Music Makes Everything Better!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Sunday! For me, it was a much awaited rest day and gave the legs a welcome recovery time. They were a little sore from the 7.5 on Saturday.

This morning consisted of a lifting session at home. I like lifting at the gym better because I feel like I work harder when I'm at the gym... Perhaps it's all the mirrors? *flex*flex*pose*

As you can see, I get easily distracted at home lifting. I probably spent half of my time this morning dancing to new music on my iPod shuffle. The fact that I was up and out of bed, garden watered, and working out at 6:00am didn't help. Although I'm a morning person, my mind isn't fully focused quite that early!

 My cat was pretty crazy this morning, too. This is Ollie and he's the cutest little kitten you'll ever meet. His tail in this picture is about 3 times its normal size because he was insistent on sprinting to and fro around the apartment  and attacking the corner of the area rug in the kitchen. He nearly took me out while I was laying down doing my physical therapy exercises! :) I love him to death! And his twin brother Orion, who is probably still sleeping.

After weights came breakfast, and since I don't have all the ingredients to make overnight oats like I usually do, or even a bagel to grab, it was scrambled eggs time.

 

They were so good! I added fresh basil and oregano leaves from my garden and sprinkled Parmesan cheese on them. And I couldn't resist picking more fresh items from my garden to have for lunch.

I made a wonderful salad of romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, basil, oregano, baby spinach, and Swiss chard, all fresh! It looks amazing and smells amazing but I haven't eaten it yet... Although I'm sure it will taste incredible as well!

Since I haven't gone for my run yet today and this is really the only time I'll have to blog, I thought, what could I talk about today that someone would want to read? I know I'm always looking for new music and since pretty much all I've done so far today is listen to music, I figured why not share my playlist with you?!

The songs I'm going to list are oldies, newies (is that a word?), and everything in between. There are some songs in this workout plethora of music that I wouldn't normally advertise that I listen to. Please don't judge me by it. I think anyone with a workout playlist has songs or artists they listen to that they don't want anyone to know about!! That being said, this list is also from last summer. In some other post I will add my newer songs. However, I only added my new workout songs to my shuffle and I don't have that with me right now to see what they are. So here it goes: (Oh, and they're organized by BPM, or beats per minute. Because I'm a nerd like that and a tad OCD)

(99 and below)

85        Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age

82        Awolnation – All I Need

95        Awolnation – Kill Your Heroes

98        Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

78        Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked

93        Cake – The Distance

88        Jessie J (ft. B.o.B.) – Price Tag

96        Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA

98        Rise Against – Behind Closed Doors

(100-120)

118      Bowling for Soup - Punk Rock 101

120      Breathe Carolina – I.D.G.A.F.

118      Britney Spears – Break the Ice

114      Britney Spears – Gimme More (Remix)

115      Britney Spears – Piece of Me

115      Britney Spears – Circus

110      Cage The Elephant – Back Against the Wall

120      Estelle (ft. Kanye West) – American Boy

105      The Fratellis – Flathead

102      Grouplove – Colors (Captain Cuts Remix)

110      Horrorpops – Thelma & Louise

116      Jill Sobule – Super Model

105      Kanye West – Stronger

112      Kate Nash – Skeleton Song

120      Ke$ha – Blow

113      Kelis – My Milkshake

120      Lady Gaga – Poker Face

120      Lady Gaga – Just Dance

106      Lady Gaga – Love Game

113      Rise Against – Saviour

101      Rise Against – Paper Wings

105      Rise Against – Injection

118      Will.I.Am – I Got It From My Mama

110      3oh3! – We Are Young

(121-140)

140      Bette Midler – Miss Otis Regrets

125      Breathe Carolina – No Vacancy

132      Britney Spears – Hold it Against Me

133      Britney Spears – Till the World Ends

132      Cage The Elephant – Psycho Killer

129      Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man

130      The Downtown Fiction – I Just Wanna Run

127      Edward Maya – Stereo Love

122      The Fratellis – Henrietta

122      The Fratellis – Creepin’ Up the Backstairs

124      Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle

130      Hyper Crush – She’s a Freak

128      Hyper Crush – Robo Tech

130      Jennifer Lopez – On The Floor

125      Kat DeLuna – Whine Up

130      Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl

124      La Roux – Bulletproof

123      Lady Gaga (ft. Beyonce) – Telephone

121      Lady Sovereign – Love Me or Hate Me

130      LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It

128      Marina and the Diamonds – Oh No!

128      Martin Solveig – Hello (Original Mix)

126      Porcelain and the Tramps – My Leftovers

138      Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes

128      Saving Jane – Super Girl

122      Shakira – She Wolf

124      Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disko

126      Varsity Fanclub – Zero

123      The Veronicas – Popular

135      The Veronicas – Hook Me Up

(141-160)

150      Avril Lavigne – What the Hell

141      Basshunter – I Can Walk on Water

151      Boys Like Girls – The Great Escape

141      Breathe Carolina – Welcome to Savannah

150      Cobra Starship – Guilty Pleasure

150      Drist – Arterial Black

150      Fall Out Boy (ft. John Mayer) – Beat It

150      Fefe Dobson – Stupid Little Love Song

150      Guns N’ Roses – Night Train

144      The Juliana Theory – Do You Believe Me

150      Lillix – Sweet Temptation

144      Lupe Fiasco – The Show Goes On

144      Miley Cyrus – Fly on the Wall

150      Pink – Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)

150      The White Stripes – Blue Orchid

146      3oh3! – Chokechain

(161+)

173      Avril Lavigne – He Wasn’t

161      Bowling for Soup – High School Never Ends

175      I Am X-Ray – Pretty Rave Girl

168      Lillix – What I Like About You

168      Matchbox Twenty – How Far We’ve Come

180      Miley Cyrus – Can’t Be Tamed

178      The Pink Spiders – Teenage Graffiti

185      The Pink Spiders – Going Steady

170      Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Me and Mia

175      The White Stripes – Little Room

Some of these songs swear and have crude language, so if you are sensitive to that sort of thing, preview them with caution.

Before you go, help me out by leaving a comment and answering some questions I have.

What are some of your "can't-live-without" workout songs?

Do you prefer to exercise in the morning, mid-day, afternoon, or evening?

What's your go-to breakfast? Your go-to lunch?

Safe and happy running!