Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela February 16, 2015

Not running all the marathons

Last week I was prepping all week to run The Austin Marathon. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy or fast but I just wanted to run it. I kept referring to the weekend as a “shit show” but I was really excited for it. As excited that I was to run that marathon, I knew I probably shouldn’t. It nagged at me all week which made me really think about the situation. Running the marathons is fun and I love to do it. But it is incredibly taxing on the body and probably not something I need to…

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Angela February 15, 2015

I had a good weekend

I had a really great weekend. I know I don’t usually post stuff about my normal day to day on the blog, but maybe I should do more things like that. I spent Valentine’s Day being active with Willie and support my best friend at her school 5k. Note: it was a lot of walking on a soccer field. Totally not serious, but A LOT of fun! And someone showed me to to stretch because I wasn’t do it right! Then we headed to the expo to pick up our packets. Then I fought the ridiculous Austin traffic to hang…

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Angela February 13, 2015

Things I’ve learned.

This week I turned down my dream job because in the end it wasn’t really my dream job. It was a great job and I’m honored to have been offered the job. In the end, I knew the job was amazing but it wasn’t my time for this job. It was a very emotional process for me and I learned a couple of things: 1. Ultimately, my husband will always come first. What he thinks and feels has always been important to me. I travel a lot but I do that because I want to do that. I control the…

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Angela February 10, 2015

Meal Prep 101: The Basics

*This is the first in the series of meal prepping posts I will be doing on the blog. I think it’s time for me to start my series on meal prepping. I’ve gathered the questions that were asked and I’ve put them into the categories. Where most people just want ideas for what to make, a lot of people just have some basic questions about the process. Today I will address some of the issues and challenges people have had with meal prepping. The most asked question is about keeping things in the fridge all week. Won’t the food go…

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Angela February 9, 2015

Race Recap: Katy Half Marathon

I’ve realized that I’m not super into remembering what happened during a race and honestly, that’s not the most important part of a race for me. The actual running part is my own thing and some days I’m feeling it and other days I’m not. That doesn’t make or break a race situation for me. This past weekend I decided to run the Katy Half Marathon because I wasn’t feeling motivated to run. I really couldn’t trust that I would get out of bed to run and I knew I needed a little extra motivation. I was skeptical of doing…

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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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