Finding Radiance

The heat finally broke!  Lots of rain rolled through and it was much cooler this morning, although still a bit humid.  Cool enough to have breakfast and  coffee out on the front porch this morning!

Early mornings are the best time to sit out here because there is less traffic.  We live on the main road [...]

Long weekend ahead! Yes!  Need to tread a  little carefully as there will be some eating out this weekend and celebrating.  (Saturday is actual birthday).
Zee protein hit:

Then biked to the gym:

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Stiff-leg Deadlift
3 sets of 10 with 65# bar
Lower body

Chin ups
2 sets of 2, 2 sets of 1
Upper body

Stationary lunges
3 sets of 10 (each leg) [...]

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Hey!  I decided to let myself sleep until 7 am this morning.  And let me tell you, my upper body is s.o.r.e. from yesterday’s workout!  It think it was the incline hammer curls that really did it.  My upper body has not felt [...]

Woke up this morning and figured I would run outside today, so I ate breakfast first.  Custard banana oats!

Yum.  We sat and goofed around on the computers for a long time this morning and then when I looked up to run – it was sprinkling outside!  It looked like it would pass, so we waited [...]

I loved the things all of you would say to your past selves!  Thanks for the comments on my photos, too.  There is always mixed feeling of shame and embarrassment in putting those up there. …
Saturday morning and out to breakfast!  We took my folks out as a thank you for when we were on [...]

The end of the work week has arrived for me!  It’s been a busy week, that’s for sure.  I am so ready for New Orleans and the cruise (9 days and counting…..).
Today was a run day at the gym.  Seeing more new members, which is good (as long as they don’t take my favorite treadmill!).  [...]

Check out the gingerbread cookie recipe if you haven’t already!  I didn’t put nutritional info there because it really will depend on the size of the cookie and whether you use the protein powder or not.
I took last night off from blogging and the internet in general.  Unplugging is a good thing at times!  I [...]

Woke up to a sunny morning, and I thought a nice outdoor run was in store, but would do it after breakfast.  Had a comforting bowl of banana oats topped with PB2 and apple butter!  This was delicious!

Then I checked the temperature.  26 degrees.     I really had to talk myself into going [...]

Seriously – thank you so much for the comments on my photo!  I actually took that to showcase my sweatiness, not my arms LOL!  I still have work to do, but I am definitely happy with my progress to this point.  I actually find it liberating to feel comfortable putting a photo like that online, [...]

I woke up early today and decided to go to the gym to exercise.  30 degrees, and dark – so no running outside!  I set the treadmill for 1 hour and set to jogging.  I can’t believe I can jog for an hour without stopping!  I never would have thought that was possible a few [...]