Sweet Saturday

Seriously this weekend has been fantastic and is only getting better.



We started the weekend off with a trip to The Grilled Cheese Truck. We went with some friends and ate deliciousness. So good. Of course we had to eat on the ground in the dark so pictures did not happen. I really need a camera that can handle low-light.



This morning I woke up with my legs looking super puffy and swollen. Especially my knees. Andy went on a run at a local park and I decided to walk on the treadmill. But not without taping my knees first!



My PT suggested tape only. He explained to me that knee braces or sleeves can't move the kneecap in the way I need to. I highly suggest talking to a physical therapist before taping your knees! (Everyone is different and there are tons of different ways to tape.)



I start with the cover roll. The leukotape will rip your skin off. You don't want that. The cover roll serves as a barrier.



You want to get a tight fit so your legs look really awkward.



You want knee puckering. You seriously do. That's how you know the leukotape is tight enough. (Again, this was a suggestion from my physical therapist.)



Weird knee puckering.



Then I foam rolled my calves, IT bands and hamstrings. Tight muscles can actually make knee pain worse. Foam rolling helps stretch them out.



I bought my foam roller on Amazon for super cheap. It's short but does the trick. Afterwards I walked 2 miles on the treadmill at an incline with wrist weights. Biz gave me the idea. I ran .6 of a mile and lifted weights for 30 minutes.



After my walk/run we went to pick up our CSA and go shopping. I was so excited to find PUMPKIN ice cream!



And I made a pizza with figs and arugula from our CSA. I also used pancetta, mozzarella, roasted garlic and parmesan.



It was amazing! I sauteed the arugula with the pancetta which was a great idea. The arugula had a wonderful flavor to it.



The figs caramelized nicely and added a welcome sweetness.



The crust was wheaty and buttery due to the garlic butter I brushed it with. YUM!

I weighed in today and my weight is the exact same. I haven't been eating as clean as possible and need to work on that. I went out for dinner for my sister's 21st birthday, for my friend's birthday and I ate delicious grilled cheese. I also cut back on weight lifting. Bad idea. I know next week will be better!

Can't wait to post about where we're going for dinner tonight!

How's your weekend going?

Homemade Pizza!

Andrea recently posted her pizza dough recipe. I bookmarked it and planned to make it myself. Well last night was the night!



I put on my Pom apron and got to work!



I already had a huge bag of organic whole wheat flour so I used that instead of the spelt or all purpose flour. I will try spelt once I'm out of whole wheat though! Other than that, I followed Andrea's recipe exactly. Her tips were so helpful!



Here's the dough before it rose. I covered it with a warm, damp towel for 4 hours to let it rise. It rose a ton!



Once it was dinner time, I rolled it out and topped it with pesto and steamed spinach. 2 cups of spinach to be exact. It wilts down a ton!



Then I added broccoli, red bell pepper, 3 sliced chicken sun-dried tomato sausages and mozzarella cheese. I was going to add artichokes too but it was already fully loaded.



I put it in the oven for 15 mins at 400 degrees. It was perfect after that!



Andy and I each had 2 slices on a salad plate. We have 5 slices left! This makes a lot of pizza.

Pizza Toppings:

1 sliced red bell pepper
1 cup loosely packed shredded mozzarella. (I grate it myself, it's better!)
1 cup chopped broccoli
2 cups wilted spinach
3 chicken sausages sliced
2 tbsp pesto. (more would be great!)

Thanks for the dough recipe, Andrea! I will definitely make it again and again. It was so much cheaper than buying premade dough.



I bought these heel inserts yesterday after my doctor's appointment. I ran 3.3 slow miles on the treadmill with them in my shoes last night. My heel still hurts but not as much as usual.

With that said, I decided to run another 5k with Andy! And my sister Sarah, possibly?

Its on Sunday April 25th and I plan on improving my time by 2-3 mins. I plan on tackling this by doing some interval training. Check it out! Hopefully it will work for me! I'm planning on running 4x a week and strength training with Jillian Michael's 2x a week. I'll take 2 days off so I might do 2 workouts in a day sometimes.

What are your training plans for April?