Pittsburgh Trip And An Almost Lost Dog

Matt and I had such a great time in Pittsburgh this weekend meeting baby Abri! Here are some pictures I took along our trip.

baby Abri

Mia and Brian

Giona getting ready to ride his bike

Looking over Pittsburgh!

It was back to work today for me....I was not a happy camper.  Afer work I headed to the gym for a good workout.  I have a presentation after work tomorrow so won't be able to get a workout in so I wanted to make today extra tough. I started out with a weights workout that was a lot like this one.  Then I moved on to the treadmill. I did 20 minutes alternating 2 minutes slower run and 1 minute sprinting. Then I finished up with 15 minutes on the eliptical.

That vein popping out of my head means it was a good workout haha

When I got home I was walking in the door and little Champ slipped outside and took off.  I ran around the neighborhood after him, but he was way faster than me. I ran back to the house, hopped in Matt's car and drove around looking for him with no luck. Needless to say I was freaking out.  We decided to make a quick dinner and then go back out looking for him.  Just as we sat down for dinner the doorbell rang and there was Champ!! Someone had found him on the road and he came over to invstigate their dog. So all I need to get Champ to stop running away from me is...another dog lol. 

For dinner I cooked up some asparagus, brussel sprouts and sweet potato to go with our breaded tilapia fillets. I mixed equal parts of panko bread crums and crushed ground walnuts for the breading. First I dipped the fillets in egg whites and then put them in the breading. I cooked them for 4 minutes per side.  I love a nice quick dinner.

Time to go obsessively practice reading over my poster!! haha.  Can't wait for the end of the week so I can finally see the Hunger Games.

ps. today is 2 months until the big day :)



My Weekend In a Nutshell

My weekend has been great so far...besides the lack of sleep.  Matt and I went out to dinner on Friday night and then out for drinks with friends.  Something did not agree with Matt and he was up all night getting sick, poor guy.  We were both pretty tired on Saturday morning.  I started out my morning with a nice big bowl of oatmeal:

1/2 cup old fashioned oats, 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, handfull of craisins, cut up apple, and a spoonfull each of peanut butter and apple butter.  I have finally cured my aversion to oatmeal.  I just can't eat it by itself.  I have to have fruit cut up in it or have it mixed in yogurt...I'm weird. After my breakfast I left for my usual saturday morning workout! I love weekend workouts b/c I can get a lot more done. I started with this workout that left me  sore the next morning:

Then I hopped on the treadmill and ran 4 miles.  I warmed up for a mile including a 2 minute walk and then I went from speed 6.0 up to 7.4 by increments of 0.2 and ran at each for 2 minutes. I looked like such a hot mess afterwards.  I wish I could be one of those people who "glows" and doesn't sweat like a pig.

Lunch to refuel:

Random veggie scramble:  brussel sprouts, carrots, broccoli and peppers sauted and then I added some liquid egg whites and topped it with cheese.  Apple Cinnamon Chobani on the side :)

And now for the highlight of my weekend: Wine Tasting At The Rent's House!

My dad is in charge of all of the drinks for the wedding.  He wants to have a red and a white at each table for dinner and then have some other options at the bar for cocktail hour.  He went to a local liquor store with our menu and the people there recommended some choices for wines to go with the appetizers/entrees.  So my dad got a bottle of each and we invited some friends and family over to rate them.   Going in to this I thought there might be 5 or 6 wines.  I walked in and found 15 bottles of wine looking me in the eye hahah.

And a table set up with one white glass and one red glass for each person along with a pen and paper for ratings. 

Along with the wine we had strawberries, lots of cheese and crackers and of course chocolate!  I ate wayyyyy too much chocolate. I have serious problems lol.  All the wine was awesome and I would be happy with any of them at the wedding. 

 I think my mom and dad should go in to business after this one. My mom stayed up until 1:30 in the morning the night before getting descriptions of all of the wines.  This picture was taken after all 15 were tried haha. 

Now you would think I would sleep like a rock after this, but somehow I didn't.  I woke up at 8:30 not feeling rested at all. Matt and I went rock climbing, ran some errands and took champ for a walk. Then I really wanted something light for dinner so I cooked up some tilapia, asparagus and sweet potatoes.

And the absolute best part of my weekend?? It's not over. I have tomorrow off!!

Anyone else out there ever hosted their own wine tasting??

Workout Before Wine

Matt and I are headed to a wine tasting that we got through Groupon with my parents and my aunt and uncle. We get a wine tasting, two glasses and a bottle of wine for $20.  My kind of deal.

First things first.  Breakfast before heading to the gym.

1/3 cup oatmeal, 1 container apple cinnamon nonfat chobani, 1/2 tbsp chia seeds, splash of milk with granolla, craisins and peanut butter on the top

At the gym I started out with 4 sets of 14 lunges with 10lbs in each hand.  Then I did 3 sets of 20 squats with a 25lb dumbell and finished up with some abs.  Then I jumped on the treadmill for this 40 minute run.

I alternated half mile jogs and half mile sprints for 4 miles and then ran at a 6.5 until 40 minutes were up.

4.4 miles in 40 minutes!

happy to be done and ready for lunch!

I wanted something high in protein for lunch so I whipped up a egg white and cheese sandwich on a whole wheat deli flat.  I microwaved a banana in a bowl for 30 seconds and then added a spoonful of plain nonfat greek yorgurt, almond butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon.  And of course a cup of decaf coffee on the side to rehydrate.

I'm so obsessed with my microwaved banana mixutre.  Perfect thing to warm me up this winter. A few things to do around the house before our tasting! Hope everyon has a good Saturday!

What was your workout today??

Ever been to a wine tasting before?

This is our second wine tasting that we've done through Groupon. We went to a tour and tasting in New Jersey over the summer and had so much fun we had to do it again.

5:45am Wake Up Call!

Today was a slap in the face.  After several days off and getting 9+ hours of sleep every night, it was hard getting out of bed at 5:45 this morning.  By about 8am I was feeling more awake and ready to work.  After work I went to the gym since it was FREEZING out today.  I did 20 minutes of weights and then I did a 35 minute treadmill interval workout that I got from Carrots 'N' Cake.

Time:  Speed

0-0.30:  5.0

0.30-1.00:  5.3

1.00-1.30:  5.5

1.30-2.00: 5.8

2.00-6.00:  6.0

6.00-8.00:  6.2

8.00-10.00:  6.4

10.00-12.00:  6.5

12.00-14.00:  6.6

14.00-16.00:  6.7

16.00-18.00:  6.8

18.00-20.00:  6.9

20.00-22.00:  7.0

22.00-24.00:  6.9

24.00-26.00:  6.8

26.00-28.00:  6.7

28.00-30.00:  6.6

30 min until 4 miles:  6.5

I got home and I was starving.  Good thing I had already made dinner for tonight last night.  All I had to do was pop it in the microwave and eat.

I made Crispy Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers and popped a sweet potato in the microwave for 8 minutes (4 minutes per side) and added some veggies on the side. 

Other accomplishments today: I finally figured out how to add the daily mile widget to my blog so I'll get ot see how many miles I run this year!! I also contanacted an officiant for our wedding and we are meeting with him next Monday night to go over some details for our ceremony.  Matt and I are still out on the write our own vows or do traditional vows question.  I think I might actually have a nervous breakdown if I have to read my own vows because I hate public speaking, but I do like the idea of writing something original that comes from the heart...we'll see.