Good news! I am feeling quite a bit better this morning. My tummy ache is gone for the most part and my achy body just feels tired. After spending the evening eating Jimmy John’s subs and watching Babe on the couch with Ryan, I slept for nearly 10 hours. This morning, I woke up and…
Chocolate Pumpkin Smoothie Bowl
Day three with our brand new Vitamix is upon us and you know what that means… Another blended breakfast! When I started to think about what I wanted for breakfast, only one thing came to mind. Chocolate. Now, how can I eat a big chocolaty breakfast and still call it nutritious? Smoothie time! I decided…
Peanut Butter Puppy
Good morning! I hope your Saturday is off to a great start! Our morning began the sweaty way with a workout at the gym. To begin, Ryan and I completed cardio side-by-side on the treadmill. I did a slight variation of my 20-minute incline walking/running workout and was sufficiently sweaty by the time 20 minutes…
We Finally Bought It!
At lunch today Ryan and I discussed our plans for the evening. Earlier this week, we talked about using a gift certificate to a fancy schmancy restaurant tonight, but at lunch we said we just weren’t feelin’ it. Since we’ve both been feeling slightly under the weather this week, a relaxing evening at home sounded…
Why Do You Build Me Up, Peanut Butter Cup
Peanut butter and chocolate lovers rejoice! (That should be 99 percent of you.) Today’s breakfast was a peanut butter and chocolate lovers dream. Enter, the chocolate peanut butter cup smoothie! In to the blender went: 1 scoop chocolate protein powder 1 c. milk 1 tbsp. peanut butter 1 tbsp. cocoa powder 1 frozen banana 1…
Hilly Workout
Another day, another workout! This morning I headed to the gym for a cardio session split between the treadmill and the elliptical. My 30 minutes on the treadmill was spent completing a hilly interval workout. It wasn’t a killer workout like this totally hardcore workout, but it got me sweatin’ and that’s all I was…