Live from the ice pack

Though I probably also could have titled this post: How to double your size in five days or less. On a positive note, though, it is a (thankfully!) rare experience for me to be physically unable to engage in vigorous excerise, and I might as well enjoy the expansion by continuing to eat as I [...]

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The heat is on

Wow, sleeping until 6 is such a luxury! I hope I don’t get too used to it Heat story #1: I woke up and sat on a heating pad for 10 minutes. Then, I tied the heating pad to the top of my right thigh with a belt and dove into Gentle Hatha Yoga #1. [...]

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Scrump-dip-liumptious

Woohoo, the Bob’s Red Mill giveaway is off to a great start! Keep those entries coming! In other exciting news, I am back safe and sound from the doctor. While waiting to go in for my appointment, I took this beauty out of the candy jar: The outside was a white mint candy, and the [...]

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Southern comfort and a GIVEAWAY!!

Before you find about about the giveaway, of course, you get to hear about the yummy lunch I cooked heated. This lunch was inspired by the south because (1) I wish the weather here were warmer, (2) I love country music and that’s something southern, too, and (3) I’m temporarily (I hope) an invalid and [...]

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Goldilocks (or Rosylocks?)

Well, I got up this morning at 6:30 with every intention of going to work, but things did not work so well movement-wise when I got out of bed … so back to sitting on the ice pack it is. Better safe than sorry! Breakfast was installment number one of the whole grain and bean [...]

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Gratitude

I have so many thank yous to give today! First, thank you all for your support and advice regarding yesterday’s injury. I feel much better after reading about your advice and experiences with similar situations! Second, a huuuuuge thank you to Mara who very generously offered her time and serious photoshop skills to help me [...]

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A wrench …

… has been thrown into my plans. But just so that you don’t get too bored too fast by too many words, here’s another mini Tale of Expansion from my coworker Nitza, who had the honor of experiencing an authentic homemade Ethiopian feast at a friend’s home a couple weeks ago. OK, it’s not so [...]

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A club, a review, and a trash can

Ohhhh dear, it’s going to be another one of those still-full-from-yesterday days… On the way to the book club last night, I tested a piece of organic sugar-on-the-go from the package I received yesterday: Who knew Neman’s made breath mints? I certainly did not. Anyway, as far as cinna-mints go, it tasted like a cinna-mint. [...]

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La bomba

OK, confession time: I was prematurely harsh in my comments about this afternoon’s pizza and “staff development” event! I should have known that my perfect internship would not let me down But first things first. The second I arrived at my desk, Beryl popped over with the last bite of her coconut rum cake (she [...]

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Frosted Friday

I had a snacktastic breakfast this morning: But gym before breakfast. I did 15 minutes on the bike followed by 30 on the elliptical (again, trying to go easy on the old knees). Stats: 1 hour and 10 minutes, 397 calories, 123 average heart rate, 171 max. I know that strength has been conspicuously absent [...]

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