Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela November 17, 2015

Race Recap: Pleasure Island Bridge Half Marathon 2015

I’m late on my race recaps, but this is what Tuesday is for. On November 7, 2015 I ran the Pleasure Island Bridge Half Marathon which will always be remembered at the Mosquito and Monsoon Festival 2015. The minute we pulled into the parking lot the mosquitoes swarmed the car and I knew it was over at that point. We even bug sprayed before we left the house because the bugs are always bad. This year it was worse. It was so bad that we didn’t even want to take pictures before the race. This is the only picture we…

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Angela November 16, 2015

Motivation Monday: Be the best for yourself

Hey all! Today’s motivation Monday was sparked by a Facebook comment. I ran a race yesterday. I know you’re shocked, right? I’ve been feeling way under the weather and I wasn’t expecting much. The one thing I was counting on that it would be a horrible experience. I was still sleeping 20 minutes before the start of the race. Something happened after the race that made me WANT to make this video. After I finished the race I posted this: I finished and I didn’t do horrible either. Ran the half in 2:18 and I was sick. Nice way to…

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Angela November 13, 2015

Five Things Friday: tips to avoid food temptation

Halloween just passed and we’re on the cusp of holiday season. There will be comfort foods, cakes, pies and all types of goodies being shoved in our faces all day long. From home to work to social gatherings, the holiday season has arrived but what does that mean if you’re on your weight loss journey or just trying not to over indulge. Every year I post something similiar because every year I feel like I learn a little bit more about how tempting some foods can be and sometimes those are the foods you just can’t stay away from. The…

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Angela November 10, 2015

We are in Runner’s World talking weight …

I am so happy to finally share with everyone that we are in the December 2015 issue of Runner’s World. I guess we could have spoke about it before but honestly, we didn’t know much information about it. When running the Pensacola Marathon on Sunday someone at an aid station stopped to ask me if I was the girl in the magazine. That is really when I found out it had hit the shelf. On my way home yesterday, I stopped in Baton Rouge and purchased them all. Haha! The forces at Action for Healthy Kids are making my dreams…

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Angela November 9, 2015

Orthorexia: is this a real thing?

I don’t know if you read the post making the rounds about the new eating disorder: orthorexia. Orthorexia is an obession with eating only foods that are considered healthy. Apparently, only eating healthy foods is a problem. I guess it’s time for a little bit of story time. When we started the weight loss journey everything was super clean. No salt, no sauces, no resturant food but we did what worked for us. I think people thought we were going overboard at some points. I knew that, I didn’t need people to tell us that. Our biggest reason for going…

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Angela November 6, 2015

Five Things Friday: the blog blocked edition.

Welcome to this week’s Five Things Friday. I don’t know if I just have too much stuff going on right now (aka stress) or what but I can’t seem to focus on writing a blog post right now. I’ve sat down three times today to write a post and it’s just not coming. I’m blocked. I never want the blog a source of stress in my life. For today I’m going to let the blog post go. I always want to create content that you can gain something from but today it’s not happening. Instead you’re going to learn about…

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Angela November 4, 2015

Why meal prep hasn’t been a priority

The month of October has flown by and you may have noticed something was missing from blog. There has been a noticable absence of meal prepping or cooking going on in my life. I just wasn’t home long enough to get make it priority. I spent half the month packing for trips, running and in airports. The meals I made were quick and easy and didn’t require much prep. Sadly, most of those meals came from the freezer or out of a can. It was just what worked for me during this time. The time between trips would sometimes just…

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Angela November 3, 2015

Happy National Sandwich Day!

One should not be this excited for a day like this, but I will admit I’m super excited for National Sandwich Day! I do love a good sandwich because the possibilities are endless. I don’t want to be like Bubba from Forest Gump but I could name a ton of sandwich combinations that I love! The simplest things make the best sandwiches and sandwiches are so easy to make. And the best thing about sandwiches? Those things are pretty hard to mess up. What is considered a sandwich? From wikipedia: A sandwich is a food item consisting of one or…

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Angela November 2, 2015

Define your success

Winning isn’t everything and being the best isn’t all that. Keep that in mind as you go through life. It’s great to come in on top and it’s great to highly successful but that isn’t going to happen every time you do try something. It’s ok not to be the best at something. It’s acceptable to try something and not get it the first time. It’s not acceptable to give up after trying something that didn’t go the way you thought it would go the first time around. The thing to remember is there is more than one way to…

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Angela October 31, 2015

Race Recap: Rock n Roll St. Louis Half …

The recap is late, but it’s still worthy of a read. I ran the Rock n Roll St. Louis Half Marathon on October 18 and it was something special. Last year when I ran this race, I set a half marathon PR. That did not happen this year because I ran the Kansas City Marathon the day before. This half was purely for fun. I was espeically excited because I got to see some of my favorite Team Chocolate Milk teammates. I hadn’t seen them since last year so it was a nice treat. And I finally got to meet…

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Angela October 29, 2015

Tips for gaining focus

I’ll cut the small talk and just be honest, I have been lacking focus. I’m easily distracted and that has really killed my productivity. That’s why things have been lacking here in the blog department. The slightest thing will throw me off course and it’s hard for me to get back on this figurative road. Do you know how many times I’ve jumped off this blog post already? I’ve only typed three sentences. I decided my office today would be Panera. You know, because it’s easy not to get distracted here. Wrong! Whever my focus has gone, I would like…

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