So, tomorrow’s the 4th. The good ole’ Fourth of
July; celebrating our beautiful country.
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| taken on my bike ride this morning. yes, bike ride. |
What’s that? I haven’t shared my July goals with you guys
yet? How inconsiderate of me.
Let me start with my short term one – it’s a one week
challenge I decided to throw at myself in honor of our country, and each of our 50 states. I decided to run/bike one mile for each one of those
states this week. Even the states I hate, like Nebraska. (sorry Nebraskans, nothing against you guys... just route 80)
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| Source |
Or the hood life? You choose.
50 states = 50 miles. Originally I played with the thought
of just running 50 miles this week. But I realized that jumping from about 30 miles
(on average) a week to a random 50 may make my foot extremely angry at me. So I
decided 15 of those miles can be on my bike. 9 of those bike miles were already
used up this morning, on my quick little sunrise ride.
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| me being unhappy about waking up at 5:30. |
So that already puts me at 20 miles for the week; only 30 to
go! No cheating, I promise.
I’ve found it’s better for me to keep it simple when it
comes to goals. Not make a list of 46 things I want to complete for the month,
then epically fail and feel bad about myself. JUNE goals went well. I
successfully drank a green smoothie EVERY day of June. However… I probably only
foam rolled for about half the month and then got bored/distracted/busy/lazy.
You win some you lose some; I’ll keep working on that.
Goal #1 for July: I’ve decided to once again pair up with
Run to the Finish and try out her 30 day Ab Challenge. Each day a new workout
is posted on Youtube via Strong Like Susan, and so it will be super easy to follow along.
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| click here |
Goal #2 for July: Incorporate a little more green into my
life once again. Green tea that is. Coffee’s been
my go-to lately, but I’m going to switch that out for green tea at least
twice a week, and try to pump up the antioxidant count.
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| yum!? not really. |
That’s it on the goal side of things, but hold on, wait,
don’t stop reading! I have an EPIC oatmeal recipe to share with you; it may be
just what you need to start off your 4th tomorrow morning...
Peach Cobbler Oatmeal
- 1/2 - 2/3 cup raw oats
- Handful of Flax seed/chia seeds (fiber) - optional
- 1 TB Cinnamon
- 1 TB vanilla
- 1 TB dried unsweetened coconut (optional)
- 1 sliced peach
- 1-2 TB liquid egg whites (optional protein)
Microwave 2-3 mins until it has solidified. Sprinkle a handful of
crushed bran cereal (fiber 1, bran flakes etc) on top, and drizzle a little
agave/maple syrup to sweeten it up.
Now if you don’t love that, you can slap me in the face and
call me Sally.
Enjoy your Tuesday, and stay tuned – there will be a special
4th of July edition of Weird Wednesdays tomorrow. Let’s just say, it
has to do with baton twirling.
