Busy LIttle Bee

This morning started out a little different, than normal. Instead of my old cereal, I had a breakfast cookie. It was full of yummy things like: Kashi cereal, dry cherries, nuts and so much more. It was so filling. Kelli at Kelli's Cookies was so kind to give me these cookies. I can't believe how full I was. It was still moist inside. It was prefect. I couldn't believe that I was actually having a cookie for breakfast, but it was so worth it. I never felt guilty, or anything. It did have cereal inside.

You can actually pronounce everything inside the cookie. That doesn't happen often enough.

The rest of my afternoon was pretty standard. The gym, was pretty empty and I was able to fly through my short workout. I was there was 40 minutes and worked up a very thin layer of sweat. It was a decent workout. I just had so much going on at work (before the gym) and so much going on after I left.

When I got home, I unloaded my car and made a very simple dinner. I poured myself on bowl of cereal. I mixed it today. I had 3/4 bowl full of multi grain Cheerios and 1/4 full of Uncle Sam's cereal. It was a pretty good combo.

The Uncle Sam cereal is pretty tasty. The cereal itself is pretty tiny (the shape of coco crispies). The flavor is so good. You can taste how good it is for you. Before you pour the cereal, you have to shake it up to get the flax seed in every bite. Can't wait to have this combo in the morning.

Dessert was another new item. I had some Voskos Greek yogurt. I only ate 1/3 of the container (because of calories). It has about 290 calories per container, so that's a little high for me. I added a handful of the Uncle Sam cereal, a handful of dries rolled oats and just a hair of PB. I mixed everything together. It was pretty good!

The yogurt had a different taste to it. It's texture reminded me of sour cream. The flavor I had was honey, and it went perfectly with all the other flavors in the bowl. Yummy!! I see this mixture in my dessert future for tomorrow.

After wearing my compression socks for about 1 hour yesterday, my legs feel Ike I haven't ran in about 2 days. They are very relaxed and loose. I am definitely going to be making these a priority whenever I run. These are the best things that have happened to me in a long time!


Do you have any "short" days at the gym? If so, how long is your "short" day?

Full Brain & Stomach

This morning started out rough with my sick little dog. It was a tough morning. Once I got to work, everything was pretty normal. I had my apple, and I was getting ready to have my home made granola a few hours later, when my boss comes in with one of my favorites...a chocolate donut. Heaven!!! I couldn't resist. How can someone turn down a yummy donut? I couldn't, I didn't. It lasted my about 1/2 hour this time.


After work, I headed to the gym. I was going to try to run about 4 1/2 miles. My head wasn't in the game. I have some much going on up there, it was impossible to drain it all out. I ended up running 2 1/2 miles, and then about mile all in hills. My workout wasn't so bad, but I just wanted to run the entire 4 1/2 miles without any hills. I guess you can't always do what you have planned. At least I got to the gym and pushed myself. I'm proud of what I've accomplished today. My next run is on Sunday, so I can't wait to get out on road and run!

When I got home, I needed to pick up after myself for a bit. I am such a messy person. I don't know how my husband puts up with me. While I was getting things put away, I munched on a banana. It tasted so good after my workout. I love potassium!

While looking through my pantry to see what to eat for dinner, I found my Reed's Ginger Chews. I popped one of the Peanut Butter Ginger Chews in. At first, it tasted like yummy PB, then a few seconds later, the semi-spiciness of the ginger came around. It was so good. There's only 25 calories in each chew, not bad! The stats are pretty good: 0 trans fats, 0 saturated fats, 0 sodium, 6 grams of carbs, and only 4 grams of sugars. Pretty good to tied my over. I can't wait to try the other flavors. I'm bringing a couple of boxes to work, so I can munch on them there.

My dinner was kind of rare, for me. I toasted a piece of whole wheat bread, I topped that with some PB, some of Uncle Sam's cereal (which I will talk about this weekend), some rolled oats and just a few mini chocolate chips. I've never had this mixture before. It was soooo good and super filling.

As I'm typing, I'm finishing up a Vita brownie. It's so hard to put it down, so I can type. I want to inhale it all. Everyone really should go out and buy some! Tonight has been a busy night of cleaning the house. I'm ashamed to say, I think it's been a couple months since I've cleaned it. It was pretty nasty in here. Everything is pretty clean. This weekend, I'm going to go back and detail everything and finally clean off my desk. It's such a mess. If I can remember, I'll take a picture of it and post it. I'll definitely be embarrassed. Oh well.

Do you have any unusual dinners you've made before?

What do you do when you have a mental block while running?