25 Minute Workout & 15 Minute Blueberry Protein Cookies

So Wednesday night I was in a bit of a time constraint and didn't have time to make it to the gym in. (HATE "I didn't have time". Make time ). I guess I could have rushed it but I also really didn't wanna workout on the clock and not give it my all. I had initially planned on doing a leg workout in the evening but a lot of the exercises required machines. Instead, I opted for a core and conditioning workout.

I started reading through the workout and it seemed pretty simple. Pretty short, too. Well holy smokes! I was able to do theentire workout in dads shed and I sweat like somethin' sick! Wanna know the best thing about this workout? It only took 25-minutes. TWENTY-FIVE-MINUTES!? That's awesome! And that included breaks in between sets. And I sweat .. and sweat some more .. and got a crazy build-up of appetite .. and sweat some more.

So, you don't have a gym membership? You have a belly you wanna tighten? You're the type of person who likes to get your heart racing and your sexy-plexy-manly-soaked-through-the-shirt sweat on? Well here is a deadly workout for you (ps. I know I'm gonna feel some soreness tomorrow).

25 Minute Workout

1. Russian Twist (15-15-15-15)

 

2. Toe Touches (15-15-15-15)



3. Squat Jumps (15-15-15-15)

 
4. Bench Dips (15-15-15-15) - I used a couch in the shed for this ;)

5. Bicycle Crunches (15-15-15-15)

 

 6. Jumping Jacks (15-15-15-15)

 

 

 

7. Plank (30s-30s-30s-30s)

 

As you can tell, the workout was done in sets of 15, 4 times. I did 15 of the 1st exercise, 15 of the 2nd exercise, 15 of the 3rd and then repeated. I then did the same for the 4th exercise, 5th exercise and 6th. The plank was done on its own. This switched it up and gave me a break from doing all of the same exercise at once.

 

In Summary (in case the above is hard to understand)

 

Set 1 - 15 Russian twists, 15 toe touches 15 squat jumps

break

Set 2 - 15 Russian twists, 15 toe touches 15 squat jumps

break

Set 3 - 15 Russian twists, 15 toe touches 15 squat jumps

break

Set 4 - 15 Russian twists, 15 toe touches 15 squat jumps

break

 

Set 1 - 15 bench dips, 15 bicycle crunches, 15 jumping jacks

break

Set 2 - 15 bench dips, 15 bicycle crunches, 15 jumping jacks

break

Set 3 - 15 bench dips, 15 bicycle crunches, 15 jumping jacks

break

Set 4 - 15 bench dips, 15 bicycle crunches, 15 jumping jacks

break

 

Set 1 - 30 seconds of plank

break

Set 2 - 30 seconds of plank

break

Set 3 - 30 seconds of plan

break

Set 4 - 30 seconds of plan

break

No real equipment necessary, sweaty miss Betty, <25-minutes

 

 

This workout is great for me because I'm going out of town for the weekend but my Sunday workout calls for the Core & Conditioning workout. So what shall I do?? Hmm ... pack my yoga mat, bring an 8-lb weight (you don't even need to use the weight while performing the Russian Twist. You can simply clench your hands together) and with the use of a picnic table at the camp site, I shall do a lovely morning belly-reducing-tighten-those-damn-abs exercise! Voila :)

 

 

So get up off your couch, stop being lazy, stop making excuses and EXERCISE!

 

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15 Minute Blueberry Protein Cookies

 

 

So I suppose you're starved-ta-det now? Ahh hello, of course you are! You just had a 25-minute heart-racing workout. I generally drink a Nutriwhey vanilla flavoured shake post-workout but I have been experimenting lately beause I wanted some quick grabs for hiking this weekend. I emailed Kayla and Jon to confirm what was/was not acceptable. Kayla forwarded along this little recipe for me (Thanks, Kayla) :)

 

Ingredients
2 scoops of vanilla Nutriwhey
4 egg whites (approx. 1/2-cup)
1 cup of fresh blueberries
1/2 cup of whole wheat oatmeal
1 tsp of vanilla extract

 



Directions
In a medium mixing bowl, mix all dry ingredients then add in
egg whites + blueberries

 



After mixing is complete, using a scoop or spoon, place
cookies on parchment paper and place in oven for 10-15 minutes
(350-degrees)

 




Remove cookies from oven and EATTT!
(or serve .. or container .. or pack for camping?)
Holy yum!

There you have it friends! A workout that will make you feel great, followed by a treat that will leave you feeling satisfied.

Also, I often refer to 'Kayla' in my posts. Kayla Nugent is a girl I'm working with in prep for the NLABBA. She's a hair stylist, make-up artist and trainer who just started her own business in fitness. She's there around the clock giving me inspiration and motivational support (I also pester her for recipes). She too, will be competing in the NLABBA this year (She's competed in past years and has placed). Hellooo!

For more information on her, check out the Facebook page

Advice for today & EVERYday .. Challenge yourself!

 

 

And I'm hoping my stomach will look this sooner than later



No Bake Protein Bars

Do you like eat more bars? or eat more squares that your mom makes at Christmas? Well I swear to god that these taste like 80% similar to those (wow .. weird sentence). They're actually delicious though. I can't actually eat too many of them cause they don't fit into my diet but I was in a real baking mood last weekend and wanted to make something high-energy and packed in protein since I had all the ingredients. I found this recipe online from Candace Critch (Protein Princess) and did a little tweaking of my own.

 Ingredients

• 3 cups of rolled oats
• 4 scoops of vanilla whey protein powder
• 1/4 cup of all natural cocoa 
• 1/4 cup of sliced almonds
• 1T of hemp hearts
• 1T of ground flax 
• 1T of chia seeds
• 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup of all natural peanut butter 
• 1 cup of water 

Directions

1. In a large bowl, add all dry ingredients and mix.

2. Add peanut butter to dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.

3. 1/4 cup by 1/4 cup, add water and mix around until mixture is sticky.

Note: I added the peanut butter before I had mixed the dry ingredients and it made the mixing process a lot more difficult

4. Place saran wrap or aluminium foil in a cooking pan and spread mixture out.

5. Place in fridge for 1-2 hours to set. Remove from fridge and cut into protein squares.

Sticky-icky

Spread throughout pan using a large spoon. Flatten.

Voila! :)

Verdict of squares
Well I LOVED them, Heather LOVED them, and David ate them. He didn't say he loved them .. but he definitely did ;)

I'll definitely be whipping up a batch to snack on for my weekend adventures!

Pending on the brand of ingredients, the Nutritional Value(s) are approximate:

Serving Size: 1 square (based on an 8 square dish. I cut mine into 13 to lower the calorie/square)

Calories: 185

Fat: 10

Carbs: 10

Sugar: 1 

Protein: 18g

When I am finished with my training, I will definitely be whipping up a match of these squares and eating the whole dish (along with a BAG of trail mix) :) ummm umm! 

Enjoy, friends! 

Tuesday Thoughts

A have a post I'd like to share

of random facts but you don't care

 

but that's ok, I'll make it quick

just read the screen and start to click

 

I know I'm cool just read this post.

the thoughts are shit but I like it most  

 

If you get bored then go away

but I'll still write .. HAPPY TUESDAY!

 

(wow .. I get a little giddy when I'm tired)

 

 

70 Thoughts for Tuesday

1. I have a girl crush on Ellie Goulding
2. I'm now drinking 6-L of water a day and do not plan on decreasing
3. There is no sexier feeling than freshly shaved leg .. hellooo
4. I'm down 3-lbs in less than a week
5. I am starting to hate egg whites
6. I kinda wanna start looking at houses again
7. I love the guy at Irving who always tells me how I look good in my gym clothes
8. I'm 12-weeks out from the NLABBA
9. I wish my job was more interesting
10. I'm debating signing up for Mud Immortal next month. Thoughts?
11. I wanna try baking dog treats and I actually think I'd be tempted to try them .. gross?
12. I'm obsessed with my new hiking sneakers (2 pairs, baby!) 
13. Don't ever mix egg whites and oatmeal. Sick!
14. Always mix almond butter and oatmeal!
15. guys < trail mix
16. I love Miley Cyrus' hair bobbed off
17. I wanna fu*k off buying new clothes so I can adopt the whole "what's the point .. it won't fit me in a few months anyway ;) " attitude
18. I could sit at Starbucks and blog for hours
19. I'm down to drinking 1 energy drink a day (woop woop!!)
20. I miss my jogging/running routine
21. Using my Mac to type makes me feel like Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City (especially if I'm typing with a cigarette in hand .. though I haven't done that yet)
22. September is looking to be a fun and eventful month :)
23. The Cataracs have the best running music EVER!
24. I have such an urge to shave a part of my head lately
25. I feel like a walking smoke stack these past few weeks
26. Sometimes when I'm tired and look for excuses to skip the gym, I replay "30-60 minutes of being uncomfortable is better than being uncomfortable your entire life" in my head (saw that on Pinterest a few weeks a go)
27. I'm in love with Gagas new song, Applause. It actually gives me energy
28. My number 1 played song on my phone this week is 'Lorde' by Royals (obsessed)
29. I'm struggling with 5 days of cardio along with 5 of weight training
30. I've been fiending going to a movie alone lately
31. I'm obsessed with the sky at night lately
32. I'm attending a lunch-and-learn health seminar hosted by Definitions Fitness today (funn)!
33. I was so annoyed by people last week that I thought about jumping on the Argentia fairy
34. I wish I owned a kayak
35. I've been slacking at crossing items off of my list(s) this past few weeks
36. 2 slices of whole wheat bread will spike your insulin levels higher than a mars bar
37. I'm still not finished reading Wheat Belly (mainly due to time constraint ..  I am still O so very interested in the book)
38. I want a new piercing so bad
39. My favourite number is 11
40. My skin feels so awesome lately since I stopped wearing face make-up (yes to mascara though)
41. I feel like I'm constantly dancing when there's no one around ... like 'breakin' out beats bitches' kinda style 
42. I can't wait to sleep in a tent this weekend
43. Sometimes it makes me sad that I gave up Greek Yogurt
44. I love when I get drunk and take pictures and think they're 'pretty' and wake up without my drunk goggles and realize I was cross-eyed in the picture haha makes my day
45. I would love to own an all natural, organic(y) coffee shop
46. I'm actually excited for New Years so I can make a big ol' Resolution list
47. I booked a trip to Halifax for the end of October (Hi, Tif  & Stephen)
48. Drinking is now CUT from now until the show in November
49. I could eat 1500-calories of almond butter in one sitting
50. I still haven't attempting making sushi
51. I'm starting to notice changes in my body
52. I'd drink energy drinks for breakfast if they were healthy for you
53. I finished filling out my paperwork for my Professional Engineering Technologist Certification
54. I'm dreading my November spray tan
55. It's the beginning of the week and I am ready bodily exhausted
56. Karla and I have a little get-a-way planned for the last week of September (blogging, coffee, hiking?) in Fogo - woop woooooop!
57. I've never taken so many selfies in my LIFE than when I started this blog
58. I haven't been to yoga in a month ...
59. Sometimes I miss living in Pouch Cove
60. I love when people message me on Facebook about this blog
61. I can't decide between royal blue and red for my stage swim suit? Suggestions?
62. I've always been secretly jealous of those tree-hugging, granola, organic, no-make-up-wearing gals that look like hippies
63. I spent $25.00 on chicken 8 chicken breast that will do me 2-3 days this week
64. I did a chest and back workout last night, 20-minutes on the elliptical and then a 23-minute hill sprint run in Pouch Cove
65. I'm going to look like such a tool when I have to start posing for the show hahah laughing at just the thought of it
66. When I finish training, I'm making a 16-fruit, fruit salad
67. I'm going to a secret beach very soon
68. I eat A LOT of food
69. I love buying new gym clothes as it always perks me up to workout
70. 3 days until Gros Mourne ! Woop woooooooo0o0p =)

Happy Tuesday, Friends =)

 

 

Stay tuned for a recipe for making 'No Bake Protein Bars' later today.
They actually taste like eat more bars! Yum!

Have a poem to share? A random thought or things running through your head?

The Glory Dash

So Saturday was the 1st ever Glory Dash! I competed with 11 other co-workers (4 girls are 8 guys) and it was actually amazing! Such a time and such a rush!

What is the Glory Dash?

The Glory Dash is a 7-km obstacle racing event that is set to challenge you physically and mentally with obstacles placed at different locations.

The Facebook page for the dash quotes "You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and will be having a blast along the way". Boy, was that true!

It cost $85.00 to register and it included the following:

• A free one-month membership to MAX
• Max Glory Surge classes
• Access to weekly Glory Challenges
• A Glory Dash t-shirt
• A custom one of a kind Glory Dash participant medal
• Access to the exclusive after party event

The Course

The course didn't take long to do as you were constantly on the move. The only thing that was kind of a downfall was waiting for others to finish an obstacle so you could take your turn. All the same, it was a nice little break where you could catch your breath and drip off a little (we were soaking from 1. the weather and 2. crawling through water and mud)

The weather was cloudy/misty and even though we were all a little chilled while at the starting line, I'd pick this over a hot 30-degree day cause you would probably roast. The race started with running up a hill of the beaten muddy race track so everyone worked up a sweat within the first 10 minutes!

My Conclusions Post-Glory Dash

• tire agility was the easiest. If you can't do this, you're in rough shape
• monkey bars are HARD! The span between each bar was FAR and I physically couldn't reach This ended in a 20 burpee penalty .. oops 
• burpees beat the livin shit outta ya!! HOLY SMOKES! 
• running the mudhill will make your legs jello
• the wire crawl was fun! :) We crawled through water that was almost up to your face. I pitied the  competitors who didn't have pants on. You'd pretty much take the skin off your legs with the rocks that were non-visible in the water
• the fire jump was a no-go due to the weather. They substituted a longgg muddle jump
• the cargo net climb was awesome but very shaky. More than one person climbed at a time so there was constant rope tension
• the lateral wall climb was challenging but luckily, I'm tall and could shimmy shimmy holding the top of the wall (holy splinters - wear gloves, friends)
• multiple wall climb - HARD! If you weren't tall, this was a challenge as you had to hoist yourself up and jump over three plywood walls
• the balance beam was harder than it looked. I kept telling myself 'yoga = balance, yoga = balance) High fiveeee!
• the horizontal wall climb was a thick rope across a body of water. I wrapped my legs and pulled across with my arms. This was pretty tough and it took a lot of upper body strength. Upper body strength is definitely something I lack though
• the log carry .. O the log carry .. So before I started, I was watching the other time slot of competitors do the log carry and said "why are they walking? pff .. I'd totally be running .. pff" Ahhhh nooo byyy! That shit was tough! You had to carry a log over your head and run around the orange stick markers, up a hill, down a hill and then up a highly inclined hill. Definitely a challenge
• the vertical rope climb .. if you haven't practised before attempting a vertical rope climb .. PRACTISE! Like, a lot!
• the water carry was lifting another log over your head and running through the edge of the pond. Holy rocks, holy slippery, holy sore arms!
• The most challenging part of the race was the last few km. You had to run to the water carry station and the dirt road seemed never ending. Holy f*ck! I handy died! I was actually panting and thought I might die. The racers coming back in the other direction were all chanting and slapping hands and giving praise and encouragement so this definitely helped. The run was all on an incline and with soaking wet clothes, my body felt like it was 1938742-lbs!

Heather & Liz finishing up

and again :)

Heather & I, high on life

Ha, if you work in Long Harbour, you can appreciate this.
I was #223 and that's my building, bitches!

Papa-bear & Heather 

Bromance

Sarhan & Sylvain

So what's next? O, I don't know ... The colour run? The Rainbow Run? Run for the Cure? The Ovarian Walk? Maybe ... Mud Immortal?? (maybe baby) Who knows. All I can say is that Saturday was a summer highlight! I'm so happy that I registered and so glad I had an amazing team to share the course with. 

Challenge yourself! It's worth the 'top of the world' feeling you'll get when you accomplish something major ! :) You couldn't bring me down if you tried on Saturday! Love life!

If this is something you'd like to try but haven't registered for, make note that there will be one held in Clarenville on September 14th. It's at the White Hills Ski Resort. F-f-f-funnnn!

Spinach & Garlic Turkey Burgers

So if you've been following my blog this past few weeks, you know that I'm pretty restricted with my diet with the training lately. I eat the same foods daily based on a 'Training Day' and 'Non-Training Day' schedule. I'd like to say that sticking with this type of diet isn't challenging, but I'm only on Week #3 (Day-18 to be precise) so it's too soon for me to make that call.

With that being said, I've been trying to take my allowances and alter the foods into different recipes. For my 2nd lunch of a training day, I'm eating 2/3  cup of extra lean ground beef, turkey or chicken, 1/3 cup of quinoa and a handful of spinach. I recently posted a condiment list which can be used while following the diet also. Last night I picked a few seasonings and tested out the following recipe.

Spinach & Garlic Turkey Burgers

Ingredient

• 1-lb of Extra Lean Ground Turkey
• 1/8 cup of Egg Whites
• Handful of Spinach
• Montreal Chicken Spice
• 1-Tbsp Garlic BBQ Sauce

Directions
(Prep Time: 4-5-minutes, Cook Time: 30-15-minutes)

1. Pre-heat oven to 350-C
2. In a medium size bowl, mash up ground turkey
3. Add 1/8-cup of Egg Whites
4. Tear a handful of spinach into small leaves
5. Add 1-Tbsp of Garlic BBQ Sauce
6. Season mixture with Montreal Chicken Spice
7. Using a 1/3-cup measuring cup, measure the mixture and roll into a ball(s)
8. Bake in oven for 15-minutes and then flip. Bake for another 15-minutes
9. Serve Hot

All containered and ready for my lunches! These burgers actually turned out great! They made 9 1/3-cup servings and were packed in flavour. My dad is pretty close-minded when it comes to my cooking/baking so I was a little hesitant to get his opinion. He had the first tasting and said they were really good!  Seeing how I am granted 2/3-cup for lunch, I'm able to eat two with my quinoa! Holy yummm! =)

 

Extra Lean Ground Turkey Nutrition Label

 

The turkey was bought at Costco. It comes in a bulk pack of four (4) but I only used one (1) when trying the recipe seeing how I had no idea how they would turn out.

 

It you're a religious calorie-counter, take note that the 'per serving' for the below is based on 100g or 1/2-cup of ground turkey.

I'll be eating these for my lunch for the next few days! I am actually excited to sit down and eat ... then again, I'm always excited to eat =)

Enjoy, friends!



Do you have any good recipes to share?

Feel free to send questions, comments or perhaps your own recipes to minusthirtythree@gmail.com. I'd be glad to blog about it (and give YOU the credit, of course) =)

NLABBA Training Week #2

Guess what? Week numero deux is donezooo and I feel g-r-e-a-t! I had a few late nights last week so instead of working out Monday/Tuesday then Thursday/Friday (rest days in between), I spread my four strength training workouts to Monday/Wednesday and Friday/Saturday. Bad, I know. I feel like they made the schedule the way they did for a reason. And I probably shouldn't be manipulating it to suit my hyper evening fu*ked up sleeping patterns. I'm truly gonna try and work on that next week.

Do I feel different?

Yes.

I Still have a belly but I think it's slowly improving. Probably not the greatest picture and yes, my leggings are far too high.

I can see a change in my stomach in the above. I have SO much work to do. 13-weeks of work to do actually. BUT, I think if I continue on the road that I'm on, then the definition will become very noticeable. I myself, can see a small change in my stomach definition in this picture.

Do you see that muscle starting to form? Do you? Do you? Ya .. me neither .. BUT maybe it's the angle? It might not look large but it's definitely tighter and I am undergoing quite a strength improvement. High-five!

I have a friend who I continuously send pictures to when I'm having a 'good' workout day. I say "HEY! I benched 70-lbs, I rock!". He says "HEY! I benched 330-lbs. I suck!" Ya.. ok..

Anyway, he said he can see my shoulders starting to pop! Did you hear that!? A 'shoooulder pop'. Sounds cool. 

I know, I know.. These pictures probably mean nothing to you and again, I didn't get the glory of waking up after week #2 and become model skinny.. but .. I can slowly see my body improving.

I continue to have mixed emotions on all of this and one minute I'm very "Omg, I got this" and the next I'm "O fu*k, I ain't got this". But I'm keeping a library of progress pictures and will continue to compare from week to week.

Courtney and I met with Jon on Tuesday evening and he told us that he could really notice a difference in our shoulders since the last time we had met with him (It had been 10 days) so we're taking that as a good sign. :)

Week #2 Workouts 

Monday - Arms and a 10-pm Pouch Cove run. I didn't clock my run because I actually was running all over the place! I was high on life and at one point started sprinting the hill by the post office., running up and down and up and down. I was a little giddy cause A. I had met Sam and Allan at Starbucks and polished off two vent black coffees at 8:45 in the night and B. I was pumped to watch the meteor shower.

Tuesday - Courtney and I met with Jon and went over some exercises. We had to work on our form and make sure we understood the training lingo (easier said than done). We had youtubed everything but ended up finding out that there were a few exercises we were performing incorrectly.

I had been up after 1-am the night before so I ended up leaving Global and heading to bed.

Wednesday - Legs at the gym with Megan Martin, my friend from work :)

Thursday - I stayed up past 3-am Wednesday night and actually died on Thursday! I drove home from work, lay down and woke up at 2-am with my bed covered in dry mud (that was caked onto my jeans). Ya .. no workout

Friday - Chest and Shoulders at the gym with Miss Megan again!

Saturday - Back and Traps, a small side core workout and then finished with taking Lillian Margaret on a 4-km walk to the top of the pinch and back.

Did you know that I'm a re-born dog person?

Sunday - Signal Hill in 30:57, some rock climbing, an East Coast Trail hike (2 Sundays in a row - score!)

WAY too many tourists out for a Sunday! And I HATE when
you jog and they won't get out of your way! This time will
see improvement sooner than later.



Isn't this magnificent? <3



Prepping for next Saturday 



Young fella there passing through Narnia

Opinions

So I've gotten mixed feedback on thoughts of my enrolment in the NLABBA. I love when people have something positive to say but hate when I get the "jesus, girl! Eatin' rabbit food I spose, are ya"? Like really, guys .. it's not easy eating the same thing at approximately the same time each day but you can manipulate your meals a little and make little recipes to switch it up.

No, I can't eat bread but yes, I can eat quinoa. No, I don't eat fruit salad all day long but yes, I do get to eat bananas, apples and mixed berries. No, I can't drink pepsi and frappuchinos and tall glasses of milk but yes, I can drink teas, coffee, diet pop, sugar-free energy drinks etc. My liquid diet has always consisted of water, black coffee and Budlight anyway, so I don't find this too big of a challenge. And get this, a few days a go I was informed that I'm not completely restricted from condiments. I'm generally not one for 'sauces' anyway, but the following can be consumed on my new diet (for phase 1):

• artificial sweeteners
• BBQ sauce (minus Teriyaki)
• Low-sodium broth
• Chilli sauce
• Crystal Light
• Diet drinks, pop, kook-aid
• Sugar-free gum
• Hot sauce
• Sugar-free jell-o
• Ketchup
• Fat-free mayonnaise 
• Mio
• Mrs Dash
• Mustard
• Calorie-wise or fat free salad dressings 
• Salsa
• Sea salts
• Steak sauce
• Vinegar 

Like really, what more do you want? I avoided salad dressings even before I started on this new regime. I think it's a pretty good deal here. I'm allowed to cook with extra-virgin olive oil and coconut oil. For breakfast I eat an egg, egg whites, 1/2 a banana and mixed berries. After Tuesday, I was getting sick of this breakfast. So what did I do? I made a banana paleo pancake. It has all of the same ingredients but they're mixed raw and cooked like a pancake using coconut oil. Holy YUM! Like seriously!



Another quick and easy-peasy meal

For next week, I plan on googling recipes using foods I am allowed to eat. Ways to switch it up and make it a little more exciting! If you get bored, you cheat. If you get bored, you binge. Or at least I do anyway haha Anyhow, let's hope next week, is a good week!


Things I need to work on to improve Training Week #3

• cut back on smoking
• sleeeeep more
• get more of my meals in
• continue / improve cutting back on post-8pm Starbucks runs
• increase my cardio
• slack back on the Monsters (found a new one I love and I was drinking them when I wasn't even hungry. I used to enjoy diet drinks but can't stomach them anymore. Monsters are my carbonated kick)

So friends, that is all! Week #3 begins! Wish me luck :)

Fun Friday Random Post

I'm sure you guys really don't care about my every move throughout the day and probably aren't interested in my random thoughts. But .. but .. but .. I went to bed at 7-pm last night and didn't open my computer so I have approx. 1-hr to write a post for today.

So folks, I give you a little post on some random things that are going through my head lately, new favourites, some plans for the near future and a little extra!

• I'm obsessed with tea lately. Legit, 4-5 cups a day (on top of my coffee consumption)
• I stopped buying Iced Americanos at 9:00pm to
• get on a sleep schedule
• they're burning a hole in my pocket and I truly NEED to stop wasting my money
• Karla and I have a small love for pugs. CNC is our second fav blogger (125 taking 1st place) and she has a pug, Murphy. Karla just emailed me this on her lunch break. I died haha. Sorry Karla, but we need a life!

• I can't wait for fall for a Pumpkin Spice Latte
• I cheated on my diet yesterday and dipped a spoon into some almond butter.. coTWICEugh
• I feel 'thinner' lately
• I love that the above bullet is what is considered a 'cheat' now. Before I'd be like "I kinda cheated a little tiny bit. I had 3 muffins, 16 cookies and 4 brownies.. not bad, right?"
• I made a banana paleo pancake for breakfast and it was the best one to date (Karla made one for today and said it's her new fav!

HOLY YUM

• I wanna bring my recyclables to the 5am Tim Horton's loiterer but I'm not sure if he'll take it offensively or not
• I had a urge to sit in a mud puddle at work yesterday
• I'm thinking about signing up for Run for the Cure in October
• I get to have a photo shoot with NLABBA photos .. I wanna wear a crop Metallica Ride the Lightning shirt. I already have the shirt from an 80's party a while back. Cool?

• City and Colour has a new album out, 'The Hurry and the Harm'. It's AWESOME! My two favourite songs so far are The Lonely Life and Commentators. It's pretty similar to their last album, Little Hill

 

The Hurry and the Harm

 

 

 

• As of Thursday, August 15th, I hit 4999 blog views on minusthirtythreeplease.blogspot.com - Ahh hellooo - Exciting with a capital E
• I decided last week on my hike that I wanted to become a dog person. I decided I wanna drive around with my windows down and my dogs head out the window
• I went to the fill my water bottle earlier and found myself breaking out a little dance wiggle in the office .. by myself
• I've consumed 10+ chicken breast this week so far
• I'm obsessed with the new white 'ZERO ULTRA' Monster energy drink! Like seriously, this hits me hard!!!  Get that in yer guts and run the Long Harbour stair tower

• I can start to feel a difference in my body from the new eating/workout regime. I'm thinking it's cause 80% from the eating and 20% from the change in diet - Hello bikini mamaaaa
• I wanna sleep in a tent before the end of summer
• I'm competing in the Glory Dash next Saturday

• I'm dying for a latte at Post Espresso downtown
• I saw this on the wall of the gals washroom at work haha Love it

The cutest, right? D'awww

• Even though I eat the same thing every day now, writing down what you've consumed every 2.5-3 hours is sooo annoying (sometimes meals are altered so you have to document everything
• I started making an effort to drink 5-6 L a day now
• I feel so busy lately that I can't breathe. I think it's a quarter life crisis
• Karla and I have plans to take a trip to Fogo before the season ends
• I have to take 2-wk progress pictures on Sunday. Ew!
• I think I need to go on a trip soon
• I wanna go hiking this Sunday
• I also wanna bake something for the guys at work on Sunday
• I don't think I'm gonna complete my 2013 list of goals this year. *insert annoying sad face*
• I wanna go out of town by myself and stay at a Bed and Breakfast. I wanna read, blog and drink coffee. Weird or no?
• I increased my lifting weights this week - Score!
• I'm so sick of people writing Facebook status' on their damn relationships!!!!!!!!! Jesus!
• Karla is not my girlfriend. She is my co-worker (made the blog 3 times haha)
• I'm at work and have been picking at this post on my break(s) .. so I have to go now



Happy Friday, Friends! =)