Posts Tagged by Green Monster
Typical weekend…or not.
| June 26, 2011 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
HEY!! Sorry I missed posting yesterday! I’ve had a CRAZY few days, and you’ll see why in a sec 
Hope you’ve all had an AMAZING weekend too!! I’ll try to catch up on all my emails and on all your amazing blogs soon!!
In many ways, I had a typical weekend.
Usual foods:
Cereal yoghurt mess with a (buried) PB spoon.
Quinoa salad, with kidney beans, romaine and spinach.
Banana with almond butter 
Greeeeeen Monster with PB.
Stuffed dates with PB and choc chips
Usual long run cycle.
I SHOULD be back to almost normal running this week yaaaaay!!
Usual Church Time. The walk to church is SUCH a beautiful one, especially in the sun today, and such peaceful alone-time.
AWESOME sermon about finding true happiness. I seriously loved every word of it!!
Usual Pancake Sunday obsession.
PB&J pancakes with banana and maple syrup. Such LOVE for Pancake Sunday!!
But in many ways, this was NOT my usual weekend. It definitely involved more (veganised!) pizza + brownies + cupcakes + sugar than usual!! 
Four parties. Three Days.
Lots of sun and pool time.
Lots of dressing up.
Lots of sunbathing.
Birthdays.
Cake.
30C weather and bad sunburn. (I’m in the corner looking disapproving! )
Girls just wanna have FUN. And we sure did
How was your weekend? Got any exciting plans for this week? Catch me up on your lives please!!
Do you get sunburnt easily? I’ve never actually been sunburnt. Being half Indian has it’s benefits
Random Q: What are you reading right now? ALMOST finished New Rules Of Lifting For Women (review to come!) and then I’m going to start The Hunger Games I think!
Hope you all have a GREAT week!! <3
What I Ate Wednesday
| April 13, 2011 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
Howdy friends!! Happy Hump Day! 
I’m doing it people.
I’ve been reading about this What I Ate Wednesday for the past few weeks on the amazing Lindsay’s blog, and this week, I’m gonna join the fun! Yesterday I asked your opinion on posting my eats for a whole day, after a number of requests, and y’all said DO IT! So I am! 
Breakfast:
Choc-PB Banana Bread in a Bowl. 1 cup Ultra-Bran cereal, 1 cup vanilla soy milk, 1 frozen banana, 2 tbsp PB, 1 tbsp cocoa powder and xanthan gum (to thicken), topped with more PB and cacoa nibs.
Morning snack:
A 9 Bar. Such love for these
Lunch:
Sweet tater, aduki beans in a tomato ‘cheeze’ sauce (just tomato sauce+nooch) and 2 mushrooms stuffed with spinach and more nooch. Followed by:
Soy yogurt topped with morello cherry spread.
I then made the first batch of raw vegan cookie dough truffles for Carrie, the (VERY generous!!) highest bidder for them in Katie’s vegan bakesale for Japan. I, of course, had to taste-test two of them. You know, to check they weren’t poisonous or anything… 
The chocolate chips also suffered heavy losses.
Afternoon snackage:
A green monster, and Marmite on crackers x 10000.
Freya was right- those CRACKers are like crack! 
Pre-workout:
Another microwave banana oat cake topped with PB (I have these pretty much daily!), and PB+apple on toast:
Oh, and you may have seen on my Dailymile but I did a 5 MINUTE RUN on grass with NO SHIN PAIN!! I went a bit faster than was advised because I got so excited (avg 6.24 min/mile) but it felt fine! Although it was on grass, and I know that on pavement it will be different, but still! Baby steps! My full workout today was an hour of Power Yoga + weights.
Post workout: The usual recovery stuff (chocolate milk+broccoli)
And I bonded a lot with my dried fruit and trail mix throughout the day…
It’s okay- washing my hair more regularly was last month’s goal…!
Dinner:
A BIG plate of WW pasta with tofu-cheeze-spinach sauce (a whole block of silken tofu blended, then combined with 4 tbsp nooch+spinach+spices in a saucepan over a low heat). So filling, and SO full of protein! The sauce alone has about 40g! BAM!
Dessert:
A PB+J stuffed Medjool date…AND my new fave…
Oh yes! Dark chocolate stuffed Medjool date!! Just melt some dark chocolate, put it in your date, and stick it in the fridge for a bit, and ENJOY!! Bliss
So I think I solved a number of ‘mysteries’ for you:
- How I managed to get through a whole bucket of PB in 2 weeks.
- Why I am constantly on a sugar high.
- Why my blog tagline is ‘Fuelled by chocolate’.
Hope y’all enjoyed seeing my eats today! Please note that I do NOT think my diet is perfect in any way (ahem…sugar intake! ), and I’m not suggesting you should eat the same way! What I DO think is that it is SO important for us to eat ENOUGH to fuel our bodies!! I have seen HUGE changes in myself performance-wise, physically and mentally since I started eating the right amount for me, and I really FEEL the difference! Personally, I have stopped reading food blogs that I know have a negative effect on me, as I don’t want to be influenced adversely, y’know? I am totally comfortable with how I eat now, and although sometimes I feel a bit weird for eating so much more than my friends, both volume and calorie wise, I just remind myself that I NEED it, and just roll with it! Phew, that topic is tough and so taboo!!
And I am SO SO excited about tomorrow!! It’s a surprise, which you can (hopefully!) read about in tomorrow’s post!
Share one thing you ate today! Make me jealous!!
What are your thoughts on this calorie intake/food blogger thing? I think that although it is obvious that some bloggers AREN’T eating enough, most food bloggers don’t post EVERYTHING, so I guess you don’t really see the whole picture. And everyone is different, so what is enough for one person will be too much/little for another…
What are you excited about for this week? I’m excited about my ‘surprise’ thing tomorrow and about this weekend…it’s gonna be a good’un!
Don’t forget, if you have any questions or anything, you can always leave it in the comment section, email me or ask me anonymously on Formspring.
Have a great week friends!
P.S. I REALLY recommend you read Jenny’s amazing post on self-love. LOVE YOURSELF friends! I love you too!!
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s masterpiece”
Missing things.
| April 12, 2011 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
HEY friends!! 
First up, you may notice things look a LITTLE different. That is because I accidentally changed my theme (clicked ‘activate’ instead of ‘preview’!) and no matter how many times I clicked the ‘back’ button, I couldn’t undo it! So I’ve decided to roll with it for now!
Okay, so while I was only away for four days, I feel like it was FOREVER and I missed SO MANY THINGS. Basically, I am a drama queen! 
I missed bananas. I didn’t have a SINGLE one in Germany! I normally have at least 2 a day in some form, and when I came home to this sight, I was ECSTATIC:
Ripe bananas!! Yaaaay!! They needed some Emma lovin’ of course.
They’d missed me too obviously! 
I missed my big bowls of oatmeal. One of my faves: Banana oatbran ‘pudding’ topped with granola, dried fruit and nuts:
Combine a small ripe sliced banana with 1/2 cup oatbran and 1 3/4 cups milk/water on the stovetop over a low heat, stirring occasionally until you get the thick, pudding-like texture (may take up to 15 mins, so you can go watch Friends for a bit, it’s okay). This is SO FILLING and full of protein and good stuff 
I missed Britain generally. Especially those good ol’ British trees…
Apparently I like hugging inanimate objects…perfectly normal.
I missed peanut butter. I had planned to take a small jar with me, but forgot it!! Made up for it as soon as I got back though…
A NEW BUCKET!! I’m shooting for a sub 2-week finish this time…BRING IT ON!!
I missed my sweat sessions. The hotel workout was preeetty good, but nothing beats an intense cross-training sesh! I broke out my new shorts…
LOVE these bad boys (and all my twinnies who have the same ones, like you Jess!!) You can read about my workout on the Dailymile widget on the right. Yes, I gave in to peer pressure and finally got a Dailymile account. I am ADDICTED already!
Refuellage was a strawberry milk straight after (although I’m gonna stick with the choc milk normally- better carb:protein ratio)…
…and a microwave banana oat cake topped with PB:
x2. I made a sandwich of them. It was AMAAZING!
I missed Green Monsters:
Part 3 of workout refuel! So much good stuff in one bowl!!
I missed proper meals:
Lentil stew and brown rice. Now THAT is a meal, not 1000 vegan chocolate cookies, tasty as they are!
One thing I have been missing, and big time, is RUNNING (I’ll do a post on this soon). But today, I got to run for FIVE WHOLE MINUTES!! 
Shin pain only 1/10. I loved every second.
BUT I also realised something yesterday on my 3 minute grass run.
RUNNING ISN’T EVERYTHING.
I can’t believe I just wrote that, but it’s true! I LOVE running, and I it’s definitely a part of me, but times like this really make you thankful for everything else, and realise how much MORE there is to life.
What I’m saying is just ENJOY life people! Don’t get too caught up on one thing, but look at the bigger picture. There is SO MUCH in life to be enjoyed, from goofing around with friends…
…to just having some ‘me-time’ in the sun wind.
The beautiful Dorry did a GREAT post about being ‘present’ today, and after reading that, I headed out on my walk. I loved every second, and spent the time praying, thinking, and just chilling in the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 “I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.”
What are some things you are missing/have missed? I definitely miss running big-time, but am slowly making a comeback, and WILL be loving every moment of both running and not running.
What do you do to in your ‘me-time’? Anything I love, from baking to volunteering to doing some yoga, I just have to ENJOY it!
Random question: Would you be interested in a post of EVERYTHING I eat in a day? I’ve had a LOT of requests for this, but I’m unsure…would it cause too much comparison? Would it be helpful/interesting/boring, what do you think? Personally, I find it depends on the post. Some people’s eats ALWAYS have a positive effect on me (like Katie’s!), and inspire me to eat better, and some have a negative effect. But I DON’T want to post anything that will have a negative effect on anyone…so thoughts?
Now go and have some ‘me-time’ and ENJOY it!! Love you friends and have a great day!!
P.S. What are your thoughts on the new blog look and Intense Debate commenting system I use? I’m on the fence about the new blog look- I need a new header for sure!! And the commenting system seems to be giving some people problems…so honest thoughts would be welcome!! You can always Formspring me with questions or comments if you want to be anonymous. Thanks friends!!
Socca Pizza and getting out of The Dark Ages
| February 12, 2011 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
Howdy friends! 
I am SO happy!! I just bought something super exciting…you’ll see later in the post!!
ujydf
I started my morning in the best way- a run! Fuelled by my usual pre-run brekkie:
PB on toast topped with a sliced nanna
‘Easy’ run: 4 miles avg pace 7.59 min/mile + 5 hill sprints. So the hill sprints weren’t actually part of the plan, but I saw My Hill…
…and couldn’t resist! 
Post-run, I had an amazing GM to refuel…
…topped with coconut butter and this cereal that a lovely friend gave me:
So delicious! Adding coconut butter to the mix and topping it with it was AMAZING!!
Oh, by the way, reader request for a Green Monster 101 post coming up soon! 
htrs
So I have an awesome recipe for you lucky people today!! It was time to try out socca pizza for ma dinner! Ever since I made socca for the first time last week, I wanted to try this. And the results were DELISH!
Socca Pizza
(serves 1 hungry person)
- 1 cup gram (garbanzo bean) flour
- 1 1/4 cups water, or 1/2 cup milk+3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast (optional)
- Basil and rosemary for seasoning (optional)
- Preheat oven to 200C/390F. Grease WELL a pizza pan (I used a pie plate)
- Mix together all ingredients and pour into pan.
- Bake for 35-40 mins until golden brown.
- Get friendly with your toppings and ENJOY!!
gtst
Pre-toppings:
Okay, so I made the rookie mistake of not greasing my pie plate, so I couldn’t get out my pizza! Ooops! 
I ate it straight outta the pie plate instead!
Topped with tomato paste, vegan cheese, peppers and sliced cherry toms:
SO yummy, and tasted just like pizza, only better! Much healthier too- full of protein! Pizza cravings=satisfied
hflr
Okay, so my big excitement of the day week month year so far?
Yeah, this is what happens when my momma gets behind the camera...she's not quite so good with technology! 
A FOOD PROCESSOR+LIQUIDISER!!
Okay, so previously had been living in The Dark Ages, with a 100 year old blender that barely worked…and being on a student budget meant I couldn’t afford it before. BUT pay from a gig I did a while back came through today and I splurged!
Only thing is…
WHAT on earth does all THAT mean?! I hate instruction manuals…but I LOVE my new processor!! So preeeety…
So if I ever figure out how to turn it on, you’ll see some awesome stuff on here soon! I have billions of recipes and ideas lined up already!!
htrs
Tomorrow, I have such a busy day!! I’m hoping I’ll be able to get to the gym before church too…but I’ve never been good at getting up at 6am…we’ll see how that works out tomorrow!
gtrfd
Have you tried socca yet? If you haven’t, you MUST rectify it SOON because it’s not only DELICIOUS but super GOOD for ya! Socca pizza is possibly one of my favourite meals EVER!!
rfge
What was the last exciting purchase you made? TOTALLY this food processor for me!! Also the packet of chocolate chips I bought today was a source of great excitement too 
jkuyf
And do you find it easy to get up really early for workouts? The problem for me is that I get to bed so late, so getting up before 7am means too little sleep!! But I love morning workouts when I can get them in- nothing better than a sweaty morning sesh! 
tgs
Enjoy the rest of your weekend lovelies!!
I’m not ashamed to admit…
| January 11, 2011 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
Firstly, a huge congratulations to one of my blogging inspirations Tina @ Faith, Fitness, Fun who gave birth to baby Braedon last night, AND blogged about it! Love this girl, and her baby is beautiful! I want him!!
This morning’s sweat fest was truly awesome. Seriously. I had a great spin class, (although the music wasn’t as good today) with an amazing instructor, who had already taught BodyPump and Aerobics by that point! And still fresh as a daisy…sickening really! 
I followed this up with 35 mins on the elliptical whilst reading Runner’s World to pass the time.
Sadly, a big feature (see here for the discussion on this topic) in Runner’s World today…
49 greatest weight-loss tips.
Other than that though, it has some very useful stuff, including the Ultimate Race Guide 2011!
It featured quite a few of the races I’m looking at doing this year. However, I’ve decided to limit the number that I would otherwise do, because entry fees aren’t cheap! This is my definite race though (other than the trial in March):
The Royal Parks half! It’s supposed to be a good one, is close to me, and is a mostly flat course so a speedy time potential! 
It’s very popular though, so I’ll have to sign up fast when it opens!!
Today at lunchtime my head+stomach were telling me “Green Monster, Green Monster, GREEN MONSTER!!”. So of course, I gladly obliged.
It had been way too long. Today’s GM: 3 handfuls spinach, 1 big banana, 1 cup milk, cereal, ice, protein powder, xanthan gum and soya yoghurt, topped with some Wild Berry granola that made up yesterday’s haul. 
This stuff is so so good! Granola is my love…
I am not ashamed to admit that later I dove straight back into that packet and munched away happily until I was satisfied.
I am not ashamed to admit that I am a cookie dough monster, and that this is my refuel food of choice.
I am not ashamed to admit that I do have baking failures, especially with my tendency for blindness that lead to adding a ton more agave nectar than the recipe called for, and ending up with chocolate chip scuffins rather than cookies.
Tasted darn good anyway!
I am not ashamed to admit that I now keep a spoon by this jar for emergencies:
Make me feel better by telling me one thing you’re not ashamed of. And are you signing up for any races this year? If so, do you have any specific ones/distances in mind? I’m definitely doing that half, as well as the 5k trial in March, and there are tons of other possibles on my list! Exciting times!
Hope you are having great week! 
Many, many…
| December 27, 2010 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
So Boxing Day recap! After over-indulging (big-time!) on Christmas Day, I was really craving a big Green Monster detox the next morning!
Much better! 
Then it was time to test out the Garmin! 
Was also super-psyched because this was my first attempted outdoor run in ages! The snow has basically gone, but in its place…
Ice! Our pavements are just one long skating rink! So I ended up just doing two miles, and averaging a 8.24 min/mile pace. But the great news…I got a new mile PB! By a long way! (Previous: 8.15min/mile according to Nike+ iPod app). First mile (mostly ice free) was 7.45 min/mile! And I wasn’t even trying to go fast! I think my Nike+ iPod app that I used before may have been inaccurate!
And check out the max speed! 6.22 min/mile! When did that happen?! Anyway, the second mile was a lot slower because of the ice, and I decided then to cut my run short and play it safe (was going to do 5 miles). I’ve looked around and I think I’ve found a less icy route, so I’m going to try that out ASAP! 
And I can’t wait to see what speed I can do when it isn’t icy!!
Over the last few days, many meals have been had at family’s houses, buffet style (and y’all know how I’m the Buffet Monster!)… 
…many games have been played…
…many times I have been told off for taking unflattering photos of people…
…and many, many snacks have been consumed…
Thankfully, I managed to get in a quick 50 minute elliptical/cross-trainer workout at the gym this morning (which was so so busy!) before hitting the buffets! In the interests of full disclosure, I may have had four slices of Polish cake…
…as well as many of the Christmas biscuits above! 
But right now, I am pooped, like my doggy here!
Tomorrow, I’m hitting the sales! Especially hoping to get some cheap running shoes, for when I need them in a few months time!
So have you hit the sales yet? And how do you view Christmas (over)indulgence? To be honest, I’m not bothered really! I stay active over the Christmas period anyway, and regardless a bit of weight gain doesn’t bother me. I think that as long as you stay healthy most of the time, it doesn’t matter. It actually annoys me when I see tons of articles about how to avoid it, because on average, people only gain one pound, and most lose that in the following weeks/months. But what do you think?
“Colds are bums”
| December 12, 2010 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
What can I say, I have regressed to my childish self! This was a common phrase I used when I was younger- everything bad was “a bum”. Well this cold really is! So I decided to give myself a head start in my recovery with my breakfast- a Recovery Green Monster:
Well, this was actually just a regular GM topped with Grape Nuts, but GM’s are chock full of vitamins, iron and all sorts of other good stuff, so bring on the quick recovery! 
And what is the second best way to cure colds after Green Monsters? Retail therapy of course! 
This is the Bluewater shopping centre- the second largest in the UK! I love it
I decided to look around the book store first, as one of the Christmas presents I opened last week was a gift card for Waterstones. I came across ‘The Kind Diet’…
…and basically spent half an hour reading it in store! I’m pretty sure this isn’t allowed, but it seemed quite good! I also seriously contemplated buying this book:
It seemed really good- tons of good recipes and every one had pictures! I love recipe books with pictures!
Other buys included some running gloves (I had a £5 Sweatshop voucher I had to use by today, and so they came to £3!) and two lots of dark chocolate:
I also saw the movie ‘Unstoppable’, which was really good! So exciting the whole way through! I may have consumed a fair amount of dark chocolate whilst watching…! 
I bought lunch from a cafe- I had organic tomato and basil soup, with brown bread.
I had this light lunch at about 4pm, because I have spent the whole day snacking! Eats included about a thousand servings of my (addictive!) favourite granola:
A Trek bar:
Rice cakes topped with Marmite and PB:
Almonds:
And a ton of other unpictured things! It’s just one of those days…
Because of all the snacking, dinner was light too, and was good old beans on toast (my homemade bread!):
Followed by soya yoghurt and a huge blob strawberry jam:
I then proceeded to finish off the jam by eating it straight from the jar! I do love jam! 
As soon as I got back, some serious present wrapping ensued!
My group of close friends and I do a ‘Secret Santa’ every year, which is great because it saves you money, is more fun, and you get a better present that you actually want! This is for my Secret Santa:
It’s a CD and a book that she requested, so I know she’ll love it! I can’t wait to see what I get! 
So tell me, what are the best movies you’ve seen recently? Unstoppable makes my list, as does HP7 obviously! And what are your favourite snacks?
Hope you’ve had a great weekend!
Christmas traditions
| December 2, 2010 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
Absolute madness. Last night we had more snow than we’ve had the last two days put together. There was 20 inches of it outside my front door! And it kept snowing throughout most of the day! We tried to take my dog (a Miniature Schnauzer) out for a walk, and he almost drowned on numerous occasions! We had to give up in the end and carry him home! 
CRAZY! So it was another stay-at-home day, which I’m not complaining about! 
I used a lot of this this morning:
Deep Heat rub. It numbs muscle aches and pains, and I really needed it today, as I was very achey! I’d never used this before, but it’s really weird! Your muscles feel uncomfortably warm, but did stop me feeling the aches.
To give my aching body a booster for recovery, I had a breakfast Green Monster, with these two:
I love this granola. I know I rave about it every day, but it is great! In the mix: 3/4 cup coconut milk, 2 handfuls spinach, 1 banana, 1 scoop protein powder, 3 ice cubes, 1/2 tsp xanthan gum, a couple of handfuls of granola and some cinnamon. Topped with….more granola of course! 
My favourite GM to date I think! 
Lunch was my current favourite: peanut butter sandwich!
And I also had PB on toast as part of my afternoon snackage! I’ve actually almost finished my jar of peanut butter, and that’s only been open just over a week!
After my boring lunch, I did some baking, but I didn’t get a chance to photograph the finished product before the light went, so I’ll post about it tomorrow once I’ve snapped some shots of it (and tasted it! ). I’ll give you a hint as to what is was though: it involved LOTS of my favourite spice!
Dinner was slightly more interesting! I made a vegan potato pie with soya mince. And it had this in it:
That, my friends, is a purple potato. I’d never heard of these before, but is that just me being naive…? As soon as I saw them yesterday, I had to buy them! 
I boiled a mix of purple and white potatoes, fried the mince with some chopped red onion and garlic, and then layered in a dish like so:
Kept layering (mince on the bottom, more potatoes and more chopped onion on top)
Then poured some vegan-friendly gravy (made from Bisto Onion Gravy Granules) over the dish, and baked for 50 minutes. Lovely, and so warming! Perfect for this weather!
Dessert was some dark chocolate with cocoa nibs from Whole Foods:
Then our family started on the games. We have a tradition of playing lots of games (especially board games) at Christmas. Our American family come over from New York on Christmas Eve every year and stay with us for a week, and we play endless games! We are a very competitive family! Today led us gradually into our game-playing season, with a few card games:
We played Cheat, Go Fish, and Chase the Ace, and I even won a game!
Do you have any Christmas family traditions? Or just any personal Xmas traditions? Every year I make gingerbread cookies, cut them into Christmasy shapes and then decorate and hang on the tree. And somehow they all magically disappear before Christmas Day arrives!
Hope you’ve had a great day!
Pressures from the blog world…?
| November 29, 2010 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Discussions |
That is a beautiful sight, no? A breakfast Green Monster with plenty of cereal blended in and topped with Grape Nuts. Lovely, but I missed the warmth of oatmeal a bit actually, seeing as it was actually snowing (very lightly) where I live this morning! Do warm Green Monsters exist by any chance? 
Mid-morning snack was soya yoghurt with granola:
I seriously can’t get enough of this Bodymatter granola! 
In the evening, I went to my first ever BodyPump class!
Man alive this definitely works your muscles! My arms especially are seriously aching right now! It was tough, but I really enjoyed it, and will be back for more next week! 
As I used up the last of my oat milk in this morning’s GM, I popped into Tesco’s to buy more, and continue my quest to find my favourite non-dairy/soya milk. Today was the turn of:
Coconut milk! I’m going to try this tomorrow morning Still left to try: almond, rice, and any others I come across! It’ll be difficult to beat oat milk, as I love that!
On that non-dairy note, I just thought I’d talk about pressures from the (healthy living) blog community. Yesterday I got an email from a reader saying that she thought the blog world was starting to feel pressurised, and wanted to know what were my thoughts on that. She mentioned the pressures of vegetarianism/veganism, comparisons and running.
As far as vegetarianism/veganism is concerned, I do see her point about pressure. It seems as though most healthy living bloggers are either vegetarian or vegan, for whatever reason (myself included!). Although I’m not a vegan, I do try to eat a mainly vegan diet, but have done so since pre-blogging days because of animal welfare reasons. I have to admit though, I have even felt ashamed once of posting a meal that contained cheese, because I felt that vegan bloggers would look down on me because my meal contained a dairy product. Was this an irrational and silly thought? Probably! And none of the blogs I’ve read have been disparaging to omnivorous diets, but what do you think? Do you feel pressured to become vegetarian/vegan if you aren’t already? Have blogs caused you to change your diet?
Comparisons are something we all do, even just unconsciously when reading other people’s blogs. I’ve noticed I especially do that as far as running is concerned. For example, reading that someone has just done a 20 mile run, or run 7.00 min/miles on an ‘easy’ run can make you feel less ‘worthy’, after running a slower 4 miler, and I know I’ve often felt this way. I just try to remember that we are all different, and that what is within one person’s capabilities isn’t necessarily within mine, but my achievements are just as great. I also have felt guilty over the fact I don’t work out every day, when some people do, but again, I have to remind myself that this doesn’t work for me- my body needs rest days, whereas other people might be fine with it.
So thoughts on this topic? How would you respond to this reader’s question?
A Bittersweet Thanksgiving
| November 25, 2010 | Posted by Sweet Tooth Runner under Uncategorized |
Hey everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving for those of you who are celebrating it today! 
Sorry I didn’t post yesterday- I got back late from a concert, so I took a packed dinner:
Wholewheat noodles in soy sauce, with tofu and courgette (zucchini), which made a great, filling dinner that took less than 10 minutes to throw together!
And when I got back later, I snacked on an apple and cinnamon yoghurt mess:
Apple and cinnamon complemented this season perfectly! Thanks for all your comments on Tuesday’s post by the way- it seems as though the majority agree with me in thinking that autumn/fall is the best food season!
Breakfast today was pumpkin oatmeal with the last remainders of my open can of pumpkin. I have many more cans, but am trying not to go through them too fast as I am very miserly (they aren’t cheap!), so sadly it may be a while before it returns! 
Well actually, it probably won’t be that long- self control was never one of my strong points! 
That miniscule blob was all that was left in the tin! Still made it lovely and pumpkiny though! 
All stirred in and topped with a crumbled pumpkin cookie:
Today sadly was my uncle Raj’s funeral. If you didn’t know, my fit+healthy uncle Raj died suddenly of a heart attack two weeks ago aged just 48. The funeral was very sad, but it was great talking to everyone at the reception and hearing all their funny stories about him! He was such a joker! The funeral programme:
He shared my love of running, and was actually running when he had his first heart attack a few days before the second one that killed him. He also shared my love of food, so they made sure that the funeral reception had lots of his favourite foods. The buffet included these cute mini quiches:
And these cupcakes:
I had a ton of savoury food (quiches galore!), so by the time they brought out the cupcakes, I was too stuffed to eat them! But my brother made up for me by eaing three, and I did enjoy quite a bit of my delicious pumpkin gingerbread a few hours later when I got back home!
Also, this was waiting for me when I got home:
A package! And y’all know how much I love packages! 
I knew it would be my protein powder that I <
a href="http://sweetoothrunner.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/protein-time/">ordered a few days ago before I opened it, but I was in for a bit of a surprise!
Soya protein? I thought I ordered pea protein?
Nope, looks as though I accidently ordered soya protein instead! As I had had some stomach issues with soya milk, I had decided to go for the pea protein, but as I can’t really be bothered to send it back and get the right one, I think I’ll just try this and see how I feel! So it called for a quick Protein Green Monster:
Oat milk, pear, spinach, xanthan gum, cinnamon and protein powder, all blended:
Wasn’t quite sweet enough for me- had to add some agave. The stomach’s feeling fine at the moment, but we’ll see later! Hopefully there’ll be no problem
So what are you thankful for today? I’m thankful that Raj’s life was one filled with happiness and joy, and that his wife and children know how very much he loved them. Better to live a short but happy life than a long and unfulfilling one, right?
“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.” <—— So make sure you do!
