Happy First Friday of November!

This week has been a little crazy! Not sure if it’s day light savings time (it’s dark by 5pm…literally!!), or because it’s officially November, but something about this week has just been a little wacky.

This weekend, I will actually be busy busy busy in the kitchen testing recipes for a cookbook (not my cookbook, just testing for other people!), I have school work to do, music to review, AND Bodypump to get caught up on.  Oh yea…and Brian and I have some time carved out to hang together too 😉

Busy, busy, busy around here, but it’s doing all things I love to do (with the exception to school, but there is a means to an end with that one…!) 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and do something fun to enjoy the fantastic fall weather!

Five Things I Ate:

• I had a delicious fally meal with two new-to-me ingredients!

Pomegranate!

and Sablefish from Sizzlefish.  So yummy!

• Hearty Lentil Soup (a recipe I was testing for the cook book!)

• Scrambled eggs with hummus (you gotta try it!) in them and a bowl of frozen fruit on the side.

• Pumpkin Egg White Oats 🙂

• Zucchini Boats (another recipe I am testing!)

Five Workouts:

• Indoor cycling (I am loving having spin back in my routine!)
• Weight lifting
• Yoga

First one in class as usual! 

• Boot Camp
• Taught a Strength Training class

Five Things Making Me Happy

• Into the Woods Movie Trailer!  I am such a  sucker for staged musicals turned into movies, AND I am a huge Into the Woods Fan because we a production of that musical while I was in college 🙂

I played one of the “Ugly Step Sisters” and I am in the pink dress on the bottom Left!

• My gratitude journal.  After reading Jen’s (Peanut Butter Runner) post about Cultivating a Gratitude Practice, I decided to do something that had been on my life “To-Do” list for a while and start a little gratitude journal.  At least once a day this week, I have written down at least one thing I am truly grateful for.  I really love it!  It’s so refreshing and really lifts my mood.

• I ordered my first Thanksgiving turkey!!! HA! Kind of a goofy thing to make me happy, but I am super excited to have our menu planned and can’t wait to host Brian’s family for one of my favorite holidays 🙂
• Fabletics!

I ordered a pair of capris back in September that I was so excited about, but unfortunately they slid right down my butt with just about every step.  Even in yoga, I found myself hiking up my capris with every pose.  Finally, I decided to contact Fabletics and ask for an exchange despite it being past the specified amount of days.  I explained my situation and they happily allowed me to send the capris back and they sent me a black pair of capris that I already knew fit me well 🙂

I already own them in orange!

• Spending LOTS of time in the kitchen!  So for the next monthish…you won’t be seeing too many new “Treble in the Kitchen” recipes because of a very cool and fun project I am working on!  During November and some of December, I will be testing 100 recipes (!!) that are part of a cook book that focuses on nutrition for athletes.

Purchased a TON of groceries for testing yesterday…

This isn’t my cookbook, I am simply recipe testing recipes created by a nutritionist/chef and a registered dietitian, but there are a TON of recipes to be tested, so I am going to take this time to post more workouts and fitness related things on the blog.  SO! If you have any special requests (music playlists, at-home workouts, boot camp style workouts, fitness questions?) I’d be happy to share!!

Posts I Have Loved:

Life

• Transformation Tuesday:  I’m Calling Bullshit via Snack Therapy
• Bloggers Benefitting Others via Fitting It All In
• Body After Baby:  An Honest Post via Say What You Need to Say
• Real Love is a Choice via Huffington Post

Food

• Guide to Freezer Cooking via Oh My Veggies
• 11 Better for You Baking Swaps via Huffington Post
• Cranberry White Chocolate Pumpkin Bars via Cotter Crunch

Fitness

• How Safe and Effective Are Hot Fitness Classes via Fitnessista
• Woman Takes Selfies with Cute Guys During NYC Marathon via Popsugar (<—that’s talent!)
• 10 Minute Tush Toning Workout via Popsugar
• Beginner’s Guide to Mindful Meditation via The Lean Green Bean
• Garage WOD for Hero via Blonde Ponytail

Your Turn!

• Share something fun about your week!! 🙂