After a little bit of a bumpy week for him, I thought it would be appropriate to quote my grandfather. “Be prepared” is Papa’s family wide known motto. Every time we kiss goodbye or an important life discussion arises, he repeats those two words to me; he always has and he probably always will. As I get older, I realize more and more how right he is when he tells me this. If you think about it, this imperative can apply to almost anything in life. This weekend it applied to us in our choices to live a healthy lifestyle.
Saturday night I had planned on attending a girls night at a friend’s house while Brendan was working. It turned out to be a great time, but I wasn’t planning on having more than one drink or staying out late because I knew I had a race in the morning. Let’s just say, when you pour your own glass of wine, one glass turns into two very easily. It ended up being a great night – Brendan was let out of work early and met up with us for a drink or two. All night we kept commenting on the dreadful run we were having the next morning and how silly we were to be out drinking the night before.
Brendan had not run since he moved home from the Marine Corps which was over two months ago, and I had not run since my last 5K which was in June. So in terms of preparation, we were NOT following my grandfather's request.
Sunday's weather forecast was not promising, just another reason for us not to be excited about running for the first time in months. Lucky for us, Mother Nature gave us THEE perfect running weather, but of course we were way over dressed thinking it was going to be 55 and raining.
Running was never my thing. Even now, I have been training with weights, but tend to shy away from the cardio. If I’m going to do cardio, it needs to be fun. I usually feel awful WHILE running, but great afterwards. I timed myself on Map My Run app on my phone, but I checked official results online when I got home. It’s pretty cool how bib numbers for races now have trackers on them for when you run over the start and finish line. You would never even know – it just looks like a white sticker! Great news is that I finished nearly two minutes faster than my previous 5K in June. Yay for progress! Four years in the Marine Corps allowed Brendan to kick my butt; I didn’t let it affect my mini victory though.
The rest of our day consisted of homework (for him) and food prepping for the week. Preparing lots of food for 5-6 days can be VERY time consuming, not to mention, when you are done, you have to wash a ton of dishes! I have to say, it is much easier when there are two of us doing it and it is well worth it. I have learned the only way I will eat healthy is if I am prepared. It’s much easier during the week to just grab a few pieces of Tupperware and walk out the door, not having to worry about making or packing food in the early mornings. We try to do this every week now – either on Saturday or Sunday. I write out all of my meals for the week, then make a grocery list based on it and then get cooking. We have definitely needed to add to our collection of Tupperware to do this. Here are some pictures to truly exemplify the intensity of food prepping! Haha!
As you can see, most of this consists of using 4burners at all times. We joke about buying a house someday with a stove that has 6+ burners and LOTS of counter space, to make food prepping easier.
Alot of these are staple items for us...veggies, chicken, etc. I try to make meals where things are mixed together, like chili, stir fry, and others...to keep it exciting.
The cucumbers & tomatoes are what I eat at night. It is my FAVORITE salad ever. I put a few onions in it too for flavor and half an avocado. I wait until right before I eat it to cut the avocado so it's still green!
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