Camping!

Just got back from a wonderful camping trip for the three day weekend. Due to a slight hiccup in our travel plans, we ended up switching campsites each night for a total of THREE awesome campsites within the Lake Wenatchee campground. It was crazy. And it was fun. I ate a lot.

Here are a couple of photos I took.
I have 422 and haven't really looked through them all to find the best, but here are a couple that I like:
Notice how two of these photos are me climbing on a rock in the middle of the river. I just love to run around and climb on rocks. In the first photo, Peter and I had to jump over part of the river to get to the rock, which was kind of scary but totally fun.

Even though I am exhausted and sick of fatty foods, I can't wait to go camping again!

Icky Monday

The weekend was excellent albiet a little incident when I forgot about a time change that resulted in us missing a wedding...anyways...

I have such a headache today. And I had a couple cancellations at work so that is why I am on the internet! Its been a very unusual day. Whenever we drive from Spokane to Seattle in the early morning, I always feel AWFUL for the rest of the day. Today is no different, I FEEL AWFUL! But I hope to feel better soon.

I inconvieniently left my cell phone in Spokane! So no one will be able to call me or text me for the rest of the week. I will get my phone back on Friday.

I will write a more positive post soon, probably one with some PICTURES!!!

My new photo topic...

So I guess the exercising photos were a little boring. So sorry! This week I am taking photos of food. I will try to mix it up and be creative with this, but we will see what happens.

I just wanted to insert and say that I really like taking pictures every day. I have been good about not scrapbooking every little thing in my life and instead just taking a photo a day, writing a bit about it, and putting it in an album. Of course there are pretty papers involved as well. :)

So Tuesday's photo is my breakfast. Coffee with milk (Made by Matt) and yummy greek yogurt with Chia seeds. I usually eat plain yogurt but they didn't have any at PCC where I was shopping on Monday. I went to get those Chia seeds which the Tarahumara eat! They give you energy for running (supposedly.) I learned this from "Born to Run".
Today's photo is my lunch, which was a yummy salad that I made yesterday and saved some for today. I have been loving making yummy, crunchy salads. I discovered two things at Trader Joe's which I LOVE. Broccoli sprouts give the salad a really nice texture. And I found a new salad dressing, Spicy Peanut! Love that stuff! Its 70 cal per 2 tbsp. I put kidney beans of my salad for protein, making it a meal.
Thanks for reading my boring post about food. I will think of an interesting post one of these days. :)

Sunday & Monday photos

Last two days of "exercise" photos...

Sunday photo is of me holding some new running books/magazines that I got from Lindsay. The photo was taken by Matt as I am on my way to the gym. I got kicked out on Sunday night when they closed the gym at seven and was only able to complete 1/2 hour on the elliptical. Then I ran Green lake. It was a beautiful night and I ran FAST. And WITHOUT pain! Yay!
Today's photo is pretty unexciting. I woke up a bit late, but was able to squeeze in a 20 minute pilates video. Tonight I walked with Matt at Green lake. We only went about two miles because we stopped at PCC to get some quick groceries and then walked back.
I have done seven days in a row of at least one hour of cardio each day. (Monday through Sunday, not counting today) I am going to see how many days I can go!

And now I need a new topic to photograph for a week. I am thinking maybe food??? Any ideas?

Friday & Saturday photos

Friday I spent the afternoon in THE SUN! I walked around the lake with Lindsay and then ran around it. I did one mile of it BAREFOOT! That was fun. I tried to do a few pull ups, only managed a partial pull up, but did do a few chin ups. I have to get back in the groove!

I managed to take a photo of myself after changing into my running clothes in the car...
Today (Saturday) Matt and I went on a round trip 35 mile bike ride to Alki Beach. This photo is me in the grass relaxing once we got to Alki. The first 18 miles there was amazing, even though we rode up and down Queen Anne, which was killer. On the way back my knee hurt so bad that I hyperventilated. Then I breathed through my hands (no paper bag available) which helped.

The last two pictures...

Wednesday's photo: Me on the way to the gym and then to boot camp (which is also at the gym.) I did eliptical for 17 minutes and then the class for an hour.
Today I have gone on two walks and am about to go on a third. Here we are at Greenlake this morning. I also went walking with Josh & Ellen in Edmonds. And when Matt gets home we will walk Greenlake again! Its better than eating naughty snacks and watching useless tv, right?
3/7 Days working out in a row! (At least one hour cardio each day) Completed!

Picture of the Day

Yes, I am still taking a photo every day. Its getting harder and harder to take pictures of interesting things. I might start having a theme for each week to make it easier. This week my theme is "Exercise," big surprise, I know! This week I have a goal to work out well every day and I want to take a picture to prove it! Here's my photo for today...
I ran for an hour tonight on the elliptical and read my book "Born to Run." I am almost finished reading.