Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2011
This week has been stressful. I have had a lot going on at work, a lot going on at home (its emotionally taxing to plan a going away party for your spouse), and the realization that the hubs is moving in less than a month has really set in. My heart is breaking a little [...]
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I thought I would torture entertain all of you living with the feet upon feet of snow with a little photo look see at my trail run/walk today. It was a clear beautiful 45 degrees and the trail was packed. I love how beautiful and blue the sky looked. Other than some super tight calves [...]
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Posted in recipe on Jan 27th, 2011
As I mentioned earlier, my office was on a 2 hour or so delay this morning. As I spent a lazy couple of hours with the pups and some blogs waiting on the world to thaw out the hubs was hard at work de-icing our sidewalks, porch, and driveway. He went all “Knight in Shining [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, weight loss on Jan 23rd, 2011
Since last night’s movie party was pretty indulgent in terms of food I wanted to make sure my Sunday was 100% back on track. Today’s Food: A fruit and yogurt smoothie A bacon and egg sandwich with an oatmeal/chocolate cherry low sugar dessert Spinach Artichoke Chicken Penne And Today’s Moves….. 5 miles at a slow [...]
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Posted in running, Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2011
Today was a no plan, do whatever the day brings, sort of Sunday. Inspired by last night’s cookies I decided to add some craisins to my morning oatmeal. It is kind of amazing what the smallest change will do for a dish. My boring bowl of oatmeal suddenly felt really sweet and indulgent. The calorie/points [...]
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Posted in recipe, Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2011
Saturday night the hubs and I headed out all dressed up for the wedding of a friend. Admittedly, I did not know the groom or bride very well but the groom has been pals with my hub’s family for quite some time. At any rate I just love love and so I love weddings. We [...]
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Warning: Tonight’s blog is a mish-mosh of topics. My mind is sort of all over the place today and apparently so is my blog. Please excuse the random thoughts ahead!! I love getting snail mail (when it’s not a bill that is) and I was really jazzed to have two fabulous things waiting on me [...]
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Posted in Clean Eating, Uncategorized on Jan 1st, 2011
I sort of have this philosophy that eating healthfully makes you want to continue to do so. The adverse is also true. I had a chat with a work pal Thursday about how the holidays are difficult because your body gets accustomed to having a “sliver of pie here” or “some chocolate covered pretzels there” [...]
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Posted in diet, recipe on Nov 24th, 2010
Moderation is a key term for weight loss and it’s going to have to be a key theme for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I don’t need to go into the details of not blowing your eating plan on a holiday. We’ve all heard a million times to just have a touch of the more caloric items [...]
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When it comes down to the choice of “real” homemade food versus takeout the home cooked nutritious option will win out in my house every single time. Since the hubs expressed a craving for Chinese take out, I decided to cook my own version of Cashew Chicken. We all know I am a huge Rachael [...]
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