My mother is allergic to coconut. This meant that there was very little coconut in my childhood.. and even after my childhood I’ve always been suspicious of it. That said.. I think I’m done being suspicious. It’s official.. I like coconut. At first it was drinks and the occasional German chocolate cake.. but now.. OMG coconut curry is so full…
Week 34: March 29-April 4, 2011
This week I: – Lost 2.4 lbs (271.6) – Drank all my water everyday(66oz/day). – Didn’t go to the farmer’s market (work meeting). – New recipe this week: Chicken Amondine I still need to: – Finish cleaning out the fridge(I need F’s help. I tried to pull it out to clean it and it’s too heavy) – Clean the kitchen…
C25K 4.4
Week 4, Fourth run-through: 5 min Warmup 3 min run: Feeling good but not yet easy. 90 second walk 5 minute run: Ran the whole thing. It was ok, but not easy 2.5 minute walk 3 minute run: Not bad. I ran the whole thing. 90 second walk 5 minute run: Ugh. I ran 3.5-4 minutes of this and then…
Pictures or it didn’t happen (waisted)
I crowed about it earlier this week. But here, picture proof in my favorite shirt that I have a waist.
Friday Five
1. Work/Programming My current project is winding down. I’m not 100% done.. but I hope to be by EOD today or Mon/Tue. I’m already assigned to my next project but I think I need to wait on a pre-planning meeting before I can dive into it. I’ll have to follow up on that. I haven’t mentioned it in a while..…
April Goals and Progress
2011 Goals: Sew one new thing a month – Hrm.. I totally fell down on the job on this this month. I’ve been busy busy busy and haven’t sewn a dang thing. The closest I got was doing some work to finish off the lapels and buttons on my wool coat. Read a book a month – Finished Tess of…
C25K 4.2
I bought a Sole F-80 treadmill off Craigslist in January and started C25K the week after I bought it. On Week1,Day1 I ran more in 30 minutes than I’d run all of last year. It’s only getting better. Mostly in week 1-3 my breathing has been the limiting factor. As a child I had asthma and exercising triggers it. I…
Venison Stew
Fearghus has classes for this month and next month on Saturdays. On weekends when I can I’ve told him I’d love to meet him on campus for lunch. The last time we did something like this I stopped off at Subway to pick up our meal and then met him. I’m currently feeling kind of gun shy about restaurant food…
Week 33: March 22-28, 2011
This week I: – Lost 4.6 lbs (274.0) – Drank all my water everyday(66oz/day). – Didn’t go to the farmer’s market (It was raining and I had a meeting). – New recipe this week: Jumbo stuffed shells with spicy tomato sauce, Venison Stew, Black Forest Ham and Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese I still need to: – Finish cleaning out the…
Waist Not…
On Sunday I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror. I was wearing my sports bra (we were just about to head out for a walk) and a Moose Tooth tie-dyed T-shirt that I bought the last time we were in Alaska. The shirt was too small when we bought it.. and it fits now (boo-ya) but that’s not…