Peaks and Pits

My oh shoot I should be at school right now face haha…and my I really don’t want to go back but I’m going to face…

Why am I a freak that doesn’t like college?? It doesn’t help that this internship has given me a taste of the real world and made me realize even more so that I 1) don’t want to do anything with my major and 2) am so sick of day in day out classes, I just want to graduate and get working!!! 

So the start of the crazy commuting and appointments (well thats not starting…that’s continuing…) begins now! I’m on my way back to school/ my apartment and I start classes tomorrow!

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Today was actually a pretty great freakin’ day, despite an increasingly worst head ache (don’t worry I see the dr.s again wednesday and I’m going to tell them whats up). I woke up early went to work then came home- still feeling good not all sluggish and tired- and immediately hit up the j-sizzle. 

****BEGIN TO BE EXCITED****

I RAN 5 miles!!!!!! This is the longest post skull-f*ckery (other than one 7 mile run which prob wasn’t smart of me so soon after the injury…but c’est la vie). So a solid 5 miles, about 42ish minutes. Mucho slower than in the past but this is a NEW start and a NEW training business. 

Finished off with 15 minutes of elliptical and then abs and arms! I felt pretty freakin good today. 

On top of it all my noms were mucho paleo-esque!

Breakfast: 

2 eggs, 2 whites, 2oz ham  and a banana

Snack: apple and almonds

Lunch: 4oz chicken, ate a tomato (like an apple LOLzzzzz), orange

Snack: Banana <—  I eat too many banana’s…. I can’t help it I was hungry post work out

Dinner: Spinach+Romain lettuce, avocado, fish, peppers+onion (sauteed) and salsa

I talked about paleo with a couple of my friends, and now they are really interested. (They are mid 20s males ex athletes so this is right up their ally). 

Anyways- I’m trying to convince them that they should do the 30 day challenge with me. I’ve tried to do it a couple times but I stop after a few days. This being said- another side note- my father is now interested and he agreed to do the 30 day challenge with me!!

All in all. I want to give this a 30 day chance to see if this is the real deal. LETS GO. I’m not doing 100%, easing it with Level 1 so the 85%-15% one. Aka my 15% will be ice cream + pancakes…

I don’t know where I saw this….so it’s either on facebook, twitter, tumblr or someone else’s blog…so I’m really sorry for jacking your pic…but I really liked it :)

Such true rules to live by.

Today was extremely lazy… well because IRENE was in full effect up hurr in the north east (really wasn’t as serious as everyone thought it would be). However, since my accident left my skull broken and forming arthritis I have had a crappy headache (more than usual) for the past couple days and this morning was prob a 7 which it hasn’t been since I was sick. 

BOO. By the way…. happy 3 month to my head!! Haha 3 months straight with a head ache, life changing things happening annnnd finally able to run. Things are looking up but still not what I would have thought my fall would be like 3 months ago…

My friend saved 2 baby squirrels this weekend (one already died :( ) but this one is Eli! And I got to play with it over the weekend…its tres adorbski. 

I really enjoy this someecard…

So my mom asked me what I wanted for dinner before I leave tomorrow (even though I’ll be back frequently because of the job) but still traditions tradition, and well I said “protein pancakes” bahah so they had meatball subs…and I made blueberry protein pancakes. 

1/3 cup new hope mills

1 mashed banana

handful of blueberries

1 tsp vanilla

1 scoop protein powder

1/4 ish cup water  

NOMMM fav food…that and a turkey sandwhich.

Yeah this picture is scary, yeah I wore that out in public, YEAH THAT IS MY NEW IPHONE. Wuddup. 

I’ll leave you with this eye candy (not me).

Ladies and Gentlemen… I present to you all I packed to move into school….

A toaster oven and microwave…. (ps in these pics you will see my chucks bc I was live feeding these to my friend and twitter and felt that I needed to show my sexy shoes). 

When I opened my door BAM welcome to the tiniest studio…this is essentially my whole apartment…with a tiny kitchen (meaning a stove and sink) and  a bathroom. 

Hellllo couuuuuuch….

Da set uppp. Please note my “kitchen” to the left…

So that was Thursday…. Did lots of strength training this day (moving) because I live on the 3rd floor…

Yesterday I ran again YEAHHH BUDDY!!! And zhat is all. OH WAIT NAWWWT I BOUGHT AN IPHONE. 

Amazing pictures to come… and massive blog stalking at all times to come…

Been watching D2 mighty ducks with @bco14 this morning… probs going to the state fair either this weekend or next weekend (the script is playing fo free next saturday!!)

Yes I recognize that my chest is a different color than my face….. I had to work late again today so I had to go from office right to the gym (I felt adult and bad ass <— Yeah it felt real). 

Ps. getting an IPHONE FRIDAY :D 

I’m also moving into my new apartment tomorrow…then turning around and coming home…aka the start of my commuter year hahah I’m actually really excited. 

I RAN TODAY YAH YEAH YEAHHHH!!!!!! Best song of the run today = 

4 mile run or 30 minute run felt great. I did squats yesterday though and def felt it the whole run whoopsssieepooopsss

Enjoy your hump day. 

FYI If you had ever emailed my gmail account I sent you a spotify request today and anyone else who wants to get on that holler at me because I can give you the hook up!

I just had to share this picture. I follow @nomorebacon on twitter and he posted this picture yesterday. There is something about it that just makes me feel so spiritual and at ease. It’s currently my cell phone background and laptop background….

Since I got sent home sick yesterday from work I had to go in today and make up for all the calls/emails I missed yesterday (boo) but it wasn’t too bad. My voice is still manly and I def don’t feel 100% yet. On top of this cold/sickness thang it has made me get a ridiculously small amount of sleep. No sleep = worst headaches. Let’s just say I’ve been miserable haha

We had an earthquake here today!! I was a bit confused and thought I was just crazy…but then I went on facebook and everyones status’ were about it.

Went to the gym and did an hour elliptical- it felt good to move even though I still feel wicked crappy. Came home and grilled some chicken, zuchinni and squash! With Skim chocolate milk and water. Nice weather+back deck= Awesomesauce

Today’s lesson folks, is in not believing the things you see on the internet….Yes these models are gorgeous, but lets take a lil look at the ridiculous photoshopping done on the right girl….

Went to wegmans and thought the world was about to end…

Thank god they had the massive container of vanilla still…

So I get this text from my mom tonight (she’s out to dinner with my dad for their anniversary)

This is such a proud moment…

HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY TO MY AMAZING PARENTS!!!! Love you guys!!!

(At Colline and Dave’s Wedding- July 2011)

Oh and listen to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9rewnLFYw

My morning started off like dis. Lil bike action (think of me saying it as “Act-she-on”…because thats how i said it when i typed it…)

It then led to dissss (3.3 milessssssssss)

I wrote about this on my daily mile account I am cleared to run no more one dr saying yes one saying no- Also I started PT yesterday <— weird pt for a brain I KNOW but it’s a whole ish because of the brain damage and that lead to muscle strains in my eye and balance issues I guess. Shambles.

Yea side note- that is my Buffalo Marathon Training shirt…that I never ran the marathon because I was an idiot an trained to soon after Ottawa because I thought I was superwoman…

Whomp lil bloody ankle- which is odd because I’ve had these shoes forever soooo I dunno chu know?

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Random fact: I have been listening to Queens Greatest Hits all morning

This is my favorite thing about ice coffee. I love when I put my soy milk in that it makes this super awesome design.

So I got a fb inbox yesterday from a friend about this thing called Tough Mudder

He and a bunch of other of his friends have signed up and made a group and asked if I wanted in…. Naturally after looking over this 12 mile ridiculous course I dished up some moolaaah andddd signed up for me. 

HARD CORE. I’m thinking it’s going to be harder than the marathon… 

Yes- this is how messy my room is. Yes I am ashamed. Yes I don’t work tomorrow so I will be cleaning it asap….

*SHAME*

Today, I was straight up EXHAUSTED after work. I was home by 1:45 and was finished eating lunch by 2…yet I sat at my kitchen table until 4:45 just blog stalking and listening to SPOTIFY! (fb friend me…spotify friend me…) and then finally went to change out of my work clothes and into gym clothes…

But then sat at my laptop taking pictures and leaving videos for ppl on fb…. finally at 5 I left…

4 mile run, then elliptical then ended with absssssssssssss o steel and push ups.

Yes that is sweat. Yes I am disgusting. 

True life: I have very little fashion sense/shame. This is totally what I wore to the gym today…That’s my “WUDDUP DOE” face. Gym ish today- 3.5 miles, elliptical action (finished the paleo book), PUSH UPS TO THE MAX BRAH 

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This weekend was my families fake reunion. We usually have it around the 4th of July and everyone from allll over comes in, for some reason this year we had it in August..

Anyways it was a great sunny day on the farm and it was suppper relaxing…plus there was a pig roast… which was awesome. And my great uncle ripped the head off and was holding it as a trophy sooo weird but soooo funny. 

My uncle and some cherubs…lil kanjam action too

Today I ate all paleo! Again woo! This is day 3 of all paleo so I’m stoked and I’m still doing weight watchers (sorta, I’m tracking but I’m seeing I’m way low in points…soo obviously I shouldn’t do both… I don’t know yet..) 

I am about to join rizzo on the couch and watch mad amounts of true blood, followed by even more amounts of curb. GOOD NIGHT ALL ;) 

So there’s this thing called spotify (it’s awesome- please get the invite asap then facebook friend me and then we can eventually be spotify share buddies then I will send you all the horrible crap music i listen to…) Anyways, lately on my spotify I’ve made a playlist with all the songs from Save the Last Dance (side note- if you didn’t know this is my top 5 favorite movies). 

So last night I got another horrible nights sleep, I couldn’t fall asleep and then I woke up about 4 different times. My dr gave me medicine to help sleep which in turn will hopefully help with the head aches (because the head aches could be from my lack of sleep allll caused by the brain injury). Anyways, I 1) really hate to put foreign things in my body. I really hate the use of medicine. 2) There is a side effect of weight gain. THAT FREAKS ME OUT. So I duno what to do…

Despite the bad nights sleep I had a great evening last night and so far a great Saturday!! My brother came home for the night and we went out to dinner then came home and watched hours of Trailer Park Boys (<— FUNNIEST SHOW EVER). 

Woke up this morning had unintentionally had a PALEO STYLE BREAKFAST. Had 2 eggs and 2oz of ham with blueberries. 

Then I went to the gym and it smelt like old ladies bad today #whitegirlproblems, music was great today (score), and I hoped on the elliptical, bumped up the level and cruised. I was reading my book on PALEO because it was sitting next to my shirt I wore today. I ended up reading a hundred something pages while I was at the gym and realized I’m going to try and do the 85/15 plan. So came home after the gym and had yellow squash, an apple, and 4oz of chicken for lunch. 

Something else I realized today- push ups are the ultimate exercise. If you are doing them correctly you are not only working your arms/back but you are working your abs and thighs as well. Big fan- I’m going to work on increasing the # of push ups I do a day. Today I only did 50 because it has been a super dooper long time.

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This photo literally makes me want to vomit. I am a huge peanut butter fan but this makes me never ever ever everrrr want to eat it again. EVER. Does any one else find this picture disturbing and vomit worthy?!?!

Hai buddies! 

Can I just say I love blogging. It has brought me so much closer to people I never knew I’d be close to. By dishing it all and being honest I’ve learned that people are more open and trusting with me. Anyways, last night I went out to dinner with my friend Maggie (HEY MAGGIE!!!). I graduated with her brother and she’s a class older than me but we were never friends in high school. It actually wasn’t until yesterday that we ever hung out or even met I think. (Funny because I’ve been to her house a whole butt load of times). 

Maggie is a blog connoisseur for sure. She reads them, appreciates them, understands them. She (from what I can imagine) is a great cook too because she appreciates the time and art of cooking. So naturally through facebook, twitter, and blogs Maggie and I realized we are similar in some ways (um not the cooking way…). 

So yesterday Maggie and I went to Moes (I’m over my moe’s obsession by the way, I realized how bland it was yesterday… I need some good mexican in my life before I go insane) for dinner. I think we sat there for another 2 hours after we ate just talking. It was insane. She (and from reading this you will now know this maggie!) completely helped me in ways she probably didn’t (or did) know. She has found such a balance between exercising and food and the whole battle with “healthy eating” and the misconceptions that it can make in a person. She through just 2 hours of talking with me made me realize that I need to appreciate more out of life, food, and my body. She has come a long way for herself and I envy her for that (jk :) I’m so happy for her!!). I wish she had a blog so I could tell you all to go follow her but she sadly is a behind the scenes kinda girl. 

Beyond all of Maggie’s greatness she has also introduced me to Preztel Logic at our local ice cream shop. Let’s just say the second I have this ice cream I’ll give you all the address for the shop and we can all go and eat it together because it’s about to me amazeballs. 

Moral of today’s story- Find that balance. Live for yourself, not for a size not for a #. Enjoy the foods that you eat. Don’t live your day to day life filling your meals with near 0 calorie foods so that you can eat the most of that with the least amount of calories for the day. I used to be such a Hungry Girl fan- but I (and Maggie has too) come to realize she fakes too much. Why fake an ice cream sandwich by having rice cakes and coolwhip? Budget your day so you can have a real ice cream sandwich if that is what you want. MODERATION PEOPLE, one won’t make you fat. I know easier said than done, but I’m trying- and if you filed under this, you should try too! Appreciating a more delicious meal, even if it’s smaller- over a hefty faked out low calorie meal with little taste is what I am trying to change myself into. 

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Work outs for the day: 3.1 mile run, elliptical and chatting with my friend Juliet (who was at the JCC at the same time today!- made things much more fun!)

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By the way- BRITTY SAYS HI TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS hahaha 

Had my dr’s appointment with the concussion clinic today…and great news from them!

For starters I am not crazy!! The depression/ mood swings/ anger is from the brain injury! So they set me up with a sports therapist there. As for the head aches, those are still no bueno BUT I’m seeing this dr. again monthly to learn tricks and be able to manage them. Also I’m going to start seeing a PT at this clinic so they can get me back into running and doing high impact exercise- for now I’m told to take it easy and what not but that they will help me find ways to do the things I love and tolerate the head ache and know when to stop. 

Also got some medicine to help with the head aches and sleeping!

So- plan of attack. 

1) take my time getting back into running

2) enjoy life more

3) 

4) i don’t know what else… 

5) blog more ;) 

Q- how would you guys feel if I started writing actual posts? Like not that these aren’t but i meant lengthier more focused? hm i don’t know i want to take this in a bigger and better direction. Make it more of a life blog, day in day out struggles rather than straight forward running or weight watchers. What do you think?

I’m not going to let this feeling escape me ever.

Being able to run today was probably the best feeling in a while. Next time I’m thinking I don’t want to run, I’m going to remember the past few weeks and remember when I was told NO. The freedom to run is an amazing feeling. Guilt free too.

3 simple miles in the books for today. Everything is going back to normal (relatively bc let’s be honest the head ache still sucks- but jims had his for 8 years and he’s abt to make history so I can get over it).

Side note- I bought Toms today ;)

(please go listen now) 

Sooo0o0o00o I went to the surgeon today and we went over my newest CT scan. Drum roll please…

oh wait it isn’t good news… but it is. 

NO SURGERY…but… 

It is not healing at all. FAIL. HOWEVER that (combined with the concussion) is why I still have headaches. I also have developed arthritis in my skull where it is fractured. SWEET. Weird right? He said that is why it gets worst with humidity and rain or any weather change for that matter. 

SO the game plan? I am going back in October to get another CT scan to hope to see some healing. There is a possibility that it will not heal because of my age ( I guess I am around adult age for bones but who knows). Gotta drink more milk I guess…

THE BEST AND GREATEST NEWS YET. 

I CAN RUN. He said he sees no reason why I can’t and that all the blood and bruising from the first CT scan was gone this time so I won’t do any more damage running and it won’t prevent any healing either!! 

THAT’S WHAT’S UP!!! 

This being said….I’m gunna go running now ;) 

Came across this sign on my bike ride- made me feel all warm and tingely

Saw some corn fields…. and then some more corn fields…

came home and plopped in my yard and this mean mug decided to lay on me… 

Was a good sunday ride, except the weather has changed in the past couple hours making this head ache even worst. Day 42…

Since not much in my noms and work out life has happened ;) I am going to blog about anything. Because seriously- I miss blogging. Even if I just ramble I hope you still read! I try to be an honest abe, in all aspects of my life. I hate when people lie and I hate cheaters. So without going way too personal- why is it that out of the 3 men that are interested in me, I am interested in the one that has the girlfriend…NOT COOL. 

I am obsssssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeed with this song Dirty Talk by Wynter Gordon When I listen to it I feel like I’m in a club and it makes me feel like I didn’t sit at my friends house on a Saturday night watching the Princess Diaries and then was in bed by 11…. 

Woke up at 730am (because I am a freak and this was late for me) and immediately turned on Mad Men… 

BY THE WAY my new watch came in!! This is the first jewelry purchase I’ve ever made by myself!! It was with my big corporate check chu knoooow ;) Ps. please ignore that my face is a different color than my body…it’s been a weird lack of sun summer for me…I’m going to invest in some sun in a bottle…

PLEASE SOME ONE TELL ME YOU’VE READ HUNGER GAMES BECAUSE I’M ABOUT TO GO BUY IT AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT!!!

Mama bear and I went to the gym (obviously) and ellipticalled and then I met up with her upstairs to walk the track after. I even made her do abs BAHAH she told me “I had a c-section I can’t do that” I then told her to suck it up and many women who have had babies do more hard core things than sit ups…she cracks me up.. love her. 

Last night I went to PERDITION. Perdition is the dance club in my favorite classy bar downtown haha 

Na-night meggy ;) I (obviously) was driving last night and as we were driving home my friend meg (who got a lil too nutty last night) passsedd ze eff out in mah car. Wicked funny. Had to bust her balls. 

Work outs today-

Elliptical 50 mins, walk 15-20mins with debstar, abs-o-steel exercise. 

Eats-

Homemade Waffle (5pts), 1 egg (2egg whites) 2pts. (B)

Greek Yogurt, Strawbs, blueberries, kashi (5pts)

Things to do the rest of the day:

Eat more, work out less, shower, do nothing, watch the RED SOX game. 

WORD.