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Last nights workout:

Ran 3 miles in 31:25 (10:28 pace)
Biked 6 miles in 27:24

Hubs has been getting home super late lately which means late dinner which means late workout. We have been eating around 8pm and by the time my food settles it is way past my bedtime. But since I am being a good girl, I am still getting my workout in. Last night I didn’t finish until 11:20. That is in the ‘PM’ if you didn’t know.

I normally workout late. I like it that way. I am a night person in general. But not finishing til almost 11:30?! That is a little cray cray to me. I typically like to be done by 10 or 10:30 so I can shower an be in bed reading by 11. Needless to say, no reading happened last night. Sad face.

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In better news, I made the most delicious dinner tonight. Not to toot my own horn but… TOOT!! Thank you, Pinterest for this genius idea. Hellooooo Lasagna Soup!!!

Oh my word. Heaven. Pure heaven. And it is healthy too!! According to the recipe, it is only 225 calories for 1 cup of soup!

Get the recipe here!

So easy and so delish!

As I was browsing the interwebs, I found another brilliant idea. It made me think of Ricole and her love for HP.

Can you imagine the kind of workout you would get during the Harry Potter marathon weekend on ABC Family?! I am sore just thinking about it. HP90x.

What is the coolest idea you have found on the interwebs lately?

What time of day do you work out?

Skinny Tuesday

Last nights workout:

Rest day!!

Call me out of shape, but I am SO sore from helping hubs wash his car yesterday. My ass. My arms. My shoulders. Looks like someone needs more cross training in their life.

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Happy fat skinny Tuesday everyone! I really don’t get the point of this ‘holiday.’ Is it even a holiday? It is just an excuse to go out and get sloppy on a work night? Sign me up! Just kidding. I leave play time for the weekend like a good little computer geek.

Instead of getting fat today, I decided to have a skinny day! I stuck to a very basic diet today. No chips. No candy. No chocolate. I kicked my weaknesses to the curb today.

Let’s see if the scale agrees with me in the morning…

In other news… I got my magic bullet!! And no, that is not a sex toy, you perv! Goodness gracious am I gonna get some spam comments with this post or what?! Anyways, I made my first creation!!

Very basic smoothie. Nothing fancy yet. I need to order some Greek yogurt and spinach from amazon fresh so I can make green monsters! This absolutely delicious creation was:

Frozen mango
Frozen strawberries
Frozen pineapple
Orange juice
Ice

Lessons learned:
Don’t use ice if you are using frozen fruit.
Don’t stuff the fruit to the top and use very little liquid unless you want a smoothie the consistency of ice cream.
Mango completes me.

I bought a bag of frozen mixed fruit from target. Have I mentioned that I love that place?! It is perfect because I don’t risk the fruit going bad before I can use it all!

In other random news…

I am in love. With a pair of shoes. Omg I am absolutely LUSTING after these babies:

Someone convince me that I NEED these in my wardrobe. Or better yet, tell hubs so I don’t have to buy them myself. Any takers? No? Ok, back to lusting it is.

Ok enough randomness for one day.

Did you get fat or skinny today?

And seriously, tell me I will die if I don’t give those shoes a proper home.

Me day

This weekends workout:

Friday:

Ran 3 miles in 34:07 (11:22 pace)

My food was SO not digested during this workout. When will I ever learn? My tacos were practically in my throat the whole time. Awesome. I did several intervals of walking up a steep incline during my run. My booty NEEDS some hill workouts. Shits weaaaak!

Saturday:

Ran 3 miles in 31:23 (10:28 pace)
Circut workout that seriously kicked MAJOR booty.
I ran a 1 mile warm up. Then I did:
.5 mile run, 50 jumping jacks, 25 lunges, 25 squats
Repeat 4 times for a total of 3 miles (including the warm up)

I can’t even express how awesome this workout was. I felt AMAZING the whole time. Every time I hopped back on the mill, my legs felt like jello from the squats and lunges, but running felt fantastic. Man, I sweat up a storm during this workout. I needed an awesome run really bad. It has been a long while since I have had one. I am definitely feeling better about my upcoming half mary training now.
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Do you ever feel like you really just need a ‘me’ day? Today is that day for me. I have the day off of work today (THANK YOU, PRESIDENTS!) and poor hubs has to work. Since he is gone today, it gives me the perfect opportunity to have a ‘me’ day.

I plan on pampering myself all day today. I am going to give myself a much needed pedicure, read my book, take a nice long bath, and go shopping for THIS:

I CAN’T WAIT!!! I am going to get on a total smoothie kick. I plan on making green monsters and all other kinds of smoothies for a quick and healthy breakfast on the go. It is SUCH an easy way to get your fruits and veggies in!

I don’t want a huge blender because I don’t want to have to store it. I don’t like clutter on the counter at all. The Magic Bullet is the PERFECT size for our little family of 2. I have heard such great things about it too. Plus, I have a 20% off coupon for Bed Bath & Beyond which makes is super affordable. Ahhh I love making healthy decisions that are also delicious!

When is the last time you had a ‘me’ day?

RIP P&BLL

Why, hello Friday. So nice to see you. What a crazy week it has been!

I did not run last night. I can feel my knee being annoying when I WALK! Ugh. It doesn’t hurt when I walk, I can just feel that it is there and it is not being normal. Awesome. I am going to attempt to run tonight. If my body knows what is good for it, then it better cooperate.

Tonight will not be a typical Friday in the SiS household. We will NOT be having pizza and P&BLL (Pizza & Bud Light Lime) night!! I know, shocker right?! Hubs and I are getting serious about watching calories and working out together. I love it.

Instead of pizza, we will be having leftover pineapple green chili pork tacos that I mentioned in yesterday’s post. Seriously, go make the recipe now. It is so freaking delicious and SO easy. MMMMM!!

It is a 3 day weekend which mean I will be catching up on TONS of sleep this weekend. Hallelujah.

Short little post today. Time for me to go to Target and make some din! I hope you all have an amazing weekend!!

Pinterest Week

Last nights workout:

Ran 1 mile in 11:05
40 minutes of ab work

Last night I hopped on Betty (my treadmill, for my new followers) while hubs biked. It is so much more fun working out with someone. Loved having him there.

Anyways, about half a mile in, my knee started really bothering me. I never have knee issues. WTF?! It wasn’t a sharp pain but it was this super achy and annoying pain in the bottom left part of my knee. I originally wanted to get a couple more miles in but decided against it. Hopefully it will feel better tonight.

I decided to do a major ab workout since my run was cut short. I did a bunch of exercises (25 minutes worth) like static crunches, Russian twists, etc. before I remembered that there is an ab workout on my Nike Training Club app! So, then I did the ab workout from the app. Planks, crunches, Russian twists (AGAIN), and more! It was fabulous. I am going to try running again tonight. Hopefully last night was just a one time thing.

 

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I declared this week Pinterest week in our household. I have made nothing but brand new recipes from Pinterest ALL week long. It has been SO much fun.

Monday:

Crockpot Chicken Tacos

Tuesday (Valentine’s Day):

Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo

Roasted Parmesan Green Beans

Crescent Roll Cheesecake

Wednesday:

Nachos with leftover Crockpot Chicken Taco Meat

Thursday:

Pineapple and Green Chili Pork Tacos

 

OH MY GOODNESS it has been SO much fun. Hubs has REALLY loved it because he has not had to eat the same ol meals all the time. They all have been delicious. The only one was that was kind of a flop was the Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo. I think the recipe is close, but not quite. I will make it again sometime (not anytime soon because there are about 34905834095 calories in a single serving) and make some modifications. I will use fresh garlic instead of garlic powder, and use more cream cheese.

I plan on doing more weeks like this. The best part is that they all were SO easy. I always plan my meals on Sundays since we have groceries delivered by Amazon Fresh bright and early Monday morning. Planning things out REALLY helps the week go smoother. There is less for me to think about. And Lord knows I hate to think!

Do you plan your meals in advance?

I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night

Soooo I may or may not have pulled the trigger on something exciting!!! And because of that, I may or may not be getting a Rock Encore medal this year!!!

Dum da da dummm!

Yep… Hubs and I will be venturing down to San Diego in June!! Last years RnR half was so much fun. I really loved it. I got to run with my MIL for the first 4 miles, I set a PR, I got to enjoy the sunshine, and sweet hubs waited at the finish with a rose for me. It was awesome.

I came THISCLOSE to doing the RnR Portland, but when it came down to it, I loved having an excuse to go see my family. Plus, my sister is running her very first full mary and I would love to be there for that. Ahh I am so excited.

I am going to kill it this year! Mark my words. Training starts March 11th and I could not be more excited. This is going to be my A race of 2012. I am going to give it my all.

Uhm… Can someone remind me that I said that about 7 weeks into my training?

Wooooo! Time to put the training plan together!!!

What is your ‘A race’ this year?!

Happy <3 Day!!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!! I love holidays. They always make us take time from our crazy lives to spend quality time our loved ones.

Hubs and I don’t do a whole lot for Valentines when it comes to extravagant gifts. Instead, we usually go out to a nice dinner. We rarely go to dinner on the real Valentines day though. We usually opt to go on the weekend before or after. We went on Saturday this year. It’s nice because you don’t have to make reservations weeks in advance AND we can get chocolate wasted because we don’t go on a school night.

On Saturday, hubs and I went to our favorite restaurant Ruth’s Chris.

I just realized I looks like a total creeper in this pic. Helloooo bug eyes.

I enjoyed an amazing pear twist martini:

A Ruth’s Chop Salad:

And stuffed chicken breast:

That is heaven in your mouth right there.

When we got home, I busted out this deliciousness:

Putting that vodka in orange juice makes it taste JUST like a Creamsicle.

You seriously can’t taste the alcohol at all! Super dangerous but so yummy.

For actual Valentine’s Day tonight, I am making hubs favorite: Olive Garden’s Fettucine Alfredo. Yum yum yum. Thank you, Pinterest for the recipe!

Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Valentines Day Dash 5K

So remember that race that I was so excited about this past weekend? The one I was hoping to set a PR at? Ya, it blew chunks. But before you get my bitter recap of the race, let me tell you about the awesome parts.

I woke up at about 7 (nice and late for a race morning). I got dressed in my pink attire, ate a clif bar, and headed to Greenlake. Hubs and I left the house at about 7:45. We stopped for coffee and still got there annoyingly early. The race didn’t start until 9:30 and we got there just after 8. I was worried about parking and lines for picking up my race bib, but we pulled right into a spot next to the start and I walked right up to the bib table.

We had well over an hour to kill and it was COLD!!! Hubs and I walked around and took pics.

He is such a trooper.

A little while later hubs and I saw TriGirl and Ann Marie! TriGirl was AWESOME and printed out a Sherry bib for me because I forgot our printer was broken. Camera whoreness commence.

[TriGirl, Me, Ann Marie]

We like to call this ‘The Awkward Ass Shot.’ It was so cool running for Sherry. It definitely made the race special.

Not long after that, we ran into Rebecca. She looked adorbs all decked out in vday attire.

When it was time for the race to start, we headed to the 10:00-11:00 minute pace mini corral. Before we knew it, we were off to a strong walk. It was CROWDED. This is where it got ugly.

There were strollers and dogs everywhere. I have no problem with strollers and dogs, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE start in the back. It is just courtesy to the rest of us! The path started to narrow more and I could do nothing but walk.

I ran with Ann Marie and TriGirl for the first 3/4 mile or so, but I lost them in the crowd. I tried to make a move around people but I couldn’t. I was completely blocked in. I could not catch up after that.

Then I was running on my own. I tried to run in the street, but in typical Seattle fashion it was uneven and I got SO close to rolling my ankle. So then I tried the sidewalk, but the sidewalk was covered in super slippery mud. No joke, I almost did the splits at one point. Slippery felt safer than uneven pavement so I tried to stay on the sidewalk but my pace slowed considerably. I felt like I was tiptoeing my way through the race having to be cautious with every step.

Somewhere around mile 2.5, a woman yelled ‘On your right’ behind me. I immediately moved to my left a bit to give her room. That’s when the idiot woman ran by me on my LEFT hand side!! WTF?! Don’t they teach right from left in elementary school? On top of that, she had a little rat dog (Note: I love little dogs. I just do not love nearly eating crap because of little dogs) running behind her that I DID NOT see. This was about the 80th time I nearly broke my ankle during the race. RUDE.

I tried to finish strong, but in the end I finished with a PW. My final time was 34:24. I definitely had a smile on my face though. Regardless of the craziness, I had so much fun. I love racing even when it doesn’t go as planned. My favorite part is seeing my hubs waiting for me at the finish line!

I thought the course itself was beautiful. It was one lap around Greenlake. You can’t go wrong with that. The only issue is the fact that 3000 people run this race. If they are going to have that many people, then they need to prohibit strollers and dogs. There just isn’t enough room!

Regardless of the craziness, I would run this race again. I just won’t try to make this a PR race. I will just dress up and do it for fun.

Friday Motivation

Last nights workout:

Ran 2 miles in 21:22 (10:41 pace)

Biked 10 miles in 40:40

I wanted to keep last nights workout pretty light since I am racing tomorrow. Have I mentioned that already? Only a thousand times? Let’s make it one thousand and one. I AM RACING TOMORROW!!!! WOOOOOOOOO! It has been WAY too long!

Rebecca, TriGirl, and Ann Marie will be there tomorrow as well! To top it all off, this will be Rebecca‘s very first race! Go send her some good luck lovin!

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I thought I would start this weekend off right with some Friday motivation.

 

Very great perspective!!

 

Yep. That is always the hardest part!

 

Don’t mind if I do!

 

There is no way those costumes didn’t chafe the hell out of those guys! Now I kind of want to be a red solo cup for Halloween.

Here is to good runs and good drinks this weekend. Cheers everyone! Happy Friday!

Run For Sherry

Last nights workout:

Ran 2 miles in 20:21 (10:11 pace)

Biked 4.8 miles in 20:02

I started working out incredibly too late last night, but I wasn’t about to give myself another rest day. My body was PLENTY rested. I am SO glad I ended up working out. I kept it pretty easy. I don’t want to be sore come Saturday.

 

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Speaking of Saturday… If you have not heard already, Beth at Shut Up and Run is hosting a virtual run for Sherry Arnold this Saturday. About a month ago, Sherry went out for a run and never came home. Beth is getting the running community together to honor her cousin.

The response she is getting is absolutely amazing. There will be people running and walking all over the world on Saturday. It gives me chills just thinking about it. I hope everyone that reads my blog is able to print out the bibs that were designed and get out there and run for Sherry on Saturday. I know I will be. I am racing in the Valentine’s Day Dash Saturday morning. I plan on pinning my Sherry bib to my back during the race.

If you want to participate, please get your bib here: Click me!

Spread the word and print out those bibs!!!!