Posts from — October 2008

I almost forgot about it but I’m at the BlogHer Reach Out Tour in DC and it’s great! I’m totally behind and will be updating tonight! Just wanted to keep you in the loop.

I *should* have a video posted on Playtex Baby soon. They roped me into to doing a quick video for them when I got to the conference. It’s not posted yet but should be up in the next few hours.

I have to get back, I’m speaking in 10 minutes! YIKES! I’ll be back later.

I did it! This morning was the Baltimore Running Festival and I did my 6 mile relay. It was the longest I ever ran and I loved every minute of it!

Don’t get me wrong, about 4 miles into it I was playing mind games with myself and I started to question if I could do it. But then I’d see a family on the side of the road cheering on their mom or a couple on their stoop watching the race and I’d smile. It didn’t matter that the signs weren’t for me I was there, running, part of it, part of the event and that felt AMAZING. Addictive even.

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OK, ok, so it’s Friday. I’m not quite sure what happened to this week. One day it was Monday, then a whole bunch of stuff happened and now it’s Friday. CRAZY!

Let’s get this (late) show on the road! [Read more →]

You do not need to join a gym to lose weight. You do not need to "workout" for hours a day. You do not need to wake up at 5AM for a 5 mile jog.

You do NOT. [Read more →]

Last week at my Weight Watchers meeting the leader asked what we learned by doing Flex. I loved hearing everyone experiences. People all have different challenges, histories and situations. Some of the tips where practical, some anecdotal. Mine was funny, I love when I can get everyone at a meeting to chuckle… [Read more →]

I HATE the word diet. Hate it. That four letter word means a lot of things to a lot of people but most often we associate it with restricting our food intake. We have the mindset of being "on a diet." We say things all the time like "I went off my diet" or I "broke" it. I am still guilty of this. [Read more →]

I FINALLY finished a chapter in my cookbook today. I can’t believe it. Only 4 more to go! Ugh! Why didn’t anyone tell me how time consuming it was going to be! I have to admit though, it’s fun. [Read more →]

This is more of a food re-find. I started buying these back a few years ago and have been meaning to post about them every since! I forgot about them (not all stores carry them) for a bit until coming across them again last weekend.

These are one of my favorite Quaker Products. They aren’t "Rice Cakes", which have a reputation of being bland and boring, they are "Multigrain Cakes", and cinnamon to boot! You can’t go wrong. The texture is yummy and and each cake as the perfect amount of sweetness.

Made with Whole grain rice, corn and oat flours these are a snack I love to share with the toddler. He’s been munching on them since he entered finger food age.

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I call this the chicken egg problem of weight loss. What comes first, happiness or healthiness? That is the question. [Read more →]

Boy this weekend was a disaster on the food and exercise front. Disaster may be a too strong of a word but you know what I mean. I was really in a funk. My appetite was out of control and every time I went to workout there seemed to be some roadblock. [Read more →]