It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I feel like once again real life things got crazy and the old blog fell by the wayside.

I don’t know, when things are going on in real life it makes my blog feel much less important, you know?

That, and I’ve been lacking in content lately, mostly because my diet consists of a very limited amount of food. At this point, I’m feeling way better, but I found foods that make me feel good and are easy, and I can buy without thinking too much. What are said things?

Gluten free banana blueberry bread before pretty much every workout, so pretty much every morning at this point. I’m going through it too fast-I only have 1 piece left! I’m finding that if I have something more signifiant pre-workout, I can have something lighter/faster post workout. Lately, I’ve been sipping on chocolate soy milk through my first class for post-workout recovery. Plus-it keeps me alert!

Another post-workout meal I’ll have if I’m not running to class is hard boiled eggs + mango. Delicious.

Lunches have been pretty consistent as well. Salad with chicken and champagne vinaigrette, and a fruit bar of some sort. This kind if my favorite!

Trader Joe’s salads are also a dietary staple. My favorite has sunflower seeds, chicken, kale, broccoli slaw, dried cranberries, and spicy vinaigrette!

Another thing I’ve still been plowing through? Luna bars. I ordered a different flavor online and it should come soon, so I’m excited for that!

The final dietary staple? Brown rice cakes with sunflower seed butter, and blueberries if I’m feeling fancy. I’ll grab half of one on the way out the door to eat with my chocolate milk post-workout if I feel like I need a little something extra, and they’re the perfect snack if I get hungry.

So-life+the fact that 80% of my diet consists of these things has made it difficult to blog. But I promise to share some more interesting things soon-AKA PUPPY PICTURES.

What foods do you eat over and over?

Hey guys! I don’t have anything major to say but I wanted to pop in!

I only have a couple of food pictures. The first is this green juice-it’s delicious!

I have a GIANT bottle left over from my birthday party (party animal right?) that I need to finish! I seriously considered doing a mini juice cleanse just because this bottle is basically the entire contents of my fridge right now!

Picture #2: the most perfect mango. Ever. Seriously-it’s beautiful!

I still have 9 more of them 🙂 Sign #1 that mangoes are going to be good is that they go on sale-5 for $5 so I basically had no choice.

On the workout front, I am S-O-R-E. Again. Seriously-every time I do my own workouts it kills me! I’m realizing that I’m kind of out of a certain shape. I have decent strength and endurance, but man. This morning I did weights on my own and I’m already feeling it-but hopefully in places that won’t hinder my ability to walk as much as squats last week did!

Here’s what I did:

Back lunges, sets of 3 each leg. I worked up to #135. Can you believe in high school I used to do these at #195? Granted I probably went lower this time, but man things have changed! I loved back lunges so I did them all the time because they were my favorite, and I guess I’ve lost all muscle there!

3 sets of single leg RDLs at #50, interchanged with calf raises

3 sets: push ups, lowering very slowly (10)/1 min plank with #25 plate on my back (yet another thing I used to be able to do for daysss)

500m max effort row

It’s crazy how this used to be a basic workout for me that I did all the time, and now I’m already majorly sore! Same with what I did last week!

As if I hadn’t already seen how out of shape I was, this afternoon I did some softball agility drills because slow pitch is starting and I feel old and like I’ll pull every muscle in my body if I just go out there without any fitness prep. I haven’t done sprints in AGES, much less agility drills. I did abs at the end and my legs were already talking to me. Crazy how things change…

Another thing I thought I’d mention is an interesting consequence of my stomach issues. For the record, I’m feeling probably 90% fine now, but it’s still the cause of some worry to me! The thing is, it’s majorly messing with my eating habits and therefore making me kind of crazy. I’ve gotten into these cycles where I’d feel bad and not eat very much, to eating ALL. THE. FOOD. when I was feeling better, which naturally my stomach did not like. The other problem with this is it’s been giving me these crazy emotional highs and lows because I’ll constantly spike my blood sugar. Plus there’s stress associated with wondering if overeating will kill my stomach. Anyways, I’m trying to regulate this a little bit. I’m trying to choose whole, fresh, healthy foods that won’t make me crazy and hopefully things will even out again. It’s just made the quarter more stressful than it needs to be! I think eating habits are always a working progress though because things are always changing. I am optimistic that I’ll be back to normal soon!

In what ways are you fit now?

I’m now 21. How did that happen? Where did the time go?? When I started this blog I was just a teenager! I think I’ve definitely matured in the past year-I’ve figured out what I want to do with my life which is absolutely amazing and crazy.

This has been an amazing weekend filled with ruminants, friends, and family and I could not ask for anything more.

My birthday was May 3, but this weekend was awesome with a little bit of everything.

It was 90 degrees on Friday, and as soon as I was out of class on Friday, I decided I needed to get off campus so I took a trip down south for some retail therapy. It got some awesome spring clothes-when did Old Navy start having such cute things?? There was a big sale there! Plus some much needed new workout pants/leggings that I’m in love with.

Friday evening involved quite the adventure with one of my BFFs. We were trying to go to Whole Foods, and I tried to take a different route but we ended up driving through crazy windy hills for 45 minutes on accident. Amazing views though!

Saturday morning I left super early to drive to UC Davis with some other pre-vet students for a beef cattle wet lab, which was awesome. I LOVE cows-I really want to get some food animal vet experience! We learned how to move the cows through a chute, how to give them physicals, and how to herd them.

Saturday night and bleeding into Sunday morning, I had a birthday party. It was seriously exactly what I wanted and more. Nights like these remind me why I love my school so much. I have some awesome friends, some of which I haven’t seen since fall quarter since they were abroad!

Cupcakes of course!

My party also featured some green juice-my goal was to get everyone to try it, and nearly everyone loved it!

I was so excited to make a playlist too-I’ve gotten so much spin music lately that was perfect!

Having so many people I love in one place is just such an amazing thing.

The night ended in the best way possible too-frog catching! The dry lake around campus has had a ton of baby frogs everywhere, and I wanted to see some! Look at this little guy.

The morning was leisurely-I woke up starving and had breakfast before going for a casual 3.5 mile run through campus.

I met up with my family at Lyfe Kitchen for an early dinner since I had a meeting later.

Guacamole and roasted artichokes to start.

Gluten free chicken and avocado burger for dinner.

And then cupcakes!

They’re flourless chocolate! The icing had dairy so I mostly avoided it but figured a bit wouldn’t kill me.

That being said, they were pretty deeply chocolate and I have zero caffeine tolerance right now so I was kind of dying afterwards…But so delicious!

Overall, it was an incredible day and weekend, and I’m so grateful for all the people in my life!