Man oh man those TRX straps own me! They’re seriously legit and get my arms shaking as I try to stabilize myself. I have a feeling sore triceps are in my future after today’s upper body workout.
I began my time at the gym with a two-mile run before completing the following exercises:
And just like that, it was time for breakfast!
Breakfast
On the menu for today was strawberry banana overnight oats that I made by combining the following in a Tupperware container last night:
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 6 ounces strawberry banana Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 banana, sliced
This morning, I added a few fresh banana slices on top before digging in.
Nice and thick!
Camping: Love It or Loathe It?
This weekend as my family and I sat around the campfire making s’mores on Saturday night, we started talking about our old camping adventures. (Shout out to those of you who noticed Ryan drunkenly paying homage to the song “I Wear My Sunglasses at Night” around the fire.)
Ryan joked with my parents saying that I describe my family’s camping adventures as the holy grail of camping. Seriously though, my family and I had a blast camping when I was growing up and I have wonderful memories associated with our camping trips.
I told Ryan that we were “gourmet” campers. We slept in tents and everything, but when it came to food, we made seriously delicious meals over the campfire, like beef stew or trout caught fresh from a nearby stream.
Just check out the tent my parents set up:
Totally kidding. 
Our tent looked more like this:
Only minus the bear.
Since I wasn’t an early riser until after college, as a child my sister and I would sleep in on camping trips and wake up to the smell of bacon and eggs cooking on the campfire. It was fantastic!
I haven’t gone camping with my family in years, though I have pitched a tent with friends. (<—I really need to bust out my awesome hat from those pictures again!)
Camping adventures with friends include lots of beer (Natty Light, baby), granola bars for breakfast and hot dogs on a stick for dinner. Not quite the same thing as family camping, but fun in a different way!
My family and I are hoping to plan a fun camping trip next month if the timing works out with everyone’s schedule. I’m already excited about it!
Question of the Morning
- Camping: Love it or loathe it?
- What is your favorite thing to do on a camping trip?
My answers:
Love it (obviously) and my favorite thing to do while camping is hike, make s’mores and play random games around the campfire like Would You Rather? and Catch Phrase.
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I love camping too! My husband is a serious outdoorsman, so he has all the great gear and knows how to do EVERYthing. It rocks. I love the stars at night.
While there I love roasting mallows, hiking around, and sleeping in!
Triceps extensions ROCK!! And they are seriously killer with TRX–so go you!
I’m not much of a camper… I like going to camp fires then going home to a warm bed and running water! 🙂
I love camping! Especially in north Georgia in the fall. S’mores are one of the best parts! 🙂
LOVE camping! My family sounds a lot like yours! We cook better meals in the middle of nowhere, than we do in our own kitchens at home. I just love the whole atmosphere – waking up to eggs and bacon, grilling out for lunch and hanging out by the water or going on a canoe trip, and then cooking a massive dinner and eating s’mores around the campfire. And of course, lots of beer and laughs. 🙂 Love it!
I detest camping. I just don’t understand it! A house, bed, and bathroom trump everything else.
I’m also highly allergic to almost everything outdoors (like grass, no joke) so it’s not so fun for me.
thats how my friends camp in southern california – all the gadgets, gourmet food, and pretty much better living than in my own house.
I love camping! Although I say that having only camped one time, and on a beach with a built in fire pit and picnic tables..
Never been camping. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but I don’t think I’ll ever put it into practice. I mean, I like nature and think it’s beautiful and stuff, but I don’t know…I think if I ever met someone who has done it before and could make it comfortable for me I could give it a try. I learned more about it when Oprah went camping with Gayle on her show but I feel like I couldn’t afford her version of “camping” lol.
LOVE it!!!! Camping is one of my fave things ever and I was lucky enough to be able to go three times this past summer! I do not mind sleeping in the tent at all, and we definitely had some gourmet meals.
My fave thing to do while camping is definitely make s’mores and tell ghost stories around the campfire, hike, canoe, and also hit up the beach! I love lake swimming so I like to take full advantage of the beach. Fun times. I wish I was camping right now.
I have very fond family camping memories too. My parents would take us on 2 week camping adventures each summer as our vacation. It was great b/c I saw a lot of the US and Canada!
I love nature and hiking and being outdoors but camping isn’t my cup of tea, I prefer to sleep in a comfy bed. I actually have never been real camping, so I guess I can’t say until I actually try it
Sorry, but loathe it! I went once as a kid and hated feeling kind of dirty and uncomfortable the whole time. Just not mah thing! I guess I’m a little too high maintenance!
LOATHE. I hate camping. I really do. My huband tries to convince me by choosing places near to good running trails. But I always get sooo cold. And I hate the smell of smoke. WAH! lol
I’ve only been camping once and that too, it was when I was super unfit…I LOATHED it then but I’m sure I would really enjoy it now, given the company is right!
LOL! When I saw the first tent I thought, “OMG they didn’t!!!” If only camping could actually be that glamorous! I’m a bit on the fence with camping… I’m generally ok with it if it’s just for a long weekend or something, with good weather, lots to do, and fun people to be around. But if it’s rainy and cold, and if there are no bathrooms… you’ll find me in a hotel. 😉
Love it! The best camping memory I have is my boyfriend & I went on a 2day hiking trip. We saw like 3 people the whole time and 3 moose – so cool but kinda scary since they were SO close to us.
Love it! I used to go camping with a bunch of my girl friends and it was hilarious! Who says boys need to be there to do everything for us?! My favorite thing we did was huddle around a campfire, make s’mores and drink hot chocolate and just have a girl fest. Good conversation, heart-to-heart confessionals and digging deep in our faith. Love camping 🙂
I’ve never been camping and I have to say that nothing about it appeals to me! The thought of sleeping outside, not having access to a bathroom or shower and having to cook over a fire sounds miserable….haha
I love camping! My favorite part is cooking over the campfire! I also like playing with the campfire; it is always an adventure to get it started and keep it going.
LOVE CAMPING! I love being unplugged from the world, staying up all night chatting with the people you are with. Oh, and can’t forget to make s’mores!
I might go camping at Disney’s Fort Wilderness this weekend. While its not really roughing it, it still is a ton of fun! I love being outdoors this time of year.
Camping – LOVE IT!!! My family graduated from a tent, to a pop up camper, to a pull behind trailer. We were also “gourmet” eaters, making lots of fun stuff over the fire. My dad would bake biscuits over the fire in the mornings, yum!!!
Like you, my favorite thing to do while camping is hiking and sitting around the fire eating smores and spending time with my family or friends.
Love it! I’ve never actually camped with my family, but for the last 5 summers my girlfriends and I have went on a camping trip to lake michigan.
Nothing beats campfire conversations and burnt marshmallows, in my opinion.
i love camping!! It gives me an excuse not to shower for days! LOL but really its nice to just get up and hang out outside and explore! but I dont really like sleeping in a tent, i like campers!
I gotta admit it.. camping isn’t my thing so I have to say ‘loathe’.
I love camping, we use to do so much of it when we were younger. It was an easy way for all of our family to get together! Because there was SO many of us it was hard to all meet at someones house, no one ever had enough room. I’m hoping to get a couple camping/hiking adventures in next summer if I can convince the hubs .. and the dogs lol!
Just recently I went on a one day camping trip with a big group of friends. This “camping” trip was a bit different because it was in someones backyard, and there were about 40 of us sleeping outside in tents. We all consumed one too many beers the night before and endless rounds of flip cup!
Camping with friends is always a blast, but you’re right…totally different then family camping. I’m not sure which I’d prefer: family camping with great food prepared for me, or friend camping with endless drunken nights. Thats a tough call!
I’ve only been camping once – it rained the entire time and the mosquitos were fierce! Also, it was “wilderness” camping, which meant no showers on site and a scary bathroom situation. I loathed it!!
I’m okay with hiking during the day, but at night, I like my comfy bed and long, hot shower! 🙂
I’m the same as you – I have tons of memories camping with my family growing up, and gourmet meals were definitely a must! My dad makes amazing meals in the dutch oven over the campfire. I’m drooling as I think of it! Today I still love camping. You’re right, camping with friends is a little different than camping with family, but it’s still fun. 😉
I enjoy camping, but I can’t say that I love it. My favorite thing to do is definitely cook and eat around the campfire with some adult beverages. It’s just so peaceful and fun 🙂 Luckily, I have some friends who like to cook pretty gourmet, so no hot dogs on sticks here!
I absolutely love camping! I camp several times a year – my future in-laws camp almost half the weekends in the summer usually! I love to hike when I’m camping, but my favorite part about it is chatting with family and friends. 🙂 There’s nothing else to distract you from enjoying your time together when you’re camping.
Camping consists of S’mores and Catch Phrase!! I’m with you on that!!
I do like camping a lot.. but I hate hate bugs, so I show up with an ARSENAL of bug spray! Glamping seems pretty awesome — if I could convince my friends/family to drag king sized beds out into the wilderness for me I would.
I used to absolutely HATE it. My fiance has been going since he was a little kid and has dragged me for years. But now I absolutely love it. I get to relax and just enjoy the time. I love sitting around the fire and going on hikes etc.
I adore camping, after all it is pretty much all there was to do in Alaska! (kidding… kinda). Our camping involved a lot of beer, smores and food as well 🙂
I like camping as long as I have something comfortable to sleep on and there are showers nearby. 🙂
I love the TRX! The funny thing is- I have one in my house, but usually only ever use one when I’m at the gym!
Ugh, me and camping are just not friends. I love hiking, and I love staying in mountain lodges, but tents are just not my thang.
My family and I just went camping this past weekend!! Typically I loathe it because it is too cold for my tastes, but I really had a good time this past weekend. The temperature was perfect 70s during the day and upper 40s at night. Much like your family, our trips are all about the food. My favorite is breakfast. We had biscuits and gravy and sausage on Saturday and French Toast and bacon on Sunday. Good luck planning your trip.
I LOVE camping! I haven’t been in ages, but my favorite part is just being outdoors! And roasting marshmellows… I also love the smell of the campfire!
I love camping! I haven’t been for the last couple summers, but the last time I did go, I had a blast.
I’ve only been camping once, and it was at the KOA with my dad. So, we had our own cabin and campfire and everything sort of laid out for us. It was so nice to unwind, though! My favorite thing is staying up late chatting around the fire. 🙂
I am so not a camping fan! haha. I find it a lot of work, uncomfortable, cold sleeps and I just don’t enjoy it! Such a downer I am 😉 But I do like camp fires and s’mores but going home to my warm bed after 🙂
I love sitting around the camp fire. I could sit, chat and stare into the fire for hours!
I adore camping! I went all the time with my family growing up too—it was seriously the best. My twin sister and I loved to read magazines around the campfire. And my mom and I have a special tent of setting up the tent just the two of us—it’s been known to take hours and for the past several years, it’s involved plenty of wine for inspiration. 🙂
I’ve actually never gone camping before….i think I’d like it though.
I just went camping earlier this month and while I like the idea of camping I don’t really think it’s right for me. The people I was with also made ‘gourmet’ meals but it took SO long to prep, cook, and clean I felt like that’s all I did for the entire weekend instead of actually enjoying nature.
I used to go to camp every summer when I was little and while I loved the smores and stories and swimming in the lake I hated the bugs and bunk beds. I think I’m more of a glamping kind of girl! ;p
I LOVE camping. And s’mores are obviously my favorite part (that and fires because I’m kind of obsessed with cozy fires)
Worst parts are definitely – REEKING of smoke (in your hair, clothes, everywhere) from the fire and the bug bites!
“I love not camping”.
ha! 🙂
I have not gone camping in the States but my partner LOVES it. We’re hoping to go next year in Idaho mountains – so watch out US!
I love camping, too! The Beeks family is also gourmet campers…there is not “roughing” it! My mom packs fresh berries, cheeses, wine, steaks and other delicious things.
We sleep on cozy mattress pads with goose down sleeping bags,etc. My parents even have a hanging ceiling light and fan in their tent…and they sleep on a cot that’s as comfortable as my bed at home. I absolutely have roughed it (slept in a college “renal” tent (<–we have those up north haha) where my feet were hanging out and ended up SOAKED to the bone in the morning!
Camping in November? Wow! Thats the difference living in Florida I suppose