When Courtenay at Running with Perseverance asked for mango recipes, I knew I had to dwell in to some of my favorite Indian ones. While it might be a tad exotic for my US friends, I grew up loving the sweetness and the savory of mango with Indian flavours. We had a mango tree in our backyard which mum used for raw mango recipes. As kids, we were very disappointed that we couldn’t eat these mangoes (well you could, but I had…
I mentioned in my last post about jumping on Lorraine at Run Wifey Run’s #DoBetter project and borrowing her idea to keep a photo food journal. I didn’t take pictures of anything last week, so I decided to use stock internet photos to just give me an idea of what I ate. Most of this is from my sporadic My Fitness Pal entries and memory. Last Week (Stock Photos), Missing some food and missing weekend – All still under my…
I’ve been very proud of my weight loss and running goals. And the past few weeks has been amazing and made me feel even more proud. I was featured on #runchat and on Another Mother Runner: Follow this Mother . People who have known me from ages ago have commented on how much I’ve changed – not just my size, but also my outlook towards exercise and having fun! I’m very proud, so very proud. But … in the short term I’ve…
Who goes to a pub and asks for chocolate milk (which I’m surprised they even had in the first place!)? A runner who has just finished a good session of intervals and doesn’t drink beer a.k.a The FauxRunner. That’s who. Ironically – the fastest runner in our group, and the slowest runner, me, asked for chocolate milk instead of beer. Wish sharing a common recovery fuel made me atleast half as fast as him! What is your favorite recovery drink?…
For the first time in over 6 years, I met with a nutritionist. One who was recommended by a lot of Get Fit athletes. Why did I decide to get an expensive consult when my food/weight isn’t really that out of control? That was the key. I didn’t want to be just getting alongI knew there was something amiss, but with things overwhelming me so much lately I hadn’t been able to make any positive changes from my knowledge. I needed…
Yesterday at Whole Foods, wanting to cleanse my body of the crap I’ve been eating recently – I picked up a pomegranate (among other fruits and vegetables). At $2.99 each, it was the most expensive item in my basket! This fruit brought back memories of my dad peeling it for my mum while my mum was doing the dishes and cleaning up. Once she was done, we’d all eat it together (I suspect my dad would skip out though.. lol). Although…
Remember my post about feeling all guilty about missing a favorite festival?When the next one came around (a short 2 weeks later), I decided to do as much as I could. The traditional prayers, and of course, the traditional food that goes with the festival. A sweet, and a fried snack. And I ate almost everything I made a little. Then I had a birthday. There was a cake. And for some reason, I did not have proper food at…