Yesterday - Mothers Day - was my second year participating in the Forzani Mothers Day Run & Walk, I'm proud to say I finished 5km in 39:01! I beat last years time by FAR (I don't know exactly but it was over an hour so I kicked last years time!
I had forced myself to do the best I could and I am glad I did, I really pushed myself and considering I haven't been to the gym or on a treadmill in months I would say I did pretty good! I want to keep active to beat my time for next year, that will be my goal.
I'm really feeling the 'burn' today and it's burnin' all over!!
Muscles that I was not even aware that were used running hurt and I just want to be in a nice hot bath for a couple hours followed by a massage for another couple hours... but seriously it feels awesome, the high you get after achieving something you didn't think you could is amazing! I really feel pumped to get back into working out even if that just means walking my dog more often and doing free weights and ACTUALLY using my elliptical at home. I feel like it's time, now that I'm focusing on my diet and nutrition it only makes sense to balance everything out by incorporating exercise into the regime!
My gift for Mothers Day was just what I wanted... French Women For All Seasons by Mireille Guiliano so I can delve into even more French tips and tricks for staying slim and living better!
I'm so excited to get into this second installment of the French Women books as I really enjoyed the first one and despite that the facts are pretty common sense it helps to give you some direction and planning tips to incorporate into your life. (Plus Mireille's narrative is an enjoyable read!) After all the way we eat now adays isn't really common sense for our health as we base our meals around convenience more often than not.
So now I am entering phase 2 of becoming more French (haha) lets see where it leads me.
Today I am trying a new soup, I'm a bit nervous about whether I will like it or not but I'll give it a go anyways. I tested out a recipe for Summer Borscht by Barefoot Contessa on Food Network's website (which I recommend visiting for recipe ideas!) but I altered it a tad as I just used what I had on hand so I subsituted champagne for blush wine and did not add yogurt or sour cream (no sour cream to the soup base - only as a topping) and used water instead of stock and no lemon. It smelled good and I do like beets so I'm optimistic it just... I don't know; i hope it's looks decieve because purple creamy soup doesn't really scream YUM to me and I hope to be proved wrong! I will let you know how I make out...
I'm really excited because tonight we are having dinner (a belated dinner for my Mom & Aunt for Mothers Day) and I'm baking a rhubarb strawberry crisp - so good! And they are all fresh fruits too MMMmmm!! However I have no clue what my dinner menu will be yet so... I'll have to do some planning for that...
My mouth is watering already! (I think that is something we should take into consideration for ALL meals... if you are eager to eat it that should tell you it's worth the indulgence, if the thought of it doesn't spark any enthusiam at all you're not eating properly)
In the famous words of Julia Child 'Bon Appetite!'
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