Tapering WAIW

Yay! I can't believe we are halfway through the week already and only 4 days away from my first half marathon!  And it's what I ate wednesday. 

 

My breakfast is a new favorite, oatmeal minus the oats. 

covered in peanut butter obvi

 

This took me from 6:30 to 10ish. Then I scarfed an apple and had some mint tea because my work is freezing.

My favorite tea. Perfect for a person with a restless stomach.

 

Lunch:

Tuna salad made with greek yogurt instead of mayo. Filled with edamame, carrots, green peppers and craisins.

and half a KIND bar. 

 

For dinner I made one of our favorite dinners, black bean burgers.  They are really easy to make and so flavorful.

cooking on the griddle.

 

black bean burgers with carrots and......blue box mac and cheese. Pick your battles ladies haha. Today I chose to give in to Matt's request lol.  Next time I'm going to make homeade mac and cheese and see what he thinks.

 

I will likely be having a nice square of dark chocolate later tonight along with some almond butter!

 

After dinner I did a short abs workout and took this little man for a walk.

"my toof is stuck on ma lip"

 

I've been taking it easy this week, trying to rest my legs before the big race. I ran 2 miles on Monday along with an abs and arms workout and ran 3 miles outside yesterday.

 

 

 

Tomorrow I'll be at the gym doing upper body and 2 miles again and then resting on Friday and Saturday before the race. I'm so ready for it to be here. I'm ready to prove to myself that I can do this!

 

 

 

 

 

 



WAIW Kale Edition

Happy Wednesday and WAIW. 

 

I managed to get a whole day of eats in pictures...almost, with some of my other favorite meals this week at the end.

Breakfast Smoothie

1/2 cup plain nonfat chobani, 1 banana, 4 frozen strawberries, 1 tbsp PB2, 1 tbsp almond butter, almond milk to get everything moving.

 

Snack:

Almond Flour Muffins! I used this recipe and added some spices, craisins and walnuts. I used egg whites instead of eggs and made them into 6 muffins instead of 4.  I had mine with some pumpkin butter and it was delicious!

 

Lunch:

I've been big on salads lately.  This one was made with spinach, egg whites, black beans, carrots, string beans, avocado and some balsalmic dressing. I also ate half a KIND bar with my lunch.

 

Snack:

unpicuted unsweetened applesauce before my run. easy on the stomach.

 

Run!

5 hot miles!

 

You like my awesome hair??

 

Dinner:

Ham, Sauteed Kale with black beans and some Annie's Mac and Cheese

 

For my late night snack I had some raspberries with cottage cheese and some dark chocolate.

 

I've been loving kale lately and decided to try kale chips last night.  And guess what? Matt actually liked them! I couldn't believe it!

I cooked the kale chips at 350 for 15 minutes and they came out perfectly crispy. I had them with my favorite buffalo pulled chicken. I cook some chicken breasts in the crockpot all day, and then mix it wiht Frank's Red Hotsauce when I get home. Then I made a blue cheese sauce (2 tbsp blue cheese, 3 tbsp plain greek yogurt, 1 tbsp white vinegar) to put on top.

 

Sunday we went out to dinner with my parents for my dad's birthday and the special of the night was seared tuna....umm yes.

This was amazing. I love seared tuna. Whenever I see it on a menu, I order it.

 

 

 

In other news. 2.5 weeks til the big race!!! Let the countdown begin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Weekend Happenings

This weekend has unexpectedly been a lot of fun. We didn't have too much planned going into it, but we ended up doing a couple of spur of the moment things that made the weekend perfect.  Friday night Matt and I were at dinner when we got a call from one of my friends from college who just so happen to be passing through Delaware.  We left dinner and went to main st. to meet her and her fiance for some drinks! 

Stephanie and Chase at our wedding. Can't wait for their big day in June!

 

I definitely enjoyed the sangria that I had, but stuck to just one knowing I would be waking up early Saturday for my long run. I was up at 5:45am eating my half bagel with almond butter before heading out to the park.  11 miles was tough. My hips and knees were really sore after I finished, and they still are today. Overall, I think my run went really well thanks to the cool weather.

I finished with a 10.01 pace, my fastest yet! I stopped twice to chug my water/coconut water mix and have a GU Chomp. 

Notice how it was 9am with no sun.  I hope the day of our marathon can be the same way.

 

When I got home I was starving so I whipped up a smoothie to refuel.

1 scoop protein powder, 2 spoonfulls cottage cheese, 1 spoonful peanut butter, a bunch of frozen raspberries. 

 

When Matt and I were both done running, had showered and eaten lunch, we randomly decided to go to the circus down the road.  I saw it on my way home from work on Friday and thought it would be something fun to do during the day.

ELEPHANTS! They were so cute. 

 

 

Tigers!

 

We had a lot of fun, but I'm pretty sure that we were the only people there without a child next to us hahah.  It will be fun to go back one day when we have kids though.

 

After the circus we went home, had a snack and then went to our friend's house for some pizza and marshmellow roasting. We had a great time catching up with everyone and it was nice to let loose a little. We got home around midnight and I passed out! I was soooooo tired.  I slept so well last night. 

 

When I woke up this morning I decided to do a strength workout after lunch. Matt and I both took advantage of our free weights in our basement.

 

This is my serious face....or my poop face. Can't decide which one.

 

Champ usually just hovers around and gets in the way when we work out, but today Matt decided to use him haha. Champ Squats!

That's a 25lb squat right there!

 

We just got back from seeing The Campaign (which was hilarious) and are getting ready to go meet my parents for my dad's birthday dinner.

 

Hope everyone had a good weekend. 3 weeks and couting until the big half marathon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Beach, Birthday and a Wedding

My week of birthday celebrations is coming to an end....yes I get an entire week haha.  I got home Thursday from work, the day before my birthday, with flowers waiting for me :)  It was the perfect start to my long weekend. I took Friday off because we were going to our friend's wedding at the beach that night, and because I think it's no fun to work on your birthday.  Since I had off, I decided to move my long run to Friday morning. My body woke me up at 5:25am. Yikes. So I went with it, and went to the park to run 10 miles. I started my morning with a half a bagel with almond butter and craisins on top. Then I was off!

Me after my 10! I finished with a 10:04 pace and felt really good. I felt so much better than my 10 mile run last weekend. I got home, showered up and got to packing for the beach!

I made myself a high protein recovery meal of "oatmeal minus the oats."  I've been eating a lot of this lately and have found that I like it cold better than hot.

In an almost empty peanut butter jar. 

In the mix:

1 mashed banana

1/2 cup egg whites

1/4 cup almond milk

1 tbsp ground flax

several shakes cinnamon

1/2 tsp vanilla

handfull of craisins

Heat on the stove until it starts to thicken up and then enjoy.  I usually make mine the night before and stick it in the fridge to have the next morning.

After stuffing my face we were off! We drove 2 hours, checked into our hotel and then headed over to the beach for the wedding.

Janice walking down the aisle with her brother.

After the ceremony we went to Irish Eyes for the reception.  We ate some really good food and enjoyed the views of the marina.

I may have taken the nautical theme too far, but I loved my dress lol. 

Matt and I were both pretty tired that night, so we went to bed early and saved the bars for Saturday night. Saturday morning we woke up to a cloudy day.  The morning was chilly and windy, but by noon the sun was coming out and we got a couple of hours in at the beach before heading out to Jamfest at a local bar.

Jamfest at The Bottle And Cork

Holy crowdedness.  That place was packed! I almost got smooshed trying to get to the bathroom.

The lead singer got on the roof for one of the songs!

Later that night we met up with a bunch of friends for dinner, then went back to the bars.  I was proud of my usually early to bed self.  I made it to 1:30am!!

Sunday we got some time in at the beach, and then went home :(  Even though we were tired, Matt and I both wanted to get a strength workout in before we crashed.  I decided to do this Medacine Ball Workout from Blonde Ponytail:

I used a 10lb medacine ball and my inner thighs and arms are killing me today!

I was so depressed going to work this morning and then I walked into my office and saw this:

My birthday cubical.  Work flew by, thank goodness, and I went for a quick run after work.  3 miles went by quickly and I finished in 28.42!

When I got home I did a quick crossfit style workout to finish off. 

3 rounds as quickly as possible

25 dips

25 crunches

25 pushups

25 russian twists

Time to go make my breakfast/lunch for tomorrow.



The Missing Sports Bra

My workout today was...interesting. I got to the gym and realized that I forgot a sports bra.  Awesome.  So I had two options. Turn around and go home, or run with my regular bra on.  Regular bra it is!

HOT.  I went with it and finished my five miles in 49.53.  My legs were really sore from my workout on Sunday and my run yesterday.

I ran outside yesterday after work and picked up the pace a bit.

Foodwise, I've been trying to get back on track and trying to eat less sweets. This will always be my weakness, always.  It doesn't help when your birthday is on Friday though.  My fam took me out for dinner last night and surprised me with these:

Yum how could I say no??

My dinner was a turkey burger with steamed veggies.

This burger was giant. I ate it without the top bun and finished about 3/4 of it. It was delicious. Birthdays are definitely for indulging, but today I got back on track.

I whipped up a yummy smoothie for breakfast.

1/2 cup plain nonfat chobani

1 frozen banana

1 scoop almond butter

1 tbsp PB2

lots of cinnamon

almond milk to fill it up!

I think Champ wants some too. 

Lunch was a big salad with a veggie burger on top.

Throughout the day I snacked on lot of fruit and mixed nuts to keep me satisfied.  For dinner I whipped up some chicken fajitas (unpictured...sorry).  I sprad guacamole on mine and cooked peppers and onions to go along with it.

For my snack I had half of a Kashi Brownie with some peanut butter on top

If you haven't tried this I definitely recommend them.  They have very good nutrition stats and are made with sweet potatoes and beans! I also had about a tablespoon of dark chocolate chips.  I will never completely cut out sweets, I just need to learn to limit them a bit or else I start feeling off.  This was a good day of eats and hopefully I can keep on with this even though I have more birthday celebrating coming up!!



Beans Beans Good For Your Heart

Happy hump day everyone! It's What I Ate Wednesday! 

I had no idea, but apparently one of my summer staples is beans. Lots and lots of beans. I was going through what I ate this past week and I'm finding them in at least one of my meals a day. Here are some of the things I've been eating lately:

An new breakfast idea from Peanut Butter Fingers, geek yogurt pancakes.  Two of my favorite things put together in one dish.

Blueberry Chobani, 2 egg whites and 1/2 cup oatmeal all blended up and made into 4 pancakes.

For lunch today I had a big salad...with a black bean salsa on top!

For dinners this week I made this bbq bean and chicken sausage dish.

In the mix: 4 links of chicken sausage chopped, two cans of cannellini beans rinsed and drained, several handfuls of chopped kale, bbq sauce!  This dish was delish! I've been having it for lunches throughout the week as well.

I also had some frozen chicken and bean chili in the fridge from a few weeks ago.

I think this is when I started to realize that the bean thing was starting to get out of hand.  But that's not where it ended. We also need beans for dinner! 

I finally tried chocolate covere's katie's chocolate chip blondies.  I've been eyeing these babies up for a while. And the reason why is the main ingredient: chickpeas!!

Ingredients:

1 can chickpeas rinsed and drained

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/8 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 tsp baking powder

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup ground flax

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients except chocolate chips in a food processor until smooth.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Spread in a greased 8x8 and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  The results...amazing. No joke these are delicious.

I myself would never be able to tell that these were made with beans.  But, then again I don't have the most sophisticated taste buds. If it has chocolate in it, I will probably be eating it haha.

Workout wise I have been trucking away this week! I ran 4.5 miles on Monday and 3.25 miles on Tuesday.  Today we had a double header at volleyball and I am wiped out.

From my run yesterday:

Tomorrow I'll do 3 more and some abs and arms work and I'm hoping to get in either 9 or 10 miles on Saturday.  Matt and I arre also thinking of driving into philly to check out the race route if we have time.  We'll see.