One Part Plant

Last weekend my friend came over on the Sunday and we went for a nice long run outside, 18 km. It was a beautiful day, and we got to run along the trail close by. It wasn't quite long enough so we ran till we couldn't any longer and then turned around and ran back. It's such a beautiful trail with so many great trees around. We each had our music and we did really well. Once we were out of the trail we were still doing well so I took her to another one close by to finish our 18 km run. At about 12.5 km in, I needed a bit of a walking break. The tiredness was kicking in and it was nice to walk for a bit, but it was hard to start up again. We got to 14 km and then turned around to make our way back to my place. Both of us were really starting to feel it, just sore in the legs/feet and tired but we made the 18 km!

Come race day I'm sure we will do fine, yes tired and sore still at the end but we will have a lot of people around us to motivate us to keep going and I haven't had the feeling in a while but that feeling is amazing at the end on I have done it! I have never done the Ottawa Race weekend so I'm excited to be there. We stretched after our run and I made some really great tasting smoothies with lots of spinach, one banana, two scoops of Vega Vanilla protein powder, some cherries and almond milk. They turned out delicious and a great way to re-fuel after such a long run. Before she went home I sent her off with a few muffins that I made, they are vegan and really good!

A friend of mine from work shared this cookbook with me

She found out that I have endometriosis and ended up seeing this book and told me about it. I read about it and it caught my interest. Since my birthday was coming up and my dad asked me for gift ideas I made sure to include this book and he did buy it for me. I already read through it. She only does a shout out to endometriosis and explains her journey into one part plant. It's a good read and the recipes look amazing! When I saw the recipe for these vegan muffins I wanted to give them a try.

They turned out great! It's with chickpea and brown rice flour. They aren't a really sweet muffin but they are still tasty. The chickpea flour makes them a little more doughy but I really like them.

Above is also a picture of a potato salad that I made. I did shaved carrot, celery sliced, green onion, I roasted the potatoes in the oven and to cut back on the mayo I added in an avocado and put in some lime juice to help stop the avocado from browning. For spices I put in some dill, paprika and pepper and a touch of salt. It was really good!

Tuesday we had a date night, we ended up going to Kelsey's for supper and then went to the movies to see End Game. I was craving a burger and I could have gone veggie patty but I was really hungry for a beef patty

It was really good! He had the fish burger, which he did enjoy. That would have been another great option for me to help avoid endo pain but I just really wanted a true burger and I did enjoy every bite.

This weekend I've kept really busy. I had Friday off as my compress day off, so I cleaned up the house and went for a 10 km run. Last weekend was tough so I don't want to over do it in training so I only did 10 km. Yesterday I had borrowed my dad's carpet cleaner so I got that done with the help of my hubby to empty out the living room. I did a major clean up in there which it really needed it. I guess part of some spring cleaning. I also got busy in the kitchen and tried a recipe that a friend sent me, they are banana muffin cookies. I made them slightly different, I still stuck to the white flour but instead of white sugar I went for coconut sugar. They turned out great! I also made our favorite muffins, made with lots of eggs and some coconut flour. I have made them many times and will keep making them from time to time. Hubby requested it and since I had the ingredients, I made them. I had to wait for the carpet to dry so great opportunity to spend time in the kitchen.

As of tomorrow though, I want to be on an cleanse, my own version of a cleanse. I will keep things on the light side this week. Breakfast will be a smoothie with almond milk, lots of greens, some fruit, vegan protein powder and some chia seeds. Snack will be a drink that I'll put together with coconut water, lots of greens and a little fruit. Lunch will be salad with salmon or shrimp, and supper will be a miso soup with a lot of veggies. I haven't been eating as healthy and I feel like I could use a bit of a detox and then I'll get back to my endo diet. Doesn't mean I won't have a treat here and there but I do want to get back on track. As her book above states it's all about at least having one plant meal each day. Race day is coming, and we did sign up for Spartan and thinking to sign up for a full marathon to so I want to be nice and healthy which also means more energy and a lot less pain. Which my endo pain still comes up here and there but when I did cut back on meat and cheese my pain went away a lot, so before things get bad again it's time to cut back. I do try to stick to more gluten free as well.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, especially since it's beautiful out there! I went out this morning for a 5 km run and it was so great! I'm into a new book now, Let it go by Peter Walsh. It's all about de-cluttering and how to do that when there are items that are very emotional. A friend of mine told me about it and I do have a lot of my mom's things, along with a lot of my own stuff, therefore I thought I would read through it and see if it will help me.