Hello! Well, I have a delicious smoothie to share but I also have something very sad to share. Good stuff or bad news first?
Okay. Bad-ish news…
Matt Damon ran the Surf City Half Marathon this weekend and I just heard about it today.
Wait. I don’t think you understand. I adore Matt Damon. Ah-dore. 100%.
We even named a recipe for him when I visited Tina in Boston a few years ago.
You can read about his race on Runner’s World here.
I don’t know if I’m ever going to get over missing the opportunity to run / take a picture / stalk him in person.
Sad.
Now let’s talk about happier things like food and chocolate.
When I visited my mom this weekend she was sporting a Run Eat Repeat tee! Represent!!
Ceviche at my mom’s… oh yeah.
I took some liberties with my diet this weekend because of the race. But Monday I was back on track.
Breakfast was eggs and a brown rice tortilla. I’ve tried a lot of gluten free tortillas and think the Trader Joe’s brown rice ones are some of the best.
Cindy killed it on her first day of the 24 Day Challenge. She texted me pictures of all her food yesterday – I think that’s really helping her stay on track with the challenge. Try to buddy up when you’re trying to tackle a new health goal and keep each other accountable!
Update: Cindy lost 12 pounds on the 24 Day Challenge! She seriously did so awesome and is super happy. It’s not easy because she’s very busy and doesn’t like to cook but got it done.
And in the spirit of Valentine’s Day I made a chocolate covered strawberry smoothie for a snack.
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie
- 1 package chocolate protein powder
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 cup milk (add more if needed)
Blend. Drink. Repeat.
Vegas is not impressed because I didn’t share it him…
(Doesn’t he look like the most interesting cat in the world?)
Yum, who doesn’t love chocolate covered strawberries? My go to is chocolate covered cherries which you just replace the strawberries with frozen cherries. OMG so good!
I’m sad that you missed Matt Damon! Awwww 🙁 I’m all about chocolate banana peanut butter smoothies, but strawberry reminds me of summer. Bring on the summer weather!
I saw that Matt Damon ran on a FB post and my first thought….did you see him! I would be pretty bummed about missing him too. That shake sounds good, thanks for sharing!
Bummer about Matt Damon. I mean, I don’t really care one way or another about Matt Damon. But I do love and adore Will Smith and Tom Cruise (not so much anymore since he want all Scientology crazy…nothing against Scientology, just his over the top craziness with it). If either of them were at a race and I missed them, I’d be devastated.
Strawberries AND chocolate, any day. Yummy!!! Try adding 1 tbsp. cocoa powder (unsweetened) to give it an extra chocolatey spin. I LOVE it that way.
ok, i also took liberties with my diet this past sunday…and monday and tuesday coz it’s chinese new year! back on track today!
Ahhh Matt Damon!!
That smoothie looks so yum, thanks for sharing!!
elainea
toast the girl almighty
Obvi chocolate AND strawberry. It’s the best combo. I always get strawberry frogs with chocolate sauce.
I always went for the twist cone myself….
Vegas looks kind of annoyed actually. ha!
Aww man!! I wish I would have seen him at the race!
That ceviche looks awesome!! I like fresh strawberries, but nothing strawberry flavored, if that makes sense.
Both….via dark chocolate dipped fresh strawberries!!! Mmmmmmm.
I’d be bummed about missing out on Matt Damon. If his pace was near yours you might find photos of the two of u together. 🙂
You beat Matt Damon in a race! That is very good news!