Is anyone else as glad as I am that today is FINALLY Friday? If only it weren’t so hot right? I can’t believe the high temperatures as well as the fact that it’s going to be hot all next week. I guess we all better get used to it.

I made the really dumb mistake of biking to work yesterday. I was running late and riding my bike is the fastest way to get to work, but I should have known better. I got sweaty on my way to work (no big deal) but literally couldn’t breath on my ride home. It took my lungs a few hours to recover and I’m in decent shape, I can’t imagine what it would have been like if I wasn’t a constant worker-outer. Note to self: don’t bike to work when it is above 90 degrees.

When I got home, I tried this new to me beverage.

It cooled me off and was really tasty. The ingredient list is short and has no added sugar or unfamiliar ingredients. There’s a limeade and a ginger flavor and I have my eye on both. I found this one at Whole Foods and haven’t seen them elsewhere but my guess is small health food stores or other organic markets would have them.

Initially I wanted sweet potato fries for dinner but even though dinner was a few hours after my horrendous bike ride home, I did not want anything warm. Instead I had a cold millet salad (unpictured) and a pumpkin pudding (pumpkin puree, mashed banana, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup; topped with pumpkin seeds, walnuts, and figs).

This pumpkin came from a box and I liked it a lot less than the canned variety. I also learned a valuable lesson, when scooping from the bottom of the box, do not bring the box too close to your face- you will get pumpkin on your forehead.

I spent the rest of my evening watching trash t.v. (the new Snooki and JWow show definitely fits the bill) and reading Harry Potter. Interesting combination right?

This morning I woke up at 5 and headed out for a 4 mile run. It was already hot, although not as hot as yesterday, but it was also extremely humid. I ran down by the lake and kept running into swarms of bugs- not fun! I finished 4.03 miles in 31:44, for a 7:52 min/mile average.

Then I headed to the pool. Apparently, everyone and their mom decided to swim today and the line for the four lanes was three deep by the time I got out onto the pool deck. Fortunately it only took 10 minutes for me to get into a lane but I was most definitely shooting the man who was swimming with snorkeling gear dirty looks. There is no need for that at 6:30 a.m. at a gym pool.

For whatever reason my appetite has not subsided with the heat like it usually does. I’ve actually been pretty hungry. Overnight oats have been my breakfast of choice for the past three mornings because they’re cold & don’t dirty my blender, filling, and can be prepped the night before.

This time I did things a little differently though. Last night I mixed together 1/2 cup oats, .5 tbsp chia seeds, .5 tbsp honey, a little cinnamon, and 1/2 cup almond milk. This created a really chewy batch of overnight oats. I topped them with almond butter, pumpkin seeds, banana slices, and a few Hail Merry almonds. Delicious!

I decided to skip the bike ride today given the warm temperatures (the car fumes make it SOO much worse) so I need to head off to work a little earlier, have a wonderful Friday!

Any exciting plans this weekend? Please share!