Cucumber Water

April 26th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (10 Comments)

Once upon a time, (in March) a couple of little gals traveled two and a half hours north to hit up the city of Toronto for a long weekend.

Mezmerized

One of the many kid-friendly tourist stops we made on our trip was the Royal Ontario Museum – a totally cool place where the kids made amazing discoveries in the gift shop and I made amazing discoveries in the cafeteria.

You see, it was in the cafeteria of the Royal Ontario Museum that I stole the most fantastic idea ever:

Cucumber Slices

Cucumber Water.

Sugar Ad

(Yeah, right.)

From the NY Times yesterday, Is Sugar Toxic?

I don’t know, but I do know that as former sugar addict, (who still indulges from time to time – and will as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow indulge again) I cannot deny that I truly feel my best when I’m consuming little to no sugar.  I guess that’s all the evidence I need.  Articles like this are just further motivation to limit sugar in all its various forms whenever I can.

Give Thanks

April 8th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (3 Comments)

If you’re supposed to give thanks for something each day, today I’m giving thanks for the XBox game Dance Central that I played at a holiday office party way back in December.  I’m also giving thanks to the commercial for said game during The Biggest Loser on Hulu the other day.

Yes, thank you Hulu and Dance Central for reminding me about this song. It is the newest addition to my running playlist.

Evacuate the Dance Floor by Cascada

Evacuate the Dancefloor - Evacuate the Dancefloor

Want to cut 2 minutes off your pace for 3 minutes and 31 seconds?  This ought to do it. Don’t forget to turn it up.

Exercise Trickery

April 6th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Motivation - (5 Comments)

I woke up today with plenty of time to exercise before the husband left for work – but I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my bad self on this dark, cold and damp Wednesday morning.

I laid there for a while pondering my options. Head to the gym to run on the treadmill? (Again?) Head to the gym and just walk on the treadmill? (Again??) Run outside in the sunless, frigid air? (Again!!?)