A Relaxing Friday Night Off

Today was the same food. Work was so busy today, I think I sat down for entire 20 minutes out of my 9 hour day! My feet are killing me. I'm glad I didn't run today. As always, I had today as my rest day. No gym at all. It felt so nice to go home right after work and hand out with the hubby!

We relaxed for a while after I got home. Then, about 6:30 I made dinner. Last night, I bought some whole wheat pizza dough from a local pizza place. I rolled out the dough and added some of our favorite toppings. I added lots of mozzarella cheese, cooked turkey sausage, olives, mushrooms, pepperoni and tomatoes (added the last 2 minutes).

I put this heavy pizza in the 400 degree oven for about 15-20 minutes and enjoyed a very hot & heavy pizza. We washed this down with some beers (one each). We gobbled our yummy pizza as we watched a Netflix movie (The Joneses). It was a cute movie. I do love David Duchovny!

After dinner, we did indulge in some mint chocolate chip ice (sorry I ate it too fast to take a picture).

In the poll I had on my sidebar, it looks like 18% of you run 1-5 miles per week, 18% run 11-15 miles and 63% run 15+ miles per week. I've been running between 15-17 miles per week. It feels so good to finally be able to run this much!! I will post a new poll tomorrow. Don't forget: only 2 more "fan" on facebook and another giveaway comes your way!!

Hope everyone had an awesome Friday!!

I love the Wind in My Hair

This morning was the same thing. I was pretty busy at work and it was a co-workers birthday. We always celebrate birthdays at work. So, I had to join in on the festivities (aka food) just to make him happy. The boss made salsa and brought chips. And, they also picked up some KFC chicken wings. Hey, chicken it good for you, right? I was good and only had 1 piece. Instead of a cake, he got a candle in one of the wings.





I was so full from the good food all day, I didn't have lunch. Before heading out of work, I ate the other 1/2 of my energy bar. I didn't think it helped yesterday, but I think it really helped today. My goal was to run 5 miles. I didn't care the speed (because of my feet), I just wanted to finish. When 5 miles came around, I wanted to do more. Next step 5 1/4 miles, still feeling good and moved on top 5 1/2 miles (59:49, my longest run to date). I wanted to do more, but I had some errands to do after the gym. It felt so good to run. My feet did hurt a little, but nothing like last week.



When I was driving to the grocery store, I had all my windows down. I love it after a good, long run and the wind is cooling off all the sweat. It felt so good. I think that may be one of the things I love after a good, hard workout. It shows me all my hard work. Did I already say that the wind felt good running through my sweaty hair??



After the grocery store, I needed to pick some things up at the pet store. By the time I finally got home, I was starving and I still needed to put the food away. I wasn't in the mood to make the brown rice from yesterday (at least 30 minutes). So, I had my Greek Gods strawberry yogurt and Rudi's toast with PB on it. I washed everything down with about 4 oz. of non fat milk (small amount because I'm not a fan of milk by itself). That hit the spot.

I'm currently sitting here typing while relaxing my legs in my compression socks. My legs are feeling better as I type! I'm still pretty smelly. I haven't had a chance to take a shower yet. I need to wash all this salt off. I can feel it as I rub my face. I think if I were to lay in a bath, I would make salt water (un-drinkable kind). Yuck!

To answer come questions: I didn't have to mash the apples in the crock pot. I just stirred them when ever I went into the kitchen. I have also made this while I was away (no stirring). Either way works.

Racing Dawn: can you please email that pot pie recipe? It sounds good!

I Love My Compression Socks

Today was pretty normal. My snacks did get changed up a bit (because I'm too lazy to go to the store). I had a Clif Bar Crunch for my 11am snack and some apple sauce for my 1pm snack. My lunch was a little different (for the week anyways). I had PB&J on Rudi's bread. The jelly was home made blackberry preserves. Everything was so good. I felt so healthy eating that sandwich. Doesn't it look pretty good (ok, it may have tasted better than it looks).?


I had 1/2 of an energy bar before I left work. Today at the gym, I ran 4 miles. These miles seemed so long and torturous! After the 13 hours of running (only 44 minutes, really, it just seemed like 13 hours), I went to my spin class. My legs were done for the day after the run and the class. The second I got home and out of the shower, I slipped on my lovely compression socks. I love these things. They make my legs feel brand new by morning. I'm still wearing them. I feel great in them.

Like I said before, I need to go to the grocery store. So, I ended up throwing some things together and called it dinner. I made some brown rice, cut up some cooked turkey sweet sausage and diced some home grown tomatoes. I mixed everything together and I ate. The taste was ok. I'll eat it again tomorrow night, so it wasn't that bad.

In last nights post, I talked about the apple sauce I was making. It did finish abut 12:30 am. It was so good. It may not look that appetizing, but it sure does taste good!! I do love apple sauce, so if you don't, I wouldn't try it. The recipe is also in last nights post.

I wonder what I will snack on tonight?? Don't forget about the poll on the upper right side of my blog. Also, remember, if you're not a fan of Runner's Fuel on facebook, become one. As soon as I have 50 "fans", I will have a pretty cool giveaway (as promised). Only a few more people are needed. I will also have another giveaway on my 100th post!! Keep on reading!!

What is your favorite dinner to make at home?

A Hard Tuesday

Another boring day (until I left work). Same things happened at work (good things), and I ate the same things throughout the day. I had the other half of my Lara Bar and headed out of work to the gym.

I got to the gym and had a lot I wanted to do. I'm not going to workout on Saturday, so I want to do extra now things this week (so I don't feel guilty for taking a day off). I got everything I wanted to do, and in only 1:47. Pretty awesome. Today, I spent 20 minutes on the elliptical, 2.5 mile run, 30 minutes, 15 minutes rowing and then I added a new set to my Tuesday night routine...weights. I spent the rest of the time working them. I worked them hard. I always forget that my arms feel like spaghetti afterwards. Even the remote control (to the tv) felt heavy afterwards.

I had a lot to do when I got home, too. I really wanted to make some crock pot apple sauce. I peeled, cored and chopped a dozen of apples and added the rest to the crock pot. I only have a mid way picture. The sauce should be ready about 1:30 tomorrow morning. I'll add the final product to my blog tomorrow. I've made this before, and it's so yummy. I'm a big fan of apples, apple sauce, apple butter, apple donuts, really anything apples. I can't wait until our Apple Hill opens up. It's such a fun place to go and you can get all these things (and more) there for a great price!

I need to go empty out the dish washer and get a couple more things done before it's time to head off to bed. Don't forget to answer my poll that I have to the upper right of the blog. I can't wait to see the answers!!

Good night everyone!!

I Love Mondays

I had my normal meals all day long. Before heading to the gym, I had 1/2 of a cherry pie Lara Bar. It was so good. The bar has 200 calories, so that's why I only had half. I could have had 3 bars. Very yummy!!

I got to the gym and ran 4 1/4 miles. I had such an easy run. I ran it in 43:22 minutes. It was such a relaxed run. So much better than Thursday's run! It was great!! I then went off to my spin class. It was also a nice class. It went by so fast. It felt like I was in there for only 20 minutes. I worked up a great sweat! I then went to my yoga class and enjoyed stretching and relaxing for an hour! Afterwards, I still had a little energy I needed to burn off. I did a long sprint (for me it was long)...1/4 mile. It was nice and it kicked my butt. Exactly what I needed.

When I got home, I made dinner. I made the Brown Eyed Baker's Sweet and Sour Chicken. It was so easy to make and didn't take much prep time at all.

Here's 1 cup of corn starch ready for the chicken...


The eggs are beaten and ready...

The chicken after being placed in the corn starch and egg bathes...ready for the oven.

Out of the oven and ready to be put together...

Brown rice, the chicken and green beans...yummy!!!

I didn't have much, but it was great!! Check out my poll I have on the top right side of my blog. It's a new thing I've started and I'll post the result later on in the week. Please take the poll and let's see what we have in common.

What's your favorite snack you enjoy?

A Laid Back Sunday

This morning was another relaxing morning (because I'm still letting my feet heal for tomorrow). I woke up and started the coffee. I wanted to make pancakes for breakfast. I was sent Batter Blaster to try out. It's basically a can, like the can for whipped cream. You shake it and squirt it over your frying pan (for either pancakes or waffles).


The pancakes getting ready to be eaten.

Add some butter and warmed maple syrup to make the perfect pancakes.

The flavor was ok, it had an odd tang to it. I'm not sure what that was about. This wasn't something I could eat often. I think it a one time thing. My taste buds are pretty picky and didn't agree with these pancakes.

Lunch was another PB&J sandwich with some chips and water (water is with most meals).

I invited my dad to come over and play with the kittens (since he hadn't seen them yet). We ended up going out to a burger for dinner. I had a nice visit with him. We haven't gone out, just the 2 of use, in years. I can't even think when the last time was. It was a great visit!! No dessert for me. I'm stuffed.

I'm back to my regular workout tomorrow. and I can't wait to be sweating again!!

Any fun activities this weekend?

A Great Saturday!!

Here's how I feel asleep (on the couch) on Friday. Cuddling with my Izzie:

Since I'm trying to let me feet heal this weekend, my day started out with sleeping in. When I woke up (at 9:30) I had some coffee, and 2 pieces of Rudi's cinnamon and raisin bread. I can't believe how good this was. I'm not even a raisin fan. I can't stand them, I think they're too sweet. This was soo good. I put a little butter on top and gobbled these up with some coffee.

We had to take the girls to the vet today to get checked out. They both have a minor cold and eye infection (totally normal from coming from the SPCA). I was expecting this. I don't know if I've told you this, but I use to be a veterinary technician for about 8 years. So, I know what to expect and mostly how to treat. I loved that job, but always wanted to be a graphic designer and decided to take the plunge and go out and get a job in my field. I did and I love it!

Lunch was just a PB&J sandwich with some chips. Noting special, but very good. I decided I was going to find out what was wrong with my Garmin. Before I called the place where I got it (to see if I could exchange it since I was still under warranty), I decided one last time, to make sure it wouldn't turn on to be charged. I feel sooo stupid, but it turned on. Before I left for work on Thursday, the watch said it was fully charged and then shut off and wouldn't turn on when I tried to charge it at work. So weird. Oh well, I'm just happy I can wear it and love it like it should be loved!!

Dinner was nothing special. I had pasta and wanted to make something for only 1 day because there's something special I want to make tonight for dinner. So, I put together cooked pasta, chopped garlic, chopped tomatoes, 1/4 can black beans, finely chopped cooked chicken, black olives and feta cheese. I mixed everything together and enjoyed.

This was a good meal! My hubby and I both enjoyed it while we watched Day Breakers. We finished the night off with some cocktails and popcorn. A great ending to a great day!