! Buuut, while I'm learning about fetal heart tones, I'm hoping some of you fabulous readers can suggest a good idea of what I can do for cardio in case I'm in a cardio pickle again.

So, what do you do for cardio? I have a whole gym at my disposal...