Staying Hydrated & Getting Cool

Well, it's that time of year...It gets really hot (as normal) and everyone talks about it. Here I am talking about it, too. It is that hot:

Ok, well, maybe not really. It was 104 yesterday and something like 108 the day before. Lars and I have been staying inside the house icing after a hard workout (better safe than sorry) and drinking lots of water. Both Lars & myself love drinking water. He's really getting the hang of drinking out of his new sippy cup. I'm glad.

I knew it was time to buy him one because he was always grabbing for my water bottle. He needed one of his own!

Since we don't have a pool, we cooled off in the backyard the old school way: Sprinkler time! This was Lars' first time in the sprinklers. He seemed to enjoy the cool water sprinkling down on his head as we jumped over the sprinkler. He was kicking his legs a lot (that's what he does when he gets happy).

With the hot weather, I bought another watermelon. It's such a great snack! I don't feel back eating it and it cools me off after a really hot workout. 

(recycled photo)

What activities are your hot summer days filed with?

What's your go to summer snack?

Wanna be a Watermelon Baller, Fruit Caller

My spin instructor was off this week (as well as last), so I was able to enjoy another pilates class. Since we worked out our arms last week, I thought it was a weekly thing. I decided to do a little mat work on my abs. I spent a glorious 25 minutes working the abdominal muscles. I loved every one of the 1,500 seconds (I did the math!).

In class, we were upside down a lot. I learned that I shouldn't wear a low cut tank next time I take this class (and probably yoga, too). No one was staring, but I felt like they were. 

Little did I know, we were going to spend the entire hour working on our abs. I seem to always work the muscle that we end up working in class. I guess, I'm getting extra strong????

When I got home, I just wanted something super cool to eat (then my hot burrito). I had a watermelon chillin in the fridge, so I decided to ball it up. For some reason, I always have to ball my melons (I really only eat watermelons and honeydew). I felt like a baller (ha ha, a play on words)!!

Well, it's time to get going and do some stuff (hmm, probably should go to work). 

How do you cut up watermelon? Do you slice it in triangles, wedges, ball it ( like me), or something else? Have you seen those things people make out of watermelons? I saw that this person made a drink dispenser out of an empty one. It looked pretty cool, but I don't think I have patients for that.

Sleeping In Never Felt So Good

Yesterday was a pretty long day. Work is getting busy and my workouts are getting tougher. I had a lot of stuff to do after work. One of the things I needed to do was grocery shop. I like to get it out of the way before the weekend comes and all the crazy people are at the store.

I love the things I bought. I bought some fruit: watermelon, bananas, plantains, and apples. Yum!!

Don't worry, I also bought some "bad" things. I will only buy cookies that I won't make. I will never make stuffed cookies (I don't think they will taste the same). So, I bought some. I haven't had these since I was a kid.

Then, I also bought Jason his favorite ice cream, mint chocolate chip. Don't you just love the bowl that I ate it out of? Can you tell which one is mine? It was just the perfect amount of ice cream.

Food consumption is all a mind game for me. If I tell myself that I am full (when I've had way too many calories), I can be full. It took a while for me to be able to do this. I am eating the prefect amount of calories (most of the time, the are the nutrient I need). Every calorie I put in my body, should be useful. But, sometimes, it doesn't work out like that. I am only human.

It's officially, Fridays are back to being my rest days. I never would have thought that sleeping until 6 am is sleeping in. It felt so good to "sleep in". I'm still a little tired, but I only woke up 15 minutes ago.

What do you call sleeping in? What's your favorite "bad" food?