Winding Down

It almost feels right that I've been slowing down on posting on this blog.  My time with Maggie is drawing to a close and I've learned so much about not only what I'm putting in my body, but what I'm putting in my brain as well.  It seems right that as these things become routine in my life, (buying organic from the co-op and cooking new and healthy foods) I am posting about them less.  It's not such a big deal that I made a new whole grain recipe or am having delicious turkey patties for breakfast.  That's everyday for me now. 

I'm in a MUCH better place right now than I was when I started seeing Maggie 4 months ago.  And I know the change is partly in due to better food choices, more exercise and positive self talk, but also, partly in due to this wretched, horrid, nasty, HATEFUL winter and spring finally coming to a close. 

My awesome coping mechanism is that I never realize how miserable I am until the misery has passed and I look back on a time in my life.  Wow, I was REALLY miserable there for a while, huh. This week I have learned that I REALLY need to be more pro-active.  I was truly depressed this winter and I didn't even really recognize it.  NO MORE!!!  Next winter I MUST use my SAD light, get to the tanning beds here and there, KEEP WORKING OUT, take my vitamins and take more frequent getaways to sunny locals.

As I wrap up here and prepare to move back to my Petite Flower blog, enjoy these 2 photos Miss Maggie.  Turbo Lucas is BACK baby!!!

First Open Water Swim Training at Lake Nokomis.  1200 meters!

My membership card for USA Triathlon.  

P.S.  I registered for a Duathlon in September.  Hee hee.  And I WILL do an Olympic Length Tri next year.  You watch me. 

You GO Girls!

Having a blast while making a mess.  Lozilu Mud Run 2013.  Team Mudder Muckers. 

Hey Maggie....

...if you have a few minutes, read this.  Holy whoa, does this resonate with me.

http://www.rolereboot.org/life/details/2013-06-when-your-mother-says-shes-fat

I can't believe an entire week has passed since I posted. Where does the time go?  Training is going really well, I'm consistently getting in 6 days a week of exercise, usually with my girl Megan.  Food choices are 90% there on the weekdays, less so on the weekends,but overall   I'm pleased. Lost $16 worth of freshly cooked organic chicken breasts in addition to some others stuff due to the power outage. Still working on letting that one go, we are really lucky in so many ways but having just gone to the coop and filled my fridge, I was a little crabby about it.  But nothing can overshadow the PHENOMENALLY DIRTY time I had at Lozilu with my GO Girls!!  A 5K run with 15 muddy obstacles, what a blast!!  What wonderful woman, what a lucky girl I am.  Feeling healthy, strong and a little less lost these days. 

Had a truly GLORIOUS weekend that I didn't want to see end.  I spent tons of time with neighbors, made a delicious meal for my lunches this week and went on a totally spectacular 23 mile bicycle ride! 

Organic chicken stir-fry with brown rice, snow peas, peppers, carrots and cabbage. Super deelish. So there you go.

I REMEMBERED!!!!

I KNEW I made that quinoa for a reason!  I made quinoa stuffed roasted peppers for dinner!  I had tons of leftovers and stretched it into different sorts of meals for days, added it to my bfast egg bake and lunches and such.  So you see Maggie, I DID make a new whole grain recipe, I just didn't REMEMBER that I did it!  :)  I feel so much better now.  I've been staring at that leftover quinoa in my fridge that I STILL need to throw out and thinking "WHAT DID I MAKE WITH THIS??"

And that's today.

No thanks.

Resisted the urge to buy the full order of Duck Fat Fries (French fries fried in duck fat oil) from the gourmet food truck parked outside my office building. Instead I ate my salad I brought from home and snuck a lone fry from a co-workers plate.  And that's today.