April 2010

This morning’s 15K (9.3 mile) race was a tremendous success!  I beat my September 15K by 5:36 and technically set a new personal record (PR) – but not really.  :)  Wahoo! (Very stylish shorts from Lululemon – they were comfortable, too!)   The race was in the lovely town of Clearwater, which is famous for [...]

Fun times at the Lululemon Outlet in Orlando! Lululemon asked me to come out and host an Operation Beautiful booth during a mall-wide “party.”  I happily obliged!  The fun thing about the booth was I just helped customers write notes and then we stuck it around the store together.  It was a neat way to [...]

Grab a napkin; this is one messy (but fabulous) egg burrito! Mwah-haha.   I had a veggie-packed egg burrito for lunch.  It was so much more flavorful – and healthy – than most egg burritos. In my burrito (I use La Tortilla Factory Soft Wrap tortillas):   1 fried egg Roasted butternut squash Roasted yellow [...]

Hello, oatmeal.  It’s been too long. I made a delicious bowl of Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal this morning.  It might be my favorite way to make oatmeal (Oh, who am I kidding?? I can’t choose just one!) because it has pumpkin AND coffee flavors. C for Caitlin!    My oatmeal contained:   1/2 cup oatmeal 1/2 [...]

The Husband got to go to his favorite place in the entire world today…. Yes, Costco.  He is obsessed with Costco.  Something about healthy food in bulk makes my man very, very happy. Normally we go to Costco once a month to stock up on dry goods and vegetarian faux meat staples.  This shopping trip [...]

You might remember that back in September, a camera crew came to my house and filmed a segment for a mysterious television show.  I could barely reveal anything about what had happened because I had signed a confidentiality contract, but now I can spill the details! Let me tell you, I never realized how hard [...]

I think this is my favorite breakfast, ever. Grilled Banana Sandwich – what’s not to love?   It’s sweet, warm, and filling.  It makes my house smell like cinnamon buns! And there’s caramelized bananas on the inside! *Drool* The recipe is on this page!   Healthy Living Summit Update   Some information about the HLS [...]

Fact:  I have not swam a single stroke since my very scary Olympic Triathlon on March 14.  I was reminded of this today when I prepared to put on my swim cap and it was covered in sand and dirt.  Whoops! I really love swimming laps in the pool (I do not love open water, [...]

New life philosophy:  meals are more satisfying if eaten outside, preferably under a pretty tree. I decided to pack up my office and go to the dog park today.  It’s really beautiful outside and the thought of editing 256 pages indoors was too much to bear.   Plus, I suffer from really bad fur-mom guilt [...]

Last night, I tweaked the leftover Kashi Pilaf so I could use it in a sweet breakfast this morning. Over very low heat, I combined a serving of cooked Kashi Pilaf, 1 tablespoon flax, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, and a bunch of cinnamon.   After 10 minutes, I removed from heat and let chill in [...]

Good evening!  It’s a wonderful night in Central Florida.  I took the puppies on a long walk, and we enjoyed the sunset. I spent the day working on my book review.  It was fun work, but I didn’t get as much done as I wanted to.  Tomorrow is another day!   I snacked on blue [...]

Let’s take this Century (100 miles) training up a notch! Inside of going the easy way up Sugarloaf Mountain, my Dad and I tackled the hill the HARD way.  Let me tell you, this hill is SO intense.  I thought I was going to hyperventilate and pass out on the bike! Tips for making the [...]

Why, hello there. Two of my favorite things: apple butter and cinnamon.  I’m especially enjoying this apple butter because it’s just apples and apple cider – no added sugar!   These flavors pumped up my everyday waffles: I added drizzles of the apple butter to the waffle mix (I use Hodgson’s Mills whole wheat mix) [...]