16 weeks pregnant (tomorrow). I think I’m starting to feel the baby move, but these early flutters are so easy to confuse with the digestive process sometimes I wonder if it’s just dinner that I’m feeling move around.
January One started with a four mile walk. A walk sprinkled with the tiniest bit of running. I had intended to run the entire way today, but running for very long is proving to be too uncomfortable these days. “Mostly walking” it is then.
With New Years right around the corner, I’ve been thinking about some of the things that made a huge impact in my life during 2011. I’ve decided to wrap them all up into neat little list for your consideration if you might be looking for some direction, motivation or new ideas as we approach 2012.
I’m a little embarrassed to admit I liked The Secret as much I did, but it’s true. There’s the book, but there’s also the movie. (P.S., You can watch The Secret through Watch Instantly on Netflix).
Do you remember when flax seed was suddenly the new and hip seed to eat? Flax seems like old news to most of us now, and it’s a kitchen staple among many health conscious foodies.
But for me, this seed has been nothing but a giant pain in the flax.
It seems well known that it’s important to eat ground flax seed. Their little hulls are so hard, if you eat them whole they’ll pass right through your body undigested and you miss out on their rich supply of essential fatty acids, Omega-3 in particular.
When it comes to what to eat after workout or run, I don’t think much beyond “eat real food” unless that workout has been particularly long and hard. (I am purposefully ignoring the obvious joke here. This post just started!)
The neighborhood running group I occasionally run with sent an email yesterday saying they were going 10 miles Saturday morning. I haven’t run much more then 4 or 5 miles at a shot all summer – but I decided to join them for 10 today, and my reasons for doing so were three fold:
See?
While slicing up that there cantaloupe I got to thinking about Natalia Rose’s line from the The Raw Food Detox Diet about fruit:
Eat it alone or leave it alone.
Food combining rules say you should eat only eat fruit on empty stomach because when mixed with other foods, it can lead to fermentation, stomach pains and gas. As I understand it, it has to do with the enzymes that are released to digest fruit vs. what’s released to digest other foods.
I’ve got a 5K road race tomorrow morning, so all of my usual pre-race rules are on my mind. If you’ve got an upcoming race on your calendar – here are a couple of things to think about before you toe the line.
Let’s say that again.
NOTHING NEW ON RACE DAY.
Race day is not the day for brand new clothes, brand new shoes, brand new food or brand new crazy ideas. Stick with tried and true gear and grub. No new theory or hypothesis testing today either.
no new gear
As a family of four living on one income, part of my role as our Domestic Engineer is to be frugal and cut corners whenever I can.
Given that we love to read, I get the majority of the books we devour from the library. It saves us money, clutter – and saves me time too. One less book on the shelf is one less thing I have to dust.
Who am I kidding. I never dust. And I pay enough late fees to the library they could open a new branch in my name.
I’m about to put Green Smoothie Revolution in the library book drop, but thought I’d write a little something about it first.
Written by Victoria Boutenko and published in 2009, Green Smoothie Revolution is a fairly quick read.
(it’s only about a half inch thick.)
The first 1/4 inch is ten short chapters filled with facts and information explaining why green leafy vegetables are the miracle food that they are. The the other 1/4 inch is the 200 green smoothie recipes and a couple of case studies and personal anecdotes – from weight loss to simply feeling better after an increase in consumption of leafy greens.
I recently finished Jillian Michaels’ latest book, Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life.
This book could also be titled “Unlimited: The Book I Didn’t Know I Needed to Read.”
To be honest, I wasn’t really looking for tips on How to Build an Exceptional Life, so while I knew she had a new book out, I hadn’t given much thought to reading it. But then I listened to her talk about Unlimited in a podcast from May and my curiosity was officially piqued. I snagged a copy from the library and after reading just the first page, I didn’t want to put it down.
So I dropped off the face of the blogosphere for a month and a half or something. Oh yes, I’m still here – new camera collecting dust while I’ve been off having fun with much of the following:
1. The Primal Blueprint Meets The 4-Hour Body.
I devoted a bunch of posts in December to the wonders of The Primal Blueprint and how much I was digging it, right? Well, The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferris deserves the same accolades. Quite informative and entertaining in many respects. Funny, inspiring and errr, intriguing? (Be sure to check out the chapter on the 15 minute female orgasm, for the illustrations if nothing else.)
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