I hope everyone had a great week last week. Mine was a mixed bag. It was mostly a rest week and I'm ok with that. My allergies came back with a bit of a vengeance and I also felt the pain in my knee come back a bit. Since I'm not training for anything, I figure now's a good time to take a break. I assume the knee pain may be due to doing a 10k last weekend when I had only been doing 3 and 4 mile runs recently. And the allergies are probably compounded by letting Perry sleep in the bed so back to kicking him out of the bedroom.
Anyway, here are the details of the week.
Monday - 3 miles. I cut it a bit short because this is where I first felt the knee pain.
Tuesday - Planned rest day. We did have a group of deer visit our yard. which was pretty cool.
Wednesday - Peloton walk
Thursday - Unplanned rest day plus getting Perry to model a hat my friend knit for him.
Friday - 30 minute Cardio video with a friend. I don't remember the website that we used. I enjoyed the workout in general so I need to ask her for the name of the site again.
Saturday and Sunday - More resting. I did play beat saber both days. It's a VR video game that's rhythm based. I'm not going to say it's a full work out but it definitely got my heart rate up and I was a bit sweaty by the end :)
There was also a fun DJ set on Sunday to celebrate the release of Mindy Kaling's new show on Netflix.
I've also been continuing 21 days of yoga and getting in a yoga session most days too. So that was my week. I'm not really going to set a plan for this week. I'm going to by flexible and see what happens. But will hopefully be able to focus on strength training and yoga with some walks thrown in.
I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!
It's Friday! And that means time to share what we ate this week. I hope everyone had a good week. This week went pretty slow for me for some reason. I'm not sure why but the days seemed to crawl by. And this is the end of 5 weeks of social isolation for us so that may be part of the reason time seemed so slow. But thankfully it's finally Friday so I'm also
joining up with Fairytales and Fitness for
their Friday link up.
Meals turned out pretty well this week and thankfully there were no mess ups or duds. There were a couple things we had to improvise on but it all turned out ok.
The week started out with burrito bowls. The base was rice and black beans cooked with onions, peppers and corn. Everyone had the toppings of their choice. There was no recipe for this one, we just winged it.
We had initially planned on more barbecue tofu during the middle of the week. But we weren't able to get tofu. And for some reason, we got twice the number of eggs we were expecting. And we still had pitas that needed to be used up. So we went with a weird mash up of a banh mi style egg pita sandwich. And we served it with some frozen onion rings that we found deep in the freezer.
And the last meal for the week was a vegan mac and cheese. Originally we had planned to include broccoli in the dish but the broccoli had gone bad :( Oh well, it was a dinner without veggies but it was also really delicious. This is the first time I tried to make a vegan mac and cheese and I was surprised how easy it was and how delicious it was. Both Mike and Joy felt like it tasted like the real thing. The sauce was a little gritty so I think the only change I would make next time is adding some non-dairy milk when blending the sauce to smooth it out more. But this is definitely a keeper and I'll be making it again. Hopefully with the broccoli next time.
So those were our dinners for the week! And they all made enough to have leftovers for dinner the next day. I appreciate not having to cook dinner every day. How were everyone else's dinners this week?
It's been a couple weeks since I've had a mid-week post that talks about the things I've been thankful for recently. I figured it's time that I had another one. I have a lot to be grateful for in spite of the recent situation with coronavirus. The main thing, of course, is that everyone I know continues to stay safe and healthy. Here are a couple additional things.
1. Music - I've really been loving all of the musicians that have been performing and sharing their work online. I've enjoyed dance parties from several DJs as well. And Mark Kanemura (of So You Think You Can Dance fame) has been doing daily dance parties on his Instagram. Andrew Lloyd Weber's been putting some of his old productions online for free. I loved the Phantom of the Opera production that was online this past weekend. And have you seen this family that created their own version of the song from Les Mis? It is hilarious! I would definitely recommend watching it for a good laugh.
2. The public library - I am so grateful for our county library! I've been continuing to obtain ebooks and audio books from them online, even though the physical library is closed. And something new I learned is about the partnerships they have with online websites to offer free classes. A friend told me about this and it's so useful. It includes websites with more business-y classes like coding but also sites that offer creative classes. I've been taking advantage of this with the library's free membership to Creative Bug. They have some great art and crafting classes. This is a great resource at a time when a lot of people have more time than money and can be useful in learning new skills for work as well as for fun.
3. The online running community - I know I've said this before but I love the online running community. This week, I'm specially thinking about how resilient we are. I know a lot of people were disappointed about cancelled races. I definitely was. But a lot of the Run Disney groups this week were full of people talking about their Star Wars races and how they did them at home any way. And they went all out with costumes, makeshift character stops, etc. I did the same and got a wonderful amount of support when I posted photos of my 10k "race." I love how everyone pulled together and still made it feel like a community event even though we were all separate and running on our own.
So those are the things I am particularly thankful for this week! I'd love to hear about the things in your life that are bringing you joy at the moment :)
Also, I'm linking up for Thankful Thursday with Rebecca Jo at Knit By God's Hand.
