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Workout Week 4 Day 1 (Jen)

After working yesterday I went home and was exhausted, I felt like just laying in bed the entire night-but eventually I motivated myself to get up and go to the gym, after a decent meditation session. I was mindful I was being lazy and accepted it and then over came it. The workout was

3 Position Snatch 35, 55,55,55,60,60,60,65,65
Front Squat Warm Ups
-Warm up sets x5 @ 35, 55, 65
-Warm Up sets x3 @ 70, 75
Front Squat x1 with 3 second pause 85, 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125

I opted out of doing the core workout, which I should have. I had been at the gym for 2 hours already and was just done and wanted to go home and eat. I also didn’t form role, stretch and do mobility work. I don’t think today will be a gym day, as there is a lot of meal prep I have to do-which I was to tried last night.

Day 1 of the Whole 30 was successful, mostly keeping myself busy is going to make it easy. I’ll be putting time into constructive things like meal prepping, working on the house, and getting outside and walking and playing more pokemongo.

Cheers-Jen

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Chicken Thighs with balsamic vinegar, tomatoes, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese

This is so yummy and Altshift #5shift friendly!

Ingredients
• 5-6 chicken thighs with skin and bone
• 2 tablespoons avocado oil or any cooking oil
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons of arrowroot starch
• 1 cup of white mushrooms sliced
• 1½ cups small colorful tomatoes (tomato melody)
• 8 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese sliced
• Oregano, basil, salt, and pepper

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 410 F

Sprinkle all the seasonings on each chicken thigh, then rub the spices into the chicken
Heat a cast iron skillet with the avocado oil over medium to high heat
Cook the chicken thigh on each side for 3-5 minutes to sear. Remove the seared thighs from the cast iron skillet
Add the minced garlic to the empty skillet for 30 seconds to a minute. Add the vinegar and arrowroot starch and stir. Continue to cook on low heat until the marinade is thick, while stirring
Add the chicken thighs back to the skillet to coat each with the marinade. Add 1 cup of the colorful tomatoes and the mushrooms to the skillet.

Place the skillet in the oven for 25-35 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
Remove the skillet from the oven and place mozzarella slices over each chicken thigh. Place the skill back in the oven for 3-5 minutes until the cheese is completely melted.
After, the cheese melted remove from oven and add the rest of the colorful tomatoes and consume!