I am a seasonal eater. Winter means soups and chilis to me, summer means salads and banana soft serve. And cherries, and melons, and bananas year round, but in the summer, those bananas are often being turned into banana soft serve. So here are some of my stock summer snacks for today's Friday Five from Cynthia … Continue reading 5 Favorite Summer Snacks
Healthy Living
5 Ways I Shake Up Fitness in the Summer
I am active year round, but I won't lie, it just seems easier to be more active in the summer: longer days, warmer days, lighter clothes. Sometimes during the winter it just seems so hard to be changing into and out of fitness clothes, and as much as I love my fitness clothes, they just … Continue reading 5 Ways I Shake Up Fitness in the Summer
5 Favorites from SSS (Summer Sweat Series)
Summer is the time where everything just kind of hangs out -- even all the jiggly bits we wish wouldn't hang out. It also happens to coincide with my mini off season. Generally at the end of the year I take an off season, where I still run, but there are no hill repeats, few … Continue reading 5 Favorites from SSS (Summer Sweat Series)
5 Ways to Enjoy Oatmeal
Mr. Judy used to think he didn't like oatmeal. Until I introduced him to the ways I eat oatmeal. I'm not sure he's really a fan, but he eats what I give him without complaint. Occasionally we have actual oatmeal, but more often oatmeal appears in different forms in our house. I might actually have … Continue reading 5 Ways to Enjoy Oatmeal
So what IS a healthy lifestyle?: TOLT
After my little "episode" with my Freihofers chocolate chip cookies (you can read more about it here), I'm Thinking Out Loud about healthy lifestyles, all or nothing thinking, and balance. A healthy lifestyle How people love to hate the phrase above. And I am not sure I have yet achieved a healthy lifestyle, despite Mr. Judy once wondering … Continue reading So what IS a healthy lifestyle?: TOLT
5 Race Mug Criteria
When it comes to mugs, I have my standards. I'm trying to collect a mug from every state, in addition to running a race in ever state. Actually, I collect mugs from almost every where I travel -- I have one from Montreal, from Paris, from Prague, from Dresden. I've missed a few countries and … Continue reading 5 Race Mug Criteria
5 Favorite Foods from Race Week
Darlene thinks I always eat healthy and never induge. Ha! She's actually seen me in action on some pretty unhealthy food after long runs. I think that long long runs are at an end for a while (although I am not sure yet), and that means I have to reign it in and eat a … Continue reading 5 Favorite Foods from Race Week
5 Favorite Pre-Race/LSD Meals
One of the best things about running a long race? I can eat! I can eat things that I can't eat all that often! You do have to be careful, though -- try to get your carb loading in by just increasing the percentage of carbs you eat in the days leading up to your … Continue reading 5 Favorite Pre-Race/LSD Meals
5 Reasons it was Good to Be Sick
Let's clarify that: why it was good to be sick before my half. I know being sick doesn't sound like a good thing, but you'd be surprised -- sometimes it just might be a blessing in disguise. Although it's always better to be healthy! I actually had a completely different post about 75% done, but … Continue reading 5 Reasons it was Good to Be Sick
5 Tips to start training your dog (or cat!)
Did you know that you can train just about any animal? Yes, you can train cats. Or your kids. Or your husband. Or yourself! It's free Friday from Cynthia from You Signed Up for What?, Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC, and Mar from Mar on the Run and the Friday Five this week, and I'm going a little … Continue reading 5 Tips to start training your dog (or cat!)
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