I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but I am a little crazy. And apparently, so are members of my family, like my brother Michael. He came home with another animal today! We have 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 fish, 2 lizards and now… a guinea pig! Meet Piglet: Â I got home around 7:30pm today starving. Once again there was…
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Poll for Terence
My friend Terence went to the doctor yesterday and had a scare. His resting heart rate is 36 and the doctor seemed concerned. He runs regularly and is training for a half mary, so I chalk it up to that, but he wants me to take a poll: Q: What is your resting heart rate? If you answer very low…
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Cramping my style
I used to get the worst cramps in my calves. They were so bad they would leave bruises on my legs! It was painful and didn’t look very attractive either!  I was vegan at the time & it took me a while to realize I wasn’t getting all the vitamins/nutrients my body needed. It was nothing a supplement couldn’t fix, but I was young and dumb and…
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No Pic Rule
I am making a commitment to eat from a plate & while sitting down, so it should be easier for me to take pics of all my food – not just meals & planned snacks like I do now. Since this was day one I slipped up a bit & have noted where I did not plate/picture my eats. I…
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KCRW & Whole Foods
Two of my favorite things in the world are NPR and Whole Foods! This Wednesday WF is donating 5% of their store net sales to KCRW – southern California’s National Public Radio affiliate. If you are in SoCal – visit one of the Whole Foods locations listed below on April 8th to get some fancy organic food & help a great radio station….
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Cupcake Tease
Happy Monday Morning 🙂 I started the day with 5.8 miles, it was actually pretty slow, but it’s all good. As I mentioned before I have a lot of things the RD wanted me to work on. This week I am focusing on 2 things… 1. Eat more calories at Breakfast & Lunch – she wants me to shoot for…
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Old vs. New
This Sunday was a day of trying new things and enjoying old ones… No Run: Rest day. After breakfast I did some blog reading and went to yoga 🙂 It is so nice to just have a good “stretchy” yoga class after a long run day! I really don’t stretch often and appreciate when I have to do it in…
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Paso Turn Around
Sorry I was MIA yesterday. I did a long run in the morning and then we rushed out the door to drive to Paso Robles (about 4 hours away) to get some wedding stuff done. We ended up getting a late start and didn’t accomplish too much, but we have to go back up in 3 weeks for a menu…
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Intuitive Advice
I had my first appt with the R.D. today. I was really excited to finally get some professional advice on my personal situation. I feel like I already know a lot about dieting, nutrition, what to do, what not to do, etc.. But, years of dieting and binging have brought me to a place where I need professional help to be…
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