A Little Health Update

It's been a while since I've done an update on 

where I am with my running.  

The good news is I'm still doing it.  

 (New shoes help!!)

At first I had a fear of missing a day, balanced

with my other fear, injuring myself from pushing 

myself too far.

That last part almost sounds funny to me since

I surround myself with people running half 

marathons and even FULL marathons!!  

I would NEVER EVER EVER do that!! 

Mark my words!

I think it's great for those that are into it but 

personally I have no desire.

I'm perfectly happy running 2-3 miles and 

calling it good.  If I'm really fast that day my 

pace will fall in the 10 something minute range.

I think I will try a 10k next year, that seems 

like a good goal.  I actually could do a 

half marathon if I was alternating between 

walking & running, I can basically walk forever. 

Anyhow, I'm not running every day anymore 

but I am incorporating exercise into my day,

everyday.  Usually running, but sometimes just 

going for long walks.  I look for opportunities 

to add exercise in to our day as many times as 

I can throughout the day.  I love that.

I have also started feeding us all green-ish 

smoothies every morning for breakfast.  

This is great because Norah refuses to touch 

vegetables at all, no matter how hard I try.  

But slams down 16 ounces of her drink pretty 

quickly.  I keep it in the fridge & keep feeding 

it to her until it's gone.  

Here is a pretty typical one:

 That part is ALL veggies.

Then I top it with some fruit to sweeten it up.

 It consists of spinach, mixed greens, zucchini, 

cabbage, carrots, strawberries, banana, mangoes, 

pineapple, orange juice, yogurt & flax.  

Sometimes I use other berries, just depends what 

we have on hand. I try to make it at least 60% veggies.

I love that they love it.  I no longer feel bad about 

Norah getting enough veggies, I now just worry 

she is never going to just eat them on her own.  

The rest of us are a good example though, 

so hopefully she will feed off that someday.

 Don't let that face fool you, she LOVES it.

We, as a family, have always eaten pretty healthy 

but I have been focusing on really upping the veggie 

factor and reducing the amount of starches we eat.  

We still eat them, just with a lot more moderation.  

So overall things are going well.  I feel much 

healthier.  I am supper happy that I have an actual 

pull towards exercising, that we are eating even 

better & I'm down 22 pounds, can't complain about that!