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Happy hump day and What I Ate Wednesday! 

My presentation last night when really well!!  All I wanted to do last night was read my book (Catching Fire) and relax. But I'm back to blogging today.

Breakfast:

the usual. pumpkin pie overnight oats. 1/3 cup old fashioned oats, 1/3 cup nonfat plain chobani, 1/3 cup pumpkin, pumkin pie spice, cinnamon, alond milk.  Peanut butter, craisins and granolla on top

Snack:

Apple and half a kashi granolla bar. Yes I am that annoying person who eats halves of everything!

Lunch:

I took a walk to the grocery store near where I work to get salad from the salad bar. I got a half hour walk in when all was said and done!

mixed greens and veggie salad with some tuna salad on the side along with fruit and cottage cheese.

Snack:

Before I left work I munched on some quaker oatmeal squares to power me through my workout when I got home. 

Workout:

My at home workout today was awesome thanks to Blogilates!  She has a lot of printable workouts on her website that I love. Today I did two rounds of three of her exercise printouts:

First was a weights circuit:

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Next was the cardio circuit:

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And last the pilates corset workout:

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Going through these all twice took me about 45 minutes and I was sweating bullets by the end!! I have a feeling I'm going to be sore tomorrow.  Not the best planning I guess since Matt and I are going to run with our running club tomorrow.

After my workout Matt showed me a new arms move he saw in a magazine:

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This is definitely a keeper.

Then it was finally time for dinner!

Taco night! Turkey tacos with cheese, lettuce and garbanzo beans on a whole wheat tortilla. I also snacked on some cataloupe.  Right now I'm having my late night snack of strawberries and pineapple with a scoop of greek yogurt on top along with a peice of dove dark chocolate :)

Sorry for the crazy long post. I guess this is what happens when I skip a  day lol

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 :)



Missing Champers and Night "Out"

Today around 4:30 we dropped off Champ at the farm where he'll stay while we are in Pittsburgh for the weekend.  He has lots of room to run around and a lot of doggy friends to play with, but I still miss him tons. This is the first time we've had to take him somewhere to be watched while we are out of town. The thing I miss the most:

Champ's perch. This is one of Champs favorite places in the house. He loves perching up and looking out the window. Except....about 75% of the time he goes to his perch HE FARTS!! haha.  He's such a little weirdo, but it crackes me up. 

Oops he looks mad at me for catching him farting at his perch.

After we dropped off Champ we drove to UD for a run around campus. I finished 4.15 miles in about 37 minutes.  Then we went to dinner on main street to refuel!

Bathroom pictures are the coolest.

We went to this place called Cheeburger Cheeburger...I know what you are thinking. Where are the S's?? I have no idea. The best part about this place is you can customize everything your way for free. All toppings are free including on salads

Invent your own salad, yes please!

Grilled chicken salad with tomatoes, craisins, almonds, cucumbers, carrots, pineapple and guac with balsalmic dressing. AMAZING.  I love giant salads. There was obviously no way I finished this thing, but I made a pretty good dent.

Now Matt and I are packing and getting ready for our trip tomorrow. We'll be up bright and early to get on the road! Have a good weekend!



Running With The Dog...Work In Progress

Today after work I headed to the grocery store, aka my least favorite time of the week.  Luckily I had a handful of coupons with me when I walked in, and they had some great sales this week including 10 Chobani for $10!! This should keep me stocked for a while ten days.  When I got home I took Champ out for a run.  This is my second attempt at running with him. My first idea was to do the 5k loop in our neighborhood.  Champ started out strong pulling me the whole way for the first 10 minutes. He definitely went out too strong because he started to crash. I was dragging him most of the way after this. When we hit 25 minutes of walking/running I decided to head home because he was panting like woo.  I haven't run with animals much so I'm not sure what I should take as him being actually tired or just a little tired.  Either way we got 2 miles in and we definitel bonded lol.

When I got home I fed Champ and then finished off my workout with one round of these workouts. Do each for 1 minute with 15 seconds rest in between.

I originally found this workout at Gothextramile.

All in all with the walk/run and weights workout I got about 40 minutes in. Then it was time for dinner:

Leftover buffalo chicken from last night on a big salad with roasted sweet potatoes and veggies.

One more work day until our trip to Pittsburgh! Can't wait!!



What I Ate Wednesday And A Slow Run

Happy Wednesday

What I Ate Wednesday in the blogging world!

Breakfast:

Overnight Oats: 1/4 cup oatmeal, container pomegranate chobani, 1/4 cup almond milk with peanut butter, craisins and granolla on top

Snack:

Banana and Coconut Water to stay extra hydrated before my run after work!

Lunch:

Megan Fried Rice: First I cooked up some asparagus, green peppers and brussel sprouts, then added brown rice and black beans into the mixed. I finished it off with some egg whites for extra protein and topped it with some cheddar cheese.  Apple on the side.

After work I went for a run around campus.  I wanted to just go slow and enjoy myself after a stressful day.  I really enjoyed my run.  I ran 4.25 miles in 39 minutes, my pace right around 9.10.  I felt like I could've kept going, but unfortunately didn't have the time :(

Dinner (one of my favs)

Healthy Buffalo Chicken Wraps

2 baked chicken breasts

2 tbsp hot sauce

3 tbsp white vinegar

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

2 tbsp nonfat greek yogurt

2 tbsp low fat mayo

1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles

pepper to taste

chopped celery

spinach leaves

whole wheat tortillas

I cooked the chicken breasts the night before so all I had to do was chop them up and stick them in a skillet to warm them up. Mix together the hot sauce, 2tbsp vinegar and cayenne and pour over the chicken while it's cooking. In a separate bowl mix remaining vinegar, yogurt, mayo, pepper and blue cheese.  Spread the blue cheese mixture on you tortilla, top with hot wing chicken, celery and lettuce. SCARF!!!

grapes on the side

Snack:

cut up pear and on of my oatmeal cookies

I'm going to attempt to run with Champ again tomorrow, we'll see how that goes!



Rest Day = Errands Day

Today was my rest day from working out.  My body needs a break, and me myself had some serious errands to do after work.  My first stop was at JoAnn Fabrics for some crafting supplies for the wedding.  I picked up a few things including two of these:

I want to turn them into something like this:

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After JoAnn's I went over to old navy to look for a blouse to wear next Tuesday under my big girl suit.  I'm presenting a poster at a nerdy science conference and need to look somewhat professional (not in my usual jeans and a tshirt).  When I got home I added my wedding goods to the growing stock pile in our basement:

I don't think our outside table will be making it out of the basement until June!

more stuff on Matt's tailgate table.

We also got these in the mail the other day:

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Then it was finally time for dinner. I got crabcakes from the fish counter in the grocery store last week so it made for a pretty easy dinner. I cut up a sweet potato to go with it and baked the "fries" for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.

Veggies and hummus on the side.

My hip is almost 100% better. I'm planning to run after work so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes well!