As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I noticed a disturbing trend last week when I tried to track all my calories. I was eating on average 1150 calories a day. Using the fitness/nutrition app, it would change my daily calorie goal depending on my workouts, which were little to nothing. However, based on my …
Posts from: February 2012
~ Yesterday was rough! My head decided to welcome back a ton of pressure. Even my jaws were hurting. ~ Bought new running shoes! And I’m going for a minimal shoe since I’ve been running a little in my crossfit shoes and I took the custom orthotics out of my old running shoes. I’ve always …
I love this show. It has nothing to do with the train wrecks every week and everything to do with Anne Burrell kicking Bobby Flay’s avocados. This past week, they had a stir fry challenge. I’ve made stir fry a gazillion different ways. Imagine my surprise when I thought both of their versions looked great …
I’m not really sure if “conundrum” is an accurate description. I’m one of those annoying people who wait to read a series or trilogy until all the books are done. The only series I read and wait for is the In Death series and that’s because Nora Roberts is 34 books deep into it. But …
One more week gone and I have some things that make me smile through the congestion and hacking cough. I wish I could say it was the soothing smells of my own chicken soup. But I didn’t make it. I ate crap or didn’t eat at all. But I got some sleep, read a little, …
That’s the story of my life this week. No running. Too busy trying to get well. I’m not panicking or anything. I still have a few weeks until my first half of the spring season. Never mind that my training plan is a new one that I’ve never tested. A plan involving less running and …
Some days, you just know it’s best to lay low. And nobody likes a teacher running fever from strep throat running wild all over the halls. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and hoped the shots and medicine would just knock it all out of the park. I went to school Wednesday and started …
I love quinoa. I love Kale. Why not put them together? I only started eating kale in the past couple of years when I read they were not as bitter as turnip greens. I love them mixed in just about anything because they wilt down and have a mild flavor. Better yet, they are a …
Today was our first training climb at the highest point in Alabama. Mt. Cheaha is around 2400’ high and they put a nice little state park all around it so flatlanders like us can experience some views and hiking. We are training to hike Pike’s Peak in June which will start around 6000’ and climb …
It’s no secret that Olive Garden is one of my favorite places to eat. I remember my first taste of the breadsticks, the Zuppa Toscana, the Alfredo. I have many memories from college days when we would drive an hour into Memphis just to eat at Olive Garden. Stephen and I had our first date …
The weather is terrible this morning. Cold and rainy. Staying in and staying warm is on the agenda. One thing about going home is I can usually count on some of my favorite things. Seeing my Grandma and Grandpa are high on that list. What is it about the older I get, the more I …
After making the 3 hour trip to MS, we were greeted by my Momma stirring around in the kitchen, some great friends talking in the living room, and the sight of a pie on the counter. Sometimes, life is too good. She told me last week that she was inviting a couple from our home …
Driving to Mississppi on the I-20. We’ve taken many road trips on this stretch of road. Some happy, like the week of Thanksgiving 2004. We had just found out that during the day on Wednesday, that Stephen made the final cut and was hired for the job. This was the job that required us to …
I’m awake and ready to spread cheer and happiness to everyone in the lands. Why am I so bright eyed and bushy-tailed? According to my Fitbit, I had a good nights’ sleep. I’ll gladly take 6.5 hours of actual sleep since the previous nights were around 4.5. And I don’t feel bad about not going …
~ I went down the toy aisle at Walmart and almost had a heart attack. Why do they set up those motion detector toys that speak when you walk by? It seriously creeped me out. Buying Play Doh used to be so much easier. ~ Valentine’s Day. Who chose this to be the mascot?? I …
This week, I’ve made it to 3 CrossFit workouts and 2 training runs. No wonder I’m sleeping a lot. Membership has been on the rise since the first of year. The rise in popularity can be attributed to several reasons including commercials, Biggest Loser Bob, CrossFit games televised, rise in blogs and magazine articles, …
No, they aren’t hanging but it’s so cold outside I feel like one. Believe it or not, this is our first taste of winter. For weeks, we’ve had very mild weather that required little more than a long sleeved shirt or sweatshirt. My coat is still hanging in the other closet. My intense winter running …
It’s Friday!!!! It was a BUSY day, but I didn’t have that wishing my life away feeling like earlier in the week with that dreaded state department monitoring…….did I mention how brutal that interview/interrogation was? In case the vague tone of my post failed to adequately get my meaning across, here’s some visual stimulation of …
I know many people are very talented at tooting rainbows and unicorns out of their behinds every day. You know those people who wake up and just KNOW the world is their oyster. Honestly, anyone who wants to compare their world to a shell filled with a snotty chewy creature that tastes like salty a$$ …
Dinner tonight was something I made up all by myself. It’s called throw crap in a bowl and make it taste good. Everyone should try it. Technically, its a “pasta salad”. My husband wanted me to buy one of those boxes of pasta salad that has that clear bag of plastic veggies pieces. Maybe they …