Another Uncomfortable & Unhappy Monday Sans Yoga

This morning was the same routine as always: get up, eat, go to work, have snacks and eat lunch. Then, on my way to the gym. I did have something interesting for one of my snacks. I had a Sharkies twist chew. It was pretty good. Lots of flavor and I love these chews. They are so good. They remind me of when I was a kid. I use to eat other brands all the time.


I had one of the best runs (on the treadmill)! I hauled booty for my 4.25 miles in 44:35 minutes. That's a new PR for me!! I love setting new PR's. My influence was that I was "running" (lol) late for my spin class, so I had to hurry. I was drenched with sweat, then ran over to the spin room.

Spin was another great class. I'm so excited, we get this instructor on Wednesday, too!! For some reason, I think she works us harder than any other instructor I've taken. I've even taken x-bike (indoor mountain biking). Sweat drips on the floor...cool!!

I wasn't really feeling yoga today. My legs were crying for my compression socks. I went home and slapped those babies right on. I wore those for about an hour while I ate dinner. Tonight was just cereal. I tried this new cereal from Nature's Path. I wasn't really looking forward to it, but it did look interesting. When I opened the box, all I could smell was cinnamon. I'm not sure why. I couldn't taste any. It was a pretty good cereal. It had a little bit of everything in there. I went back for a second bowel (only 1/2 a bowel). I'm am still pretty stuffed. I don't think I will be eating anything else tonight.

While I ate my dinner, I watched some season finales. I can't believe the fall season is starting next week. Crazy how fast time flies by!

I love how I feel after such a great workout. After I've had a filling dinner, a nice warm shower and had a chance to relax a little. I just feel so comfy and so relaxed. I love these days. I don't feel relaxed often (actually rarely). I could melt into the couch right now.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway. I will be announcing the 3 lucky winners tomorrow night (from random.org). Good luck!!

Is it hard for anyone else to fully relax?

Hills, hills, hills and a big salad

Today was a much better day! It started out the same as any other morning. I had my normal breakfast and headed off to work. Work, again was a mad house (but much calmer than yesterday).

I tried my new bread (that Jason bought me) for my lunch. I can't believe how filling it was. I could only eat 2 1/2 bites. I was stuffed! This is all I ate for my lunch. It was so good, though.

A few hours later, I had my pre-workout snack. I had 1/2 bar of Think Thin. It was pretty good, but not what I was thinking. It was covered in chocolate and PB inside. It was good, but not what I was expecting with a name like "Think Thin".

I think the bar messed with my tummy. I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that's what was causing all my gassy-ness. I felt bad for the people on the treadmills next to me. I don't think they noticed. I only ran 3 miles nice and easy, then 1/2 straight up (9.5 incline). My legs were killing me. Then, off the my spin class I went. It was a nice class. More hills and lots of them. It felt like then entire class was one big, huge hill. It was great!

When I got home, I was pretty hungry. I was craving a huge salad. I out a tomato, cherry tomatoes, a hard boiled egg, part of a cucumber, walnuts and this new feta salad dressing.

The Seeds of Change salad dressing was fantastic! The smell was out of this world. The flavor was even better. All this mixed together made for the best salad. Here is all the good info on the salad dressing.

Look at this beauty! Tomorrow, I'll be adding chicken.

Dessert was much needed. I made a banana split without the ice cream (I substituted Greek yogurt). I mixed together 1 sliced banana, 1 tablespoon PB, 1 tablespoon Fat Toad Farm carmel, mini chocolate chips and a cherry on top. I mixed everything together.

The Nature's Path granola was sooo good. I love the flavor and all the bites of pieces of goodness. Of course, it has a lot of calories, but it was worth it. I just need to eat it in moderation. I just have to remember that.

Here's everything all mixed together. Best dessert (at home) in a while.

Don't forget about my giveaway. The last day to enter is Monday. I will announce the winners (3) on Tuesday. Hope everyone has a good Thursday!!

Do you have a favorite season? Why?