Woes from the Treadmill

Guess what? I'm getting married exactly one year from today. Isn't that exciting? As everybody tells me, this year is going to fly by. I could believe it. 

To celebrate the occasion, or my so-called half marathon training, I woke up at 6 am for a very early morning run.  As I was getting ready, I realized that the humidity was already ridiculous. I'm not conditioned to run very long in crazy humidity, so I did what any smart girl would do: I pulled out my laptop for about twenty minutes and then went back to bed. In my exercise clothes. I finally rolled out of bed at 10:40. It's a rough life, to say the least!

Since it was too hot for me to run outside and be happy at the same time, I made the tough decision to conquer my "frenemy", the treadmill. 

I hate treadmills, and I always have. I only run on them when I can't run outside. I need the changing scenery of the outdoors; not staying in one spot on a moving belt in a basement or at a gym. Seems so unnatural, doesn't it? Also, the last time I really tried to get into treadmill running, I injured my leg! 

I didn't want to go for a long time today, and I thought it wouldn't kill me to do some speed work. I printed a sheet of four treadmill workouts from fitsugar.com and picked the sprint interval workout. I did two one-minute sprints, and then I quit at minute 8. I told you that I hate treadmill workouts!

I probably could have continued on a bit longer, but I just wasn't feeling it. I can go out and run 7-8 miles without a problem right now, but I am not good at going fast. It's something I need to work on. In other words, it's a goal! I decided that I will try this workout at least once a week. The next time I do it, I'll go for ten minutes. Then, I'll tack on  minutes little by little until I can complete the workout. Also, if I build up little by little, I am less likely to irritate my legs. No more excuses! I gotta get better. 

I did my favorite elliptical workout after my failed treadmill attempt. That was gooooood. I felt the burn in my legs during that.

As usual, Rigley kept me company. She's always there for moral support.

Since I slept so late, my breakfast was my lunch. I picked up a bag of Bear Naked Fit Vanilla Almond Crunch over the weekend. I like to throw a handful of granola on top of cereal or oatmeal. It adds something special. 

This stuff, as you see, has a pretty short ingredient list. Usually, the fewer ingredients, the better. 

Unfortunately, it's not the best tasting granola when you eat it straight out of the bag. When I added it to Kashi cereal with a handful of fresh blueberries and soy milk, though, it tasted okay. This was the healthiest of the bunch of Bear Naked granola that I found at the grocery store, so I'm sure that some of the "unhealthier" ones taste better. 

Next, I went back to organizing my room. I have had the same furniture all of my life, and unfortunately there are remnants left from my sticker-sticking frenzy when I was a child. I decided that the star sticker display had to go. 

I tried soaking Goo Gone on it, but I was still left with brownish-yellow spots. I guess I should keep going with the Goo Gone? Or perhaps I can just put big pictures over them. 

I still have lots of cleaning to do....

Around 4, my mom and I finally went to see the final Harry Potter movie. Did you know that I am an enormous Harry Potter fan and and damn proud of it? I used to read the incomplete series over and over again until the next big book came out. I think I read the first book seven times. As a result, I know the information very well. 

I did not like the first movies at all, because they were not how I envisioned the book. The first movie that I actually liked was the fourth movie. By the time it got to the "Deathly Hallows" (the last book was made into two movies), I had no criticism. I loved the final movie so much, and I should have brought a box of Kleenex for myself and my mom. I was crying so much that I had to force myself to not make sobbing noises and had to sniff really loudly as a result. I couldn't help it. If you have read the book or have seen the movie, I'm sure you know the part that made me hysterical. Great movie. Enough said. 

For dinner, I pulled a Sabatino's Flame Broiled chicken burger from the freezer and popped it on the stove. 

I melted Finlandia Chipotle Jack cheese on top and heated up potatoes in the toaster oven from Sunday night. I also chopped up a cantaloupe. 

The chicken patty was gross. It was rubbery and just not good. Very unfortunate. I scraped off the cheese and mixed it with the potatoes. 

At least the potatoes were good! I can always rely on my dad for good eats. 

It's POURING outside right now! I also can't stop thinking about Harry Potter. What an amazing story. I wish I could write something like that. 

Goodnight!!!