Hello Monday! I love Mondays, it’s a day of renewal. It’s a symbolic “moving on” day. As I suspected, shark week was not good. I overate and under exercised and gained 2.2 lbs 

But today is Monday and I get to start anew. I had an amazing tropical fruit smoothie for breakfast, some almonds and dark chocolate for a snack, baked fish with tomatoes and herbs… and the day is only getting better, I’m heading to the movies tonight to watch the premiere of Doctor Who. What else could a girl ask for? Oh! I know… workout goodies.

Last week I received my first Running Mates package. So exciting. I got paired with none other than the creator of the pen pal program herself, Ms. Karen from RunWright. Running Mates is an exercise related gift exchange program similar to Foodie Penpals which you may be more familiar with if…