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Monday, January 19, 2009

Make A Difference Monday: MLK Day

Yesterday turned out pretty productive, I still have half my to do list to cross off but I am hopeful to get most of it done today. I wanted to make something new last night, so I dug through what I had on hand and came up with a Sloppy Potato.

Ingredients: 2 small bakes red potato’s, cooked turkey meat, a can of tomato paste, a can of black beans, McCormick sloppy Joe seasoning, and a little Colby cheese. It tasted amazing, I love the protein/carb/fat mix":) I felt satisfied, but not too full.

SLOPPY POTATOE’S

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MORNING EATS

I have today off, so I slept in till 8am and decided to start the week off with a wonderful bowl of oats. Hubby went off to his first day on the new job, I made him a lunch and sent him on his way. THE WHOLE HOUSE TO MYSELF!!!

I wanted to make something a little more fun but Oats sounded so good.

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I made them over the stove KERF style. Threw in half banana while cooking, some pumpkin spice, a little brown sugar, and some flax seed. Then topped with 1/4 of an Honest Food’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares, my favorite( I smashed up in a zip lock bag), check out OhSheGlows to win some for yourself!!! I also threw in some chopped pecans and sprinkled with coconut in honor of the cloudy day were having.

Of course I had a spoonful of AB:)

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I sliced up a fresh orange, for some reason these oranges are so messy to peel. Anyone else ever have that problem?

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With a cup of French press coffee, black (still keeping to the no creamer for the year).

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I am currently watching the Today show, man can’t believe the inauguration is right around the corner!!! Yesterday I did my first 30 day Shred Workout with Jillian on level one, and it was great!!! SEXY SIX PACK here I come:) I need to use more weights so I am glad she incorporates them. I am a huge believer in mixing weights with cardio, I love getting my heart rate up and down, that’s why I love kickboxing!!! Too bad my Garmin couldn't tell me what my HR was, it’s officially broken. I am on the hunt to get a new one( which means I have to pull from my bike fund) !!!! I am not going to get the new one, I like my Garmin 305.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE MONDAY: MLK DAY

I thought it would be appropriate to share a little bit about Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), someone who has made a difference for our world today. Who was this man and why do we have a day an honor of him? When I lived in the south this Holiday felt more celebrated more real, then it does here in the west. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee for his beliefs. He was a preacher and an advocate for truth and justice.

King was a peace maker, a man who saw no color, but only wanting people living together in harmony. He spoke volumes about change and unity. He wanted people to truly give up all their hate for one another because of race and differences. Segregation is still so prevalent all over the world, we need to remember King’s passion and do our part in being reformers. They are many peace makers in our history, but I believe that we can all be peacemakers in our world today. What is your dream?

Please take 10 minutes out of your day watch and remember his infamous King speech, “I Have a Dream” .

WRAP UP

The rest of the day I will be cleaning, running errands for the hubby, reading for A&P, doing some light yoga, doing a blog video, and teaching AKB tonight. Have a beautiful Monday wether your working or not, do something nice for someone else it will make their MONDAY!!!!

Friday, December 12, 2008

FRIDAY FUN POST #2

Today in History: My beautiful Co-Worker Nicole was born into the world, Happy birthday Nicole!!!!

YES it’s Friday, the day we have waited for all week! Is it just me or did this week seem like it when on forever and ever?

RECAP OF LAST NIGHT

We met up with our Thursday night group and went to the Farmers Market here in town, it’s at night which I know is unique to our little town. We had so much fun, watched the carolers, shopped for breads, shopped for produce, and had some hot chocolate afterward. I didn’t get too much there, just some carrots (for the pot roast I am making today), a mini butternut squash and some sourdough bread (for the hubby of course).


Before we left I made this beautiful Cranberry Salmon Salad!



MORNING WORKOUT

Today I ran 4 miles and did a great push up, ab, and weight work at home. I need to go the gym next week!!!! Great run, it’s a little chilly here in So Cal, and we hear there is SNOW in our forecast for next week!

Running Stats:

Distance: 4.26miles
Time:35:34
Avg Pace: 8:21/mi
Max pace: 5:54/ mi
Calories Burned: 518

Abs and Stretching

50 straight crunches
50 one leg crunches on each side
50 toe touch crunches (laying on back legs up touching side to side)
50 bicycles
25 lower ab leg lifts
2 minute plank moves

MORNING EATS

I made another wonderful bowl of oats (no pic sorry)

I am also making a Pot Roast for dinner tonight, well the crock pot will be slaving all day and I will enjoy tonight!!!! This is my first attempt at ever making Pot Roast, but it’s the perfect food for this gloomy weather.


HOLIDAY BOOTIE BUSTER CHALLENGE UPDATE!

Yesterday was an off day, but I still got in some walking to get in those points! While I was walking I read some of my Runners Magazine, I LOVE multi-tasking!!!!

December 8th situps and pushups 20minutes- 1
December 8th AKB 1:15 -5 points
December 9th run 7.45 1:02:14 -7.5 points
December 9th situps and stretching 20 minutes- 1 points
December 9th AKB class 1hour -4 points
December 10th AKB class 1 hour :15 min- 5points
December 11th Walked 2 miles ( on my break)- 2 points
December 12th 4.26 mile run+ abs and push ups- 5 points

Total Points for the week of December 8th-12th= 30.5

I am proud of this, I hope to win but NOT kill myself doing it…I NEED TO RESPECT MY OFF DAYS!

While I was reading I saw that Rick Trujillo (Trujillo is my maiden name) is in Runners Wolrd this month as this crazy mountain runner! I wonder if were related, I soooo need to check into that!

NEW THINGS FOR A NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN

December 11: I ate a Persimmon!!! I have never had one of these and they had them at the tasters at the market so I of course tried it, yummy! I guess you can bake with them???


CREATE YOUR OWN COOK BOOK CONTEST WINNER!

This was really hard to judge, there were so many wonderful and creative recipes that came in!! But someone has to win so the winner of the CreateMyCookbook gift certificate to make their very own cookbook is:

Elizabeth Mays from Stevensville, MI congrats GIRL!

Peppermint Bark Recipe ( with added almonds) if you want the recipe email me and I will get it to you!

DON’T FORGET ABOUT THIS WEEKS PROBAR CONTEST LAST DAY TO ENTER IS SUNDAY!

CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

My running buddy Rachel has a great list of things to buy for the athlete in your life, check it out!

Also I am adding to my list a FRENCH PRESS!!!!

OFF AND OUT!

Well I am off to work, going to be a busy day we are making Gingerbread this will be a first for me! Tonight we are going to a Christmas Concert with some friends and then tomorrow hubby and I are in for a full day of shopping and baking ( I know Hubby is THRILLED). HAVE A HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!!!

P.S. Here is a pic of the Christmas trees I made with my class, there super easy and soooo cute!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Night full of surprises!!!!

Holiday BOOTIE BUSTER CHALLENGE UPDATE!

December 8th situps and pushups 20minutes- 1
December 8th AKB 1:15 -5 points
December 9th run 7.45 1:02:14 -7.5 points
December 9th situps and stretching 20 minutes- 1 points
December 9th AKB class 1hour -4 points

TOTAL POINTS as of today: 18.5

MORNING WORKOUT

The running part of my morning included a 7.45 mile run!!! I was up and energized this morning, and considering how tired I was last night (and that I had a dopio espresso before class) I don’t know how I got up to EARLY, but I did! I thought I would try an old highschool cross country route this morning, it’s funny too me that this 8 mile course was our LONG run. I was at the top of the hill so I did the course backward, BIG MISTAKE! Thank GOD I had my heed and gels, otherwise I would have died out there! The first 4 miles were all DOWN hill, and you know what that means that on the way back I had to run up hill. I thought it was just a GRADUALE down hill but I was wrong, it was STEEP. Man I stopped looking at my pace, not to get discouraged and trudged up those hills. The last half mile was down hill so I sprinted in and finished hard. I don’t think I have breathed that hard on a run in a LONG time.



Run Stats:
Distance: 7.45 miles
Time: 1:02
Pace: 8:46 ( I was proud considering half the run was HILLS)
Calories: 975

Abs and Stretching -20 minutes
50 straight crunches
50 one leg crunches on each side
50 toe touch crunches (laying on back legs up touching side to side)
50 bicycles
25 lower ab leg lifts
2 minute plank moves

BEST BOWL OF OATS

After that killer run, I made the best bowl of pumpkin oats!!!

The combo:

½ c of oats
½ c soy milk
½ c H2O
¼ c of pumpkin
½ banana
Pinch of pumpkin spice
1/8 banana PROBAR
Handful of flax seed
Handful of Almonds
2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
Sprinkle of brown sugar

with a spoonful of apple butter

CHIRSTMAS WORKOUT MUSIC


Why not burn some extra calories this season by shaking your bootie to some Holiday Music!!! I found a fun work out CD here to get you moving. You don't have to make time for the gym to burn off extra calories you can dance around the house to your favorite sounds of the season. Check out this CHART below that tells you how many calories you can burn from DANCING. I will be struttin my stuff every chance I GET!




MY MINI BOOTCAMP PART I

To encourage you all this season, I am throwing out some mini boot camp tips. If you don’t know this already I teach AKB (Aerobic Kickboxing) and I consider myself a motivator in the gym and at home! I am going to post some videos these next few weeks to show you some moves you can do at home, that take so little time but get you ready for the NEW YEAR. I want you all to look and feel your best for 2009, it’s your time to SHINE!

This move is real simple. You just need to put your feet under a couch and come up and do four quick air punches side to side. If you have someone to do this with have them hold a pillow in front of you s you can punch it! Do this for 2 minutes and you will feel the burn!



MY CHRISTMAS WISH

What I want for Christmas is to be able to do the inaugural Kaua’i Marathon!!! I absolutely love Kauai, hubby and I went there on our honey moon, and we found our second home away from home. I would love to save up for this marathon, it’s my next marathon goal after the Boston Marathon. Anyone want to go with me????!!!!


STARTING SCHOOL- THE JOURNEY TO BECOMING AN RD

Well I did it I registered for my first college class since 2006! I am on a journey to become a Registered Dietician ( and RD). I am so excited about starting in January!!! I will be taking 3 prerequisites in the next 6 months, before I start my Masters in Dietics. So these next months are going to be a true test to see if I am ready to be back at school. I am taking one class at a time, which I NEVER did in college, I always had 20 units and worked 2 jobs! I know that Anatomy and Physiology will be tough, but it’s only 2 days a week, so I think and hope I can handle it. The class is Friday morning 8am-11am and Saturday mornings 8am-11am (no more sleeping in on weekends). I can’t wait to start; I know this is what I need to be doing to get to where I want to be!

NEW THINGS FOR A NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN

December 9: I ate a GUAVA!!! I have never had one of these and a co-worker brought them in, of course I had to try them, VERY good but A LOT off seeds.

CREATE YOUR OWN COOK BOOK CONTEST WINNER!

The judges are still working at it stay tuned, promise to post the winner tomorrow.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Well hubby did a great job of designing Christmas Cards! I am so glad we went with Bosco on them, it is so cute. I am going to finish stuffing them and putting them in the mail tomorrow (only 3 days later then I wanted to get them out).


DINNER AND A SURPRISE!

When I got home tonight I made a yummy whole wheat butternut squash qusedilla. I mixed butternut squash puree with s little Colby cheese, black beans, and spread on top of a quesadilla with a little sour cream of course. Then on the side I had a cranberry feta salad. It was the perfect amount of carbs, protein and fats!!!

Then I saw that I got a package from the lovely folks at LARABAR (thankyou!), it included a ton of LARABARS of course and a cute T-shirt ( I be wearing this to work tomorrow!). Along with my new Runners World Magazine I can’t wait to read!




WRAP UP

Well I did my AKB tonight and I was pretty exhausted, I am taking tomorrow off and doing some yoga in the AM. I KNOW my body needs it! I am teaching AKB in the evening so I need to be refreshed. RANDOM THOUGHT: I want to do a half marathon in January I have decided, I think it will be a great way to start the NEW YEAR, and kick off my Boston training, anyone know of any good ones close to SO CAL? Ok I am going to head to bed and watch a little TV and stuff envelopes. Hope you all had a TERRIFIC TUESDAY!!!!

P.S. Don’t forget to leave a comment for the PROBAR contest!!!!

Friday, December 5, 2008

Mission Accomplished

This morning was a success!!!! I got everything done and then some:) Ran a good 3 miles in 23 minutes burned 35 calories! Went to the market, prepped dinner, and made breakfast and all before 9:30am waking up early did pay OFF!


Here is a pic of everything I got from the market for tonight's dinner (notice the squash back there still haven't cooked it).



I made the best bowl of Oats every I call it my FRIDAY FUN, this was the first time I have ever put chocolate chips in my oats. I have been missing out!

Bowl of FRIDAY FUN

1/2 c oats
1/2 c water
1/2 c vanilla soy milk
1/2 sliced banana
handful of flax seeds
1/8 nutty banana boom PROBAR
1 tbs of mini chocolate chips
a spoonful of Barney Butter

MMMM....it was perfect!



Tonight I am so excited about trying Eating Benders Egg Nog Punch, with Meghann's favorite ice cream!!!! They are going to love it I know!


Well I am on lunch so this has to be a short post:) Can't wait until dinner, I got everything ready all I have to do is set the table and throw the pasta in the oven! I am working on some cute menus for tonight, I can't wait to show them to you all! I am a little giddy can you tell? It must be Dean Martin's "Baby it's Cold Outside" playing in the background;)


OOOH and look who got my package, I was worried it wouldn't get there on time!!! GOOD LUCK MEGHANN!!!!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

DECISIONS DECISIONS

On this day in History: Decmber 4th 1816 James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.

So last night as we were going to bed I made the decision not to go to spinning class this morning. I am going to do AKB tonight and I am still pretty sore from yesterdays run, got to listen to the body.


For breakfast I made a Bowl of SNOW:

the combo:

1/2 c oats
1/2 c water
1/2 c vanilla soy milk
1/2 sliced banana
handful of hemp seeds for protein
handful of crushed walnuts
1/8 nutty banana boom PROBAR
sprinkle of coconut (SNOW)
drizzle of agave nectar
and a spoonful of apple butter

with my peppermint mocha coffee and a shot of Monavie

This is my Last PROBAR:( I am going to be doing a contest for a PROBAR GIVEAWAY soon, so stay tuned.....










SHOPPING TIPS
BIG DECISION
I decided not to run the Holiday Classic 15 k this year. I am kinda sad about it but at the same time I know its best. Its $40 dollars for this race I didn't realize that until yesterday, and we could use that to buy people we love gifts or shoot even donate the money. If the race was for a cause I might think about it but it's not. Also we have two party's on Saturday night and I don't want to worry about having to leave early because of the race on Sunday morning. So I decided that I will do my own 15k from my house on Sunday! I should have hubby make me a banner that says FINISH...lol...just kidding.

Well folks I am out here, I have a busy day ahead and I still have to mop and sweep the floors this morning for our couples study tonight! Have a Terrific Thursday!
SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU ALL SMILE TODAY:)



Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Birthdays and CONTEST REMINDER!



Today in History: December 3rd my Daddy was born, my friend Justin was born and I ran my first Marathon in Memphis!


Yes I did it!!!! Woke up at 5:30am (hubby set the alarm for 5:30 not 5:15) and jumped out of bed! Hubby had my coffee read, thanks hubs, and I drank it with a piece of whole wheat toast and Pb. I then headed down to my running trails, and did a wonderful 5 miles in the 47 degree weather. At first I was real cold, and then I thought of Lance, "If you need to get warmed up a bit - think of me - snow falling, temps in the 20's - I'm sure you'll forget all about 48 feeling cold!!" and I started running hard. I took the first three miles easy to warm up my tight and sore legs. My legs are real sore the front part of my hammys are killing. I think it is from all the squats we did in class on Monday. Once the legs were warmed up I picked up the pace and shredded off 5 minutes of my turn around time.

Stats:
Time: 44:55
Distance: 5.08 miles
Avg Pace: 8:49
Max pace: 6:30
Total Calories burned:602

My goal is to beat my mileage last month, at least run 50 miles!
In January when I start training for Boston I know I will start piling on the miles big time!

When I got home I made a bowl of Cranberry Christmas Oats:

The combo:

1/2 c oats
1 c unsweetened soy milk ( I like hemp better)
a dash of pumpkin spice
a dash of Cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/2 banana
handful of dried cranberries
handful of Zoe's granola cranberry currents
handful of flax seed
1/8 cup sliced almonds
spoonful of Barneys Butter! man I missed this in TN:)

I love all the crunchiness! I also had the last small slice of my whole wheat french toast casserole. As you can see I had one more cup of coffee but this one was black.




MORE SHOPPING SALES

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Sharpani up to 40-70% off!

BIRTHDAYS

Today is my daddy's birthday( HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD) and my friend Justin's!!! It is also the day I ran my first marathon in 2005! For my dad's birthday we are having him over for an elegant dining experience with my brothers:) So I need your help! I want to make this a very special birthday dinner, I am coming up with a menu and going all out! Do you have any ideas what I should make?! I would appreciate anything!

CHRISTMAS CARDS

My goal is to get all the Christmas cards in the mail by Saturday. Seeing that we haven't taken any pictures I am not sure that will be possible but hubby and I were thinking about just putting Bosco on our card and saying HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE MCCORMICK'S, keeping it short and simple. I know family's sometimes just send out cards with their kids on it, and sense Bosco is our baby I thought why not he is cuter then the both of us...lol...what do you think?

Tonight I have so much to do!

Check list

  1. take pictures of all the goodies I am sending to the POTM winners!
  2. make a NEW chicken pot pie recipe
  3. clean the house for tomorrows group
  4. work on Christmas cards
  5. make dads birthday dinner menu

The plan is to get home start a fire drink some of my NEW hot tea, and get to busy!!!! Have a wonderful Wednesday! OH and don't forget to send in your recipes to marie.bobbi@gmail.com for the CreatYourOwn Cookbook Contest!!! I don't have too many submissions so everybody has a fare chance!

Here is my NEW tea!!!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

TWO DAY TUESDAY & SNEAK PEEK

Only two more days till Turkey day, yes I am excited to spend Thanksgiving with family and loved ones, but I am also getting all geared up for my first long run in 7 weeks!!! I am going to run 11 miles on Thursday, in spirit with Meghann. I am excited that a lot of you are doing Turkey Trots, your own Turkey Trots, or just a great RUN! I still need to shop for a sweet potato recipe, any ideas?!

5 THANKFUL THINGS

Sticking to the season of thankfulness here are my five things I am thankful for today:

#1. I am Thankful for my mom, who loves me more then I know, and is a very giving and hospitable woman.
#2. I am Thankful for my health, I am so blessed to be in good health, not sick and able to work out because I have no injuries that keep me from it.
#3. I am Thankful for our home, I am blessed to have a home that we can call our own, and that we can enjoy life in.
#4. I am Thankful for friends, I could list all of the wonderful people that are in my life right now but I ll keep it simple. There are so many wonderful men and women that are pouring so much life in to me right now, and I am thankful that I get to do life with them.
#5. I am Thankful for the joy that God has given me, I love that even through the hard times God has given me a joy that stands still and my cup keeps overflowing with love and compassion no matter what the circumstances are in my life.

Your turn!

SOUTHERN EATING #4

Bosco’s not our little dog, but the restaurant. Hubby and I went to on our first date to a Restaurant in Memphis. Obviously that is why we named our dog Bosco. They have some of the best beers out there, and they make it themselves. We were running around all day and didn’t end up eating until 3PM! That is quite the late lunch; hey its vacation that’s kind of how it works around here….lol


I ordered a Firestone pizza, there are not too many healthy options there, and I was going to get a beer so I had to get pizza. It had sun dried tomatoes, pine nuts, goat cheese, and spinach. Not too much marinara so I got a small side of marinara and dipped the pizza in it! It was the best MARINERA I have ever had in my life! It mad the pizza POP!

EVENING AT SBUX

Hubby dropped me off at my favorite Sbux in Memphis at 5pm and I left at 9pm! I had two coffee dates, my beautiful gf’s Tiff and Steph. I met with Steph and 5:30 and then right after met up with Tiff at 7:30. Back to back coffee dates are what you have to do when you have so little time, and so much to catch up on. The last time I met up with them was a year ago at Christmas time. It was nice to chat, laugh and share stories. I love these women, makes me kind of sad that we don’t get to hang out more, because I consider these two girls some of my bestest of friends! I LOVE YOU LADIES!

When I got home hubby was under the weather so I made some chicken noodle soup and watch Batman Returns.

AS YOU CAN SEE we were having fun with the giant mag, hubbys mom has:)



MORNING FROST





Slept in AGAIN, 8am wake up call. When I got up I felt refreshed and ready to get some coffee. I threw on my layers of clothing and did a quick SBUX run. I got a small cup of coffee with two pumps of pumpkin spice syrup. When I left I ran in to Tif! I was so excited to be able to see her again, and chat for a minute before she headed to work.

PROBAR #3 SUPERFOOD SLAM

Alright I am off for the day, I am watching a little Today show, finishing my coffee had a half of a SUPERFOOD SLAM PROBAR for some energy and in ten minutes I am going out for a 7 mile run!!! The Super food Slam, is very chewy. You can see all that is in it, the nuts, the dried fruit, and the yummy dark chocolate chips. This bar has a little less fat and calories. I am excited about doing the review of these bars, watch of them have me thinking. Well I am out here my total POTM is 27 miles and after this run it will be 34! I know this is not as high as some of you, but I feel that I will hit my goal of 45 by November 30th!!!!

BAD RUNNER BAD

So I just finished my 7 mile run, and boy was I being THAT stupid runner!! I only had a cup of coffee and ½ a PROBAR before I ran at 10am. On mile two my tummy was rumbling and I knew this was not going to be a good run. I don’t know what I was thinking this morning I guess I was so excited about running I forgot to get prepared. I wore the wrong pants, no Vaseline, forgot the sunglasses, and no FUEL! If I am going to run more then 3 miles I need my hammer gel, and HEED! At mile 4 I thought I should just head back and make it a 5 mile run, but then I got lost! I think it’s funny that even though I was dying my body felt ok, it was just the lack o energy that was killing me. By the time I figured out how to get back home (thank you garmin) It was exactly 7 miles, which made me happy that I got the miles in but sad that I didn’t have a great run.




Here are my stats live well kinda my first self video sweat and all:)!


POWER BREAKFAST

As soon as got in I made a big bowl of Pumpkin oats with soy, graham cracker, granola, flax seed and apple sauce! Mmm…perfect combo.


Alright have a big day ahead of us:

Lunch at Huey’s with Big B and his new GF ( our friend Brandon is 6’11 he was my best guy friend in college) then I get to see my friend Tif’s 6 month old Paxton, and then dinner with College roomy Jess and her fiance that I have never met! Tonight after dinner were headed down even farther down south to Como Mississippi, the FIL has wireless so I ll catch up on all your blogs tonight!!! Were having two Thanksgiving dinners, one tomorrow with hubby's dad and then tomorrow with hubby's sister and family, do you have two Thanksgiving dinners? Have TERRIFIC Tuesday!!! Keep POTM!


P.S.

SNEAK PEEK POTM

Just got the email that Coach AL is going to be giving away a very special coupon to the winner of POTM. Coach Al's plan is the one I used to get me to a 3:30 marathon, so I could qualify for Boston! Check out his website to read all about who he is and what he has accomplished!!!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Layovers & a Flirt!

This morning went so fast! I decided on an hour kickboxing class instead of cycling, I am going to be sitting on a plane all day and I didn’t want to risk my bum being sore! When I got home I made my last bowl of cranberry oats for a while, sad day.

Breakfast Combo:

½ c oats
1 c of unsweetened almond milk
Dash of cinnamon
Dash of nutmeg
2 tablespoons of Hemp Seed
¼ c homemade cranberry sauce
Spoonful of apple butter
Drizzle of agave nectar
A little bit of blueberry granola plank



Before I headed to the gym I had a slice of whole wheat toast with Barneys butter and honey, it gave me the energy I needed to get through my class.

BOSCO SAYS GOODBYE FOR A WEEK

This was hard and even Bosco shed a tear.

It's ok Bosco Grandma and Grandpa will take good care of you!

CAMELBACK WATER BOTTLE

I have already put my new Camelback water bottle to the test, it works great! I love that it has a straw so clumsy me doesn’t spill all over misled. Look it fits perfect in my bag too!

POTM WINNERS you are going to love this!

HOMEALONE LIKE


When I got done with breakfast I was running around frantically trying to get everything together for my trip. I Miss my hubby, he so good at getting everything taken care for the house before we leave on trips. Don’t get me wrong I am fully capable of taking care of things; it’s just nice to have his support! After loading all the bags in the car, and getting Bosco stuff together to head to his grandparents house it was 11:40 and my plane was leaving at 12:55...needless to say I was stressing. I made it to the airport fine, thanks to my Step Dad Richard, thanks RICH! I thought I was going to have to chase after the plane like the movie HOMEALONE! Got on the plane, and even had a few minutes to spare, and this is where a funny little story comes in.

I GOT HIT ON

As I was going through the security gate this nice gentleman (so I thought at the time) decided to HIT on me. He first gave the line “I think I know you from somewhere” and as SWEET as I am I said “really where are you from” he said, “around”. Ok now I was catching on. He then proceeded to speak and said, “You’re a teacher aren’t you” WHAT man how did he know is he a profiler! Lol…being the nice person that I am I said yes and then hoped he would just go away oooo but no he continued to flirt with me. “ If you’re a teacher maybe you can teach me a thing or tow” DUDE do you not see the giant ROCK on my left finger…I laughed and quietly got the heck out of DODGE.

LAYOVER IN VEGAS

Now I am sitting in Las Vegas waiting to board my plane to Nashville and thought I would give you all my plan for working out this week(this is more for me because I need the accountability).

Sunday: REST
Monday: Run 5 miles easy, go to my old AKB class
Tuesday: Run 5 miles 2 miles at Tempo, yoga in the AM
Wednesday: Run 7 miles 3 miles at tempo, go to old AKB class
Thursday morning: I AM RUNNING 10 miles at least, I was going to do a 5k Turkey Trot but I need to run more then 3 miles.
Friday: headed back home, walk in the evening with Bosco and Hubby
Saturday: Spin Class and weights
Sunday: AKB at night

I know this seems like a lot but with more time and more food comes more working out!!! I ate the second half of my Apple Chicken Pumpadilla on the plane, mmmm…just as good as last night.

CHALLENGE

Attention all runners, I would like to keep us all motivated for a run on Thanksgiving morning, So here’s the deal, comment to me before Thanksgiving on what your plans are for running Thanksgiving morning and then the night before Thanksgiving I will post everyone’s running goals to pump everyone up!!! What do you think are you in?

Alright I am off to catch my plane. See you back tonight with all the weather and food updates from the South….

P.S it was 87 degrees today in So CAL I felt kinda funny wearing long sleeves and a scarf in the airport!