#treadmillwarrior

[runningonreefer]

Active Fitness - Treadmill & Kind Drops - First day back after a couple rough weeks of no running. Piriformis Syndrome flare-up, followed by a nasty cold and visiting in-laws (not like that; they're awesome), I found it terribly difficult to find rhythm to my days. Head and house clear, I'm feeling newly motivated, capable, and back on track to start the year strong! I've got some plans for some challenging and very cool runs in the near future - stay tuned! #ActivatedAthlete #RunningOnReefer #CannabisKeepsMeActive #TreadmillWarrior #RoadWarrior #TrailWarrior #aLifeLessOrdinary #MoonmansMistress (at Active Sports Clubs Scotts Valley)

[everydayjaimie-blog]

12.7.15

After getting M off to day care which is always more painful on Mondays, the first thing I did was hit the treadmill for a walk. I'm pretty impressed with how frequently I'm using the treadmill so far (we bought the treadmill while I was pregnant and while I certainly could have used it then, I didn’t. I don’t even have a good excuse. I have always wanted a treadmill though and knew I would make use of it during maternity leave). Today was only a walk because I ran/walked yesterday (but apparently did not take a picture of!). Per my fitbit, I worked out for 43:42 minutes and added 4,681 steps to my day so that’s at least 2.3 miles (more accurately it was probably 2.5 miles as that’s what I aim for at every workout - unfortunately the fitbit does not track mileage very well in my experience).

The only noteworthy events of the day were meal planning, grocery shopping, and taking H’s one month picture (one day belated). He’s not the most photogenic yet (although he’s super cute in person IMO)...here’s an outtake:

For dinner I was going to make one thing but as I was preparing a meal for M (that was going to be used more than once this week), I realized I had made a ton of her dinner, so that became dinner for all of us.  That dinner was ground turkey browned, sautéed zucchini, rice and two scrabbled eggs with some garlic and onion powder and drizzled in soy sauce. Not fancy but pretty tasty. Unfortunately M didn’t eat any of it (typically she loves ground meat and rice so I’m not sure what her deal was there) and Matt wasn’t feeling well so really only I ate it...

I'm still going great with myfitnesspal (@hoosiermom04) and maintaining my goals from last week.

[everydayjaimie-blog]

12.6.15

We kicked our Sunday off the way we so often do - with CBS Sunday Morning. Such a great show that both Matt and I enjoy. The rest of the morning was pretty lazy except that I did get down to the treadmill after we put M down for her nap. Since I’m writing this late I can’t remember what I did on the treadmill but if I’m looking at my fitbit’s excise log it looks like I ran. Unfortunately the treadmill picture doesn’t tell me much but here it is regardless:

On Monday or Tuesday, I had emailed my MIL to see if she could watch the kids sometime this week so Matt and I could go see Mockingjay part 2. I read Hunger Games when it first came out and have seen every one in theaters (in fact we saw Catching Fire when M was 5 or 6 weeks old thanks to our in-laws). She said they could come over today/Sunday at 3 p.m. I was stoked when I discovered that this would work perfectly with the theater nearby that doubles as a brewery and has food/drink delivery in the theater during the movie - perfect movie and dinner date without having to go two places and miss the kiddos that much longer. The movie was great! I even managed to make good food choices and had a salad...which is great since I also had two beers (I’m not even sorry as (a) I tracked them and they fit my calorie goals and (b) they had my favorite beer, Three Floyds Gumballhead, on draft).

After the movie we came home and hung out with the in-laws and my BIL and niece. Our niece who is 9 apparently wants to learn Euchre so we were trying to teach her. I love Euchre but I always forget that it really is hard to teach, especially to a kid who is not terribly familiar with card games generally. Euchre is a midwest tradition though and I played so much in my Junior year English class that it’s one of the most distinct memories I have of that entire year of high school.