I can breath again!!! Ran three miles Friday, and then had a really fun night with some friends and had a few drinks- but still stay right at my upper calorie limit so whatever.
Yesterday and today I was able to sleep in. This is the first weekend in over a month that we haven't had to travel. As much as I love, love, love seeing my family- it feels really nice to have a stay-at-home day. Hubby, puppy and I took full advantage of the stay at home day by being lazy and watching TV.
And I made chicken and mushroom kabob (sp?). And I took a picture. No idea why but here you go... lol
It was so yummy and the whole meal was under 250 calories! Marinated some thin sliced chicken breast and whole mushrooms in a water, garlic, cayenne pepper, and basil mix, then put them on some metal, reusable skewers and wrapped them in some tin foil (with some of the marinade/water stuff) and threw it in the oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.
Oh yeah- stepped on the scale and the number was 109.8! Yeay, I am back under 110 lbs. So, so happy for that.
Yesterday I didn't run, not because I didn't want to but because it was literally thundering and lighting all day. So this morning I went for a run- and there are several good reasons why I should not run in the morning, and why I will most likely never be a morning runner.
1. Everyone else apparently runs in the morning. I run on a nature trail and in the afternoon, while there are people out there, I am usually more likely to see birds, chipmunks and deer than I am others. In the morning everyone is running, biking, walking, etc.
2. Everyone was saying "hi" and "good morning" to me. Don't get me wrong, 99% of the time I am a very lovely person who would be like "Hey! What's up?". But when I am running and sweating, wearing no make-up, smelling like BO, with my clothes drenched in sweat I really don't want to say anything to anyone. I don't even want people to notice me. I rather just that everyone leave me the heck alone.
I am not a "social exerciser". When I am sweaty and gross, I want to be left alone.
And who goes running in jewelry (we are talking sparkly, dangling earring here)? Seriously.
Okay, last reason why I will most likely never be a morning exerciser:
3. I can't think in the morning. When I run at night, I unwind from the day, focus on my achievements that I had, forget the stress, day dream, and I really enjoy it. In the mornings, I have no energy, I have nothing to really think about, and I couldn't care less about running.
I only ran two miles this morning, at 10 minutes and 40 seconds per mile it was not a fast run but it did feel nice to at least get out there.
I will probably do another run tonight, but that is all for now. Hope everyone is having an awesome three-day weekend!
XOXOXO
