Happy Friday! This week kinda flew by for me because I was a.) busy and b.) floating along on a cloud of happiness 
Last night I watched the VP debate and Jersey Shore. So Iām hoping they canceled each other out and my IQ and self respect stay about the same. 
I felt munchy all day yesterday and kept grabbing handfuls of trail mix. Finally, I made a hearty pumpkin yogurt afternoon snack. This helped slow my roll in the kitchen. 
My IT band is still super tight so I opted to take a walk this morning and am going to spend some time stretching in a bit. I want to do another round of Jillianās 30 Day Shred but didnāt have time. Iām starting a new project at work and needed to get on it early!!
Breakfast was my new phase favorite ā pumpkin oatmeal (or oat bran) topped with nut butters and eggs.
In the pumpkin oats:
Mix: 1/3c oatmeal OR oat bran AND 3/4c water in a mico-safe bowl
Microwave for 1 minute. Stir. If itās still soupy microwave another 30 seconds.
Add: 1/4c pumpkin, pp spice, salt, sweetener of your choice, chia seeds
Microwave for another minute or so until thick.
Top with nut butter and pumpkin butter if itās Friday 
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What are your plans for the weekend?!
Iām running tomorrow and then spending the day with my little brother
Started this morning with a short hilly run (ok, it’s double hills) and then a sweat-fest vinyasa yoga. Lunch now and it’s raining outside…so I guess I’ll laze around the house for the rest of the day.
Lots to do this weekend. Running tomorrow AM, hanging with friends, then a Halloween party. Sunday-a baptism and party afterward.
I don’t have plans for the weekend and I’m pretty excited about it!
Yum pumpkin oats! My weekend plans include some easy runs and hanging with friends in town.
Why does your ketchup always look brown like BBQ sauce?:p
I don’t know?! It’s kinda gloomy today, but if it always looks like that then maybe I have weird ketchup š
I have kids (sorry to say the peeing part is true), I recently set a new PR, my toes have been black … oh, the things we could talk about over a glass of wine…… Not a pumpking person – but L.O.V.E. watermelon.
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Hoping for some froyo tonight and then a sushi dinner tomorrow night – it’ll get me through the fact that I’ll be doing schoolwork the rest of the weekend. š
I watched the debate too. and I kinda wish I had not. I had nightmares about Joe Biden’s crazy smile and laughing like a mental patient all night. jeeeez that man is something else. Note to Joe: just because you’re louder and interrupting doesnt make you right!
anyhoo! Congrats on your marathon btw. You are amazing!! I would love to be able to run that pace for that distance. Not any time soon though!! But you inspire me to keep at it. have a great weekend!!
I’m spending tomorrow with my “little” brother too (he’s 20). We’re going hiking down by the beach somewhere, and then on Sunday I’m going to the LACMA with a friend. Fun stuff.
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I was at Trader Joe’s today and it was a freakin’ pumpkin explosion!
They have pumpkin e v e r y t h i n g this year.
It’s a little much, really.
I had 3 little cups of sample coffee and I am jacked up. Serves me right for being a freebie piggie.
Happy Friday!
Seriously, they have have pumpkin ravioli that I don’t remember seeing last year.
Happy eggs!! I have to work tomorrow, clean and I am having a Pure Romance party at my house. Sunday will include a run and a trip to the pumpkin patch. š Happy weekend!
Are you the one who said I should put the smiley face? š
That was me! š Thanks for humoring me! š
Your nut butter on the oatmeal resembles a flat chocolate frog or lizard or something…thought for a sec you were really trying something new to eat. š
That walk looks beautiful. No plans yet for the weekend over here. Hopefully lots of sleep.
Was planning to do a trail run and then watch Kona on the computer. I have a feeling I will get roped into an Oktoberfest at some point.
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Love that combo of pumpkin & greek yogurt! I need to start putting faces on my food, maybe it would make me eat it slower rather than shoving it in my piehole! Vacationing with the fam in CO this weekend, it’s supposed to snow tomorrow, yikes!
To be honest…I hate watermelon!! haha. I really cant see why people like it.
This weekend I’m going to go on a long hike, then go to a Brazilian Steakhouse. Those will cancel each other out too š
I concur with her first statement (but I have confessed this to you before).
I love the fact that your eggs smile. And foam roll!!!