At first I blamed it on the weather. Then I thought my body might be rebelling and telling me five hours of sleep just wasn’t enough. But last night I went to bed early (I was so tired I didn’t even realize I hadn’t taken my contacts out!) and woke up to a beautiful day. I wonder what’s going on? I think it might be that since I decided to take it easy exercise-wise, my body has moved into Pamper Mode! Who knew I had an inner diva?
I had high hopes of going to the gym this morning (just like yesterday), but alas, a 10-minute snooze turned into an hour-and-a-half long nap, and by the time I got up, I barely had time to shower and get dressed. I dried the top layer of hair and threw it up in a bun, and I was good to go.
Breakfast was eaten at my desk:
- 1/2 cup oats cooked in 1/2 cup water
- 1 banana
- 1 mini Apple Pie Larabar
- 1/2 packet Justin’s peanut butter
It was nice out so a few of my co-workers and I ate outside for lunch. It wasn’t quite warm enough in the shade and we were a bit chilly, but it was a nice taste of what to come!
In my lunch bag, with snacks to eat throughout the day:
- apple
- orange
- Pomegranate Chobani
- honey wheat pretzels
- Cocoa-Coconut Chili topped with avocado, Laughing Cow light, and lime
Work was busy. Luckily, I finished a huge project I was working on at exactly 4:55, and left the office around 5:15 or so. When I got home I “changed” into my workout clothes (i.e. kept my leggings on and changed my top), stretched and foam rolled for a few minutes, and set off for a short run outside.
I grabbed a Medjool date with almond butter on the way out the door:
My Garmin was “locating satellites” for the duration of the run so I don’t know how far or how fast I went, but I ran pretty quickly (probably between an 8-9 minute mile throughout) for about 2 miles or so. I felt a little tenderness in my knee during part of the run, but it hasn’t been sore since. Fingers crossed this foam rolling is doing the trick!
I had planned on making a new dish for dinner tonight, but when I looked through my schedule I realized I’m going to be out three nights this week and there just wont be time to get through the leftovers. So I settled on a quick and easy dinner: steamed broccoli and reheated fettuccine with calamari with dulse and nutritional yeast.
Followed shortly by a dessert plate with prunes, figs, a Medjool date, 85% dark chocolate and chocolate hazelnut butter. This was a little bigger than usual; I didn’t realize two figs were stuck together and there were only two squares of chocolate left in the box so I wanted to use it up.
Once I finish Deliverance, I’m going to do a 20 minute Lunar Flow Yoga Download (to clear my mind from the movie) before bed. I did the same last night; I really like winding down with this practice, and want to get back in the habit again.
How do you wind down for bed?
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