Monday, February 10, 2014

Polar Vortex

 
Greetings from Central Illinois and the Polar Vortex!
 
 
One of my Small steps for weight loss...
 
committing to working out
1 day a week then eventually 5
Here is the week we finally made it to the gym all five days!
We've been lifting more and running but switched to a routine of
Run-lift-run-lift-run  3-6 miles 5x a week
 
The MAN has been off ice climbing!
Here he is at the Michigan Ice Climbing Festival
 
Sending me his love...


I've been finding lots of time for my couch...
sometimes with a sick kid or on a weekly snow/cold day
 
 
 
 
Newest yummy! Spring Rolls with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce
I made these last week twice!
I want to purchase some brown rice wraps but we aren't exactly in a metropolis so it was just the regular rice paper wraps until I order brown rice wraps online.
 

I had leftover chicken and added some Asian seasoning with ginger in it
cut up carrots and an English cucumber
another time I used bagged broccoli/Kale slaw
wet the rice paper and lay it on a cutting board
Roll up the chicken (measured 1 oz) and veggies
1 point each
 
The Spicy Thai Peanut sauce
PB2-2 T
1T water
1T soy sauce
Ginger-fresh or dried
1T rice vinegar
1t-sesame oil
1/2 clove of garlic
sirracha to taste for spice
pulse that all in my magic bullet
 
(this recipe is about 3 points but my husband and I could share it)
 
 
Not much to report on the fitness end!
It is so so cold here in Illinois that long workouts are hard to come by.
I am missing my longer running and my weekly running partner, Pam.
I ran a winter trail race on Saturday.
 
This is my husband running "Superman Hill"  This is only half the hill!
 

This race was probably harder for me than the 30 mile race I did in October. 
It's only 4.25 so that says LOADS!
The snow was high and after getting packed and run on just totally killed my calves and ankles.
 
We added screws to our trails shoes!
 
 
This is me toward the end.
 

And it's been one year since I was in the midst of my vocal chord paralysis.
Praise God there are no other issues!
 
 

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