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Nothing Fancy

This mornings healthy start was nothing fancy. It was a Cappuccino Spiru-Tein shake. A bowl of Cream of Rye with 1 TBS Buckwheat Groats. The cereal was cooked with 2 Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tea bags. Half of a very juicy orange on the side. The packet of Spiru-Tein said "High Protein Energy Meal". It dawned on me that I never checked the carbohydrates of these Spiru-Teins, only the protein. There are 11 grams of carbs in this shake. That's quite a lot considering the shake is coupled with a bowl of hot cereal AND fruit. However, if one is [...]

By Joanne|2009-03-31T07:31:15-04:00March 31, 2009|Exercises, Food thoughts|4 Comments

Checking for blood

When I got back from our walk this morning, I was sure my face would have hundreds of blood dots on it. The ice falling from the sky was like sharp little needles (again!). We had to strategically plan our walk away from the East where the wind seemed to be coming from and consequently driving the freezing rain into our eyes and faces. We managed a 2 1/2 mile walk in about 35 minutes. The roads weren't that slippery. The rest of today's weather report: BAD! Today's nourishment went a little like this. 1 scoop of VPX (pre-workout) 1 [...]

By Joanne|2009-01-07T10:46:35-05:00January 7, 2009|Breakfast ideas, Exercises|Comments Off

Dragging on Thursday

It was a tough one today! I didn't even get my energy level up while working out. Shane and I did go for a pleasant run-walk routine down the Parkway for 45 minutes. Breakfast was 1/4cup Buckwheat Groats with Cinnamon, 1 tsp Natural Peanut Butter, 1 TBS raisins, 2 strawberries. For protein: 1 scoop J.Robb Chocolate with 2.2 oz fresh blueberries, 1 strawberry. I also had 1/2 a grapefruit. So that should hold me over until about 10:30AM. I think the groats would be better as an "add-in", say 1 to 2 TBS. They are a bit to big and round [...]

By Joanne|2008-10-23T18:10:11-04:00October 23, 2008|Food thoughts|Comments Off