Peanut Butter Shame

Peanut Butter Shame

by | Apr 25, 2009 | Health + Fitness

Peanut Butter is a trigger food for me. It can sit in the pantry for weeks and I don’t even think about it, but once I open it, I eat WAY too much. We had two containers in our pantry from November – creamy and crunchy. They were both half full this week....
Pacing and Pooing

Pacing and Pooing

by | Apr 24, 2009 | Health + Fitness, Running + Training

Today, I learned two things about my running: My pacing sucks: Jack*, Steven’s Garmin Forerunner 405, accompanied me on today’s 12-mile run**. WOW. I am a sporadic runner. My first few miles kept going back and forth between 8:00 and 9:15. Then my later...
Sad that the race is near

Sad that the race is near

by | Apr 23, 2009 | Health + Fitness, Running + Training

Update: Aron is right – the Chicago Marathon is now closed. Funny thing is – it was open this morning when I checked it. Total bummer. Steven wanted our first full to be local – time to look into Wisconsin! Earlier this week, a coworker (who is also...
Grazing gone wrong?

Grazing gone wrong?

by | Apr 22, 2009 | Health + Fitness

Even though I’ve been losing weight, I’ve still been struggling with some food issues. I forced myself to think about it and try to get to the root of the problem. And I think I actually began to figure a few things out. I am afraid of hunger. I am afraid...
What to do with super ripe bananas

What to do with super ripe bananas

by | Apr 20, 2009 | Recipes + Food

How ripe do you prefer your bananas? I am a #7 – I like my banana a bit brown and lightly bruised. I think Steven is more of a #4 or #5. So at the beginning of each week, we buy about 15 bananas in different stages of ripeness. Every once in awhile, we end up...