It’s been almost 2 months since my last Treat Yourself Tuesday post. Of course a great treat this past week was having a 3 day weekend. Now, unfortunately, we are back to reality for 4 days, which is better than 5 at least and then I am off on vacation next week, which is the treat of the year for me! After that, I have to start thinking of vacations for next year, but need to save up some money first and figure out some other things first.

Treats this week included sun time, yoga, and a few things for vacation. Thank you Becky for the link up.

First up, a new coloring book and some electrolytes. Weird combination I know, but Amazon shopping can do that…I tried the Vega sport at Glow Retreat and I really like to drink these after a workout.

Secret Garden was the popular coloring book I first heard about when adult coloring books were getting popular and I saw it was back in stock when I ordered it for my sister last month and decided I wanted something more fun with different pictures to color.

Of course when you get a new coloring book that leaves a bunch of open space, you need to treat yourself to a couple thin markers to doodle your own drawings.

I also got some new protein snack bars to try (yupbrands.com) . I saw them on Kasey’s (Powercakes) instagram and periscope and youtube channel. She talks about them a lot, but for good reason. They are tasty!

I was planning to save all of them for vacation, but while doing the clean eating challenge last week, I baked the sugar cookie flavor and it was sooo good.

This weekend was filled with gym time and pool time, which meant lots of sun time that I love!! I’ve definitely gone through a few bottles of sunscreen all on my own this summer. I look so pale, but this is tan for me haha.

I also enjoyed some yoga time outside.

I tried to enjoy a meal outside yesterday while listening to Heather‘s periscope…this lasted about 2 minutes before a bee came over and was really interested in my honey ham…

…at least I still enjoyed having the patio door open with the screen shut and feeling the light breeze, even if that combined with baking brought the apartment temp over 80 degrees. I like it warm anyway, at least until bedtime.

About that baking, I whipped up some black bean brownies (thanks to Becky making these last weekend and putting them up on Facebook, I had to try them). Bringing some to work today to see who I can trick 😉

And there was more cooking, the chicken was prepared over the weekend but finally made the bruschetta topping. Recipe here.

Workouts, good eats, coloring, what more could you want? If only this was my life everyday! Back to work today, but still trying to eat clean and avoid all the sugary treats at work. Hope you all have a good day too!

Did you cook anything over Labor Day?

What is your ideal day?

I think ending my day with the chicken bruschetta and another black bean brownie was good.

My ideal day is going to the gym to work up a sweat, cooking some delicious eats and spending time outside. 

 

Happy Tuesday!! We made it through Monday so that’s a good start to the week, right? Last week was very gloomy here which didn’t help me to get through the work day but at least it was finally sunny over the weekend and this week looks like a warm one and hopefully less rainy so I can take more lunch time walks. Anyway I am linking up with Becky today with some recent treats.

Firstly, in case you didn’t see this post. I went to the dentist last week and he raved about my perfect teeth and then found a tiny black spot on one of my back teeth that he said is the start of a cavity. So I am learning about what other things I can do to treat my teeth better. I luckily inherited good genes from my mom for my great teeth, but I am thinking my lack of calcium in my diet lately could have contributed to this black spot. So I am working on strengthening my bones and teeth and adding a few new things into my daily routine.

I also heard about these new vitamins on Katie’s blog and thought fish oil would be good for me since I don’t eat seafood and I’ve heard good things about Omega 3s. Maybe it can help my teeth and health as well. Always good to treat your body with kindness. I will see how it goes for the 30 days that this pack will take me.

The Target treats didn’t stop there as I also found a new pair of shorts. I needed some new dry fit shorts to wear on the weekends when I go to the pool. As soon as I tried these on, it was love! I lived in them all weekend including doing my daily yoga poses for Instagram.

I also treated myself to tons of stretching! I don’t do enough of it with all my working out and boy did my body need it as well as some yoga.

Then there was swim time. I swam at the gym on Sunday morning for my workout, but the water was a bit too warm. Still got 100 laps, about a mile and a half. After I ate lunch and refueled my body, I headed to the pool at my apartment to lay in the sun. I jumped in the water once but that water was freezing! It was perfect the previous weekend when it was 90 degrees, not as much when it is 75. The temperature outside was perfect for laying there and reading though. I’m hoping that if I lay in the sun each weekend, there is a chance I might actually get tan by the end of summer. Normally I just burn and I wear SPF 50…

Besides that, I spent too many hours watching Gilmore Girls (started from season 1 again on Netflix, but I also own all the seasons on DVD, but need to buy a DVD player). It was really nice to have a few things planned for the weekend, but mostly just relax. I even had some time on Sunday to do some meal prepping and made delicious stir fry Saturday. Perfect weekend to me!!

P.S. It’s exactly one week until my 1 year work anniversary with my new company!! Hoping to go out to lunch next week to celebrate 🙂

 

 

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