Tonight was one of those nights when an extreme failure led to a new discovery.  I was attempting to make Greek Spinach Feta Burgers from Baked Bree, but I ended up with a mixture that could not be formed into patties of any kind. I think this may be due to the fact that I used fresh rather than frozen spinach. Hard to say. I even tried adding some garbanzo beans to thicken it up, but to no avail.

Meatless Greek Sloppy Joes (inspired by Baked Bree)

2 TBSP olive oil
1 clove garlic minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried dill
1 cup herb stuffing mix
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 package fresh spinach
1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
salt and pepper

The above ending up all being just mixed together and put in the frying pan for about 5 minutes. We served it with this cucumber sauce:

Cucumber Sauce

1 small container non fat greek yogurt
1 small cucumber chopped finely
1 minced garlic clove
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh  lemon juice
salt and pepper

On top of a sandwich thin topped with red pepper + some more feta. We also had some oven-baked fries & hummus on the side!

We earned our dinner with a killer workout tonight. We finally made it to the Sports Training class. We started out with like 1000 ab exercises. We had to take turns counting 1-10. Because I have an extreme fear of speaking in public, I was actually nervous for my turn. Don’t ask me why. Trust me, I was far more annoying than that when I taugh High School P.E. I just don’t know what to do without my trusty whistle! Haha. It ended fine.

The BEST part was that we rotated between jumping rope for 2 minutes, and doing 30 second interval exercise with the trainer. I SCHOOLED that class on jumping rope. It was like my time to shine!! I couldn’t help but show off a little. I used to practice about 30 minutes a day when I went to VIP Fitness in the DR so I was so excited to pull out a rope again.I also tried to shame the other class members by jogging right over when the trainer called out “switch!” Everyone else was like… ambling. Kevin was like,”I knew you were trying to do that.” So predictable.

We got to do some partner exercises!! Lucky I had Good Looking with me or I would’ve had some stranger danger!!! Haha.

Don’t worry! I still embarrassed myself PLENTY before class. This is obviously not us but…

Kevin had been talking about the box jumps he did with the personal trainer last week, and I wanted a demo. And then, of course, I wanted to try. The box obviously was not as high as the crazy guy above is doing, but it was about knee-high on me. My first two attempts were complete body flails. Finally, I made Kevin hold my hand and gave it all I had. I made it up!!!!!!!! I didn’t know I had a crowd watching me. Of course, I had to attempt this at 5:30….. busiest gym hour ever… and while people were waiting for the Sports Training class to begin. Even the trainer saw me! She was all like,”Nice jump.” So mortifying.

Of course, I still had to get my run in afterwards. Even though I was totally wiped, I hung in there for 30 minutes and ran 3.58 miles.

I think I passed my test!!!! My raw score was quite a bit above the minimum passing score for CO, but I won’t have my official results for a bit. Predictably, I aced the English section and performed miserably in math/science. I’m so thankful I didn’t study any more. It was a total waste of time. I’ve taken four CLEP tests, and those were all straight from the book. Verbatim. I memorized the book the day before and passed them all. The Praxis II for Elementary Content Knowledge was totally random. I felt like I could have studied for months and never hit a question on the exam. I’m totally thrilled to have it off my mind though. It was stressing me for no apparent reason.

Have you ever tried a box jump? Harder than it looks. I knew I would stink because I have super bad depth perception so I get really nervous. Especially sans glasses.

Do you like jumping rope? It’s really good exercise. It’s a good thing for me to mix up with running because my body gets sooo adjusted to running that I know it burns a lot fewer calories. My body is a little too efficient for my own good! I used to watch tons of YouTube videos, and that’s where I learned all my fancy tricks. I’m not good at double jumps, but I have a few routines.

Have you ever failed a recipe & turned it into something else? Those sloppy joes were like… the trifle of hamburgers. You know, because if you ruin a cake by crumbling it, you can save with a trifle? That makes sense to me anyways!