Where's the Beach?

Upper + Plyo  Today was another cold, dreary day here. Where has summer gone? I ended up not going into work actually. Since the race, I have been battling sinus issues and trying to keep it out of my chest. My lungs still feel really shredded up too. I've been taking sinus meds, but they don't seem to be doing their job. I did decide to go ahead with my planned workout. It's upper plus plyo. The upper part was 2 sets of 8 reps done as supersets: SS#1 Chest - Incline flyes Back - Pullovers (goofed though and it should have been double arm rows) SS#2  Shoulders - Military press Triceps - Lying dumbbell extensions Plyo: Crossovers with 10# and Wide jump ups on 12" step SS#3  Biceps - Incline curls Biceps - Hammer curls Plyo: Explosive running man on 12" step I also did Shock Cardio HIIT Pyramid to complete the plyo part of this workout. It was quite close to a puke factor workout mostly because my sinuses and asthma issues. Definitely made if ...

Still feeling under the weather unfortunately. It's even more unfortunate because it is a gorgeous, unseasonably warm and sunny day here. I had really hoped to be able to go for a run outside. Alas, that did not happen. I decided to bake and finish laundry. As with all of my bread and dough recipes, I am trying to tweak them and make them healthier where possible. I have been using this Ciabatta Bread recipe from Recipezaar for several years now. It's not a complicated recipe at all, you use the bread machine to do all the hard work, but you still get to take the credit. Here is the original recipe with additions and changes in parenthesis and italics. Ciabatta Bread Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups water (hot) 1 1/2 teaspoons salt ( I used sea salt ) 1 teaspoon white sugar ( I substituted with Agave Nectar per a recommendation from Alicia ) 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 1/4 cups bread flour ( I substituted 1/4 cup of whole-wheat pastry flour just to get...