It's Thursday night and I have nearly made it through my 3-day detox - barring that I don't cave in and shove ice cream into my mouth in these last few hours of it! Yesterday was the roughest day of the cleanse for me. I was feeling pretty icky from having a cold, and a lot of the time when my head is congested, I'm not in the mood for most foods - let alone plain cleansing foods like broccoli and beets. I alternated between feeling like I was doing fine with the detox, then wondering what the hell I was doing and wanting to crawl up in the fetal position with a bag of dark chocolate chips. ;-) Day 2 - Breakfast Lunch Snack Dinner Dinner was the low point of the day for me, and this picture gives you a glimpse as to why: My hubby ate delicious leftover homemade pizza and ... [Read More]
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The Vegetarian Times 7-Ingredient Cleanse
Hello, hello! Here's a little tidbit about me: I love to read hard copies of things, and I get tons of magazines delivered to my house. I know that I can read things online, but there's just something nice to me about having a real magazine (or book) in hand and getting away from technology. My favorite places to read are at the gym while I'm cycling or doing the stair master (because it makes the time go by fast!) or while I'm relaxing at the beach. One of the magazines I love checking out is Vegetarian Times. I'm always tearing out pages from the magazine of things to note or recipes to try. Last week as I was reading their June issue, I came across an article called "The 7-Ingredient Cleanse" and was intrigued. (via) With summer's stellar lineup of naturally detoxifying fruits and ... [Read More]
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Hi friends! As a few of you have commented on, my blog got a bit of a makeover over the weekend. I'm loving the new look, and will be working to change a couple of other things soon! I just got back from a bike ride with my hubby. It was perfect weather for an outdoor workout, but the ride didn't go as planned. The trail we chose had a super steep incline, and I was huffing and puffing like a mad woman within a few minutes. My legs are still sore from last Thursday's leg workout (plus Friday's hike probably didn't help my achy legs recover to recover quickly!), and weak legs are never a good thing when biking. It makes a ride feel so much harder! We quickly realized that this trail would not work out, so we opted for an easier trail... too easy. I feel like I barely got a workout in except ... [Read More]
Health & Fitness Goals for 2013
While I'm not too crazy about the term ''New Year's resolution," I am most definitely a lover of goal setting in general. I jot down to-do lists all the time, which in essence are a bunch of short term goals I want to accomplish (even if ''do your laundry" is a rather small one!). For 2013, there are a few goals related to healthy living that I want to work on. I thought I'd share them with you, so here goes: For around 3 months, I've been going to physical therapy to rehab my torn calf. I'm happy to say that it's been feeling really good lately! The injury had been causing problems in my achilles and foot, but lately I haven't had pain in those areas. I think that taking it rather easy for a few weeks over the holidays did my body well and gave it some extra time to heal. My first ... [Read More]