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Motivation Monday - Inpsiring Quotes

Spin & Motivation
Today was supposed to have been warm and sunny, but the sun was very slow to come out. That was probably a good thing though, less tempting for me to try to run. Instead, I hit up spin.

I guess yesterday's interval run kicked my booty more than I realize. My legs felt like dead weights during spin class. In my mind I was keeping pace with the music, in reality it probably looked like I was barely moving. The only reason you'd know I was truly working was from the sweat pouring off of me.

After work I spent about 20 minutes stretching. I'm hoping it loosens up the tension or tomorrow may end up having to be a rest day.

Tonight is going to be simple - fajitas (for Mexican Monday). I'm just using homemade seitan and sauteing with onions, bell peppers, and portobello mushrooms. It's not really even much of a recipe really. In fact, I sort of feel bad about how measly this post is today. I don't feel like I have any great workouts to share, no recipes, no words of wisdom.

I almost opted to not post actually. But, I started thinking that maybe I'd do sort of a Motivation Monday type of post. I was inspired by Dorry @ Living With Healthy Hunger. She always has the most inspiring posts. They always speak to me.

Today her post was on generosity. I am a believer in being generous. And part of that is being inspiring, it's sharing, it's being supportive (and you need to check out her list of course). So I thought I'd share some quotes that I also find to be inspiring. That's my generosity for the day I suppose. Motivation. Oh, and I love Pinterest for awesome quotes.





Where do you find motivation? What's something that inspired or motivated you today?

Daily To-Enjoy List:
  • Spin class
  • Easy dinner
  • Inspiration

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