Accept it and move on

In an effort to hold myself accountable, here is lunch from yesterday and will be a repeat today. I bought a chopped salad bag from HEB and then added leftover grilled chicken to it. It was delish! 

I have also been really diligent about trying to take in more and more water, hence the liter bottle!

Now dinner was chicken ticklers with steamed veggies and ranch style potatoes. Topped it off with one of our homebrews that was finally ready. 

Gotta love the KT Tape on the coffee table.

This morning was just one of those mornings that I just wasn't feeling it. My Nike App wasn't working well, my shins were hurting, I would have rather stayed in bed! But I atleast got moving and ran a mile before heading into work. 

After letting my Dr Cool Wraps do their thing, I guess I will get my butt in gear and get ready for work. I haven't even packed for the ranch/river yet so that will have to wait until I get home. I am looking forward to getting out of town this weekend with our friends to enjoy a little downtown, Frio River Tubing, and good food. Dave wants to take our new toy but I don't think it will fit everything we need. 

We have decided to get rid of my Explorer and get a Jeep in an effort to cut down our debt and reduce monthly expenses. Its really nice actually and it means that I get to drive the F150 full time! BONUS!

Off for the weekend. Maybe I will try to get in a cross training working but I am making no promises!

Hold on, Bacon!

Thursdays are hill days and I had a sweaty 5K hill series on the treadmill this morning. I have been staying consistent at level 4 which only takes the incline up to 4 so I am hoping to kick it up a notch here within the next few weeks. I noticed I have to vary my speed when the hills get steep. But as long as I am not walking then it is a success in my book. During races that is usually when my legs start screaming and my head starts talking me into walking. Hill days always kick my butt which means I know I need to work on them more. 

Dave came home last night which means I had a little bit more time to do things for me this morning so I was excited to make myself breakfast. I had almost finished my oven bacon when I realized my one and only egg was cracked! Womp womp! So the next best thing was to call the only place in the tiny town I live in that I eat tacos from - Nortex (I am very funny about how I like my eggs cooked). And since my bacon was all ready made - I took it along to put on my taco! HA! 

And yes, my potato, egg, cheese, and bacon taco was delish. 

Back to Business

So after taking Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off to let my knee heal I was back at it this morning. I really didn't want to split it open since it seems to be healing so well so it was worth the few extra days off. However I have been in a funk the past two days and I think its because I don't start my day off with a good, sweaty workout. 

Taken Sunday night

My knee this morning

 Mon - Wed - Fri the gym I go to hosts boot camp. It starts at 6 AM so I haven't been going much in the morning because I have to get ready for work but I think on Wednesdays (since that is cross training day) I may just be a smidge late to work so that I can get in a good workout. Wednesdays are cardio boot camp and it's a good workout! 

Did a mile on the treadmill first then I was able to get in about 30 minutes of boot camp before having to leave. Running outside was nice because I am able to start adjusting to the heat and humidity to help prep me for the trail run coming up in just over two weeks.

I was able to shake off the funk today and I am looking forward to finishing out July strong with my mileage.  

The life of a klutz

I had a girl once tell me that it takes a lot of skill to fall on flat surfaces....and she is right! But I can fall just about anywhere, anytime, barefoot or not. My best friend came in last minute so I didn't get my Saturday morning run in. I was ok with it because I had a good week. Plus breakfast and the beach sounded way better right about then. Living in a small town away from my friends in family means when they do come visit, I pretty much drop everything to hang out with them. 

But first, my glorious Boston Pork Butt that I slow cooked on Friday made an amazing dinner! 

I actually ate this same thing twice - once Friday night and once Sunday night. There is a sweet potato underneath there I promise!

I have been driving the Hubster's truck all week because I needed it to take the furkids to the vet so it came in handy this weekend going to the beach. 

I love living so close to the beach. I don't get in the water (have you seen our water....it's brown) But I do love the atmosphere and spending time outside. However the older I have gotten I realized the dangers of skin cancer so I pretty much stayed under that tent on the tailgate wearing my long sleeve fishing shirt. And I must say my Irish self didn't get sun burned!

The worst part of the weekend - a slippery boat trailer and me. After we pulled a few rocks out of it I was good to go but I am sidelined today and maybe tomorrow because it absolutely hurts. 

I finished the weekend off with three days of meal prep since Dave is supposed to be home on Wednesday, if not sooner. I love the containers I got from Amazon....they make prepping so easy!

Breakfast - leftover pork mixed with onion and an egg to scramble. 

Snack - cheese, summer sausage, celery with PB, and fruit

Lunch - Cold pea and green leaf salad with a hard boiled egg & organic ground beef mixed with potato, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and jalapeno with a side of corn and fruit.