Confession Time. Warning: I like it dirty. Confession#1: 9 times out of 10 I don’t wash my fruit. Today I washed my grapes and proceeded to drop the whole clean bowl of them on the floor. Now I had to wash them twice! I think this is the universe’s way of telling me to stick with my “Dirty ... Read More about Confession Thursday – I like it Dirty
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What’s Eating You?
Morning! I actually had a horrible night’s sleep. I woke up at 4am, my thoughts racing about 100 different things and could not go back to sleep. I tossed and turned until it was time to wake up and now my eyes sting from lack of being closes long enough. I decided to opt out of a morning run ... Read More about What’s Eating You?
Burgers With Ben
On the way home tonight Ben asked what I was thinking for dinner. I had grand plans to make a tofu stir-fry, but he didn’t look too thrilled when I mentioned it. It really was a trick question because he was already planning in suggesting a drive through burger joint. I am always down for some ... Read More about Burgers With Ben
Training Your Mind
I’ve been training for this weekend’s marathon for three months. Some runs were good, some were bad. I skipped some because of travels. I rocked some because I felt great. I regret that I failed to complete any legitimate speed work even though I wrote it into my plan. But what’s done is done. ... Read More about Training Your Mind
White Beans
I love colorful foods so I was hesitate to buy these white beans at the bulk bins today. I needed beans, but these guys weren’t jumping out at me. Hmmmm. I was on the fence the whole way through. But, I was able to just walk away from them since I cooked them in the crockpot instead of on the ... Read More about White Beans
How Do You Commit To Fit? Contest!
Hello and Happy Tuesday! I started the day with a quick 3 miler. I’m really starting to get antsy about the race, but not in a good way. My stomach is already in knots! After the run I made oat bran for breakfast. I received a lot of questions about oat bran so here’s the low down. Oat bran: ... Read More about How Do You Commit To Fit? Contest!
Cranberry Roasted Turnips, Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Thank you all for the help on Naming My Veggies! It was seriously a huge help in being able to at least name my new food! After finding out what my loot was named I went in search of recipes. I loved the sound of the recipes you sent, but already found this one for the turnips and was sold. ... Read More about Cranberry Roasted Turnips, Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Mexican Meatless Monday – Instant Soup
Most of the time I prefer lunch to be super quick and easy. I don’t have an hour in the middle of the day to cook up a time consuming meal. And I doubt you do either. Today I have a dinner recipe planned that is not Mexican so I wanted to celebrate Mexican Meatless Monday at lunch. I ... Read More about Mexican Meatless Monday – Instant Soup
Ten Things On 10-10-10
I know the whole wide online world has done 10-10-10 themes all day, but since this day only happens once in my lifetime I’m doing it too :) Ten Things I Did on 10-10-10: 1. Walked to the store to get eggs for breakfast. I love the stamps on Eggland’s Best eggs in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness ... Read More about Ten Things On 10-10-10
Walk to Sushi and Yogurt
Ben and I went on a date tonight. We really needed it too. He’s been working a ton on a project and I’ve been pre-occupied with school. We have not made any time during the week to just “hang out”. A date was definitely needed. We didn’t have anything planned so we decided to just stay local and ... Read More about Walk to Sushi and Yogurt
Late Run Saturday
Most Saturdays I set my alarm, crawl out of bed while it’s still dark, eat PB toast and set off on a long run. Today was my weekend run before next Sunday’s race and I ended up staying up super late last night and decided to turn off my alarm. Since it was only 10 miles I didn’t think it would ... Read More about Late Run Saturday
Yoga Is Good
One of my End of Year Resolutions was to go to Yoga once a week. I have been putting it off because yoga takes so long! 90 minute classes plus driving to and from the studio – it feels like it takes all day. That, and Yoga scares me. I think yoga is difficult and I hate feeling frustrated during ... Read More about Yoga Is Good
Veggies with Breakfast
This morning I slept in a bit. I blame Ben for keeping me up late last night. As we were about to go to bed he realized he was hungry and decided to get up and eat a full on meal. Since our bed and kitchen are 6 feet from each other I stayed up with him eating chips and watching Colbert. He didn’t ... Read More about Veggies with Breakfast
Name That Veggie
Today was full of good news and bad news. Some of it personal and some of it not. Good news: I got my first CSA delivery today! I signed up at the fair a few weeks ago. It was perfect timing because I’ve been wanting to do this for a while. Local and organic – I’m super excited to support this ... Read More about Name That Veggie
Intuitive Eating Tool
This morning I woke up with grand plans to hit up a yoga class after school. But, I checked the schedule and there are NO Level 1 classes today. :( I haven’t been to real yoga in a year. (I went to yoga at the gym two or three times in MD.) And yoga is hard for me - which is why I’ve been avoiding ... Read More about Intuitive Eating Tool
Post Breakfast Run
I did it. I ran after breakfast. It wasn’t that bad. But, it wasn’t that good either. So, I will not be changing my schedule around to accommodate later runs :) No Thanks. When I got home from my run I had a cookie… and decided all runs should end with a cookie. Or two. I decided to just eat ... Read More about Post Breakfast Run