First timer here! This morning I had a training session with Patty.  While answering her pre-training questions, I mentioned that I was curious about kettle bells.  I’d watched online How To Videos, but was too nervous to try a workout on my own.  Patty was a great teacher! My training session started with stretching.  Lots [...]

After being a drill sergeant and yelling at Jared this weekend, karma caught up to me.  My 1st day of marathon training was less than ideal.  Makes me wish I was a little nicer to Jared when he struggled during our run. I had a small bowl of cereal for breakfast and snacked on a [...]

Congratulations Jenna!  She’s going to be a beautiful bride! Jenna and Jared’s brother Bryan are getting married at the end of July.  Yesterday family and friends gathered to celebrate their upcoming wedding and shower Jenna with presents. Happy Bridal Shower! Bridal Shower lunch buffet.  So much delicious food! Jenna had lots of help opening presents.  [...]

I decided to mix things up for breakfast yesterday.  mix1 sent some samples of their protein shakes so I figured I’d give it a shot. mix1 is an enhanced protein shake.  It’s reccomended as a post workout shake,  part of a meal, or a snack. Here are the stats: 15 grams of superior whey protein [...]

I’m enjoying my last days of freedom before Marathon Training. Doing anything and everything besides running cuz I’ll be doing a lot of it for the next 18 weeks.  Training hard from June 14 until race day on October 17.  I like running for fun and picking and choosing my distance, but preparing for my [...]

I tried a new flavor of Puffins this morning.  Jared bought a box of their Honey flavored cereal.  It was okkkk.  Not the same as my beloved peanut butter.  But it was pretty good with a spoonful of Barney Butter. After my mini-Clif bar mid-morning snack, I was ready for a filling lunch.  I ordered [...]

Saturday nights are going to be like a “school night” from now on.  I’ll be working on Sundays from 8 am-5pm.  And depending on the date, I might have to head to cheerleading practice after work. After spending the morning running and the afternoon drinking, I knew I had to make last night even more [...]

It was so nice to wake up in my childhood bedroom on Friday morning.  I added fresh strawberries to a container of vanilla Chobani for breakfast. I spent the morning running errands: Target, the craft store, and the vet.  Some things are much easier to accomplish when I’m outside of the city!  I can drive, [...]

Finally, a blog post that gets back to my roots.  My meals and my moves! I’m still keeping it real…real simple and hopefully real healthy. I had a bowl of vanilla yogurt with granola and Barney Butter to start my day. Lunch was a bowl of soup and some snacks while I was at work.  [...]

A long weekend is the perfect excuse for a last minute BBQ.  On Sunday afternoon, Jared invited our friends over for some grilling action.  I was forced to neaten up the apartment at high speed.  Cardio cleaning! Jared and Jesse hit the grocery store and came back with TONS of food. The guys bought ingredients [...]