WIAW #whatever

In my head, I say WIAW as “wha-yah”. Whatever the reason, let’s ignore it and get this started.

Breakfast:

Cottage cheese + peanut butter Puffins + banana

Insert 12.55 mile trail run

Lunch:

Greek yogurt + cereal in a barely empty pb jar + Luna bar + a pear + grapes

Snacks:

Insert a long walk with my doggy Dean

More Snacks:

Eaten with an apple + iced coffee

Dinner:

Tofu burger w/ peppers + onions + pickles + lettuce + a salad

Dessert:

Carrot cake

Late night snack:

The end! 

I totally want to add some running inspiration for you guys just because I’m odd like that. Have a good Thursday!

WIAW #4

It’s time again for…

Let’s totally rock this Wednesday and I’ll try not to sound like a total dork saying that.

Too late. I’m already a huge dork.

Breakfast:

Oat bran + chocolate Almond Milk + chocolate protein powder + banana 

Green tea

Insert 7 mile run + elliptical + foam roller

Lunch:

Oikos plain Greek yogurt + protein powder + peanut butter + Nugo bar + Puffins + apple + grapes

This was actually my first time trying Puffins cereal. I really liked it! I’ll have to try some of the other varities.

Snacks:

Melon + plain goat yogurt

A pear before my acupunture appointment 

Iced Americano with a cookie

Dinner:

Black bean vegan burger and salad w/ Green Onion dressing. I love onions. Eaten with sweet potato salad on the side.

Dessert:

Late night snack:

Cottage cheese + Puffins cereal

Bada bing! Happy Wednesday!

By the way, check out The Hungry Runner Girl’s sweet giveaway.

“One thing about racing is that it hurts. You better accept that from the beginning or you’re not going anywhere.” 
                                                            -Bob Kennedy,

Almond Butter Whey Cookies

I’m really not much of a baker.

I wish I was a good cook. I do enjoy it, but I loathe the mess.

Anyway, do I have a recipe for you that I actually tried! This is now a What I Made Wednesday.

They are super delicious and simple tasting as well as simple to make. I got the recipe from Oxygen Magazine and I only modified like one ingredient.

They call for:

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1 tbsp of almond butter
•  1 scoop of whey protein powder (I used pea protein powder)
• 1 egg white
• 2 packets of NuStevia, to taste
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 cup of carob chips (I used 1/4 cup of white chocolate chips)

1. Preheat oven to 350*
2. Combine all ingredients together in a mixing bowl and mix with hands (clean, preferably)
3. Shape the dough into golf-sized balls. Place onto  cookie sheet. Bake for about ten minute and serve.

Viola! Easy as that.

The almond butter whey cookies makes 12 servings. These cookies are great for an afternoon snack that help you increase lean muscle because they are high in protein and contain moderate carbohydrates.

Nutrition facts:
Calories: 30 Fat: 1g Protein: 2g 

Enjoy!

I Know You Care

Howdy!

This week I am busy and I’m not even running.

Oh my god. I know you care about my running and how it is not happening. Yeah, I don’t know why all of a sudden my foot hurts, but it does and I don’t want to run because of it. First it was just my second toe that was hurting and now it’s below my second toe on the top of my foot.

Like I said, I have too many problems. 

I don’t plan on running until Saturday if everything feels okay because I do want to run before my 11 AM shift. Either way I will be running Sunday for the Warrior Dash.

On Friday, I go to the gym at 7:30 to train with my Marines recruiter then afterwards I have tutoring. I’m not done yet. I have an acupuncture appointment. I’m rather excited about getting needles stabbed into me. Hopefully it will help my foot.

Are you guys interested in a post on acupuncture for runners? I got some good details on it. I almost said ‘I got some good deets on that’. It was odd. I also wanted to do a post on eating before bedtime and some other jazzy shit stuff. Just let me know what you want to read/see. So whatcha whatcha want. 

Anyway, it’s Wednesday! I now love Wednesday because of…

I don’t have a proper WIAW, but regardless, I have had some good eats in the past few days. 

Spinach pie + fish
Spicy fish + spinach + veggies + rice
Giant oatmeal cookie + Muscle Milk
Detour protein bar (so good!)
Trix cereal + cottage cheese
Chocolate coconut water 

Not pictured: fro-yo from Yogurtland

What I worked Wednesday:

1 hour on the elliptical + full body lifting

My great cell phone photography skills. Enjoy. 

Well, if I was in the blogging mood I would totally bore you guys with my life and what’s going on, but I think I might hold off.

Until then, happy Wednesday! 

“You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.” - PREFONTAINE

TGIW

Ello, mates!

Is anyone else’s wordpress reader not working? Mine isn’t showing any blogs. Boo. 

You know how some people cannot run unless there are headphones in their ear blasting Kesha or Rage Against the Machine?

I am not one of the people.

Due to my running funk, I decided to run hills with some music hoping that would motivate me to blast off.

Yeah, I got a headache.

Apparently, Pink and I don’t mix while running. No offense, Pink. I love ya, girl.

However, if I’m just chilling on the elliptical or pumping some iron, I need music. Otherwise, I get bored insanely fast. Just like in spin class. If the instructor is not up to par (cough, cough), the music better be good. If not, I’ll leave.

Currently, here’s my playlist:

I listen to a lot of comedy when I workout. I’m that weirdo who laughs out loud on the elliptical. It’s because I find The View hilarious. (Although I do love The View.)

That’s just a sample. Hopefully that give you guys some new tunes.

So, let’s get this party started again with WIAW (or Tuesday. Whateva.)

Pre-breakfast:

Breakfast:

Egg white omelette, tuna, chocolate almond milk,  banana

I haven’t been that hungry for breakfast, to be honest. I’m not hungry because I get home from work at 9:30 and eat dinner as well as a whole cake. Well, not a whole cake, but it feels like it. My food baby is then produced. 

Insert 12 mile run and cool down on the elliptical.

I decided to run my favorite running path in the hopes that it would take me out of my funk. It worked a bit. I really enjoyed my run for once. I didn’t check my pace though. It could have been definitely really slow despite the fact that I thought I was running quicker than Kara Goucher. 

Also, the weather was perfect!

In the past two weeks, the weather in the morning has been in the 80′s. I’m not use to that. Today it was rather cloudy.

I saw this driving home after my run. I was really jealous. Damn you, Hood to Coast runners. I would have given a lung to run it.

Insert five-minute shower and ten minutes of getting dressed.

Lunch:

  Greek yogurt + peanut butter + cereal + Luna bar + apple + grapes + vanilla protein powder + dates

Insert appointment with Marine recruiter.

I went to the Marine’s office today to talk with my recruiter about jobs. I decided I am going to re-take my ASVAB test to receive a higher technical score because I am interested in air traffic control. I also really like food services, but I don’t know how much I will enjoy it. I think I will, but air traffic control seems rather awesome.

Also, they moved my shipment date to November 7th. I guess I am okay with that. I need to fit in more studying time and memorization of ranks. 

My time management is alright, but I just need to prioritize my time. Reading Hunger Games and watching It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia need to go on the back burner.

Snacks:

 Sugar free oatmeal raisin cookie
Three shot Americano  

Dinner:

 Tamale x2 + zucchinni + onion rings
Goat cheese + pepper pizza x2

Dessert:

Happy Wednesday, ya’ll!

“It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners.  Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit.” - George Sheehan

First Time for Everything (WIAW)

Isn’t that the truth?

Preach it.

Okay. I’ll stop trying to sound cool because it’s so obvious that I’m not.

I am actually famous, guys. I found this while walking the other day.

Anyway, let’s get it on with this thing!

Thanks for hosting over at Peas and Crayons.

Breakfast: 

One egg spinach omlette + half whole wheat bagel + 45 calorie chocolate Almond milk + plain goat’s yogurt + banana

Green tea

I normally don’t eat this at all. I have been trying to up my game and add more to my meals because my runs have been failing.

Insert 9.54 mile run + 32 minutes on elliptical 

 + foam roaling

Lunch:

Greek yogurt in peanut butter jar + 1/2 cup of cereal + protein powder + Luna bar + grapes + pear

Snack:

Dinner:

 Veggies + stuffed fish + chutney + some wrap with rice + goat cheese/tomato tart + onion rings

Dessert:

I eat ice cream every day. I love, love, love it.

Honestly, if you want to criticize what I eat, I’m up for it because my runs have been somewhat terrible and I want to improve them for the better.

Triggers

I come across many blogs that mention they have ‘triggers‘. I hope that I don’t have to explain what a ‘trigger‘ is, but in straightforward terms, it’s whatever (an image, person, food) that causes you to maybe restrict your eating or maybe binge, etc. 

I never been a person that has had ‘triggers‘. I view triggers as a weakness and something that would set me off to eat more or less. I wanted to be in control all the time. It would irritate me when I read blogs who said reading another blog could trigger them or seeing a model would make them not eat. It only bugged me because I thought that they were not strong enough and I thought I was.

Recently, I just began thinking about what triggers me to not want to eat a lot or to even fuel myself properly before a run. All my runs have been shitty. Really terrible runs. My body doesn’t want to go faster, but my mind is so into the run. Afterwards, I feel great that I wonder if it was me or my legs that were giving me a difficult time. Anyway, I thought, “Man, I need to be eating more. Why are more runs so poor? Why do my legs feel awful? I am always hungry before and during my runs anyway.” Also recently, I have been getting dreadful headaches after I eat. Is it because I’m not eating enough and when I do finally eat, my body reacts? I don’t know.

However, it just makes me think that maybe I have unconscious triggers despite my thinking that I am in complete control. I look in the mirror and think I look chubby with my tummy sticking out. My ribs are not showing. My hip bones barely show. The mirror is my trigger. My own image triggers me to eat like a bird.

I have always been my own worst enemy.

I should be happy with myself! I look happy.

And I am happy. My life is going in my direction.

I am going to be a Marine. I am going to show people that even though I am short (and possibly stout), I can be tough and beat the guys.

I am going to get ripped (as I eat a pear).

I need to eat properly and get muscular most importantly. The Marines does not expect weaklings. I need to be ripped.

Also, I have the Warrior Dash coming up as well as Race the Reaper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race the Reaper is the toughest obstacle race in Oregon with 18+ insane obstacles (5 miles worth).

No skinny ass white girl can do it so I need to stop looking in the mirror with such a negative attitude. Why do women hate the way they look all the time? The most beautiful women will look in the mirror just to pick out every fault. I do that. All. The. Time. Hence, I don’t get on the scale or look at myself in the mirror. So pathetic.

Triggers, no matter what they may be, are just plain stupid. They are. They are worthless and pointless. I want to be in control of my thoughts. I shouldn’t let an image or whatever stir me in the wrong direction.

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In other news, I finished the first book of the Hunger Games.

Oh my god. Best book since Harry Potter.

All I have to say is go buy this book now. I would seriously give it a 10/10.

That’s all, folks.

Stay tuned for tomorrow because I will be doing my first WIAW. I want some critiquing of my diet.

“I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything. “ 

- Michael Phelps

Food Baby

I feel like I have a permanent food baby just hanging out in my stomach. Doing this move helps me stretch out the food baby in my belly.

 I’m telling you. Heidi and I would be best friends.

I feel like my thighs are getting bigger.

I don’t like what I see in the mirror so I avoid it at all cost. I wish I knew why I am having this sudden negativity towards myself. However, unlike the past, I am not restricting at all. I still eat and I am eating more. I just started reading The New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women and I do love it. I find all the information very interesting and helpful. I’m only on page 45 though, but still. I cheated by looking through the book. It made me very nervous about not getting a period. Then it is making me question how much I eat. Is it enough? Even more despite my permanent food baby? It’s making me uncomfortable. Then, of course, I notice other blogger’s WIAW and I’m like, “Jeez, I guess I’m not eating oatmeal three times a day for every meal so I must be fat.”

The New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women simply makes me question my lifestyle as well as nutrition. I love it though. You should definitely expect a solid review once I finish it. I started talking to my mom about it on the phone, but she’s like, “Just way until I get back home.” I haven’t talked to anyone today since I’m home alone. I talked to my pets. That’s about it. I’m nuts. My mom is going to get home and I am going to yap my head off.

I won’t mention how much money I have spent on groceries though. Seriously. I have been to several grocery stores in a two days time. A girl has to eat!

Anyway, wasn’t I talking about books?

Another book I need to start reading is Kara’s!

Why yes, that is her autograph. When I met her a few months ago, her book sold out so I couldn’t get her autograph. I put my name on a list though, which ensured me a copy when the bookstore got more in and then Kara actually came back to sign them. Holla.

Originally, I wasn’t going to get her book. It seemed like a mediocre running book. I’ll give it a try though.

So, let’s review.

I have spent money on food…

 My dinner tonight

Cheese+pepper quesadilla with roasted veggies in pesto and kale 

…more money spent on fruit….

and of course books.

How could I forget my other recent purchase?

They are the same as my other Adidas; just a different color. Why change what’s working? Besides, I got them for cheap. I love a deal.

And I love free cupcakes from work.

Free cupcakes that go in a semi empty peanut butter jar with cottage cheese.

As you can tell, I am trying to be positive and upbeat. Being by myself with no one to talk to is not helping. Nevertheless, having Pandora comedy on full blast in my house just to fill the silence helps. Don’t get me wrong, I love silence. I don’t run with music for that reason. I can handle being alone, but after a few hours, I need to talk. I need to tell someone that my car still smells badly probably because I ate a burrito two days ago and that my sweaty sports bra is making me cold. I would not do well as a silent monk.

Questions:
- How do you get out of a ‘funk’?
- What are some awesome purchases you have made recently? 

 

Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder. 
William Sigei

No Hatin’

Hiya! Before I even start this post, I want to be a Negative Nancy opposed to my Positive Polly self. Well, I just want to voice my opinion for a moment so call me Voicing Victor. (??) Alrighty. Too many names.

The reason I don’t do WIAW is because I don’t want your comments on what I eat even if it is enough for everything that I do. I don’t want to read “you eat too much of that” or “no wonder why you’re hungry all the time” type of comments.

I should have known by posting my review of workouts this week that I would get shit. “Oh, you do so much. You are wasting your life. Take a rest. You need rest.”  First of all, who said I was working out all hardcore on the elliptical after my runs? It’s how I cool down. Who said I am even pushing myself to oblivion on my runs? Blogs are one dimensional. What I do and what I post can be two very different things.

As for rest, I take rest days when I know I need them. I understand athletes take rest days, but not all of them take them every week. They take them when they feel they need it or they take active rest days. 

If my workouts, what I eat, or how I post celebrity workouts bothers you, then whatever.

Yes, I said it. The end. 

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So, on Monday I successfully did a long run with my friend on the trails. We did approximately 11 miles.  I think my Garmin lost a signal at one point so it may be 12. Let’s just say 11. It was slow though. I’m not saying this to beep my own horn, but I was faster than my friend and she told me to go ahead. So I did then I would wait for her. I felt bad. I hate when you run with someone and you really have to slow down your pace.

But it was nice to run with someone. Besides, I love the trails. I could be on them all day. Holla for 11 miles!

That’s obviously how I run.

I had to refuel somehow and I wasn’t going to pay six dollars at Whole Food’s juice bar for a smoothie.

 Veggie pizza

Baskin Robin’s baseball nut and Reese’s ice cream

Seeing that I did 11 miles on Monday, Tuesday I just stuck to the elliptical and a strength & conditioning class.  My foot was feeling iffy. It doesn’t hurt, but it just doesn’t feel like my left foot. Perhaps it’s still getting used to running. I don’t know. As long as I don’t feel pain, I’m fine. No pain.

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I had work today at 7 AM, which meant I had a 5:30 wake up call. I don’t know how I took a shower and got dressed in under 20 minutes, but I did. Oh wait. I don’t shave my legs nor do I layer on makeup so that explains it.

Work has been going very well lately. I talked to the boss about working in the afternoons and it seems like they are looking into it. Also, I get to work immediately after my half marathon on Monday. Work it, girl. 

It may have not been the best idea to run 11.41 miles today. I didn’t plan it. I just kept going and I wasn’t thinking about anything. You ever have those runs when your mind is clear and you just listen to the sound of your breathing? That’s what happened so I kept going.

I did stop at New Seasons Market to pee and eat their free samples. Duh.

I don’t know why, but my half marathon that’s in like three days keeps slipping my mind. It’s not real to me yet. Not that running a half marathon is the big deal, but racing one… that’s getting to me. I’m such a perfectionist that it is making me nervous. What if I do not do that well? What if my foot gives out finally? Ahhh.

Remember when I said I see a marathon in the future? Well, I filled out form because I am interested in this one:

I love Tosh.0. I even saw Daniel Tosh live.

If you don’t know, I am a huge comedy fan. There was a time when I wanted to be a comedian. I would still like to be a comedian, but… I’m not  funny.

I could be a model though. I mean, look at me. I have so much in common with Jillian Michaels and Audrina Patridge.

Time for honorable eats: 

Questions:
- Do you run the day before a race?
- Who is your favorite comedian?