Sorry for the Absence...

I have had this whole week off which should mean that I could have posted like cray-cray but instead I just hung around and didn't do much because I'm so used to being go-go-go all the time. It was really nice and I am not looking forward to going back to the daily grind tomorrow morning. BUT! A few updates, my running training is going well and my BeSt FrIeNd is coming to visit in 40 days! weeeeee!!!!!!!

On a last note: Drink protein everyday. Here is a SUPER attractive picture of me with my post workout shake... and post workout-no-make-up-6am face. SUPAH CUTE. I know.

A New Beginning

Tomorrow starts my attempt at a "body building diet". I found the outline on Muffin Top-Less, a blog/tumblr about a young woman who found herself in college and not proud of where her body had gone so she fixed it and got in the best shape of her life. I went grocery shopping tonight and then immediately made my tilapia when I got home. I used Jamie Eason's Fish-In-Foil Recipe which was super easy! I just sprinkled on garlic powder and a few slices of lemon. I weighed it to make sure they were in 4 oz quantities and then baked them in the oven. It came out pretty well! I''ll be pairing my mini meals with veggies throughout the day as well.

Pre-Oven, ready to go!

My little foil pockets of protein-goodness!

All done, and smelling pretty delicious might I add :)

Take time to breathe

It has been a crazy week meaning I have had minimal time to catch up on my meals and blogging and such. I suppose doing my laundry and sleeping are higher on the priority list. Anyways, I haven't been eating the best the past few days. I am a stress eater for sure. When things are going smoothly and I'm not stressed at work or about school or just worrying in general, it is really easy for me to stay positive, eat super healthy and get to the gym all the time. However, when going to the gym becomes a stress due to more hours at work, or feeling like I'm not making progress, I just self sabotage and eat bad food. If it's just been a long day and I want to mentally check out and un-wind there is nothing better than pizza and ice cream. However, this needs to not happen again for a while. My trip to maine is coming and I need to be in bikini shape!!!

Like I said, I have just been working a lot of hours. Probably close to 55 by the end of this week. And when I work that much, my free time is rarely productive. It normally just means I take naps and watch The Office on instant play, (and fail to update my blog). In some way, I feel like working so much merits me sitting around doing nothing. Almost like I have earned doing absolutely nothing. This isn't the case. I know myself, and if I stay moving, I have very active days. But if I keep succumbing to "one more episode"....let's just say it's a really good thing that I have enough underwear to last me two weeks without laundry (thank you 5 for $25 sales at Victoria's Secret). Speaking of underwear, I can't be the only person who has a mini battle everyday of deciding to wear the cute underwear because it's more fun to wear, or saving it for when your outfit is cuter or you're going out to dinner.

Ok, maybe it is just me. Because I'm a freak. Ah well. I will be posting some pictures of the crazy wild fires that have been going down in Boulder the past few days. But for now, it's back to work for me until about 3 or so. Then off to the gym to bust my ass.

Now back to our feature presentation:

Sorry about the couple days gap, I have been busy (what's new). I didn't get home on thursday until after 9 and yesterday I ran errands after I got out of work and then headed straight home to have some quality time with Netflix Instant Play. Judge all you want. There are times when you just need to sit back, relax and have some alone time. I have learned that lesson since I moved to Boulder and had to start working full time while taking 16 credits online. Which by the way, I do NOT suggest. Online classes are good for women who have kids trying to finish a degree from home while drinking their morning coffee. However, if you are working 50 hour weeks and trying to learn your material while taking an open book test....not so great. But I learned to appreciate my time to just take a deep breath and not be worrying about taking care of a customer or answering a phone.

On another note, I wanted to share this adorable picture of my little dog at home, in VT who got his wee little back leg run over by the truck and is now as my mom calls him "hop along cassidy" that determined little nugget has actually figured out how to get around pretty well with one leg all bandaged up. Apparently he is having surgery this coming week and having a kidney stone removed. My Family basically ended up with a problem child dog. He has lots of issues. But we love him all the same!

Well... shit.

Well today went from productive, to a little scary, to fine, to plain old shitty. I had a super productive morning before going to have a personal training session. I was on the last set of the last exercise and almost puked/passed out. It was a really good time. I then had a protein smoothie and went to work for a few hours, got a few things at the grocery store and came home to eat a salad and some red peppers with spicy hummus. I then just started getting frustrated about random things and worked myself into a bad mood. Great times.

On the bright side, I did get to talk to my bff Brit! we just need to set a good time for her to come visit to work around the half marathon.

Do you ever just have days when you don't even know why you're upset, but it's just not a good day?

It's the little things

Yesterday morning was without question the most productive morning I have had in months. After blogging, I went to the gym for a full hour of madness, (and by madness I do mean madness, I was already sore last night) and then came home to clean the kitchen, three meals to avoid cooking later, all while cleaning out some scary looking leftovers from one of the kitchen drawers, got ready for work, grabbed everything I needed for my errands and was off! My intention was to go register my car, but I couldn't find the place twice, my garmin brought me to the wrong location. It was almost time to head into work so I just gave up. And all my productivity was gone. Getting frustrated by one little thing just threw off my momentum.

I then got home around 7:15 from work and went into my bathroom so see an adorable note that Josh had left me from the night before when he was over for dinner, it really is the little things that make the day better. On sunday, while I was at work I was thinking about how I caught Joshua dearest wearing a shirt to work with three little holes in the back. He got all the black shirts at the same time from American Apparel and we literally just haven't had time to go to the mall and get him some new shirts. So on my break, I drove over to pearl st and bought him a couple new shirts

And with my mad folding skeelz, I made a little frog out of a very nice little note :)

I hope you all have a great day!

Top O' the Mornin'!

The alarm went off this morning at 4:30 and I just was not feeling the gym at 5am today. I am going to go one I finish updating my lurvely little blog and then I have many errands to run before I head into work at 12! AHHHHHHH.

Alright a few updates: My meals haven't been recorded on here as well as I wanted over the past couple days due to some technical difficulties. BUT I'm hoping it will work today so I can catch you up on all my foods!

This was my very lack luster dinner from a few nights ago. I wasn't very hungry, so ended up with an egg sandwich and some grapes.

I REALLY like red peppers and spicy hummus :)

If anyone wonders what I snack on, it's mostly veggies and some fruit (I try to keep the fruit to a minimum though). especially red peppers and spicy hummus. It makes my little world go 'round. I don't eat very big meals so I generally have a snack every 2-3 hours to keep my metabolism burning.
When I do eat fruits, I try to avoid peaches, and strawberries (as much as I love them, they are super high in sugar compared to blueberries, bananas...)

Saturday morning, I had THIS deliciousness for breakfast. It was homemade chocolate protein granola. I got the recipe from The best blog ever, aka Peanut butter fingers! I used less oats so there was less carbs but it was an awesome pseudo cheat breakfast because my body was craving some dense carbs.

Welp, it really is high time that I get my butt to the gym. Have a wonderful monday all of you! I will be posting more catch up meals later! :)