Hello from the air! I’m currently blogging from my flight home 
After breakfast the boys went to do “boy stuff” and Kristin and I just hung out and caught up. It was nice.
When they got back we all ate lunch together. Kristin prepared a bunch of delicious food before we came and had a ton of options for lunch. I made a big salad topped with chicken salad, chickpea and feta salad (in Italian dressing) and chips. This is exactly like something I would make/eat at home!
After lunch we rallied the troops and went exploring. Kristin and Matt have a jungle behind their place!
I think Willow is mooning us because we didn’t let her come on the walk (due to ticks).
Time to explore!
There are railroad tracks behind the trees
Matt checked to see if any trains were coming so we could proceed.
We saw a beaver in the pond, but scared him her away 
Dam.
I really wanted to show you a picture of my beaver too.
The guys stood there trying to see the beaver for a long time, before finally giving up. Beavers scare easy I guess?
After our walk we packed up our stuff and headed to the airport. I have Subway, a Vitatop and Biscoff for dinner. My favorite. All of it.
Sunday Set Up – I got the idea for Sunday Set Up from Kathy Kaehler the personal trainer I met at an event in LA a few months back. My take is different, but I love the name of it
Sunday Set Up is how I’m going to plan out my healthy living plan for the upcoming week. Planning my meals, exercise and organization – to set myself up for success this week!
Last week I posted my plan, let’s review:
Monica’s Back on Track Plan for the Week of 5/15/2011:
Running Workouts:
- Monday – Run 6 miles and abs – done
- Tuesday –
Body Blast orTKB depending on what time I have to work – did KB and loved it - Wednesday –
Body Blast or3 with Speed - Thursday –
Run 8 miles and abs– Ran 7 miles - Friday – Rest / Arrive in Baltimore early morning!
- Saturday – 8 mile run in Baltimore – Ran 6 miles
- Sunday –
RestRan 4 miles in Maryland
Eating Plan – Estimated calories broken down something like this…
- Breakfast: x00 calories
- Lunch: x00 calories
- Snack:x00 calories
- Dinner: x00 calories
Didn’t end up tracking calories, but did get back on the wagon somewhat (even if it’s dragging me behind). I overdid it on the eats while traveling, but I was living it up and really enjoyed every crabby and ice creamy bite.
Plan for May 22 – May 28
Exercise:
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Sunday: easy 4 miler
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Monday: 8 miles
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Tuesday: KB or Body Blast & abs
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Wednesday: 6 miles with 3 at tempo pace
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Thursday: Body Blast or KB
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Friday: 6 miles or gym (depends on when I’m working)
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Saturday: group run/walk
Eating: Plan dinners and snacks for the week. No snacking in kitchen outside of meals. Tracks eats (got a book from work that I’ll be asking clients to use and want to try it before I’m recommending it).
To Do: Make a schedule for work and personal stuff. It’s all blending together and I’ve been staying on the computer with blog stuff and writing very late for a while now.
PS – I’m on my flight from Atlanta to Orange County right now and am totally gonna dig through my purse for another snack right now.
Question: Does traveling make you snacky too?
Men are always standing around to see a good beaver:/ glad you had a good trip home:)
I’m always snacky during travel – especially car trips but planes too. I eat like every hour!
Planning out your week is a great idea. I have an 18 week training plan for my marathon (currently on week four), but I am having a hard time sticking to it because stuff just comes up! I think if I planned it out a week before then it’d be easier to stick to.
I always “over plan” my workouts as in, realize it’s a lot and figure if I skip a day it’s okay. You can always plan a “roaming rest day” where you choose where/when you need to skip a day 🙂
I get totally snacky while traveling; I hope you had a fun trip! Their place is beautiful and I couldn’t help but LOL at your beaver/dam 🙂
Canadian beavers are pretty chill. I often see them swimming around, industriously working, completely unfazed by my panting German Shepherd. My dog and I walked past two deer chewing grass who looked at us like “Are you gonna keep staring or take a picture?” I don’t know which is more wild in Canada; the animals or the people?
I love the idea of Sunday Setup! Having everything written down is the only way I get things done. 🙂
“Dam… I really wanted to show you a picture of my beaver too.”
Holy frick you rock! Your punny humor makes me love your blog so much 😀
I snack the whole time I am traveling as I people watch…best ever. That salad looks amazing! LOVE the porch picture gorgeous girl. Keep posting your workouts…I LOVE reading them and live through you:)
My workouts aren’t anywhere as legit as yours, they must seem like a walk in the park 🙂
Such a cute picture of you on the porch! Sounds like a fun weekend.
very snacky! Im very snacky in general so im tryin to get that under control. but travel is definitely an excuse to snack…then i usually get bloated. its pretty attractive stuff.
Travelling makes me especially snacky when I finally get home. The ease of having everything in your cabinets/fridge is too comforting. It’s good to get yourself on track ahead of time!
Me too! I’d like to think it’s me giving my kitchen a big hug (by clearing it out).
Glad you had such a great weekend! 🙂
I always tend to plan out my weeks. I use to be a lot more controlled with it but then it got old and I would get so discouraged when it didn’t go exactly as I planned. I still plan, but just not as much.
I’m always snacky. But extra snacky when traveling.
Life makes me snacky.
Yep.
EXTREMELY snacky! I think it’s the whole sitting in one place with nothing in your hands, zoning out, and being bored. I am such a snacker when I’m bored. Trying to snack on only veggies lately, but they just aren’t as good as cheeze its!