Walk it Out
You win some, you lose some. Â I lost some.
Stamina that is.
Tonight was my running class. Â Somehow going in tonight I just knew it was not going to be stellar. Â The course was simple a 1.5 mile run to our starting point, then two timed mile intervals, and another mile back to “home base.” Â After the first 2.5 miles I was ordered up to a faster pacing group. Â I was already really tired and breathing super hard. Â The increased speed turned out to be too much for me, and before I finished my last interval I pulled over to the side and decided to walk back.
I felt a bit defeated by my lack of follow through, but sometimes you just have to listen to your body. Â I’ll make up the mileage on Thursday, and I’m running in a 5K this weekend. Â I have ample time to prove myself to myself.
In other news, today’s menu is total proof that I have some weird eating tastes. Â Oatmeal and sour cream really is good, you should try it. Â Also, apparently other people don’t eat wee fistfuls of radishes as snacks. Â I just learned that. Â I love radishes.
Breakfast
Oatmeal with low fat sour cream
Pineapple
Green tea
Lunch
Turkey chili with avocado
Radishes
Snack
The folks at Zing bars sent me a sample pack to try out!
They’re all natural, gluten and animal product free. Â I was totally psyched to give them a shot.
I decided to start my sampling spree with the chocolate coconut bar, because chocolate and coconut are pretty much made for one another.
The verdict: Good. Â Totally like a Mounds Bar without the guilt. Â There was a slightly weird crunchiness that I couldn’t place, but it didn’t effect the taste. Â I’m looking forward to trying more.
Dinner
To make myself feel better post running fail I made my favorite udon noodle soup with shrimp and bok choy.
Kim
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Ok I’m drooling. Are the noodles from trader joe’s? Care to share the recipe? I’m all soup all the time dreaming of fall. The zing bar looks great too. As for the running I found I have good days and bad days. Stay positive and push yourself when the body allows.
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Kimberly Rae Miller Reply:
September 8th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Hi Sarah, I buy pre-cooked Udon Noodles. They’re in single serve packages (three servings per pack) in the organic refrigerated section of my grocery store. I make them a lot like I would make ramen from the packet. I boil 2 cups of water, loosen the noodles then ad a spice packet (miso broth, but I’ve nixed the broth packet and used chicken and seafood broth instead of water before). I add a dash of soy sauce and hot sauce to the liquid, then shrimp and bok choy. I cover the pot and let it all cook together for a few minutes.
Voila! I’m totally addicted to this stuff.
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How very strange. Just this week I have been also snacking on whole, plain radishes at work, which I thought was a healthy and completely normal thing to do, but apparently not. My boss was complaining that the stench of the radishes was too much for her so I had to put them away. The stench?? They taste fantastically piquant. I’m all for snacking on good ol’ plain radishes.
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Hey Kim,
Alma from Zing here, see you got the package and started with my personal favorite flavor. Just wanted to shout out and give ya’ll a coupon if you want to try them out for a discount. Use KRM20 starting Monday afternoon (9/13-9/27) and it will expire two weeks later. Hope you enjoy the other flavors and thanks for snacking
Alma
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P.S. Udon recipe will be tried this weekend, that looks soooo YUMMY!!!
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