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It’s a fun week for Gracefulfitness.

A few weeks ago I was interviewed via skype by Adam Bate for his podcast Lifestyle Accountability Show.  We spoke for about 40 minutes about health, fitness, exercise, and food.  I wasn’t sure how I would do being put on the spot to answer questions like that but overall I think I articulated my approach and attitude about cultivating a gracefully fit lifestyle just fine.   The show went live yesterday and you can listen here! I start off a little rambly and rough so if you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing do me a favor and skip to about minute 10.

The other excitement is my first post on Elephant Journal.  One of my few New Year’s goals was to write more and to share my content in other avenues besides just this blog.  The first week of the year I submitted a post to Elephant Journal, an online “publication” and it was immediately accepted (full disclosure, I’ve since submitted two more that were turned down.  Disappointing but also nice to know they don’t accept everything!).   My article on saying no to the detox diet mentality can be read here.

I would love your feedback on both the podcast and the article and if you feel so inclined please share them!

In the spirit of One Word Wednesday post, here are a few wintery images I found in my Picasa files today.

 

 

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How beautiful are golden beets?

Sometimes in women’s magazines the following question is posed; “what do you eat for dinner when you are all by yourself?  Cereal while standing in the kitchen?  Cookies?”

For me it’s beets.

Or sweet potatoes.  Or winter squash.

They are usually just steamed and topped with a spray of olive oil and some herb salt.

Tate would eat this but he doesn’t derive the same pleasure from a bowl of bright, starchy vegetables as I do.  He gets that from rice.

In fact, if Tate’s answer to the same question would probably be “a huge bowl of brown rice and melted cheese”.   Simple pleasures.

Yesterday afternoon I had the {simple} pleasure of participating in Cville Connect‘s inaugural Food Bloggers Podcast.

This ’round-table’ discussion is the brainchild of Cville Connect’s founder, Mike Bisceglia, a total foodie disguised as a sportscaster.  The premise was simple; he wanted to get local food bloggers together on one couch and talk food!

{photo taken by Mike on Kath‘s phone}

I was honored to be invited to join this group of talented ladies.  The panel included myself, Kath from Kath Eats Real Food, Andrea from Bella Eats and Beyond the Flavor, and Jenée  from Diner of Cville.

When I was first asked to participate I thought it sounded like fun. As the time drew closer to actually going on the mic I started to get really nervous.  What if I was a totally inarticulate, blabbering mess?  I’ve never done a lot of public speaking, unless you count teaching.  I can lead 60 people through a workout but the idea of being put on the spot and expected to speak intelligently and concisely kind of terrifies me.  I’m a listener in general.  I enjoy time to digest my thoughts before they leave my head.  Luckily the podcast will be edited because I stalled out at least once, my random ramblings running their course.

The podcast will be out on Monday and unless griped by total insecurity I will share a link to it.

Any good plans for the weekend?

I have to put up a trellis before my asparagus beans get out of control.  Have you grown these crazy guys before?  I’m ridiculously excited about them.  Each green bean grows to be over a foot long!

My mom is coming over too.  She lives two hours away and has planned a visit around attending a Zumba certification on Sunday here in the ‘ville.