Working weekend!

Okie dokie, so I am working, and I have been at work since Wednesday and will continue to be working through Monday morning. With all my that said, here is what has been going on.

Tuesday night I fixed some amazing grilled venison cube steak. It was delicious and there was nothing to it. Venison/deer is wild, so it's clean and organic, if you're into that sort of thing. Plus deer has lots of protein, which is what we need to build big strong muscles! 

My RPM/spin bike

I've also been hitting up the gym. Wednesday morning I was able to get in another Body Pump session, only bad thing was my camera died (so no new videos). On Thursday morning I went to an RPM class (Les Mills' spin class). That one really got my heart pumping! 

For dinner last night I whipped up some easy tuna fish salad. My husband ate his in sand which form, I ate my with some celery sticks. It was delicious either way!

Now it's my working weekend. I work 12 hour shifts at the hospital, so I don't usually get time to exercise. My routine here is get off work, sleep, wake up, eat, get ready, and go to work...repeat. So for times like these when I can't get my exercise in, I really watch my diet. 

For my lunches at work, I keep it simple, usually a salad and a banana, or a sweet potato and a banana. Last night I brought some celery and tuna fish salad. 

This way when I do get off Monday morning, I can go hit the gym and not feel guilty about back tracking.

So good luck to everybody trying to stay accountable and healthy in the new year!

Venison cube steak on the grill

Cubed Steak

Ingredients 

• cubed steak (this can be any meat)
• 1/4 cup Dales 
• 2 tbs minced garlic
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1tsp Greek seasoning
• 1 tsp steak seasoning

Instructions

1. Place meat in a gallon bag.
2. Add all ingredients and mix well, place in refrigerator and let sit for at least 2 hours, turning once.
3. Turn grill to low-medium heat. 
4. Place meat on grill, grill for about 2-3 minutes, flip and about 1-2 minutes on other side. Meat sure be tender, but no longer raw. For tougher meat, cook 1 minute longer.
5. Enjoy!

Tuna Fish Salad with Celery Sticks

Easy Tuna Salad

Ingredients 

• 4 cans of tuna
• 5 hard boiled eggs
• 2 tbs light mayo (heaping tbs)
• 2 tbs dill relish
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions 

1. Drain all tuna and dice eggs.
2. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. (For wetter tuna salad use more mayo).
3. Serve cold, with bread, crackers, lettuce wraps, or celery sticks!

Try these recipes, they're pretty basic. If you like different seasonings for your cubed steak, feel free to switch it up; same goes for the tuna salad ingredients! Let me know what you do and how they turn out!

Until next time,
-Lesli