Exercise Blues

It is now officially Weekend Time for me! Long weekends are the best!!

Today I had school until 3:30, and then the plan was to come home, have a snack, and hits the streets for a run. Well, that is unfortunately not exactly what happened. I did, of course, have my snack…but the running part was not a success. I was feeling worn out and just not focused on what was important or what I “needed” to do. I hate when I lose focus like that because I always regret it later.

But, today is history and tomorrow is a brand new start and the perfect opportunity to get back on track with my training schedule for this week. I WILL get my run in tomorrow morning and I know I will feel much better. I really love exercise, running especially…but sometimes it is just hard to work up the energy to do it after a long day. This is something I want to work on. I am making a new goal to make exercise a more important priority in my life (while not letting it consume my life at the same time!).

For breakfast this morning, I had a bangin’ bowl of blueberry coconut oats:

This mixture contained:

• 1/2 cup oatbran
• 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup skim milk
• a couple scoops of cottage cheese
• tbsp flax
• a huge handful of frozen blueberries
• pinch of salt, lots of cinnamon
• topped with a sprinkle of unsweetened shredded coconut

Lunch was at the school cafeteria, where I had a sandwich with turkey, cheese, tomato, pickles, and mustard. I also had celery with peanut butter, and a carton of 1% milk

And then here was my afternoon snack:

A cracker platter (Triscuit thin crisps and Kashi original 7 grain) with a tbsp of Kroger natural peanut butter

Dinner was pretty simple..and I was actually not feeling very hungry, which resulted in this:

Baked tofu and cheesy steamed broccoli

It was simple and delish.

I also found this little guy:

A ricotta chocolate chip cookie! The perfect way to finish off a meal. :)

So thinking back to my new exercise goal, here is a question for you:

How do you motivate yourself to exercise?

Hits the spot every time

Happy Thursday!

Tomorrow is already Friday!! This week has actually flew by pretty fast for me. I am excited to relax and have a fun weekend. I don’t really have much plans yet but who knows what will come up. One thing I definitely have planned is to run. I have a week from Saturday until my Race Day!!!

Speaking of running, I was able to get in a great run yesterday. I didn’t feel like I lost too much of my endurance that I had built up, but I know I need to put in some good work this weekend and next week so I will be in good shape for the Saturday race. I am so glad that I have picked up running as a new hobby. I used to just run occasionally, and when I did, it wasn’t really anything substantial. But after I started seeing how much some of these bloggers loved running, I thought that maybe I would like it, too. So I have slowly been building up to more and more…and it makes me feel SO amazing! The “runner’s high” is NOT a myth! :) I really think is something that I will become passionate about. I am so glad I decided to give it a shot!

Now, here was this morning’s breakfast:

Oatbran!!! The mixture included:

1/2 cup oatbran, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup skim milk, cinnamon, frozen blueberries, a few chopped apricots (yuuumm!), and 1 tbsp Naturally More Peanut Butter.

I am so glad that I’ve been seeing the Naturally More pb showing up on more blogs. I LOVE this peanut butter! I contains flaxseed and other healthful add ins and it has a total of 10 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber!!!

Today for my lunch at school I had a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with a teensy bit of jelly. Plus a side salad and 1% milk.

My afternoon snack:

Triscuit thin crisps with a broken up colby jack cheese stick

After my snack, I decided to shred it up with Jilian.

Then for dinner:

A yummy salad, and brown rice w/shrimpies!

This was delicious!

For dessert, the family all had Braum’s Frozen Yogurt Icecream, because we are celebrating my Mom’s Birthday! We had cappuccino chocolate chunk and vanilla. mmmm! (this is what my post title is referring to!)

Happy Birthday, Momma Sweet Cheeks! :)

Tomorrow I am planning on waking up early and going for my run outside before I get ready for school. This will be my first early morning run…I think I might end up really liking running first thing in the morning. I’m actually excited for it!

Hope you all have a great Thursday evening. See ya tomorrow!

Humpday

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!

I will be nice and not play any jokes on you guys...for now. ;)

Hope you all are having a great Wednesday! It’s getting very close to the weekend…woohoo!!

This morning I started out with a wonderful bowl of oatbran:

This mixture contained:

1/2 cup oatbran, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup water, pinch of salt, lots of cinnamon, and TONS of blueberries and cherries. Then I topped it with shredded coconut. This started off my today wonderfully! Breakfast has to be my favorite meal of the day…nothing beats a good ol’ bowl of oats. :D

I also had a mug of green tea:

Then lunch was at school in the cafeteria. I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich on whole wheat bread and 1 carton low-fat milk. No pictures though because, well, its hard to pull out your camera in front of a bunch of teens who just don’t understand. ;) Good news is that I only have 1 1/2 months left and then its SUMMER TIME!!! You all don’t even know how excited I am for summer…hurry up and get here already!!!

Now I am going to get ready to go for a run before dinner time. I am training for my very first race! It is a 5k and it is coming up very quickly! It is Saturday before Easter Sunday, so I don’t have that much longer to train…and I have not been feeling well so I haven’t been able to get in as much running as I have wanted to. You see, for one of my classes, I am an aide for the High School Daycare…and I LOVE it..but with daycares, comes so many sicknesses and germs. Well, I seem to be catching ALL of the viruses going around that place since I started going there!! I have seriously been going from one sickness to the next. Any suggestions?!?!

Ok, I am off to go do my first run of the week and I am hoping that I haven’t lost too much of my endurance! Wish me luck! :)