It was a couple of degrees cooler today, and I ate half a Clif bar before my run.  These two things, I think, got me back down closer to ten minute miles.  Yay!  I think my fastest was 10:03, and it was my last, which totally rocks ( Read more... )

My ridiculously small goal was to not consume fake sugar for the last few days.  Success!  Now for the first two weeks of December.  After that I may compromise and say something like, "If I'm eating out, I'm allowed fake sugar.  But none will enter my house!!"  I don't eat out all that much, so I think it's a good balance.

I have 86.6 miles left ( Read more... )

I just got back from a quick overnight hiking trip wherein I walked about 25 miles...a lot of it slogging through water and mud, so it should count as extra.  Great trip, saw some really cool animals and a ton of animal prints (including jaguar!).  The food was crap.  I actually watched the person cookingpoor oil straight into our pasta today.  Not ( Read more... )

Yesterday I complained about my housekeeper making not so healthy food.  What did she do to prove me wrong?  Made a beautiful salad and soy balls.  Soy balls as in like meatballs, but out of soy and other mystery stuff.  Interesting.  On top of that she told her other client (my friend) that she wants to learn how to make the bean burgers I make.  ( Read more... )

Couple of bad food days (PMSy...), but I can feel good stuff coming ( Read more... )

I am totally in love with yogurt garlic sauce...squeeze in a dash of lime and put it over tomatoes and onions, mmmm.  Yesterday I had it with chicken, today with a bean burger.  Soon I have to grab a cucumber and throw that into the mix, too.  So good!  (I use a really runny yogurt, so it pours like thick salad dressing ( Read more... )

One of the things I love about working in a school is all the breaks!  But, tomorrow we go back to work.  Ah well ( Read more... )

Breakfast: fruit salad with banana, strawberries, peach, raisins, bran, local brand of orange fiber drink (yuck ( Read more... )

My run on Sunday was supposed to be 8+ miles, and ended up being 5.  One of those inexplicable bad running days.  Not enough food the night before, not enough water, who knows.  Well, that started off a spotty week.  Didn't run on Monday 'cause of yoga.  Ran Tuesday, but the treadmills were full so it was in the park, so went at a natural (read not ( Read more... )

Breakfast: 1/2 c shredded wheat, 1 c skim milk, half a banana, raspberries, tea with splenda ( Read more... )