Birthday Week Part 2/Goals

So here was the low down for the rest of my crazy birthday week! 

Thursday, I made lettuce wraps for Kim and I for dinner! They were delicious and I think I have officially converted her recipe box to healthy! :) 

Friday I left Sparta at noon and didn't get home until around 4:30.  I was not exactly thrilled to spend that much time in the car, but there was a bad accident right outside of LaCrosse, so that definitely didn't help. 

After I got home I met some friends for dinner at Shanghai Bistro.  What can I say?  A little Pad Thai never hurt anyone....ever! I am so thankful to have such great friends to come and help me celebrate! 

Saturday I went to the Kieth Urban concert with my Mom, Lorie, Jenna, and Annie.  We got to go out for dinner, go to a pre-party, go to the concert, spend the night in a hotel, and go out for breakfast Sunday morning.  It was so much fun and the concert was great!  Kieth played for almost 2 and a half hours, completely unheard of! It was so fun!

It was an amazing week, but I am really glad to be back at school and into a routine. 

Here are my goals for the week: 

Get into a solid running program. 

Cut out treats. 

Eat more fruits and veggies. 

Increase water intake to 150 ounces at least! 

Workout every day, even for half an hour.  Get your butt to the gym. 

Get into a new routine with class, work, and workout. 

Keep this in mind!

 Until tomorrow,

C

Birthday week part one

Well, it has been a busy last few days. Along with the sub zero temps, I've braved the trip to LaCrosse, and got a nice run in! 

Here's my motto for the week. My birthday is on Friday so between birthday dinners, traveling, and desserts, I've got my work cut out for me. This week is my last week at home, so I'm letting myself splurge WAY more than usual. And this slip is okay! I let myself eat bad for one meal a day, that's it. Today that meal was dinner. I'm spending the rest of the week with Mark and Kim so tonight we went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and of course we had to get ice cream after, it's tradition. I felt like I ate a ton of chips and salsa, but really who doesn't when they're in front of you, the I only ate half of my meal. Yippie! Guess who has lunch for tomorrow. I ordered shrimp and red snapper tacos, so delicious!!

I had to share this dessert from Monday nights birthday dinner with my parents. We went to Lake Elmo Inn and it was super good. This is a white chocolate tort, I could've forgone my dinner to just indulge in this....it was that good.

Monday morning I went to the indoor rec center and got a nice 4 mile run in. My knee still isn't 100% so this run was definitely a good way to end the second week of half marathon training. :)

I promise no more dessert pictures. Tomorrow's back to healthy me! Kim and I are making lettuce wraps, so I'll be sure to share about it!! 

Until tomorrow :)

C

Working out Minnesota Style

So if any of you have read any recent news headlines, you are well aware of the deep freeze happening here in good old MN.  Today's high is -4 with crazy cold wind chills...not the best weather for outdoor workouts or even leaving the house.

It has been hard getting good workouts in since I have been home since I am gym-less and it is sub-arctic here.  Yesterday, Mom and I bundled up and took Croix for a walk...needless to say we had to call Dad to come and pick Croix up so that we could finish our 3 miles.



Croix prefers blankets and heat to anything outside.


We also went shopping at Mall of America. Mom wanted to shop for some new jeans and the Silver store was having a sale so we couldn't say no and we also did four laps around the mall!

Today was even colder than yesterday, so we did what any suitable Minnesotan would do and legitimately walked up and down every single aisle of super Walmart.  Yep, I just admitted to that...we may have gotten some funny looks, but it was totally worth it!

I am very proud of us for not using the excuse of "it's too cold to work out".  We're Minnesotan's.  We CAN do anything.

STAY WARM!

Until tomorrow :)

C

Resolutions

The more I tried to refect on this year the more I was truly amazed with what I've accomplished.
I have become a better person.
I am a runner.
I am healthy.
I am almost to my goal.
I am a better friend and colleague because I am able to be more present and involved in what I'm doing.
I am constantly moving.

My goals for this year:
Reach my goal, 8 more pounds!!
Run a half marathon.
Sign up for a full by 2015.
Not worry about sizes, just how I feel.
Tone up!!

Here are some fun pictures from New Years Eve out on the town with friends.

Healthy Holidays

These last few weeks have been crazy busy, but I thought I would take a minute and give you a recap on some of the great and useful holiday gifts I received this year.

A great new food journal

New running shoes

New thermal jacket 

Teal Yoga Sweatshirt

 Urban Halo Headband

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Duck Dynasty Calendar, it's hard to see, but I wrote in my half marathon training program and let's just say I am pretty much running continuously from now until March.... What on earth did I get myself into?

Yoga tank

New organic and recycled lunch tote! 

Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend with Croix...lots of time in the car together makes for one tired pup.

I am so thankful for all of the amazing health and fitness related gifts I got this year.  I know that they will get put to good use! 

Until tomorrow :) 

C

MIA Blogger

Hey All,

I know that after I promised to keep everyone updated I have failed.  Three days without a post is no way to be.

So here you go!

I am super peeved about these stupid roads and all of the snow.  I went for a run yesterday. An easy four miles and I really hurt my knee because of the ice that you can't see under the snow since the city did a sub-par job plowing.  I was NOT a happy camper.

Today I finally tried something that Bailey has sworn by since the summer. Oatmeal with Peanut Butter. OH MY LORD, how have I waited this long to try it.  It is absolutely delicious.

Here's the ratio that I tried:
1c of Trader Joe's Mixed Oats
1 1/2 T Peanut butter
1/2 apple
1T splash of almond milk

I promised some more pics of my hair, which I am totally in love with by the way, so here you go!  This is from yesterday and the outfit that I wore to a summer job interview, it went really well and I got offered the job! Now I just have to decide which jobs are going to work best with my schedule...that's going to be a bit difficult.  Who can think about summer when there are two feet of snow on the group and I have a half marathon to train for?

 Until tomorrow :)

C

New Hair!

Here it is!! This was fresh from the stylist and I seem to always like it better when I can do it myself. I'll be sure and share some more pictures tomorrow.

Until then,
C :)