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As of all of you remember, last year I was not healthy.  I was eating frozen burritos and hot dogs.   2013 has the been the turn around year for me.  Along, with eating healthy, I have been trying to make my life as a whole healthier.  I have been trying to not to complain, at least less (a lot less).  Say hi to everyone I pass by.  Even though I do not know the person, I still say hi.  Last but not least, think positively.  Some days it can get hard, especially when I get a lack of sleep.  Since 2013, I have been feeling better, my relationships with people seem stronger as well.  In my opinion, I do not want to be that person that complains, and brings down people. I want to do the opposite.  Above are some of the rules I live by.

 

 

 

This one always puts a smile on my face.  Just coming home to her (and my boyfriend, of course) melts away any type stress I might of accrued from the day.  She is the main reason, for why I started to change my life. So I could have the energy to keep up with her. Happy Friday!



Brown Bag to Work

The other day Jeff was at home while I was grabbing my lunch + snacks for work.  He acted all surprise that I was bringing "so much stuff" to work.  In my head I never bring enough food to work.  I am constantly eating. When I am not eating,  I am thinking when I am going to eat next and what.  I am a fat kid at heart.

Yesterday for lunch I brought mixed fruit, a cliff bar, and lettuce wraps.  The collard greens were super huge this week.   I normally make two wraps, I proceeded to do the same yesterday.  I could not finish all of them for lunch.  I got half way through my second and knew that was enough.   It was so good I really wanted to finish. I had to warn myself if I ate too much, I would get tired.  I dislike with a passion that feeling.  It is the worst, and normally I do not want to work after that. 

I started off my day with a two mile run on the treadmill.  For my post snack I had plain greek yogurt mixed with trail mix and honey.

Chicken Tacos

This past weekend went by too fast for me.  On Friday night I had an alumni social gathering for my university, my boyfriend and I were one of the youngest people at the event.  We got to meet people from varies of different years of graduation. Everyone was similar in a certain way; we all had the same type of favorite memories. After I graduated I lost touch with a lot of people from my university.  This was nice to talk to people, relive some of the memories. I did not eat well that night.  Right after I left work I went to the event, it started at 5:30, I get off work at that time.  I ate the food that they had at the event.  They had gourmet pizza.  I was super hungry, I could not stop eating the pizza.  I was a little frustrated with myself.  Then Saturday night it was Jeff's sister's birthday.  The boyfriend thought this guy and I were twins that night

 

Last but not least yesterday was mothers day.  I helped my father cook my mothers dinner yesterday.  With all that being said, Jeff and I were super busy.  I barely had anytime to cook.  I found some leftovers in the fridge and whipped up chicken tacos.  See below for the recipe!

 

• Tortilla
• Greek yogurt (substitute for sour cream)
• Avocado
• Chicken
• Sriracha (hot sauce)

Interval Running

 



Lately, I have been searching pinterest for interval workouts.  The Minka Kelly workout has been getting a little boring.  This one is slightly on the easier side.  I plugged in two miles on my ipod, put the light jog at 5.3, increased the speed at 7 on the sprint, and deduced the speed to 4.0 on the walk portion.  For more intensity, I probably should of increased the speed. I am still searching for more interval workouts, to beat treadmill boredom.  Stay tuned for more interval workouts

Smokey Turkey Bacon Salad

As of last week I was not able to exercise.  I pulled a muscle in my thigh, by the end it was too painful to ignore.  To heal my injury, I stopped working out and placed icy hot patches on my thigh.  I used the ones that are made for your back, since there is none for your thighs.  They were the perfect the size.  Monday, was my last night to use.  With that being said, yesterday was my first time to run for over a week.  It felt so good to just run once again. I did feel out of the game a little bit, but it is whatever.  After working out I grabbed a plain greek yogurt and mixed trail mix and honey into it.  The other day at the grocery store I grabbed the wrong trail mix, this one has chocolate in it.  That was my little dessert for the day.

That morning I felt very relaxed because I had packed my lunch the night before.  I always forget to pack the night before.  When I am getting ready I am always in a rush, and I have to pack my lunch which takes 5 to 10 minutes.  Lately, I have been working lowering my stress level.  My main focus right now is to organize my time, and living space.  I think this will help deduce my stress level.  On the other note,  I packed a Smokey Turkey Bacon Salad. 

 

• Spinach
• Diced Chicken breast
• Crumbled turkey bacon (1 or 2 slices)
• Half of an apple diced
• Blue cheese crumbles
• Handful of walnuts
• Olive Oil

 

 



 

Birthday Celebrations

 

 

Yesterday was the day Jeff and I celebrated my birthday.  He took me to a Brazilian steak house, I tried not to eat that much during the day, so I would be hungry enough for the restaurant. I had to restrain myself at the salad bar, by not eating too much.  So I could have room for the endless meat.  I did indulge that evening, maybe a little too much. 

 

After dinner we went out.  I ran into a couple of people from my university, which was a pleasant surprise.  We got to catch up on each others lives.  The funny part was earlier that evening Jeff ran into someone he knew.  Afterwards he asked if I knew anyone in the bar, at the moment I did not.  When I answered, he made it where it was a competition on how many people I know at the bar vs. him.  After his little "I know someone and you do not" speech, we walked to the back of the bar, and low and behold were the people from SFA.  I turned to him, and said I just won I know all those people.  That was the fun part of our night.  This morning was little bit of a killer.  It took my awhile to get out of bed. When I finally got out of bed, I made myself an egg pizza.

 



It hit the spot this morning.  I took half of an avocado mashed it on took of a flour tortilla (for some reason I hate all other tortillas), and placed a fried egg on top. 

Happy Birthday to Me!

Jeff sent me flowers at my work yesterday.  I can not explain how surprised and happy when I got them. It was so sweet of him. The flowers were delivered to our concierge desk at the hotel.  When they were delivered I received a call from our concierge asking if I have a birthday coming up.  It caught me by surprise, I had no clue how she would know.  I told her today was my birthday, then she started singing to me over the phone.  I was scratching my head, and trying figure out what is going on.  After singing she told me she had a package.  When I got over there, I saw these beautiful flowers.  Later that night, after work we went out to dinner with my parents.  Overall it was a nice relaxing birthday.  I still have the weekend to look forward to for some more birthday activities.  We are planning on going to a Brazilian steakhouse.  Who says you can not indulge on your birthday.  Speaking about indulging, see below on the salad I am bringing to work today.

 

 

Strawberry Avocado Salad

• Three strawberries diced
• One fourth of an avocado diced
• Handful of walnuts
• Diced Chicken
• Tbs of lime juice
• Olive Oil
• Spinach