I’ve had a really nice morning and have gotten tons of things checked off my list – including cleaning the kitchen floors top to bottom. I didn’t really feel like going to the gym today so I said I’d go for a quick run because I was still craving a burst of energy and a sweat session. But of course once I was out there, I wanted to do more. I ended up doing about 4 and a quarter miles (which feels short compared to the 5.5-6 I’ve been doing!) After my run I decided to tackle the floors while I was dirty. I kept my heart rate monitor on and found it to be over 100 bmp during the process, which took about 30 minutes.
After a shower, I came down for a colorful lunch.
Leftover SuperBowl salad, more baby spinach, and about a half cup of last night’s Lemon Caper Chickpea Salad.
A slice of Raisin Walnut Bread with some pumpkin butter and a smidge of Barney Butter –
And some fresh fruit -
Karen’s here and we’re going out for a walk while I run some errands at the shopping center near my house. Gotta get crankin’ on some school stuff when I get back
See ya for dinner!
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Those grapes look so juicy!! Ive been on a serious grape kick lately
Beautiful, colorful lunch! Fresh, fabulous lunches like that are my favorite
I love all of your salads. They are so creative!
Go Kath! Burn those calories!
Yummy fruit plate!!!
Man, I wish I had as much time as you to do some much cardio!
Kath, that pumpkin/bb combo looks absolutely delectable
good choice-i have that for lunch everyday!
oh–and i tried oikos today- very very very god!
lunch looks so fresh and healthy! and tasty, of course.
you’re really making me want to give running a second (or third…make that fourth) chance.
Great looking lunch – Nice and bright!
That is a nice looking salad!!!
Enjoy the rest of the afternoon!!
I need that bread with the pumpkin and barney butter! Yum!! The fruit looks so yummy too!
that salad looks delicious! i can always count on your blog for salad ideas
Oh I love the beautiful sunlight shining down over the food…gorgeous!
Your raisin bread with pumpkin butter and barney butter look SO good!
It’s so funny you mention hr on here. well not funny i guess, but you know what I mean…
I just asked this on Kelly’s blog:
“What are the benefits of staying within the “recommended” HR zone? Will I burn more fat? Burn more calories? Gain increased cardio benefits? What is the point?? Everyone says do it, but I don’t get why.” Can you tell me any of the benefits?
I want to get a HR monitor, but I’m questioning whether or not it’s helpful to know your HR.
Thanks!
Your lunches are always so creative, I love the bread with BB. Yum.
Oh, my. Is that image at the end of your post stinky do-do? Haha!
I have been completely off the bang wagon..I finally started eating healthier after the holidays but I am having a hard time getting back into work outs, I havnt been getting much sleep lately either
any suggestions??
Random question…but with taxes on my mind, are you able to use Kath Eats as a business and do write off your food and dishes as a business expense deduction? Feel free to ignore if this is too weird/personal.
I’ve been eating grapes so much lately, they’ve been so big and juicy!
Your lunch looks delish and filling, I have similiar tumblers for water, I love how big they are!
YUM!
Ok, so I am always pretty jealous of your meals… but today takes the cake!! all of those fruits and veggies look DELISH!!
Wow your lunch looks very appetizing.
Is that little picture at the end a pile of poo with flies circling it?!! Giggle giggle.
what a cute and colorful lunch! I wonder how many calories you burned while cleaning the floors…
that pumpkin butter looks amazing! very cheerful lunch!
Oh my goodness, that bread looks amazing!
Beautiful lunch!
your lunch pictures made my mouth water! And, i’m very jealous that it’s warm enough to go for a walk outside!
kath, howcome you took down that list of all of the other food blogs that you liked? i didn’t get a chance to look at those.
is there any way you could post that back up or just write a few (2 or 3) that are good food blogs as well?
thank you so much!
Your salads always look amazing!
that looks like such a refreshing salad !
Nice salad! Lots of colors are always fun
GreenTea,
Calories burned during exercise is a measure of heat produced during exercise, which is a result of oxygen consumption. Because when heart rate increases, oxygen consumption must increase to fuel muscles, the ratio of heart rate to calories burned is direct. SO, if you want to burn calories, you should keep your HR as high as possible for as long as possible. While you may burn a higher percentage of fat at a lower HR, you will burn more total calories at a higher heart rate (higher intensity).
Haley ,
I think in order to write off things as business expenses they have to be 100% for business. Since we’d eat food and have dishes anyways, I’m not planning to write them off. Any accountants can correct me if I’m mistaken.
Jasmine (Sweet and Fit),
Well it was at 325 or so after my run and just over 400 when I took it off, so I guess about 75?
maya ,
The Blogroll is still there – it’s just got its own page to clean up the sidebar. Look on the right sidebar for the “Blogroll” link.
Kath
oh okay!
thank you so much!
x
I ended up running longer than planned this morning as well. I love it when that happens.
Just out of curiousity, what’s your HR when you run? I wear one sometimes and I’m trying to see how “normal” I am.
Jess ,
150-170, depending on the day and location. “Normal” is subjective!
Kath
Tried the lemon caper salad, but subbed tuna for the chickpeas – FABULOUS! Thanks for the great idea.