Wine, Running Slowly, and Rhythm Nation

THURSDAY UPDATES

WEIGH IN

Woo Woo! I lost .6lbs this week. Moving steadily towards my goal, kids! I wasn’t sure how this week would go. I figured there would be a loss but didn’t expect this …so HOORAY! 7 more to go!

LUNCHES TO WORK

I am bringing the lunch to work, saving the pennies, and fighting the urge to order mac and cheese. It’s a struggle because nothing makes a bad day right like mac and cheese…..Well maybe mac and cheese and wine. Yep, that’s the best.

Also water, water, water! Cali may be in a drought situation but this lbg is not! I’ve been drinking 6-9 glasses on the weekdays and pretty close to 4-6 on weekends. Hooray!!! My body is not chronically dehydrated.

BAR METHOD

Loving it and am actually feeling myself getting stronger. Who knew that could happen! It’s still so f’ing hard but I’m not as sucky as I once was, kids. My arms I think are showing the most improvement. I’m feeling it in my legs too but it’s not as noticeable. I’m hitting the 3x a week pretty solid and would like to maintain that. However I need to start getting the run in there which leads us to ….

RUNNING SCHEDULE FOR BROOKLYN HALF, BEATCHES!

I went into my calendar and booked all my loooonnnnnngggg runs. It’s sufficiently tabbed up so that I can hit 11.5 miles prior to the race. This weekend I need to run 4 miles. It’s a jump, I know but I’m ready. It might be a VERY SLOW 4 miles but it’s gonna happen.

Those are the updates.

In honor of Throwback Thursday – get your Janet Dance Party On!

Happy Thursday Besos,

lbg

Kale is no substitute for Tortillas but we all must make sacrifices

 

 

This is how I feel EVERYDAY!

I really hope this picture comes out a normal readable size since I’m still trying to master this whole blogging thing. Hello Bloggy World! Tuesday is always so much better than Monday, I have no explanation for this. Perhaps, because I’ve been beaten into submission by Monday but who knows?

This is a little shot of my lake as I waited for my bus this morning. My fellow commuters and I get to wait by a pretty gorgeous view right?

 

 

LOOK! Ducks! Take two!

 

 

Let’s chat about the New Year’s Goals, shall we. I hope you said yes otherwise you probably just clicked my shit closed. Anyways, bringing my lunch to work, peeps. I am really focusing quite a bit on this one. However it’s not enough just to bring my lunch. I personally find it needs to be tasty or I merely end up buying something else or quickly saying yes to a lunch date and standing up said home-made lunch.

This is my TUESDAY LUNCH AND IT’S LA BOMBA!

 

TASTY KALE TURKEY SALAD!

• Raw Kale
• Massage that raw kale w/ some olive oil and splash of balsamic
• Avocado (1/2) break up and massage into the kale – making it all gooey and coating that kale
• Campari tomatoes (2)
• White button mushrooms (2) sauteed w/ the deliciousness below
• Italian Turkey Sausage (from Whole Foodie, of course)

OMG I love this salad and that’s how you serve up a tasty lunch, kids. PS My thighs are totally killing me today from bar method. I am slowly beginning to loathe this damn little ball that they use as a torture device in the bar method. You hold it between your thighs and have to do all kinds of terrible things that make my entire body quiver…yes, I said quiver.

bar method ball

Hmm… hope that worked…it’s from another site. I have no idea. I’m sure you can google it.

For breakfast I have no photos but I did have a pretty healthy breakfast. I scrambled two eggs with a little salsa and ate that ish up w/ a trader joe’s homemade flour tortilla.  I thought about not having the tortilla but I’m just not there yet. Plus my DNA practically requires me to eat tortillas, I mean what kind of Mexican doesn’t eat tortillas. I’ve never met them…simply they don’t exist. But yeah, less tortillas would probably be a good idea. Sigh, now all I want is a tortilla. Jesus, they are so good!!!

Instead I will drink my water and try and save my tangelo for 3pm when I always get the munchies. Never fails 3pm is snack time, it’s like I’m 5.

Enjoy your Tuesday!!! Lunch break is almost over!

xox

lbg

Kicking Ass and Taking Names in the Sexy New Year

SUNDAY LOVE

Today ladies and gentlemen, I got my run on which means this lbg worked out three times this week. Yep, that’s right – TRES! I attended two bar method classes and did a 5k today. Hooray! This lbg is bringing her fitness back for the new year.

I tidied my room a tiny bit and did a Whole Foodie run so I can make my lunches for the week. Woo woo!

Saturday’s bar method class was way harder and I even told my homies I needed to go to class before any shenanigans. That my friends is some newfound discipline. No idea where it came from!!!?? But it’s here so that’s all that matters.

I tracked most days and drank more water so all little baby steps – yeah!

Now I plan on finishing my delicious red wine and drink some more water as I wait for Downton Abbey! Love me some masterpiece theater!