Hello there 😀Â
Can you guess what I did this morning??Â
I ran! After 2 months of not being able to run (due to torn ligament fibers in my knee), I can finally run. Allow me to start from the beginning:Â
Jason and I have been hiking an awful lot these past few weekends, me-without any knee trouble. So this weekend after we completed a 7 mile hike on Crowders Mtn (4 of the miles were strenuous), I was convinced that I should try to run again. And I was right! Last night I set out my running skirt, my Nike top and a pair of socks. It felt very ‘first day of school-ish 😀Â
The sleep was here and there, but I was more anxious than anything. Fifteen minutes before my alarm was set to go off, I was out of bed and leaving a note on the dry erase board for Jason. Then it was off to the greenway!Â
I started out faster than usual (out of pure excitement!) and ended up running 3 miles (and walking .5 miles back to the car) without any knee pain! I can’t even put in words how wonderful it felt to be running again. I felt elated and on top of the world. Â
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I’ve got to remind myself that I should start slow…no planning a 10 mile, hilly run for the weekend just yet 😉 I think my plan is to run two 3-mile, flat runs for the first couple of weeks, and then go from there…but, YAY! I CAN RUN AGAIN 😀 Ok, enough beaming…on to the rest of my day!Â
Once home, IÂ dove into a huge cup of coffee (thanks to the boyfriend for making it!) and searched the cabinets and fridge for breakfast items.Â
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(I heart my Tree Hugger mug 😀 ‘Twas a $3 find at T.J. Maxx)Â
And for breakfast, I decided to make my own “Egg McMuffin”, except without the “Mc” part!Â
A whole wheat english muffin, with a fried egg and a Morningstar spicy sausage pattie. Nom nom nom. Good. Chewy. Delicious. All together now:Â
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An hour later, it was off to Chemistry (boo!). I don’t mind the lecture part of it, but on Mondays, I also have a 2 hour lab that goes with it..ughhhhhh.Â
In between lecture and lab, we get a whopping 10 minutes to eat a lunch…whoopee! Scarfing down my food in a cold room that is full of vending machines that are tempting me with their sweets is not my ideal lunch time…I’d much rather sit outside under a tree or something. But it’s only on Mondays, so I can be a big girl and suck it up 😉Â
Today’s 10 minute special consisted of a PB&J (with creamy pb and cherry jam <–a surprising find at my local grocery store! Love it!) on an Arnold Thin wheat bread, a sliced peach and peppercorn Sunchips (<–another downfall of mine. Can’t seem to keep my hand out of the bag..)Â
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There is one cool thing about eating in the student lounge: The student bulletin board! I read some very interesting articles while sitting all by my lonesome 🙂Â
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Hmmm, a marijuana posting? Nice. I love reading about narcotics when I’m on my lunch break 😉 Not. Most of the posts were about Health issues, which leads me to believe that other Diet Tech students have been in the lounge lounging 😀 Here is my favorite posting:Â
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This was a really interesting article on the importance of being able to do a push-up. The key points:Â
- Push-ups not only work your chest and arms, they also work your hips, butt and abs.
- Push-ups may be hard to do, but they are the ultimate strength workout.
- Every person should be able to do at least one push-up.
- If you can’t do an all-out push-up, start with your knees on the floor and then work up to doing them the normal way.
It even listed how many you should be able to do at your age! Cool!Â
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How many push-ups can you do? Are you able to do as many as you should (according to the above table)?Â
When I first started doing push-ups, I could only do about 10. These days, I am able to do 30. The first 20 are easy, the last 10 are hard 😉Â
Oops! I spent so much time looking at the bulletin board that I was late for lab 😦 Oh well. It went by slowly and painfully. All of these measurements and conversions, yadda yadda yadda. My brain was about to blow a fuse in there!Â
I finally made it home around 3:30, and after walking Trixie around the block, I made myself a mocktail 😀Â
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I also heart POM juice..especially the blueberry, pomegranate blend. Along with Sprite Zero….Â
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…and in go a couple of cherries! Ok, so I also had 2 dark chocolate squares with this…it’s dessert from lunch of course 😉Â
There is Chem homework to be done, laundry to be folded, carpet to be vacuumed…but I don’t feel like doing ANY of it. Perhaps it’s the Monday blues? Or maybe I put all of my energy into my run this morning? 🙂Â
I can already tell ya what’s for dinner though! Manicotti fo’ sho.Â
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This was last night’s dinner and there are a ton of leftovers, which I knew we would be having tonight, so I took pics!Â
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(Before going into the oven! No after pics because we were too hasty about eating it!) This recipe is super-easy to make..except for stuffing the manicotti. That’s the worst part. It feels like it takes forever, or maybe it’s because I use a spoon like a weirdo or something. I dunno. What do you guys use to stuff manicotti with? Oh, and you can find the recipe here.Â
Phew. I could so use a nap. Or a beer. Something along those lines 😉 I have a ton of cool recipes to post later on in the week, and also make sure you check out my Books I Heart page! I’m looking for a new book to read, suggestions are welcome.Â
Now, I’m outta here..but first, if you’ve never done a push-up, I challenge you to go try one out now! Okkayyyyy….Ready-Setttttt-PUSH-UP!
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