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Today this old bag of bones turns 26! Smile

Though birthdays are always fun, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic that another year has come and gone. Stay tuned for a fun recap of this past year later this afternoon!

Workout

This morning, I awoke to a husband singing me happy birthday and a dog showering me with birthday kisses. I’m just going to pretend that Sadie knows it’s my birthday… just like we pretend she knows when it’s her own birthday.

After quickly changing into our gym clothes, Ryan and I headed to the gym to begin our workouts with 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical.

Then it was time for BodyPump! We did release 77 which I really enjoyed. It made my muscles buuurn!

Breakfast

After a walk with Sadie and a super-fast shower, it was breakfast time!

I thought about doing something totally cheesy this morning like eating a big bowl of oatmeal with a candle in it in honor of my birthday, but then I realized that I’d feel like an idiot blowing out a candle by myself and I really wanted a smoothie anyway.

Candles don’t exactly work in smoothies.

Today’s smoothie was a mocha green monster!

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I added a tablespoon of cocoa powder to the mix to give it a little extra chocolate flava and slurped it down like it was cool… which it was. Winking smile 

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Birthday smoothies are the j-a-m!

As I sipped on my smoothie, I started to think about birthday meals. Growing up, whenever it was my birthday, I got to select my favorite meal that my mom would then make for my birthday dinner. I don’t think I had one go-to meal, but I remember selecting corned beef and cabbage on a number of occasions as well as soft-shell crabs, clams (last year’s selection), oysters and shellfish. I’m a seafood lover at heart!

Question of the Morning

If you could pick one meal to have specially prepared for you on your birthday, what would you select?

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My name is Julie and I am a full-time blogger, new mama, fitness enthusiast (certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor) and food fanatic (mostly healthy... but also not-so-healthy) living in North Carolina with my husband, dog and baby boy. Thank you for visiting Peanut Butter Fingers! I hope you enjoy little glimpses into my life and have fun trying the sweaty workouts I frequently share and making some of my favorite recipes along the way!

Comments

  2. The Balanced Bean says

    Happy birthday!! That smoothie looks yum 🙂 My birthday meal would just be a big pizookie 🙂

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  6. Jamie aka "Sometimes Healthy" Girl says

    Happy birthday! Love how you added a little extra cocoa to the smoothie to make it festive 😉 Well, let’s see it’s hard to pick just one. I know it would be greasy! I think I’d go traditional: burger, fries and milkshake. I love the classics.

    HAPPY BDAY!

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  8. Brittany says

    Happy Birthday Julie! I only found your blog a few months ago but have been working my way through all your old posts, I hope your birthday is as fun and great as you are!

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  10. Aska says

    Happy Birthday Julie!! I hope you have a great day of celebrating and time with friends and family! I’m a huge sweets fan, so I think I’d skip the meal request and ask for a triple chocolate cake 🙂

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  11. Chelsea M says

    Happy Birthday Julie, I hope you have a special and happy day!

    My favorite birthday meal is coming home and having fresh fish on the grill yum!

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  13. Casey says

    Happy birthday Julie!! Hope it’s a fantastic one!!! 🙂 Keep up the fantastic blog work…I look forward to it every morning!

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  15. Erin says

    Happy Birthday Julie 🙂 I hope you have a great day!!!

    For my birthday dinner back in February (I turned 26 as well!) I had an amazing vegetable pasta with fresh bread and a gorgeous salad – it was perfect for the cold and snowy weather and made me feel great.

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  21. Meg says

    26 is my best year yet – it’ll be a good one!

    For some reason, I loved hamburger stroganoff. It’s creamy, meaty, and noodley all at once. I also loved shrimp pesto linguine.

    The more important question was which cake did I choose…and it was always mint chip ice cream/chocolate yule log cake from baskin robbins!

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  23. Whitney says

    happy birthday! birthdays are such a fun thing! a day that makes you feel special just for being born…

    i’m voting that everybody should start celebrating half birthdays too. anyone in favor?!

    🙂

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  27. Candice says

    Happy Birthday Beautiful!! I hope you get spoiled!!
    For my birthday dinner I always want to BBQ! chicken, fish, steak, lots of fruit and veggies and always have an apple crisp instead of cake;)

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  31. Dana says

    Happy happy birthday, Julie! Enjoy the beautiful flowers and your beautiful family!! And pshhhh 26 is not old (ol’ bones over HERE will be 28 this weekend).

    I’m excited for the meals I’ll be having this week though none will be homemade – sushi/japanese tonight, italian/homemade pastas friday night, and spanish/tapas saturday. though i did make my boy almost spit his water out yesterday when i said that my birthday better be like that Daniel Day-Lewis movie: “There Will Be Cake”.

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  32. Rachel says

    happy birthday!!

    (mine was 6 days ago..)

    for the big family celebration i always requested pasta with homemade spaghetti sauce. then as i got older it was chili.

    now my parents take me out to eat. this year was maggiano’s!

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  34. Carrie says

    AYAYAYYAYAA HAPPY BIRTHDAY you gorgeous GIRL!!!!!!!!! nothing like a nice birthday smoothie!
    ONE MEAL?? oh dang… im thinking something sweet… and peanut butter is required.!

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  36. Jamie says

    Happy Birthday!
    My birthday is always a cheat day so pizza, chips and of course, cake! Just wait till you turn 30 ! I ate like three pieces of cake. hahaha.

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  38. Lindsey says

    Happy Birthday, hope you have a wonderful day!

    That is a tough one, I would have to go with breakfast for supper and have pancakes with all the fixings!

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  42. Sherry says

    Happy Birthday!!!! I love Birthdays and making my family feel so special on their special days by making them whatever cake/dessert they want and whatever dinner they want. It’s a lot of fun especially when you’re a parent!!

    Hope you have yummy eats to look forward to. When I was younger I always wanted lasagna on my b-day because it’s something I loved but never got unless we went out to eat. My mom hated cooking and always said it’s too much work. 🙂 It’s funny how I love to cook now and make lots of things from scratch, Ironic how things work out in the end. Sorry I rambled this morning, I can’t wait to see what fun things you have planned on your special day!!

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  46. Denise says

    Happy Birthday to you 🙂
    I love Indian Food, but I’d rather someone bring me a take-out on my birthday than cook it for me!!!

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  47. Valery R says

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE! 🙂 Hope you have an amazing day! <3

    And if I could have a meal prepared for me on my birthday, it'd be a big plate of sushi! yummm

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  49. ashley says

    i just took my first EVER body pump class this morning (release 77 also!) holy shaky, sore arms and legs!! i LOVED it and what a great total body workout!!

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