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Book Review Secret Ingredient by Sally Bee

Sally Bee, the “busy Bee” as she describes herself. A healthy 30 something lady who suffered 3 major heart attacks. Sally Bee tells a short version of her story that inspired the book. The “Secret Ingredient”. What IS that ingredient? Increased physical activity. What are the other ingredients that allowed this determined gal to beat the odds? Learn about the Five “F’s” and “the rainbow”. This book is about eating good food and living healthy. She marks the recipes with “everyday” or “treat”. The everyday recipes are ones to incorporate into your daily diet. The recipes marked “treat” should be [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-26T16:12:20-04:00July 27, 2010|Book Review, Health and Nutrition|9 Comments

Sicilian Tomatoes and Mindful Running

I’m going to offer a little bit about success. The thoughts triggered by my race on Sunday and I’d like to share with you. But first….. Working out: Monday: 20 minutes on the Elliptical. 40 minutes of weight training for chest and arms. 3 1/2 mile very easy run with Shane. Tuesday: No warm up just right into a good leg workout with ab exercises for 45 minutes. Shane and I were out the door early for a 6.9 mile run, Valley View and Switchbacks. The horse flies were horrible. It was Ted’s birthday Sunday. I had no intention of [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-13T07:00:37-04:00July 13, 2010|Baking, Running|16 Comments

My First Boilermaker 15K

Friday, I picked up my number and goodie bag There were a lot of interesting goodies in that bag. One item kind of confused me. It was the Crushed Red Pepper. If you run, you realize why this would NOT be most runners choice of a pre race spice. Even if you don’t run, you probably understand the consequences. There was P28 High Protein Bread. That looked interesting. Ted ate if for lunch. Oh well…I’ll have to tell you about that when I get a sample. Running Food. This is a mixture of all things good for you and promotes [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-11T13:08:43-04:00July 11, 2010|Running|17 Comments