Listen to the Music

Wow, today's lunch hit the spot! It was nothing special... a basic sandwich, carrots, hummus, and a couple of treats. Honestly, I wasn't really "looking forward" to lunch at all. Once I starting eating, however, I realized my lunch was exactly what I was craving! Every bite was enjoyable and satisfying! I love it when that happens! :)

Ham and cheese sandwich with French moutard on Ezekiel bread...


Baby carrots with roasted red pepper hummus...


An almond cookie with apricot preserves from my coworker's stash of wedding shower goodies...


A well-rounded lunch...


A second treat: Two chocolate-almond-wheat germ-dipped-apricots...


Music to Move to!

A number of readers shared their workout music and running mixes with me. I thought others would appreciate some song ideas to update their playlists. Enjoy!

• Hey Ya - Outkast
• We Will Rock You - Queen
• My Hero - Foo Fighters
• Take on Me - Aha!
• California Love - Dr Dre & Tupac
• Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty
• Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
• Wind it Up - Gwen Stefani
• Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
• Temperature - Sean Paul
• U + Ur Hand - Pink
• Barracuda - Heart
• Beautiful Love- The Afters
• Earthquakes and Sharks -Brandston
• Never Never - Brick & Lace
• Another White Dash - Butterfly Boucher
• Breathless - The Corrs
• My Best Mistake (No More Chances) - Count the Stars
• Heaven- DJ Sammy and Yanou
• Have a Great Day - Fools and Horses
• New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
• Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
• Every You Every Me - Placebo
• Brand New Colony - The Postal Service
• Chocolate - Snow Patrol
• All I Want - Toad the Wet Sprocket
• You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
• Call on me - Eric Prydz
• Here in Your Arms - HelloGoodbye
• Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big & Rich
• Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
  
• Beds are Burning - Novaspace
• Only If I - Kate Ryan
• Where are We Running - Lenny Kravitz
• Land of the Living - Milk Inc.
• What are you Waiting For - Gwen Stefani
• All Things Just Keep Getting Better - Widelife
• Push Up - Freestylers
  
• Work It - Nelly & JT
  
• Hold Your Horses - Type E
• Back to Back - Bomfunk MC's
  
• Dancing with Myself - The Donnas
• Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders
• Slave to the Music - Nick Skitz
• In Your Life - La Bouche
• Whenever, Wherever - Shakeria

Tick Tock

Can ya feel it? The weekend is almost here! Yipee! The funny thing about this weekend is that I have practically zero plans-- my sister and I are going for a run tomorrow morning, and Mal and I may have some friends over tomorrow night to watch the Celtics, but other than that, zippo on my agenda! I am psyched for some serious R&R! I'm definitely one of those people who needs "me" time; I need downtime to recharge.

My afternoon snack today was Fage with fresh strawberries. No sweetener needed today!



After lunch, I ran some errands, and somehow ended up at Dunkin Donuts!?! Funny how that happens, right? I swung in for a small iced coffee. This beautiful weather makes me crave iced coffee in a bad way!


Lunch was Shepard's Pie leftovers. I took a photo, but it really wasn't a pretty picture-- for some reason that combination of ingredients just doesn't photograph well, so I decided to leave them out and spare you. Instead, I posted photos of the most delicious oatmeal raisin cookies ever!


I had three of these goodies after eating my Shepard's Pie leftovers.


Running Playlists

I need to update my ipod in a major way! I'm sick of listening to the same songs over and over and over again. If you have any recommendations, please send them my way! I found this playlist on Women's Health Magazine's website and thought I'd share: WH Running Playlist. There are some great songs on it! I can't wait to download some of them.

Here are some highlights from my current running mixes:

• Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big & Rich
• Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
  
• Beds are Burning - Novaspace
• Only If I - Kate Ryan
• Where are We Running - Lenny Kravitz
• Land of the Living - Milk Inc.
• What are you Waiting For - Gwen Stefani
• All Things Just Keep Getting Better (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy theme)- Widelife
• Push Up - Freestylers
  
• Work It - Nelly & JT
  
• Hold Your Horses - Type E
• Back to Back - Bomfunk MC's
  
• Dancing with Myself - The Donnas
• Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders
• Slave to the Music - Nick Skitz
• In Your Life - La Bouche
• Whenever, Wherever - Shakeria