Finding Radiance

Okay, not on the road traveling per se – but the bikes are out!
And a note on the sweet potato muffins from earlier, I used the Spark recipe calculator to calculate nutritionals.  It’s pretty cool!
First off, though  – must get to the important breakfast stuff.  Banana custard oats topped with pecan butter and strawberry all [...]

In an effort to be extra green this week, I decided that I was going to bike to the gym no matter what this morning.  I didn’t even check the weather to see the temperature, I just bundled up and went.  I knew it was above freezing because there was no frost on the car [...]

Happy Wednesday!  And Happy Veterans Day.  Thank you to all veterans and those currently serving our country!
Another New Rule workout this morning.  Ate 1/2 a Zone bar,  bundled up and biked to the gym as it was 39 degrees
What a routine this was, too:

Barbell incline bench press:  2 sets of 8 at [...]

Happy Monday!  It was nice to take a little bloggy picture break yesterday.  Don’t worry, I ate healthy
Today started Stage 7 of New Rule of Lifting.  The final cut.  Each day will be different for the next 2 weeks.

Barbell squat:  1 set of 8 at 45 pounds (warmup), 1 set of 8 at [...]

The rain finally ended overnight with the low at 47 when we woke up.  That is within the bike riding threshold, so we hit the road.  Decided on street route only, as the path probably would have eaten us alive like quicksand!  I don’t mind the road riding on an early weekend morning when the [...]

Back to the gym today!  It was dark when I got up, so I put a reflective band on my leg for biking.  Then I realized that I forgot to put my bag rack back on my bike after the race on Sunday.  D’oh!  So, by the time I got done fumbling that on, it [...]

It’s so cold out!  I wanted an outside bike ride, but again, this morning it was 30 degrees when I woke up.  So, I waited until later.  I am going to put flannel sheets on the bed tonight (I am such a dork to get excited about that…).
It was definitely a morning for warm oats.  [...]

Phew – I have too much to say and not enough posts, so I am sorting out stuff  (plus I don’t want to bore you all).
Before John’s race today, I had a lovely fall-inspired breakfast with whole grain cream of wheat, pumpkin and dried cranberries, topped with slivered almonds:

Delicious!  Cream of wheat has 50 less [...]

I never thought there were people who didn’t know what Netflix is!  The ads are so ubiquitous, but guess that is just the US.  I love that not only get you get movies, but you can get exercise DVDs, documentaries, classics, TV series, etc.  Not to mention the instant download to watch movies on the [...]

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Today is my hump day.
In honor of breast cancer awareness month, I am going to take a picture of something pink every day for the rest of October.  Here is today’s item.

I flipped my schedule around today and got to work at 7:30 this morning!  It was cold this morning and I [...]