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A heart full of good

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Thursday

breakfast

fruity cheerios

banana

lunch

gatorade

baked lays

double deli (turkey, ham, swiss cheese, and lettuce)

workout

3 Miles in 25:10 [8:23 per mile]

Easy recovery run

8:32
8:24
8:14

Thoughts during run:

I’m too tired to do another mile

My body hurts so bad from lifting.

I can’t swing my arms.

dinner

2 pieces sausage pizza

french fries

chocolate milk

plat outs (kind of like quesadillas)

orange (did not eat apple)

Friday

Slept in and then went to volunteer at 10am for a program one of my teachers helps out/started. It’s called Backpacks for Fridays. For short it’s called the BFF program.

Taken from site:

The BFF program is simple: food is delivered to participating schools,
volunteers fill backpacks with nutritious, non-perishable, easy-to-
open meals and snacks, which are discreetly distributed to children
to take home over the weekend, and children return the
backpacks on Monday for the process to be repeated throughout the
school year.

It was a great experience and I hope to do this every Friday. It didn’t take long at all to volunteer and we help so many children!

Lunch

spaghetti

breadstick

two turkey and cheese sandwiches (only ate the middles, not the outsides)

powerade

workout

Supposed to have done a hill workout. But we ended up playing Knock Out with the basketballs for 2 hours.

Dinner

Unpictured mexican food

Saturday

breakfast

Three Sisters Cereal: Marshmallow Oaties

workout

Did hill workout.

warmup: 10 minutes – 1.25 miles

hill workout: 2.9 miles in 24:12

2:51
2:00
= 4:51 loop
2:55
1:56
= 4:51 loop
2:57
1:53
= 4:50 loop
3:01
1:50
= 4:51 loop
2:57
1:47
= 4:44 loop

cooldown: 9:11 – 1.1 miles

total mileage: 5.27 miles

Thoughts during the run:

Gosh hills are so hard.

My quads hurt so bad.

Aw, look at the stray kitty. Poor thing.

I want to cry.

I can’t wait for Alex to get back.

This workout sucks.

Maybe if I stay to the left I’ll miss the bad mud patches.

dinner

few bites applesauce

orange

two pieces of philly cheesesteak pizza

two slices of cheese bread

chocolate milk

Sunday

brunch

roast beef with noodles

rice

unpictured bowl of cereal

workout

Long run. Supposed to be 7 miles, but ran over because I got distracted talking to my teammate Jessica on our run Smile I also want to congratulate her because she just ran a PR in the 5k on the track with a time of 18:12!!! Impressive!

7.54 Miles in 1:00:33 [8:01 per mile]

8:15
7:59
8:03
7:51
8:01
7:59
8:01
4:20 (.54 @ 8:03 pace)

Thoughts during the run:

So glad I’m getting this done early.

Jessica is really nice.

It’s cold.

Now it’s hot and I’m sweating.

This feels great and very comfortable.

I like talking to Jessica.

dinner

turkey tetrazzini

2 slices of pepperoni pizza

orange juice

a little bit of mediterranean pasta

3 oranges throughout the day

**I may not do a vlog anymore for the Three Sisters review, but it will be soon. I know it was supposed to be forever ago but I’ve been so busy/distracted with other things.

Bad day of eating

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** I ate awful this day, don’t judge. haha

***Also I will be doing a vlog review of Three Sisters Products AND have a giveaway coming up.

****Yes I know that I said this awhile ago, but I’m serious, it will be soon.

Yesterday:

breakfast

scrambled eggs
bacon
biscuit
orange juice
banana
unpictured lucky charms

lunch

two absolutely greasy but so amazingly tasty pieces of pizza. I ate one and a half.

running

5 mile run. Ran 4 with madalyn and the last mile on my own.

5.15 Miles in 42:57 [8:20 per mile]

8:25
8:39
8:26
8:25
7:46

dinner

wonderful pretzel with cheese
turkey and swiss

Did you say apartment?

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Sunday

I carried out the family tradition when we were all together – Waffle Sunday

brunch

I only ate half.

running

Long run. Ran 4 miles outside and 2 inside.

Thoughts about this run:

My legs hurt so bad.
It’s snowing!! And it looks so pretty!!
Let’s take a break, I need to stretch.
I feel like I’ve been hit by a bus.
Let’s run the rest on the track, the snow is getting in my eyes.

6 miles in 51ish minutes.

dinner

Monday

breakfast

lunch

Only one of these was consumed. Turkey and swiss on wheat. Smile

running

Easy run day. 4.4 miles in 36:48 @ 8:21 pace

8:26
8:14
8:27
8:24
3:16

thoughts about this run:

It’s gorgeous out. I think I overdressed.
yes, definitely overdressed.
Legs still feel tight and heavy
When is this going to end?

Did agility drills which I have semi-improved and core. I did a little extra afterwards and some hip strengthening stuff since my hips have been hurting.

apartment

We went to figure out what else we need to get together for the apartment as in applications and proof of scholarships/loans/whatever else. Also took some pictures. So let’s take a journey!

As you walk in this is what you see.

Take a look to the right and you see this

Take a look to the left you see this.

Walk into the kitchen

First bedroom: smaller bedroom

Across the hall is smaller bathroom

Bigger bedroom (this bed makes the room look smaller than it is, mainly because its at an angle)

Bathroom connected to room

Another closet in bathroom

It’s a very cute apartment, so hopefully things go well and we can get it for next year!!

dinner

You can tell there was nothing exciting to eat because I had another turkey and cheese sandwich.

Slight Recap

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I kind of fell off the blogging wagon. Mainly because I forgot my camera at a few meals and it took away from the daily post. But let’s recap what’s on the camera.
Some meals.
Breakfasts

Lunches

Dinners

Running
Thursday
4 Miles in 31:30 [7:52 per mile]
Indoor track because of snow. Sad smile It sucked.
Friday
Supposed to have hills but the roads were too slippery so we did a fartlek run instead.
1 mile warm up
22 minutes of 4 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy
.5 mile cool down
then we did a light lifting and light ab work.
total miles for the day: 4.5
Saturday
no run – off day
Activities of the weekend

So out of pure boredom:

we started throwing cards into a bowl from up on my bed.
then moved to the floor and added a small bowl.
then a mug to make it harder

Yes, those two in the mug are mine. Smile But that was my only good round.

At 11:00pm last night we really craved chocolate milk and were bored.
So we headed to Walmart.
Obstacles getting in the way:

Having to clean the snow off my car
Having to scrape the ice off my car
Frozen hands
Getting all the way to Brent’s dorm and realizing he left his keys in mine.

At about 11:45 we make it to Walmart.
In search of:

Fun games
puzzles
chocolate milk
composition book I need for chemistry

Then we went back and started the above puzzle at 12:30am and finished around 2:50am.
**We are currently working on puzzle 2/10

Someone should give me coordination

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Today’s classes included:

Organic and Biological Chemistry

Perks of the class:

The teacher’s name is Mohammad Ali
He is a Jayhawks fan
He has great jokes

Cons of the class:

It’s chemistry, what else is there?

Breakfast

Waffle Wednesday!!! Perfect pre-workout fuel.

Running

3x800m repeats on indoor track with 800m recovery jog in between.

1 mile warm up
Pre workout drills
Goal pace for 800m: 3:26
Splits went something like this: 3:19, 3:22, 3:21
1 mile cool down

total miles for the day: 4.5 miles

Thoughts during drills:

This is so embarrassing, my coordination sucks.
I cannot do these drills.
I will probably hurt myself from doing them wrong.

Thoughts during warm up:

This shouldn’t be too bad.
Ugh the air in the gym sucks.
Indoor tracks are awful.

Thoughts during workout:

This feels easy.
Should I go faster?
Should I go slower?

Thoughts after:

That was easy.
Should’ve ran faster.

Lunch

Tuna Sandwich on Wheat
Actually an apple, not a banana but my other photo is on my phone

Dinner

Pagliai’s Pizza. Unpictured. Sausage and Spinach on Whole Wheat Crust.

It’s That Time Again

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Chemistry Test. But also FINALS next week.

Thankfully I’ve already got one out of the way with.

I have:

Computer Final (really easy)
Selection and Prep of Foods Final (also easy)
Nutrition I Final (have to study for, no study guide until Friday but the final isn’t until Thursday)
Chemistry Final (also have a test on Friday and the final is Monday, but we are allowed to take it Wednesday)

So basically I’m focusing most of my time on Chemistry. I HAVE to get a B in the class, otherwise I get a 3.333 for semester. But if I do get a B I get a 3.7 for semester, crazy how big a gap that is right?

So wish me luck this week!!!!

In other news, here’s some of the food I have eaten this week

Reasons why I’ve taken pictures of my food this week:

I am participating in a study for a student at my school. She is looking at the bone density of vegetarians vs non vegetarians and I offered to be a non vegetarian. Plus I am really wanting to get the DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) done which costs $400 if you have done yourself. But mine will be free!

It helps understand composition of bone, fat and lean mass.

So I have to keep a 3 day dietary log, which I am used to by now, being a dietetics major.

*this isn’t all I’ve eaten, just some highlights. I don’t take pictures of my boring cereal throughout the days.

The last two pictures were fun. We had “Kindergarten” themed dinner. I got fish sticks and a sundae. Plus some fruit cocktail and a spinach salad. The line was super long for the chicken tenders and chef Boyardee type ravioli.

Well back to the books I go!

Week Full of Highlights

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Tuesday

I experimented with a new bracelet pattern. This one includes beads and I think it’s probably one of my favorites, but also the most time consuming. These will be $6 because of the beads.

Then I packed/gathered up my things to head home!!

I’m really loving my Nike Backpack we got for Track. It’s actually made for soccer, but it works so well for track as well because the ball holder is a great holder for shoes. If you need a gym bag, you definitely should check these out. They are actually on sale at Nike.com and they have a zipper side pocket on each of the sides as well as a long mesh pocket on the side for a big nathan bottle or any bottle in general. I fit over a weeks worth of running clothes into this bag if that tells you how big it is on the inside!

Then my other bag is my GoLite “Travelite Wheeled Carry On” bag I won from GoLite’s giveaway contest. It is probably the best traveling bag for me since I’m so small and let’s face it, not very strong. I also fit a weeks worth of clothes in this bag. It also can strap onto your back like a backpack which is nice if you are in a rush and don’t want to wheel it around.

For dinner we went to Old Spaghetti Factory which in my opinion has THE best tortellini ever. It’s Spinach tortellini with alfredo sauce. Definitely try it if you haven’t.

Wednesday

Nothing too major went on except Chili Mac for lunch!!!!

Thanksgiving!

We always go to my grandma’s house for thanksgiving. My dad cooked everything and it was all amazing. We had a lot more than what’s on my plate, but I’m not a big fan of Thanksgiving food besides the mashed potatoes, turkey and rolls. Yes, I am weird. But most of Thanksgiving food involves vegetables and I don’t like any of it. I’ve tried all the Thanksgiving food in the past and just don’t like it :/

After my grandparent’s, Alex and I went to his grandma’s house and just sat with the family. Alex’s car broke down and wouldn’t start at his grandma’s house.

Friday

Went to my local running store at 8am to check the sales for Black Friday. Found a cute shirt that says “She runs, She Walks, mile and miles, for a cure” For Susan G. Komen. I bought that for $9 and it’s a tech short sleeve, even better!

Then we found some great deals at JCpenneys. I got 3 pairs of running capris, and two amazingly soft jackets.

Lunch was pasta roni or Turkey Sandwiches. I wanted Pasta Roni since I eat Turkey Sandwiches at school all the time.

We got some pretty bad/scary news. Alex’s dad had gone to their farm the night before and so he was there with a friend fourwheeling. His dad was going really fast and hit a stump in the ground and flew off. He was taken to the hospital in town but then airlifted to the St. Louis hospital. He is incredibly lucky to be alive right now but is in a bit of pain. Thankfully he can feel his arms and legs. Unfortunately he is banged up pretty bad inside with a few broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a lot of inside bruising on his adrenal glands and kidney. If you could, keep him in your prayers for a full recovery. He deserves it.

Saturday

My last day at home, since I was going to Alex’s house that night.

My mom made Flautas which is one of my all time home favorites!

You chop up onions, cube ham, and put refried beans and cheese all into a bowl and microwave it to get a bit hot. Then you mix it all up and fill tortillas with the mixture then fry them. They are amazing!

I also wanted to make some Puppy Chow to take back to school, because come on, it’s so good!!

We decided to watch Eat Pray Love and I was not a fan. This movie just dragged on and on. I felt like she was in India for the majority of the movie. It was already 1 1/2 hours into it and she hadn’t even gotten to Bali yet. So I guess it was a bit slow if you want to say that. Won’t be buying this one.

As far as running goes, I ran 4 out of the 7 days. I was supposed to run 5 days but on Friday I was running all around town and spending time with my family that I just didn’t have time until it was getting dark out.

Monday: 2 miles in 14:30 @ 7:15/mile
Tuesday: no running
Wednesday: 2 mile in 16:15 @ 8:07/mile
Thursday: no running
Friday: no running
Saturday: 2 miles in 15:29 @ 7:44/mile
Sunday: 2 miles in 14:56 @ 7:28/mile

Keep reading throughout the week, I should have a giveaway this week or next!!

Giveaway Winner Announced Next Post!

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Honey Nut Cheerios with chocolate milk

Salisbury steak, tuna sandwich, corn and skim milk.

beefy 5 layer burrito and hard taco at Taco Bell

Sausage, bacon, orange juice and not so good oatmeal that wasn’t eaten.

I got a bowl of lucky charms instead.

Turkey and Swiss on Wheat

Chicken Florentine Soup.

The Stuffitts giveaway winner will be announced later today!!

Recap of the Weekend

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Philly Cheese Steak Pizza from Dominos. I had 3 pieces.

More like brunch

I hardly ate that soup, it was really salty. It was chicken and rice.

Lamb gyro!

All weekend was just spent lounging around. In case you missed anything, here are the weekend posts:

Oh Such a Relaxing Weekend – no concussion and labwork came back fine
You Wanted to Know Blog Series – a new series about things you wanted to know about me/other stuff
You Wanted to Know: Drills/Core – the drills/core I do during the season
What a Slow Day – new bracelets made, can buy premade

If you are interested in purchasing any bracelets, let me know. I’m going shopping for more thread today!

Don’t forget the stuffitts giveaway!! Ends tomorrow!

What a Slow Day

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Casey, my roommate let me have a can of her chicken noodle soup, since I was out of meals and nowhere was open until 4. And obviously I can’t drive since we aren’t sure why I passed out yet.