I totally forgot about my fitness blog the past few days. Shame on me.

Let's do a quick update on fitness and maybe some meals if I can remember this week...

Saturday: Ran a 5k in 70 degree weather with 90 percent humidity in 28:07.

Sunday Workout: Leg workout and hill intervals on the treadmill for 1 hr. Also threw in some abs for good measure.

Monday: DOR (Day of Rest!)

I ate an English muffin w/ PB and honey, calliflower and broccoli and assorted mixed veggies for lunch, multigrain spaghetti with basil/garlic pasta sauce and a cup of cottage cheese (on the side!) for dinner.

Today: Woke up bright and early, ran 3.5 miles, did arm work (bicep curls, triceps, shoulder press)

Eating wise... had a Daily Juice Berrylicious smoothie that had strawberries, razzberries, watermelon and other delicious berrries.

Lunch was a tuna salad salad.

Dinner...not sure yet. Possibily fish and veggies of some sort.

I officially signed up for the Long Beach Marathon today. Scary, yet thrilling at the same time.

Cinco De Drinko!

Again, weekends seem to not be very conducive to me trying to develop a healthy eating habit. I don't even want to talk about what I ate last weekend because it makes me feel guilty, and I for one do not enjoy feeling guilty. I am human though. I also really love food. A lot.

Anyways, yesterday, did a walk with Meghan and Dasiy Dog around Town Lake. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon with lots of people out and about. I also researched some more bootcamps... still haven't found anything.

This morning, I woke up at 5:45 to go run. Did I mention that I am registering for the Long Beach Marathon in October and training begins now? Oof. 4.5 miles at a fast pace (I'm guessing 8 minute miles maybe?) I felt great during the run. I had a serious crash around 11 this morning though and had to compensate by chugging a Coke. Coke=the devil. Tonight is Cinco De Mayo celebration, so I can't guarantee that I won't have some delicious Tex Mex and margaritas to celebrate. I swear, I was an overweight Hispanic woman in another life.

FOOD!

Yesterday

Breakfast:
- 1 whole grain english muffin
- 1 tbsp reduced fat PB
- 1/2 tsp honey
- handful blackberries
- 1 glass OJ

Lunch: TQHA decided to business lunch me! Love it. We went to Houston's where I tried to be wise with my food choices....
- veggie burger made out of brown rice, rolled oats served with cheese, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce
- side of 3 bean salad w/ green beans, black beans and corn tossed with vinnagrette

Snack: piece of pizza (FAIL)

Dinner:
- 3 oz marinated chicken breasts
- cooked carrots

Today

Breakfast: Smoothie
-1/2 cup strawberries
-1/2 cup mangoes
-1/2 cup blackberries
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup OJ
- 1 tsp plain yogurt
-1 tsp honey

Lunch:
- 1 can tuna mixed w/ lowfat mayo
- 1 string cheese
- 1 apple (pink lady!)

Dinner:
Most likely will be copious amounts of queso, enchiladas and other terrible foods, topped of with a Mexican Martini (or two)

I think if I stopped drinking cold turkey, I would probably lose 5 lbs right there. I should try that....ha!

Oh hello there!

I made it back from the clutches of fried foods, overconsumption of coffee, pounding too much beer and back to the good old healthy town of Austin, Texas. May is a new beginning for me, always keeping in the back of my mind that I will be frollicking around in a bathing suit on the beaches of Mexico (pending swine flu doesn't shut down the country) in less than 6 weeks.

This morning I woke up bright and early (circa 5:45 AM) for my standard 4.5 mile run at Town Lake. I wasn't sure how the run would go since I had just spent the last week or so totally abusing my body. However, it went really well! The day was already warm and muggy, but I kept a nice pace up and even sprinted across the MoPac and South 1st street bridges. I only walked for about a minute over the foot bridge. I saw all the bootcampers while I was out. I really wanna do one!! I've been googling like a mad woman,but I haven't found anything that fits my schedule, and if it fits my schedule, it doesn't fit my budget. Boo.

As for food... I'm back on the wagon

Yesterday I had:
Breakfast - English muffin with honey and reduced fat PB, handful of blackberries
Snack- granola bar
Lunch- Lean Cuisine Garlic Chicken Pizza
Snack- More blackberries, a banana and coke (oops)
Dinner- 1 Garlic butter tilapia fillet (made with low fat margarine instead) and brown rice w/ veggies

Today I've had:
Breakfast- Fruit smoothie w/ mangoes, strawberries, 1 banana, 1 cup oj, 1 tbsp plain low fat yogurt, 1 tsp honey

Lunch- Lean Cuisine Chicken Flatbread Melt

Dinner could be a tossup as it is Friday and I have friends coming into town...we shall see!