The Friday Five

1. What I'm Reading: still Unbroken

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It's heartbreaking.  The lengths that this man went to in order to survive is astounding.  He could have easily given up on life, but chose to fight time and time again. 

I'm not much of a softie, but am so emotional when it comes to the military.  There is nothing more noble than serving your country in the armed forces. July 4th is just around the corner, and I will be able to celebrate USA's freedom and my personal freedom thanks to men like this. 




2. What I'm Eating: canned tuna and eggs

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Week of yes (no food prep on Sunday) + working 2 jobs (awake and at home less than an hour a day) =no food in the house to eat except eggs and canned tuna.

I don't even have almond milk for smoothies!  Luckily, I did go to Sam's last Thursday, so I've had the luxury of greens and avocados to go with my eggs and tuna.

3. What I'm Watching:  Real World St. Thomas

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Wednesday night I had to call in to job #2, because I had to make a last minute work trip to Natchitoches (almost 6 hours in the car!) for my "real" job.  I got home around 8 PM instead of 10 PM.  I finished doing laundry and watched the premeire of the Real World.

I'm a little bit ashamed that I'm too old to be a cast member.   I'm even more ashamed that I care I'm too old for the show.  But who wouldn't want to live in a bad ass house in St. Thomas for 3 months?  It would be better if they had actually chose hot guys this season, but there was only one I found attractive.

4. What I'm Listening to:

 

Can.not.get.enough! 

Usually, radio driven pop music drives me crazy, but this song is so addicting. I want to hate it, but cannot.

Saturday night, it was requested no less than 9,000 times.  Someone told the DJ it was my birthday to get him to play it.   Everytime it came on we did the Harvard baseball team moves.  My friend said her triceps were sore the next day.  I've questioned before if dancing counts as exercise and the answer is yes!

5. What I'm Pinning:


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Happy Friday!

What are your weekend plans?  What are you reading, eating, watching, listening to, and pinning?

A Post That Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With Healthy Living or Food

Last night, I attended a fundraiser for my old sorority.  It's basically an annual boys' beauty pageant to raise money for Children's Miracle Network.  When I was a freshman in the sorority, I helped plan the first ever Man of the Year pageant.  Last night was the 8th annual.  Wow. I feel old.

Each contestant had to perfom a talent.  They were allowed to do group talents with other contestants, and one group of boys did a "90's Montage" full of Backstreet Boys, Saved By the Bell, etc. (I had a hard time connecting that Backstreet Boys and Saved By the Bell were both in the 90's, because I watched Saved By the Bell on Saturday mornings as a small kid and my love for Nick Carter was in my pre-teen years. Seems like a huge gap in time, but the 90's spanned most of my adolescence.  And pop boy bands rose to stardom in the very late 90's.  But I digress.)

It got me thinking, these college kids couldn't have possibly watched Jesse Spano overdose on caffeine pills and get so excited.  They were born 1990 to 1994.  They were mere babies when Lisa Turtle broke her ankle and still won the dance competition at the Max with Screech Powers. (It also reminded me that I need to start checking ID's when meeting guys out.)

Here are some things that bring back 90's childhood memories and make me giggle.  Hope they do the same for you!



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source - My favorite show of all time.  I wanted to be Winnie Cooper so bad!



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What makes you think of the 90's?

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

What am I crying about?

The fact that I have already tragically FAILED at this plan.   Pure gluttony has overcome me and I've eaten so much junk (especially cake) and drank so much beer that it is ridiculous.  Also, I have not run...AT ALL!  Still at a whopping 5 miles since my half marathon 2 weeks ago.  The only positive is that I added an extra CrossFit class Saturday morning.  A hangover+CrossFit= a Saturday of unproductivity.  Post CrossFit, I was useless.

What else am I crying about?

The fact that I'm 27 today.  Seriously.  Typing that brought tears to my eyes.  Why is 27 so much harder to swallow than 26?

Enough with the pity party....



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I'm going to celebrate my birthday by having a Pronia's muffaletta for lunch, doing this WOD after work (and I'm going to attempt it as prescribed! Eeek!), and having breakfast for dinner (per my request) at my parent's house.

My new goal: be active every single day for the rest of the year. That means at the very least, walking with my brownie. 

I'm off next week, so maybe I can throw in a couple of 2 a days.  Since I seem to have no self control when it comes to food, I will focus on exercise.  Then, start fresh in the new year.

How did you celebrate your last birthday?  Did it involve cake or exercise or both?