As usual, another weekend has flown by! My Sunday morning was spent in the La Jolla area for the San Diego Triathlon Challenge to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation. I participated in their 5K event with my hubby. Even though sunny San Diego hasn't been all that sunny this weekend, luckily the weather held out during the athletic events, and we only experienced a few raindrops towards the end. Seeing amputee triathletes in action was inspiring, and I'm glad I got to support such an awesome cause! The rest of my day was spent running errands, doing yoga and watching football. Oh, and torturing Harley by making her wear my 5K medal: For dinner, I wanted to use a pile of string beans starting to brown in my fridge. After steaming them, I threw the green beans together with a couple ... [Read More]
Archives for October 2012
My Interview With Amputee Triathlete Sarah Reinertsen
Growing up, my dad frequently used the phrase, ''You get like who you hang with." I've come to completely agree with him. I believe that the people you surround yourself with have a major impact on your own behaviors and attitudes, whether in a positive or negative light. Meeting and getting to spend time with people who do amazing things inspires me to do great things myself. That's why when I was contacted to meet the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman World Championships , Sarah Reinertsen, I jumped at the chance. I can't think of meeting a type of person more inspiring than an athlete whose overcome major obstacles to achieve amazing goals. Sarah has broken the physically challenged world marathon record numerous times, as well as world records for 100m and 200m ... [Read More]
Making Exercise a Priority
Last night, I checked out my schedule for today and determined the best time for a workout to be first thing in the morning. I set an early alarm so I could fit in a nice 75 minute hike with Harley as the start to my Friday. This is common for me, as I schedule my workouts the vast majority of days as I would a conference call or doctor's appointment. Sure, some days things don't go as planned and my workouts might have to get switched around. Perhaps every now and then I won't get a workout done at all when I had penciled it in. But, because I make it a priority to exercise, I usually find a way to fit it into my days. When I hear people say that they simply don't have time for exercise, I cringe a little and then think of this quote: ''If it's important to you, you'll find a way. If ... [Read More]
Pumpkin Muffins with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting
Lately I've been borderline obsessed with eating pumpkin - everything from pumpkin smoothies, pancakes, and ice cream, to smearing pumpkin cream cheese or butter on my toast and sprinkling pumpkin pie spice on anything my heart desires. Pumpkin is such a quintessential fall-time flavor. The funny thing is that I never really liked it until last fall, and my how my taste buds have changed! Last week I was talking to my cousin Noelle, and she requested I come up with a pumpkin cupcake recipe with cream cheese frosting. Well, you don't have to ask me twice! ;-) In the midst of baking my pumpkin goodies, I decided that I wasn't really making cupcakes, but more so muffins. I then proceeded to get myself all confused in figuring out what the heck the real difference is between muffins and ... [Read More]
The Lowdown on Eating Algae
While traveling to Amsterdam last month (I talked about my trip here), I watched an interesting documentary about microalgae and its health benefits. Algae is an extremely popular food in Asia, and the TV show centered around doctors toting its benefits and people talking about how eating the superfood has had a positive impact on their bodies and lives. Two types of algae that people eat are chlorella (green algae) and spirulina (blue-green algae), which are similar but have different nutritional profiles to tailor to different needs. Chlorella, for instance, is supposedly more detoxifying for the body. After watching this documentary, I decided that I wanted to try taking algae pills - mostly for its antioxidant boost and to see if I felt any increases in my energy levels. A few years ... [Read More]
Kiwi Daiquiri
Hope your week is off to a good start! It was just another manic Monday for me. I had a good day, it was just go-go-go. And when I finally sat down to relax tonight, I decided that an alcoholic beverage was a fabulous idea. Usually wine is my choice of drink, but tonight I had something else in mind that revolved around this super fruit: Kiwi is packed with a lot of goodness, including fiber, Vitamin C and folic acid. I saw a recipe for a kiwi daiquiri in Women's Health magazine somewhat recently and ripped the page out to make it sometime in the future. Tonight seemed as good as any to try it! Call me a sissy, but the drink tasted a bit too strong to me, so I added some flavored sparkling water to dilute the rum a bit. Kiwi Daiquiri 1.5 oz white rum1 kiwi (peeled and ... [Read More]