Girl Power

So Kyle and I have faced a bit of a set back in our 10k training.
He when we were running his back all of a sudden would start spasming and he was in a lot of pain. So he decided to take a week off until he could get in to see his doctor. I still ran a bit throughout that week although it wasn't as much as I was running but I did complete the three times that week that were required.
After Kyle saw the doctor they suggested going for physiotherapy to help with the muscles but said he was okay to go back to exercising and suggested taking anti-inflammatories. So with the doctors okay we SHOULD have returned to running. However This is our final week of classes and we have been BUSY! But we're both eager to get back at it.
Now I don't want you guys to think I quit on myself again. Because I haven't. See when Kyle couldn't run anymore I took advantage of that and started going to the gym with a group of girls from my school We don't simply just run instead we do a lot of HIIT training. So we'll do box jumps, and stairs, and burpees and lots of other things. We do lots of core training and strength exercises it's so good. My body feels AWESOME and it is tons of fun. We just go in the gym and turn the beats up, and when the workouts get hard we all just cheer each other on. Today five of us went for a run outside (which it is so nice to finally have some warm weather) and I was so proud I ran the entire thing, although at some points I sowed my run down a bit. But I never stopped. It's awesome to see how far I've come in just a month and a half.
I'm starting to see some physical changes and it is so exciting. The cool thing for me is that the thing motivating me to keep going isn't the scale. I have no looked at a scale this whole time. I mean I'm excited to eventually look at a scale and see where I'm at, but for now it's just been that I feel awesome in my body. My heart, lungs and muscles feel so good. And that makes me want to keep going. The other day I noticed how toned my calf muscles had gotten and was so excited that I walked around telling everyone to check out my leg muscles. Haha. It's awesome.
So although my running has taken a bit of a back seat these past two weeks I'm still pushing forwards and want to keep it up.
Be encouraged, you WILL start to see a difference in your body, don't quit, keep pushing. Do it for the awesome feeling of achievement you get when you see improvements in your fitness and your health, don't just do it for the scale.
Infinite x's and o's
-A

Raspberry Oat Muffins

So - I spend my life in search of easy, grab-able, healthy foods and finally I found one that is also delicious!
I would like to share it with all of you. (Please note: This is not my own recipe. It comes from a book called 'Eating Well' which I borrowed from the library.)

RASPBERRY OAT MUFFINS

2 cups whole wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup raw sugar
2 tbsp honey
1 egg
1 1/4 cup butter milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1/2 cup rolled oats

-Mix ingredients till combined
- Spoon into muffin tins with liners or greased.
- Bake 25 - 30 minutes at 350 F

Makes 12