My day began at 6am.
I woke up just before my husband’s alarm went off. Ugh…it was time to start the day
already. After the shoveling that
happened yesterday, I could have used a sleep in this morning. But that wasn’t going to happen because I and
the kids had to drop my husband off at work so that we would have the truck for
the day. As I was still in bed trying to
force myself up, I heard the snow plow go up the street…“Great”, I thought to
myself…more shoveling. I got dressed and
let my husband wake the kids up; I didn’t have the heart to wake them up so
early on a Saturday. Yes, my children
like to sleep in. You remember my
Christmas post…they slept in until 9:00am, while my husband and I were up since
7am. So while I was out shoveling this
morning, he got them up and dressed…good job.
We were all out the door before 7am this morning and on the road.
After making a stop at the Tim Horton’s drive-thru for my
husband’s coffee, we drove to his work and dropped him off for the day. The kids and I made our way to Walmart to
pickup the birthday gift for the party that was happening in a few hours. My son wanted to go to the party right
away. I explained to him that the
birthday was still hours away. We went
back home to wrap the gift and have breakfast.
Today’s food…
Breakfast: Quinoa Parfait
No…this wasn’t the same as the Egg Quinoa Parfait. This one had Greek yogurt mixed in along with
strawberries, raspberries (yummy) and walnuts.
I prefer the Egg Quinoa Parfait over this one.
Don't get me wrong...I LOVED the raspberries on this one.
After we had breakfast, we cleaned up the house a bit and
then it was time to go to the birthday party location…The LEGO Store. Now you see WHY he wanted to go so
badly. My daughter and I left the party
goers to enjoy the party, and then her and I headed to Vincenzo’s in Waterloo , ON
Here is my little gourmet shopper doing her thang…
She wouldn't let me push the cart and she wanted to lead the
way. She had to put the things we were
buying in to the cart. She also HAD to
put all the stuff on the counter at the checkout herself…too cute.
While we were there, she spotted the Gelato display. I told her as a treat she could have
some. So after we paid for our
groceries, we made our way back to the café area and made her Gelato
purchase. Of course she wanted the PINK
one…Strawberry Cream. We sat at a table
and had a nice little Gelato date. I did
not have the same as her. While we were
shopping I picked out a Peanut Butter Cup from the pastry counter. Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter =
mmm…good. No this is not on the Oxygen
Magazine Muscle Up meal plan, but it was Mummy and Daughter time and I wanted
it to be a special treat. So while she
gobbled up her Gelato...
I enjoyed this delicious treat…
Don't worry...I burned this off later in this post.
Before we knew it, it was time to make our way back to the
birthday party location. We picked up my
son and went back home. I needed to get
some lunch and get my stuff ready for SPIN12.
I was spinning at 2pm today.
Once we got home, I didn’t feel like cooking, so I decided
to have my snack instead of cooking up tilapia.
Lunch: Rice Cakes topped with PB2 and Cottage Cheese
I have seen many people talking about this PB2 and today at
Vincenzo’s I found some. If you have
never heard of it…PB2 is a powdered peanut butter that is 85% less fat than
regular peanut butter.
Yes it seems a bit odd, but it is just as good as regular
all natural peanut butter. How do you
eat it??? You ask. Mix 2 tablespoons of
PB2 with 1 tablespoon of water; mix until creamy and smooth.
After we had lunch, we were out the door again, this time
heading to the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo , ON
I signed in at registration and the kids set up camp soon
after…
It was a great spin and they raised a lot of money for a great
cause. The total amount of money raised
through this event today was $50,000.
Fantastic!!!!
As I was riding, I realized how much I missed being in the
instructor’s saddle.
SO…I inquired at
the end of the spin to find out if I could actually teach an hour in next
year’s SPIN12. It MAY just happen. SO…I am calling out all the people who once
came out to my spin classes (when I taught at GoodLife) to join me next year in
taking part in this great fundraising event.
I know that it is a year away, but I thought I would just plant the seed
and let it grow throughout the year. If
you are interested in joining me, let me know and I will keep a list going and
once I can get things confirmed, I can contact everyone interested.
The picture is blurry as I was spinning at the time.
While I was spinning, my cheering squad decided to watch the
people swimming instead. I have the
evidence…
See me sweating...I think the peanut butter cup has been burned up by now.
SPIN12 = 603 calorie burn
I had a great day at the SPIN12 and so did my children. The other people that were spinning in the
same hour as me were from Kitchener Cross Fit...
TriGator for KIDS...
Kitchener
Boxing Club...
...in the blue and white.
and Kitchener Fire Department...
plus some other individual riders
like myself...
Together that hour raised
$8,000 for St. Mary’s hospital.
AWESOME!!!! Thanks for all those
who sponsored me and the rest of the riders today. Your donations from your heart will help
others have a healthy heart. Thank you.
After the spin, the man from TriGator for KIDS spoke about
their event for kids. So once I got home
again, I checked it out and both my children are interested in taking part in
the event. That would be so cool if they
took part in this. It is a mini
triathlon for kids. Registration is
on April 6th at noon. I have
put it in my iPhone calendar so that I will be on the ball to get them both
registered for this. They weren't sure
about it at first, but when I told them they would get a finishers medal, they
were both up for it. LOL Too funny.
It has been a very long day, and at 7:30pm, it felt more
like 10:30pm. I wasn’t going to write a
post but I decided to put my fingers to work and write this to you.
Dinner tonight went more like this…
Egg Whites and Turkey Bacon with Salsa…Breakfast for dinner
tonight.
I was still not in a cooking kind of mood, but I could do
eggs and bacon though.
Snack: I finished the day off with some more PB2 mixed with Greek
Yogurt and served with apple slices…
Tomorrow is my Rest Day.
Somehow looking around this attic/loft, I don’t think I will be sitting
around with my feet up and watching a movie.
It will turn into a full blown CLEAN UP day. UGH!!!!
Until then…Stay Strong!
Good night
Trina
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