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this weekend

Friday Night:

• Date night with Du tonight at Bombay Nights. nom nom nom Indian food

Saturday:

• 9 mile run at Loch Raven - in 53 degree weather!!  I'm so excited to not be running in 100% humidity!!  I like sweating, but not dripping.
• Serious post-run nap time
• Working on, not one, but TWO presentations for my grad classes this week.  Ugh.  Can I have my master's now please?
• Polish party in Bethesda at the sis du's place.  We were charged with bringing the Polish libations.  Du found Tyskie (tisk-yeah) which is apparenlty pretty big in Buffalo.

Sunday:

• Actually sleeping in (glorious glorious!)
• Some cooking - I'm thinking I need to get my pumpkin baking engine in gear. It's October tomorrow!
• Watching some FOOZBALL while I knit.  All while wearing sweatpants. I know how to mult-task.



have a good weekend!!



i require this.

Perfect Winter Coat

oh hey good idea for halloween

ghost bubble dress

i like you.

but $78? I don't think so...

you are very short and very expensive, so i might have to do you myself.

Home Grown!

Beautiful home grown carrots care of my wonderful coworker!!  I'm so excited to eat them!!

NOM!

Thrive in 30 - things to try this week

Increase the raw vegetables and fruits you eat every day by 15 percent this week.  Here are some ideas to get you started:

• Remember the five habits in our introductory lesson’s action points? Build on them and up your veggie quotient at the same time:

• Eat a big salad of leafy greens and sprouts every day for lunch

• Take your fruit and veggies to go by incorporating them into a quick, delicious smoothie

• Tour your produce section: pick one or two of your favorite vegetables which you usually eat cooked and try them raw

Reduce the number of processed, convenience foods you eat this week and replace them with raw vegetables and fruits. Here are some easy-to-carry snacking alternatives you can reach for instead:

• A handful of almonds, macadamia nuts or walnuts
• A serving of organic carrots, celery or zucchini sticks
• An organic apple, pear or orange
• A raw food energy bar

Reduce the number of stimulating foods and beverages you choose this week:

• Gradually cut your caffeine intake—switch to decaf coffee or herbal tea for at least part of your daily caffeine habit
• If you sweeten your food or drinks regularly with sugar, use half the sugar you usually would, or try an unrefined, low glycemic sweetener like agave nectar

Thrive in 30

I have just signed up for the Thrive in 30.  It was created by a vegan thriathlon who looks pretty no joke.  It couldn't hurt to try during my half marathon training.  The first task is to examine your current diet and write a list of all the things you eat that you think might be taking away from your energy or aren’t supporting your health and fitness goals. These are mine:

• Serving Size.  I think I eat pretty healthy but I eat too much of everything. 
• Carbs.  Everything delicious is carby.  I try to make my carbs as complex as possible - whole wheat, quinoa, etc. but sometimes I slip and eat refined and processed pasta and rice.
• Potato Chips. I don't let myself buy snack foods because I will eat everything in one sitting.  Lately I've been sneaking them into my diet.  Weekends at the beach, hanging out with family, and just now I bought organic tortilla chips with lime and sea salt for a lunch snack - I ate the whole damn bag!

In addition to breaking these habits/crowding them out of my diet. Thrive in 30 suggests the following five tools to make the most of this program:

• Eat throughout the day
• Drink a nutritious smoothie each day
• Eat a big green salad every day
• Eat a raw energy bar every day - I found a recipe for this so no buying fancy $$ energy bars :)
• Eat a substantial, balanced afternoon snack

 I hope to learn some good stuff from this program.   I'll take all the free health and fitness advice I can get!