Run.Chew.Sparkle

Good Morning!!! So today is my last day of vacation! I fly back to Florida in just a couple of hours. While I am sad to see my vacation to end, I'm happy to get back to my sunny, extremely hot and humid state and my Love. James and I always take our vacations apart and see our family at different times. It works very well for us, but this time I really, really missed him. So I'm excited to see his face at the airport today. My family means everything to me. Even before my dad died we were all so close but after he passed, we are even closer and I respect and understand the value and importance of family. My Allerton side of the family is small but mighty and we have a lot of fun together. We are eclectic and unique. Each of us have a story and it completes our book. Our family still continues to grow and our love gets stronger and stronger. I am so blessed to be apart of this strange and beautiful life with them...

Happy Friday Everyone!!! Just wanted to do a quick post. I am here in VA/NC with my family on vacation! We do a mini family reunion every year and it is a great time. We eat, drink and be merry haha. Kind of cliche but what can I say. I make good choices for sure! But sometimes it is hard when food is around you never would buy before like fried chicken last night. Oh it was soooo delicious! I eat in moderation and enjoy everything. Also I have been working out, every other day. Sunday I got 3 miles in, Monday I went to the gym before I left and got a walk in, Tuesday we ran for 30 minutes, Wednesday I didn't do much of a run or anything and yesterday I got in 2 miles and a .70 cool down walk. Today might be a walk or rest day because there is nothing but hills here and it does some damage on my ankle. I don't want to mess it up more as it is finally healing. I am drinking lots of water and Bud Light Lime haha, balance. Just kidding on the beer but this is the one time of year ...

Happy Saturday Everyone!!! Whew what a week it has been. The week started off pretty great and then kind of slowly went downhill and then back up again a bit. Let's do a quick recap of what this week has been like... Sunday I had to work a bridal show in Tampa. Those are always a good time, easy work, kind of long days and just standing handing out flyers and talking about our products for hours. But I have a pretty amazing boss, so to spend time with her, is more fun than work. After work, I just wanted to sit down for a bit from the whole day, so I ended up finishing Season 3 of Orange Is The New Black! Yup, I started it Thursday night and had it done by Sunday evening. I take Binge watching to a whole new level for me lol. Seriously though, if you haven't gotten on the band wagon, Jump on, it is a pretty fantastic show. I knew I wanted to run on Sunday and get my steps in, so I put my running shoes on and just went with it. I ended up running a full mile, without o...

So there is this picture that comes up a lot.. Something to the words of, if you want a bikini body, just put on a bikini!! And I thought about it and said, yes exactly that!!! So I took a plunge and went out and bought a bikini!! Never in my whole life have I worn a bikini. I have always been a one piece girl! I am more comfortable that way. But have secretly loved the way they looked and really, really wanted one.  And my excited face! I got myself a bikini body!!!!! I put it on and instantly my mind I felt good. I looked at myself in the mirror and didn't pick apart every little thing. I first thought, wow I look pretty darn good and proud of myself. Now sure I could saw there a lot I want to change but considering how far I have come, this is pretty darn amazing. I would never have dreamed to wear one before and now I did it! And the transformation part is how amazing I feel!!!! Tears literally welled up in my eyes with happine...

Happy Saturday everyone!!! Whew what a week it has been. MY TOM was kicking my butt this week for a bit on the craving side. I was in pure snack attack mood this week, but to combat that I stayed pretty active and I'm extremely happy about that. I earned 36 activity points this week!! I haven't earned that many in a really long time. And the best part is , I worked out in some sort of activity everyday except today and yesterday!! I can't tell you the last time I did that.. One day I forgot a picture lol! But I was active from working out in the gym, running and even going for just a long walk. I forgot how much I love just a simple walk. I felt great all week, I had energy and slept even better.  I think what probably motivated me the most is my FitBit. With the FitBit you can set up challenges with friends to see who can have the most steps in a week.. Look at that, I won too!!!! I did the hustle with my girls from back home and my cousins wife and some other ladies. It w...

"Let me tell you about my best friend.... :0)" I have been best friends with LeaAnn Marie for almost 24 years now. We met when we were around the age of 6, going into 1st grade and it was a storybook meeting. I asked to sit on the school bus with her as we were going to summer camp. Yup, we are those friends. And since that day, we have been stuck at the hip. We have celebrated every HUGE journey in life together, graduations, birthday's, anniversarys, job promotions, break ups and her engagement. Or bring me food, love and a huge and kiss while I was at Mile 20 as I was completing my marathon... We have been there for each through all those really crappy times too. You know the ones, where life just stinks. But despite how hard it got, we were always there for each other. We live in two different states, she in PA and me in FL. But we always seem to meet back home in NY, whenever we can. WE stay connected through texts, FaceTime and sending each other moti...

Okay so one of my favorite posts is my Fab Finds Post, so here you go, there is a lot of awesomeness going on here!! Love these little wontons from Trader Joe's put these in a cup of chicken broth and bam wonton soup!! 4 of the wontons are 1pp or 50 calories These are amazing!! So good, quick and easy! The flavors are perfect! I stocked up a ton of each of these flavors! I can't pick one as my favorite, they all are haha  I love Thomas and his limited editions because if I had these year round I would eat them all the time! These are perfect topped with Yoplait Greek 100 vanilla cupcake whips! Dangerous but oh so good! 24 pieces is the serving size for 4pp, measure out! I like them better than the vanilla cupcake goldfish  These I found new at Walmart yesterday! They are to go and quick and had a 1.00 off so they automatically went into my cart! Trying them in my lunch tomorrow! And these are too.. Packed with protein! I love quick snacks, because I love to snack!! And only 1p...

Yay it is Sunday!!!!! Seriously, I think Sunday is one of my favorite times of the week. I am usually off on Sunday's, I sleep in, get some laundry done, usually clean up the apartment a bit, I drink lots of coffee, take a long nap, catch up on my Netflix and read my book. Oh and my most favorite time of the day, getting a run in sometime. My Sunday mornings for months and probably a whole year, consisted of me getting up at 4:00 am and going downtown and pounding out miles and miles. I LOVED IT. I craved it. But it made for my Saturday nights to be very simple because I had to get up so early.  I like the transistion I have now on my Sunday mornings. They are feeling more like a day off for me again. Before, they honestly felt like another day of work. BUT I would be lying, as much as I love my lazy Sunday's, I miss those sunrise runs, the smell of morning, seeing people do the walk of shame, seeing other runners taking on the morning. While, I love my sleepy mornings ...

Happy National Running Day to all my running friends and family!!! Of course it being this day I had to get a little bit of a run in... After work, I came home, put on my shoes and how the door I went. There was a point before I headed out, I almost decided not too. I was tired from work, but I put on my big girl panties and successfully talked myself out of it. Pretty proud of that. It was soo hot out and making my breathing a bit off, but I got a mile in nicely. I wasn't done yet, I went downtown and walked with my old Weight Watchers leader. She does a weekly walk downtown on Wednesday nights, its about 3 miles and it is along the water, my favorite place in the whole world. I love these walks and it gave me some extra steps. The best part, I got more exercise in, I didn't give up and I felt amazing after!!! Running has done so much for me. It has given me amazing friends, I have seen some spectaular sunrises and sunsets. It has tested my strength and comfort zon...

Happy Tuesday Everyone!! Holy Moly it is June 2nd!! I plan on doing a Goal month post for June and a currently update. I  love those post because I can get a lot accomplished at once and update you on all the fun and exciting things going on. But I realized I haven't posted in a few days and my fingers were itching for a quick post. Things are pretty good right now and I am having a decent week. But I can dive in to all of that soon. I just wanted to say HI, Hope everyone is having a great start to the month and showing a new smoothie I made the other day. This can be a great morning protein shake or like I did as a nice refreshing cool down after my work out. 8 oz of the OJ and a scoop of the chocolate protein powder. I love this FitMiss brand a lot. My CVS finally had it and I could use a coupon with it, which of course I loved. This combination reminded me exactly of one of these... Give it a try and you will not regret it!!