A day (or two or three) in the life of...

We gave Izzy Raspberries w/her breakfast. She ran around w/them on her fingers. Coolest girl in the world. Hands (w/raspberries on fingertips) down. Cowboy and I are having an adult hookie day. These days are the best ever. Happy.

Well, it turns out I had nothing to fear. I ran the 10 miler on Sunday and beat my goal pace time. It's not like it was a super fast pace but for me it was really good for a long distance run. And I went back to compare my time from this year to my time when I ran in 2006 and I shaved off a few seconds off my pace as well. Hurrah! It was perfect weather and a perfect opportunity for me to just run and do some good reflecting on life. I swear I could figure out the answer to world peace while running. I feel like I can think through and solve any problems of mine when I run. We are now on day three of our cleanse and I definitely miss the foods that I'm not supposed to eat. On the bright side Izzy is enjoying our meals. We're having a lot of vegetables, fruit, whole grains, water, teas and nuts and seeds. I'm really hoping this helps shed a couple pounds along the way as well as helping us revisit our diet and introduce foods back in that are good for us. This really i...

I miss my rituals. My morning coffee, my evening wine, snacking while watching DVR'ed shows. Habits are tough to break.  Because mornings are so very go-go-go in getting the Nuggets dressed, fed and out the door, I love coming back home to start my day with a fresh pot of coffee (my limit is always 2 cups and I'm totally happy) and my breakfast. Since I'm not doing coffee, I need to consciously switch it out w/tea or something of that sort. My breakfasts are now a nice little ritual of making my oatmeal. Everyday, I measure out the oats, almond milk, cut up half the banana into the little pot, put the dash of nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla extract and have that simmering and filling the downstairs w/a cozy aroma. But I miss coffee. In the evenings, from 5:30-8, it's the routine of getting the kiddos fed, play, bath, pajamas, read books, nigh-nigh and then melt onto the couch. By the time I can just 'be', I'm beat and I want my evening wine. I've now...

I'm feeling pretty optimistic about April with March having been my rev up month. Now that my workouts are on more of a routine and my diet has been improving, it's time to kick it into high gear with this cleanse. This is prep week so it's time to wean off of coffee, refined sugars, processed foods and alcohol. So far so good. Yesterday I did an 8 mile run in preparation for Sunday's Cherry Blossom 10 miler. I didn't want to die so I guess that's good. I guess I figured after Friday's 7 mile run, 8 miles shouldn't be too bad but apparently my body was more tired yesterday than it was Friday. I definitely haven't trained as properly for this race as I have in the past but, should'a could'a wouldn'a... didn't. So I gotta just show up, get my commemorative tee shirt and run. Besides the running and other cardio I've also been incorporating more resistance work into my workouts and it feels awesome to have muscle mass build up in m...