Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela August 5, 2014

Today is Willie’s Birthday

He’s becoming an OLD man, but there’s nothing wrong with that. The older he gets, the more handsome he becomes, he gets a little bit smarter and a whole lot wiser. I’m hoping he has a wonderful day. Birthdays haven’t always been the best or most eventful moments in his life so I ALWAYS want to make the day something special for him. It’s kind of hard to make it amazing when it falls on a Tuesday. If I had it my way, I would take him to California. Wait!?! We already did that. Ok, so maybe we would go…

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Angela August 4, 2014

Don’t compare. Just do you!

I’m here to tell you to ignore the comps. It does no good. A big part of my motivation throughout the weight loss journey was to begin with the end in mind. I visualized what I thought I would like in the end and that really kept me going. Fast forward to now, I don’t look anything like what I thought I would look. It’s hard as woman to not compare our outward appearance to others. After all, we are constantly told what we should look like to meet certain standards. I’m here to tell you, find your own standard…

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Angela August 2, 2014

Snappy Saturday: Mug cakes and big ole salad …

Good morning everyone! I hope the weekend is starting off just right for you. Guess what I did this morning? I ran my taper run this morning. Taper is a blessing and a curse because I’ve been on a running high (mileage) lately but now it’s time to wind that down because the 26.2 is coming soon. I wanted to run more but I stopped for many reasons. I’m kind of battling some fatigue right now too. This week I attempted the to make my first “brownie” in a mug. It’s one of those things I don’t feel horrible about…

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Angela August 1, 2014

Happy August! It’s time for new goals!

Happy August everyone! It’s the start of a new month which means anything is possible. Start thinking about the things you hope to accomplish this month. Yesterday was my momma’s birthday! It was kind of a chill day for her. My momma likes to celebrate occasions with food which is hard for Willie and I because we’re trying to keep things in check. We finally decided on Pei Wei. If you’re an old blog reader you know Willie and I use to swear by this place, but they changed the menu. For me, the nutritional information is a little bit…

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Angela July 31, 2014

It’s FOODIE PENPAL day!

At Fitbloggin I found out about this cool thing called a Foodie penpal. It’s like a penpal but instead of letters you send someone food. I was matched up with Terra this month and it was both our first times doing the program. We talked about our dietary restrictions and then we were left to fend for ourselves. The main rule is to spend no more than $15, have you box in the mail by the 15th of the month and include something written with your box. This is what I got in my box: Fruit leather Peanut Butter Veggie…

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Angela July 30, 2014

Food prep: there isn’t nothing new about …

I read a lot of blogs and follow a lot of people on instagram and twitter. I know when Sunday rolls around my feed is jammed with people doing the same thing I’m doing: food prep. I’m not foolish enough to think my house was the only one food prepping for the week but I feel like you, readers of the blogs, are getting hit over the head with the same information just from a different blog. I love all my fellow bloggers because we couldn’t make it out here in this virtual world without each other. BUT I want…

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Angela July 28, 2014

Recovery from the weekend with Pro Compression

It was a big weekend because I did my 20 miler on Saturday. Yesterday was a rest day. Rest days are important to give your body a recharge. It may sound funny coming from me because most people don’t think I take a rest, but I know when my body needs a rest. Always remember to listen to your body. Recovery has been a big deal to me lately and I’ve taken the time to really educate myself on it. I was doing it wrong for so long. It’s hard to think about putting the calories back in your body…

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Angela July 26, 2014

Accomplished the 20 miler

This morning started off very early for me. It’s the day in every marathon training plan people look at and think…”20 miles is a long way to go without someone cheering you on.” Well today was my day. Honestly, I was skeptical about completing all 20 miles in the Texas heat and humidity but I was going to give it a try. I have a couple of marathons coming up and the first one is Revel Rockies Denver. I’m trying to run myself back into shape. I planned on being out of the door at 4am, but that didn’t happen.…

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Angela July 25, 2014

Happy Friday and thank you! How are you …

Good mid-morning my readers. I hope everyone is having a great day because it’s FRIDAY. The weekend has arrived! I was supposed to be in San Jose for Blogher but I had a little incident last weekend. I thought it would be better on my pocket book if I stayed home this weekend. It’s a bummer but I’ll be there next year. This morning I totally decided to sleep in because I felt tired so I missed my 5am workout, but I just finished a HIIT Tone It Up workout. I’m going to take it easy on my workout today…

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Angela July 24, 2014

Recipe: Some carrot thing I made the other …

I hope everyone is having a good day. I think I’m a little worn out from my workout yesterday. I’m feeling a little lazy so I’ll take it. My mid-week long run turned out longer than I expected. Let me tell you, I didn’t feel like I ran 8 miles until I tried to sneak those extra two in and then it felt like my feet were bricks. Anywho, last week I ran out of strawberries for my oatmeal. I only had enough for one person’s oatmeal so I gave them to Willie because I love him so much. FYI:…

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Angela July 23, 2014

So all you do is run, right?

Every once and a while I get an e-mail asking me if I have “fun” because it always seems like I’m working out or running. The past two weeks have been filled with these types of e-mails so I thought this would be a great time to blog about this kind of stuff. I know it seems like I only workout or run but there is more to me than that. This is a blog about losing 200 pounds and staying active. My blog focus is to show people that you can do it without a fad or pill and…

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