Finding Radiance

It’s Friday!  This was a tough week, I have to say.  Work seemed especially tough (although I am so thankful to have this job!!!).  My legs were tired this morning, so I decided not to lift and to take a walk later in the day.  For all the snow that fell yesterday, not much accumulation. [...]

Welcome to September!  I love September.  John and I just said this morning how this time of year is “our time.”  We love the cooler weather, the fall leaves, the warm food, football, the approaching holidays.  It’s just a great time of year! I was up and out for day 2 of week 5 for [...]

Having a wonderful time here with the family!  My camera battery is flashing red, so I skipped most food pics and got the important ones instead. John’s sister has a Wii, so we had a fun time trying out Guitar Hero!  Here is John rocking out with his niece. Here is a quartet – I [...]

Lovely sunny morning to bike to bagels.  Too bad we didn’t quite make it!  We took a chance at not having a tire changing kit and wouldn’t you know it, John got a nail stuck in his tire and it went flat.  He hasn’t even had his bike for 24 hours!  This was about 3.5 [...]

Rest day on tap for me.  That meant sleeping in as much as I could, which really is only about an additional 30 minutes if I am lucky.  I have an internal clock that always pretty much goes off at the same time. I filtered the cold brew coffee and got out the bread dough [...]

Happy Friday!   Had another nice workout today.  I went to the gym and the owner was there, so I showed him the Shape article.  He was pleased to see a member in there!  He took the article and set it out in the waiting area so other members can see it.  A little embarrassed there [...]

Happy Halloween everyone! Race day!  The Goblin Gallop 5K.  250 runners, which was probably 100 more than last year.  It was fairly warm in the mid 50s at least.  I had trouble sleeping, so I was up way early.  Had a nummy cream of wheat with banana, vanilla protein powder, nut butter and a drizzle [...]

Today was one of those wacky food days, you know?  I didn’t sleep really well last night, which was actually okay because I had to get up early and meet my sister at her Y. It’s pretty fancy – and the memberships are not part of mine, so I have to use a guest pass [...]

Did Stage 2 workout B of NROLW this morning. Barbell deadlifts:   1 x 10 75 pounds,  1 x 10 80 pounds Bulgarian split squat:  2 x 10 with 25 pound plate Underhand lat pulldown:  1 x 10 50 pounds, 1 x 10 55 pounds Reverse lunge with forward reach:  2 x 10 with 10# dumbbells [...]

Trying to find a replacement for the Nutrisystem pizzas. I got at least the thin and flat bread pizzas covered with this: Flatout Multigrain breadContadina Pizza Squeeze Pizza Sauce Serving size: 1/4 cup (63g)Hannaford Shredded Mozzarella Cheese Part Skim Serving size: 1/4 cup (28g/1oz)Hormel Pillow Pak Sliced Turkey Pepperoni Serving size: 1 serving (30.0 g) [...]