Happy Friday!

I hope the morning is going well and you are all gearing up for a great weekend 🙂

With the marathon this weekend, Brian and I are playing things pretty low key tonight and tomorrow but we are going to head out to dinner with friends visiting from Indiana tomorrow.  Should be fun!

Can I be completely honest?  When it comes to thinking about this whole MARATHON thing I am SO nervous.  I realize that I just need to get out of my own head, relax, fuel up, hydrate, and have a blast but there has been a lot of build-up to this little race.  I have been training for 19 weeks…that is the longest I have ever trained for something!  I really appreciate your support throughout the entire process and I can’t thank each of you enough.

Now, in true Friday fashion here is my Five Things Friday roundup 🙂

Five Things I Ate:

• Delicious lunch bowls:  jasmine brown rice, roasted vegetables (that I made ahead of time on the weekend and simply reheated), leftover chicken or salmon, alfalfa sprouts, sauerkraut, and tomatoes.  Such a yummy combo!

• Smoothie bowls:  hemp protein, coconut milk, banana, frozen spinach, topped with granola, almond butter and blueberries.

• Zoodles with shrimp and Thai Peanut Everything Sauce 🙂 Yum!

• Roasted vegetables, sauteed Southern Green blends from Trader Joes (spinach, mustard greens, turnip greens and completely delish!), and chicken topped with a new butternut bruschetta recipe I cannot wait to share with you!

• Easy dinner of baked salmon, roasted zucchini and broccoli, roasted white fleshed sweet potato (so good!), and sauerkraut.

Five Workouts:

My workouts have been very light this week in anticipation of the big race on Sunday!

• Taught Bodypump
• Ran 4 miles
• Ran 2 miles
• Lots of walking
• Stretching 🙂

Five Things Making Me Happy:

• 10 Fridays until Christmas! Crazy right!?  I’m so happy it’s the holiday season!

• The marathon this weekend! While I’m very nervous and anxious, I am ready to do it! 🙂
• Getting a post-marathon pedicure…that’s my plan on Monday morning and I cannot wait to have smooth feet (it’s been years!!)
• Holiday Meal Planning.  This year, Brian and I are hosting my parents, grandparents and a few friends for Thanksgiving and I couldn’t be more excited.  Last year, we hosted Brian’s parents and some friends and I definitely figured out a few tips so that it appeared as though I wasn’t in the kitchen at all 😉  I am having a BLAST planning the menu for our special holiday.
• My zoodle maker!  I recently purchased the Mastrad 3-Piece Spiralizer Set from Crate and Barrel.  While I would much prefer to have The Inspiralizer, for now this little hand-held tool gets the job done 🙂  When churning out those zoodles, it’s definitely a labor of love! One thing I have learned is smaller/skinnier veggies work best. If you are looking for an inexpensive, small tool to create veggie noodles this is it!

Posts I Have Loved:

• Bloggers Share Their Top Recipes via Peanut Butter Fingers
• How Your Contacts Can Give You An Eye Infection via Fitting It All In
• Pumpkin Pie Brownies via Fitnessista
• Sweet Potato Spaghetti Casserole via Cotter Crunch
• Healthy Kitchen Hacks via Teaspoon of Spice

Your Turn!

• Share something fun with me about your week or weekend 🙂