I woke up pretty sore from my 5 mile run yesterday. I know, I know. 5 miles is really not that hardcore but keep in mind, I’m weak sauce Not only did I wake up with the normal sore right knee, but my left hip was also pretty sore. I’m officially 26 going on 89 years old. Great.

Needless to say, I did some icing:

And even though I was sore, I still managed to get in 2 miles of walking. Don’t know if that was smart or stupid? But my soreness got better towards the afternoon and by the time I was home from running errands after work, it felt fine. Then it was time for CARDIO at the gym! Awesome! NOT! But since it was a short session (40 minutes) I drug myself there and rode 7.80 miles on the bike after a light warm up on the arc trainer.

Afterwards I was glad I went and glad I pushed myself and blah, blah. To be honest, I just wanted to be done so I could EAT. I was absolutely starving! I ran home and made a turkey & feta wrap on a whole wheat tortilla. SO MONEY.

I was excited to eat something cool and fresh since I was hot and sweaty after the cardio. It was perfect. (Although my lunch was not so great. I got the Chicken Enchilada Suiza meal from Lean Cuisine and it used to be so good! This time I opened the box to find the creamy sour cream sauce was replaced with green sauce and the chicken got mushy They overdid it on spices on this one, too, and yet it’s not even “spicy”, oddly enough. Anyway, I was disappointed. I mean, it was okay but not nearly as good as it used to be.

Oh! And something else that really sucked about this meal? The cooking times have dramatically changed! It used to be like, 3-5 minutes in the microwave on high and now look!

9 freakin’ minutes. And I realize that you probably think, damn, can’t she wait to eat? But no, it’s not even about that. It’s about the fact that in 9 minutes you could make pasta or something better than a Lean Cuisine. They’re supposed to be faster than that, at least. And some of us only have 30 minutes for lunch!

Okay anyway. After dinner I cleaned house. Since we’re going away this weekend and I will be busy tomorrow night, I figured I’d get a jump start. I had help:

And they were so not helpful. I vacuumed then they shredded the crap out of a stuffed raccoon they have and I had to vacuum again, after pulling cotton batting out of the wool rug

But while I folded laundry I watched Louis C.K.’s “Chewed Up” on Netflix for the umpteenth time. It’s hilarious, no pun intended (<—“Hilarious” is the name of his other stand up show! Ha!). It’s kind of anti-baby fever, though, listening him talk about parenthood.

It helped take the horribleness out of folding laundry.. which is hard to do! After a long shower and a snack, I’m ready for bed! Hopefully I don’t wake up with a sore hip and need a walker!

Hope Tuesday was good for everyone

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That’s also Matt’s closet, as you can see by the pit of junk at the bottom. Also that would be a basket of his clothes I folded for him a couple of weeks ago that he hasn’t put away yet. I’d be annoyed if I hadn’t slowly added a few of my own items to that basket, too

Anyway. I couldn’t fault Vinny for getting out of bed because it was hot last night and apparently stinky undershirts cool you down. Who knew?

After work I ran 5 miles at the gym, and I felt like ass for about 45 minutes afterwards. I told a friend (via Twitter) about my run and she said that it was good.. for me. Considering the longest distance that I’ve run in a year was 7 miles, I think she’s right! 5 miles for me is 15 miles for a runner!

My knee hurt a lot afterwards, per the usual. I took 3 breaks, each 30 seconds long, but I paused the machine so the time also stopped. I felt slow today.

My total mileage for the day is 7 miles, since Sera and I walked 2 miles throughout the day.

After running it was time to make dinner! I use this dressing as a marinade:

It’s best on turkey breast but believe it or not it worked on flank steaks, too Matt and I felt like we really needed meat tonight (ever have a mood like that?) so I made steaks, green salad topped with Feta cheese and croutons (too lazy to cut up veggies) and steamed broccoli. It was very good.

Today was my first day back to “being good” after taking the weekend off. It felt good and I didn’t even get that starving between meals. I did, however, eat 5 RF Ritz around 2:45pm. Not the best energy snack but it made my stomach stop growling and held me over until post-run. I need to find a non-refrigerated snack around 100-200 calories for the afternoons. Z bars are too sweet so any suggestions?

Now I’m off to give Matt a back massage. My lower back is killing me today so I am going to give him one then ask him to give me one!! Ahh, my tricks  

What is your pre-run snack?

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Today was an amazing Thursday. Why? Because my morning started off with Starbucks, brought to me by my nice husband. Also, I rode 7.20 miles on the bike at the gym (and walked two more!), I ate a yummy pizza lean cuisine today for lunch, and my amazing friend Mandy let me borrow tons of shoes and jewelry for my weekend in Vegas (thanks, love you!)  

ALSO… I got my roots done.

Woo! I was so happy to get my roots done I almost cried. No joke. I even had a nightmare that my appointment got cancelled, haha! I got bangs again because, well, why  not?  

Here’s my day in pictures, just to change it up!

Those are the highlights, and that’s no pun intended (considering the last picture!)  

Hope everyone had a good Thursday. I am SO glad tomorrow is Friday. Then Saturday it’s VEGAS here we come!

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Monday started off with a stomach ache. No, I take that back. Monday started off with a weird dream that turned into a nightmare which woke me up and then I realized I also had a stomach ache. Lovely, no? I think it was from the sunburn I got on my legs from the lake yesterday, but it could’ve been an “I don’t wanna go to work” stomach ache. I get those, too But I’m leaning toward aftermath of my burn.

(Don’t know if you can see the burn in this photo, but I thought I’d try)

After my shower this morning I dried my hair and went to straighten it when GUESS WHAT?! My flat iron died. Stupid! I just got it like 6 months ago, too. So it was a BUN kind of day… and not a flirty, cute bun, either. More like a full-on old lady bun with my split ends hangin’ out. Like so:

Try not to be too jealous, ok? On my lunch break, Sera and I ran to Target where I purchased a brand new flat iron. This time I went for the most expensive one they had, which was a Chi and it cost $107.something after tax. I haven’t used it yet but here it is:

They didn’t have any in black so I had to choose between pink or teal so I chose pink. The teal was an obnoxious, slap-you-in-the-face teal that I really didn’t want to have to stare at longer than one second. So I opted for the pink, as you can see. I really hope it works good and lasts me more than 6 months I have a curling iron that I’ve been using since 2005! Now that’s quality!

Anyway, I moved on from the flat iron breakage this morning and went about my day as usual. I had a double fiber English muffin for breakfast with 2 tablespoons sugar free jam and 1 tablespoon peanut butter. It twas yum.

It kept me pretty full. When lunch rolled around I was hungry but not starving, which I usually am, so I’d say the double fiber English muffin ranks #1 so far for filling breakfasts! They were 2 for $5 at Safeway, too, so double score

Lunch was a Lean Cuisine and some RF Ritz:

I ate it all. Even double licked the fork to make sure I got all the faux-cheesy goodness I planned to hit up the gym again this evening to run, so I knew I’d need to refuel in the afternoon to be able to attempt a run. Since there was no protein around, I got the next best thing: coffee!

I got a tall, Mocha Coconut Light Frappucino with an added shot of Espresso. It was delicious, and gone in 10 minutes. And the extra caffeine boost worked: I got to the gym with a little energy

I had planned on running 6 or 7 miles today—I even brought the supplies I require (diva runner, here!) for a 7 mile run but guess what? When I got to the 4.50 mile mark, I lost all steam. Completely. Finishing the 5 miles was hard. Very hard. Not mentally but physically. I just had nothing left to give. I am an itsy bitsy tiny bit bummed that I didn’t run farther but overall I’m really happy that I did 5 miles and I set a PR at that. So WOO HOO.

For this run I did the first two miles at a 6.8 pace with a 0.5 incline but starting with mile 3, I dropped the incline to 0 and dropped the speed by 0.1. I know what you’re thinking—does that extra 0.1 even make a difference? Yes. My knee needed that extra 0.1 and no incline. Trust me!

I left drenched in sweat but happy to be done and glad I stuck to it.

See that light gray spot on my tank top on the left side? Yeah. That’s dry. The rest was drenched. I actually took off my tank at home and rang it out. True Story.

Ever feel like you sweat a lot for a girl? I do. All the time. Matt says everyone probably feels like that. What do you think?

The high light of my day was probably watching the Crossfit Games on Xbox/ESPN with Matt. Those are some really buff girls! Anyone catch it? Pretty nuts! It makes me want to get back into Crossfit. Or take a nap. Either one.

Hope everyone had a good Monday. What was the high point of your day?

P.S. I am getting my roots done this Thursday.. I am soo excited! Like Matt told me today, it’s a big week for my hair: new flat iron AND getting my horrible roots done! This Shelby will reappear Thursday evening, thank goodness!:

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Thursday:

In the morning, I ran 4 miles at the gym on the treadmill. Shaved 19 seconds off of my previous time, which means PR. Woo. I’d rather add miles than lose time but I pushed myself, got a great work out, and felt exhausted after so I think all is well

(Edit: I actually got to “fight the puke” for a good 15 minutes after my run because I pushed it so hard at the end. I ran the first 2 miles at 6.5, the third at 7.0 and the last at 7.2. Didn’t go as high as my last run but I started out faster!)

In addition to the jogged 4 miles, I also walked another 2.00 miles.

Work:

I wore a black sundress to work on Thursday and when I first put it on I kinda of thought “meh” but as the day went on, I liked it more and more. And I wore it after work—sans the white tank—and liked it even better. Isn’t it awesome when something you thought sucked turns out to be great after all? I think so!

For lunch, Sera and I went to Jamba Juice where we got sixteen ounce smoothies (me- Strawberry Nirvana) and MedditeraniYUM pizzas I know I am spelling that wrong but I’m way too lazy to Google.

It was soo good. And I think it was less than $5, which makes it a way better option for lunch than $10 Panera! Really, really good!

After a long day of sitting at my desk and doing the same thing a million times on repeat, I put up a quote from Conan O’Brien and called it a day! (I hate people who tape stuff to their monitors and now I am one!)

I believe that!

After work I just cleaned up, did some foam rolling and relaxing. Best part? Netflix (although they increased their prices and ultimately got crappier) added Mad Men to their streaming, and since I love Jon Hamm, I am super happy! I watched the first episode with Matt Thursday night in bed. Awesome!

Today:

My workout was awesome and so is this:

Now, when you see it…

Creepin’ behind me no matter what I am going or where I’m at.

At the gym I did a strength workout that including my butt, legs, and some light abs. It included a coo down hike (about 15 minutes/1 mile) as well. Today I walked 1.50 miles, bringing my Monday through Friday mileage to 30.5 miles so far. I count Saturdays, too, since I only take Sunday off so hopefully I can sneak some extra miles in there tomorrow!

After showering, grabbing some snacks for work, and slamming some more coffee I drove off to my desk among desks and lost another 8 hours of my precious life… (dramatic, yes?)

You’d think I love myself because all of these pics but no (yes, but no!) but really what I am doing is taking enough so that later I can find something amusing in them, like this:

(In the background of a driveway picture)

The porch pooper! Caught! I actually knew which cat was the porch pooper/lurker, but never got a picture before. Her name? Paris. Kinda fitting, no?

At work my boss took me and my coworker out to lunch. We went to Applebee’s and I get what I always get… the weight watchers/under 550 shrimp and rice for 370 calories. It’s pretty good. Today it was just so-so.

The rest of my day has been filled with errands, vacuuming, Lysol wiping, bed making, laundry doing, floor cleaning, dish washing madness I think I might go to bed early tonight.. Like a mini vacation!

Hope everyone is doing well!

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