Hey guys

Yay for the almost-here weekend! Seems that the weeks fly by now that I am back in school..anyone else feel that way??

Before I get started on what I really want to talk about, I shall tell you about my day!

I started this morning with a re-make of the oatmeal I had at Kath’s house on Saturday:

In this bowl:

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup vanilla soymilk
• chai seeds
• banana
• Tbsp pb, tsp raspberry jam
• 1/2 oat&honey bar crumbled on top

Yummo!

….with coffee of course

This breakfast was soooo good, but I was almost sweating by the time I finished it up! The hot oats with the hot coffee had me craving a big ol’ glass of ice water.

After kissing the boyfriend goodbye, I was on my way to school. The director of our program came into the classroom today to talk to us about Food Management and Food Budgeting…interesting stuff I tell ya

Around 11 o’clock we took a break and I broke into the munchies that I had shoved in my purse on the way out the door:

Blueberry Crisp Cliff bar and some grapes.

And then, can you guess what we made in class today?? Here: I will give you a few hints

It’s red…

You eat it…

If you guessed ketchup muffins then you are wrong Haha.

We made red velvet cupcakes!! And I got to shove my face with icing put the icing on top of them!

I like to pretend I am Rachel Ray.

Actually, I sort of volunteered. The person that is in charge of icing them obviously gets to scrape the remaining icing out of the container…and then eat it So you see, I figured I was the perfect girl for the job.

Holy moly. I could’ve lived off of the cream cheese topping….mmmmmmmm…….*drool*

The class was allowed to leave only after finishing our cupcakes. I had to eat all of it…you know, just so I could get out of there..

My next destination was the gym. I guess this is a good time to bring up what I want to talk about!

I realize that this is a “food, fitness/running” blog, but I often forget to share my workouts with you guys It’s not that I don’t want to, I just forget! The other day I was talking to Jason about the blog and he says: “You need to run more.” The name of my blog is “I’d Rather Be Running”. Because it’s true. I would rather be running, no matter what I am doing, I would always rather be running. I don’t want to seem like a running “poser”, if that’s even possible!

I run when I can. Just because I am not running 20 miles a week doesn’t mean that I don’t love to run. I admit that this winter has kind of hindered me and my running, but I have just gathered all of my upcoming spring race info and put it on the right side of the page You guys should also know that I go to the gym 4 times a week. I will try my best to keep you updated of my workouts, runs and other fun stuff

Here are my workouts so far this week:

• Monday: 1 hour yoga session with Jason
• Tuesday: strength training: 60 left/right leg ab workouts, 3×15 deadlifts (8lbs), 3×20 shoulder press (8lbs), 3×20 punches (8lbs)..by the way, I usually skip cardio on tuesdays..and these exercises were done during Biggest Loser commercials
• Wednesday: see below!
• Thursday: 100 crunches w/balance ball, 3×15 incline pushups, 45 minutes of speed walking (at park with dog)
• Friday: gym with Jason? or off?
• Saturday: whatever I don’t choose Friday
• Sunday: bicycle crunches and a Valentines Day 5 mile run with my honey <3

With that being said, I headed into the gym to conquer a run on the dreadmill. First, I warmed up with 100 crunches, 3×15 chest press (45 lbs.), 3×8 bicep curls (25 lbs.), 3×20 bench dips. Then it was time to run! I’ve succeeded in avoiding the treadmill all winter, but today I gave in. It was a biting chilly wind outside I managed to complete 3.5 miles!

Here are my stats:

1st mile: 10:09

2nd mile: 9:40

3rd mile: 9:24

I was pretty happy with the end result. It actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. House Hunters was on the tele in front of me

Once home, I walked Trixie and came back to snack on some Kashi cereal while I worked on a few reports for dietetics class:

Jason and I sat and chatted for a while after he got home from work. Beer was opened:

..and drank

We decided that tonight would be a good night for an orzo dinner! This Giada orzo was on sale at Target for $2 I love Target, I was pretty excited to come up with a dinner to make with it!

The final decision: Orzo Pasta with Spinach, Chickpeas and Dill

Ingredients:

(Makes 8, 1 cup servings)

• 2 cups orzo, uncooked
• 2 cups frozen spinach
• 1 pint grape tomatoes, havled
• 1/4 cup goat cheese, crumbled
• 1 can chickpeas, drained
• 1 Tbsp. dry dill
• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• pepper to taste

Cook orzo and spinach in a pot, bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add chickpeas, dill, grape tomatoes and goat cheese. In a seperate small bowl, whisk together olive oil, salt, lemon juice and garlic. Add oil mixture to orzo, stirring until pasta is completely coated. Serve in a bowl and enjoy!

I had mine with a bit of homeade garlic toast

‘Twas delicious…I loved the hint of lemon in the pasta. It had a nice zing to it Of course, there were unpictured seconds.

Now my tummy is fully satisfied and I am ready to go night-night. A good book, a fluffy blanket and snuggly cat are calling my name! See ya later taters

Do you have a weekly workout regimen? Or do you mix it up?

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