Peaks and Pits

I hope everyone had a great memorial day weekend! (and for you non american’s I hope you had a great er Monday!!) My morning was spent grocery shopping with mi madre, MAKING YUMMUS HUMMUS!!! and then to ze gym! I wanted to run, but I was feeling iffy when I started and didn’t wanna do any damage, so since I’m reading Kara Goucher’s book and took that time to elliptical/read. 

This weekend I finally unpacked from school hahah before that, I didn’t know whether or not I had hardwood floors in my room or carpeting…

Delish Green Monster after my work out…Then I headed over to my friend Britts house on my old bike!! I rode to her house (7miles there, 7 back) and then back after we hung out all day. When it was time for me to ride back I immediately forgot why I thought it would be fun to bike there….

Sitting in the sun all after noon and then a bike ride back with tons of hills… no bueno.

However I helped this lil guy across the street. Good deed of the day done. 

Finished my evening with this bad boy. Seriously, Skinny Cow Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream sandwich. Try them. Love them. Perf guilt free dessert. 

(The Fammmm- Kyle, Me, Ice T, Debstar)

Yup- Today is an awesome day. Why’s that? Oh because when I went to the gym with my mom this morning my mom showed me she RAN. 

Or how she put it “I JOGGED I THINK I JOGGED!!” I walked up to the track where she was after I was done (with my longest run-5miles-post injury!! but honestly this post isn’t about me today). So I was like “okay let’s see it!!” so my mom looks at me- and she’s so freakin cute- she goes “wait i need to get a head start” bahah. so she starts walking faster and then just falls into this natural running form!! and she’s pumpin her arms right and everything!!! She was actually not slow either! she ran around the track once then walked, then we did it again! 

She goes walking all the time with her friend DeeDee and apparently DeeDee is starting some sort of couch to 5k plan and wanted my mom to try too. However my mom didn’t really think she could run but I obv reassured her there’s nothing to running except what you put into it!! So she said when she was alone on the track she thought what better time than then to try a little jog!!!! 

AHhhh how awesome :) I seriously was wicked stoked when she showed me :) I am smiling ear to ear- she’s so cute- and she’s going to be a beast!! 

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My rundown of work out + noms. 

Work out- 40 min run (5miles), 10 minutes elliptical, 10 minute new bike/ellip thing which is awesome, 10 min walk(/her jog ish)w momma. 

breakfast- new hope mills pancakes, banana, the last of the strawbs

lunch- smoothie (spinach, bluebs, banana, protein powder), turkey (3oz), w.w. bread, banana peppers, pickles, spinach. 

Hello! So today is my REST DAY! and boy am I embracing it- I purposefully planned this rest day because it was the bridal shower and I really did not feel like rushing around just to get a work out in! So pow wow two birds one stone ;) 

Here are some pictures from this morning!! 

My mom (who is looking great and tiny!! She has been able to maintain her weight since reaching goal last summer!!, Colline -The BRIDE!!, and myself)

The BRIDESMAIDS (minus one girl), chillin’ with the deer baha

All of us girls with the ribbon bouquet 

The best friends :D

<3 LOVEEE ITTTT! 

Enjoy your weekend!! Get out if it’s nice out!

This is the first second I have had a chance to breathe since Thursday. Holy cow I have been so busy it isn’t even funny!!

Yesterday I was at interning until 2:45 then quickly home to change then off to SIM. I didn’t even have time for a lunch yesterday so I snagged a luna bar before sim. Seriously I’m loving it- it’s so great. Yesterday we did dead lifts and bench press push up? i think that is what its called, when you squat with it then push it up over your head. Yah that might be my fav one so far. Then we tested endurance!!! Wooo! 

Seriously I then sprinted home, had to do my lab (which I thought would only take half an hour and hour and a half later I finished…) then had bridal ish to finish up and then met up with Brit and Ben for the night. 

WHY DONT I HAVE A PICTURE?!?!?! I’ve got nothin for ya guys- Bridal shower in an hour, i’ll be sure to get pics ;)

Oh my gosh. My day was great today…

I had interning this morning and we are trying to buy an exhibit at the zoo, this being saiiiid we got a VIP tour of the zoo and had a luncheon there!! 

I got to pet this lil guy…we’ll err girl. She’s a 7 year old elephant! And she ate/sniffed/latched onto my foot hahah it was awesome and really warm and weird… My fav part of the elephant tho is def its goofy hair on its head, it looks like a balding man bahah

THEN! We got to see the new baby monkey (no pictures were allowed because she doesnt like the sound I guess?) BUT THEN!!!! I got to see my favorite animal…NOT ONLY SEE IT!! BUT PET IT!! 

I GOT TO PET A BABY PENGUIN!!!!!! It was awesome. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.

SO yeah, interning was wicked fun today. And I ate fine at the luncheon, actually I ended up eating a “real” lunch when I came home, because I just had lettuce with tomatos and cucumbers and fruit at the luncheon (I stayed away from the chocolate cake and greasy major skin chicken).

Thennnn I came home for a hot sec, made a protein smoothie, then peaced out to go play the first game of tennis this summer with britty!! Wooo! Then off to the GYMSKIII

Since I’m doing weight training and what not at SIM mwf, I don’t feel guilty only doing cardio on the off days!!!! WOOO! I did 4 miles, in 32 minutes. My plan was not for a speed time or mile time, just to run for 30, and I was so close to 4 miles I just finished out. I am feeling really good with my running and I am totes gonna try a “long run” of 5 or 6 miles on saturday or sunday, and push myself a little harder next week and increase my weekly mileage again. 

The bridal cookies have been made and finished and bagged! (No pix bc colline checks mah blog ;) and I want them to be a surprise). Also went out and bought a dress for it tonight so I’ll post a pic saturday after it!

I went to my lil ol jewish center to hope on the elliptical to loosen and break up my sore quads (<— supp sim i love how you make me sore). And brought Kara Goucher’s new book. I started it last night and was hooked but at around 10:45 (<— yeah I am a loser and even tho it’s summer I still go to bed early….) I called it a night. Anyways, this book is seriously a must read for a woman. It talks about all our insecurities as runners…so far. amazeballzz. I’ll do a full book review when I’m done ;) 

Then I came home and did absolutely nothing- you’d think that’s fun..but I was pretty bored…I was more anxiously awaiting SIM at 3:45. I did some stuff for the bridal shower (which is saturday!!) and then ran some errands for the ice man (my father). then…S T R E N G T H IN MOTION 

!!!

Okay- so today, I got there early so I could do a mile (ish) warm up run to losen the goods. Then we tested more with sprinting and vertical leap. THEEEN we did romanin dead lifts, rdl w shrug jump? idk the name…thats how i can best describe it. Some hip flexer bidness…and more squats and lunges (YESS loving the burn). some resistance band work.

As for arms I did (meaning tried to attempt) a chin up (fail) but we are working on it, i did assited ones with a band and stufff. Also did box squat with the bar, some dung bell chest press (i think), hip thing…wow guys im sorry of my lack of specificity… we did planks and bicylces for abs to end it too.

On top of it all today I got my body fat measured… this means at the end of the program we will be able to see it again to see some progress!!

Nowww off to go make the favors for the bridal shower whomp whoomp!!

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Completely unrelated side note- I’m super annoyed (not really though) my grades were supposed to be up this morning at 10, I checked all day until SIM (no grades posted), then I get a text from mitch asking how I did but I was at SIM so obv couldnt check it. Sooo thennnn I get home at what 5:45ish and Kelsie was here, so I couldnt check it yet…she left at 7 and then I go on to check it and THIS COMES UP

and has been for the past 40 minutes….sweet life. Whatevaah.

Oh also my summer class started today…Ancient Life WUDDUUUP I have my fossils and all :) ready to get my nerd on…. (ps i dont NEED to take a summer course… I just find my brain works better if I’m doing a class all year round)

Dats mah icon pixxxxx #nerdstatus 

This is what I’m going to do today…

and 

and maybe a little 

Elliptical, SIM, Softball. DATS MAH LYFE TODIZZZLE

Clearly I am just sitting on my laptop watching the biggest loser…so why not make ANOTHER freakin post… I just keep thinking of things and obviously I want to share!!

So here’s this blog I follow, she’s an amazing runner who is seriously freakin super woman or something…She just recently ran on a treadmill for 24hours for charity. Read her recap seriously it gives me the chills that’s how inspiring this woman is. 

Here is her first part, she finished up tonight so there are 4 or 5 parts I believe. 

http://royalpitatoias.blogspot.com/2011/05/part-one-band-of-horses.html

Also I don’t normally post pictures of other people…but this girls legs seriously is such motivation it isn’t even funny!! 

Holy. Moley. 

sooo I’m watching the biggest loser finale… I have a couple things to say…

HOLY CRAP THESE PEOPLE ARE AMAZING

HOLY CRAP ALLISON SWEENY IS GORGEOUS 

HOLY CRAP ITS AN ALL GIRLS FINAL!!

oh and HOLY CRAP THEY ARE ALL JACKED.

Sooo I guess I should update eh?

Yesterday was my first day of my internship! Annnnd STRENGTH IN MOTION!!!

As for the internship, it’s a lot of emailing, calling, filing, uploading ish….it’s going to a really great time obvs….

…as for strength in motion…!!!

I got there early so I jumped on the treadmill and poped out 2 miles before class to losen up. Then we did testing, so we got testing on agility and jumps and stuuufffff. 

Then it got to the good stuff, we did squats and box jumps and seated squat things, and a “4 way” which was 4 different arm/back exercises with weights, and thennnn walking lunges w weights, and more squats, and abs, and oh oh oh I did my first bench press ever <—-WOAHHH BIG THINGS. It’s pathetic how laughably weak I am in my upper body but I’m super pumped because I KNOW I’m going to get stronger. 

Plus I woke up this morning and my quads are the tightest they’ve ever been and ridiculously sore hahah sooo I musta done something right yesterday ;) 

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Today was day 2 of interning lets see hmm same as yesterday…except now I got set up with some email ish and I made tons of folders for potential full time employees and interns WOOOO. Tomorrow I have off :D scoore! and I think I’m going to the bike shop in town to check out their used bikes!!

Okay off to the gym to run and elliptical to hopefully make these legs not so sore! 

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Songs for you to download immediately…

best b spears remix ever

katy perry tgif

Better with the lights off

cat daddy!

I have updates on day 1 of strength in motion and day 1 of my internship!! But right now Im heading over to my best fraaand bwitty’s because she just got bck from cali and i’m sorry but i’ve gotta go hang with her!! When I get back tonight I’ll update so look for something later guys!! :) love you allll!

Sooo the other day my friend Jim (HI JIMM!!!) called me out on fb challenging me to do the double bosu ball squat…

thus…my first attempt…

The hardest part was trying to take a picture and stay balanced haha

When I didn’t have my phone I was able to go much lower obvs but I really wanted proof of this haha

Yesterday- I ran! I didn’t even wear my watch because I didn’t wanna push myself faster than I should. I ran 3 miles though, felt pretty good. Then went to the gym, did that ^^ and 40 minutes elliptical and stretched. Then walked my grandmas dog newbie!! and then off to the baseball games all day. 

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Todaaaaay-

Woke up, lil greek yogurt+golean crisp+fruit noms for breakfast (6pts) then went to the gym did 40 mins elliptical, lifted, 10 more mins elliptical then came home. Lunch was a green monstaah (frozen banana+strawbs, 1 scoop protein powder, water, 1/2 milk) and a turkey wrap 

Meoooow I am watching the Simple Life marathon bc nicole and paris are hilarious…and I’ve got a soccer game at 5 HOLLLLAAA

—— Now go eat some 

WOORD

So yesterday…this is what I did….

I woke up at 6:32am (I have a weird thing where I can’t wake up at normal times, I set my alarm for random times like this), weight watcher bread with bananas and jelly for prework out noms, 1hour arc, 20 minute bike then off to pack and do some errands. Sold my books back (got 92$ WUDDDUP), dropped keys off, went to storage, packed my car away, took a final, BECAME A FREAKIN SENIOR, drove home…

Yeah that is how packed my car was…there was also sooo much JUNK IN MY TRUNK ;) 

Came home and my best fraand Megan was at my house to help me unpack and for immediate hang out time (OBVS) and then 20ish mins later AMANDA SHOWED UP!!!!!!!!

Wegman’s noms for dinner (obvs- oh ps they now sell in the food court area grilled chicken so you can add it to salads OH HELLO LIKE JUST GOT BETTER PROOOTEEEINNN NOMMM). 

Uhhh I don’t think I have enough toilet paper…but seriously 8 rolls in one stall.

After dinner we were on our way for a lil road trip to see our boys play baseball for the regional finals! On our way we came across this gem…

Paul Bunyan’s adirondack chair…

Annnnd dis is Amanda being Dilophosaurus from Jurassic park ….

Clearly she looks like it…

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So start of another new summer…another year of new adventures and new choices. Now off to attempt to run again ;) wish me luck, it’s been another week since last weeks… the hammie feels good and I’m staying of the treadmill..road runs LEGGGOOOOO!! I’ll let you sil’s know how it goes :D 

Fed my coffee addiction yet again, blueberry iced coffee is the ish. 

I worked out today, the same ish I do all the time on thursdays….no difference…as of Saturday there will be new exciting things…but as of right now I’m just boring. 

I packed up my apartment today and took about 75% of the stuff I have to storage, so right now my townhouse consists of a bed and a tv. No food left, no pots or pans. I am legit going to wake up tomorrow, work out, get coffee, then go to my final then breeeze on home.

Oh here’s a childhood picture of me and my pet lion…..JUST KIDDING but how adorbs/ awesome would it be if this was true…

Oh and go listen to this mash up…especially if you like the songs Our song and Caribou lou…

So at first I was all pffft just my luck, I’ve got no moolah how the hell could I go to the fitblr convention it’s going to cost me wayyy too much….

and then I remembered… one of my best friends is moving into her apartment with her fiance (the girl whose wedding im MOH for :) ) is moving in next weekend…aka…they will be living there august 5-7th….soooooo pretty much the only cost for me to go now would be travel getting there, which I could mega bus dat sheyyyittt or just drive…annnd then the cost of the convention…

UM HELLO THAT MEANS I’M LIKE 80% SURE I WILL BE GOING!!!! AND GET TO MEET ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WOLRDDDDDDD muaahah.

Pure Excitement. 

I still have not ran, I ran last friday and it felt alright, pretty decent. Ever since my hamstring has been tight and I’m afraid to run. I don’t want to make it any worst so I just don’t run…

This morning I was at the gym on the arc and I was like ‘wow my legs feel good’ so I went over to the treadmill, punched in a 9min pace to start and I felt the pull again. I don’t know to explain it but this kind of pain aches like I honestly know I could run thru it but I am worried that will just prolong this.

Instead I hopped back on my beloved arc trainer.

I know that when I do start running again (I’m hoping for saturday) I will have to start small. I’m going to go back to running for minutes rather than miles, and I’m going to start at a slower pace and build myself back up. I can’t expect myself to be just as strong as I was 3 weeks ago.

This is not a set back its a set up for something great. I’m not going to say I can’t or that just because I’m slower than I was I won’t ever be able to get back to where I was. I can and I will. I’m going to use this to make myself stronger and become a more well rounded athlete.

With my combination of strength in motion, running, biking and swimming I should be able to not only better myself, get to a weight and body I love and become a faster runner.

So let’s be honest I really don’t have much to tell you guys…i’m supa doopa sorry I’m le boring…but as of Monday I’ll have tons to gossip with you nooobskis about!! SO let me entertain you with funny photo booth pics…. 

Work out: 

45 min arc trainer

Upper body lifting

30 min arc trainer

Yoga on eod

I look like a hippie boy hurrr…

Eats:

pre work out- oatmeal, bluebs, banana and w/ 1tbsp peanut butter (i bought this whipped kind??! No difference in points but it doesnt make me want to eat the whole jar so that’s a win) 5pts

post w.o- green monstahh (1 frozen banana, frozen bluebs, spinach, 1  scoop protein power, 1/2 cup skim milk) 4pts

Lunch- fake chicken (2pts) w hot sauce, cooked peppers+onions on top of spinach and mixed greens, hummus (1pt). slices of cucumbers and a huge honkin tomato. and pita chips (1pt) only had half the ss bc i wasn’t feelin them…

(^^ that’s “FILM” on photobooth..I think it makes me look fierce bahah)

I’ve decided I love working out in the morning, no matter how tired I am after. Reasons why I love going earlier :

1) it’s empty

2) no ones over in the weights area

3) it’s done and i dont need to worry about maybe not getting there

4) i can watch the today show and be doing something

5) i eat better for the rest of the day 

6) i don’t feel so lazy about watching antm for the rest of the day….

One last thing, today I actually feel good today- like I feel really good today, as if I’m lighter ;) And I’m really getting into the whole lifting things, I’m just doing stuff on top of cardio so I’m not killing that completely but it’s leaving me feeling gooood!

Sundizzzzle-

So this weekend I went home right and I was hanging out with Jay and Britty!!! (<—excitement because i miss my biffs). Anyways we came up with a 5 year plan…it’s pretty epic and strangely enough not unrealistic at all…

Glad we all look exhausted because we practically stayed up all night chatting and goofin around. 

Tried Kombucha for the first time!! AND IM HOOKED. Sooooo good and I really like the natural fizziiiiness. …yes that is a fish on my steering wheel….

Brit walkin around in some fresh jordans…

I tried on white boots…and realized how I could never pull off boots…. After all the adventures of the weekend I realized I was way to exhausted to drive back to school and study, so I stayed home studied my face off and thhhhen woke up at 5am and drove back to school this morninnnnnnn…

Work out- hour arc trainer, MAD AMOUNTS OF ARMS I’m not even going to list the machines because lets be honest i dont know the names of them….

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Todizzle…

Work out:

1 hour arc trainer 

25 minute yoga from exercise on demand

10 minutes lower body from eod

12 minute ab blast from eod

my hammie is still tight today… I’m hoping the yoga is going to help…I really am almost afraid to run right now…I really don’t want to jump back into it to fast and just prolong the injury some more…ugh i don’t know.  

My face was SO red I looked burned and I had some sexi crazi ugli ass hair post work out…no lie…the beast had to be tamed immediately

1 out of 5 finals are done!!! count down til home…4 days :)

Sooo as an obsessed runner and soon to be obsessed cyclist…I have noticed something about myself when I am driving in a car…

I check out every single runner or cyclist on the road. Legit, whether I’m driving or if I’m the passenger I will stare them down then whip my head around and watch them as I drive by…I am just so obsessed and jealous of them haha. Even if I’ve already ran that day I still am like ughh they are running!! I WANNA RUN!! And with these people I’m alllwayyys checking out their gear. I always wanna do a little wave and be like OMG I LOVE YOU!…but I resist the urge usually…

I also loveeee when I see cars with 13.1, 26.2 or the SWIM-BIKE-RUN things…any of that sort and who ever I’m with I point to the car and say “They run marathons” or “they are bad ass” OR SOMETTHING like that. And with that I hope people do the same when I drive by them or something, I’ve gotten a couple comments on my 26.2 and do life sticker which makes me feel AWESOME SAUCE fa SHO. A couple weeks ago at Dunkin Donuts (go figure, I live there essentially mmm blueberry ice coffee…yes please). anyways, this guy told me he does tri’s and asked me all about my marathon ;) love it. 

Okay now onto the goods- sorry about that ramble I just got wicked pumped today because tons of people were running/ biking on my road (I live in the middle of no where but there is a beach/ park right by it so people come here a lot). 

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Another note about progress in my life- 

Last night I was supposed to go with my best friend Jay (from Canada, he came to the states to visit) we were supposed to go see our other friends at another college, change of plans, we stayed in cuse and saw BRIDESMAIDS <—- FUNNIEST MOVIE I”VE EVER SEEN IM NOT KIDDING YOU AT ALL I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD I CONSIDERED IT MY AB WORK OUT…. so anyways I went out to dinner with my parents, and my brother had come into town (shocker- he never does this). 

Well here’s the progress- I used to freak out at restaurants, never know what to order and feel guilty about the meal. Well last night I listened to myself. I had one piece of bread with oil, a couple of the fried calamarie <— i’d say maybe 5 pieces, you know what it happens. and then for my meal I got the shrimp appeitizer. After dinner we went as a family to get ice cream from the place we’ve gone to for legit over 18 years. In the past (meaning heavily restricting caitlin, not overweight caitlin) I would freak out about this, I would consider it all “binges” and I would just even do it after more because “Well I already did it this bad, might as well call it a day” and then I would stress about it, feel guilty, work out 2x as hard the next day. NOPE not me, not this time. I didn’t eat to being full and I enjoyed my meal and loved being with my whole family. PROGRESS PEOPLE THIS IS PROGRESS. I ate very good all day, one “bad” meal and dessert won’t make me a billion pounds. 

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Today’s work out goodies!!

I wanted to run SO BAD, but yesterday being my first day back I knew 2 days in a row wouldn’t be smart, for this next week I’m going to do every other day until I feel like I’m completely healed. I was pretty stiff and felt some soreness today, hence why I did a light elliptical for an hour. That’s it. Yup, it’s like a half rest day in my opinion. 

I wish I could tell you I had some really cool pic for you guys, but I really don’t and I smell. And yesterday I accidently washed my hair twice with shampoo, thinking I had used conditioner…whoop…so yeah I look good…..

Instead I’ll leave you with this pic of my noob dog

HOKAY! We can celebrate today people. MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENED.

1) I RAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did 4 miles in 33 minutes!! I just kept it nice and easy, I felt like I could have ran faster and longer too so this is an excellent sign!! After the run I did 30 minutes on the ellitpical and then did a little mini leg circuit thing that consisted of this:

2x25 squats on the bosu ball with ball part up

2x25 squats on bosu ball with the ball part down

4x 25 lunges

4x25 wall sits w ball 

4x25 step overs on bosu ball 

4x25 push ups!!

Came home to THIS delicious lunch. Which I nom-ed away at half the sandwich before I snapped the pic… my bad.

Dark rye, with turkey, roasted red peppers, banana peppers, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, spinach, spicy mustard. OMG died and went to heaven. Oh yeah…and watermelon straight from the tupperware and palmers right from the jug…sorry bout that mom and dad…I totally put the rest back in the fridge too..whoopppps

And I made a smoothie (chobani peach, frozen blueberries, ice, some skim milk, spinach) add some kashi go lean crisp on top 

I’m lax-bro-ing it out right meow… #hatersgonnahate but no seriously I am to go lay out in the sun right now and work on my ghostly-ness. …this feels like summer…but I have finals all next week….

OH MY GOD excitement round 2- you prepared for this. This is the reason why I love weight watchers BTW .

WEIGH IN FRIDAY (tmi but it was shark week and I didn’t feel like yesterday was going to be good for my ego so ya know I didn’t want to weigh myself). 

Starting Weight (this time around): 155.9

Last weeks weight: 154.4

Current weight: 153

Loss of 1.4lbs! 

Total: 2.9lbs

It’s great when you step on the scale, expecting to not have lost anything or even maybe a gain…and then it’s a loss of almost a pound and a half…wuuuddddup. 

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Corgi of the day that I want….

HAPPY FRIDAY BLOGGIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS