This is my frequent walking partner, Roxy aka "The Rox" aka the "Roxican". She is a doll and I don't feature her nearly enough. Lunch started with a few chips with hummus: A salad with hummus as dressing: Pita pizza, because I cannot get enough: Call me the next "Millionaire Matchmaker" because ... Read More about Dinner – Eggplant, Seitan & Blood…
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Failure
I feel like a failure. I have this fun little blog that is focused on healthy eating, exercise and trying to enjoy my life. I am a normal girl who loves to run & eat. I am trying to lose weight through a healthy lifestyle. I think I am a good example for the people around me and a lot of readers ... Read More about Failure
The all spinach channel
Hello Friends, welcome to the All Spinach Channel starring Monica as Run, Eat, Repeat We took this pic while hiking on Sunday. Do you see the ocean in the background? It was a beautiful day! Lunch started with a lot of strawberries & a spinach salad. I made a "veggie meat" sammie with a ... Read More about The all spinach channel
No naner for you!
I had no choice but to find an alternative to oatmeal for breakfast because when I went to go make it I discovered my mom ate the perfectly ripe naner I was going to use to sweeten my oats and we only have green/not ripe naners. Boo. I was kind of annoyed because I purposely bought that banana ... Read More about No naner for you!
Monica "The Snackerson" Blogger
I had half of this Cliff Bar around 2:45pm this afternoon. I don't think I was hungry yet, but I had been looking forward to it all day. I also had way too many grapes a half an hour later. You know you've eaten a lot of fruit when you are super full from it all. A little later I stole a handful ... Read More about Monica "The Snackerson" Blogger
Productive Lunch
There is a shopping center next door to my office with a bunch of very useful shops - including a David's Bridal and TJ's! I stopped by David's Bridal to check out bridesmaid dresses. I have looked at department stores & have not had any luck so I am probably going to go with them. I have ... Read More about Productive Lunch
Monday runday
Sunday is one of my usual rest days so I was ready to go this morning. I did 5.3 miles - there is no specific reason for this distance on Mondays other than it is the loop around Ben's neighborhood. I felt good the entire time and felt pretty fast too. It was dark when I first started and I didn't ... Read More about Monday runday
POM Wonderful – Review
The lovely people at POM Wonderful recently sent me some of their juice to sample. It's 100% pomegranate juice (from concentrate). Here is my review: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVcxqATO-Ec] I liked it :) It tastes and is good for you, what's not to like right? Plus you can mix it ... Read More about POM Wonderful – Review
Hot weather oats
I started the day with a rough 13 or 14 miles. I say 13 or 14 because the last mile was walk/run. I wanted to walk by mile 10 and a runner coming from the opposite direction actually said, "Smile, it's okay to smile." Ha. I smiled and decided I would keep going for another 3 miles. I actually ... Read More about Hot weather oats
Greens Cafe and run plan
Ben and I walked to Greens Cafe a new vegan restaurant in town. (It's so new there is no website I could link to.) I got an iced tea, because I am a good little bear who is trying to stay away from soder. We started with Crispy Stix - deep fried soy protien sticks with a chipotle sauce. It was a ... Read More about Greens Cafe and run plan
Coffee and donuts
...and by donuts I mean bagels :) My peep T Sanch felt the need to bring bagels to work today to sabatoge my assto be nice . I am powerless in the face of carb-y goodness, I mean thanks Terence. I had 1/4 a cinnamon raisin bagel and some black coffee. I had some random grapes mid-morning Lunch ... Read More about Coffee and donuts
Walk, Eat, Repeat
Friday is a Rest Day for me so I just did some random arm weights and took a short walk. I was trying to get to work early today. I am shooting for another short walk after work too :) As I mentioned last night I made a breakfast cookie for this lovely Friday morning. I heated it up a bit before ... Read More about Walk, Eat, Repeat
Soyrizo!!!
I love when vegetarian substitutes taste just as good, if not better than the "real" thing. Soyrizo of those things. I had it with some egg whites, ww tortilla and salad. Dessert was a lot of grapes. Lunch held me over very well and I wasn't that hungry around 3:30p when I made a smoothie and ... Read More about Soyrizo!!!
Fight Fatigue with Food!
As a result of my recent sleep eating kitchen raid I started thinking of ways to prevent it (besides sleeping more!). Instead of turning to food when you are tired you can help prevent fatigue with certain foods. For example, having an iron deficiency often results in fatigue. Red meat is one of ... Read More about Fight Fatigue with Food!
Usual oats with a crunch
Is everyone as happy as me that it's Thursday? I am so ready for the weekend!!! I slept in a little bit today and feel so much better than I did yesterday. I think part of the reason I didn't want to run yesterday was I was sooo tired. I am a huge advocate for enough sleep - it makes a big ... Read More about Usual oats with a crunch
Seitan and Pasta
My mom asked me to throw something together for dinner since she had to take Matt to basketball practice and they would be home hungry. She had thawed out ground turkey and I cooked something up and had a few tastes while cooking. My dinner was centered around this: I mixed it up with some ww ... Read More about Seitan and Pasta