Unfortunately I haven’t ran the last two days due to travelling and appointments. I did however go to the gym on Monday and ran 6.48 miles, 6.8 speed with a 1.5 incline for 60min. It felt good to pound some miles out on the treadmill and not in the snow. The added bonus was that I didn’t fall off the treadmill either!

Sorry it's blurry... I didn't want the other ladies to think I was a creep taking pictures in the bathroom haha

I woke up to this and was decided to not ’embrace’ the weather like I normally do.

As I mentioned here, this past week was a down week for training. It was nice to have a bit of a rest but at the same time I’m not sure if I loved the down week because I was an EATING MACHINE. What’s different about this from any other regular day? Well, yes I am known by GMan as “la Princesa de merienditas” (aka: The snacking Princess) because I am always eating or looking for something to eat. As in at least every hour. If we are out and about GMan easily catches the clue for “snack time” because I am not a happy camper when hungry. No sir.

yummy... the dessert and the man!

Anyways back to the EATING MACHINE… The only difference from normal was that all I wanted to snack on was JUNK FOOD (Gasp!). I blame it on lack of will power those damn mini eggs . Once I start eating chocolate again I crave it allll the time on a regular basis. Like everyday. Twice a day. When I try to STOP eating it altogether, I get headaches, feel dizzy and just neeeeeed to eat some chocolate to make me feel better. Call me crazy but it’s the truth.

A down week from training + a stressful week is not a good mix. I can shamefully and honestly say that this past week, I have eaten like crap. Way to much junk food and I feel so guilty. I was doing so great with eating healthy, drinking at least one green shake a day and then I completely fell off the bandwagon.  Last night I was feeling so guilty about all the delicious chocolate crap I consumed… but then I ate a KitKat and felt much better. Kidding… OK, only half kidding.

Just because I got OFF track for a week does that mean there is no hope to getting back ON track?! No! It’s never to late. I need to stop feeling guilty and get over it. Suck it up baby; put your shoes on and get your run on.

I felt better this morning when I heard a knock at the door and received this:

surprise!

I won a giveaway from Bonnie and the package arrived today! Thanks Bonnie :) I received a great package from The Simply Bar.

Look at all those goodies!

One of the many cool things in the package was a box of protein bars. I find that most protein bars are loaded with calories but I must say I was pretty impressed with the nutritional value in The Simply Bar protein bars. Only 160 calories, 16g of protein and only 10 grams of sugar to boot. Pretty good eh?! I received a box of the peanut butter chocolate (yesss!) and they really do taste good too.

Compared to other protein bars in regards to nutritional value there is definitely a difference — for the better.

The protein bar is all natural and has under ten ingredients per bar. I would definitely consider ordering another box, maybe even trying a different flavor too. I checked on their website and for a box of 15 it costs $32.25. I think $2.15 per bar is a little pricey (the bars are not that big) but for the healthy benefit, I think it’s worth paying that much. Like I said, I have never before found a protein bar with such few calories with a serving of 16g of protein.

What’s your favorite protein bar? What do you refuel with after a run or workout?!