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Healthy Eating

Zucchini and Penne Carbonara

April 26, 2010

Tweet Zucchini and Penne Carbonara Ingredients •    4 cups zucchini •    1 shallot, finely minced •    3 cloves garlic •    6 oz whole wheat penne •    3 oz pancetta, cut into chunks •    1 egg •    1/2 cup egg whites •    1/2 cup grated romano •    1/4 cup grated parmesan •    1 Tbsp thyme, chopped […]

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Finally Friday

April 23, 2010

Tweet It’s finally Friday!  I started the day with a 2 mile run, my slow time is getting a bit faster, woot.  It just feels natural to start my day with a run, who would have thought.  I came home and made huevos rancheros for breakfast then took Ben to get a new badge for […]

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Who would have thought walking would make me sore…

April 21, 2010

Tweet I woke up sore in all sorts of bizarre places.  The tops of my ankles (where the shin connects to the foot), one butt cheek, my arms (no surpise there, thanks leash pulling monsters).  So since yesterday was supposed to be rest and it wasn’t I did some cross training today on the bike […]

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Doggie Day

April 21, 2010

Tweet The dogs thought that today was a fantastic day.  I took the dogs to the Soos Creek Trail and we did 4 miles.  This time I went the other way on the trail (toward Renton) and it felt very different, much shadier and the trees much closer to the trail and having to cross […]

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Another 5 miler!

April 18, 2010

Tweet I started the day with another 5 mile run!  I found a new trail for my runs, the Soos Creek Trail runs from Renton to Covington and one of the access points is about a mile away so I drove down and ran this mostly flat (there were some rolling very mini hills) trail.  […]

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Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

April 6, 2010

Tweet Ingredients 12 oz whole wheat macaroni head of cauliflower, coarsely chopped 3/4 whole wheat breadcrumbs (I used panko, Ian’s has a whole wheat panko crumb) 1/2 cup parsley, chopped 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt 3/4 tsp pepper 1 1/2 cups shredded low fat sharp cheddar (a really good one) 1/2 cup 1% […]

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Rest Day February 17th Food and Exercise Journal

February 17, 2010

Tweet My arthritis in my ankle was flaring yesterday and today I could tell I was favouring the ankle yesterday as just about every muscle in my other leg was sore… stupid arthritis, I’m too damn young!  So today I just did my slow walking 5 minutes out of every hour, still got in 60 […]

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Monday, Monday, Monday February 8th Food and Exercise Journal

February 8, 2010

Tweet Mondays are always such a struggle to get out of bed.  The 3 day weekend, Ben works 4 10 hour days so we have Friday, Saturday and Sunday off, makes Mondays especially brutal.  When that alarm goes off at 6:20 I’m knackered! Especially since try as I might I can’t convince Ben that going […]

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Motivation Outside the Scale February 2nd Food and Exercise Journal

February 2, 2010

Tweet Ate 24 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(4.5) –Whole Wheat English Muffin (2), (1/2 with neufchâtel (1), 1/2 with peanutbutter (1))mandarin oranges (0.5) Lunch (9)–White Turkey Chili (7), mango (2) Snack (2)–Yogurt (2) Dinner (8.5)–Chicken Cacciatore (5), 2/3 cup Brown Rice (2.5), Sautéed Zucchini with Oregano and Feta (1) Snack (1)–Oatmeal Raisin […]

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Mondays stink! February 1st Food and Exercise Journal

February 1, 2010

Tweet Ate 22 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Breakfast(5) –Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal Lunch (6)–Amaranth, Quinoa and Corn Chowder (4), Aloo Gobi (2) Snack (2)–Yogurt (2) Dinner (8)–Spinach Alfredo over whole wheat linguine (7), Sautéed Zucchini with Oregano and Feta (1) Snack (1)–Oatmeal Raisin Bite Mondays are stinky!  I hate trying to wake up […]

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