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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites (Made with Chickpeas)
Living in a household where all three people are dieting is totally awesome, until all of you crave something not on a diet plan. Then it’s like a series of dominos; when one falls, the others follow....
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On Pins And Needles | Acupuncture
Last week, in a last-ditch effort to use up my chiropractor/acupuncture insurance before it ran out, I went to see an acupuncturist. I’d been in the past, but only for one session and I didn’t go back...
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Better Than P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps
Photo From Kalyn’s Kitchen I was over at my friend’s house last weekend, and she made me these delicious lettuce wraps. I’m not really allowed to have turkey, but I have been sneaking at least one...
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One Pot Meal – Tomato Basil Pasta Recipe
Since I’m on this “I’m Martha Stewart” (minus the millions, the mugshot and the ability to do anything really domestic) kick, I figured I’d post the recipe to last night’s really yummy, easy and...
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Watch Out, Martha.
I made another homemade meal the other night. I’m on a roll. (I did try my hand at ironing. It didn’t work out so well. I learned that you shouldn’t grab the iron by the flat part cause it’s a tad bit...
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Letting Myself Go
I’ve been so busy the last six weeks, I’ve basically gone one of two spectrums in regards to eating. Either I don’t eat at all or I’m eating whatever my little fat kid heart desires. Oh, and I’ve...
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Eureka! I Have Finally Found a Delicious Healthy Mint Chocolate Chip Ice...
I’ll admit. My Achilles heel is sugar. I love vegetables and fruit, hate milk, and can limit my meat intake, but sugar…I just can’t quit you. I became a vegetarian a few years back for health reasons...
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I just turned 38 a few weeks ago, and though it may be cliche, time seems to be racing by. It seemed like it was just yesterday that the ball dropped in Times Square for New Year’s Eve 2001, and now we...
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On Becoming An Herbivore
I’ve learned to love my green smoothies — not for the taste but for the way it makes me feel :) I have a confession to make. These last few weeks, I have failed as an herbivore. It started Super Bowl...
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Running After Divorce, Running From Life
This weekend, I finished my third half marathon in my hometown race, the Surf City Half Marathon. 17 months ago, I hadn’t run farther than one full mile, and that was more than 20 years ago. I was not...
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Why Does No One Talk About Perimenopause?
For my gentlemen blog readers, I apologize for the TMI post today. But don’t stop reading. If you have a lady in your life, and she’s around the mid-late thirties range, you might want to read this, so...
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Who Run The World? Girls. [Running Tips For Beginners]
As I write this, I just started training for my second half-marathon – my first destination race – the Marine Corps Marathon in Virginia. From a girl who hated to run only 18 months ago to a girl who...
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5 Things Running 1000+ Miles Has Taught Me About Life
The wind on my face, sweat pouring down my brow, my legs carrying me mile after mile, the burning in my lungs, the constant mental struggle…running, I hate every part of it. As I write this, I just...
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40 By 40: Three Things I Learned While Running My First Spartan Race
There’s still mud in my hair, I’m shuffling around like I just ran a marathon and I’m currently hen pecking the keys to type this post because my hand is a gooey mess of blistered, open skin and...
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It’s Okay To Be A Quitter
Today, I quit. I had a 20-mile long run scheduled for my next race – the Surf City Marathon – and after the first mile, I knew that there was no way I was going to be able to run for 19 more miles....
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This Sh*t Is Bananas: Running My First Marathon
I originally I wrote this post for fitted magazine, and later adapted and delivered it for a recent Toastmaster’s speech. In light of my third marathon coming up in a little over a week, I re-adapted...
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Ragnar SoCal 2017 Recap: Running On Empty
“Never again, never again, never again, never again…” I chanted to myself at 2:00 am as I struggled to catch my breath in the cold night air, hopping over sidewalk bumps and trying my best to ignore...
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What Went Wrong At My First Boston Marathon Qualifying Attempt | Mountains 2...
Olympic runner Kara Goucher once said, “Nothing in my life has ever broken my heart the way running has. And yet I cannot breathe without it.” I thought about this quote as I sobbed loudly through mile...
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Bacon, Butter In My Tea, and Fat Bombs (My Ketogenic Diet Experience)
Apparently, the only time I’m able to muster enough motivation and energy to write is in the middle of the night when the Universe has jarred me awake in some unpleasant manner. And while I’d rather be...
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5 Important Things You Must Do To Gain Self-Respect
I’m finally at a point in my life where I feel like I truly respect myself. It only took 40 years. For much of my adult life, I thought I respected myself. I thought that I was okay with who I was,...
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