Reads & Runs

Morning peeps! :D

I woke up with excitement to run on The Running Beast this morning. :) I quickly got changed and headed downstairs (equipped with the Britney CD on my Ipod of course). I had a great 3 mile run:

• 3 mins warm-up, incline 7
• 3 mile run @ 5.6 mph, incline 7
• cool down walking
• Total duration: 38 mins.
• Max heart rate: 176 (90% of max)
• Avg heart rate: 159 (82% of max)

For some reason my run felt a bit harder than normal and my heart rate was higher than on my old treadmill- must just be a difference in machine??

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I found another box of books to unpack! I knew I was missing some…

Books shown above:

• Confessions of a Beauty Editor
• The Last Lecture
• Regaining Your Self
• In Defense of Food (haven’t had time to read yet!)
• The Essential Natural Health Bible

Being a beauty freak, I was naturally interested when I heard about this book coming out by Allure Magazine’s beauty Editor, Linda Wells.

However, I was a bit disappointed. The book is quite a bit of fluff and is geared toward a beginner level of beauty know-how. I’m not saying I know everything about beauty tips and tricks, but most of the stuff in this book was fairly basic and I had heard it before. I haven’t finished it yet, just sort of browsed through different sections, so perhaps my opinion will change once I finish it.

However, I LOVED, love, loved The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets! I originally saw Kym Douglas on The View and I knew I had to buy this book. I read it from cover to cover and it was filled with tons of beauty tricks that I hadn’t heard of before.

I am going to be featuring some of these celebrity secrets in the blog over the next week or so! Stay tuned!

Yes, I kept my two favourite wedding magazines from when I was planning my wedding! I figure it would be neat to show my kids some day. :D I looked over these magazines a gazillion times for ideas. They were filled with great info!

The book shelf- the top shelf is old university books- haha! Out of sight, out of mind, right?? After 7 years of university, I am happy to put them ‘away’.

Well, I hope you all have a fabulous & fit day! One more day til Friday! :D See you later for my thoughts on the Britney Interview…and more.

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It is the trouble that never comes that causes the loss of sleep.
~Chas. Austin Bates