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A Little of This

May 23, 2010 20 Comments

Boy my 50 miler yesterday was fun and challenging

Ever since then I have been doing a little of this and a little of that but mostly resting and recuperating.

First of all we received a fabulous box of goodies from Newman’s Own Organics:

Look at all the goodies!

You know I can’t resist sharing some of these with you so stay tuned for a giveaway Tuesday morning

We could not wait to try some of the products so this morning we created a fun “oatmeal bar”:

Yum Oats!

Khrystle thanks for the beautiful bowl

Later on, Bill and I headed to Ojai for a fun impromptu lunch:

The grocery items were very expensive but we couldn’t resist some homemade granola and a Kombucha with our salad:

So far the weekend has been great and I still have one more day left-yay.

I look forward to catching up on my blog reading and seeing what you all have been up to.

Hope you are having a great weekend too.

Happy Sunday friends

Filed Under: Fitness, Food, Fun 20 Comments

Am I Healthy?

April 1, 2010 21 Comments

I often wonder if the foods I choose to eat everyday are as healthy as I think they are.

Do you ever wonder that?

There are so many conflicting facts and studies out there that sometimes you have to wonder, “Am I Healthy?”

Lately, I have been visiting blogs that have been talking about NuVal.

NuVal is a nutritional company that rates foods on a 1 to 100 scale based on their “healthfulness.”

If you read Tina’s blog, you might have heard of NuVal.

I was lucky enough to get contacted by Melissa from A Better Bag of Groceries to rate some of my food. Today she rated my Green Monster Shake so please head on over and check it out! I wonder what it got rated as?!

Speaking of Green Monsters I have had a break from then lately, instead of I have been revisiting my dear beloved oatmeal.

It is tough to make oatmeal in the morning for me though because I am always in such a rush in the mornings.

Must blog
Walk Pepsi
Get ready for work
Walk to work

I thought I would share with you how I make my oats so I can take them nice and hot with me to work.

I put everything into the saucepan-steel cut oats, apples, bananas, pinch of salt, and cinnamon:

Set the stove top temp to about a 4 and head out to walk Pepsi. By the time I get back they are cooked!

Then I put the oats in a Tupperware and add some raisins and I am good to go to eat my breakfast at my desk

How do you make your oats when you are in a rush?

Oh I just remembered it is April 1…….

Have a Happy April Fool’s Day!

Tonight I am meeting Khrystle for our hill workout. Can’t wait to see what she has under her sleeves for me

See you later gators!

Filed Under: Food, Health 21 Comments

The Good, The Bad, and The Pretty

March 20, 2010 57 Comments

Last night Bill made us a pasta dinner for my pre race fuel

He is a master in the kitchen and he even took pics of his masterpiece:

Organic pasta with onions, sun dried tomatoes, zuccini, and olives

It was delicious.

This morning before he got on his new bike he had this bowl of yum:

Oatmeal with almond butter and agave

And I had this before my race:

So about the race……….

The Good:

ran 6.2 miles
the route was awesome along the water
finished in 58:22 (9:22 average)
placed 8th in my age group
ran into a student of mine:

My student, Brian and me

He rocked the race averaging 8:35 miles!

The Bad:

felt horrible the whole time
relived my breakfast the whole race
wanted to go faster but could not

Overall, I am happy with my average pace. I used to be really slow and averaging 9:22 per mile is good FOR ME.

I want to go faster now

I guess I should start training

On to The Pretty:

I have a giveaway thanks to Trevor!

Trevor owns Metal Mountain Bike Shop and he has donated a thermal hoodie to give to one of my lucky readers.

I have this thermal hoodie and LOVE it. I know you will too

Click on this link to see what it looks like!

There are 4 ways to win:

comment on this post and tell me what you would wear the hoodie with
leave a comment on his site and tell me you did that
link my giveaway to your site and tell me you did that
add me to your blogroll and tell me you did that

You have until Wednesday, March 24 at 8pm Pacific Coast Time.

Have a great day friends!

Enjoy the weekend

Filed Under: Fitness, Food 57 Comments

Failed Attempt

February 12, 2010 8 Comments

Well Operation Antioxidant was a complete failure.

I woke up feeling WORSE than I have felt all week. I guess two glasses of wine does not cure a cold!

First thing I did before having my cup of coffee:

was call Mom and Dad to cancel my trip down South. Maybe tomorrow I will go.

Then I came downstairs and made myself an amazing bowl of oats. I think oats can make anyone feel good. I started the oats cooking and cut up some bananas and apples: