A Successful Christmas!

ONLY 363 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Before I start thinking about Christmas 2015, I’m gonna reflect on Christmas 2014. It was a great one. And, food-wise, the highlight of the day was definitely Christmas dinner:

My mom made

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I’m Gonna Be Smart on Christmas Day

Another major holiday is upon us, and, if your family is anything like mine, there will be lots of food around. That’s why I’m recycling my Thanksgiving Pledge and using it this Thursday. In a nutshell, it provides some parameters so I can eat whatever I want, without beating myself up afterward.

I’m making one big change, though,

Hello from Michigan!

I’m back in my home state for Christmas, and having a great time. Finished my Christmas shopping, been hanging out with friends, helping my parents with cooking and cleaning. And my parents have a whole slew of new neighbors:

There are deer everywhere. We never used to

Mashed Turnip and Rutabaga with Shallot and Sage

I’ve been enjoying turnips lately. I’ve made them into fries, added them to soup, and even a salad. Since turnips are a good alternative to potatoes, I decided to try mashing them. And I included a new-to-me vegetable in the recipe, because…why not? Everyone say hello to…

…Mr. Rutabaga!

A rutabaga is a root vegetable that’s actually a cross between a

Belated Training Post: Swan and Eldred

I switched up my workouts before last weekend’s Hike the Halo race. I bumped up my running, and did a couple workouts specifically designed to help me prepare. Both those workouts involved… lots and lots of stairs. (Surprise, surprise!)

In a perfect world, I would have published this post before the big race, but as we all know, the world isn’t perfect, and I got a

Race Recap: Hike the Halo 2014

Today’s lesson, ladies and gentlemen, is to never underestimate a race. That’s exactly what I did over the weekend, when I went to Anaheim to compete in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 3rd Annual Hike the Halo event. This race is a hybrid, with both stairs and running, and it’s held in an awesome venue: Angel Stadium.

I’m not even a baseball fan, but it’s exhilarating to

One More Race

I’m in the home stretch. I’ve competed in eight stair races in 2014, and my ninth and final one is this weekend. I’m both looking forward to it, and looking forward to it being over.

The final race is called Hike the Halo, and it’s

An Epic Hike to Inspiration Point

Sometimes a 7-hour hike is just what the doctor ordered. Who can argue with views like this?

A couple weeks ago, I had been feeling pretty depressed (read about it at the end of this post), and even though I didn’t want to do it, I began

December Weigh-In and Workout Progress Report

It seems like I just posted weigh-in results. And because of my long-delayed November weigh-in, that’s true – it’s only been two weeks instead of a full month. So let’s see how I did during those two weeks!

Down one pound! I’m slowly slowly sloooowly