OK, so you know by now how overly competitive I am. Set anything up as a challenge, and I'm all over it. I'm mostly competitive with myself, but I have been known to over-celebrate when I crush my kids at board games or air hockey. And don't ask Eamonn about the enduring grudge over Trivial Pursuit. (Nancy Drew's hair was TITIAN, not blond!) But I digress.
Anyway, the developers of Slimkicker, e-mailed me ages ago and told me that the site was underdevelopment and would I be interested in taking a look at it when it was finished.
I said yes.
Flash forward to a few weeks ago when they e-mailed that the site was up and running.
It's really fun! You create a profile and can track all sorts of things like your exercise and your food intake, but you can also participate in challenges, which appeals to my overly competitive self.
Before I had my Bodybugg, I used MyFitnessPal to track my calories, but Slimkicker is pretty slick and cool looking (yes, I'm shallow and love things for their looks), and I dig those challenges.
Please note, while the site developers did ask me to check out the site, I'm not being paid to promote it or anything. I just think it's cool. I just joined the Mix it Up Challenge to try something new each day for seven days. On Sunday I'm starting a raw food detox/15 day raw eating challenge so there will be lots of new things on my horizon in the next two weeks!
Anyway, check out Slimkicker if you're so inclined. I'm on there as Roontoo!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Eating Seasonally
Sometimes I get tired of making my kids eat vegetables. I know. That's a terrible thing for a mother to admit. But it's true. And I think it stems from the fact that there are certain times of the year I don't want to eat certain vegetables. It took me a long time to figure out why.
A few years ago someone made a casual comment about how she was starting to crave leafy greens again now that spring was coming (I think it was March of that year). I had no idea what she was talking about. Why would the fact that it's March have aything to do with the fact that she wanted to eat leafy greens? So I started doing a little research and really, the whole concept is so obvious that this is one of those things that I wonder how I got to a certain age and just had no clue about it. Trust me, this is one of MANY things I got to this age and still have no clue about.
But the whole concept of eating seasonally explains perfectly WHAT I've been feeling over the years -- not wanting to eat salad in January, being drawn to squash in the fall, wanting berries in the summer -- but not feeling right about it. Meaning, shouldn't the healthy person in me want to eat salad and spinach and all sorts of greens all year round?
Turns out, that's not really the healthiest way for us to eat. We're pretty much programmed to be drawn to what we need, what is seasonal, at the right times of the year. So those anemic looking tomatoes and strawberries that are grown in a greenhouse and are on the store shelves in January? We should just walk away. Walk away, I tell you.
I found a few good links with good info about what to eat when, and of course, some of it has to do with where YOU live.
I like how this page describes eating seasonally.
And here's a website that has more to do with geographic info and being sustainable by eating what's in season on your state.
Personally, I was happy to discover that chocolate does not have a season. I'm going to take that to mean you can eat it all year round. In moderation, of course.
A few years ago someone made a casual comment about how she was starting to crave leafy greens again now that spring was coming (I think it was March of that year). I had no idea what she was talking about. Why would the fact that it's March have aything to do with the fact that she wanted to eat leafy greens? So I started doing a little research and really, the whole concept is so obvious that this is one of those things that I wonder how I got to a certain age and just had no clue about it. Trust me, this is one of MANY things I got to this age and still have no clue about.
But the whole concept of eating seasonally explains perfectly WHAT I've been feeling over the years -- not wanting to eat salad in January, being drawn to squash in the fall, wanting berries in the summer -- but not feeling right about it. Meaning, shouldn't the healthy person in me want to eat salad and spinach and all sorts of greens all year round?
Turns out, that's not really the healthiest way for us to eat. We're pretty much programmed to be drawn to what we need, what is seasonal, at the right times of the year. So those anemic looking tomatoes and strawberries that are grown in a greenhouse and are on the store shelves in January? We should just walk away. Walk away, I tell you.
I found a few good links with good info about what to eat when, and of course, some of it has to do with where YOU live.
I like how this page describes eating seasonally.
And here's a website that has more to do with geographic info and being sustainable by eating what's in season on your state.
Personally, I was happy to discover that chocolate does not have a season. I'm going to take that to mean you can eat it all year round. In moderation, of course.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
100%
After about two months of not feeling that great, between the candida cleanse and being sick, I feel like I can finally say that I am back at 100%. Or as close as I'm ever going to get.
Work is settling down for the next month or so and I'm going to use this opportunity to do what I said in my last post and add some extra workouts in to really push myself towards my goal of getting rid of the last 5 pounds I put on when I had to take my big workout break post surgery and then also do some toning before baring my legs. Although the baring the legs is going to happen much sooner this year. We are having such an early spring here so I don't have much time.
Quick question: have you noticed as spring has approached, that you are craving different foods? I definitely have. All winter I've struggled to consume leafy greens. Give me a potato any day! My next post is going to be about eating raw and eating seasonally and why it's important.
Just wanted to touch base and let you know I didn't forget about you, I was just wrapping up a big work project. Now I'm back in the swing, so stay tuned.
And I did start a Shakeology cleanse today to really reset my brain and get myself ready for spring!
Work is settling down for the next month or so and I'm going to use this opportunity to do what I said in my last post and add some extra workouts in to really push myself towards my goal of getting rid of the last 5 pounds I put on when I had to take my big workout break post surgery and then also do some toning before baring my legs. Although the baring the legs is going to happen much sooner this year. We are having such an early spring here so I don't have much time.
Quick question: have you noticed as spring has approached, that you are craving different foods? I definitely have. All winter I've struggled to consume leafy greens. Give me a potato any day! My next post is going to be about eating raw and eating seasonally and why it's important.
Just wanted to touch base and let you know I didn't forget about you, I was just wrapping up a big work project. Now I'm back in the swing, so stay tuned.
And I did start a Shakeology cleanse today to really reset my brain and get myself ready for spring!
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