YAYAYAYY

First off, quick post before shreds and dinner...longer post to come!

Happy Birthday DAD!!!  It is my dad's birthday today!!  He is the best dad a girl could ask for!  Love you!

Second,

I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!  I have been waiting for this day since December.  I will be attending NYU in the fall for one year in Paris and one year at NYU to get my masters in Teaching French as a Foreign Language!  I am beyond excited!!  Thanks to all my friends for listening to me worry :)

Mania!!!

Ok, so I have this "friend", we shall call her SBS.

SBS is crazy. Like crazy. She is a little bit bipolar (not legit but almost). But so funny. LIKE HONESTLY, so funny.

Let me just recap our recent conversation:
SBS: Um, I am calling to ask you what you are wearing for your triathalon. Are you wearing a wet suit?
Me: No.
SBS: WHY NOT?!?!?!? Omg, like, you have to bc your boobs will..
Me: I don't have boobs and mines in a pool so no. i don't need to.
SBS: I could never just wear a bathing suit, I mean how can you run in a bathing suit? I never could..
Me: Ok, well how about you just stop worrying about my race...

The girl is crazy. She is so concerned about my triathalon, its kinda cute slash creepy. Good thing she is like my best friend or else i'd be scared...

I just feel bad though for people who don't have a crazy friend. Crazy friends make it ok to be crazy, bc then you don't feel so alone. Crazy friends are the best friends bc they make you laugh, take a keen (somnetimes creepy) interest in your life and they are just always so fun. Talking to them on the phone is fun bc they say outlandish things/make you laugh/are irrational. I love my friends. especially SBS. I think we are such good friends because we both love food a little too much...:)

I love technology..

So, I think I just broke our TV. I was trying to play Jillian post run and my parents have this complicated TV..and now it isn't working!!! I seriously have the worst luck with technology. I feel like tvs in particular hate me! They never work. And I couldn't get Jillian to play so now I am waiting for my parents to return from a 90 year old woman's birthday party so they can fix it for me. great.

On a good note, had a nice (hot) run, 4.25miles in 41:45, not too shabby. Ever since my half marathon a few weeks ago, I just can't get in the groove of running. I just can't break the 4.25 marker! I used to run about 3-5.5 a couple times a week and a long run on sundays. I just need to break that mental hump.

Went to Whole Food for lunch and pretty much tried a little bit of everything on the hot buffet...um why have I never done that before?!? SO GOOD.

But then I ate about eight (8) girl scout cookies. Bad move. Normally, I would have gone on a crazy binge and said oh well, might as well eat everything in sight. I haven't done that in a long time. So instead, I carefully stopped myself and walked away. I was pretty pleased with my performance. I was able to bring myself out of binge mode and walk away. Plus, I went running after which gave me a terrible stomach cramp and I really remembered why I don't like stuffing my face with cookies.

So yes, as previously stated, I am home for the weekend and my parents are at a 90yr olds birthday party. You know what I have to say about that? You go girl. You are 90, you still drive, have your own home, WORK, socialize....way to go. When I am 90..I just hope i'll be able to remember my name. and that I am 90.

It is so funny because my parents are always going to things at retirement homes and care centres. They have honestly eaten dinner at every retirement facility in our town. Plastic trays and all. People love my parents, so they always invite them places, including their assisted living facilities for mac and cheese at 4:30pm. It is so cute. These people are some of the most spunky I have met! They all travel, have companions, work, drive, exercise...honestly, inspirational! Makes you think twice before complaining about anything :) or making excuses as to why you can't do certain things!

Feeling Shredded

So, Shreds is hardcore.  I am a fit person and honestly, it is still hard!  I don't even want to see level 3.  As Sarah said, those fly squats are SO DIFFICULT!  I can barely keep up.  But I think i'll be shredded soon enough...Natalie aint got nothin' on me! 

Din:

Oh leftovers.  I had the rest of my tasty salad (those sugar pecans are honestly so delicious) and my left over singoporian dinner...just as good the second day (on my cute target plate)

Perhaps some pineapple while watching Castle from last night.  Anybody watch it?  

I am trying to be more balanced in my eating, heeding Bethenny's advice.  So, since I had some sweets with the pecans and the few bites of pudding, I will have pineapple for dessert.

She also has this whole idea of you eat a protein centered meal in the morning, then eat a carb centered meal in the afternoon, ect.  I don't know how I feel about this since we often need carbs when working out so much.  We shall see...

Going home tomorrow morning.  We cancelled the after school program since they had a school dance.  So therefore I am leaving around 9am, making the 2.5hr drive to go home for the weekend.  YAY!

Free Lunch!

Hi everyone!

So, as shown by my post title...I got a free lunch today!!  BJs is opening in Gainesville and today (including this weekend!) was their dry run through!

They offered up potato skins as an appetizer, which were very substantial and more than enough for two of us.  I had one potato skin to try and it was very tasty.

I ordered The Field Greens which had:

• chicken breast
• roasted red peppers
• feta
• onions
• mandarin oranges
• sugared pecans (uh..yum?)

I eat about half my salad and I am going to eat the rest (picture to follow) tonight with dinner!

I also had two bites of the BBQ chicken pizza, which had a really nice crust on it!

YAY for free food.

This morning I did some yoga and had a really good bowl of oats with the usual:

• banana
• skim milk
• 1.5tbsp trail mix
• honey
• blob of all natural PB

Work was better today, the kids weren't as wild.  We do have this one student however who abuses the fact that his/her mom works at the school.  It is SO ANNOYING!!!!  Oh well :)

I did cooking today with the kiddos- we made dirt pudding...with cream cheese and powedered sugar mixed into the pudding.  It had 2 spoonfuls and let me tell you...delish.  I had to have the spoonfuls :p because I made a very stupid mistake.

I always eat breakfast, then a snack, then lunch, then a snack, then dinner and sometimes dessert or a snack.

Well, I ate break at 8:30am and didn't need a snack before lunch at 11am.  Fine.  HOWEVER... I wasn't terribly hungry so around 2:30pm, I had 4 little chunks of pineapple.  BY 5PM, I was famished!  I scarfed down my yogurt and granola and seriously had a hungry stomach ache until 10min ago, when I ate the other half of my morning banana.  What I should have done was had a light snack around 2:30pm (such as string cheese and a cup of fruit) and then my normal snack around 4:30/5.  Instead, I let myself get too hungry.  Lesson learned.  Luckily, I was able to stop at two bites and come home to a nice half a banana.

Going to SHRED IT UP!!!!  See you all after dinner :)

Cha Cha real smooth

Good evening all :)

This was me today, read further to see why!

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I got up this morning at 8am and was running by 8:30.  It was so nice out, not too hot but still nice and sunny (at 8:30 am, 3pm, different story).

Pre- Run:

Slice of ezekial toast

 

Run:

 3.00 miles

 30m 10sec

Post- Run Breakfast:

I have just been loving cereal lately!  I thought about making oats, but I was hot and sweaty and cold cereal was so appealing.  So, I had a bowl with (my favorites of course)

• Flax multibran (I am seriously obsessed with this stuff)
• banana granola
• organic skim milk

I don't know why, but I felt super motivated and honestly I was channeling Michael Phelps.  I was flying through the water like a mad woman

Swim (in meters)

600 m warm up free

100 m warm up back

100 m warm up breast stroke

100 kick breast

100 kick back

100 free

(4) 50 Free

100 free

(4) 50 back

100 free

(4) 50 IM

100 free warm down!

Post Swim snack:

• 1% cottage cheese
• fresh pineapple...so good after the swim!

Pool Time..AGAIN!  The doggie was there chasing his ball.  Isn't it funny how something as simple as a dog chasing a ball can brighten someone's day?

Lunch:

• Tuna (I accidentally got chunk lite..yuck)
• edamame
• corn
• avocado
• tomato
• cucumber
• ezekial toast

With a beautiful banana with 1tbsp almond butter (on my beautiful new target plate)

WORK WORK WORK!! WHYY!!  The kiddos had FCAT today and they were WILD!  Draining.  I was then out in the sun playing basketball with them. Oh kids.

CHA CHA!!!

So, I went to the Singaporean place for dinner with my friend Chad.  We are both really adventurous eaters and wanted to try it!  First off, our server was so cute.  She was this little woman, so dainty and cute.  

I got the vegetable coconut soup.  It was a coconut broth so it didn't much coconut milk flavor, because it wasn't...but it was nice.  A nice starter.

Chad got a lemon grass type dish with chicken.  It was nice and spicy.  Not too spicy just right.

I got the CHA CHA sauce..with tofu, green peppers, red peppers, onions, bamboo shoots and brown rice.  I ate about half the tofu dish and 1/3 of the brown rice.

Now I am watching Lie to Me.  If you don't watch it, start.  It is fascinating!  

I bought Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel.  Pretty interesting if I do say so.  I'm not sure how practical it is for someone as active as myself, but some of the concepts are very interesting.  Like thinking of food as a bank account- invest in quality.  Taste lots of food. ect.  Pretty interesting.

I think I might be needing some Breyer's Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!!!!!  Just a little scoop :)

Really Target?

First...I am having trouble responding and commenting on posts!  For some reason, I can't see the special code you have to put in to comment.  SOOO, if I don't respond, that is why!  And I can't comment on other people's blogs either, :(

So I read on the Chic Runner's Blog that she had a little run in with target.  Well, I just joined the club.

So, I wanted Shred.  I had done shred at my friends Jenn and Shae's house and it was hard.  So, I rang up Tar-jay, and asked if they had it.  After a few minutes on hold, they said, "Oh, no we don't.  Sorry!".  Bummer.  Whatever, I am a resourceful girl, so I called up Best Buy.  After 4min on hold...I got my very own shred!!!  So, I first had to stop at Tar-jay to get the weights for shreds.  Well, well...what do I see.  about 19 copies of shreds sitting right next to the weights.  COOL TAR-JAY!  Like really?  Your job is to know what you have in stock.  Really?  Like what if your doctor was like "oh, no don't worry you don't have a broken bone..." do your job Target.  On top of it all, Tar-jay sucks you in.  So, I didn't simply leave with my dvd and weight..oh no..I had to buy some cute place mats, some dish cloths, a new shower curtain and plates and bowls?  Why? Why does Tar-jay do this to us?

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Anyway, I did shred...and it was worth all the trouble.  I was sweating, breathing hard, read..love it.  Level 2 rocks.

So I did hatha yoga and shred today :)

Happy to report that the apple really held me over last night and the cool crispness made me feel "light" ? if that's possible.  Going to have one again tonight :) instead of sweets just to see if I feel more fit after a few days of limited sweets.

Dinner:

Re-do!  Loved that jambalaya!!  had to have it again :) with broccoli and my dessert apple on the side.  Maybe some dates if I feel super snacky during the Real Housewives of NY.  Yes, I watch it.  Yes, it's ridiculous.   But honestly, how great is Bethany?  She's fit, is an all natural chef and to the point.  The girl is blunt.  You love her or hate her.   Anyone else feel like they need some bluntness in their life??