Monday Bullets

A little catch up...

• 21 days.  I did one hour of exercise (running, walking, yoga, or abs) every day for 21 days.  I took a rest day on Saturday, and back on track on Sunday.
• Dressing for run-walk combos is getting trickier now that the weather is colder and the running part is getting longer.  I find I'm freezing during the 30 minute walk, and roasting 5 minutes into the run.
• Cookie had an eye infection last week and I went for my first run without her in months.  I felt like I was forgetting something!  She is such a good running buddy.
• I've been on a smoothie kick lately.  
• One of my good friends from my time in Bangkok ran her first half marathon on Sunday - in Thailand! She is training for a full marathon.  I am so proud of her and impressed that she can run in that humidity.  Way to go Miss Moon!
• Another friend ran her first marathon in Philadelphia on Sunday.  Yay, Julie! All of these races have me itching for a new training plan...
• The job hunt continues...  Speaking of which, I'm going to be making a few blog changes over the next few days, just to make sure I'm anonymous to potential employers.  I don't think I've said anything offensive, but just to be safe. 

Problem? Solution.

I have a problem.  Whatever I bake, I end up eating it for breakfast.  I usually justify it.  "If you can't eat a cupcake for breakfast on Halloween, when can you?"  or "If you can't eat shortbread cookies for breakfast at Christmas time, when can you?" or "If you can't eat cake for breakfast on your birthday, or on a Friday, or the day after you make it...."  It's a serious problem.  Despite my best intentions, I do it.  EVERY. TIME.  Making matters worse is that I'm currently unemployed.  I have lots of time for lots of baking.  I also find baking is a good stress reliever and keeps me calm when I get worried about the job hunt.  I want to bake.  I don't want to eat apple pie before noon.

Every problem has a solution, and I think I've found a good one:

The Breakfast Cookie!  I did a search for a recipe and found one that called for ingredients that I had on hand here.  These were quick, easy and tasty.  They might not be quite as healthy as a non-baked good breakfast, but they sure beat a cupcake.  

Come on, fess up.  Do you ever eat baked goods for breakfast?  Do you have a good healthy/healthy-ish baked good recipe?

 

DoYogaWithMe.Com

Happy Monday!

This morning I was in the mood for doing a little yoga.  I normally save yoga in the winter for days when the roads are messy or it is too bitterly cold to be outside.  Today was not one of those days, but I just felt like doing some yoga.  I didn't feel like doing any of the DVDs in my own collection so I did a little search online and came up with a 60 minute Yoga for Athletes.  This turned out to be not quite what I was expecting, but gave me a really good stretch which I apparently really needed after a lot of walking over the weekend.  When I finished, I was clicking around some  more and realized that this video was part of the treasure trove of all yoga videos on the internet!  How have I never come across this before?!

The web’s best selection of high-quality, high-definition, 100% free, streaming yoga videos.

 I will definitely be going back to try more videos.

Do you have any favourite online resources for yoga?  Do you do yoga at home or in a class?

October Wrap Up

This month I finally feel like I'm back into some kind of exercise routine.  I'm not running that many miles, but that will come in time.  I am fairly consistently spending at least an hour a day being active.  I missed 8 days in the month of October, and I think know I can do better in November. 

Time spent running:  5 hours 28 minutes

Time spent walking:   20 hours 21 minutes

Time spent yoga-ing:  1 hour 50 minutes

I'm a week away from finishing the Pooch to 5K plan with Cookie.  She has done really well with the plan and it has worked well for both of us.  It built really slowly, and I think that's why it works so well. It's also based on time, rather than distance, which I think is better to focus on when you're not going that far! In the past, I know I would have been eager to get into longer distances as quickly as possible, but I don't want to run too far, too soon with the Cookie Monster. Also, in the long term, I want to get faster before I tackle another marathon. Instead, in November, I just want to add a 4th day of running to our routine, and keep aiming for 60 minutes of exercise every day, but with no more than 30 minutes of running/day.  I like having some kind of plan to go from, so I'm working on putting something together, which might include some tempo runs toward the end of the month.

Can you believe this snow?