Thursday Ramblings

Thursday
Workout - Run 3 miles outside with a good friend

Thursday was a calm before the storm kind of a day. We had a full schedule for Valentine's Day including a date night for the hubby and I! So to prepare for our busy day on Valentine's we did a whole lot of nothing around the house. Some days it feels good just to get down on the ground and play with your kiddos just forgetting about the huge mountains of laundry that are threatening to eat me alive. Oh well I'll deal with them later my kiddos are only this tiny once!

Getting back on the blogging track

Sorry for the break in posting the little prince has been teething and it's kinda thrown a wrench in my blogging. Oh well life happens and teething bites we get over it and move on!

Playing catch-up

Workouts
Saturday- yoga with my sister
Sunday - rest
Monday- run outside (4.5 miles) with a friend pushing the babes {I ran half and walked the other half a new record for me a mile straight of running!!}
Tuesday- 20 min leg workout love your legs and booty from toneitup.com
Wednesday - 20 min Love Your Body HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout for toneitup.com & the Total Body Love Your Body series workout from toneitup.com

As you can tell I've really been loving the ToneItUp workout this past week. They are so good you really work up a sweat, they are short but super effective so I can fit them in my day, like I said the little prince is teething so my days have been a little off lately.

Saturday we were able to spend some time at the park enjoying our perfect weather it had just rained and was still chilly but not to the point where you needed a heavy (for California) jacket.

Sunday was Church and family time. We celebrated all the February birthdays (there are 4 3 SIL's and 1 nephew) at Grandma and Grandpa's (the Hubby's parents) the little princess had fun picking out a gift for her cousin we got him a nerf gun. Dinner was yummy my SIL's requested stuffed shells and luckily my nephew also likes stuffed shells so he was good with the decision too. I knew there would be cake and I didn't want to be tempted so I made my own dessert that was only 4 PointsPlusWW point - recipe to come in another post.

Monday - got a text from a good friend who's training for the same 10K I'm running in March (I actually talked her into running it with me) asking if I wanted to run with her and I'm so glad she did I was actually thinking of skipping my run on monday because I haven't been sleeping well due to how restless the little prince has been because of teething. But in the end I ended up loading the kids in the stroller and joining her for a 4.5 mile hilly run (we walked the ups and ran all the downs) and it felt great. However, I did NOT drink enough water so I had a splitting heartache the rest of the day. Drink your water people when you exercise it is so so so important. Hydration is key!

Tuesday - had a day at home trying to keep my house back in order I've been in spring cleaning mode. A couple different friends came over throughout the day to go through all the old baby girl clothes that we have been storing in the garage and we getting ready to donate. So it was fun to see all the outfits the princess used to wear when she was a wee thing. Yes I did save all my absolute favorites to hand down to my sister and other sentimental reasons.

Wednesday- yesterday. We were invited to go play at the play area of a local outdoor mall to take advantage of the good weather (but we really need rain this drought is serious) and we decided to go. My little princess is so shy at first and wants to be right by my side (which i love and hate at the same time) but she eventually warmed up and was off playing with her friends and being brave all by herself. So as a reward for her bravery we got a treat from the Nordstrom e-bar while the little prince had his bottle; the princess got a fudge brownie, I got a fruit cup and she stole all my strawberries.

Weekly Goals
We will get back to weekly goals next week

But let's check in on last weeks goals

1. Go to bed at or before 11pm - half check I was better but there were still a couple nights I could have been way better and gotten off the computer and gone to bed.

2, 2 strength training workout - check. check!

3. eat fruits and veggies at every meal including snacks - fail really need to work on this one!

First mani

Friday

Workout - Toneitup.com Love Your Body Yoga routine

Today we didn't do much just kinda hung around the house trying (unsuccessfully I might add) to get things done. It's hard to be super productive around the house with two little ones under the age of three at home. Well at least it is for me. If there are any super moms out there who have the secrets to a clean house and happy kids please fill me in! But in all our unproductive splendor I did give the little princess her first manicure. She has been asking me for a couple weeks to paint her finger nails like mommy so while her brother was napping (the poor boy he misses out on a lot of fun - not that he'd want his nails painted) I finally gave in and did her finger nails, I've been painting her toe nails since she was a baby. She was so proud to pick out the color (of course she picked pink sparkles) and sat so still on our couch while and watched her movie while she got her nails done. 

Fav post running snacks

Thursday

Workout - 20 min yoga video/ 7 min foam roller routine

It rained today so no run. We did a lot of playing inside today and a quick trip to Costco to stock up on some of our favorites. So I thought I'd share a couple of my newest post run/ workout snacks.

1. I have recently discovered how great soy milk is in shakes and mixed with chocolate syrup for a great post run protein punch. Soy milk is so much thicker than fat free skim milk so it's more satisfying in a shake and post run drink. Plus the vanilla flavor is yummy alone too! So after a good run I indulge in a small glass of yummy chocolate milk. I mix 1/2 cup of vanilla silk soy mily with a couple tablespoons of chocolate syrup. Can you say  yum yum!?! 
2. Kiwi fruit! 1 (one) cut up Kiwi fruit is the perfect tropical tasty treat that is packed with potassium to help those tired muscles recover

Change it up | circuit training run

Wednesday
Workout - Circuit training run (details below)

Today I thought I would change things up a bit and make up my own circuit training run to push my muscles into fat burning mode (I hope).  There's a park near where we lives that has a paved trail around the field area that is 1/4 mile once around so that's were we headed (plus the little princess would be able to get her wiggles out after the run) So here's what I did.

Circuit Training Run:
Warm up lap at a brisk walk
Run/ jog 1 (one) lap
20 single leg front back lunges

• Start with feet should width apart. step forward into a front lunge with your right leg. come back to center only tap your toe to the ground. with the same leg (right leg) step back into a back lunge.  come back to center. that's one rep. x20 switch sides

Run/jog 1 (one) lap
20 push ups
Run/jog 1 (one) lap
20 crunches
Run/jog 1 (one) lap
20 side lunges (each side)
Cool down lap

Feeling great!

She's always happy when the run's over and she gets to play

Keeping hydrated!!!

Loving Yoga

Tuesday
Workout - walk/jog outside with my babes (30 min) Love Your Body with Yoga workout from toneitup.com

So lately I have been loving Yoga. Yoga in the morning or at night I just love it. I've been getting really tight quad muscles from all my running that I've been feeling the need to give them and all my other muscles a little extra love. So yoga fits that description perfectly. I love how you can work up such a good sweat in such a little amount of time with a good workout. I've been following toneitup.com and have loved every single workout from Karena and Katrina and just had to share their newest yoga video. So here you go enjoy.

Weekend Recap and Weekly Goals

Saturday
Workout -  20 min yoga workout from toneitup.com New video ~ BEACH YOGA ☀

Saturday was a little crazy! The Hubby had to go into work super early and it was a weekend day (boo hoo | ok pity party over) so I was at home with the kiddos. It was crazy windy outside so my morning run was out. As much as I love my jogger it's like a wind sail on a windy day, I'm all for a good sweat but it's like trying to control a sailboat not a stroller ... no thanks! So it was off to the grocery store with both kiddos in tow first thing in the morning. I'm sure we were quite the sight the little process did not want to change out of her jams and I didn't want to fight her on it so to the store in jams she went. The little prince was also in warm jams but hey he's only 5 months old so it's no biggie for him. And then there was me in my yoga pants, fleece pullover (it's comfort all the way for me when it's weekend errands with the kiddos sans hubby), the process was in the stroller and the little prince got to snooze in the Ergo Baby. After groceries it was back home to actually get ready for the day, eat lunch and have a business as usual kind of day.

Sunday
Workout - rest

Sunday we had church and it was fast and testimony meeting during Sacrament (one Sunday a month - usually the first Sunday our Church abstains from 2 meals and donates the money we would have spent on those meals as fast offerings to be used to help those in need feed their families and then during Sacrament meeting those wishing to do so may share their testimony). I actually really love fast and testimony Sundays I feel more refreshed than I usually do from Church on a fast sunday. After Church the Hubby helped the Deacons (12-14 yr old young men) collect fast offerings while I feed the kiddos lunch. Then it was nap time for the princes and playtime with Mommy for the princess until it was time to take a salad to make and take over to Nana and Papa's (my parents) for the Supper Bowl.


Last week's Goals

1. fill water bottles in the morning to drink more water a day - check! I ended up drinking way more water than usual woot woot

2. three (3) training runs - check! I clocked 10 miles last week (this is huge for me)

3. go to bed at or before 11pm each night - epic fail! guys I was so bad about going to bed early last week 

This Week's Goals

1. Go to bed at or before 11pm 

2, 2 strength training workout

3. eat fruits and veggies at every meal including snacks

Monday
Workout - 2.5 miles outside (jog/walk) pushing my munchkins

my selfie for the #mnbchallenge #sweatpink

post run snack I kiwi fruit Yum Yum