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About a year ago I started on my Intuitive Eating journey. After years and years of crash dieting, restricting, binging, frustration and self hatred I was desperate to find a real, lasting solution to my weight issues. I heard about the book “Intuitive Eating” from research and blogs. I had ... Read More about Intuitive Eating Round Two

I have just resolved myself to the fact that I should happily accept the convenience of frozen foods in my life for the next two weeks. Convenience is key when you come home starving at 8pm and cooking is not an option unless you want to binge on an entire box of cereal while waiting for water to ... Read More about Frozen Foods

Wow. How have I been walking this earth for twenty plus years (when did I start walking, Mom?) and just now figured that out? I have been super stressed about neglecting RER, my email, my dogs :( and so much more. I am frustrated at my 2+ hour commute. I almost had a breakdown during lunch today ... Read More about Life Isn’t Perfect

Today I could not get my speed right. First I did some hill repeats too slow. Then, I ate too fast. If I could just get better timing I would be a fast, slim runner with excellently delivered jokes*  :) www.nataliedee.com After my speedy hill repeats I had a simple breakfast of a Perfect 10 ... Read More about Too Slow, Too Fast

Hello and welcome to another glorious round of Mexican Meatless Monday! Unfortunately, because of the craziness of my first week back to work I was not able to create the recipe or post I had planned. Boo. But, I do have a few Mexican Meatless favorites to share with you. These are a handful of my ... Read More about Mexican Meatless Monday

I don’t know if it’s because I’m back home or what, but I have been craving nothing but good Mexican food this week. Luckily, I came to the right place as home is full of amazing hole-in-the-wall restaurants and bakeries offering the best Mexican food! Today I woke up early and walked to a local ... Read More about Pan Dulce Sunday

Earlier today I was on a mission for pancakes. When I get a craving I cannot move on with my life until I satisfy it! By the time I got home and showered it was 1pm so I had to find 1.) a place that was still serving breakfast and 2.) a fellow mid-day pancake date. I ended up at a hole in the ... Read More about Pancake Cravings

This morning I had a 13 miler on the schedule, but ended up doing 12. It was hot, I was mad, I’m okay with 12. Before I left I had some iced coffee and toast with Almond Butter and banana. This is pretty much my “go-to” pre-run fuel every time. I used to be all about Clif bars and got out of that ... Read More about Running Mad

Agua Frescas is Spanish for “Fresh Water”. It is a sweet drink of water, fresh fruit juice, sugar and fresh fruit. They come in many different flavors but the most popular are Watermelon, Strawberry or Horchata. There are a lot of places you can get agua fresca around here – they sell them at ... Read More about Agua Frescas

Hello and Happy Friday! I am so happy I made it through this week :) I had four really super long days, but I only have to do that for two more weeks and hopefully we’ll be in our condo and able to eliminate the 2+ hour commute in August. Today is 5K Friday – did you run a solo 5K this week? It ... Read More about 5K Friday and Not Running

I made the mistake of eating mostly carbs for the whole day :( By 6pm I was super hungry and crabby. Too many carbs make me crabby because my blood sugar just keeps going up and down all day and I’m never satisfied. My choices were healthy, but they were balanced – and that’s where I went wrong. ... Read More about Crabby and Carb-y

It’s been a long time since Ben and I were on a cross country drive. More specifically, it has been a year. A year ago today Ben and I were in Yellowstone National Park. You can read the recap here. It’s also been a long time since I’ve binged – well, it was a long time previous to today. The ... Read More about It’s Been a Long Time

How do you describe your eating style or food philosophy? I find that I am often in situations where it’s obvious that I eat differently from the people around me and I say different things depending on my mood. Today I am “Eccentric” :) My response was greeted with a smile and it was a ... Read More about Eccentric

When I was a kid nothing less than an “A” or 100% would be acceptable. I was a hard worker and I took pride in everything I did.  I feel like But now I’m performing at 60% and I have been letting that be okay. I have been settling for satisfactory lately. My running, my eating, my ... Read More about Settling for Satisfactory

I casually mentioned that I was starting my new job today. I don’t really want to talk about it too much since I’m not sure if it’s cool with them for me to talk about, but I can tell you I’m working as an Office Administrator in Orange County very close to my soon to be new condo :) The position ... Read More about Get To Work