WIAW

One of the things about vacation is that you always eat too much.  Although I loved being on the cruise, I did miss my regular eats!





Here is what I ate yesterday!

Breakfast: Two hard boiled eggs - one with the yoke, one without. And coffee of course

Morning snack: Pretzel goldfish and a kashi bar

Lunch: Yummy spinach salad with tomatoes, clementines, and carrots with french dressing on top! And mixed nuts, oreos and kettle popcorn

Afternoon snack: banana and a rice crispy from the vending maching

Dinner: Grilled cheese with tomato, handful of mixed nuts, banana, and oreos!

I feel like I eat the same thing over and over again.  This week has been tough for dinners.  Since we got back on Sunday, I went grocery shopping but haven't been able to make any good meals since I am leaving again today for a work trip.  So much for eating healthy!

Happy Wednesday!!

From sun to snow

Well all last week I was running in this...

And now I am back to this...

Brian and I went on a cruise last week and it was a much needed vacation.  But now we are back to life and back to work.  I defeintely got used to the warmer temperatures and coming back to the cold and snow was not exactly fun.

Last night we got pelted with about 2+ inches of snow which made this mornings run extra hard.  Between dodging snow plows and trying to not slip and slide around, I made it 5 miles.  My knee is actually feeling pretty good - I don't know how but the vacation really helped.  I still ran 5 of the 7 days for a total of 32.5 miles and my knee didn't really complain at all. 

Happy Monday!

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday!!

Just a few favorites from the week!  Have a great weekend!

Favorite idea.

Favorite Post Run Refuel.  I just love grilled cheese after a long run, but regular grilled cheese can get boring so I like to spice it up!

Favorite Boots. 

Favorite Elevation Run Chart. From my run a few weeks ago - it was a snowy, slushy and hilly!

Favorite new dessert.

His and Her Shoes

On the left we have my shoes and on the right we have Brian's shoes.

Brian is always complaining about how my shoes are in the way but I can't help it! I have a lot of shoes - shoes for work, shoes for working out, shoes for running. 

Currently only one pair of those shoes is actually for running.

Happy Wednesday!

My week in Hours

Last week was a very busy week and it got me thinking about what I actually do all week and where the time goes.  It just seems like there is never enough time in the day to complete everything I want to do and some things just end up taking priority over others.

Total hours in a week: 168

Sleeping - 55 hours

Working - 48 hours

Making food/eating - 21 hours

Blogging/Reading blogs - 16 hours

Washing/folding clothes - 5 hours

Running - 4 hours 

Cross training classes (yoga, spin, etc) - 4 hours

 

Total hours used: 153

Time leftover: 15 hours

After I complete all the things I need to and want to each week, I have 15 hours left over.  Now some of that time is spent driving to and from work or the gym and running errands and grocery shopping.  But on top of that I know that some of that time is spent watching tv.  

I try to stretch and do my knee exercises while I watch tv, but I am still spending time watching tv instead of reading or doing something else productive.  I think I need to try and give up tv and see what happens, but its tough because I really enjoy a few shows each week like Biggest Loser and Law & Order.

Back when we first got married, we didn't have tv for the first couple of weeks and even though I didn't like it at the time I kind of wish we hadn't signed up for cable.  Its just so easy to sit on the couch and flip on the tv.

In a couple of weeks I think I would like to give up tv and see how I do!