Morning and Happy Friday I started my day with an easy 3 miler. No real reason for it, but my legs are tired today. I wanted to do some abs this morning since I’ve been neglecting that for weeks, but didn’t have time. I’m rushing off to take my car in for some (expensive) repairs. It’s French Toast Friday! Did…
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Three Things Thursday
Sorry for the delay – I did an Ask A Monican video today but You Tube took over 5 hours to upload it and dominated my memory card. It’ll be up tomorrow I think my volume eating belly missed having a big salad for lunch today because I was hungry ALL DAY. I had snacks. And made up for volume…
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Thank You Thursday–Monica Loves Coco
Hello, I had a packed morning schedule today and just got home in time for lunch and some quality blogging time. I made Sunflower Butter & Jelly toast with an egg patty for breakfast. Don’t let the plate fool ya, I totally ate this in the car after this picture was taken.It’s Thank You Thursday – a time when I…
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Running For The First Time
No wonder I PR’d in the Fontana Half Marathon – it was the first time I ever RAN in a race! Okay, maybe I’ve run in races before, but I never had the pictures to prove it. Race pictures always show me walking – like this one from the Arizona RnR Half. I got the race pictures from the Fontana…
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Run Eat Repeat Stickers Giveaway
Hi! As soon as I walked in the door from my morning shift I ripped into the Pirate’s Booty. I love the booty Following that appetizer, was lunch – an impromptu Chinese Chicken Salad. This is one of my favorites, not sure why I don’t make it everyday? With a side of berries – Blues and Cherries I got…
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Green Monster and Sunflower Butter
Hello and Happy Wednesday! I started my day with an easy 4.5 mile run. I don’t know if I mentioned it on here, but I think that knot in my hamstring was actually a mild strain! I’m trying to baby it since I start Marathon Training next week! All I could think about on my run today was how I…
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Monica Meets Kashi
This afternoon I went to the store for 2 things I couldn’t get at Costco– onions and ketchup. That’s it. But, I walked by the frozen food aisle and noticed a ton of “Closeout” tags. Turns out they were trying to get rid of everything I love! I went back to the front of the store for a cart and…
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Personal Training Questions–1 Month
I have been getting a lot of questions about my new life as a Personal Trainer. I was hesitant to answer them because I am barely starting out, but figured I can do this every month or so for the first year to show how it is to get ramped up in a new career as a personal trainer like…
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Work Out and Work
I’m back at it! We got home last night around 11pm and I had a 7am client this morning. Luckily, I think I’m still on east coast time so it wasn’t hard for me to get up early to hit the gym for a solo strength session. Iced coffee definitely helped the cause I packed this up to eat after…
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