Happy almost long weekend and beginning of September to you!

It’s a BEAUTIFUL day here today and I am enjoying it to the max. I’m trying not to think about the month ahead or the summer slowly coming to an end. Let’s just enjoy today and embrace the awesome weather while we still can.

Although I love love LOVED my time away it feels SOO good to be running again… and when I say running, I don’t mean anything intense (yet) and I’m okay with that. The farthest I’ve ran as of late is only about 30 minutes.. which is pretty sad because a couple months ago I was running 30km. But that’s okay.. I’m still loving it and feel motivated and refreshed. Yesterday I had a great fartlek run and enjoyed pushing myself.

I came home sweating like crazy and did THIS  great workout that I hadn’t done in a very long time. Not only did I feel like I needed a good stretch, I thought a good a**- kicking wouldn’t hurt either. But I LOVED it!

I’m starting to feel a bit better all around. Well, for one because I’m back into a workout routine which is something that I NEED… and G-Man needs me to have it aswell, if he wants a happy wife. Two, because I’m eating a lot better and hardly eating any of this [yummy] junk food . I’m definitely inhaling as much fresh produce while I can before you-know-what comes. I have tried to cut as many carbs out of my diet as I can because well, I  notice a difference when I cut back. PS: you are totally NOT going to believe that comment with what I’m about to show you below but… owell. I’m not completely cutting them out, just cutting back. Don’t worry, I’m not going all crazy like I did before and counting every little gram of carb that goes in my mouth. Carbs in general was one of my “fear foods” but dear lord, I could NEVER give up my beloved speghetti. So it’s all good in the hood.

I have been filling my face with these yummy salads every day. Sometimes twice a day because I make one for G-Man when he gets home from work and obviously, I can’t just sit there and watch him eat!

Remember what my handsome man surprised me with when I got home from the cottage? Well I made a little somethin’ somethin’ for him too. Get your mind out of the gutter.. I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about THIS!

Wild Blueberry Cheesecake!!

Cheesecake is G-Man’s FAVORITE dessert, so I wanted to make it for him with love. Not just with any blueberries though… these babies are WILD blueberries and taste 2000x better than domestic berries. Ohh man, I wish you could try them. While away, we went berry picking a couple of times. We went way back, and I mean waay back in the bush to pick them.

They grow best in clear cut logging areas and grow really low to the ground in small patches. Although they look tiny, without a doubt they are FULL of FLAVOR!

I was able to freeze a couple bags of them too, so I’m trying to decide what else I should use them for! G-Man gave me an A+ on the cheesecake and absolutely loved it. I was really happy with how it turned out because it was soo tasty and “solid”, none of that fluffy-fake-cheesecake crap. I was surprised by how easy the recipe was too… maybe I’ll post it later.

The other night, I made some banana chocolate chip muffins. I got the recipe from Jenna’s blog. Thank you Jenna! These muffins are SO good and SO easy to make. I opted for regular size muffins and they turned out great. Not a lot of clean-up afterwards either.. my kind of recipe.

G-Man was ranting and raving about how good they were, so I was very happy!

~What was YOUR workout today?!

~What do you have planned for the long weekend?
– No idea! going to try and get a “long” run in tomorrow and not sure what else we have planned.