September 2011
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back. oops.
wow. it has been way too long. SO much has happened since my last blog.
although i haven’t been on tumblr i have been very busy. i started going to a bootcamp 3 days a week - an am planning continuing! i am so motivated and so happy.
i have my half marathon coming up. sunday, september 25th. i haven’t been running as much as i would have liked. i really wanted to train well and...
August 2011
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raw. noodle-less. lasgna. = life changing
first and foremost i need to thank coco. from ramen to raw.
i could not have made this recipe without her tasty blog. i followed the same steps for the raw cheez. improvised a bit on some of the ingredients. romaine lettuce instead of spinach. had to improvise with what i had in the fridge.
and for the raw no-oil pesto i used a recipe from gone raw.
thank you coco!
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July 2011
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back to it.
so i’ve finally gotten myself back into it. i’m running. not far. 3 miles a day. but i’m going to up it on sunday to 4 and keep going from there. i have my 10k on august 21st. only 6.4 miles. it won’t be a problem. i’d just like to have a decent average mile.
then.
september 25th is my 1/2 marathon. yay! i’m super excited.
it’s kind of funny though. i...
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mia
ok. i’ve definitely been mia lately. and. that is because i feel off the band wagon. i know. awful. am not feeling good about it.
however.
i can’t change what i haven’t done up to this point. all i can do is move forward and get it done!
today was a 60% good day and 40% needs improvement. i did well at work. oatmeal for breakfast, tasty fiesta salad from chipotle, banana for...
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June 2011
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and i'm back.
man o man have i been busy. no excuses.
so. today. today was a great day! i pushed through my tired time. which is daily between 4pm-6pm. instead of taking a nap. i ran! and then i ate a fabulous raw dinner.
new challenge. eat raw for 30 days. today is day 2. my plan is to go for the full 30 days. it’s going to be a challenge. especially since the 4th of july is right around the corner....
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list of high protein foods and best protein... →
what do you need protein for? your skin, hair, muscles and all your body parts benefit from good quality, healthy protein sources. here’s what high protein foods from the best protein sources can do for you:
help you look better,
build new muscle,
maintain muscle,
and lose fat.
this healthy high protein foods list puts all the best protein sources into ABC categories:
the...
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struggling.
damn it.
this last week i have been 100% off the healthy/working out wagon. and now. i am feeling the negative repercussions. not only do i just feel like ‘blah’. chubby. etc. i’ve lost all my energy. ugh.
all i can think of are excuses. and that’s just even more frustrating. i’ve been avoiding updating. because then i have to realize and acknowledge my laziness.
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committed.
today was a great day. started out a little slow. but overall a very good day.
i was planning on waking up and going to the gym this morning. but that didn’t happen. i was bummed. BUT. i went to the gym straight after work and had a really great circuit workout. focus on arms and abs.
after the gym i went grocery shopping. both a good and bad idea. bad idea cause it’s never a good...
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raw food diet plan. →
this may be just the jump start that i need. a raw food plan for dummies essentially. i can do this.
getting on the same page.
so i’ve always thought of myself as a healthy person who hits bumps every once and a while. i mean no one is perfect, right? right. BUT. i am tired of making so many little mistakes.
example. getting home from work and eating bread an PB for dinner cause i don’t want to make a real dinner. that is not healthy. and then it just sets me on path for failure.
over the last month i really...
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cardio secrets revealed. →
thinfreshfierce:
best article i’ve read in a long time, by stephen cabral, fitness professional. read it HERE.
1. cardio after weights if you’re lifting weights and doing cardio in the same session always do your cardio after your resistance training. this will allow you to lift your maximum weights for…
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vitamins.
ugh. i am sick. i don’t think my throat has ever hurt so much. unfortunately i have not worked out the last 2 days! and have definitely had too many calories. which is funny cause i think most people eat less when they are not feeling well. however. my problem is that i can’t find anything to “satisfy” me. so i keep eating. lots of bread and peantu butter. different story...
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small bump.
man. i am absolutely exhausted. i got home - after and hour and half long commute. normally 35 minutes mind you.
exhaustion is definitely not a good thing at all. i came home. was starving. and ate 2 tbsp of peanut butter and too many peanut butter puffins. yes. a very peanut buttery mood. ha.
so not the most nutritious dinner. and then fell asleep until about a half hour ago. i thought it was...
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5 ab exercises for runners. →
nice quick workout. i need to bust out my yoga ball and make a couple ab routines and start rotating.
spin.
today was a GREAT day! i had a normal day at work. no surprises. nothing too stressful. got out of work early and made it to the gym a half hour early. i relaxed in the sauna and stretched before spin.
then spin.
i literally worked my butt off. i burned 747 calories. (an accurate count thanks to my garmin heart rate monitor…highly recommend. check it out:...
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almost 1 month.
i officially (this is the key word. that’s a whole other can of worms. for a later date.) began this journey on may 13. i took my measurements. started this tumblr. and have really made an effort to stay on track.
i’m nervous to see where i’m at. the scale has not been reflecting all my hard work. my last weigh-in i was at 138.2lbs. when i’ve weighed myself at the gym...
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pat on the back for me.
today is national doughnut day. guess who didn’t celebrate this today?! that’s right. me!
and believe me i was tempted. every friday at work we have doughnut day. and normally i do have a doughnut. BUT the last 2 weeks i have refrained.
pat on the back for me. yay!
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happy.
today was an all around great day. i finally got my butt in the gym and did some weight lifting and ab workout. then i got home and ran 2 miles - to celebrate national running day of course. and then came home and made a delicious dinner.
it consisted of onions, zucchini, green beans and shrimp. i browned the onions. added the zucchini. 1 cup water and then the green beans and shrimp. basically...
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May 2011
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the secrets of thin people. →
how they get there. and how they stay there.
really great article. eye-opening. many of these things i do. however, near the end of the article is where i struggle. i tend to be a little overzealous about counting calorie intake and burned, etc. i will get there though. this article is a great reminder for helping me realize it truly is a lifestyle.
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5 minute morning workout to boost metabolism
therealityofskinny:
repeat this cycle 2x right when you wake up in the morning
50 jumping jacks
5 pushups
20 sit ups
20 mountain climbers
30 second plank
7 burbees
i like this. simple and quick. and will get your heart rate up too. perfect. i’m going to add this to my morning routine.
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bummed.
i ended up taking a day off today. very much unintentional. i worked a 10 hour day. was stuck in horrible traffic. took and hour and half to get home.
long story short. my planned dinner. nope. run. nope. weights. nope.
but my one savings grace is that i stayed on track with my food and calories. no. i didn’t make my planned dinner. but. i still did well. not much of a dinner. slice of...
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electrolytes.
health and nutrition. ultimately this is the field that i want to have a career in. specifically nutrition. i haven’t quite nailed down the exact field. they all sound SO interesting. there’s sports nutritionist, dietician, pregnancy nutritionist, etc. the possibilities are endless.
unfortunately for me i didn’t figure this out before i graduated from college. what can you do?...
30/70
this weekend was an acceptable weekend. barely. 30% good. 70% bad.
i ate pretty good on saturday. until the night. it was a girls weekend and we went out dancing. so. there was some good ol’ fashion drinking. since this is a once, maybe every 3 month type of thing, i am okay with it. i love my girls and it was so SO much fun!
so that kind of killed me on calories on saturday. however. i...
