Week 2 Wrap of Best Body Bootcamp

Hello friends! I hope you had a great week and a happy Saint Paddy’s Day! I spent the weekend up in Boston with some of my favorite people.

This weekend was week 2 of phase 1 of Tina’s Best Body Bootcamp and week 5 of my half marathon program. I’m so happy it worked out that both of these plans matched up and I had to do cardio in Tina’s plan on the same days as I had to run in Hal’s plan. Hooray for good timing!

I really love doing Tina’s plan because I am doing strength training moves that really challenge me like never before. Another part of the plan is to pick two personal goals to complete each day.  I kept the same two goals (taking a multivitamin and eating one serving of protein a day) and succeeded each day in completing them! They have become a normal routine for me so I am going to try two new goals for phase 2 (which starts today). Those two goals are going to be to only eat meat at one meal a day and to unplug from the computer and TV for a half hour each day. I really struggle with this because I spend all day on the computer at work then I come home and use my iPad or watch TV for most of the night. I think these are two achievable goals but ones that I will have to put my mind to.

In half marathon training news, I hit a huge milestone for me.  I ran 8 miles without stopping or walking once yesterday! I never in a million years thought I could run that far, and with this new distance comes a new confidence. For the first time since I started training for the race back in January, I know I can do this. Each week I doubted I’d be able to add another week to my mileage or ever finish 13.1 miles. But now I can say that I know I have it in me and I know I will finish. In fact, I’m looking forward to adding more mileage each week. I can’t wait to get to 9 miles this weekend because I know I can do it!

This photo makes me so proud!

Is anyone else signed up for the Cox Providence Half Marathon or doing Tina’s Best Body Bootcamp? What are your keys to success during your training?

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving to my wonderful readers! I hope everyone has fun Thanksgiving plans and perhaps I will be seeing some of your pretty faces tomorrow :)

Every Thanksgiving it is important to reflect on what we have to be thankful for. While I am very thankful for my family and friends,

I wanted to reflect on some other things I am thankful for.

(the people in these pics are not the only people I am thankful for of course:) )

• My health- Thank you to my whole body for staying healthy during the winter and thriving on the endless vitamins, fruits, veggies and general weird health food I feed you.
• My legs-Thank you for carrying me through the miserable, rainy 5k we completed on Halloween. And thank you in advance for carrying me through the hopefully beautiful 5k we will be running on Saturday (surprise!).
• My lungs-Thank you for becoming stronger than I could have ever asked you to be and thanks for getting over the exercised-induced asthma.
• Healthy-living blogs-Thank you for inspiring me to start my blog and giving me meal and workout ideas everyday.
• My juicer (you knew this was coming)-Thanks for adding more fruits and veggies to my life and inspiring me to eat healthier each day.

What are you thankful for this year?

Halloween Over-Indulgence

Happy November 1st! I hope everyone had a lovely Halloween! I am writing this while waiting for trick or treaters and digesting from a day of way too much food.

At work, we are very spirited about holidays.  We had two days of costumes and a Halloween Bake-Off yesterday.  Almost everyone brought in a baked good and we had to vote for our favorites based on test, presentation and Halloween theme. 

I won Most Creative Costume for my portrayal of Lambchop:

And I also was the runner-up for Most Delicious treat in the Bake-Off for my Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes with Apple Cider Frosting! It was super moist and amazing.  I will definitely be making them again soon, maybe for Thanksgiving!

In order to be a fair judge, I tried almost all of the treats.  I didn’t eat each treat in its entirety; I just had a bite or two to get the flavor, but there were so many that I know I over-indulged.  I never eat this badly, so today did a number on my body. 

I feel so sluggish and tired, full and bloated right now, so I know I need to do a mini detox.  The rest of this week I plan on detoxing with the following foods:

• Tons of water with lemon-the lemon helps aid in digestion and cleans everything out
• Fresh fruits and veggies to put more water in my system
• Lay off the caffeine to avoid headache
• Consume brown rice and a few whole grains for some fiber
• Limit meats and dairy
• In general, just eat clean

I’m chugging lemon water now and I already feel better.  If anything, eating like I did yesterday inspires me to eat better today because I don’t like the way those foods make me feel.

This is the season of over-indulgence, so I am going to try harder to limit my intake for the rest of the holiday parties by choosing what looks best. I will write a post soon about how to decide what is worth eating during the holiday parties!

How do you detox after a day (or week) of over-indulgence?

Do you have any tips on being selective about what you eat during parties?