Marathon training – today called for an easy 4 miles. I feel like I should do some yoga when I get back from short runs like this, but I didn’t have time today

Like I said last night – I have a lot of spinach to use up before it goes back, so a Chocolate Green Smoothie was in order! I used a handful of spinach, frozen naner, frozen blueberries, half scoop chocolate protein powder and almond milk. It was great!

Mini-bagel with PB on the side. I got PB all over when I was trying to make this, it was a delicious mess!

These cherries were burning a hole in my lunch box! I don’t think I was that hungry yet, but I couldn’t keep myself from eating them right now I love cherries, but now I’m all out! This means I’ll be heading to Costco tomorrow

I think I’m going out to lunch since we were all out of sammie bread. Where to go…where to go…

Who is trying to add porno spam to my blog? Ha, I saw a comment was flagged today and thought it was something bad, but I laughed when I realized it was just that.

Today was eventful because I had to tell my boss of many years that I’m leaving.  My current position has worked with me through me attending college full time – they let me change my schedule each semester. And then when I graduated they worked around my internships and side reporting jobs. I am very lucky to have found such a flexible company

I was just breaking into my afternoon snack of an apple…and Fiber One bar when I remembered I picked up a new treat at Target –

So, halfway through the bar I decided to break open one of these packages.

The nutrition info:

They are all shaped like hearts <3 Love it! They tasted very good too! I would get these again. Even though individual packaging is bad for the environment I like it because it’s vital for portion control. I don’t think me being sad and fat is good for the immediate environment around me…

And the ingredients, though still super processed,  are much more recongnizable than Fiber One Bars…

I made a HUGE salad for dinner since the spinach is on it’s last leg. This is a serving bowl, it’s hard to appreciate how big of a salad this is! 

I had it with Kashi crackers  – great tasting, but only 4 per serving because they’re big – not great since I’m all about volume.

And a mini bagel with cheese.

For dessert I had some of the new Banana Cheerios with almond milk. I like them, the artificial banana taste grew on me after a few bites (but the first bite was just okay…).

Plus the leftover Fiber One bar. These are good, but have HFCS, which I’m trying to eliminate.

I will catch you all tomorrow. Since I was MIA all last week I got completely behind on reading blogs, I’m trying to catch up, but you guys need to type slower or post less or something – I can’t keep up!!!

Since my life is about to be turned upside down AGAIN in 2 weeks I am happy to have a “normal” schedule for the next few days. Today I woke up, did an easy 5.5 miles and ate breakfast

I made a big yogurt bowl with cereals…this is a re-enactment since I don’t know where my converter is…

I need to show you guys a pic of the package of my bread – it’s the best. I had PB&J for lunch, plus a ton of cherries This is an end piece with goodies…

I have a lot of work to wrap up before my last day next Wed! See ya later…

Here is the big announcement…

I’m moving to Maryland for a reporting job!

Yes folks - Run,Eat Repeat is a Reporter by trade I’ve been just doing it on the side most recently, but I realized I need to fully commit to my goals and go for it.

So, after a lot of stressful planning (while planning a wedding!) Ben and I are moving to MD in less than 2 weeks!

This move means a lot of things…

- I’m finally going to be working as a full time reporter

- I’m taking a 50% pay cut

- I’m moving very far from my mom and little brother

- I’m living the dream

I am very scared and excited for this huge life change, but I really believe I’ll be better for it.

I am a California girl through and through, so I’m scared of the cold weather and lack of “hippie” stores, but I am going to make it work.

Really, those are the only negatives of it. This is a huge opportunity for me to become a better reporter and further my career. I am so grateful to be able to do this! It’s going to be great!

I’ll be reporting for Disaster News. I will keep ya posted on my work there so you can check out my stuff.

Remember in the beginning of June when I traveled to MD for a couple of days? Well, that was to scout out places to live. It’s nice to finally be able to spill the beans

On the 10th we will be packing up all our belongings and driving across the U.S. from CA to MD. Crazy. We are in the early stages of planning the trip. I will update the blog when we know exactly where we’ll be stopping on the way!

Ben loves to tell the joke,

Q: “Where did the General keep his armies?”

A: “In his sleevies”

Well, I forgot my “sleevies” on the wedding day! For those who are new readers, I had my dress custom made at a local dress shop.  After trying on a lot of dresses I didn’t find one that was, “The One”. So, I decided to have someone make exactly what I wanted.

I took them pics of 3 dresses that I liked and explained how I wanted it to come all together. I also added removable sleeves. I specifically DID NOT want a strapless wedding dress because I think most girls get strapless dresses. I wanted an off the shoulder “sleeve” reminiscent of Gone with the Wind

Well, they made me the sleeves and in the mad rush out the door (did I mention I was an hour late to my own wedding?) I forgot them! I was so upset I couldn’t get over how dumb I was to forget part of my dress. I woke up the next morning very regretful that I was so late and that I forgot something that was important to me…

But, my grandma was unable to attend the out of town wedding due to health reasons and I promised her I would come model the dress for her and her friends on Saturday. This means I got to take pics with my sleeves

Also, since I was so late to the wedding I didn’t get any good solo shots of me! The photographer spent a ton of time  taking pics of Ben, the groomsmen and my bridesmaids – but, none of me. It wouldn’t have been that big of a deal, but by the time the ceremony was over we were losing sunlight fast and I was pretty upset about being so rushed.  It made me feel alot better that I have these memories now because I really felt like I missed out on a lot of pictures. By the time we were taking pictures after the wedding I was so flustered I probably have a super stressed face too!

This is what it looked like sans sleeves…And with sleeves…

The photographer just emailed me that she has the proofs up on her site! I’m gonna check them out tomorrow and fill you guys in. Also, tomorrow I have a BIG announcement – finally! And I will be back to regularly scheduled food/running blogging from here forward I will also have the full wedding weekend recap in between boring regular posts.

I apologize for being so sporadic with posting this week, before the wedding I made no attempt to pack up my stuff to move in with Ben! Ha.

Since we had to post-pone the honeymoon until September Ben surprised me with a night in Big Sur.  It’s a 2 hour drive up the coast from Paso Robles

It’s an amazing part of Central California right on the coast where the mountains meet the beach. 

We actually visited here on one of the first of our numerous road trips and on the way back hit up Paso Robles for the first time. Who would have thought those two crazy kids would end up hitched 2 years later?! 

We stayed at the Big Sur Lodge. If you’re not tent camping most places around here are pretty pricey – the crowds seem to have money.  (We didn’t have our tent stuff and Ben didn’t want this one night Mini-Moon to be tent style or we would have tented it.)

The Big Sur Lodge has a lot of different sizes of rooms, some with kitchens, all with patios or porches. But, no TV – which is good if you’re on a honeymoon and have other activities to keep you busy , but not good if you’re been driving here for 5 plus hours and want to catch up on news or sitcoms.

The road from Paso Robles to Big Sur is breathtaking, winding around cliffs right on the ocean. We stopped for a second to change drivers, but never got a good pic of the ocean…

After we checked in we went for a “Honeymoon Hike” – I made that phrase up on our hike and wouldn’t stop saying it for the rest of the weekend

It was Sunday night, the night after our wedding and that meant time to break into our cake! The winery kindly packed me up a piece of each flavor and you know I ate them! Oh, since we’re married now I gave Ben a few tastes too…

It’s not very photogenic, but it tasted delicious.

On the way home we stopped at the Big Sur Bakery, known for their delicious pastries. But, they don’t stop there – they made homemade granola! I had to have some. I guess I was in Mini-Moon mode because I didn’t ask how much it was and between Ben’s piece of quiche and the granola it cost over $17.00!

We stopped by an outdoors artist gallery. They have huge nests – for people! Ben climbed right in…

and I came tumbling after.

This is the view from the nest, not bad…

On the way home we stopped at one of the usual tourist rest stops and I got what I was really craving – Tuna  

I’ve decided to use the Runner’s World Marathon Challenge training plan for the Marine Corps. I haven’t had any time to read Run Less and really want to do that program right if I’m gonna give it a shot.

Today is Day 1 of training and it called for an Easy 4.

After I was done I had a naner with PB – I have realized that if I don’t have healthy fats with breakfast I am more likely to binge in the afternoon. Weird, huh?

Plus a big bowl of cereals Yesterday’s eats were not the best. I need to focus on writing in my journal to keep track of how I am feeling because I don’t realize things are bothering me until 2 bagels and PB are gone and it’s too late…

Dinner was a new try – Kashi Pizzas…

Ben and I split them both so I got to try each of them. This is the Spinach one with mushrooms. The ‘shrooms were watery when you bit into them It wasn’t very flavorful in general and really needed something. I topped it with red pepper flakes, but that didn’t fix it.  I wouldn’t get this kind again.

The Mexicali one was good (pictured below). It reminded me of a tostada pizza

I’m still sad that the wedding is over, but more pics are on the way!!!

I did not get many pictures on my camera at the wedding, but I did manage to capture my food! It’s almost sad that I took pics of my food at the wedding, kind of like I was “working” since the b.l.o.g is my part time gig, but it did not take away from all the fun

I missed the wine and hors d’oeuvres hour since we were taking pictures, so I don’t have pics of that.

But, I did start the evening with a glass of white sangria. Since we had the wedding at a winery they only allowed their wine and beer – no hard liquor. That was the only negative about getting married at a winery, but we worked around it by having one of my bridesmaids use the Castle’s wine and make red and white sangria! Everyone loved it!

After the appetizers on the upstairs terrace everyone came down to the reception dining room for salad. It was mixed greens with perfectly ripe fruits.

I chose the salmon with polenta and asparagus. I love salmon. I love polenta. My wedding = I get what I love I did manage to actually eat and that was the only time I sat down for 5 minutes all night!

The evening went by way too fast and I woke up the next morning really sad that it was over

I was almost an hour late because my hair took a lot long than expected! Since it was an out of town wedding I didn’t get a chance to do a test run for my hair and the stylist didn’t realize how long it was going to take. It made me super late and I was very stressed out frantically trying to get ready.

And them moment I had been talking about for weeks – CAKE! I was really looking forward to cutting the cake – and by cutting I mean eating Do you see how someone messed up my cake before we even cut it? Boo. But, the photographer did get pics before that happened…

I just had 2 bites as we exchanged cake, but they packed up one piece of each flavor for us to take home Yes! It was chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, white cake with strawberries and cream and white cake with chocolate cream. They were all delicious!

But…they cut my anniversary cake! I specifically ordered the top layer to keep as an anniversary cake and at the end of the night the on site planner said they didn’t realize I wanted an anniversary cake and cut it and served it. I am pretty upset about it since I kept joking that the only reason I was getting married was for guaranteed cake in a year. I don’t know if they are willing to send me another cake, but I’m going to ask…

Hello!!!! I am back from my Wedding Extravaganza

We are postponing the honeymoon until September & I can’t wait! I wish we were there now since coming home so soon was anti-climactic…

The Wedding Weekend was absolutely crazy and I am putting together a full recap for you. Stay Tuned!!!

I am not working this week because I have to get my stuff ready to move.

I started the day with 5.5 miles and a bowl of oats.

  We are on our way to Paso Robles right now! It’s a major caravan and I”m driving up with my mom and Matt and a car PACKED with wedding stuff.

I’m worried that I forgot something, but at this point I have to just go with the flow and enjoy my wedding weekend

Before I forget…just want to note that I’ve been eating way too much ice cream this week. I need to get back to normal eating NOW.

Yesterday I was doing all the last minute preparations all day and didn’t get to sleep until midnight. I had to make the table name labels, pack, get toiletries, hit up Michael’s crafts, go to Kinkos, make shirts for my bridesmaids, wash clothes and a lot more!!!

Today I woke up anxious so I ran 3 miles and walked 3. Normally I don’t run on Fridays (Rest days are important), but I think it’s good for my nerves to get a run in.

Since the wedding isn’t until 6pm tomorrow I will have time to go for a run tomorrow morning.

After my run today I made a smoothie and toast.

Then, packed a sandwich and cherries for the road.

I also had some pretzels since they were here. I used to be obsessed with pretzels.

Wedding Details – I have so many wedding details to catch you guys up on (if you care).

Wedding Favors – Since we are having a destination wedding in California’s Central Wine Country, Paso Robles, I figured a wine favor would be appropriate. We made personalized labels and stuck them on Two Buck Chuck from TJ”s.

Welcome Bags – A destination wedding means everyone is coming from out of town so we had a lot of bags to make.

Inside are 2 water bottles (I ordered personalized labels and didn’t get them in time), mentos, Slim Jims (my mom’s idea…), a wine opener and cute Romeo and Juliet candy.

Bridal Gifts – I got tote bags for my girls and got them their shoes and a pair of earrings to wear for the wedding. And I printed out pics from The Hangover Bachelorette Party and put a few in frames. I also made them shirts that we’ll wear to the rehearsal dinner, so you’ll see them tonight.

These are the table numbers – I named each table for a place we’ve been. We are actually doing long tables with 12 each, so we don’t have that many tables.

Plans for the rest of the day include dropping off welcome bags at hotels, putting our stuff at the rental house, getting to the ceremony site to walk through & figure out how I am going to walk down the aisle or stairs…then, the rehearsal dinner. It’s going to be pretty informal since it’s at a hole in the wall and I told everyone to come cas I need a margarita…