Food Should Taste Good Olive Tortilla Chips

I really love these chips. They are so good just as they are, meaning you need nothing to dip them in!! But, if you feel inclined to dip they would be great with salsa or even a little sour cream!!

The bag states: "made with Black, Green & Kalamata Olives, Garlic, Sea Salt." And made with they are!! There isn't just some olive flavored salt on these chips, you can see the little bits of olive cooked right into the chip!!

Oh, yeah, so good!! But don't just take my word for it...

Good snacks, good food!

I am a snacker, mostly a sweet snacker but I am getting those salty cravings more and more these days. So, while trying to satisfy my cravings I want it to be at least good for me!! So, I got me a bag of Food Should Taste Good Original Sweet Potato Chips and let me tell you they were good!! I love sweet potatoes and they are even better in chip form! 

One great thing about these chips is the ingredient list states: Sweet Potatoes, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt. That is what I call the right kind of ingredient list. No extra crap to mess up your belly!!

The other reason why I enjoyed these chips is my 1 1/2 year old daughter loves them as well!

I would say that little girl ate the majority of the chips!! And she got mad when I would grab a few out of the bag! LOL!!

 

Now I know the go-to snack to keep her happy and satisfied! 

You definitely need to get a bag and try these, they are a great snack with a wonderful sweet and salty flavor. It is important to me to have a go to snack for me & my family and this is definitely one of those!!

Food Should Taste Good have many different flavors of Tortilla Chips as well!! Check out their website at www.foodshouldtastegood.com for more info!!

New kicks!!

So, I got me a new pair of running shoes and can I tell you they are great!! They are Scott eRide Support 2.

I had heard of Scott running shoes before but had never tried them. I googled them and found fantastic reviews so I thought why not give them a try! 

I took them out for a short run and can I tell you I was pretty impressed! 

I have been having issues with my plantar fasciitis and running in these shoes did not irritate it during or after the run. That made me very happy!!

To steel a quote from Brooks! Run Happy!!

 

Running the trails!

I love trail running, it is pretty, serene and keeps you on your toes or you will find yourself on your face!! Ha!! 

There are lots of trails on the woods behind my house and the great thing is most of them are marked so hopefully you won't get lost. Being in the woods can really get confusing especially if you are not paying attention to your surroundings. 

You definitely want to pay attention to your feet so you don't fall but you also need to scan the trail ahead of you. You never know what you are going to come across.

Here are some pics from my trail runs last week:

Decided not to take this trail...

Nice view of part of Lake Fairfax.

My workout for today-5/28/13

I was channeling Jillian Michaels today! Ha! I grabbed the first workout from her book Making The Cut. 

Here is what I did:

Circuit 1:

Dumbbell press on ball-20 reps/15 lbs

Dumbbell fly on ball-15 reps/15 lbs

Squats-50 Fast/15 lbs

1 min sprint-5.0 on treadmill

Circuit 2:

Plank-hold for 10 secs

Close grip push-ups-5 reps

Side plank w/inner thigh raise-10 reps

Plank-hold 5 secs then push-ups-5 reps

Side plank w/inner thigh raise-10 reps

Plank-hold 5 secs to Burpees-10 reps

Sumo squat-50 reps/15 lbs

1 min sprint-5.0 on treadmill

Circuit 3:

Push-up-20 reps on knees

Mountain Climbers-30 secs

W Shoulder press w/leg extension-10 each leg/5 lbs

Static Squat-hold for 30 secs/5 lbs

1 min sprint-5.0 on treadmill

Circuit 4:

Bench Dips-20 reps

Rope Tricep Presses-25 lbs/25 reps

Static lunge w/lateral shoulder raise-10 reps each leg

Mountain Climbers-1 min

Boat pose-30 secs

Circuit 5:

Bicycle crunches-50 reps

Extended plank-30 secs

I changed up a few things but had a great workout. I started the workout with a 5 min warm-up on the treadmill and ended it with 3 pull-up on the kneeling assisted pull-up/dip machine. I was trying to get 10 but I was pretty tired after that workout and I usually use the standing assisted pull-up machine so I needed to adjust the weight better.

Needless to say, I worked my butt off & happy to have done it!!

Workout for today!

My plan was to participate in the Twilight Scavenger Hunt at Potomac River Running Reston. But, I ended up not going. Kyle had football practice so I had Olivia with me. I was planning on bringing her but the sky looked as if it was going to open up. It never did but better safe than sorry. I would hate to have a wet little unhappy girl!! 

So, I ended up doing some toning at home! 

Here is what I did:

Push-ups on knees - 10 reps

Crunches - 20 reps

Reverse crunches with toe touch - 20 reps

Bridge with leg raise - 3 raises per leg

Bridge-up with inner thigh ball squeeze - 10 reps

Single Straight leg raises - 10 reps each leg

Glute kicks - 10 reps each leg

Not too much but enough for a mini workout. Today is a cross-training day for my marathon training. Doing good so far!

A Little Time to Roam....

Yesterday when I got home from teaching my HardCORE class my Hubby and son Kyle had flag football practice and Kaleb was at work. Little Miss Olivia was outside driving around in her "Red Car" and was not even close to being ready to go into the house yet. So, I walked around behind her pushing her when I needed to or to get her up the hill or if she just decided she didn't want to move the car herself. She is a silly girl like that!! HA!!

After a while she decided it was time to stop "driving" and wanted to check out the different plants & flowers in the front yard. After rummaging through the yard and trying to get her to understand the different smells that plants and flowers have I thought it would be fun to go on a little hike through the woods in my back yard. The back yard butts up to Fairfax County Park Land and there are many different trails throughout the whole area back there. I also thought it would be fun to search for some Morel Mushrooms while we were out back there.

So, Olivia and I went for a little hike through the woods, I showed her where the tree house was and we walked toward the creek. I pointed out different trees and rocks and she enjoyed picking up sticks and rummaging through the leaves. She did a pretty good job walking along the trail with her short little legs (she is only 1) but once we got near the creek she decided she didn't want to walk anymore so I carried her back up to the house. It was a fun time for both of us even though I couldn't find any morels we both had a great experience that we can do many times over again!!

You never really know the possibilities for different interactions that you can have in your own back yard. Try to make a point to get out there, get down on the ground and check things out. You might be surprised by what you find!!