Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela November 10, 2013

Race Recap: Pleasure Island Bridge Half Marathon

It’s soo nice to be able to run a local race. I wish we had more of them. I love being able to run with my friends and feel like I belong. I’ve spent a lot of time running this year and I’ve come to appreciate the local runs a lot more because of the community feeling. Nothing will ever be able to replace that feeling of running with your friends and partying after! Yesterday, Willie completed his second half marathon and I completed my 11th half marathon. The run was a 2-miler, 10K and half marathon over the Pleasure…

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Angela November 6, 2013

What did you eat to lose all that …

This week I’m taking the time to answer the many e-mails I get about our weight loss journey. Most of the questions are the same, but this question is the most frequently asked question. Before I venture any more into this subject, I want to remind everyone that it’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change. Also, there wasn’t one magic food that changed our lives and helped us drop the weight. The weight didn’t come off overnight because it was a process. The easiest way to answer this question is to tell you what we stopped eating. We stopped…

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Angela November 5, 2013

Do you reward yourself with food? Stop it!

If you answered yes, let’s stop this bad habit. When I was heavier, food was always apart of the celebration. Had the best day of my life? I had ice cream because I deserved it. It’s my birthday or Willie’s birthday or my cousin’s twice removed birthday; let’s chow down. Got a pay bump? Let’s spend that extra money on a really decadent meal that will leave me knocked out later. Food is used as a celebratory manner in our lives, but does it always have to be that way. I even fall victim to it now. I run a…

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Angela November 4, 2013

Race Recap & marathon training has taken me to 18 …

When I tell people I’m running a marathon, I get a couple of strange looks. To those who run and love to do it, it isn’t a far fetched idea, but to the people who never run can’t seem to understand. People who don’t run, don’t understand why we like to run. When I took on the marathon, I was even clueless about it. Marathon training takes up a lot of time. I run four times a week which isn’t really a big deal, but the length of the runs is what takes up the time. I wake up at…

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Angela November 1, 2013

Foodie Friday: Let’s make some chili!

I haven’t been eating very balanced lately. Ever since I’ve come back from Denver I really haven’t been eating…correctly. I haven’t had a taste for anything so I’ve ended up eating things like oatmeal for dinner or just peanut butter roll ups. Those aren’t the worst things in the world, but they definitely aren’t the best. This week I decided to get back on track and the easiest way for me to get a balanced plate of food was to make CHILI! I love fall because this is my favorite thing to eat and with the time changing this weekend,…

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Angela October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween! Is it all about candy?

It’s the day that we all loved as kids because we could dress up like anything and get free candy for it! And of course, there are the pumpkins. Children get so excited about pumpkins and most adults don’t enjoy the carving process. I wonder if it’s because it’s too messy or just too time consuming? Last Saturday, we took our god daughter to the pumpkin patch. She was running around that place so fast and having the time of her life, even though there weren’t many pumpkins left. That’s understandable though because Halloween was very near. She is all…

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Angela October 30, 2013

Six reasons to exercise

I was thinking about some of the reason I like to workout. It’s not just running folks, I like to do other things too. This was the perfect time to talk about a few reasons to exercise and get on the road to an active lifestyle. 1. We all need to live an active lifestyle. It’s about getting up and getting moving. Want to lose the weight? The best way to start is just to get moving. 2. It makes you happy. People have commented on my cheery disposition and I have to say, it’s all due to exercise. I…

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Angela October 29, 2013

It’s National Oatmeal Day

I don’t know about you but I love oatmeal. In fact, I’ve been eating oatmeal a lot lately. Last week, all I wanted to eat was oatmeal so I proudly shamefully admit I ate oatmeal for dinner last week and tried to do it last night, but Willie stopped me. This is how much I love oatmeal! I had all of these pictures and more on my phone. Most mornings you will see me eating oatmeal. I love steel cut oats, but for time I make overnight oats almost every day. When I’m not eating oatmeal, I’m probably eating pumpkin…

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Angela October 28, 2013

Nothing went as planned this weekend

I had a pretty uneventful weekend but it should have been eventful. There was a Halloween party but that was really bust and I was supposed to run a relay with Willie on Sunday but the skies opened up and he didn’t feel comfortable running in the rain. It was a wash! That was really a shame because we woke up at 4 AM to make it to the race and then it was delayed so we sat around wet for almost 2 hours by the time the race was about to start it was still raining but we were…

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Angela October 25, 2013

Friday Finds: Feeling fat, eating treats and food

I thought I would try something new for the blog. I usually do a foodie Friday thing but I’ve been lazy and haven’t really been “cooking”. It’s been more like putting something together fast to eat and moving on. So this week I would like to share with you some of my favorite posts from around the web this week. You never know, you might find it interesting too! Here we go: 1. Gaining the weight back or just eating not so clean sometimes play with my mind like Mario Kart! It’s not a good feeling and sometimes can be…

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Angela October 23, 2013

Believe in the better version of you

I was thinking about all the changes that have occurred in my life over the past three years. I am a much different person than I was back then and I feel like I’ve made a lot of changes for the better. There are things that I still struggle with, but for the most part I know I’m definitely a healthier, happier and focused person that I was before. I am still the same person, but I’m just a better version of myself. I struggled with depression. I’m not afraid or ashamed to admit it. I had a really horrible…

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