Monday, I
wanted to get up at 6:30, leave the house no later than 8 to drive to the gym,
park, run 6 miles, then do my combat fitness practice workout. HOWEVER, I didn’t drag my sorry carcass out
of my bed until a smidge after 8. Which
is when I wanted to leave. Great. So it was like 9:30 before I left the
house. I got to the gym and parked. I only had time for a 4 mile run. Then I went inside the gym and did my workout
of wall balls, step ups, kettlebell sumo squat to front raise, monster walks,
sumo walks and push press (on the smith machine…better than nothing…at least
there was an empty squat rack of some sort today and I got to do it this
time). I nixed the ladder machine
because I just didn’t have that extra 10 minutes to spare. But it was still a great workout and I’m glad
that it was only shortened and that I didn’t have to forego it completely.
So, as a
result of delaying myself going to the gym, I didn’t get home until about 25 minutes
before I like to leave for work and I still had to shower, put my work uniform
together, divvy up my meds into my daily pill holder thingie, fill my water
bottles for work, pack my lunch, email a document to my work email. UGH!
needless to say, I left for work about 25 minutes after I like to
leave. Granted, I was not late for
work. However, I didn’t get to do my
standard pre-work walk around the parking garage. Oh and I “gained” (most likely just water
weight…I hope) 2 pounds over the weekend so then my uniform pants were all
tight and uncomfortable and annoying.
So it was a
good thing I recorded the New Year’s Eve shows because, well, I slept through
them. So, Sunday afternoon/evening while
I was washing dishes, meal prepping and doing laundry, I watched them. Better late than never, right?
Speaking of
meal prepping, my meals for this week are as follows:
•
breakfast: 3 boiled eggs & a fruit yogurt smoothie with cashew milk, water
and my super foods powder blended together.
• lunch: 11
oz baked tilapia loins with salsa.
• snack: a
coconut sweet potato crockpot “casserole" (see below for my adaptation of the recipe)
•
dinner: Greek yogurt.
• overtime
snacks: sliced apples & Skinny Pop popcorn.
So, for
2016, I signed up for a run 1000 miles in a year challenge. Well, obviously, I hit that goal. I ran 1268.84 miles in 2016! BOOOOOOOOM!
Not only did I totally smash the 1000 mile challenge, but I also smashed
my personal goal of running at least 1200 miles.
As of Sunday
I am now officially using my new day planner!
I bought it at Marshall’s for $12 and I like it much better than my $30
(+ $$ for extra bits) planner I bought last summer that was good for 18 months. I just couldn’t use it anymore. The main 2 reasons were that it was just so
big and the other main reason was the spine was these disks that the pages and
cover pop onto and the cover kept popping off.
so I didn’t really feel as though it was all that secure or that it
would stay together. The new one has a
very secure snap ring system…like a 3-ring binder. And it has a snap closure to keep the cover
closed. It’s still good sized but it’s
small enough to fit in my purse or my work bag without it being a pain to get
it in or out.
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| so pretty |
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| love this page where I can jot down my goals for the month |
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| I do wish the day squares were a little bigger, but oh well |
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| this section is quite handy |
So, it’s
amazing the difference that just .8 of a pound makes in how you feel and how
your clothes fit. That’s the difference
in my weight between yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday). Just .8 of a pound. Wow.
While it’s just a tiny amount on the scale, it is a huge difference in
the way my uniform pants are fitting today.
They’re not all tight and uncomfortable, making me cranky and
irritable. I strongly dislike being
cranky and irritable.
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COCONUT SWEET POTATO "CASSEROLE"
ingredients:
• 4-5 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1.5 sticks unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
directions:
• place cubed sweet potatoes in crockpot
• cube the butter and place randomly atop the sweet potatoes
• spread coconut sugar over the top
• drizzle beaten eggs over the top
• sprinkle vanilla over the top
• spread coconut flakes over the top
• cook on high for 4 hours
• enjoy!
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