From the monthly archives:

January 2010

New Month’s Resolutions February

January 31, 2010

Tweet I’m still liking the monthly resolutions, and this month I will mostly be reinforcing the ones I have picked up but I do plan to add one or two new ones. I hope that these things that I add monthly will add up to lots of changes over the year, taken in smaller more […]

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January Month in Brief

January 31, 2010

Tweet January in a few quick stats…. Days in January that I counted all my points: 31 Number of days I did high intensity activity(ie worked up a sweat): 21 Number of days I did moderate or low intensity activity: 12 Number of days I did some form of organized activity: 31 (woot!) Number of […]

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I did a 5k in January

January 31, 2010

Tweet The weather held for my January 5k. I completed the course in a little under 40 minutes, my fastest time ever and it included a not terribly small hill.  Quarter mile up the hill then quarter mile down and the last quarter mile or so on mostly flat ground.  I finished my first mile […]

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January 30th Food and Exercise Journal

January 30, 2010

Tweet Ate 57 of 25 points. Earned 2 activity points. Breakfast(8) –chai latte and breakfast sandwich Lunch (6)–Piroshki Dinner (43)–cheeseburger, fries, beer and wings Out for all my meals.  I lost 1.6 pounds this week! Tomorrow is my 5k Running Weekly totals used 32 of 35 weekly points, earned 2 activity points

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Recipe of the Week 1/23/10

January 30, 2010

Tweet Cheese and Beer Soup Ingredients 1 red onion, chopped 3 carrots, chopped 3 ribs celery, chopped 2 tsp olive oil 2 stalks celery, diced 3 garlic gloves, minced 1 Tbsp dry mustard powder 1/4 tsp salt cayenne pepper to taste 3 cups chicken stock 1 1/2 pound yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into […]

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The Weekly Round up 1/23-1/30

January 30, 2010

Tweet I got in 7 workouts this week, completed week four of couch to 5k (including running 10 minutes straight) and got in one strength training session.  I also got up and walked 5 minutes of every hour I was in front of the computer or watching TV, it really started to add up to […]

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Loose Jeans, January 29th Food and Exercise Journal

January 29, 2010

Tweet Ate 21.5 of 25 points. Earned 3 activity points. Breakfast(5) –overnight oats, thick cut oats (2.5), non fat greek yogurt (1), milk (1), 1/2 tbsp peanut butter, 1/2 banana (the dogs love when they get the other half of the banana) Lunch (5)–Cheese and Beer soup (5) Dinner (9)–Leftover Indian, aloo gobi (2), Brown […]

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I ran 10 minutes straight! January 28th Food and Exercise Journal

January 28, 2010

Tweet Ate 24 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(5) –steel cut oats, egg white, yogurt, blueberries, maple syrup (yes, all mixed together it is yummy) Lunch (7.5)–Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup(5.5), yogurt (2) Snack(3)–Tortilla chips Dinner (10)–Leftover chicken enchiladas (8), salad with salsa vinagrette (1),  green beans with butter (1) ****you can really […]

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Sewing, sewing and more sewing. January 27th Food and Exercise Journal

January 28, 2010

Tweet Ate 24 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Breakfast(4.5) –Peanut butter banana toast Lunch (7.5)–Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup(5.5), yogurt (2) Dinner (10)–Leftover Baked Winter Squash Lasagna (6), Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Brown Butter (2), Wine (2) Snack(2)–Chocolate Yogurt (2) Feeling better, still stuffed up so I decided to not do weights, I […]

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Light Indian for Dinner Food and Exercise Journal 1/26/10

January 26, 2010

Tweet Ate 22 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(5) –Steel cut oats (2), non fat greek yogurt (1), blueberries (1), maple syrup (1) Lunch (7)–Amaranth, Quinoa and Corn Chowder(4),apple(1), yogurt (2) Dinner (7)–Aloo Gobi (2), Brown Rice (3),  Shrimp and Squash Vindaloo (4) Snack(1)–Chocolate Pudding (1) Feeling better, still stuffed up and running […]

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