In the beginning… Several years ago, I started a self directed goal of taking better care of my body–through fitness, better nutrition, skincare, the works. And I dubbed it Operation Goddess In Training because the idea was to treat myself like the goddess I know I can be (this would be before the term for […]
Recipe Indexing I love cookbooks. And cooking magazines. And food blogs. Which all stems from the fact that I love food. I have this habit of getting new ones, going through and sticky tabbing the recipes I want to try, but I’m terrible about not checking them when making my weekly menus and shopping list. This is […]
Yoga is something I got into back in college. Life back then (when I had that miraculous thing called FREE TIME) meant taekwondo three days a week, weights, running, and yoga twice a week with Gigi (oh how I adored Gigi–who, despite being blonde, was not the perky cheerleader type her name suggested). That was […]
I have…nothing to actually report on this progress report. The last day I wrote was Sunday. I’m up to the 2 scene midpoint of this novella, and I’ve dropped everything to help a close friend who is going through some major life upheaval. This would be that life stuff I’m always preaching about. Meanwhile, on […]
Sunday I finished my first full week back at a gym. The last time I did the formalized gym experience was way back in grad school ten years ago (holy crap). I’ve got a lot of gear at home and a nice little set up in one of our spare rooms (one of those reasons why […]
It’s the last day of February and I find myself wondering where the heck the first couple months of the year went. There was something about flu. And business at the Evil Day Job. A cookbook. Writing a class. And a whole lot of not being able to drag my fanny out of bed on […]
I feel crappy. Some of this is lingering malaise from the migraine that knocked me on my butt yesterday morning and resulted in my taking the day off work. But some is directly related (I am positive) to the increasing quantity of absolute CRAP I’ve been eating. It’s kind of the trend this time of […]
I’ve had my Fitbit One for…not quite two weeks now. So far, I’m really happy with it. It makes my data junkie heart go pitter pat. It’s a wee tiny thing. I clip it on my bra, and it’s small enough it doesn’t show beneath my shirt. The wristband for night use (and sleep monitoring) […]
This morning I”m dusting off my SparkPeople account. I haven’t bothered tracking calories and macronutrients for several months. I stopped initially because, frankly, it’s a pain in the butt. And I was also trying to be less obsessive about food by establishing simple rules like eat real food, avoid processed crap. I’ve been recording WHAT […]
It’s Monday and I’m off work for MLK day (HURRAY!). I’ve just spent the last three days hardcore toolkitting my next writing project (which I thought I’d done this for, but hadn’t, and got my hands ruler slapped by the Hammer over the weekend about). So anyway, have been doing my homework and just finished […]