Let's assume you, the reader, is smart and can finish the rest without my help. Does that make me lazy? [*COUGH* rhetorical question *COUGH*]
Oh, the penny. I found a penny while walking and decided to pick it up when I walked back. I forgot, not to mention the penny was tail-side up. Seeing as I'm not superstitious it isn't much of an excuse. Pardon me. I was too caught up in my walk. OOOOOOOOH, I MISSS RUUUUUnING!
The initial phase-in to my walk-run program is a fortnight of walking, 4 times a week each. First week is 20 minutes, second week is 30. Guess how long I walked today... *cue Jeopardy theme song* You [me points finger at you] are wrong! I went for 30 because I'm stupid. However, I decided to have two each of 20's and 30's each week. So I did 30 and also some shin strengthening exercises, as well as attempting to do a handstand prior and am about to do some yoga after I finish with this.
My dinner is a small salad, grilled pot roast, potatoes au gratin, and homemade rolls. The latter two I have not started yet... I'll post pictures later, I promise.
29 August 2007
27 August 2007
I'm... Walking
I have just been reminded of my blog.
My plan was to have a formal introduction to the running portion of this blog, but something happened today that needs to be said. When I was mowing earlier this guy ran by. *Enter normal running thoughts play in my head*. He runs back. About fifteen minutes later he starts running back again and I said to myself, "He either must really love to run or he's training for something." But then, out of the corner of my eye, I see this little head bobbing by his waist. I look up and he's got his son with him, who can't be more than 5-6 years old. It was incredible to see this dad running slowly alongside his son, taking time for him after he finished his run. For about 30 minutes, too.
Alright, day 1 of my walking is over with. I have seven more, three 20's, four 30's, before I start integrating running into my walks. If ever you feel the need to torture me or if someone asks you how best to torture me, reply by telling them to make me walk a certain distance without being able to run. I'll go insane, job done.
Dinner was excellent: Mexican pasta sauce (zucchini, ground turkey, tomatoes, garlic, onions, seasonings) on spaghetti, sprinkled with dried red peppers for added heat and queso fresco. My snack was less than excellent: Lucky Charms. It turned the milk an unappetizing shade of gray.
I haven't been fooding much, or taking pictures of recent cooks/bakes, but I will the first week of September. It'll be beignets and gelatoooooo. Moooo.
My plan was to have a formal introduction to the running portion of this blog, but something happened today that needs to be said. When I was mowing earlier this guy ran by. *Enter normal running thoughts play in my head*. He runs back. About fifteen minutes later he starts running back again and I said to myself, "He either must really love to run or he's training for something." But then, out of the corner of my eye, I see this little head bobbing by his waist. I look up and he's got his son with him, who can't be more than 5-6 years old. It was incredible to see this dad running slowly alongside his son, taking time for him after he finished his run. For about 30 minutes, too.
Alright, day 1 of my walking is over with. I have seven more, three 20's, four 30's, before I start integrating running into my walks. If ever you feel the need to torture me or if someone asks you how best to torture me, reply by telling them to make me walk a certain distance without being able to run. I'll go insane, job done.
Dinner was excellent: Mexican pasta sauce (zucchini, ground turkey, tomatoes, garlic, onions, seasonings) on spaghetti, sprinkled with dried red peppers for added heat and queso fresco. My snack was less than excellent: Lucky Charms. It turned the milk an unappetizing shade of gray.
I haven't been fooding much, or taking pictures of recent cooks/bakes, but I will the first week of September. It'll be beignets and gelatoooooo. Moooo.
26 August 2007
Mindless and Boredom Eating
That's pretty much what I have done all day. It started with (to digress for a moment, I'm attempting to write this while eating snack-size Tootsie Rolls and I'm making repeated typos so I I stopped. I don't know why I felt the need to share that with you except it helps to show my mindless eating... Reese's Puffs...) oatmeal and semi-rotten strawberries, then something else which I have forgotten, chocolate cake (sans frosting, because it didn't come out of the pan so I've been hacking pieces off), flourless peanut-chocolate cookies, ginger cookies, rice pilaf -- I just grabbed another Tootsie Roll -- and other stuff. Um, I'm not going to do that tomorrow. Oddness, I don't even feel very stuffed. I feel like eating popcorn.
You know how I said this is my running and fooding blog? Do you recall me having talked about running since then? I will tomorrow. Oh, the answer to those questions were yes and no. I'm also starting my walking-to-run training tomorrow. About time, I really miss running.
What wasn't mindless was dinner. I made chicken satay and sesame rice noodles with stir fried shredded carrots and zucchini. I based the latter off of a recipe from Culinary in the Desert, but I added fish sauce for a tablespoon of the soy sauce called for in the rice. Very tasty and an excellent addition to the satay. The peanut sauce I messed up a tad, as I used too much natural peanut butter and it came out a little chalky, and the ginger-garlic flavor wasn't as pronounced as I would have liked. I'll tweak it next time. (I didn't take any pictures because I was tooo hungryyyyyy! After eating all the other food? I know... *hangs head in mock shame*)
On another note, I made a really good stew Saturday night with fennel, tarragon, some sort of red wine, beef cubes that I browned a bit first, fresh tomatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, some flour to thicken the sauce a little, and hot water. It came out very good and the biscuits I made were excellent. I ate three, one plain, one with the stew, one buttered with a sliced white peach and drizzled with honey.
I still feel like eating something...
You know how I said this is my running and fooding blog? Do you recall me having talked about running since then? I will tomorrow. Oh, the answer to those questions were yes and no. I'm also starting my walking-to-run training tomorrow. About time, I really miss running.
What wasn't mindless was dinner. I made chicken satay and sesame rice noodles with stir fried shredded carrots and zucchini. I based the latter off of a recipe from Culinary in the Desert, but I added fish sauce for a tablespoon of the soy sauce called for in the rice. Very tasty and an excellent addition to the satay. The peanut sauce I messed up a tad, as I used too much natural peanut butter and it came out a little chalky, and the ginger-garlic flavor wasn't as pronounced as I would have liked. I'll tweak it next time. (I didn't take any pictures because I was tooo hungryyyyyy! After eating all the other food? I know... *hangs head in mock shame*)
On another note, I made a really good stew Saturday night with fennel, tarragon, some sort of red wine, beef cubes that I browned a bit first, fresh tomatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, some flour to thicken the sauce a little, and hot water. It came out very good and the biscuits I made were excellent. I ate three, one plain, one with the stew, one buttered with a sliced white peach and drizzled with honey.
I still feel like eating something...
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