Weekend recap Monday!

Monday mornings are starting to have a consistency in "Weekend Recaps".  I guess I am going to have to continue that huh?!?

Did you have a great weekend??


Let's start with Friday!

Friday:
Had to fit in a workout at work.  This does help out so much!  There are only so many hours in the day and being able to fit this in is such a convenience!

Cardio:
3.35 miles on the treadmill in 33 minutes
Weights:
(using 15lb DBs and 10lb kettlebell)
SS- 2x20 Plie squat KB swings
2x20 Plie squat upright rows
2x10/arm Unilateral Incline chest press- DBs
2x10/leg Single leg squats to bench
2x10/arm Unilateral Shoulder press-DBs
2x1min Wall sits


After work we drop off our paperwork to get out taxes done and then headed off to my kind of fun.  Book shopping.  McKay's is my favorite store!  I mean I light up when we get to go.  McKay's is a used bookstore and you can take your books in and get store credit!  It's is like FREE BOOKS. Usually the books you take in pays for the books you buy.  This was one of the few times we actually had to pay out of pocket!
Then it was supper at Red Robin....yummmmmmmmmmmm!  I ate very well and by that I mean i had some fab queso dip and chips! Total splurge for me! (and so worth it!)

Saturday:
I got up and took our dog, Daisy, to get her allergy and Rabies shot, went to the bank and post office.  Errands for the day, done!  Then it was GYM time!  Clint played his usual Saturday Wally-ball and I jumped on the treadmill for my 6mile run!  (vent-I hate that the mill starts counting down at 60min!)  I got to about 5.39miles and had to pee so bad!  I jumped off (literally) and ran to the bathroom, scaring the bejeezus out of  one of the workers their who was cleaning a toilet!  I almost peed my pants at this!!
I jumped back on the mill and finished my run.
6.42miles in 1hour 15 min (including potty break!)
I felt really good about this.  My left hamstring has been giving me a wee-bit of trouble, so I went to stretch and FOAM ROLL!  Love this!  I need one!

After the gym, we went home to relax!  Well, I did laundry, iced my hammie, we played with Ava, who by the way is CRAWLING!  Yep, crawling.  That little hobbit is going to be walking very soon, too soon for her mama!!!  We made a wonderful supper of spinach pasta that was in the pantry(I just typed panty, ahaha) and put some ground turkey in some sauce.  Toasted a baguette and called it done!  So good!

Sunday:
Church!
Target-trash can, laundry detergent, trash bags.
O'Charley's for lunch.
Kroger for the week's odds and ends.
Home to finish up laundry, do some reading, family time and the best part.  MAKING BABY FOOD!
Yes ma'am. I never in a million years thought we would be making our own baby food, but we purchased this Jewel!  The BABY BULLET.  It is the baby version of the Magic Bullet.

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It is sooooo easy and like "magic"!  Ava had carrots Saturday night as a test run and last night we fed her avocado.  We made enough for the week and saved a few servings, just using 2 avocados!  Basically, you spend no more than an hour on a Sunday and prepare her food for a week or more!  Yes, please!
We can give her so much more than a store sells.  Excited is the word, especially Clint!  I think more than me actually.
So, if you are already or thinking about making your own baby food, this is the product to get!  I fully endorse it!
(Oh if you know a friend that is interested you can go in halves and split the buy one get one!  That is what we did! It worked out perfectly!)

Alrighty, got to get to business at the job!
Look for my Monday night workout post tomorrow!  Have a great day!!!

Not my best

First of all, Happy JERS-DAY!
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I look forward to those fist pumping drinkers every week.  SO sad, but true!

Ok, now on to why this post is titled "not my best."

Yesterday, was not my best day.  Worked started off slow and steady, but by 9am I was fully booked with patients and it lasted until I left at 3pm.
I am still stressing (procrastinating) about talking to my parentals.  When I get anxious about things, it eats me up.  All day, I just wanted to curl up and cry and eat peanut butter!
I made it through my work day (without crying, Lord knows how I managed that!) and we headed to the gym.  It was my crosstraining day on my 1/2 marathon training and I was looking forward to some sweatin'!
I did 15 min on the ellip, then went 10 min old school on the Stair Masta'.  I was still feeling pretty good when I went into "vagina land".  I knew I was going to work upper body, but to be honest with you I can't remember WHAT I DID!  I was in a fog.  I had no rhyme or reason to my exercises.  I went to fatigue on each exercise and made some up I think.  If someone was to walk in to watch me, I doubt they would have thought I was a Personal Trainer, haha!  I used a barbell with 6kg on each side and my muscles were tired when I got done, but I was SO not focused!!!
EH, every workout can't be great huh!?!?

After I put Ava to bed, I did it!  I went straight to the cupboard opened up that jar of peanut butter and gloriously indulged in about 2 tbsp of peanut butter!  I had no guilt and it did make me feel better!  Clint did ask if he needed to put a time limit on me (I thought, do you know how fast I could shovel it in in a certain amount of time?!? haha)  I told him no, I needed to do this and be ok with it.  I needed to cope with my emotions how I wanted.  (Yes, I was emotionally eating and I am not perfect!!) Did eating the PB take away my anxiety?  Minimally.  Actually talking to my parents will, but for that few minutes with my spoon and peanut butter the world was QUIET and QUIET is what I needed AT THAT TIME!

I know people cope with emotions all kinds of different ways and 9 times out of 10 reading and working out does alleviate my stress and demons.  But there is that 1 time that emotional eating helps me.  Is this a good coping mechanism?  NO, but again I AM NOT PERFECT!

How do you cope with stress 9/10 times and that 1 time???


Today, is my rest day and I am going to enjoy it.  My legs have been super stiff in the hamstring area.  I had our Staff Massage Therapist work on my legs and butt on Tuesday and she said, "you are going to have to let me work on your legs twice a week.  They are so tight."  UM, you don't have to twist my arm on this invitation!!
Do you get massages???


I hope you have great days and great workouts!!

Wee bit of anxiety

Hidey!

I am so stiff this morning!
How are you feeling?


Workout last night:
Cardio:
My training plan had 3miles.  I wanted to make it interesting, so I started out about 5.5mph on the treadmill and after that I increase it to 6pmh until 1 mile then I started increasing 1mph each .10 of a mile until I got to 7.5mph and then I came back down until I hit 3 miles.  It did make the time go by faster.  


Weights:
2x6 Isolated bicep curls 20lb DB (hard)
2x20 Bodyweight dips
2x20 Pushups
2x20 Lat pulldowns(machine) 70lbs
2x10/leg Stationary Step ups(real hard) barbell with 12.5lbs on each side.


EDITED: 10 min on the ellip waiting on Clint

Good workouts, food, friends, & 1st

Ugh alas, it is Monday!  It came way too quickly!!

Weekend recap:

Saturday:
I worked. Not fun being away from my 2 favorite faces.  I did get to workout/run.
Weights:
15#DBs 
Giant set:
4x10 Bicep Curls
4x10 Bent over rows
4x10 Shoulder Press
4x10 Laying chest press
Cardio:
5.15miles in 60 min.  ( I felt really good in this run.)


I went home after and played with Clint and Ava and ate, of course!  I was famished.  Then we got ready to spend some time with one of my Best Friends that was in town..  She is pregnant and we are so excited.  We always have a great time with her and her husband.  They were staying at her mom and stepdad's house and Mama G made pasta, salad, bread, and apple cobbler.  We brought wine!  Yumm-oooo

Sunday:
-Church
-IHOP....did you know they have a new Simple and Fit area on their menu??  Yes please!  I am on it!
I got the Whole Wheat French Toast Combo and it was just enough.
-COSTCOOOOOO! We LOVEEEE Costco.  It had been a while since we had been, and boy did we make up for it!  Our freezer and non-perishables are FULLY stocked again!
-Home for lounging around.
***Ava was standing on the couch looking outside holding on the the side and she lost her balance and plopped down on the Boppy pillow we had propped behind her in case of said balance losing.  Do you know she PULLED HERSELF BACK UP!  A few minutes later she plopped again and once again pulled back up!

She is going WAYYYYY to fast for her mama!  I begged her to slow down, but she just giggled at me.  Apparently she is an overachiever like her mama.  Not necessarily a bad thing right?!?!

Have a great day!!

Smorgasborg and Bedtime Routine

Happy Weekend y'all!  I hope you are having a great Saturday so far!  I am at work (its the 3rd Saturday in my work rotation). 

My past few days recap.
Thursday was rest day.

Friday(yesterday)  I was so busy at work that I wasn't sure I was going to get in my alotted 3miles.  Well, lo and behold, my 7am patient cancelled, so I jumped (literally) on the "dreadmill" at work and knocked out 3.05miles before my 8am patient arrived!  Done!  But now I know why I don't run in the mornings, I was again STARVING all day.  I have GOT to get this new balance right with my calories.  I have been ravenous the past few days and I REALLY don't like it! 

My mom is a huge Valentine fan.  We have had a gift/money and treats every year for as long as I can remember.  As well as a Valentine Dinner.  My mom goes ALL OUT!  Last night was the super d duper supper.  I nibbled on some good eats.  Everything included:
Chips and avocado dip for an app
Steak (salmon for me)
Cajun rice
Salad
Baked potatoes
Crab meat
Shrimp
Rolls
Pecan Pie
Brownies with ice cream!

My plate consisted of lots of salad, salmon, a wee bit of rice, a roll, few pieces of shrimp and a piece of crab meat.  I did get a brownie with a small scoop of ice cream!
The funny thing is an hour after we got home I was STILL hungry.  I have the metabolism of a HUMMINGBIRD these days!! 

Ava News:  We have been incorporating a routine with her at night.  We let her do her own thing and fall asleep at night whenever she felt like it.    About 2 weeks ago, we decided to start 8pm bedtime.  We have stuck with this and she is doing great.  We start getting her ready about 7-7:15 and between 7:30 and 8pm I take her to her room and rock her.  I typically give her a bedtime "snack" and she is usually asleep in 15min.  I then take her to her crib and let her be.  A couple of nights she has "woken" up and after 10 minutes or so of making whiny noises she falls back to sleep.  Last night she slept 6 straight hours!  I didn't know what to do with that kind of sleep.  Albeit we have been up since 5am on a Saturday, but hey I will take an extra 2 hours of sleep when I can get it!


What are you doing today?

I am hopefully going to run my 5 miles for the day here shortly!

Have a great day!

Revved up and run down

Hellooooo.  Wow, what is this, 4 days in a row I have posted?!?  This 1/2 marathon training is keeping my blog updated for sure!

How are y'all this morning?  I'm pretty good!  The sun is out already and it is supposed to be 74 degrees today here in Nashville!  I LOVE  IT!  Mother Nature, please don't stop the warmer weather!

Last night, we went to the gym and I was NOT feeling it.  I grudgingly did this...

Cardio:
20 min on Mr. Ellip.
Ok, so this was somewhat fun.  I put Pandora on my phone and set the station to Black Eyed Peas.  For every song for the next 20 min, I set my pace.  So it was kinda like a HITT experience based on music.  I was surprisingly "glistening" after this 20 min!

Weights:
Leg extension machine-
SS-3x10 both legs 70#
     3x10 single leg 30#
(whew weee)
SS-Incline Chest press turns 3x10 20#DBs
     Hip Thrusts-3x10,20#DB
(yowwww)
SS-P90x Congdon Locomotive exercise 3x15 2-20#DBs
     Overhead Tricep press-3x10 20#DB

I struggled through this!  I think it is the added running, but yesterday I felt like my metabolism was that of a HUMMINGBIRD'S!!!  Everything I ate, some how didn't register.  I ate my lunch by 10am and all of my food I had brought by NOON!  It was crazy!  Definitely need to bring an emergency snack and leave it in my office!

Get this!!!  After the gym, we decided on Subway for supper.  Quick and easy!  We get there and the girl behind the glass says, "we are about to close." HUH, WHAT?  Its 6pm.  Girl: "We are out of everything."  I look and right as rain there are no veggies, limited breads, and goodness knows what else they are out of!  I mean REALLY!  What Subway runs out of FOOD?!  Needless to say we left and had to back up and punt on what to have for supper and of course I was really hungry by then!  We fended for ourselves, but I do not like it when my head is wrapped around something I am going to eat and then changed at the last minute.  I like to be prepared!! 

Have you ever been to a restaurant/fast food place that ran out of food?

Have a fabulous day!

Recommendations

Happy hump day sisters! (I don't think I have any guy readers.)

Yesterday, I met my friend, who I am running the 1/2 with at her parent's farm.  They live 2 miles from our house and my friend lives like a quarter mile from us.  So, it is very convenient for everyone.  Clint picked up Ava and we left her daughter inside the house with her mom.

My schedule had 3 miles and she said she had marked it and it was about 3miles.  Let me tell you.....their driveway was about a half mile of hills and gravel, then we headed to the road, UPHILL!  Our whole area we live in is very hilly, but geez!!  How about a gradual warm up?  Nope!  Right up a hill first off!  Great conversation did pass the time quickly and all in all it was a butt burning success!

After I got home, I got on Map my run and it was actually about 3.25miles.  I love that website!  You can punch in your address and see the map of where you are an pinpoint your run.  So neat and worth it. Especially if you use it before your run to see where and how far to you want to go!  I highly recommend it!

I'm starting to get my running groove back.  There were a couple of months where I just did spin or the elliptical for cardio.  So, now I'm getting my running legs back and I love it!

Last week or so, Laury had a contest for the Hydra Coach water bottle. I didn't win the contest, but I knew I would get one either way.  I bought one and I love it!!!

You plug in your weight and Liters or ounces and it will calculate how much you should drink in a 24 hour period!  I am in technology heaven!  It has gone with me everywhere.  Since I am a very competitive person, especially with myself, come hell or high water I am going to get my allotted amount for the day, if not more.

If you want to know for sure how much water you drink, check the site out.  I highly recommend it!!
What do you highly recommend???

Get in, get out

Good Tuesday morning folks! 

Last night's workout was as follows.

Cardio:
**I was supposed to run 3 miles last night, but I switched today's run for last night.  It is great weather to run outside and will be running the 3 miles with a friend outside!)

Speed work: 5x400s
I did the 400s at 8mph, then backed off to 6mph.

Weights:
(we didn't want to stay too long, so I got my act together and hit it hard and quick.....get your mind out of the gutter!)
Barbell-8.5k on each side
Combo exercises:
Front squat with bicep curls 2x15
Deadlift with a row 2x15
Clean and press 2x15
Stationary lunges 2x15/leg
Planks-1 min switching up with regular, then lifting each leg, then rocking up on my toes. 
           -1 min 20sec the second time around.

We had leftover Chicken pot pie for supper and I was sad to see it go!

What did you have for supper last night?

Funny story....

I have linked Daily Mile to my Facebook account and I was updating it last night.  I had put that I did 2 miles of speed work for 20 HOURS instead of minutes.  I couldn't figure out how to correct it, so I had to comment that it was indeed minutes and not HOURS!  Let's just say I got some interesting comments!  OOPS! 

If you can't laugh at yourself right?!?!?!

Have a great day!

Grandparents weekend

Today is Love day!  In our house though, every day is love day!  Cheesy, but its true!  We don't usually celebrate Valentine's Day.  We like to show our love on more days that just Feb. 14.  That is just us though and am all for whoever does celebrate it somehow.
Have you or will you celebrate Feb. 14th??


This weekend was bu.sy!!!  We went to the gym on Saturday.  I did a hard "Pump it up" class and then ran 4miles after.  (I started 1/2 marathon training.)  I was SPENT after a day at the gym.

We had brought clothes to change into so we could head to Bowling Green, KY to see Ava's Mamaw Neese(Clint's mom, Denise).  Ava's cousins picked her name, so that is what Ava will call her.  We hung out with her and her fiance for a couple of hours then headed home to rest a bit before we went to the Nashville Predators game that night.  We got tickets to sit in Clint's work's box seats, which is always nice!  Poor Ava has no idea there are 3 periods to hockey!  She is 3 for 3 falling asleep during in the 3rd period!

I have had an on/off headache for the past few days and woke up with a pretty bad one yesterday.  We opted out of church, but the house needed to be cleaned for Clint's dad and girlfriend to stop by in the afternoon.  Things must go on right?!?!

The "pops" visit was good.  He brought Ava a Valentine Monkey and was all smiles for them.

We have been "planning" to make chicken pot pie for weeks.  For some reason or another, it hasn't worked out, until last night!!  We kind of threw it together Ferrell-style and it turned out really good.

Our chicken pot pie recipe
Preheat oven to 400F
2 pre-cooked frozen pie shells, set out to thaw a bit
2 cooked chicken breasts, chopped
1 bag frozen peas and carrots
1 can Healthy Campbells Cream of Celery soup
1 can Healthy Campbells Cream of chicken soup
Seasonings-pepper, garlic, a few others that I'm not sure what Clint threw in.

Mix all of the ingredients together.  Add into one of the pie shells.  Carefully and OH SO gently take the other pie crust out of the pan and place on top of the fillings and other pie crust and pinch sides together.  Poke a few slits in the top of the crust.  Brush a little "can't believe its not butter" on top.
Put in the oven at 400F for about 30-35 min.

Cut and enjoy!
Servings: 8
Calories per slice: ~285
Fat per slice: ~12g
Protein per slice:~17g

Going to get our workout on tonight after work.  I will update tomorrow morning with the workout of choice. I know I have 3 miles to run according to my training schedule.  We will see what I come up with in Vagina-land workout area.

Have a great day!!

6months and a "1/2"

Ava had her 6 month checkup on Wednesday. She is super healthy.  Thank God!  If you will please keep Melissa and her family in your thoughts and prayers.  Her daughter M, who is a few days younger than Ava, was admitted to the hospital 2 nights ago with pneumonia!  I can only imagine the worry and fear associated with going through this!

Ava's stats:
Weight- 15lbs 4oz of love(25-50%)


Length-24.5in (5-10%)  
The doctor said she is low here, BUT until we see a consistent decrease or her not growing much we shouldn't worry.  Babies' growth spurts vary.


Ears-No problems


Motor skills- Perfectly normal behavior


Questions we asked?
How many ounces a day should she be having? 20-25oz
How many times should we feed cereal/baby food to her?Once a day right now is fine. We can do 2 times a day closer to 7months or when we feel its needed.
Does cereal/food take place of a bottle? No, it is a supplement.  Her main source of food is still breastmilk
Bedtime routine?Yes, start creating a soft, dark ambiance about 30 min before bedtime.  We have been doing this the past week and it is working great.
TMI-Poop?  Thickness? Not pooping?  She shouldn't go more than 4-5days.  (Enter PRUNES) Every other day is normal.  It will start to get thicker.


In a nutshell, we are doing everything "right".  There is no real "right" way, but we are doing what is best for Ava and us and she is continually healthy and happy. 
 Healthy Ava=Happy Parents

Kickin' tail and breakin' rules

It is the middle of the week!  So, that means HUMP day! We are supposed to get snow this afternoon, which means a possible SNOW day tomorrow!!  We shall see. 

Monday, I did not get to workout at work.  It was just too busy/hectic of a day for me to scoot over for some sweat time.  Life happens! 

We did go last night and I kicked my own A@@ for sure in the weights dept.  Workout as follows.
Cardio:
15 min on the ellip
10 min on the Stair master!  Yep,  I went old school for a change up and my booty was screaming!

Weights:
(Barbell- with ~10kg(I think) plates on each side, slightly heavy)
Front deep as I could go Squats-2x15
Seated Good Mornings 2x15
Machine rows 2x15 70#
Hip Thrusts 2x15
Skull Crushers 2x15
Wide Chest press 2x15
Standing upright rows 2x15
Bicep curls 2x5 (it was too heavy for the bi's, so I did what I could)
*I did each exercise 1 set. No rest in between the sets.  Then I repeated.

Cardio:
5 more min on the Stair Master

Let me tell ya, I was hurting.  My arms were so fatigued and my veins were showing!  I did have a hellava workout if I do say so myself!

We came home to a fabulously smelling house!  I had cut up carrots, celery, 3 potatoes, and a put a pot roast in the "magic supper maker" aka the crockpot before I left for work.  Oh, I also added a packet of "pot roast" flavoring.  It was so tender, I had to take a spatula to get it out!  MMM comfort food oh yeaaaaaa.

I came across this article Family Circle magazine, 6 Diet Rules to Break:.

"Old Rule: Eat everything in moderation. Don't make any food off-limits, or you'll want it even more. If you're craving a high-damage goodie, have a few bites and be done with it.


Break It: Recent research has found that a few nibbles of a tempting food may actually spark overeating. In the study, people who ate a small chocolate truffle wanted to continue eating high-calorie, high-fat food just 25 minutes later. Researchers say that a small bite of an indulgent food activates a "pleasure goal" that makes people crave more.


Revised Plan: Identify your trigger foods. While you don't want to label entire categories of foods (like sweets or desserts) as "forbidden," focus on the one or two foods that make you lose control. It's a smart move to keep them out of the house. "Rather than saying, 'I can't have this food' say, "This food doesn't work for me,'" says New York City diet doctor Stephen Gullo, PhD, author of The Thin Commandments (Rodale Books). When you decide to treat yourself, go out for one serving of your trigger food (like ordering a child-size ice cream cone), he says. Then tell yourself that one portion is enough. "The people in our study who truly believed that one truffle would satisfy them were not tempted to eat more," says researcher Juliano Laran, PhD, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Miami School of Business Administration." Source

This part of the article hit home to me!  This is how I have treated "off limits" foods for a long time!  I did eat Peanut butter last week.  I ate the last tablespoon or so in the jar to make "OIAJ" and it was amazing.  BUT, it got my taste buds wanting and craving PB.  I had the TASTE and wanted MORE.  I did decide that I will eat PB when there is a little left in the jar.  This happens maybe once every month and a half so that will be a delightful treat to look forward to, but it is a trigger food in my life that I could easily eat too much of and choose to stay away from as much as possible.

What did you think of the article tips??

Have a great day!

Weekend wrap up

Monday snuck up on me!  I hate when that happens.  We had such a good weekend, I didn't want it to end.

Friday night we went to the grocery for our weekend food and snacks!  We made homemade pizza! It was so yum and Clint and I each got our own ice cream.  I found the cutest and most reasonable ice cream, Blue Bunny Personals.  It was the perfect size!  We watched a little of Prison Break season 2 and True Blood.

Saturday:  Gym-Clint played Wallyball, I took a very very good Pump it up class(legs were shaky shaky and sore yesterday), Ava enjoyed kiddie care.  We then stopped off at The Vitamin Shoppe and picked up some Fenugreek for a maple syrup smelling mama.  We had a gift card to "Babies are expensive" and Ava did indeed rack up!  We came home and did a few house chores, which in fact I need to get better at.  My chore chart has suffered a wee-bit!  Clint played his video game, not sure which one.  Ava played in the floor. (she is such an only child, haha) and I studied a while on a CEU course I am taking online about business aspects in Personal Training.  For ISSA certifications, you need to have 20 CEU hours in a 2 year time frame to renew your certification. 
The rest of the evening was breakfast for supper and relaxing.

Sunday: Church(which completely messes up Ava's morning nap.) This is the only consistent nap she takes!  We went to the grocery for the weeks foods and then headed home for leftover pizza!  Ava and I had an obligatory baby shower to attend from 2-4pm, so we headed out with my mom for that!  I had been looking forward to cake all weekend!  Well, let me tell you, this mama left the shower UN.HAPPY!  They waited until we were about to leave to even cut the cake and  THEN we find out one of the little SNOTS was eating the edges off of the cake!  Seriously??  Now, I really don't want cake!  I was a little peeved and then the kids that were there kept taking Ava's toys and getting all up in her face!  MAMA Bear started to emerge!  The funny thing is that the kids were like 8, 9, 10ish!!!  Come.ON  really?
We came home and all became better with the world.  My fantastic, wonderful husband had finished the laundry, cleaned the living room, organized Ava's bows and headbands and sock drawer(what dad does that!) and cleaned off the top of the dryer! OMG!  I was so greatful!  I was dreading coming home to do housework! 
For Super Bowl Sunday, I had requested nachos!  It was the best supper I have had in a long time and finishe dit off with the rest of my Personal ice cream and a warm brownie Clint made (yes, he made brownies too!)  I was a gloriously stuffed mama bear, but I am still feeling the after effects of the meal this morning!  I have taken a few swigs of some Pepto-Bismol hoping that will settle the animal creating havoc in my belly!

Did you watch the Super Bowl?
We "paused" it (DVR is the best thing ever!) while we were cooking supper and fast forwarded through parts.  Not the commercials though!  Those are the only reason I watch!
My favorite was the Doritos one where they made everything come back alive, a goldfish, plant, and a grandpa.  Hilarious!  The most disturbing was another Doritos where the guy was licking the other guy's fingers!  UGH!  It was disgusting!
What was  your favorite commercial??

Definitely going to hit up the work gym today!  I really overdid it last night on the nachos! Today, is a new day though!!  Gotta get right back at it!

How was your weekend?

Sharing the love

Head over to Laury's blog, The Fitness Dish. She is giving away, the coolest thing I have seen in a while, Hydra Coach water bottle.  If I don't win this fabulous prize, I am 98% sure I am getting one on my own!  This and the price are right up my alley!!! 

What are you waiting for?!?! 

Go. NOW!!!!

Such a ham

Hidey ho friends!  I hope you are all staying warm and able to dig out from where you live.  Sheesh, my heart goes out to the middle of the US.  Thankfully, it is just brutally cold here, but I can't even imagine the amount of snow y'all are dealing with!

Tuesday night we went to the Nashville Predators hockey game.  Clint's work buys tickets each year to show their appreciation, so we snatched up tickets.  There is a buffet of foods that you get a wristband to partake in it. All the food they had on the buffet was nachos, hotdogs, and popcorn.  This isn't my thing, but since we frequent Bridgestone Arena quite often I KNOW I can always get a grilled chicken sandwich!  (I can always find something on the healthy side wherever I go!)

Ava L.O.V.E.S. to watch hockey and football on tv, so seeing her watch it in real life is so funny.  She is so mesmerized.  Toward the 2nd period though she was "hamming" it up with the people behind us.
(Clint asked what being a ham meant.  According to http://www.audioenglish.net/,
 • HAM (noun)

The noun HAM has 4 senses
1. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
2. (Old Testament) son of Noah
3. a licensed amateur radio operator
4. an unskilled actor who overacts
Familiarity information: HAM used as a noun is uncommon.
• HAM (verb)
The verb HAM has 1 sense:
1. exaggerate one's acting
Familiarity information: HAM used as a verb is very rare.

She was just a grinning and laughing.  Then she would do the mouth open gaping and staring.  She is definitely a "ham!" I told her it wasn't polite to stare (and not even blink) but its ok if she could look away every few seconds, haha!  It was bottle time in the 2nd intermission and my 3rd period she was sound asleep!  Bless her heart, its amazing that she can sleep through hockey!

Since we went to the gym Monday night, hockey Tuesday night and Clint plays church league basketball tonight, we decided it was family at home night last night!  We don't like to push too many nights of activities for us OR Ava.  Plus, we REALLY like to spend time together.  So since no gym last night, I decided I would workout at work!  Score! 
Cardio:
Dreadmill-Alternating 5 min walking-3.5, 5% incline with 5 min jogging 6mph, 1%
Total 22 min
Weights:
Tangent: my boss got these
Source

for me to use for my Personal Training clients!  I am in lust!  They are so easy to use and work great!!  If I was to buy a set for the house, I would definitely get this set (or something similar).

Front squats-2x10 25lbs DBs
Combo:Bicep curls into Shoulder press-2x10, 15lb DBs
Machine:Abduction 2x20 45lbs (hips were screeeeaming!)
               Adduction 2x20 45lbs
Single arm rows 2x10 20lb DB
V-ups(3 way) 2x50

This was a very efficient and blood pumping workout! 

Have you had an efficient and blood pumping workout lately??
Do you have any exercise equipment that you are in lust with these days??

Have a great day!!

Half birthday and meeting gym again

Good Morning!  I hope everyone is doing dandy and right as rain! 

Yesterday was Ava's Half Birthday!  Yep 6 months old!  Sheesh, the time is flying.  I feel like being pregnant with her lasted FOR.EVER, but her being here is whizzing by us!

Her achievements so far:
She is sitting up all by herself for long amounts of time.
..........rolling all over the place.
When she is on her belly, turning around in circles.
When she is sitting up, she has started to lean over and reach and last night she did that and pulled herself closer to me.
We have eaten cereal, green beans, and squash so far.  Loves them all.  She reaches up like a baby bird for the spoon.  (next up is sweet potatoes and peas.)
Slobbering like a St. Bernard.  Her teeth are right.there!
Saying "mmmmmmmma" and lights up when we say "daddy."
She is looking up in her carseat to "look" at whoever is driving the Murano.

Wow, she is growing so fast!  I need to stop her!, Well, halt her a smidge at least!  She has her 6 month check up next week, so we will see if the sugar monkey has grown and how much she weighs.