Weekly Favorites #2 - Eating, Scrapbooking, Running

As part of our weekly Wednesday updates, here are a few of my new favorite sites.

EAT
http://www.clifbar.com/food/products_mojo/

These have become my new favorite treat this week. Especially the Mojo Dipped bars. Today I had the Peanut Butter and Jelly one as my afternoon snack. I find the more protein packed snacks the eat the less ravenous I am when it comes to dinner!


SCRAP
http://www.etsy.com/

I love this site for creative ideas. If you ever need inspired, this is the place to come. I have ordered a few handmade cards from this site which make great gifts!! They also provide great ideas for scrapbooking pages. My sister in law turned me on to this site and she sells her handmade lotions/soaps here. Check her out too!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LotionsandPotions


RUN
I stumbled on this this week when I was tracking my calories on Livestrong. This blog is written by Kristen Armstrong (Lance's ex-wife) on Runners World. Its called "Mile Markers" which I think is a great name. I have read it a few times so far and find her interesting to follow. The Runner's World website is always a great source of information too!!

http://milemarkers.runnersworld.com/

Happy Reading!! I am off to watch the Olympics and do some Wii Ski Jumping. I am addicted!!

What Next?

I am still debating whether I should run in the Columbus 1/2 Marathon, but I did start the training to prepare. I am in my 3rd week already. My schedule this week is the following. I am trying to keep up with the Jillian workouts as well because I enjoyed them so much and really loved the results!

Monday - Run 4 miles
Tuesday - Jillian (Hoping to use the Wii Fit!)
Wednesday - Run 3.5 miles
Thursday - Spinning
Friday - Skiing!! (Going skiing with my mom for my bday!)
Saturday - Run 3.5 miles/Jillian (These combo days are the hardest!)
Sunday - Run 5 miles

I have quite a week ahead of me so we'll see how it goes. How do you plan your workout weeks? I try to plan on Sunday or Monday so I know what is ahead of me and can make it work with my work schedule.

Easy Does It

The fridge is almost empty, and so is the freezer.  I decided to throw together an "everything but the kitchen sink" soup to eat for lunch this week with whatever leftovers I could find.

The contents of my soup as seen above:

• Frozen Peas
• Cauliflower
• Carrots
• Celery that I sliced and froze when I had extra awhile back
• Brown Rice that I cooked and froze when I had extra awhile back
• Not pictured:  boneless skinless chicken breast and chicken broth

I also have 4 small sweet potatoes in the oven to eat with my soup.  I don't know when I should start to carbo-load for my race this weekend, but it can't hurt to start early!

I enjoy cooking, but sometimes it's nice to take a break from buying groceries and try to eat what's in the house.  Now I know I will have healthy, nutritious meals to eat this week. 

My husband and I don't have a specific budget for groceries, but we don't buy many extravagant items when grocery shopping.  I figure it's cheaper to buy groceries than to eat out, so I have never taken the time to figure it out.  Do you have a grocery budget for yourself?