It finally cooled off down in Houston. Considering the 75 degree weather I have gotten kind of used to, 40 degree temperatures this week have felt cold! I realized this week that while I have started this blog trying to encourage a lot of friends and family reading from Tennessee, some of you reading may feel that the Texas weather gives me an unfair advantage. I, personally, prefer freezing temperatures to workout. I think that there is nothing better than running in 30 or 40 degree temperatures. But I realize most of you probably do not feel this way and may read my blog and think “Of course it is easy for those Texans to workout. It is like perfect spring weather down there!”
This week, I have been able to understand the desire to stay at home, eat dinner, watch television and just snuggle up, but I have fought the urge! Good news. You can too! On Tuesday night, I made soup for dinner….but I made it earlier in the day. So here is my latest tip to get you up and out of the house to work out on a cold night...
Make soup ahead of time! A lot of meals (like salmon, steamed broccoli, and noodles…the same meal I make us most nights of the week) have to be made right before you eat them. It is hard to organize your night if you plan on getting off work, working out (because you cannot work out after you eat), and then heading home to start making dinner. Instead, dinner needs to be waiting for you when you get home! If you have dinner prepared ahead of time, you have no excuses! Go exercise, and dream about your warm incentive waiting for you at home the whole time.
tortilla soup I made this week
molly--
ReplyDeletei, too, prefer colder weather for my runs :)
gay, my 70-yr-old roommate, has had to force me to stay inside the past couple weeks because it's "too wintery" and it will "make it impossible for you to get over your cold".
so, alas, i am missing my favorite time of the year to work out.
:)
and i want some of your soup.
I will try to send you a few of my soup recipes. I have a new one that is called skinny soup. It is a vegetable soup and I loved it.
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