Run.Chew.Sparkle

Good Saturday Morning!!! Okay so it is the last day of the month, holy crap, where did it go. Seriously it was just April Fools Day a bit ago, just insane. Let's recap a bit of April, shall we. Running & Working Out April I have to say was a bit of a fun month for me. I did a lot of different things this month and was really committed to working out and eating right and making a better effort than maybe I have before. Really tracking my work outs and getting right back on track. And I do have to say it worked wonders. I was getting up early before work to run. I was running after work when I didn't do it in the morning. I was making my way to the gym to do some weights and cardio. My laundry pile, defintely grew this month. I ran the Iron Girl Half Marathon this month and while it wasn't a PR race and I was no expecting it to be at all, I had a really great time running that race. It was fun and I had a runner's high through out the whole thing. I ran wi...

Wow it has been two weeks since I have sat down and blogged in. It has been a little bit all over the place the last two weeks, work is starting to pick back up again with Mother's Day, trying to do more with James after work and trying to balance working out in the morning and evening. Oh and still trying to enjoy my days off when I can, like today. Okay, so I figured the best way to jump into what I have been up too, is with a currently post, which I always find fun anyway... Current Book:  This is exciting because I am kind of reading two books at the moment, The Happiness Project & The Luckiest Girl Alive AND I started an online book club, through Facebook, called The Novel Bunch. My love of reading has been in full force this year. Current Music: With my new car, I had Sirus XM, which was great but it did get old after awhile. So I have been loving on some country lately and John Mayer, yes I go back to old school type of music here and there. Current Drink: An...

As part of the Tampa Bay Bloggers, I was given access and a gift card to tour the new Cobb Theatre at the Tyrone Square Mall for social share and blog post, all opinions and reviews are my own. I have lived in the St. Petersburg Area for almost 7 years now and worked at the Tyrone Square Mall for 6.5. In those 6.5 years, I anxiously waited for the mall to get a movie theatre and the time has finally come and this is not just any run of the mill movie theatre, this one is luxury and spacious and a whole experience on its own. Nanci, over at This Crazy Life of Mine , also a Tampa Bay Blogger and more importantly one of my besties, and I have partnered with our blog post about the Cobb Experience. She was in attendance also and there is so much to tell you, we decided to break it up into TWO part posts, linking to the two of our blogs together. I am going to give you the details on the food experience at Cobb, believe me it is more than just soda, candy and popcorn and Nanci is going ...

Good Morning!!! I have been up super early this morning wanting to get some stuff done on my day off and of course my computer decided to take its sweet time, so I am finally now sitting down with my second cup of coffee in hand to get this going. Well and I might have been on Etsy ordering some new stuff for my planner haha. It is an obsession!! Thankful for the shops that offer discounts also. Okay, so on Sunday I ran the Iron Girl Half Marathon. My 3rd IG Half and my 5th race with them, I ran the 5k twice. AND my 9th overall Half Marathon. I was pretty pumped and ready to go for this run. I wasn't nervous or anxious at all, which before races I tend to be. I spent the day before getting my packet pick up with Nanci and Corinna. We checked out the Pierce Street Market and had a nice afternoon, the weather was perfect, which was promising for the next morning. I spent the rest of the day, just relaxing. I went to the pool for an hour and then got in my sweats and made it...

Good Thursday Morning! It is a good day to reflect back on some accomplishments this morning. I was inspired by Ta mpa Mom Runs  post on her first half marathon, which happened to be Iron Girl, so I thought I should write why the Iron Girl Race means so much to me and how I will most likely run it every year. In 2012, I ran my first ever race, the Iron Girl Clearwater 5k. My boss, Jen, mentioned she was going to be running it with her daughter and how fun it would be if we got a bunch of ladies from work to do the same thing. My work bestie, Jen, (another Jen) said she would sign up and we should do it. So anxiously I did. I was scared out of my mind. I had just started running and lets be honest, I was barely running, maybe to the stop sign and back, but something in me, just kind of clicked. I was determined and willing to do this. I did not train at all, I didn't use any gadgets or apps to track my mileage. I didn't have runners sneakers, I had plain old shoes. I didn...

Good Sunday Morning!!! I had a glorious sleep last night and even got to sleep in this morning and have been super lazy since I got up. Actually I have been catching up on a ton of stuff online, which has been great. I have neglected some of my Influenster and BzzAgent stuff and finally I have gotten it all together again. I have been quitely drinking my coffee and cleaning up the apartment a bit. It has been a great morning and shortly I will be running to the mall to get something and then planning on spending the afternoon with the TV off and a book or two in hand. But before I log myself off, I wanted to update my 1000 miles in 2016 challenge I have given myself. Starting on January 2, I set a goal for this year to run 1000 miles in this year. While the first half of the year has been a bit rough, and I still have some ways to go, 8 months exactly. I know I can do it. I just have to buckle down but I am so proud of how many miles I have covered so far. January: 50 miles Febr...

Happy April Fools Day!!!! I am not good at making pranks or jokes, I usually laugh mid way or get overly excited and blow the whole thing haha. I tried to pull one on James this morning but I have the worst timing and he got it before I even tried lol. But one joke I am not pulling this morning and the whole month is staying fully committed to my working out and running. My eating honestly is not that bad. I make great choices every chance I get. I track everything I eat through My Fitness Pal, religiously. Do I go over my calories sometimes; YES. Do I track my good days and my bad days; YES. I mean sometimes I snack here and there and forgot to track it, but I am conscious of what I am doing. But I know I have to buckle down some also. So I think April is a great start. I am feeling great and really just wanting to take it to a next level and get over this plateau for a bit. When I was home in NY my Poppy and Aunt both said they thought I was losing weight and my neighbor upstai...