Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela February 12, 2014

The training for China conundrum

I’ve have some running events coming up but my focus has been on China. Everything until that point is just training. I shouldn’t be pushing for PRs or making a certain time. I’m more interested in getting us on our feet for longer periods of time. I’ve tried to explain to Willie the physicality of what is happening is the least of the problems; it’s the mental aspect of what is going to happen. I don’t know what I want to run The Great Wall of China Marathon but I do! I guess I want to do it because it’s…

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Angela February 11, 2014

Race Recap: The Biggest Loser Run/Walk Series – …

I’m a racing fool! I like the energy and it keeps me motivated to run! Sometimes I can just go out there and do it and other times I need people screaming at me to keep going. It’s what works for me. The Biggest Loser Run Walk series is going across the country for these events. Originally we were supposed to do the one in Beaumont but it was moved to May during the time we couldn’t do the race. Race organizers were nice enough to let us transfer our registrations to another race so of course we chose Mobile…

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Angela February 10, 2014

Motivation Monday to get back on track

It’s Monday and all the blogs I read do motivation Monday. I don’t really do that because everyone else is doing it. Today, I needed a little motivation. I’ve been off track. I haven’t felt like myself and I know I haven’t been holding myself accountable. I’ve been stuck in a rut because I’ve been resting for the marathon and then I ran another marathon two weeks later. It’s really left me feeling weird because I’ve been in a constant taper. My working out was limited…and I felt the need to carbo load. In New Orelans all I ate the…

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Angela February 5, 2014

In the defense of the Biggest Loser Winner

Last night the winner of The Biggest Loser was chosen and people don’t seem to be happy. I will admit, I don’t watch the show. I really don’t like how the show doesn’t take it’s moment to educate the viewers on losing the weight, it strictly about the game. In the end, it’s all about it being a reality show and game and there’s nothing wrong with that. I know a lot of people look to show for a source of inspiration and motivation so I just wish there was just a little bit more education going on sometimes. So…

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Angela February 4, 2014

Race recap: RnR New Orleans Marathon

This race kind of came in under the radar due to Willie being sick! To be honest, I felt really horrible for even still wanting to go after Willie had his surgery but he encouraged me to go. I originally signed up for the race to do the half because I just ran a marathon, but I caved to running peer pressure and ran the marathon! Two marathons, two weeks means I can now be a marathon maniac. Please forgive me because this post might be long because I have a lot of things to share! First off, it was…

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Angela February 1, 2014

The deal with changes

Change is a part of life that we can’t really avoid. Things change on a constant basis, including the weather. I can’t believe we were hit with two ice events in 6 days here in southeast Texas. I was cooped up in the house for a couple of days which really gave me a chance to think about the message I want to send out to the world. Things changed for us a when we decided to lose the weight, our appearance changed, our life changed, our activities changed and all of the sudden people are asking us to speak about…

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Angela January 29, 2014

The deal with meal prepping

Meal prepping is a great tool in just leading a healthy lifestyle. It’s great for time management too because you won’t have to worry about cooking something because it will basically be done. I was reading a site recently and the subject was meal prepping but they were charging people for the information. I won’t do that too you because it’s not that difficult to meal prep. I always meal prep breakfast and dinner for the entire week. For lunch, I will have leftovers or a frozen meal. When I say we eat the same thing every week, I really…

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Angela January 28, 2014

Playing catch up

I’ve seriously fallen behind in life since Willie has been sick. Last week I split my time between the hospital, work and home. I was totally out of my routine. I didn’t get to work out that much and I was seriously tired. No matter what I did, I couldn’t seem to get some sleep. I know a lot of it was stress induced, but I was really really tired. Good thing Willie’s hospital visit occurred the week after the marathon because I probably needed to rest days. The one thing I learned is the hospital doesn’t really serve healthy…

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Angela January 23, 2014

The Willie Update

If you haven’t been keeping up with me on social media, you have no idea that Willie has been in the hospital. He’s been dealing with stomach problems for a while now but lately it’s just gotten worse. The past 9 days have kind of become unbearable for him so when we got back to town he went to the doctor…who then sent him to the emergency room. He had a a few gall stones blocking his bile duct and one was rather large. They sucked those suckers out yesterday. Today he had his gall bladder removed and he’s feeling…

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Angela January 20, 2014

Race Recap: The Louisiana Marathon

I love this race because it’s a pretty course, the people are friendly and it’s just an all around good time. I am so happy to share this race recap with you because this was a very positive experience for me. The morning started off well. I had gotten a good night’s sleep and I woke up in a very positive attitude. After battling some bad mental running issues since Memphis, waking up and feeling this good and excited meant I was already a winner! We arrived at the race and did all the necessary things but we lined up…

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Angela January 20, 2014

Race Recap: The Advocate 5K at The Louisiana …

Hello all! I’m proud to be typing this blog post as a MARATHONER! The weather for the weekend was great and complete opposite to Memphis, so I was truly blessed! Last year was my first year to run this race and I knew I would be coming back. The race hasn’t gotten too big and everything goes off without any problems. The race is well organized and the people are fun! I loaded up the cooler with some good food and snacks and we were off. I was trying to keep the eats on track for a little bit of…

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