Hope all y’all had a FABULOUS weekend! I know I did.

And thanks to Katie at Healthy Diva Life for reminding us that Mondays can be marvelous rather than mucky :)

My weekend started off great by getting to leave work early on Friday for a dentist appointment. Yes, the dentist. I actually quite like going to the dentist, and now my teeth are beautiful and clean.

Saturday was spent doing tons of food prep so that, when the hubby came home Saturday afternoon after being away for a week, we could spend plenty of time together just relaxing and hanging out on Saturday night and Sunday.

I prepped my usual HUGE tupperware full of sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and an acorn squash – all roasted at 400 degrees for 30-50 minutes.

I’ll use all of these awesome roasted veggies to make “salads” all week!

I also whipped up a special concoction for the hubby – peanut butter banana chocolate chip cookies – NO REFINED SUGAR, GLUTEN FREE, DAIRY FREE, EGG FREE!

They turned out delicious! Thanks to Engine 2 Diet for the recipe!

I also managed to find some time to whip up a super easy lunch of Happy Herbivore Mock Tuna (with curry powder added as my personal twist) in some lettuce wraps with a side of fresh veggies before heading out onto my roof deck to catch some rays.

BUT the real MIMM didn’t start until the hubby got home.

We enjoyed an amazing dinner of vegan tacos on corn tortillas on our roof deck while the sun was setting :)

Then came Sunday, which was packed with coffee, bike rides, farmer’s markets, hammocks, and tennis :)

We packed our own oatmeal for breakfast and headed over to Starbucks to sit outside and enjoy some coffee.

Next, we hopped on our bikes and biked over to a farmer’s market in Cambridge.

It was small,  but they had all the fresh produce we could ask for!

We picked up heirloom tomatoes, baby yellow summer squash, asparagus, kale, and a baby cucumber.

Check out these mixed greens with edible flowers!

After coming home, we packed up a picnic lunch and walked down to the Charles River to enjoy it. I packed a fresh raw salad.

Along with a HUGE side of fruit for the hubby and I to share – SUMMER BABY!

Then we spent the next couple hours relaxing in the hammock just reading and chatting.

After another bike ride of several miles, an hour + of tennis, and another bike ride home, I was TUCKERED OUT.

Yesterday was SUPPOSED to be my rest day, but after biking, walking, biking, tennis, and more biking, I decided my body needs another rest day today, so I’m gonna be LOW KEY. Lots of water, tea, fresh fruits and veggies, and STRETCHING.

Gotta gear up for my second session back with my trainer tomorrow!! EEEEEEK!

We are doing weight, body fat percentage, and measurements, so I’ll have that to share with you all along with my PROGRESS PICTURES!

Get psyched. I am ;)

Cheers to Monday,

Avocado Athlete

 

 

 

All y’all blew me away. I can’t thank you enough.

I posted on Facebook and Twitter that I was close to 1,000 unique visitors and my blog and asked those who had never been to take a look. I’m now close to 1,100!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Now I have to decide what ridiculous fitness challenge I’m going to complete for you – what shall it be?

1,000 burpess? In a week maybe…

1,000 pushups? OUT OF THE QUESTION.

How about body weight squats or lunges for 1,000 seconds straight?

Let me know what you think!

Now on to the recap of my last day:

I went to bed nice and early (9pm) and got up at 5:30am for an awesome workout:

The grocery store visit turned into a disaster. I went in for chia seeds because I’m obsessed with my Chocolate Chia Protein Pudding, and I was almost out of chia seeds. NOT. OK.

Last night I had my protein pudding with a scoop of raw organic almond butter. UNREAL. You have to try this.

ANYWAY…I digress.

When I got into the grocery store,

Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries were BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!!!

They weren’t organic, but I decided in that moment that enjoying summer and affordable food was more important, so I splurged. 2 cartons of strawberries, 2 cartons of blueberries, and 1 carton each of raspberries and blackberries later…

This is my first time ever soaking my fruit in vinegar to prevent mold, but apparently it’s the popular thing to do. I didn’t have white vinegar (recommended), so I used apple cider vinegar…I hope that’s ok and they don’t taste stanky.

Enjoying fresh fruits and vegetable is my absolute favorite part of summer. The best part of my day is delving into my bag of snap peas and cherry tomatoes as a snack at work :)

Cheers to summer!

Avocado Athlete

(ps) Coming up next week: progress pics, people. Get ready.

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