RUN!!

Here is a race that I did last month in Atlanta:
(That was last month, right?)

http://www.spartanrace.com/spartan-sprint-obstacle-course-race.html

It was about 4.5 miles long. We were in the last heat. So. Many. Walls.
My team, Gordon Bombay Taught Me How To Quack, was awesome. We stuck together. I won't mention how much of the race I did not run. Those obstacles were hard, but when else would I have decided to crawl underneath a football field length of barbed wire or carry oddly shaped 50 lb sacks of sand? I definitely got over my thing about being self conscious about people watching me climb over stuff.... I used to make people turn around and not watch when I was climbing over things. Here is our post-run pic:

Here is one I am doing in May:
It is a mud run. There are options to do a 5k, 10k, 19k, or marathon. Yes, you guessed correctly. I will be doing the marathon, of course. Who needs toenails anyway?
http://www.xterraplanet.com/xduro/oakmtn.html

[ok. so no marathon for me right now. i lied.]

Here is the race I am particularly excited about...... THE COLOR RUN!

http://thecolorrun.com/
Its only 40 bucks and its a 5k, so do it with me! Who doesn't wanna get sprayed with colors? I need a good something to wear... I'm thinking I want lots of color all over, so I am thinking about trying to find some white knee high socks or something crazy.... we shall see! (Maybe I will break out my Mighty Ducks headband from above pic. Haha!)

I Know This ::Sounds:: Ungrateful On Many Accounts. It is.

I'm so glad the government took 42% of my bonus.

How come they couldn't have just paid me that much more this year?

Its like, "HEY!! LOOK!! We grossed SOOOO much money this year! Lets give half of it to the government in attempt to make our employees less ticked off that they work here!! Ooooooo yeah! Good idea!"

Ya know, I hope 3-4 more grown-up adults get yet another pair of ultra expensive Reeboks purchased at the first of this next month, cuz its on me.
Next time, just pay me more throughout the year. Thanks for my meager, could-be-awesome bonus.

XOXO,
Jen

The Nasty-Nast

i just came to the realization that anchovies and sardines are indeed NOT the same thing.




which means there are TWO kinds of grimey, smelly, canned-whole fish running around.



..........what kind of world do we live in!?!? Why is there a need for more than one variety of such a repugnant, repulsive, and revolting substance!?!?
 
you sardine/achovy lovers are sick....... just sick.

Dessert.

I had something I REALLY liked as a dessert to share with you readers! I use dailyburn.com for nutrition info.

stir together in a small bowl---

*1/2 cup plain 0% Chobani greek yogurt: 70 cal, 0g fat, 4.5 carbs, 11.5g protein

*1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or to taste): 6 cal, 0 fat, .3 carb, 0 protein

*3/4 packet of truvia: 0 cal, 0g fat, 2.3g carbs, 0g protein

Top with---

*1/2 cup raspberries: 31 cal, 0.4g fat, 7.3g carbs, 0.7g protein!!

Thats just 107.5 calories for a satisfying dessert that has filling protein and fiber to boot!

I wanted to wait and take a picture, but I ate it instead!

Must-Haves

My healthy eating must-haves are as follows:

1) Chobani 0% Plain Greek Yogurt: Its awesome and extremely versatile and delicious in a million ways. It has over twice the protein of regular yogurt, less sugar, and more fiber. Did I mention its awesome? I eat it by itself or with cereal or mix in sugar free jello powder or freeze it or use it to make taziki sauce or as a sour cream /mayo substitute in recipes or as a....... SEE? the possibilities are endless. Its the perfect dairy product.

2) Oatmeal: I like to throw in blueberries, cinnamon, and 3/4 of a Truvia packet as I cook it. Whole grain? Check. Protein? Check. Fiber? Check.

3) Tomatoes: I eat these like they are going out of style.

4) Flax seeds: I usually just toss them in to whatever dinner entree I am making or sprinkle some on my sandwich. I just put them into my Greek burgers today, though I thought the texture was a little weird for a burger. But who can say no to the highest plant source of Omega 3 fatty acids?? not to mention the phytochemicals and B vitamins and.... really!! I could keep going.

Hrm.

I've been eating tomatoes like they are going out of style.

I had a hospital stay this week. More on that later, maybe....

Favorite Breakfast

As you could have guessed, I have started to lose weight. I started working nights at the hospital and started to gain a few more pounds. Not only am I losing my "night shift weight," (I have almost lost those pounds completely!) I am going to lose what I need to lose to be awesomely healthy.

Anyway, I think I am going to start to blog about my weight loss journey and see where is gets me.

Goal:  -42 lbs (yeah. 42!!!! wow. i know.)
Where I'm at now:    -7.6 lbs.

So. I shall tell you about my 2 favorite breakfasts.
1) Oatmeal+berries+3/4 Truvia packet, along side 1 egg+ 1 egg white
2) Whole wheat toast (or whole wheat waffle) + reduced fat peanut butter + banana + honey,
     all stacked together like this:

and that's what I'm talking about.