Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Airport....Ready?!?

When you're on reserve we have what we call Airport Ready, or "airport appreciation," I am pretty sure I mentioned in a previous blog. On Sunday I was LUCKY enough to get "airport appreciation" from 6am-noon. Being quite certain it would be a boring day of sitting around the airport, looking forward to having time to work on my bid for next month & tour our new digs in the new terminal, I only packed enough food for the day pretty much, with the exception of my supply of oatmeal & a few packs of miso soup.

Wouldn't you know, just as I'm pulling into the parking lot about 5:30am that scheduling calls me to tell me they've assigned me a trip! As much as I want to fly, I was a little bummed! A two-day trip to JFK. My faaaavorite. I head in & check in, meet my crew and we head to the gate. What I thought was nagging allergies turned out to quite obviously be a cold mid-air. UGH. This leads to a total downward spiral in my eating for the day. In order to keep myself awake I am munching down on sugary and salty snack alike. ALONG with my celery and pb pretzels. UGH. Total fail for the day & to top it off when we finally arrived at JFK I felt miserable & retreated to my room skipping my workout making some miso & going STRAIGHT to bed. I felt pretty guilty for missing my workout & gorging the way I did on Sunday. So Monday was a little better. I ate much healthier but it didn't stop me from having not one, but TWO of the extra 1st class cheesecake bites. (If only you could try them, you would understand!) I still wasn't feeling to hot, but after we landed & I made my drive back home I forced myself to stop in at the gym since I was feeling a bit better after getting a ton of sleep. I got a 6 mile run in & some weights. Redemption. Well, a little anyway.

All in all, I'd say it wasn't a very good eating couple of days & I missed a workout day. But I am back at it & didn't let it turn into an ugly downward spiral. It is hard when you slip up to not lose focus but with a marathon & bikini season in the near future, I can't afford any lengthy downward spirals. Yesterday I was back at the gym, got in a 4 mile interval run & then hit the weights again & today I will head back again. Eating well is always easier at home, so my usual oatmeal, chicken, salad, apples, bananas. But don't get me wrong, I layed out in the sun yesterday afternoon & enjoyed an ice cold beer. It's all about being wise and making choices, it was that beer, or some PB pretzels for my afternoon snack. I chose the beer yesterday :) Then I made sure to work it off at the gym & ate well all day to help make it more acceptable!

Tonight I am going to try to make the Tone It Up Tilapia Citrus Ceviche, I LOVE LOVE LOVE ceviche & haven't had a chance to give this recipe a try, I will let you know how it goes!

Tone It Up's Tilapia Citrus Ceviche!

Alright guys, happy hump day! Please share any healthy ideas/tricks with me if you have them! XO

Labels: , , , ,

Saturday, March 19, 2011

& I thought staying healthy was hard before....

Hi Everyone, I'm a new blogger & to be frank, it seems truly odd to post about myself as if anyone out there cares what I have to say! But, well that said, a little bit about me...My name is Kelly. I'm in my mid-20s and just started a new journey in my life as a flight attendant, for what I think is the BEST domestic U.S. airline by far. (I'm not going to reveal who I work for until I get the appropriate permissions, but if you've ever flown with us, you probably already know what airline I'm referring to!) In a nut shell I'm an active, health conscious, washed up college athlete who loves to travel, read books, watch sports, attend happy hour with friends & have been trying to fit in fun runs, triathlons and just signed up for my first FULL marathon this summer. As you imagine my job makes it less than easy to find time & motivation to exercise & we all know how airport food is....Um, not exactly healthy, not to mention it breaks the bank!

I decided to start this blog for a number of reasons, but the main hope is
Read more ยป

Labels: , , ,