Wonderful Weekend

What a great weekend! (After such a sickly week!)

On Friday, I stayed late at work to get things DONE. When I left, I met my husband at the new Maggiano's in the mall by our house. It was a pretty standard one, just like all the others we have been to EXCEPT: they offer a small selection of "Lighter Takes" on their menu. I ended up ordering the chicken parmesan lighter take because I'm a chickentarian .... oh, you didn't know that existed?? Well, now you know one!   ;)

{Maggiano's}

The chicken parm was good! You could only tell a difference by looking at it because it looked like it had less breading, but otherwise it tasted the same! There were also less noodles, which were super thin fettuccine noodles. I ate half the chicken and allllll the noods and was full :)
Lighter Takes recommended!


On Saturday, we woke up suuuuuper early to go run with the Libertyville Running Club. The alarm went off at 6:30, and we both rolled over and were awake, but it was sooo nice and toasty and snuggly in bed that I didn't want to get up! The struggle was real. But we actually did end up rolling out of bed, and getting to running club just in time to start in the back. We ran 4.41 miles, then met in the park and had some post run yoga to stretch it all out. It was a really good run! It was some pretty perfect weather, and my running buddy was just what I needed to get the job done :)

Then we got home, and I checked in with the Tone It Up app on my phone to do some catch up. I was not feeling too great on Wednesday and Thursday so I didn't do any workouts. Then on Friday, I didn't get one done because of staying at work so late. I ended up doing the Arms & Abs routine x2 and the Bikini Booty routine. My butt was like, "Whaaaaaaaaat?" after that one, lol

In the afternoon, Tommy and I drove to pick up Kyle and Kelsey to head to a Sox game! Thousands of people were there for Paul Konerko's last home game, but I was there for beer and nachos.
We also met up with Emily, Joe, Brenda, and Joe's dad. It was so nice to see everyone and hang out!

{Beautiful Day}

{My love}

{Paulie Selfie}

{Kelsey, Emily, & I}

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Today, on Sunday, Tommy and I went for a HUGE bike ride on the trail by our house. It's such a beautiful trail, and it's my favorite in the Fall, mainly because I just love Fall. We decided to go north on the trail up towards Independence Grove where we got married! It turns out, we did 15.33 miles on our bikes today, and it was the furthest I have ever been on the trail! My quads will be sore tomorrow...which will make crossing shoe laces and sitting on the carpet criss cross extra tough, lol. Oh well! It was a super nice bike ride with my love and totally worth the soreness :)

To end the day, I ate left over Sleepy Sweet Potato topping, recipe TBP (to be posted), and made these delicious breakfast muffins:

YUM. Literally taste like apple cinnamon oatmeal baked in a muffin. So good.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend too!