July 21, 2013

Photo booth

Yesterday ended up being just as busy as I thought it would be, but thanks to my dad, it was pretty stress-free. When I woke up, I ran eight miles on the treadmill. I'd planned to do it outside, but when I got out there, it was SO humid, and the air felt really thick. I just wimped out and ran it on the 'mill, while watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

I showered and got ready to go to Jerry's sister's wedding shower. Her fiance, Chris, asked Jerry to go to hang out with him, so we were able to go to the shower together. My dad volunteered to watch the boys AND take Eli to the birthday parties he was invited to. Eli had two parties back-to-back, and my dad took him to both, which was awesome.

I didn't eat anything at the wedding shower, because it started at 1:00, and I would have been starving by then. I like to eat lunch at around 11:00, so I just ate before I left. When we left the shower at 4:00, though, I was really hungry for dinner. Jerry and I had a wedding to go to at 6:00, so I went home and ate a sandwich and some soup quickly before getting ready for the wedding.

The wedding was a lot of fun! I was stunned by the cupcake display:


They had a ton of different flavors, but I'd been saving my PointsPlus all week for a cookie from Mrs. Fields today, so I chose not to eat any cupcakes. I was glad I'd eaten dinner before we left, because they didn't end up serving the food until close to 8:00, which is nearly my bedtime, hahaha. I did have a couple of glasses of wine, though, and I chatted with my friend Amber for most of the evening. She had more than a few glasses of wine, which led to us getting silly in the photo booth:


Jerry and I went in the photo booth too, and I think it was the first time in our entire relationship using a photo booth. Photo booths should be mandatory at weddings--it was so fun! Then the bride and groom got a copy of all the photos placed into a memory book. I wish we'd done that at our wedding--very fun keepsake!


At around 10:00, I was ready to go home (I don't dance, unfortunately, and all of my friends love to dance). Jerry drove me home, and then he went back to the wedding; luckily, we were only a couple of miles from the reception.

This morning, I had my long run to do, which today, was just eight miles. I was expecting it to feel like an easy, peasy eight miles, because it's not that long of a distance while marathon training. However, since I switched to the Hansons' Marathon Method, I'd run eight miles yesterday, followed by running eight today. So my legs weren't exactly "fresh".

Holy cow, it was so much harder than I thought it would be! I decided to run outside, because the humidity was a little lower today. As soon as I started running, my legs felt very heavy. Normally, that would have bothered me, but I know that the whole point of this type of training is to run on tired legs. It was great to know that it was working!

It was a pretty decent run. I kept my heart rate in Zone 2, which is where I want it for my long runs. That translated to splits in the mid-to-high-9:00's. A blackbird dive-bombed my head again, which was mildly terrifying, so instead of an out-and-back route, I ended up looping around to avoid the bird on the way back. Then, about a quarter-mile from my house, I got stung by some sort of bug on my ankle! The pain was really bad for a minute, and I actually had to stop to make sure the bug wasn't stuck in my sock or something. I could see the spot where I was stung, but the bug was long gone.

I was happy to be finished...


It was interesting to look at my stats from yesterday's eight miler and compare them to today's. On the treadmill, I ran a 9:24/mi pace, my heart rate was an average of 141, and I burned 634 calories. Running outside, I ran a 9:36/mi pace, my heart rate was an average of 155, and I burned 805 calories. That's a big difference!

Jerry and I took the boys out today to have some fun with them. They'd been wanting to go ride go-carts for a long time, so we took them to do that. Eli drove his really slowly, and I didn't want to make him feel bad by passing him, so it wasn't a very thrilling ride ;)  After that, they did the batting cages, and then had an ice cream. I stopped and got my cookie on the way home. I'd saved up 31 PointsPlus for it so far this week (it's 23 PP). I'm going to enjoy it for dessert tonight :)



Just a reminder, tomorrow is Motivational Monday! If you accomplished a fitness/health goal that you are proud of this week, you can send a picture and short description to my e-mail at SlimKatie (at) runsforcookies (dot) com, with the subject Motivational Monday, and I may include it on tomorrow's post.

13 comments:

  1. Great job on your runs and resisting those cupcakes... yum!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 22, 2013

    At my wedding we had a poloriod camera laid out and a photo album made for just those shaped pics where there was a lot of room around the picture for people to write....i love it more each time i go through it.

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  3. Y'all are so cute.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 22, 2013

    What in the world are those black dots (on some of the cupcakes) supposed to be? Intriguing! I'm going with chocolate "bugs"!

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    1. They were lemon-blueberry cupcakes, so they were garnished with a blueberry :)

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    2. AnonymousJuly 24, 2013

      Aha! Mystery solved! I love your blog and especially that you take the time to reply to us - thanks! I'm down almost 40 of my 100, and have started running, too. Determination! (PS, I'm too chicken to post my real info on the web, apologies :(

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  5. That cupcake display is amazing!

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  6. http://www.yumsugar.com/Mrs-Fields-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Recipe-18472687

    Saw this and thought of you. Doesn't look difficult at all! I bet it would make a great post if you tried making them. :)

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    1. Only problem is that I can't have a whole batch of cookies in my house! ;) I like being able to buy just one, for minimal damage, haha.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 22, 2013

    Love the photos you guys took! So cute!

    How do you know how many points are in all of the foods you eat when out at restaurants? or in the deserts you get?

    Thanks so much!

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    1. I don't eat out very often (maybe once a week), and if the restaurant doesn't have nutrition facts listed anywhere, I'll just look up the same dish at a restaurant that does. It won't be an exact count, but it will be close enough.

      For the cookie, I bought one a while ago and weighed the cookie portion and then weighed the frosting, and totaled up the nutrition info that way. It may be off by 50-100 calories, but it's close enough, since I don't eat them very often. If I was eating one every day, well, that would be a problem! ;)

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    2. AnonymousJuly 23, 2013

      Thanks for the help!

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  8. I love those photos! You are just too cute! Those cupcakes...omg..I want to eat them all. lol

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