Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

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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Angela July 22, 2014

The 62 mile bike ride: Year 2

This was my second year doing the Katy Flatland Century, BUT this was Willie’s first “big boy” bike ride ever. I’ve really wanted him to ride with me but road bikes are expensive. He was kind enough to let me get my bike first. He really wanted to make sure he would love the experience before he dropped that much money on a bike. So we borrowed a bike from our good friends for the occasion. Luckily, Rodale sent me some books on cycling for beginners which we both looked through. Yes, I got my bike last year but I’m…

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Angela July 19, 2014

Today was a better day

Friday is usually a more hoppin’ day on the blog but I was MIA yesterday. It all started with a horrible rain storm. I didn’t want to drive to the gym in this horrible rain storm at 5 am because I’m afraid to drive in Noah’s Ark weather. It took me an hour to get to work because there was a major flash flood happening. When I got to work, the power was out which isn’t a good thing. I really had some pressing projects that needed to be finished yesterday. I had to wait around until the power came…

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Angela July 17, 2014

A look at friendships

It’s time to take a wellness break here on the blog. I’m all about living a healthy life through mind, body AND soul. So let’s talk about friends. I was never the girl who had a lot of friends. My close friends I can count on my hand and those are the people I lean on in the good and bad times. I like to think I am a very good friend most of the time but you never really know. A couple of days ago I was reading Kimberly’s blog and she linked to this article: 7 Friends Every Woman…

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Angela July 16, 2014

Embrace the Space: My Altra running shoes

I didn’t post yesterday because I guess I was too busy working out. LOL! It’s launch week at the gym so it’s always a busy week and I like to try all the new classes too. Yesterday I taught cycle twice and then I needed to go for a run. It was my first run since the 50K and I felt good. It got me thinking, “maybe it’s the shoes?” I think I should have worn my new shoes to the race on Saturday night. I really think it would have made a difference. A couple of weeks ago I…

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Angela July 14, 2014

Race Recap: El Scorcho 25k/50K – Why I …

I’m late posting this morning because I was sidetracked. I hate it when that happens. On Saturday night, I ran El Scorcho. It’s a race that typically starts at midnight but if you were doing the 50K option, you had the choice to early start. You have until the sun comes up to finish the race. Why is the race at night? Because we live in Texas and it’s hot! The race seems to be pretty well organized. Packet pick up was a breeze and the ride to the park wasn’t bad either. They even had volunteers to drive you…

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Angela July 11, 2014

Work in progress

I am not the person I want to be, but that’s ok. I may never be that person I want to be because once I get to where I’m going, I always see something else. I wanted to lose weight and when I did lose the weight I wanted to run a half marathon. After I ran a half marathon, I wanted to run a better half marathon. After I ran I better half marathon, I wanted to run lots of half marathons and travel the country. After I traveled the country to run half marathons, I decided I wanted…

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