This morning it was haaaaaaaaard to get out of bed.  The good news is that I didn’t have any meetings the entire day, so I didn’t have a hard start or stop to the day.  That is always nice, because then I have the flexibility to do other things at various times throughout the day.

For breakfast, I had a great bowl of pumpkin oats.

I am going to stock up on canned pumpkin before this winter is over.  I hate how it disappears off shelves for the rest of the year as soon as the fall/winter seasons are over.

Mid-morning, I snacked on this cute little box of MultiGrain Cheerios that they handed me at the gym.

They must have some sort of contract with Cheerios, because they gave me two free boxes and a coupon.  Woo hoo!  I love me my Cheerios.

Speaking of Cheerios, have you ever seen the show “Glee“?  That is my new guilty pleasure.  The cheerleading squad on Glee is called the Cheerios, and the cheerleading coach is hilarious.

For lunch, I had a salad made with the Quorn chick’n tenders.  I actually like those more and more each time that I have them.

It was romaine, zucchini, edamame, egg whites, mozzarella cheese, and the chick’n tenders.  Drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

A mid-afternoon snack was a fudgy chocolate VitaTop.

and some cereal.

I also snuck some peppermint stick ice cream out of the container (no picture, for obvious reasons.)

Then I decided to go for a run outside.  It is chilly, so I broke out the long sleeved running shirts and the capris.  I ran five miles and really tried to push it.  And push it I did… I averaged 8:21 miles!  I was so happy to see this on my Garmin:

I was completely wiped but so excited.  Check out my sweaty celebratory face.

When S got home, we did something new and fun.  Over the weekend, we went to Target and bought….  drumroll please…  TENNIS RACKETS!   We played tennis once in Switzerland and although we both sucked, it was really fun.  So ever since then, I have been wanting to play.

There is an outdoor court close to our house, so we headed there at about 6:30 because S came home from work early.  It was already dark and was pretty cold, but it was still super fun.  I forgot my camera, but this is exactly what I looked like:

Oh, and after we were done, I went home and changed into something more comfortable and I looked like this:

Don’t be jealous.

Dinner was a veggie, egg white and hummus plate,

Followed by cottage cheese cheesecake pudding with two crumbled banana muffins on top.

Now I’m off to read a little and head to bed.

Cheerio!