Fit Fridays #8

 It's Friday already? Where did the week go?!
But that just means it's closer to the Superbowl where I get to watch my Niners play (and win).
And since it's Friday, it's time for Fit Fridays!

Sunday:

A 3.25 mile run, run 5, walk 3, run 8, walk 3, run 5. I thought the first 5 minutes was 8 so by the time I was done I was like "man I got this, 8 minutes is easy" and then realized it was only 5. Sad face. But hey, I can run 5 minutes with no problems! Success!

Later on I did Zumba with my favorite teacher since she's back from vacation. So happy! I had a great time shaking my butt and laughing.

Monday:
An early morning strength training sesh:
10 lunges w/ 2-12# kettlebells (each leg)
10 flying lunges w/ 10# dumbells (each leg)
20 plie squats w/ 25# kettlebell
20 glute bridges
2-45 second planks
30 second planks each side
40 calf raises w/ 45#
40 Russian Twists w/ 8# medicine ball
  It was not too intensive, but I still felt a good burn in my legs and core. I really need to work on those side planks, I was dying.
Morning yoga and damn was it hard. My hands were sweating from the heat of the room and from strength training, I could barely hold up downward dog without sliding. Today the teacher was describing how you should be sitting at the beginning, just a simple crossed leg sit, and usually I felt like I was fine doing it, I mean hey I've been doing it since I was little. But today I relaxed back a little on my tailbone and it just clicked; I felt so comfortable and so perfect just sitting there.
Later on in the day I had an hour long Zumba class with my favorite teacher since she's subbing.

Tuesday:
Morning yoga class.
Later on I was going to go to my Zumba class but there was absolutely no parking anywhere so I had to just skip. 

Wednesday:
Michael and I were both too exhausted to make it to the morning yoga class so I was able to get a few more Zzz's.
Later on when it warmed up to the mid 60's (oh warm weather I've missed you) I went out for my jog. Lemme say I was honestly a little nervous about this run. I could barely run 8 minutes without feeling like I was going to keel over and today was two 10 minute runs. They were incredibly easy. I have no idea why 10 minutes is easier to run than 8, but I finished both feeling like I did after a 5 minute run. I'm so incredibly proud of myself for running 10 minutes straight. Whoo progress.

Thursday:
Strength training super early:
2x15 bosu push-ups
24 bicep burners w/ 10# dumbells
15 back rows w/ 10# dumbell
15 tricep kickbacks w/ 5# dumbell
2x15 chest press w/ 25# (a 5# increase from last week)
10 squats w/ 25# kettlebell
10 lunges each side w/ 12# kettlebells
2x20 calf raises w/ 40#
2x20 Russian twists w/ 8# medicine ball
2x20 bosu crunches

Friday:

  Later on I have a 22 minute straight run, that one should be very interesting.

Hope everyone has a good weekend and gets moving!

WIAW: Sharks vs. Ducks

I never actually write my What I Ate Wednesday on Wednesday, but last night I came home from an awesome hockey game and practically face planted it into my bed. No way was I blogging that late.

So anyway, thanks to Jenn for this awesome party!

 I had an energy ball before my morning workout and yoga class, but didn't snap a picture.

Breakfast:

 Oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon, lots and lots of cinnamon

Hot chai tea to warm me up on a freaking cold morning

Pre-Zumba snack

 Erewhon cocoa crispy cereal with almond milk

Unfortunately I couldn't find any parking so I had to skip Zumba

Lunch

 D'anjou pear

 The most random concoction: Whole wheat shells with mushroom marinara, crumbled veggie patty, broccoli, peas, and parm cheese.

Snacks:

 A few squares of chocolate

 Whole wheat toast with almond butter

Sharks vs. Ducks

Michael's parents took me to a San Jose Sharks game against the Anaheim Ducks. It was my first NHL game and I was so stoked!

For dinner we went to Panera on our way to the game, but I was feeling queasy from the car ride so I only had a croissant, hunk of bread, and a bite or two of Michael's mac and cheese. No pictures though.

My first Sharks game ever!!

 Smart pop popcorn from home

A churro...I had to, they're amazing.

It was a pretty awesome game and we won! My voice is all scratchy from yelling so much, but I had the best time!

 

Whoopsie (Fit Fridays #7)

Alright, this whole blogging on time thing is a little difficult for me to master.

I had to take my cat to the vet yet again on Friday so most of the day was spent giving him oodles of love, I'm sure you understand my slip up right?

But I didn't want to do just a Fit Friday post because I also love joining Katie at Healthy Diva Eats for Marvelous Mondays.

So let's combine them together and ignore the fact that it's Monday and not Friday, k?

Sunday:

I was still feeling under the weather and wanted to get back to 100% so I stayed in bed.

Monday:

I didn't want to push myself too hard jumping back in so I just did some yoga in the morning at home.

Tuesday:

Went for a morning yoga session at the gym, 6:30 AM baby!

Started running again, jog 5 minutes, walk 3, jog 5, walk 3. Not too hard and I got to try out a new running course around my neighborhood. 

 It's been rather chilly around here

Wednesday:

Yoga at the gym and with this teacher I feel like my perception that I was good at yoga has been squashed. I'm not saying I'm bad, I can do most poses (headstands and crow pose will be mine one day!), but holding them as long as we do in her class just makes me realize I haven't pushed myself a whole lot at home. It also really points out where my body is weak and where I need to work on strengthening.

Thursday:

Morning yoga sesh at the gym

Friday:

Is usually a day off, but I skipped 2 run days this week so I needed to make them up, plus I've got nothing better to do with my time. But man was this run a killer; run 8 minutes, walk 5, run 8. 8 minutes doesn't seem like a long time, but I felt like I was just about ready to keel over.

Saturday:

Last day of run 8, walk 5, run 8, but Michael and I ran it along the beach by his house. Each was is 1 mile and unfortunately my brain knew that so it was tiring itself out faster than my body was.

Has anyone watched The Biggest Loser? I know the show is controversial, but I won't throw my opinion in because I just don't know what goes on behind the scenes. What I will say about the show is that the contestants motivate me to keep pushing through no matter what. I'm not overweight nor have I ever been so I can't say I understand their struggles, but they push through and just move. That alone inspires me to keep going, especially when I'm running. This season they did a 5K and one girl actually ran it, she has me by over 100 pounds and yet she didn't give up. When I'm running I always remind myself of that so I don't give up.

I know that was a very long-winded thing right there, but I hope you all understand what I mean.

Working out is just marvelous so I hope you all get your butts out there and move, be it a yoga or Zumba class or a walk outside. Get moving!

How do you stay active?

Anyone else The Biggest Loser fans?

WIAW: Normalcy

Lame-o title? Yeah I know, I just couldn't think of anything witty.

Maybe I'll just start doing numbers cause it seems like my witty cap is missing.

Anywho, thanks to Jenn for this awesome linkup as usual!

Tuesday was my first day really getting back to exercising after being sick and I'm not gonna lie, I was down to just stay in bed. But I dragged my butt out of bed and made some food.

Pre-yoga breakfast:

1 egg & 1 egg white scrambled w/ salt and pepper and 2 slices of multigrain toast with butter

After yoga I was freezing my butt off so I had a nice hot cup of chai tea

And a cutie

They're like crack, I swear.

I hauled my butt out of my warm house for a run outside

 Lots of water

Post-run breakfast/my new obsession:

Plain Greek yogurt w/ berry jam

I can't stand plain greek yogurt, but I hated how much sugar and just crap that was in the flavored stuff. So one day I had some leftover jam in my fridge and was like "hey, why not?" and I fell in love with it. This berry preserve I got from Whole Foods is to diiiiie for. It has like 10g of sugar in 1 tablespoon and trust me, you don't even need that much to flavor it.

Before I went to work I had to try this new cereal I heard about from Kammie at Sensual Appeal

Lunch:

Erewhon's Cocoa Crispy Brown Rice Cereal with unsweetened almond milk.

This stuff is so much better than Cocoa Krispies. I inhaled the bowl. Sooo soo good!

Snacks at work:

Cheddar bunnies, more water, and 2 more cuties (I told you they're crack!)

Dinner:

Nachos with black beans, sour cream, fire roasted tomatoes, corn, cheese, cheddar cheese, and scallions.

Phew that was a lot. They were delicious though I only ate half the plate! I'm not that much of a pig.

Dessert:

I discovered these little mini almond ice cream sandwiches at Whole Foods and they're delicious and just the perfect size!

It's been quite a long day so I'm off to relax and do yoga, yet again.

Go do some yourself, it feels awesome!

What new things have you tried lately?

And hey, a little self-promoting. Don't forget to follow me on Twitter and Pinterest and follow the blog of course!

Superbowl Here We Come

I'm feeling fairly perky this Monday and it has a lot to do with football.

The San Fransisco 49ers won against the Falcons to go to the Superbowl!!

I haven't been excited for a Superbowl since the Chicago Bears went back in 2006. I'll definitely be throwing a Superbowl party this year and I just couldn't be happier.

I'm so proud of San Fransisco and the Bay Area

So far we've had the San Fransisco Giants win the World Series twice in 3 years and now the Niners are going to the Superbowl!

It's pretty damn awesome!

Have an awesome week!

Fit Fridays #6

It's Friday!

All I can say is thank goodness! I've been exhausted waking up extra early and of course when I do try to get more sleep my cat has to be a little brat and try to scratch EVERYTHING in my room.

Anywho, it's time for Fit Fridays!

Saturday:

Michael and I went hiking and I thoroughly froze my butt off.

  It was a gorgeous 3 mile hike, albeit freezing at 45 degrees. We decided to cut our hike short so we didn't get too cold.

Sunday:

Michael had his first workout with our personal trainer so I did some strength training 

I did a lot of arm exercises and even improved on one of the exercises. I'm finally starting to gain strength back!

Later on I started the next level of the training for my running. I ran 3 minutes, walked 1.5 minutes, ran 5 minutes, walked 2.5 minutes, and repeat. I went for 2.93 miles and was absolutely exhausted. But at least I got it done!

 Though this was me before my run.

Monday:

I did a legs day at the gym and could barely walk afterwards ha! Always love getting in an excellent workout.

Tuesday:

Another run day, this time I ran 3.10 miles. When I was done with my run I walked over to my gym (love living around the corner from it) to meet up with Michael after his personal training appointment. So proud of him!

Wednesday:

I've been getting up at 5:30 in the morning so I can get a good workout in before everyone and their mother shows up. Unfortunately there's this one girl there that just gives me this judgmental look out of the corner of her eye while I'm trying to work out. It makes me feel self-conscious while I'm lifting and I just think it's plain rude. Anywho, another strength training day, this time legs.

After strength training Michael and I went to a yoga class and I fell in love with our teacher. She was very sweet and just a wonderful teacher.

Thursday:

I tried to do a full body workout, but my body is aching from the butt kicking I got from yoga. I got a lot of core work done at yoga and was still feeling it that day so I had to cut my workout short to save my muscles.

This week I've been helping my mom out at my old job to catch them up after a former employee left them high and dry. Unfortunately that means I have to dress up for work when all I want to do is stay in my comfy yoga pants.

This describes me perfectly

Yoga:

I've still kept up with yoga every night and it's really helped me feel amazing. Maria at Life Love Life wrote about her yoga journey and I just thought it was very beautiful and very similar to yoga for me.

So go get your butt moving! Be active and just have fun!

WIAW: Nothing Witty

Sorry for the lame-o post. Apparently I'm all out of witty blog posts for the moment.

But this whole business isn't about witty title posts!

Thanks to Jenn for this awesome link-up party!

All my eats are from Tuesday because I actually remembered to take pictures...I'm such a horrible blogger.

Pre-workout snack: A nice juicy pear

I went for a 3 mile run and Michael had a training session with our personal trainer so I figured a big breakfast was in order.

Breakfast: 

1 egg & 1 egg white scrambled, sweet potato hash w/ shallots and garlic, and whole wheat toast with almond butter. And a nice big (half drunken drank drunk no clue) glass of chocolate almond milk.

Since breakfast was so big and late I forgo lunch so I didn't overstuff myself. I went to work (just helping my mom out for a week) and munched on some Annie's cheddar bunnies, which I didn't get a picture of. I've also been sucking water down like a beached fish.

Dinner 

(aka second breakfast. Elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper?...am I the only one who quotes Lord of the Rings? Just me?)

Sprouted grain waffles w/ homemade blueberry sauce, sweet potato hash w/ eggs & bell peppers, and strawberries.

I almost forgot to take a picture of this, but thankfully Michael reminded me with my fork midway to my mouth. Bad blogger!

I've had this insane craving for froyo lately so off to Yogurtland we went

Dessert: vanilla froyo with brownie bites and crushed Butterfinger

And since my wittiness has still not come back I will just end this post with an adorable picture of my cat so maybe you'll keep coming back?

Have a great week everyone!