Run.Chew.Sparkle

Its Tuesday which means my weekly weigh in and meeting day with Weight Watchers. James and I were both off today, so I decided to just go and weigh in and miss my meeting because we were going to be meeting his family out for our traditional Taco Tuesday. I thought James and I were going to be doing some stuff also this day, so I figured weighing in early would be better than waiting until later, in case I wanted to have a big lunch or such. So I went to my Weight Watchers location and weighed in and to my surprise and happiness I was down .6. After a rough 3 weeks of weigh ins this was just the confidence and push in the right direction I needed. A half of a pound is not much of a weight loss but it is SOMETHING! Slow and steady is what I need and how I succeed the best. Plus it was what I had put on last week. I did things right this week too. From Tuesday to Tuesday, I ran four days. I ate my 26 points and ate the activity points I earned. I made smart choices, drank lots of wat...

I am a BzzAgent and received a free sample box of the new Fiber One Meal Bars in Strawberry Greek Yogurt and Chocolate Peanut Butter. This is my opinion based post on receiving a sample, my thoughts and words are all my own. Fiber One Meal bars are a healthy, on the go, quick and easy meal bar, that can promote weight management, provide energy from good products and give you a snack option better than a sweet, high sugar, high caloric product. I decided to dive right in to the Strawberry Greek Yogurt bars first, primarily because they were less calories and less points. One bar is 4pp and 170 calories. The bars are suppose to be a meal replacement bar, but I see them more as a fueling or refueling option for my running and exercise, just like I use my Quest Bars. When I opened the Strawberry Greek Yogurt bar, you get hit with an awesome aroma of strawberries right away. You can see that the bar is quite big due to the wrapper, which I was pleasantly surprised with. The tex...

So I was going to find a really great visual to post and motivate for this Monday, but I was running late this morning, so I kind of had my own motivation or well, a way of kicking Monday in the butt. Nothing kicks Monday in the face like.. Enjoying a really good cup of a new flavored coffee. Getting your to-do list done at work. Finishing up a project that was 4 years in the making at your job. Making the whole stores goals by the time you leave. Being able to get out on time. Bringing your running clothes to work and not making an excuse. Running a comfortable, easy pace, 5 miles downtown. Catching the sunset while running. Listening to a uplifting, motivational play list that had me going the whole time. And lastly... Watching dolphins jump in and out of the water, just as the sun was setting and the sky was turning into a pink, purple, blue sky. Take that Monday!!! Hope you had a good one also!

Despite having to work on a Saturday, I really don't mind it all, I work retail, it comes with job lol. On Friday I went to Old Navy and used a Super Cash gift certificate I had. I ended up picking up a black sweater dress and sparkle tights and a long sleeved sweat shirt like shirt. I decided to wear the new dress and sparkle tights to make Saturday a bit more exciting... I was loving the look put together. The sparkle tights were so cute and I will be wearing them more often and the dress was comfortable. It was medium but I could have definitely used a small if they had it. I love moments like that. When I got home from work James had surprised me with a bottle of my favorite wine, Red Cat. It was a great surprise and I wasn't planning on drinking or having a glass, but how could I say no to a very sweet gesture like that. Part of 2014 goals for each other, was I would love if he thought of me more often. When I am out at a store, I always pick something up fo...

Good Saturday Morning!! I had plans this morning to get a quick run in, but my body and mind said other wise. I woke up and my legs were still really feeling it. And my energy was a bit low and my mind, well it just wanted to make a good breakfast, have a hot cup of coffee and watch some mindless T.V. and of course write this blog about my breakfast, which was amazing! Holy run on sentence with that one. Well, I never claimed I would have proper English. Breakfast Pizza Ingredients : 1 Flat bread of your choice (I used Aldi brand because it was cheaper) 1/4 cup of Better N Egg or any egg substitute 1/4 cup of Boca Crumbles 1/4 cup of Fat Free Shredded Cheese 4 Grape tomatoes halved 1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Cheese Wedge Lay out the flatbread and spread the Laughing Cow Cheese on top. In a skillet, scramble the eggs. Put eggs on top of flat bread, spread around evenly. In the same skillet throw in the Boca Crumbles and cook for about 2 minutes. Toss those on ...

Okay so its Friday, after 5 and the weekend has begun! Ha!! How I wish I was off this weekend!!!  Tomorrow I close but luckily I am off on Sunday, so half of the weekend off is better than nothing off. Rather nothing exciting, health related or running related went on in my world today, I used today as a rest day from running because my Quads are screaming and I really do not want to risk injury. So I have my feet kicked up and relaxing. So since nothing new and exciting is going on, I figured I would post some things I am loving lately.. 1. I am loving lately these snack bars I picked this up at my Weight Watchers meeting the other day, they are new and delicious! I mean I have a new obsession for Dark Chocolate, I see it with something and it is all mine. I ate this as a snack Wednesday and Thursday after my long runs and it settled all cravings I was having and the protein content is low, but enough to hold me over until a meal. Seriously if you have a meeting ar...

One month from today I will take on a race that is testing my limits and ability. I will be participating in a challenge run of 25.5 miles in two days. Normally I average that kind of mileage in a week when running for a half marathon, so in two days is quite a lot. I should average probably about 30-35 leading up to the day. The race is on February 23-24. The 23rd as I have stated before is the 15k and then right after a 5k. I will have a 20 minute wait time, if I run it right. My average 15k time is 1 hour and 41 minutes. The 15k starts at 7:00 am and then the 5k at 9:00 am, luckily I will have those couple of minutes to just breathe, get some water and then get right back in line for the next one. Then on Sunday, the 24th, is the half marathon, straight 13.1 miles. I am excited for this challenge because I am really pushing myself, my limits, my body and my comfort zone. Training for this is going to be a bit hard, because I am trying very hard to map out a training plan where I c...

Okay so today I woke up with a fresh start. And what a better way than to hit the alarm, which I didn't really mean to set and sleep in until your body just woke up. I originally set it for 7 and then I said nah..I am just going to sleep in and I can run and do my errands whenever, its my day off. That's just what I did and it was perfect. I stayed snuggled and warm and slept until about 9:30. I then got ready and headed downtown for my run. I munched on a Cookies and Cream Muscle Brownie. Which btw is very delicious. Tons of protein and perfect for my quick on the go move. Was only 5pp and I tracked it. Let me tell you it felt good to get back to tracking, you know it just seems to make sense with me. Plus I can cook and create recipes again with tracking. Healthy and Power Food Approved ones. I set out to get 9 miles in this morning. The weather was a bit chilly and windier than normal. I bundled up with my long sleeves and braced the storm lol. Seriously I think the ...

Okay so I have been bad and haven't written a blog since Saturday!!! WHAT!? I never go more than a day but seriously my life has been kind of busy these past couple of days and really nothing too exciting. So here is a brief recap... Saturday night the BF and I went to dinner and had some drinks at BJ's Brewhouse. The hotel we were staying at was really close to it and we have been wanting to try it, so we figured why the heck not. It was really good food and I have to admit I had a cheat meal. I figured why the heck, I had been SO good all week and deserved it. I had two Skinny Rita's. A slimmed down version of a margarita and in my opinion way better. We got Avocado Egg Rolls. Total Yum. I had a side salad with dressing to dip not pour. They we got there spicy meatball pizza. It was sure spicy and very very good. We split the whole thing, total splurge but I was hungry and ate lightly all day, I know bad idea, but it was worth it. And ...

Yesterday was a pretty great day. I mean nothing spectacular went on and to most it might have been quite boring but to me it was pretty great. After publishing my last post yesterday I threw on my running clothes and went for a run. Like I mentioned I had planned on doing back to back long runs this weekend, but with everything going on, I just knew my mind and heart were not into it and I didn't want to be disappointed from a bad run. So I tossed my training plans out the window and just went for a run. I get caught up a lot in training that I forget how much I just love to run. I schedule long runs, short runs, days, everything and time and sometimes it feels like it is  something I HAVE to do, rather than something I LOVE to do. So I did just that. Where we are staying has a tons of little neighborhoods around it, so I just went out exploring. I was planning to just run for about 3 miles, just around the block and such, but I was having such a great run and exploring and ...