Finding Radiance

Okay, not on the road traveling per se – but the bikes are out!
And a note on the sweet potato muffins from earlier, I used the Spark recipe calculator to calculate nutritionals.  It’s pretty cool!
First off, though  – must get to the important breakfast stuff.  Banana custard oats topped with pecan butter and strawberry all [...]

The last day of my work week – yay!  I woke up this morning and decided I could not do the treadmill when the sidewalks were clear.  I had a banana and walnut butter for a pre run snack.

This was a tiny nanner!
Then I hit the road. It was colder than I was expecting outside.  [...]

Friday!  Yay!  Had a nice day off just puttering around and doing things   Started off the day with a good gym work out:
Walked 1 mile on the hamster wheel, then did my lifting:

Chin ups:  2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1 (and a lame attempt at 2)
Barbell split squats:  3 sets of [...]

Thanks for all your input on my to goal or not to goal post from yesterday!  I am always looking for ways to challenge myself, and without any specific events or anything to train for right now, it seems as good a time as any to see what I can do with the scale.  Nothing [...]

I cannot take credit for the custard oats idea  I read about them on Susan’s blog and Tay’s blog.
Basically, it’s just oats with an egg whisked in.  Takes about 5 minutes.  Pretty simple, eh?  This is my version. Yesterday’s oats were a pumpkin custard.
Ingredients:

1/4 cup of liquid egg whites
1/2 cup of canned pumpkin (from my [...]

Happy Mardi Gras!  Thanks for all of your comments on the ‘normal‘ thing yesterday.  John doesn’t always understand where I am coming from with body image, so it’s nice to know I am not crazy!
I woke up pretty early this morning and headed off to the gym to get my run in.  [...]

Happy Monday!  Waving ‘hi’ to all the new readers – there have been a ton over the past week!
It felt really good to hit the gym today.  I did a power lifting workout!

Chin ups:  2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1
Squats:  3 sets of 8 with 85# barbell

Superset:

Stationary lunge:  3 sets of 8 with [...]

Okay now – how long has it been since you have seen a post like this?  A few weeks?  It has been a crazy ride, and it’s not quite over yet.  You’ll have to stay tuned to see what is up next week   I swear I need another vacation.  Thank you all [...]

Slept quite well last night.  I started taking 5-HTP before bed, which is like serotonin.  If I remember to take it every night, I should be able to see if this helps me sleep!
Monday morning at the gym.  It was not too busy for whatever reason.  Monday’s are usually pretty crowded.  Lifting workout:

Dumbbell pliet squats:  [...]

Midweek time!  Sometimes I cannot believe how fast time goes by, can you?  Today was run day at the gym.  I have decided that I won’t do speed work on the days that I run longer and do that on lifting days with brief runs.  I think that will be easier on the legs.
So, I [...]