Good morning blogging world.  I’m sitting here at 5:30am, rather wide awake enjoying my cliff kids bar and cup of coffee.  I’m about to head to morning swim practice.  I just thought I would type the first line now ha.  J

Insert 5100 yards here.

450 warm-ups
15X50s Freestyle drill (5-1 arm, 5-swimming with closed fists, 5-1 arm)
2X700 Freestyle
14X100 Interval Freestyle
500 kick
2X300 Pull

8:30am-I had been thinking about what exactly I wanted to make for breakfast.  I do that a lot when working out but mostly during swimming.  I had told myself that I wasn’t going to use pumpkin because I was saving that for other occasions such as dinner tonight.  But alas-my cravings got the best of me.  Today I made chocolate pumpkin protein pancakes.

1/3 cup fiber one pancake mix
1 scoop protein
2 tablespoons Hershey dark cocoa
½ cup canned pumpkin
¼ cup milk

Then I topped with PB2 and  6 ounces of Greek God Yogurt.  It was very tasty and I am so pleased with the outcome.  Everyone who said cooking with pumpkin makes your pancakes/cake/muffins so moist, you are right!  I have never had anything more delicious.

Insert a one hour 7.5 mile run.  I ran up and down a two story hill and around a one mile track.  I ran four times around the track and the hill is right in the middle so I just veered off course and ran up the hill for that portion.

After my run, I snacked on the frozen strawberries to cool my body down.  Do you enjoy frozen fruit?  I keep buying them for smoothies but then keep eating them whole.  I would have taken a picture but they were gone in about 2 minutes!

12:30pm Lunch at Lehman Dining Hall.  Today I just wanted the stuffed chicken (stuffed with stuffing) and raviolis.  I had a lot but my body was hungry.  My boyfriend skipped breakfast.  :O  He was very hungry by noon!  I would be too yuck.

2:00pm-Modern Algebra.  Insert lots of proofs but my teacher decided not to give us homework which means I basically have no work for the rest of the week.  Just studying.  I love having rest Sundays and getting all my nonmath homework done hehe.

Insert a 40 minute run.  I did a lot of cardio today but Mondays are my hard training days for running and swimming.

5:30pm-My boyfriend and I decided we would make dinners together on Mondays.  Today we made grilled Tilapia, cooked spinach and shockingly Pumpkin Muffins!

The grilled Tilapia was seasoned with a bit of red pepper and red wine vinegar and when making spinach I always add lots of garlic and onion powder.

To make the pumpkin muffins (which I have decided I named Mumpkins) I’m going to make humerous names for all my pumpkin creations this month. I added 12 ounces canned pumpkin and 1 package of cornbread muffin mix.  Aram was skeptical at first (he always is when it comes to my cooking.) but he loved them!  I loved them too.  He ate them plain but I added a couple tablespoons of Orange Marmalade.

Cheers to Yummy Pumpkin Muffins

Then off to teach swimming lessons.  It’s week three which means only one more week to go.  I enjoy teaching the lesson; it’s just another thing on my plate.  For our annual trip to Puerto Rico, we are required though so I would rather suck it up and teach lessons then not go…besides I don’t have much work this week anyways.

Question for you:

What is your favorite type of fish?

Mine is Salmon, although I’m generally a fan of all seafood.