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Egg Sandwich

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Did you have a good weekend?

Mine was low-key.  Lots of walking, good eats, and a few projects around the ol’ homestead.

Yesterday was an egg sandwich!  Eggy breakfast and dinner sandwiching a long walk.

I finally got around to making soaked English Muffins again.   These doughy disks have been on my mind since I made them two months ago and they didn’t disappoint.

This batch featured white whole wheat instead of spelt and loads of rosemary.  I soaked the dough for about 15 hours.

I love the chewiness of the crust and the dense doughiness of the center that is an English muffin. Mmmmm.

My feet carried my 15 miles around Cville between Saturday and Sunday!  I am only 15 miles away from my goal of 100 miles of walking this month!   Honestly I didn’t think that I would make this goal but now that I am so close I am totally determined.

Anyone want to join me to commit to walking 15 miles over the next four days?  That’s only 3.75 miles a day or a little over an hour of walking at a moderate speed.  Sound like a lot?  Break it up into two or three sessions!

Matt, Kath, Tate and I walked a meandering 6 miles around town yesterday afternoon.  The best milage is with friends. 🙂 After two hours I wasn’t ready for it to end, I could have walked for another hour.

[KERF]

More eggs!  Simple Sunday supper.

Veggie-full frittata and salad.

I ♥ frittatas and this one was especially good, I think it was all of the nutmeg and veggies.

Quinoa sprouts!  Red quinoa sprouts!

These are awesome.  Sprouts add so much flavor, texture, and nutrients, love them.

Usually my craftiness revolves around the kitchen but this weekend I got crafty with the paint brush also.

Chalkboard jars!

Nearly everything in my cupboards is stored in jars and now I can keep track of whether those buckwheat groats are raw or toasted and what the nutritional stats on the oat bran are (I’ve looked that one up countless times!).

I haven’t mention Exercise TV in a while but I still use it at least a few times a week.  Yesterday I did my favorite (Exercise TV) yoga video, Yoga Fitness Plus with Elise Gulan.  This 45 minute intermediate vinyasa flow is fun and leaves me wanting for nothing (except Savasana, you have to do that on your own time).

Stay warm and make a great day!

Black-Eyed Monday

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Remember when my grandfather had heart surgery a few months back?  Well, he is having an excellent recovery and played 8 holes of golf yesterday!  The ninth hole was too busy so he called it good at eight. ;).  Yay for excellent recoveries!

The better part of my day was spent here

Yep, that’s our clinic!  Core Integrated Health and Chiropractic.

See those big window upstairs?  Those are the windows to my studio!  If you are in the C’ville area, take note, I will begin offering classes and personal training in February.

Tate went into the office first thing and I hung back to work on my personal training re-certification exam and get a workout in.  My workout this morning was Xtreme!  This was my first time with this Exercise TV workout but definitely not the last.

Steve Maresca is a great instructor, even if he has some odd habits (like his little squat dance?) and all four of the workouts I’ve tried from him are challenging and fun.  This one was maybe a little too challenging for me today, I barely made it through and was dripping sweat on the floor by the end of it even though my thermostat read 60*.   Steve uses a medicine ball but I used my 10 pound kettlebell and then switched to a 5 pound hand-weight as I started to fatigue.  It’s a full body workout and an awesome way to get a strength and cardio workout in your living room.

Today was gorgeous and I was happy to walk to the clinic (Tate took the car).  Before I left I threw together a lunch to bring with me.

I started soaking some black-eyed peas on New Years Day but hadn’t gotten around to eating them yet.  Are you familiar with the tradition of eating these dried beans on New Years Day?  It is most commonly associated with the South but some say the tradition goes back to biblical times.  I’ve never actually eaten black-eyed peas for New Years before but it sounded like a fun tradition to adopt.

And today being the first official day the clinic is open it seemed fitting that we eat something for luck and prosperity!

It seems like our luck is kicking in because tonight we are going over to Matt + Kath’s for dinner.  They always make delicious and nutritious food and the conversation flows for hours!  Dinner dates tie with walking dates for my favorite way to socialize.  🙂 (food and exercise, what a surprise ;)).

I hope you had a fabulous Monday and are enjoying getting back to “the daily grind”.