Gluten Free 3

Happy Weekend Everyone!

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Is anyone else glad the work week has finally come to a close? I know I am!
The only small down side is that my long run outside tomorrow will have to be postponed because we are supposed to be getting 6-8inches of snow throughout the day. Yeesh!

Anyway, work has been crazy as usual, but I love it. I got to meet 4 new groups of girls this week and so far, they all seemed to like the activities I had planned out. (Did I mention I work for a non-profit group?) It's been keeping me busy busy busy! But, I still managed to get in 1 night of Zumba and 2 nights of Wii Just Dance 3. Hooray! Sadly, no real running this week, unless you count all of the running around I did for work... *insert drum hit here*. Corny, I know. I can't help myself sometimes.

In other news, week 3 of gluten free is going pretty well. I went out to hibachi/sushi with a group of friends the other night for a birthday dinner and managed to make some very good, gluten-free choices. For those who may not know, I LOVE SUSHI/HIBACHI!! However, going gluten-free means I cannot enjoy terriyaki or soy sauce.. so I had to be smart with my choices. No hibachi for this kid. I did, however, enjoy two very yummy rolls- spicy salmon and an ocean roll that had practically every type of sushi in it rolled in white seaweed with cucumber and avocado.

 SO YUMMY!!

I also passed on the fried ice cream (seriously, I'm SO proud of myself for that- I should get a medal or something).

The other day, I stocked up on some more gluten free foods at Ocean State- some more pasta and crackers, along with some ginger snap cookies and gluten free granola! Holler! Even though I do have some cracker/cookies/granola... most of my snacking has actually been fruits and vegetables/hummus. I've had salad for lunch 3 of the 5 days this week and, overall, I just am feeling healthier. I may extend my gluten-free expirement another 30 days, just to see if there continues to be improvement in energy/digestion/etc.

How is everyone else doing with their goals so far?

Run, Run, Run As fast As You Can- You Cant' Catch Me.....

.... Well, You probably can. 

I'm effing slow!

But, I did a 4 mile yesterday and it felt really good. I didn't walk too much. When I got tired, I just slowed my pace down as much as I could without walking (you know, that weird fake run/trot people do when they are crossing the street in front of your car? That's the pace I was going at some points). However, I finished the 4.08 miles in 58:38, which is amazing because it's under an hour. WOOHOO!

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Take THAT Gingerbread man!

I am feeling better about my running because my last two have gone pretty well. I was kind of down and out after the Torch run because I didn't do as well in the heat as I had anticipated. But, as many people have told me, not every run is going to be an amazing one, so I'm dealing with it.

I wish I had more exciting things to update you all on, but today is a short post. It is my rest day, which is good because I have a friend's birthday tonight. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (He probably won't read this, but I figured I would post it anyway.) Anyone have any fun plans for the weekend? I have a birthday, a recital and Father's day celebrations. Going to be getting my party on haha!

Happy and healthy weekend everyone!