Happy Monday! I feel so great after a good night’s sleep 
I never sleep well the night before races so last night was much needed.
I got a call last night that a new gym member needed a fitness evaluation this morning so I’m headed to the gym at 8am today, usually I don’t go in until 9 on Mondays (every day is different). Since I didn’t do my usual Sunday Set Up my planner is not updated at all – that’s on the agenda for today!
My workout plan calls for 3 miles and strength today. I’m going to skip the run because of yesterday’s race and only do strength later.
I guess this weekend’s hotel oatmeal got me craving more because I woke up wanting pumpkin overnight oats. Too bad I didn’t realize that last night. 
I made a big bowl of the sweet stuff: Coach’s Oats, water, 1 tsp. chia seeds, 1/4c egg whites, 1/4c pumpkin, stevia, pumpkin pie spice, peanut butter
Served up in the bowl Ben brought me from Mexico. Lead poisoning here I come! Ben and I decided we really want to visit another Central or South American country this year and have never been to Mexico together. It’s on the short list 
Weekly Workouts:
- M: Strength
- T: Speed Run
- W: 3m and strength
- TH: 40 min tempo Run
- F: Strength/Yoga
- Sat: LR
- Sun: Sleep
Smart Snacking Challenge Update – My 30 Days of Smart Snacking Snacking is over. I did really well for the first 3 weeks and do feel like I’m starting better snacking habits! Unfortunately the last week I started random afternoon snacking again because I didn’t plan ahead.
I did happen to lose two pounds last month (holiday weight finally coming off!) and didn’t do anything different except for watching my snacks. So, going forward I’m going to plan my snacks here to prevent random grazing. Today’s my full list of eats, but normally it will just be snacks.
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B: pumpkin protein oats
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S 1: almonds and apple
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L: Turkey sandwich, veggies
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S 2: Popcorn, cheese stick
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D: Salsa Chicken Wrap and roasted broccoli
Question: How was your weekend? What did I miss?
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I need to get better at planning snacks and lunches as well. I know it makes a difference yet I still forget to do it. Argh. Love the reminder that it actually works!
Apple with cinnamon and a side of almonds is one of my fave snacks! Another is Greek yogurt with vanilla protein powder and peanut butter!
You pumpkin oats look diving. I would like some please.
Weekend was good! hit a new PDR at 13.1 miles!
and my diving I mean divine. Although I wouldn’t mind diving into those…
I had a great weekend. I ran Half at the Hamptons, NH on Sunday with my sister and got a PR.
For snacks I have Synder nibblers with hummus almost everyday. I also love pink lady or honeycrisp apples with a little pb.
I am such a snacker, so this sounds like a good challenge for me! Pretzels really are the “King of the Snacks!”
Snacks are my thing, I eat like every three hours. I try to keep it all around 300 calories, with my first three meals/snacks a little more.
Grazing is a killer for me. That and chocolate. Oh chocolate…
Though I don’t know why I forget how much I LOVE carrots and hummus. That’s been my go-to the past few weeks and I can’t keep enough in the fridge.
I can’t believe how many calories you can add through random snacking, but planning ahead is tricky!! Seriously. Yumm… I want roasted broccoli tonight. Glad you said that and not fro-yo.Haha.
Whenever I feel out of control with snacks, I definitely make myself take the time to plan out things a bit more carefully. Makes a big difference. I’ve been haivng to do it lately.
Your oats look amaze! Good job on the snacking challenge! Like I said in a previous comment you really do look awesome. I think you look more tone too
Thanks
um..no salad all day? Will you survive??
We’re out of lettuce because of the weekend trip. I’m have withdrawals!
Planning ahead is definitely what I have to do if I want to reign in my empty pit of a stomach.
Courtney from Sweet Tooth Sweet Life is in Mexico and I am highly jealous. Looks like a great vaca place. Know where you are planning to go?
I am planning for the Smoky Mountains, TN for my big birthday bash this year. It will be autumn. So, it should be beautiful.
We have no idea exactly where because we want to go EVERYWHERE. Ben is like a kid in a candy store when we talk about traveling. He wants it all, so we really have to sit down and narrow the list.
haha. I feel Ben’s passion!
I am actually eating pretzel sticks as I read this – too funny! My husband and I went to Mexico for our honeymoon and we had such a great time!
What part of Mexico?
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