pre-workout | Her Happy Balance

TGIF! Another Friday is in the books, what are your plans for this weekend? It’s supposed to be snowy and crappy out tonight by me, but I made plans to go out to dinner with a friend and I hope it doesn’t spoil them! I’m crossing my fingers 🙂 I took the day off from blogging yesterday to try and relax after work. I went to bed early and it was glorious. GLORIOUS. I got 8 hours in, that usually only ever happens on the weekend. Yesterday was also Day 2 of the healthysELF challenge. I had to complete 100 burpees throughout the day. It was little odd doing them at work when no one was watching…I actually got caught in the act once. Awkward! I got 60 in, I’ll work on the other 40 today.

Here’s a look at some of my Friday Favorites:

At work this week we had a Chinese New Year party to celebrate the year of the snake! My boss covered the cost of a case of beer and and all my coworkers and I chipped in a little and we had our party catered with Chinese food. Someone I work with even brought in homemade dumplings! It was a fun way to spend an afternoon at work…did you know that Pandora actually has a “Chinese Traditional” radio station? I found that out this week…

Confession: I happen to really enjoy a beer now and again. Any other IPA girls out there?

I will admit that I have been slacking in the mani/pedi department. I mean it has been cold and crappy out so no one has been admiring my tootsies. But this week I treated myself to an at-home spa night. I bought a new Essie nail polish in Chinchilly and I have been loving it!

Please ignore my ridiculously short nails, I’m working on it!

During the Winter, the produce around me kind of stinks. The tomatoes are that light orange/white color and nothing seems ripe enough. But I was pleasantly surprised to go food shopping and see some of the ripest strawberries in a long time, and they were on sale! So I have been enjoying them as a snack 🙂 I even incorporated them into a juice this week. Summer where are youuuuu?

No filter or editing to these babies, they looked THAT good.

I know some of you have read that I like to take pre-workout shakes and supplements prior to working out. Well oh man! I finally got around to trying the last of the 3 Cellucor C4 shakes that I hadn’t yet tried. It was a watermelon flavored shake, and I swear it tasted like I was drinking down a jolly rancher. SO YUM.

And my last but definitely not least Friday favorite (this is the super exciting part): I just got accepted as a Sweatpink ambassador! I am so ridiculously excited. I applied back in December and just found out yesterday, I was beginning to think I hadn’t made the cut! If you want to know what the sisterhood is all about, check it out here! 🙂 Congrats to all my other fellow newly accepted ambassadors, can’t wait to get my tank top and pink laces!