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<\/p>\nHi my pretties! Today was a glorious Sunday but it went by way too fast! I got up at 7am to get to work on my longest run since the half in May. I will say that I was a bit nervous! I had a few nibbles of a small square of the oat bars I made yesterday. I made these specifically for before runs. This way I could precut them up into smaller portion sizes, or the perfect pre-run size. The one I pulled out was a bit bigger so I had half of it.<\/p>\n
It was a fantastic morning for a run! And by that I mean it was nice and cool. So cool I had to wear capris and a long sleeved shirt. So nice! I was scheduled to do 5 miles today but accidentally went over that by 1\/2 a mile and did 5.5 total. Whoops! It felt great though! I didn’t feel tired and my legs did not feel like lead. I think the cooler morning helped. My time was 1:00 on the dot! Not quite the under 10:30 mile\/min I was running but less than 11 min so I’ll take it! In all honesty I was really happy with that time, especially considering I haven’t run this distance in months!
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When I got home, I slammed a huge glass of CS<\/abbr> and then had the other half of the oat bar because I was starving. I took Rocky out for a walk and we would have gone farther but I was freezing cold. I put on a hoodie before we left but I was still chilly. After foam rolling and stretching like crazy, I took a very long and super hot shower. Ahhhh it felt so good!<\/p>\n Then I came down to have some coffee and a snack.<\/p>\n Finally some decent coffee up in here! And some 2% Fage with homemade granola. YUM! But that wasn’t enough for this sister. I was still starving.<\/p>\n Cue my second oat bar of the day. :o These things are addicting and I’m chalking that up to the addition of chocolate chips. So good! In fact they are so tasty, that Scott could not stop picking at them yesterday. :p I was all comfy on the couch with my eats, coffee, laptop, and Food TV.<\/p>\n Eventually my loves got up and we chatted, talked about Frankenstein, and what to do with our Sunday. Then I had to make breakfast before I got too hungry. I spotted Bobby Flay make scrambled eggs with goat cheese and knew I needed this in my bellah!<\/p>\n So I made it! Two eggs and some egg whites with whole grain mustard mixed in as I beat them. I sauteed some green onion and chopped spinach in some olive oil then added the eggs. Then I added in a little bit of salmon (from a pouch) and the goat cheese. A very froo-froo egg dish, indeed!<\/p>\n 12 grain toast on the side with a smidge of butter.<\/p>\n And a smoothie! Goodness this was just what I needed!<\/p>\n Not a pretty color but damn tasty.<\/p>\n We also had chicken breakfast sausage and watermelon on the side. Naturally when I only make a slice of toast for each of us, I want more. I kicked everything today and it was fantastic. I was finally full and satisfied!<\/p>\n I cleaned up the kitchen and then had to get some bloggy work done. I have a lot of ideas I’m trying to bring alive! I would have rather been on the couch with my boys but sometimes you just have to work.<\/p>\n Around 5pm, we wrapped everything up for the day to hang out, snack, and get dinner going. I had about 5 chips, not photographed. I was deciding if I wanted a snack and then realized that I will be having wine and possible dessert later, so I put them away. Then I started dinner prep. Very traditional Sunday Supper here at the HQ today! I must admit that there are times when I just love spending loads of time in the kitchen making a great meal.<\/p>\n Because of the cold weather snap, on the menu today was roasted chicken breasts with roasted root veggies. Very classic fall dish. Presenting before:<\/p>\n We have loads of meat items that need to get used up. Because our meat intake has drastically reduced, we just aren’t going through freezer items like we used to. My plan is to make these items, have small pieces and then freeze the cooked portions that I can then pull out at random for Scott in the future. Skin-on, bone-in chicken breasts (the best kind!) with a spicy dry rub, and baked at 350.<\/p>\n Roasting with the chicken were carrots, red onion, cubed baby yukon potatoes with a jalapeno and a lime for depth and kick. All together in a bit of chicken broth and white wine.<\/p>\n Roasting in the second oven (I love my range!) by themselves were:<\/p>\n Parsnips, beets, and a turnip. All drizzled simply with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. My turnip closeups didn’t turn out.\u00a0 Boo!<\/p>\n There were leftover veggies from yesterday.<\/p>\n![\"Coffee,](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ohc-08-23-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Coffee,")
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