130.4 - Tasty Tuesday - Easy Fruit Dip and More Vacay Pics!

Ingredients

2oz. Fat Free Cream Cheese (it doesn't necessarily have to be fat free) 15g (1T) fig preserves

Instructions

Mix

Seriously. That is all. This is even great on Ezekiel toast (especially cinnamon raisin). Mmmmm!

Check out more Tasty Tuesday recipes and meal ideas at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.

FITNESS

Well, I did it. I woke up and actually ran… at a snail’s pace, but I did it! And it actually felt kinda sorta good. ;) I ran 2 miles. Now, I know that doesn’t sound like much, but we all gotta start somewhere, right? I first wanted to do the Couch to 5k plan on Cool Running, but, honestly, I have started that damn program a handful of times, and I never ever finish it. I get B O R E D. So, I hopped on over to SparkPeople, took a gander at some of their running programs I had saved from 2007 (no joke! LOL!), and then opted to do their 10k running plan. I originally thought I would do the 5k running plan, but I didn’t want to start with a ½ mile run. There are also walk/run programs on pages linked. Fun stuff!

ALSO, wooty woo, I managed to crank out some 60# DB bench presses yesterday. That is 60# per arm, so a total of 120… 120 on a BB is old news for me, but I’ve never tried to bench that heavy with dumbbells. YAY!

MORE FLORIDA FUN - DAY 2

WARNING: To say we got a little intoxicated this day would be an understatement. Early morning storms led us to the bar before noon. We are rebels, I tell ya!

Innocently, we started off at a car show.

which led to a bar... or two.

Then we went back to the room and cleaned up!

Water Taxi Ride:

PIMMMMMP!

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Seriously. This is a house.

Check out my new friend. At this point, I was back to sober. Unbelievable.

Best. Food. Ever.

Hubby accidentally orders a $120 bottle of wine. LMAO. He doesn't even like wine much. Best damn wine ever!

On the way to the Pirate Bar. ARGH! This place was the shizz! We got to listen to Sublime all night long!

Uhm. Tanked.

Oh yeah.

BWAHAHAHAHA. This cracked me up.

Does anyone else have problems with Blogger formatting things all funky, or even losing formatting code? URGH!

Road Bike Excursion

Attempt #1: Unsuccessful.

Let's just say I was awkward and feeling a bit uncoordinated. I thought I was coordinated. I have met my match.

The handle bars feel so far away, and I'm not comfortable leaning over on the bike. Also, just going down the block and back made my lady bits feel funky -- and not in a good way.

A couple friends suggested spin to get used to the positioning. I will start next week. As for the lady bits, I'll just have to buy a new seat or some lovely padded ass shorts. I wanted to build a bigger and bubblier booty, but I wasn't planning on doing it this way!

Running, running

PHEW! It's official. I am S L O W!!! I almost did not make it out the door on time for a run this morning! I couldn't pry myself out of bed. I think I was exhausted from putting this bar together yesterday!



I can't wait to eat dinner on our deck!! I love our deck. It's like a mini-oasis in the middle of town. LOL!

Anyways, I tried a new route out this morning... Channeling Buffy the Vampire Slayer.



I will admit. At one point I got freaked out. I was at the far corner of the cemetary and heard some unidentifiable noises. As it got louder, I realized it was just dogs. HAH! I'm such a dork.

I came home and prepared a quick brekkie... GREEN SMOOTHIE! I decided to start the green smoothie challenge on Saturday. More fresh veggies and fruits are never a bad thing! (This is actually a pic from my Saturday smoothie. Today's had blueberries, so the color wasn't nearly as pretty! LOL!)



Back to the grind! I hope everyone's week is off to a great start!

Day 2 of TRI Training Complete!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Recap

We're on a roll! Mmmmm rolls...

Yesterday training was, once again, a complete success!! SCORE!

AM: Run .76 miles
PM: Full body weights (very light); one mile slow jog/walk and a few minutes of stretching

Yesterday morning was BEAUTIFUL! The sun was shining, birds were chirping! What a wonderful morning for a run! except my feet felt like lead and my legs were aching from the previous day's heavy leg workout. I had planned on running more, but I cut it short. The wheels needed recovery, and I knew that I would be doing some light cardio in the evening while training my sister-in-law. That's what my Tuesday PM workouts have been all about. We're trying to get her into shape. :) So, we do a full body workout together, I go super light because it should be a recovery day for me, show her the ropes and proper form, and finish with some light cardio. She's a complete beginner at all things fitness, so this actually works pretty well for me since I can almost use it as active recovery. Her goal is to get to the gym one or two more times during the week and repeat the workout.

Eats are a little low due to a tracking mishap. I logged the wrong meal for breakfast, and by the time I caught the error, the day was wrapped up. It's all good, though. I'm not going to sweat it.

Calories In: 1490
P/C/F: 152/135/38

Let's see if this bike makes it in today!

FedEx, crushing dreams, one day at a time

I JOKE!!!

I am a little bummed, though. Yesterday the tracking to my new bike said June 02, 2009 delivery. Now it has been postponed a day. IhopeIhopeIhope I get my bike tomorrow. I have no choice but to wait.

They say patience is a virtue. (Who are they, anyways?) I'm not a very patient person, so this will be good practice for me.

and because blog posts without pics are boring... while this next pic has nothing to do with the above post... I'm posting it anyways. My itty bitty kitty, Gravy. Yes, I named an animal after food. :)

Day 1 of TRI Training Complete

Monday, June 1, 2009 - Recap

WOOT! Day 1 of training was a complete SUCCESS!

Nutrition was spot on.
Training was perfect.

Here's how things went down...

AM: one mile run
PM: Heavy legs day with lots of hamstring focus. I'd love to bring that area up as much as possible. I finished off the workout with a three mile recumbant bike ride and approximately five minutes of stretching.

I'm starting off slow.

However, I have been thrown a bit of a curve ball. Due to upcoming events, a mini-cut is in need. I've knocked my calories down quite a bit this week (i.e. started tracking again! LOL!), which is not ideal for building OR training for endurance. This mini-cut may only last for a week, possibly two... I'll just play it by ear, then G R A D U A L L Y start adding calories back in... that way I won't have to worry about any more mini-cuts in the future! LOL!

Calories In: 1623
P/C/F: 161/130/51

My bike arrives today! I will get the local bike shop to put it together tomorrow.

Girls Gone Wild

LMAO! I struggled with finding a title for this... actually, I didn't struggle at all. It's the first thing that popped in my head, and I just went with it. Eff it. :-)

As some of you may remember, my digital camera broke at my show. My replacement camera... I am luvin' it!! It's an older model, and refurbished, so it didn't cost very much, but I just love the pics it takes. It's a Fuji FinePix SD8000. This thang can ZOOOOOOOOOM.

There's a ton of WILDlife (that's where I got the title LOL!) in our small back yard. I love it. We live downtown, but it's like a little oasis for squirrels, birds, and even DEER! We've seen five or more in the past year! Poor little guys are getting ran out of their homes.

I just wanted to share some pics I took today!

A little flower in our back yard...



A nut on the railing of our deck... Squirrel Dinner!! :)



Squirrel Fight!!!! I tried to get artsy with the black and white. LOL!



and, my favorite little guy. My adorable nephew!



and that's all folks! Actually there are a ton more, but I am sure I have bored you all enough! LOL!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I'm sad that it's over! I have the Sunday night blues.

TRI training starts tomorrow, though, and I am looking forward to that!

I've done gone and lost my mind!

:)

I suppose it was only a matter of time. I always get these crazy ideas.

I was IMing with my dear friend Carrie the other day. This girl (*ahem* lady, why do I always insist on calling females girls? LOL) has done a complete LIFESTYLE transformation. Her physique transformation itself is amazing, but she has such a zest for life and is such a go getter, that she not only competes in Bikini competitions, she has found herself racing, and placing really well -- winning FIRST in her very first race!

Anyways, I am totally inspired. I've always thought entering 5ks would be fun, but I have ADD when it comes to training...errr... running. I'll get halfway through the Couch to 5k program and quit. I have to move on to something else. Well, when Carrie and I were 'talking', I thought that training for a triathlon would be totally FUN! You have to mix up the cardio when you train. I have never been an endurance athlete. I'm all about fast-twitch... sprinting, jumping... I think it's from gymnastics growing up, and sprinting and jumping on the track team. Maybe that's just what my muscles like.

This is out of my element. I am TOTALLY excited! Y'all know I'm in a bulking phase, so I'm using the next two months to get my feet wet. There is a sprint dualthon/triathlon on August 2, but that is just too close for someone who has no endurance... especially when trying to build muscle... so, I'm shooting for August of 2010. That should be P L E N T Y of time.

I ordered my first road bike yesterday. I bought the cheapest one I could find (after three days of research). The reviews are decent, and I did not want to invest a lot in my first bike.

Here she is:



I can honestly say that I don't remember the last time I was so excited about anything!!

I will s l o w l y start training next week, and I will still keep my cardio minutes to a minimum.

Time to TRI something new!!! :)