going all out

Bleargh. Today was kind of a doozy at work. The end of the semester creates this kind of euphoric-panic, where I’m happy things are finishing up but frantic that I don’t have enough time to finish what needs to be done. So in Decembers and Aprils, I work 120 weeks for a couple of weeks,…

eat clean, train dirty

The quest is officially over; we had a fantastic celebration to mark its ending last night complete with a live band and plenty of food (most of which, incidentally, still qualified as paleo or primal — minus of course the birthday cakes and the beverages). One quick observation from the party last night: I was…

aleana’s birthday date balls

Had to makes something sweet today so I could help celebrate my dearest and oldest friend Aleana’s birthday. Combine in the food processor: 20 small dates 4 Tbsp cocoa powder 1/4 C coconut flakes 1/2 C pecans 2 Tbsp almond butter 1 tsp vanilla Roll into balls and then roll lightly in some additional cocoa…

n i n e t y

Now when my friends come over, we share our feats of strength. Before Shawn did his free standing handstand pushup, we were doing them on the wall. We also did pistols and planches (attempted — I cheat with my elbows planted firmly into my chest). I should also mention he did two before I had…

eighty-niiiiiiine

Breakfast: [7:30] coffee three fig cookies Lunch: [11:30] two hard boiled eggs 1/4 C cashews Snack: [3:30] Carrot Larabar Insert grocery shopping here!! Bought some half and half for Sunday!! Snack: [6:30] 6 strawberries pumpkin seeds Dinner: [8:00] half a grilled chicken breast, 3 ozs grilled filet, wilted spinach with yellow peppers and onions, and……

88

Still have not grocery shopped. Things are getting sketchy. Breakfast: [7:30] three small sweet potato pancakes, minus the apple coffee Lunch: [11:30] one half a scarily old grilled chicken breast I found in the fridge + 10 sad, rubbery brussels Snack: [2:00] Apple Larabar about 1/4 C pumpkin seeds coffee Din: [5:30] chicken and broccoli…

87

Breakfast: [7:30] one egg scrambled with the sausage, tomato, and spinach leftovers coffee BLACK. Sadly, I’m out of almond milk and all the rest of the staples, too. Old mother hubbard, here. Went to the cupboard to get my poor Joshie breakfast this morning — I found an old, wrinkly pouch of Cream of Wheat.…

86??!!1!

I feel, sitting here with my lame-ish leg (though I’ve decided it’s not all that bad), like this is all coming to a end too quickly. I have 4 days before… something. I’m not sure what the end will really mean. Maybe it will mean that I won’t eat fruit and nuts uncontrollably anymore. At…

85

So. I’ve run 5 marathons and an ultra. One year, my bud Deb and I dabbled in “streaking,” running at least 3 miles a day for over 90 consecutive days (it may have been more; I can’t remember). I’ve run countless 5 and 10Ks, and a variety of other distances (15Ks, 10 milers, half-marathons). I…

paleo fig cookies

OK people. You know these cookies are good when Hannah eats THREE of them. I found some figs at Trader Joe’s a few weeks ago, and they’ve been sitting on my counter looking a bit forlorn. Today I had a hankering for cookies, so I thought I should try to do some fig newton-like cookies.…