A Healthy Lifestyle Should Be

A healthy lifestyle should be: fun an enjoyable challenge yet also realistic and reachable a catalyst for growth a journey fulfilling available to everyone joyous and without judgement delicious maintainable guided but not restricted desired A healthy lifestyle should not be: gruelling embarrassing high-stress/high-pressure a sole source of self-worth an item to check off the [...]

Cookies, pull-ups, and lentils, oh my!

Arrrgh (said like a frustrated pirate). I just realized that my pictures from the last few days are being held hostage in my camera, which goes through batteries like a black widow goes through husbands.  In the meantime, you’ll just have to make do with my ramblings and glaring eccentricities. Exercise 11/30/09 – After I [...]

‘Twas a lovely morning.

My four mile run this morning was lovely (pardon the thumb). <3 Again, my pre-run snack (small banana) and running outfit worked out nicely.  It was about 45-50 degrees F.  Afterward I did a long, thorough stretch and felt really refreshed.  I usually have a delicious strawberry recovery shake (I do like some supplemental shake [...]

PHD + Sweet Potato Risotto + Kale Chips

Yesterday I took a PHD (Personal Health Day).   The plan was to remove myself from the world for a day to recharge, catch up on sleep (I have sleep issues, another post for another day), and tidy up my life, which would in turn tidy up my brain. It sorta kinda happened.  I did catch [...]

Two-And-A-Half Workouts

For dinner last night I made this easy mushroom sauce and it turned out fabulously. (Her pic, not mine.  I was too hungry to stop for pics!) Next time I’d add a little less white wine simply because D prefers less but the sauce was delicious.  I served it over whole wheat egg noodles with [...]