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My Down”Fall”|W2D2
Today is the first day of Fall. YES bring on the sweater weather! I feel we got a sneak peak of it this weekend and I couldn’t be more excited. I love fall because I get to wear sweaters, scarfs, boots and onesies!! Let’s not forget its the best cuddle weather! 🙂 One of the downsides of fall and winter is that it makes it so hard to get out of the bed early in the morning to workout. I’m so warm under the covers and the thought of getting out of my warm bed is tough. I’m not starting off on the right foot because I hit snooze for…
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Week 1 Results|W2D1
When I woke up this morning I was planning to get on the scale but I wasn’t going to look. But once I got on the scale I decided, why not! Regardless of what the number showed on the scale I was going to finish the 8 week challenge. I knew it would probably be higher then what showed when I lasted weighed. I can tell because my hands seems a little puffy. My weight was 165.8, up 2.3lbs from the morning of day 4 when I last weighed myself. I’m still down 12.9lbs for week one which is crazy! I’m sure a lot of that has to do with…
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The Bears Den Resort
My husband and I spent our 3rd anniversary in Orlando, FL at The Bear’s Den Resort. This was the first time Antavis and I have been away from the girls for more than 1 night since before Luna was born. This was a much needed trip for us. We chose to stay at The Bear’s Den Resort because each home had a private pool and hot tub. We also chose this resort because we wanted privacy and a nice space and it exceeded those wants. The Bear’s Den also offers in-home spa services so we scheduled a massage the morning of our anniversary. They also have a private chef option.…
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Meal Prep Sunday|W1D7
I’m going to switch it up going forward. Instead of doing a recap from the day prior I’m going to do a recap at the end of each day. Since I do the recap at night, it just makes it easier for me to recall what I did that same day. So today I’ll do a recap of Saturday and Sunday. Saturday Recap Since we had our cheat meal yesterday we decided to do a long run Saturday. We ran 5 miles and the weather was perfect! It already felt like Fall even at 10AM. We averaged about an 11 minute mile. Over the course of these 8 weeks I…
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Cheat Day|W1D6
The day has FINALLY come, CHEAT DAY! We have worked hard over the past few days to eat right and stay on track and now its time to treat ourselves! We originally planned to have our cheat meal on Saturday and go on a day date but we are planning to do a long run on Saturday so we needed the fuel. We recently discovered a delicious Mediterranean restaurant not far from Antavis’ job and it’s our new favorite, yet healthy place to eat. I mean minus the feta fries but everything else seems so fresh and delicious. The place is called Kairos Mediterranean and their falafels are AMAZING!! When…
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Completed My 400th Peloton Ride|W1D5
Today was a BIG milestone for me. I completed my 400th Peloton ride. Even though I’ve had the bike since 2016, I started working at Orangetheory in March of 2017. I coached there until February 2019 and during that time I only took a handful of rides. We got the Peloton Tread+ in January 2019 so once I had Luna I was using the tread more than the bike. I haven’t been riding consistently until this year. Needless to say I’m proud of myself for reaching this milestone. Every time I get on the bike though I realize that we need to recalibrate out bike because it’s so hard to…
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I’m Weak|W1D4
Today’s workout was a STRUGGLE for me! I didn’t think I was going to make it through today’s workout. Today was a circuit day and I have been adding cardio after my circuit days. With the lack of carbs I think I over did it. My body is trying to use the low amount of fuel to get me through these workouts. I’ve been working out early in the morning and I still have a few hours before I can have my first meal so its been challenging to make it through the workouts. Like I’ve mentioned before I have been lying in my sauna blanket after my workout so…
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New Sunglasses|W1D2
Today is day 2 of the 8 week challenge so I’ll be doing a day 1 recap. Before that I want to share that I purchased these cute (to me but not Amiyah…ugh) cat eye sunglasses from Target and they arrived today. I like big and weird shaped sunglasses so these were perfect! I even had a not so happy photo bomber who wanted to be picked up, lol. Don’t mind the crazy hair, I just took off my hat and tried to funky it up. DAY 1 RECAP: My day started at 5:15AM when the alarm went off. I had a workout planned for 5:30M so I wasn’t able…
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I’m on a Journey|W1D1
Today is the start of a new week and the start of an 8 week fitness challenge that I am taking part in. A former co-worker shared her fitness results from a challenge she participated in and she was up for the prize money of $10K. Her results were amazing and I went to vote for her and started looking at the other contestants and their results and wanted to know more about the program. I’m a pretty self sufficient person so I like to do research on my own and not pester others. It’s amazing what you can find by doing a Google search or in this case a…
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Honey Garlic Chicken with Pineapple
HI!! Its been a while, well maybe 2 weeks. Last week I was still on a break from our anniversary trip and the week prior we were in Orlando for our anniversary. I put blogging on hold so that I could prepare for our trip and now I’M BACK!! I’ll share more about our trip in an upcoming post. Today is Monday so that meals, Meal Share Monday!! I made this recipe a few weeks ago and its from Joanna Gaines latest cookbook, Magnolia Table Volume 2. If you haven’t checked out her book, I highly recommend you do. There are so many great recipes that I plan to try.…
