DAY 57 OF 365: SPROUTED ALMONDS

So this morning I decided to sprout almonds before heading off to the gym to train with JC. Jessica taught me about sprouted almonds at my last session. Sprouting enlivens the enzymes that are dormant within each almond. These enzymes activate when they come in contact with water (the soaking process), and the nuts are “awakened”. The potential growth for each almond is to become a tree—and when we eat sprouted almonds our bodies receive this concentrated vital energy and nutrition. Sprouted almonds are great in shakes, especially the avocado shake that Jessica taught me how to make. Who would have thought that I would enjoy a shake made with a banana, an avocado, some almond milk and sprouted almonds. If you had handed me the shake without telling me what was in it, I would have thought it was a banana milk shake. This shake is great before heading to the gym or after an extensive workout. So after I started the sprouting process, I headed off to the gym
Today we concentrated on legs. We started out with my normal warm up routine followed my extensive leg exercises. At one point JC had me running and double leg hoping up 2 flights of stairs, timing me of course. By the end of the workout my legs felt like Jell-O and were burning. I have to admit that I really enjoy working out in the morning before heading to work. The gym is quiet and I feel full of energy to conquer the day afterwards. As far as work goes, it was just a normal day of extras casting for Law and Order: SVU. Hard to believe we have only four more episodes before calling it a wrap on season 12. Time really does fly by.
So when I got home I decided to have a pear and arugula salad with low fat raspberry vinaigrette. Quite tasty! I love the peppery flavor of arugula and the sweetness of the pears. After dinner I cleaned and peeled my sprouted almonds. After peeling off the skin, I cleaned the glass jar and placed the sprouted almonds back in and filled with fresh water and placed them in the fridge. Looks like I will be having my banana avocado shake in the morning. Well, I am exhausted and sore from my workout this morning. Time for me to crawl into bed and call it a night. Also, I am planning on posting the chocolate sorbet recipe tomorrow night. Till tomorrow.