Life Happens

I feel like I haven't blogged in days!  I did blog but they were really pointless ones I think.  Helpful maybe.  Fun maybe.  But nothing really important.  And that is because, I still have nothing to say!  I had a good blogged planned the other night but when I woke up in the morning, I just wasn't feeling inspired.  I will keep that topic for another day though! 

Anyway, what has been going on with me?  Nothing!  I go to work, I go to school, I do homework, I stress about finances, I stress about finding an apartment, I stress about school.  What's new?  I haven't worked out all week.  This schedule is really getting to me.  I'm trying to make it work but its really hard, mostly because every free moment I have, I use to clean or do homework.  I feel really bad about it, but this weekend, I am staying home from Rob's rugby game so that I can clean and do homework all day (and a long run too).  Tonight, we have a birthday get together and Sunday, we have a charter fishing trip with some of Rob's friends so I had to pick something to skip.  I have 2 homework assignments due Monday and there was no way I could get them done in time with everything else going on!

Breathe

On the bright side, I have been getting better about getting up earlier!  I asked Rob to turn his bed side lamp on when he gets up (before me to make me breakfast - I know! So spoiled!).  That definitely helped wake me up a bit.  Yesterday, I did really well.  I think too if I set a goal to get up before Rob that will help.  I like to be alone in the morning for the first few minutes.  To get up before him, I have to get up by 5:15.  Yesterday, I managed 5:30 (Rob slept in because he stayed home from work sick).  Totally doable.  What is funny too is that there is a whole article in Runner's World this month about how to become a morning runner!  I read through it and will again to keep some of the tips.  Definitely a good read if you are interested!


So that's the latest and greatest.  Oh and I have an epiphany this morning!  I ate like crap yesterday.  I know I was over on calories but could probably guess how many I ate.  I thought, maybe I should track my food.  But then I realized that I know how much I eat, tracking or not.  The tracking doesn't make me eat better and it just is another thing I have to do in my already busy schedule.  I'm good at knowing how much to eat during the day, even including liquid calories (Starbucks) and random snacks.  I don't need to track to tell me to stop.  So I decided I'm not going to track for a while.  I'm just going to eat clean and healthy like usual!

Nothing else to report!  Happy Friday everyone!!!

New Things

Yesterday, I tried 3 new things.

McCutcheon's Pumpkin Butter

 All natural, homemade type stuff.  I found it at that little farmer's market I randomly stopped at on the way home on Monday.  I figured I would give it a try in my oatmeal first.

I made my oatmeal as usual with half milk, half water and added 3 tablespoons of this (30 calories per tablespoon).  WAY too sweet.  I knew it would be sweet but woah.  I almost couldn't taste the pumpkin it was so sweet.  Otherwise, it would have been good.  I will need to find a more dessert-like use for this stuff!  Next time, I'll just add straight up pumpkin to my oats with a little pumpkin pie spice!

Free Range Chicken Poop (Lip Junk)

I have been wanting to get this chapstick for a while now!  It is called Chicken Poop.  Haha!  I used to use chapstick all the time but I've noticed since I drink so much more water now, that I don't really need it that often.  I still like to have some in my purse though and use it occasionally.  This one is all natural made out of beeswax.  Usually I don't like that because of the taste of beeswax but this one, you couldn't even tell!  You could taste all the other extracts and such which made for a nice scent/flavor.  It is pretty good!  And it makes me laugh every time I use it :)

Saranac Irish Red Ale

I bought a Saranac Brewery fall sample pack and am loving it!  I love to have different beers rather than a pack of just one type.  This one was pretty good and light.  I didn't think it was too hoppy but Rob didn't like it.  It was a little too light for me though.  I wouldn't mind having one here and there but its not my go-to!

So Far Today...

So far today, I've...

Drank 2 cups of water (a little low).

Eaten 3 servings of fruit.

Eaten 4 different types of vegetables.

Eaten 37g of protein.

And its only lunch time.  This afternoon, I will...

Work out for at least 30 minutes.

Eat more vegetables with dinner.

Get at least 70g of protein for the day.

Drink the rest of my water.

How are you starting your day off right?