The Good, The Yum and The Unhealthy....

tgif...louder..TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone's day is going great. I went in for OT today. I stayed a little longer then I had planned which will be good come Christmas shopping time. I picked up Subway for lunch. It was delicious as always.

Yesterday I started the day off pretty good with my breakfast. I bought the Mighty Maple Peanut Butter that I saw on Watermelon Tequila's page.(http://melonshots.blogspot.com/) It was DELICIOUS!!! I think it's better then the Dark Chocolate Dreams. I plan on buying this again. I loved it! I had it with a slice of toast and a green monster. This is were the "Good" part of the title comes from....now for the "Yum" part......

I had tomato's with Lime. It was really yummy so I decided to have it again today for my snack. Not pictured here I had a grapefruit as well.

This was the " Unhealthy" OMG was this UNHEALTHY. I'm not going to lie though. It was really good and I did eat the whole thing.

I told Craig I was going to take him out to dinner yesterday. He decided he wanted a burger from a new place that had just opened up called " Four Guys" There isn't much to choose from on the menu but I'm pretty sure the few things on the menu were as good as the Cheeseburger and fries. We shared the fries of course. We should've gone with the smaller ones but what's done is done and it was good. =)

Tonight we are going to my parents for dinner. We are going 4 wheeling tomorrow and possibly hiking on Sunday. Hope you all have a great weekend. I'm dressed and ready to go running. Let's hope it's nice outside still.


Betty

Persistence

Good Evening Bloggers! I was online today reading motivational quotes. I came across this one and I thought it was perfect. It can apply to so many people in so many different ways. When I first read it I immediately thought about my first half marathon. I am planning on running a full marathon in a year. I know it’s a long time from now but I want to take the time and train the right way. Well I don’t know if there is a right way but just a better way for me. I have a half marathon coming up in January with my sister. This will be her first  half. I had a talk with her the other day because I noticed that she wasn’t putting her all into training anymore. When we first started training in August she was running about twice a week and once on the weekend with me and Craig. Little by little I noticed her making excuses for not running. I don’t want to PUSH her to do something she doesn’t want to. It came out of her to train for the half marathon with me. She said it was something that she really wanted to do. So what I decided to do was let her be for a couple of week. She knew I was still training but would not bring up running with me. Last Friday we went to lunch and started talking about running again. She admitted that she had been slacking but that she still really wanted to run the half marathon in January. I let her know that I didn’t want her to feel forced to run it if she didn’t want to. I told her that training for a race is not easy. Sometimes we want to give up. Sometimes we want to postpone it. I told her she needed to stay motivated and pushing herself to run. I let her know how important it was for her to keep up with training because she didn’t want to be in the middle of the half marathon and feeling like crap. I don’t want her to not be prepared. I want to try and explain to her as much as I can so she knows how hard it really is. Anyway this spoke to me LOUD and CLEAR. Training is the little steps to be able to complete the main goal….which for us at this point is finishing the P.F.Changs Half Marathon on January 17th. I did tell her how awesome and exciting it is when you cross the finish line. Told her how the morning winter runs when you can barely move and the summer runs where your sweating EVERYWHERE are so worth it. She is back on track and I will keep posting updates if anything changes.

I'm off to the gym for my run and ab workout. 

Have a great night!!

Betty

Won My First Blog Giveaway!!

Tuesday workout: 35 minutes on Treadmill (incline 5-11) Crunches and ST

Yes gals the title says it all. I won my first blog giveaway!! I am so excited. I entered Becca's (http://rebeccastaggs.blogspot.com/) Fage Giveaway last week and won. =) It made my day. Just in time for Thanksgiving. I'll be looking for Thanksgiving recipe's in which I can add the greek yogurt. If you have any ideas please send them my way.

I didn't do a weekend recap but I do have a video from our weekend at the dunes. We had a lot of fun, especially when it was so windy that our tent was almost flat. It was pretty funny when we were trying to get all our stuff together and the wind kept blowing our tent everywhere. We were laughing so hard that we almost fell on the ground. I love that Craig doesn't let situations like that get to him. He turns everything into something fun. We could've easily got mad and threw everything into our truck but we just enjoyed ourselves. Even when we had sand in our ears. LOL. Check out our video and let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNLXDI-WlQ

And here is a picture of our tent almost flat because of the strong winds. You can also notice how strong the wind was by the flag on the truck....

Another awesome thing I did today was.... register Craig and I for our first race together. Craig started running in August with my sister and I and he is now ready for his first race. I am SO excited to experience this with him. We will be running the Mi Amigo's Turkey Trot. We will be wearing our matching shirts. I know it's super nerdy but I am so excited for that. hee hee

Oh and another thing I got today.....

I got my calendar for 2010 already. I keep my workouts documented everywhere. LOL. It's kind of crazy. I have a calendar at work, in my purse and one by my desk at home. I just like to see what I've done for the month. I like to see where i'm slacking and need to focus more on. Right now I would say I'm slacking. It's just so cold outside and it gets so dark that I just want to go home and cuddle with Craig. LOL. Its the truth people. But I haven't let it get to me. I still workout atleast 4-5 days out of 7. I think that's pretty good. My body needs to rest too. Anyway, back to what I got in the mail today. I got a book as you can see. I don't really know what to expect from it yet but I will let you know how it is.

I hope everyone had a fun exciting day!

Betty

Perfect Run

Friday workout: 5 mile run- 554 calories burned

Good morning!!! Yay to Friday and the weekend!

That's the cloudy view I had this morning while I was running. It was great. It started it out a little rough. I barely slept last night because of my stomach ache and this morning I was not feeling any better. I decided to just run 3 miles and go from there. I'm glad that I convinced myself to atleast give it a shot because it was a really nice run. I felt great the whole time and I love running when it's cloudy. My new running shoes felt great. They felt so bouncy and I didn't feel any pain in my left knee. I was starting to feel pain on my left knee the last few runs. I thought it had something to do with my old shoes. I love them but I know I've had them for a year already. I ran a few 5k's and 2 half marathons. It was time for new shoes and I think I made the right decision with the LunarGlide. Today's run was one of those runs when everything feels perfect. I saw kids going to school, mom's saying bye to their kids as they go to school, people on their morning walks and runs. When I reached the half way mark to come back and complete 3 miles I decided to keep going because I felt so good. When I'm having that good of a run I feel like I need to take advantage of it so I did. After my run I made Craig and I breakfast burritos. Scrambled eggs with spinach, green bell pepper, onion and some cheese on a whole wheat tortilla.

I am all out of spinach so I was not able to have a green monster this morning. =( I will have to get some on Sunday so I can have some on Monday for work. We will be gone this weekend to the dunes. We have a lot of this to look forward to.....

Last week we went to the Kelly Clarkson concert. I posted a video last night but I have some pictures from that night. Sorry it's almost a week later but I haven't had time to post them. Before the concert we had dinner at Zoe's Kitchen. It's a healthy restaurant with amazing food.

This was Craig's spinach quesadilla with rice pilaf.

This was my chicken kabob plate with salad, rice pilaf and pita.

Craig and I after the concert.

Brian and I

I love you KELLY!!!!

Sorry such a long post. Atleast it was mostly pictures. =)

I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Sheila from http://sherunsforjesus.com/ is running her first half marathon this weekend. Good luck to her and anyone else running a race this weekend!! Have fun.

Betty

Since You've Been Gone Video

Thursday workout: REST

Good Evening......

I took another rest day today. I had a really bad stomach ache and decided to skip the gym. I plan on running tomorrow morning and going to work for some OT. It will be my first run outside with my new running shoes. I will be sure to post how it goes. I'm excited to see how they feel on the pavement. It's crazy how excited I get about little things like that. A few years ago I wouldn't have felt this way. It makes me feel very happy.

 I don't really have much tonight but I wanted to post the link to the Kelly Clarkson video Craig made for me. Hope you enjoy it. Like I said before it was an awesome concert and I hope to go to her next one too.

Hope you are all having a great night!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VArF8cNXbSc


Betty

Working on a Holiday

Sunday workout: 2hrs and 30 mins. hike

Monday workout: 40 minutes cardio and ST

Tuesday workout: 25 minutes 30 day Shred

Happy Wednesday!!! We are getting closer and closer to Friday. Yay. So I haven't blogged in about 3 days but I have been reading everyone's posts. =)

I'll go ahead and do a weekend recap since I never did. On Saturday we went to the Kelly Clarkson concert and we had a blast. I took pictures and should have them up by this week. Craig is also working on a video for me to post. It was so awesome. She has such an amazing voice and doesn't need all the extra stuff to make a good concert. I love her.

On Sunday morning we went hiking. It was a new trail for us.  Windcave Trail wasn't very difficult but it was very scenic. The trail is 3.2 miles and can take about 1.5-2 hrs round trip. Once we reached the cave we decided to keep exploring so it took us 2 hrs and 30 minutes. The weather was really nice and we had a good time. I burned 618 calories... not bad for a fun time with my Craig.

 

Monday was pretty much just working and then going to the gym after work. On Tuesday we had a potluck at work and let's just say I enjoyed a lot of the food. It's not like I do this a lot so I don't feel guilty. =) After work I decided to do 30 Day Shred since it has been awhile. I set my ipod on shuffle and muted Jillian. It was a great workout and I was drenched when I was done. Today is my rest day and I plan on taking advantage of it. I have to get ready for the weekend. We are leaving to the dunes on Saturday and I need to pack. We are just going for one night but it's one night of camping in sand so it can get pretty messy. We love going to the dunes and I'm sure we will have a lot of fun. I have a video I will post this week from previous times that we have gone. Fun times.

Hope you are enjoying your day off if you have it off and if you are working like me... then I hope you take it easy. (like me)

Betty

New Running Shoes

Thursday workout: 1hr- cardio, ST and crunches

Friday workout: 45 minutes- run with Craig

TGIF!!! I'm feeling a bit better today. When I first woke up my throat was hurting but I still went for a run with Craig. I was really excited because this would be our first run ALONE together. Usually he will ride his bike around me to make sure I'm okay or my sister will be running with us. Today it was just us two and I loved it. It was nice running next to him and enjoying the nice weather we had this morning. After our run I made us breakfast. I made scrambled egg with spinach, cheese and corn tortilla. I didn't take a picture though. I was hungry. =)

When Craig was off to work I was off to Sprouts. I bought two new items that I have never tried before. I've seen them on other blogs a lot and decided that I MUST try them. The first is Chobani greek yogurt. One is Strawberry flavored and the other is honey flavored. YUM. I also bought Annie's Mac and Cheese. I'll be making this some time next week. I'm not sure what I'm having for lunch yet but I think I might go with a wrap.

After doing a little shopping I came home for a little nap. I was woken up by my honey. Craig was calling as he usually does when he has a break. Then I heard the doorbell ringing. What was it?!!! It was.......

My new shoes!!!!!!!!!!! YAY. I put them on and ran around my house like a lunatic. They feel great and I can't wait to take them out for a run! I'm so excited. It was like Christmas for me today. I still really love pink but I'm glad I went with a different color. The yellow is so bright. I love it.

I hope you are all enjoying your Friday!!!! I AM =)

Betty