Good Morning! Normally I’d be all blah since it is Monday but this week is a going to be a good one! I get to take off an entire day this Wednesday to go on a retreat with my boss! I think we are getting manicures and maybe some spa treatments. We are deciding at lunch today. Friday I get off at 1:00 too so it will be a nice short week! Saturday and Sunday I am going to a 2-day music festival on Randall’s Island (Electric Zoo) so I am extremely excited.
The rest of my weekend was pretty good. I will start from where I left off on Saturday! Around 6 I heated up more Chinese food leftovers.
Steamed chicken with mixed veggies, brown rice, and salad with ginger dressing. I had a Coors Light with lemon too 
Dessert was grapes, a Cranbran Vitatop (so good), and a piece of a frozen Hershey’s bar. I needed my chocolate!
After dinner I took the subway to Central Park. Paul Van Dyke, one of my favorite house DJ’s was putting on an outdoor concert. I skipped paying the $45.00 to get in and just listened from outside. He was really good!
I got back around 11 and was hungry again! I made an open faced turkey and cheese sandwich on Dave’s Killer bread. I had some pita chips and hummus on the side.
I also had a delicious nectarine.
You know you like my cutting skills!
Sunday
I woke up around 10 starving again! I got out some ingredients to make a nice omelet.
I made a mushroom and goat cheese omelet!
I had a slice of Dave’s Killer bread with Crofter’s Organic Superfruit spread. I also had some POMx so I could wake up a little for a workout!
I waited 2 hours for my food to digest and decided to attempt an outdoor run. I have a 5K in 2 weeks so I needed some practice! I also just got the Nike+iPod so I wanted to calibrate it and see how far I ran during my previous 35 minute run. I did some research on MapMyRun.com and found that 1 time around the path at Flushing-Corona park is 2.18 miles. Last time I ran around it 1 1/2 times so I most likely did over 3 miles.
This is what the park looks like! Very pretty scenery!
I ran around the path once so that I could calibrate the Nike+iPod. It told me I ran 2.7 miles but it was more like 2.2. I knew it was not completely accurate because I had to do a lot of zig- zagging since the lake tends to overflow on the path. It was very muddy!
I waited a few minutes and decided to run around the path again! I wanted to see how accurate it was. The 2nd time around was a lot harder than the first. I wanted to stop but was so determined to calibrate the Nike+iPod so I kept going. I got this pain at the very top of my left leg too. The pain is still there so I need to figure out how to stretch it.
I finally reached the end and it said I ran 2 miles so I changed it to 2.18 to make it more accurate.
Stats
Run: 2.18 Miles
Duration: 23 minutes and 23 seconds
Pace: 10’43″
Calories:190
My heart rate monitor said I burned 250 I think so I believe that more. I thought I ran much slower so I was very happy with my stats! Now I am just very worried about the hills for the 5K since this track is completely flat. I will do my best though!
I walked around the track one more time to cool down. The sun was out so I wanted to get some color too! I ended up doing 6.6 miles total for the day.
Total Stats:
Calories Burned: 725
Maximum Heart Rate: 191
Average Heart Rate: 157
It’s funny, when I don’t run for a week or two I really dread going again. Today I woke up and really wanted to go for a run! Unfortunately I would have to wake up at 5 am if I wanted to run on that track before work since it is a 20 minute walk just to get there. I don’t feel comfortable running around my neighborhood (I get lost and there are weird men) so I will just stick with it on weekends!
I made a protein drink after my long workout.
I was craving watermelon too so I picked up a nice big tub on my way home and topped it over Chobani.
I sat around and read for a while and got hungry for some dinner! I made a turkey and cheese panini.
So much better when it is grilled! I had salad and tortilla chips on the side. Oh and hummus of course.
My roommate came home so we watched I Love You Man. It was a cute movie.
We snacked on some Cape Cod popcorn (x2).
Along with some Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream! (x2).
Both bowls of my ice cream were huge. I always feel so snacky on Sunday nights. I guess because I am bored and only think about food! I had cookies too but am saving those for a product review this week! Oh well!
Ow, ever since I hit my head on the freezer, I’ve been having bad headaches! Could this be a concussion? I’ve never had one before. Who knows??
I have no work to do as usual so I guess I am off to go read blogs!
Today is the last day to enter my Dave’s Killer Bread Giveaway! I will be choosing a winner tomorrow and a new amazing giveaway will begin!!
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i'm always super snacky on sundays, too!
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MMmm. that omelette looks delish! Definitely get your head checked out.. if you wait too long it could get worse and take months to heal. That happened to me a few years ago and it was not fun. Good luck!
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looks liked you had a fun weekend!! Great job on the run!!
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mani's and spa treatments?! you're boss is officially the coolest person ever!
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grilling wraps makes them SO much better! I am obsessed with them these days!
Hope your headache gets better- any way that you can get it checked out?
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wow you had an awesome workout day
congrats on that run!
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I know what you mean about the weird men–I have a lot of them here where I live. There is no way I can run outside around here without attracting a LOT of unwanted attention…
Get your head checked out! There could be something wrong, and it's best to be safe. I hope everythings okay!
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You must be pretty close to your boss! haha. Have a good girl time!
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Yikes, that is scary, girl!! Have you googled concussions? I would def. get it checked out if the headaches don't go away. Be careful!!
I am SO snacky on Sundays, too! Think it has something to do with the fact that I hate my job.
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