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A Smoothie, a Run, and the Big 4 0

March 12, 2010 26 Comments

What a glorious morning it has been already.

Woke up, drank coffee, read blogs, and took Pepsi for a walk.

Then went on a beautiful run along the beach with Khrystle.

We took a nice easy pace while chit-chatting the whole way. Doesn’t running with friends make the time fly?

We completed 5.6 miles-I was just hoping to get in 4 miles! Running with friends really helps.

Here are our stats:

Then I came home and made an amazing birthday smoothie I would call it the cherry, chocolate bomb:

Yup those are chocolate chips in there! I made the smoothie with almond milk, a banana, a scoop of chocolate Vega powder, frozen berries, and chocolate chips.

Happy Birthday to me!

Yum!

And Happy Birthday to my bloggy friend, Berni!

There sure are a lot of Birthdays this month. My friends Sara and Khrystle were March 1, Berni and I are March 12, two workmates are March 13 and 18, and I just found out another friend and blogger is Monday. Happy Early Birthday Mark!

Well I am off to shower……it is Sister Day! My sis is picking me up in a bit and we have a fun day planned.

Hope you will come back to see what we were up to

Happy Friday!

Do you know anyone with a Birthday in March too?

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A Revelation

March 8, 2010 25 Comments

Last night while I was looking up my results for the 5K I completed yesterday I had a revelation.

This was the last race I would do as a “thirty something” girl.

Yikes…….

The Big 4 0 is looming on the horizon and fast approaching.

I know my blog is called Fit and Forty Something and you might be thinking, “Hey I thought she was forty!”

Well I created this blog on January 1 to help me get used to the idea that I was soon to be (sooner rather than later) a forty something gal. I was hoping this blog would make the transition to being forty a little less painful.

This Friday is the BIG DAY when I finally put on my big boy pants and face the world as an adult.

Yes this Friday is my 40th Birthday-gulp.

No more “thirty something” races. The next race I do will be as my forty-year old self.

I think I am ready……..

Back to the race:

I got 6th place and my official time was 25:24!!!

I can assure you that was not me-I have never run that fast.

Or maybe it was me running away from the Big 4 0!

What birthdays have been significant for you and why?

On to some food:

We had a great Curried Lentil dish made with onions, garlic, tomatoes, light coconut milk, lentils, and curry. I will post the recipe soon.

I served it in half a butternut squash and topped it with Brussel sprouts and cashews:

It was delicious!

Have a great Monday my friends : )

Filed Under: Fitness, Food 25 Comments

Entering the 21st Century

January 23, 2010 4 Comments

Today has turned out to be a fun and technologically savvy day!

Breakfast was a delicious bowl of oatmeal with rice milk, almond butter and organic preserves:

Then I walked Pepsi to the dog park. This is the view from the park:

After that I went for an hour run. I so wish I could take Pepsi with me. But she is getting up in age and it is too much for her.

So I left her on her bed with her bone:

I felt pretty good on my run. Could it be the Bovine colostrum I have been taking?

Then I came home and had lunch and some snacks:

Then the fun began!

My husband came home and we went to the AT&T store and FINALLY got iPhones!!!! Finally us old folks got with the 21st century! Taylor thank you for all of your help and patience. We are super happy!