Color Me Rad!

 

 

       Today was the day and the weather couldn't not have been more perfect.  Nice overcast and the temp was just right so that it was cool enough so that you didn't get overheated.  There were sooooo many people, but that just made it that much more fun.  I met my with a coworker at our office and then another one of her friends met us there also.   And then we were on our way.  I thought the traffic would have taken us longer but it only took like 15-20 minutes. We were even able to get a close spot.  Because there were so many people they let us go in waves.  Mine was supposed to start at 10:00 but I started around 9:40.  They color they used was colored corn starch that were in little plastic bags. A lot of people bough extra before the run even started and were already RAD with color.  Anyway, it was a good run for me.  I didn't run the exact 3.1 miles...I'm not sure of the course wasn't that long of if I didn't start Garmin on time. I started it when I was able to spread out and run. But it doesn't matter it was fun.  I didn't get too dirty rad.  Just enough, and even after a shower I still have some under my arm. 


Great Fun! I would definitely do this again.  I think I may sign of for a 10K in may...I know I am feeling a little frisky!  We will see.

Camp firing

     Last night was so much fun.  The hubby had the day off so he in turn gave my mom the day off and the had a daddy-daughter day all day long.  Don't know who enjoyed it more.  They went to the park, had ice cream, and played, played all day long.  Then last night we decided to have a little fire and roast hot dogs and marshmallows.  The weather was just right.  Not too cold, but chilly enough that you could really enjoy the fire.  Bry kept saying she loved camp firing. So cute.  I had done well with staying in rage with my pointsplus so I had a fourth of a Hershey bar, 2 marshmallows and 2 graham crackers (plus I earned 8 PP with my 3.45 mile run...say whaaat?!?) I opted out on the hot dogs though, even when I did eat a lot of meat I could never get over the ingredients in those things.  I cringe when Bry eats them some times.   Instead of the hot dogs I made me a quite tasty meal. It was a large mushroom cap filled with marinara, chopped red and green bell peppers, spinach, some broccoli slaw that I sauteed in vegetable broth and low fat feta cheese. I baked it then put a vegan chicken patty on time and sprinkles with Parmesan cheese and it was delish!! Yum!! And trust me, it did taste better than it looked.
              
                            First I cleaned out the mushroom caps...

<---Chopped up my veggies and mixed that with the other    
                                                            ingredient and then put that in the mushroom and baked until
                                                            done

AND VIOLA!!

 

 

 

Then we stayed outside a while and enjoyed the fire.  Here's a pic of me and my baby girl. Its hard to get her to look at the camera long enough to get a good picture.  It's the best we could get.

 

 

 

So far this morning I have done some laundry, sweeping, and cleaning.  Got Bry a bath and I got ready but then she didn't want to get dressed and it wasn't worth the fight so we just stayed at home and chilled.   I also saved 30 bucks or so and decided to eat lunch at home.  Guess I'll go to Corner Bakery another day.

A sandwich with vegan chicken  patty, egg white, avocado, spinach and marinara, and some Edamame



 

Have a great Saturday everyone!!!...maybe we will go campfiring tonight again.



 



 

Let the cleanse begin

So guess what came in the mail?? My Advocare Herbal Cleanse.  I'm either going to start in Saturday or Monday.   Monday because I want to eat craw fish this weekend. Hint, Hint* (to the hubs) but thinking I should do it on Saturday that way if my system doesn't react well I will be at home. ..you get my drift?  I will let you know when I start and how I feel. If anyone would like to order some, please go here .  My cousin sells it and will take care of any of your questions and orders. 

 

This is what the kit looks like.  It comes with detailed instructions on what to take each day, I won't bore you with it but if you would like to know I will gladly tell you. 

 I did great with my PP yesterday, even with supper at Cracker Barrel.  I think my favorite part about that restaurant is the store.  They have some cute things and Bry likes it too. She got herself a trumpet, and boy can she play.  She had me dancing to her music once we got home.  Even Emmie got to try the trumpet.

Even though it was late and I was tired I managed to do some bicep moves and then go to the gym and do 30 min of cardio.  So don't think that will happen tonight. I am exhausted. 

Here are a couple of funny pics for you. One is of some goofy faces of my 3 year old and my 30 year old..and yes I am referring to my husband.   The other is when Bry was helping me put up the laundry.  Not bad...haha!

Goodnight!!



The best sandwhich

   Helllllooooo Mr. Monday, Can't say I am glad to see you. Like almost any day I set my alarm for extra early with the hope I would actually get my butt out of bed and do my workout first thing....and like always I talked myself out of it. I had thought about going to the gym this morning but I have been doing extra lately on the elliptical and my legs were still sore form Sat and Sun.  I really wanted to do a run on the trace again after work also so I stayed in bed an extra hour. I always wake up, talk myself out of going to the gym, and then lay there in bed and think how I let myself down again and how if I could just get up and get moving I would be fine. Then the hour is gone and I don't go back to sleep and my alarm goes off again...and it's time for me to start getting ready for work.  It's a loose loose situation
   
    Work was work.  Not much to say really.  Just not enough time in the day to get everything done. I changed into my running clothes at work and was on the trail in the next 20 min.  I wanted to do 3.25 today, but my legs just felt sooooo heavy.  I felt like I could hardly move them and the  hills slight elevations felt like I was trying to run up a dern mountain.  I stopped my garmin 3 different times to catch my breath a little, maybe for 1 minute total and did 3.15 in like 36:45 or something like that. I am trying to figure out how to get my garmin results to my blog.  I logged this activity into my weight watcher app and I earned 7pp. 

    I also did good with my PP today. Breakfast I made a smoothie with chia seeds, spinach, almond milk , frozen banana, and ice. It was not bad. At work I had edamame for snack and an orange. Lunch I came hope and made a sandwhich with the every thing bagel thin, laughing cow cheese wedge, avocado, spinach, red and green bell pepper, Dijon. I was super yummy! So good that I came home after my run and made me one for supper....except I added a fried egg white and a vegan chicken patty. It was delish! I also had another orange to go with it tonight. It was devoured in like 5min. It was one of those sandwiches where when you pick it up to eat you are scared to set it back down for fear it will fall completely apart. Here is my sandwich...the picture of course doesn't do it justice. Except the egg...it does look kinda weird. hope you all had a great day!

 

 

 

 

 

    

Happy, happy, happy

     Good afternoon to ya!  I am feeling pretty good right now, although this morning I wasn't so sure.  I woke up feeling pretty puny.....I felt like the whole room was spinning and I was nauseous and thought I was going to up-chuck a little. Not too sure what was going on...some vertigo or something...maybe I knocked a crystal loose, sounds crazy but check this out read here. Any who, I got up and moved around and got shower and started to feel a little better.  I feel like I am always at Kroger...I know that's because I am always at Kroger.  I went twice yesterday and then this morning before work. gah!  I know.  I stopped by on the way home from work yesterday for lunch to get Bry some juice.  She was out and I didn't want her to drink any milk b/c she has had a low grade temp, so I go and get her some and then what does she want to drink then?? Water. Go figure.  Then I went to weight watchers to weight in and I was up .2 of a pound. Grrr.   After that I stopped by Kroger again on the way home to get the hubs something to eatfor supper. He wasn't feeling my tofu stir fry.  So that was trip number 2. My snack stash was empty at work so I decided to go this morning to get me some kashi bars and some  crack diet coke.  Maybe I can now make it to Friday before I go back there. After work I was determined to get in a run.  I didn't want to wait until tonight when it was dark and cold and run on my usual route up and down my drive way, so I went and did 3.1 miles on the Natchez trace. It was awesome!! Definitely will do that again. The path was great and the temp was perfect.  Now I'm giving the drama queen a bath which she very much needed.
   Oh, and I have done good with my pointsplus today.  I also went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the elliptical and go to face time with my Bro and beautiful niece.  An all round pretty good day! Happy, happy, Happy! I'll leave you with a pic of my beautiful baby girl.

(She spends most of her time in her underwear only)..haha!

Well, Hello there!  I don't even remember when my last post was... but here I am.  Not too much has changed in my life since then.  Still busy with work and chasing my now 3 year old baby. Yes, I will eternally call her my baby.  My weight continued to fluctuate and I ended up gaining 25 or so lbs through Christmas from the lowest I got down to. I got in a horrible rut and lost all my motivation that I once felt like I had.  I didn't care what I ate and didn't want to work out. I was in a bad funk !! I knew I had to do something or I would end up back where I started.  So,  I joined weight watchers at the beginning of the year and have lost about 11 or 12 lbs. I have lost every week (knock on wood...I didn't keep up with my points like I should have this week) Tomorrow is my weigh in.  And you better believe I will pee when I leave work and when I get to my meeting 15 minutes later.    I also joined this running program that one of our athletic shoe store gives in January.  It's to train you to run a 5K in like 12 weeks.  I really liked it at first bur I haven't been in 3 weeks.  It's a little too much for me right now.  I get off at 4:30 rush home and try to get ready and play with Bry only to rush out the door at like 5:30 to get the place in time. It just wasn't what I thought it would be. I still have been doing the running schedule on my own.  It's so hard for me to get started when I run but after the first 1o minutes or so, it's ON!   I will be running in the Color Me Rad 5K in March.  So hopefully i will be good and ready for that. 

 

I will leave you with this crazy pic of my husband, baby girl, and her four legged sister, just cause I love this one of all of them. It's so perfect.

Genghis Grill

     Today was a good day, although I wasn't sure if it was going to be when I woke up.  My sweet baby girl started running a fever again last night.  I gave her some Motrin and that seemed to do the trick, so far no fever today. Just sneezy and a runny nose.  We got up, laid around, then went to pick up my  lifelong friend, Beth Ann.  We went to Barnes and Noble where I got a new vegan cookbook.  Can't wait to try out some new recipes.  Then we wen to a new restaurant Genghis Grill.  It is new to our area and it was sooo yummmy!!  Its a place where they make stir fry exactly the way you like it.  First, you pick whether you want noodles, steamed rice, brown rice, fried rice, then you go along this buffet style bar where you fill your bowl up with everything you want in your stir fry, I had tofu, sprouts, bell peppers, mushrooms, green beans, carrots, Bok-choy, onions, and other things, (my Bowl was full)  then you pick your sauce, and they had a lot to choose from. I got a sweet/tangy soy sauce.  It was so good even Brylee liked it. I will definetly be going back there.....maybe tomorrow after Church ;)  Once I start liking a place I could go there every day for every meal.  It that weird?? Who cares?? 
Here is a picture of my bowl!! It's making me hungry just looking at it!

Here is Bry being silly!

 



And this was my breakfast...almond milk, spinach, ice, and banana. Very Good!

 

Well I'm off to walk on the treadmill and watch a movie!