Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela February 8, 2015

Setting up the week

Good evening everyone! I’ve been meal prepping all day. To be honest, I’ve been trying to prep for an extended amount of time too because I’m going to be busy the next few weeks. I don’t want my meals to suffer. I’m trying to think ahead. Plus, I’ve learned the magic of buying in bulk from Sam’s Club and my crockpot. It’s just easier for me to prepare meals with the set it and forget it method. This weekend was kind of cool because we traveled to Houston again because I ran a half marathon on Saturday. That means we…

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Angela February 4, 2015

Exercising is the LEAST offensive thing I’ve …

A study by the American College of Cardiology came out suggesting the amount I run will increase my chance of death but it’s at the same rate of people who sit on the couch. The National guideline suggests 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise. For me, this isn’t a big deal. Teaching two of my classes is 90 minutes and we all know I work out more than that. I haven’t even made a dent into the 150 minutes with running. But even if I wasn’t running, would more than 150 mins of exercising be harmful to my health?…

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Angela February 3, 2015

The chocolate cupcake Luna Bar has been found.

That’s right, I’m blogging about a LUNA BAR. I’ve been in search of this sucker for a long time. I’ve seen people talk about it on their blogs. I cried because I couldn’t find one. Ok, maybe not that bad, but I did want to try it. I was starting to think it was just a figment of my imagination until yesterday. I found it! I found it at Target. Apparently, it’s a hot commodity too because only two remained on the shelf. One for me and one for Missy. She’s been searching for it too but she wasn’t as…

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Angela February 3, 2015

Celebrate everything

I’ve been working on things around the site. You may have noticed some changes. I’m going for a new look. There have been a couple of bugs but I think things are finally smoothing over. I am excited for a new start on an old thing. I want to talk about celebration. Everyone should stop right now and just stop to celebrate something about yourself. Big, little, tiny, miniscule…whatever it is, it’s worthy of celebration. I hear so many things in life. “Well I only ran 2 miles.” “I was only able to do the stairmaster for 12 minutes.” “I…

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Angela January 30, 2015

My dog took me for a run

This week has been all about getting back into a routine. All the running has kind of messed up my schedule because I’ve had to recover and do it all over again. Guess what y’all? I’m on a two weekend break from running. That means I’m able to get my strength training in. Too bad it’s totally making me hate push ups. Willie told me that you should change your workout up every 2 months or something like that so your body doesn’t get use to it. I really wasn’t feeling it this morning, but I went. That means I…

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Angela January 27, 2015

Do you have meal prepping questions?

It’s the new year and everyone is jazzed about hitting the gym to workout. That’s not the only part about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In fact, working out might actually be the easy part because maintaining a healthy diet in a world of unhealthy convenient options can be tough. I’m going to be doing several posts on meal prep over the coming weeks and I want to know what are your biggest questions on prepping meals. I want to help everyone master the meal prep because it’s such an important thing. You can work out all you want but if you’re…

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Angela January 26, 2015

Where are you going?

It’s Monday! It’s time to get moving and get active. But we must always remember one thing: You can’t know where you’re going without knowing where you’ve been. Just think about it. The drive to move forward comes from the places we’ve been. I run because I knew it was something I never thought I would do. I’m living my most healthy life right now because in the past I didn’t always do that. And the list will go on… The past influences the future. I wouldn’t change anything about the past if I could because I know that makes…

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Angela January 22, 2015

Staying safe when you take your workouts outside

Last week a woman was running in the wee hours of the morning and she was attacked. Her attacker tried to pull her in the bushes but she went all karate kid on him and got away. I don’t know if I could have done that. I can tell you one thing, I don’t want to find out. This terrifies me because I’ve been known to go running at 3:30 am! I did this without telling my husband where I would be running and I would be gone for hours at a time. He never would have known if I…

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Angela January 21, 2015

Race Recap: The Louisiana Marathon

I had no skin in the game here. I just ran the Mississippi Blues Marathon the week before and I just wanted to finish. I won’t lie when I tell you, I chose to run the marathon so I could eat some of the delicious food at the finisher festival. Spoiler alert: I was too tired and worn out when I finished to enjoy any of the food. As the week went on, I just wanted to do better than I did last year. I finished last year in 4:57:53 so coming in at 4:56:59 would have been plenty for…

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Angela January 21, 2015

Race Recap: The Advocate 5K at The Louisiana …

The Louisiana Marathon race weekend is one of my favorites of the year. I can’t explain why but it just is. Maybe it’s the energy, the friendly people, the beautiful course and even the great finisher festival. It’s a race I don’t think I’ll be missing. Willie and I usually run the 5K the day before our big races. This year I was running the 5K and the full. Willie was running the 5K and the half. This year the race included the quarter marathon (6.55 miles) and I wish I would have signed up for that instead of the…

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Angela January 20, 2015

Snack time: Mamma Chia Clean Energy Giveaway

It’s the new year so I’ve been trying out new ideas for a snack. It’s hard for me because I am a creature of habit and I really like what I like. I received this Mamma Chia Clean Energy drink a while back. I wanted to talk about them earlier but I needed to make sure it was something I would approve. I don’t want to lead you guys in the wrong direction. I’m already a big fan of the chia squeeze. Today’s mid-morning snack was a Mamma Chia Clean Energy Cherry Charge and it’s good. I must admit, the…

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