Sweating and Gaining

Hello loves,
how are we all today??? ohhh you know me, slacking on blogging... but not slacking on workouts... holy crap --- lol.

20 minute no stop jogging(5.0-5.2) yesterday...

& 12 miles on the recumbant bike = sweaty hot mess...

But as most of you have seen I am up in #'s and the only thing I can think of is food, although I eat mostly healthy food, I wonder if I am eating too much? I literally burned over 600 calories (almost 700) in my workout yesterday then ended up cleaning like a crazy person at work working up yet another sweat, and barely sat down last night... Im wondering if I didnt eat enough? or drank too much over the weekend = dehydration? I know I cant dwell on #'s but sometimes its discouraging... its like an 18 year old telling a 40 year old age aint nothin but a number... trying to tell myself its just a number. lol!! ;P

I made a spectacular Anniversary dinner last night ...

I apologize for the obnoxious glare that came off of my plate...

Recipe for amazingness; Italian Chicken Sausage Subs

Ingredients:

•  1 package chicken italian sausages (pre-cooked -- I buy them in bulk @sams club) or you could use turkey italian sausages as well but usually those are not pre-cooked.
•  1 jar spaghetti sauce (I get the kind w/ veggies in it ;))
•  1 green pepper (cleaned, sliced thin)
•  1 yellow onion(or red) about 1/2 of a large one (or less if you arent into onions) cut into strips
•  Seasonings; I chose italian season blend and garlic powder I also used some shaker red. fat parmesean
•  Reduced fat Italian cheese blend (I love sargento's)
•  Multi-grain sub rolls (can be found in the fresh bakery at Wally world)

Make it:

•  Simmer Italian sausages on stove top w/ sauce, onion, green pepper, and seasoning blends[medium heat until everything is warm - about 15-20min]
• Meanwhile; split sub buns open in the middle like a hotdog bun shake garlic powder onto opening and put a little mozz cheese in, put buns in 350 degree oven until cheese melts, turn off stove.
• Assemble sauce,sausage,veg mixture onto buns then top with a little more cheese; place back into oven that has been turned off to let cheese melt, remove, cut in half, voila.

Honestly I could've just ate half but I didnt, it was just toooo good :( probably why I hated the scale this morning! So take note friends: EAT 1/2, and have a side of veggies ;)

It was a nice anniversary even if the Hubby's bears lost and so did my brewers! wahh! oh well, I am still naming our state WINsconsin... ;)
What are your struggles or triumphs? Clearly my struggle is the scale, triumphs are my new found love for biking and doing well at it.

Today will be another sweaty workout, even though all I wanna do is sleep --- this weather is horrible for my motivation ;P

Chat again soon (I will not stray again I will not stray again. lol)
xoxo