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Showing posts with label 5K. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5K. Show all posts

Pink guns, tofu pudding and getting fit

 This may be one of the weirdest, oddball, conglomerates of a blog post many fashion bloggers have ever read, but this is me and here it goes.

In addition to my pescatarian eating lately, I've been trying to get fit.  I am actually underweight for my height, but I am starting to notice the little things that need toning up.  This probably has something to do with the fact that I'm getting "over the hill" tomorrow. No longer will I be in my early 20's, 26 here I come!!


I've been running, practicing Yoga and doing the Tone It Up bikini series. Karina & Katrina are awesome- if you haven't worked out to one of their videos before you should totally check them out. They are so motivational and you "check in" with them and their other followers regularly to keep you on track.  

I ran a 5K a week ago and cut my time from the October 5K that I ran by over 8 and a half minutes! You better believe I am a happy girl about that!  Now to keep going and get my time under 30 minutes for the next one.

My birthday is tomorrow, and here's what I'm getting from my man! A pink Sig Sauer Mosquito .22 pistol. :)  I can't wait to go take it out to the range this weekend and blow some targets away.
My Birthday Present


Dee shooting at the range
My turn!! Good shot of my ombre hair too ;)

We went to the range after my 5k and made the day that much more EXTREME! haha

A yummy dessert was very needed after all of my healthy endeavors, so I made some Chocolate Tofu Pudding.  Non-tofu eaters, before you turn up your nose- this stuff was gooooood! It was like a healthy, slightly thicker chocolate mousse.  Here's the recipe in case you want to try it, it was so easy
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I'm on the look out for more vegetarian recipes to keep on track with this new "diet" of mine so any readers with recommendations please send them my way.
Chocolate Tofu Pudding Ingredients, just add water.

Thanks for reading, I hope y'all are having a good week!

Strong is the new Skinny

Working at a gym has finally started to rub off on me.  I ran a 5K last weekend for breast cancer, Pink up the Pace.  And I think I'm hooked.  There's a few more 5K's next month and I need to get signed up for one.
People see me and are like awh your skinny your in shape...not so much.  I saw a quote on another blog (which of course I cannot find now) that said 100 pounds of skinny is not nearly as hot as 120 pounds of muscle.  If that's not screaming at me to move it into high gear I don't know what is.
I need to do this just to be healthy, I need to be fit and try to fight cancer as much as possible.  There has been so much of it in my family it scares me; my grandfather had 4 or 5 different types of cancer throughout his life and my grandmother on the other side of the family died from breast cancer.  Gotta fight it as much as possible and while I'm young is the time to start.  Maybe by next summer/bikini season I'll have ripped abs like this ;)