I was such a productive bee today! As soon as I woke up I walked to the store for some milk so that was my exercise for the day. Sundays are normally a rest day for me, but it’s nice to take a lil walk 
After breakfast I did a lot of cleaning. Then, I hit the store for a complete grocery haul…
In my basket:
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Asparagus
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Organic Spring Mix
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Zip Fizz
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Salmon canned
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Celery
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Fuji Apples
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Salsa
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Broccoli
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Mahi mahi burgers
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Egg whites
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Eggs (I eat a lot of eggs.)
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Turkey
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Babybel cheese
And I cooked up some chicken for lunch during the week – I am all set!
The Los Angeles Marathon is a week from TODAY so even though I didn’t train specifically for it I am treating this week as a Marathon Taper week of sorts, meaning…
A LOT of this*:
*Carb Loading
and A Little of this*:
*Rest
So, my workout plan for the week is – 3 days of running, 2 days of Jillian, 1 day of Rest.
And since it’s been a while – here are my favorite searches from the week… Someone googled this and found Run Eat Repeat:
- “tina fey butt”
- “depressed during marathon taper” – Perfect timing! Me too. Oh, you wanted advice? #Fail
- “after i perspire i smell like fritos”
- “am i hungry or horny”
- “is it cheaper to buy whole watermelon or container pre-cut” – Whole! It’s so easy to cut too, watch my Watermelon Loving / Cutting vlog and it’ll take 2 seconds. Okay maybe 2 minutes.
Let’s Talk: Name one thing in your grocery cart this week!
Unsweetened almond milk.
I buy that canned salmon at Costco–not too thrilled with the sodium content but it’s tasty. And you don’t have to fish out (ha, ha) the bones and skin like some canned salmon.
I’ve never tried canned salmon- sometimes out of the ordinary foods kind of scare me off and I’m a baby about stepping outside of my comfort zone, especially when it comes to canned meat (hint: canned chicken is pretty gross). How do you prepare it? Do you make it like canned tuna? One thing on my grocery list this week is chickpeas- I want to try one of the “crispy chickpea” recipes I’ve seen all over Pinterest.
Yeah, most of the time I make it like tuna. I have also made patties from it in the past.
Is ben off the blog? We miss him!
Yeah, I decided to post about Ben and personal stuff a little less for a while to see how it goes. He’s alive and well 🙂
Ground turkey. I am trying stuffed peppers for the first time.
The Kidless Kronicles
Beets are one thing that are always in my cart or fridge – roasted beets make everything better! 🙂 LOVE your cart! I am trying out your “egg pizza” today for lunch, great idea!! Question of the day: WHERE did you get your fruit stand???? I LOVE IT!! #dyingtoknow
Good luck this weekend!!
~Abigail
I don’t remember who sent it to me – I want to say Thomas’ or something.
Fresh basil (because I suck at growing my own herbs!).
I love that tina fey butt – is a search term for your site!!!
I can’t even count how many basil plants I’ve killed…
Bailey’s! It’s the most exciting thing we got over the weekend.
That is exciting!
I second the egg addiction, haha. It is totally normal for me to eat 6 egg whites a day!
I love the feeling of a freshly stocked kitchen!!
Good luck with your taper!
4 cartons of eggs. Between 2 people it takes us 6 days to polish these off…
Oh I have two weeks of peak training left so I left Costco yesterday with my cart ridiculously full! Hummus, lots of veggies, tzatziki, and I couldn’t pass up the sale on Naked juice 🙂
Now I regret not getting the naked juice… I might go back.
I have started to shop at Costco a little more for groceries and I think I might make a habit of it!!! 🙂
ahaha dying at your searches! buffalo chicken! I’ve been obsessed with it lately!
Iron-enriched cream crackers, coffee, body lotion, facial cotton wool…and 2 types of crisps: Lays’ Salt & Vinegar and the local Mister Potato’ Rice Crisps in BBQ. Hehehehehe
awesome!!!! I have the same egg addiction too!
How many eggs a week do you eat in an average week? I ask because I just googled it today, but I was a little concerned my own consumption might be a bit much. Found out it is. Oops! So I am trying to taper, too. My egg consumption that is! It’s going to be hard. I love them!
I probably eat a million egg whites and about 6 eggs. I’m not worried about it even if it’s technically too much 🙂 I could be doing worse things…
Not judging, really just wondering. Glad to know I am not alone in my egg addiction! Have a great week!
I hope you know you that you only counted 6 days in the week for exercise. I hope you know there’s one more day in the week.
The marathon is the 7th day, sorry I thought it was a given 🙂
Multigrain ciabatta buns.
I went to costco a bit ago and got an enormous bag of organic baby spinach. I eat the entire thing by myself in less than a week usually…
How many marathons have you run? How many have you actually trained for and what training plan did you follow? Was there ever a marathon were you didn’t taper and did it effect the race?
Just asking since I just attempted my first 26.2, came up short at 23. Any advice you have for someone trying to make it to the 26.2?
I’ve never had them before (only the regular Sweet Potato Fries) but I bought some Alexia Sweet Potato Puffs. They look similar to a Tater Tot and I’m anxious to pop those puppies in the oven! Plus they were on sale AND I had a coupon – BOOM!
I tried them at the Natural Products Expo – yum!
Sabra pesto basil hummus! Sooo yummy!!
I bought Quinoa my first time buying. I haven’t made it yet.
Good luck! Don’t forget to rise it if you didn’t buy the pre-washed kind, I think I forgot once.
Eggs are always in my cart! I also loaded up on broccoli and potatoes. random, but tasty 🙂
Noosa Australian yogurt. Oh my this stuff is gooood! It’s got real cream in it so I only eat it as a treat. Hope to see you at LA. I think everyone is going to be wearing green/shamrocks but I will try to find you. I’m shooting for sub-4 🙂
Yes! Please look for me 🙂 Not sure what I’m shooting for just yet though, my legs still feel tired from NOLA.
Asparagus! Not sure why but, I’ve been craving! 🙂
I’ve been eating a lot of asparagus lately! Love it 🙂
Greek yogurt – I love it for protein!
I just bought and tried PB2 (peanut butter) for the first time this weekend. It’s my new favorite addition to smoothies.. I created a new recipe with it that I posted today if you’re interested in it 🙂
I put that stuff on my pancakes this morning! Love it 🙂
Favorite thing in my grocery cart = Pirates Booty. Best snack ever for a long afternoon stretch at work.
Agree.
Steak for my son’s birthday dinner tonight 🙂
Brussel sprouts!
Coconut milk for making Thai curry of course! Yum! Enjoy the taper week. I think I took my last taper too seriously and only ran once that week. Oh well.
Quinoa, balanced out with a side of Speculoos Candy Bar.