Does your treadmill have a fan on it? I flippin' love the treadmill fan. It makes life worth living for the duration of my exercise.
BuzzFeed can be pretty great for this sort of thing. I've been impressed recently. Not so impressed with their "clean eating challenge", but nobody's perfect.Goodness- that link is amazing!!!
Do you and your mom have shared exercise interests, e.g. yoga? I'm wondering if maybe you guys could make time for something small in the mornings or the evenings, exercise-wise. If not, totally fine, since if your trip is anything like mine was a few years back, you're doing a TON of walking.My food and exercise goals are pretty much on hold for the moment as I'm traveling. I tend to have a decent relationship with food at home, especially if I'm cooking for myself. It's fuel that can be healthy AND delicious. But when I'm eating out all the time it kind of feels like the enemy. I know the food will be richer, and the portions will be bigger. Especially in the UK where salads and light meals are scarce. Usually when I eat out I take home a decent amount of leftovers, but that's not practical when traveling. I'm walking a lot though, so there is that.
For the record, I think you look great in your pictures!Definitely not liking the way I look in pictures though. :\ And one of my favorite pairs of capris is fitting a bit too tightly for my liking. When I get back home I'm planning to set some new goals, seeing as some of the ones from during the school year no longer really apply.
Also, I have an exercise question: Usually I'm kind of hungry when I wake up in the morning, usually because I get out of bed about 15-30 minutes after my first alarm goes off. (I use an alarm/sleep-tracking app that wakes me up gradually.) How should I go about exercising in the morning, when that ends up being the case. Should I wake up super early, eat something small, kill time for half an hour, and THEN exercise? How should that work?
Also, I have an exercise question: Usually I'm kind of hungry when I wake up in the morning, usually because I get out of bed about 15-30 minutes after my first alarm goes off. (I use an alarm/sleep-tracking app that wakes me up gradually.) How should I go about exercising in the morning, when that ends up being the case. Should I wake up super early, eat something small, kill time for half an hour, and THEN exercise? How should that work?
Ughh this CSA has been a pain. It's resulted in yummy things, but has been a pain. Initially I thought maybe they expect people to eat more than I do, but then I realized that they expect people to snack on things that involve produce. (For the past month or so, I've snacked on trail mix at work.) Plus, I'm from the Rockies, and we don't eat a lot of fruit out there (besides apples and maybe blueberries/huckleberries), so I've been at a loss as to what to do with all the fruit they've been giving me.
Ughh this CSA has been a pain. It's resulted in yummy things, but has been a pain. Initially I thought maybe they expect people to eat more than I do, but then I realized that they expect people to snack on things that involve produce. (For the past month or so, I've snacked on trail mix at work.) Plus, I'm from the Rockies, and we don't eat a lot of fruit out there (besides apples and maybe blueberries/huckleberries), so I've been at a loss as to what to do with all the fruit they've been giving me.
One of my roommates is from Florida and suggested smoothies, and I freaked out at how good an idea that was. So I made this smoothie with two peaches and a lot of cherries (plus some non-CSA bananas I had in the freezer): simple peach cherry smoothie — Edible Perspective
I also am planning on making this salad on Tuesday or Wednesday:
- Greens (kale? whatever it is that they gave me)
- Cherries
- Blueberry herb goat cheese from Trader Joe's
- Pecans
- Balsamic vinegar + olive oil
And I made half of this peach crisp recipe tonight to share with my roommates: Peach Crisp Recipe - Creative Cain Cabin
And this noodle salad recipe (which I'd made before) to use up one of my cucumbers: Sesame-Ginger and Cucumber Soba Noodles - Cookie and Kate
I also have a bunch of this soup in the freezer (using CSA onions and squash): Yellow Summer Squash and Corn Soup | Love and Olive Oil (modifications: more cumin, a poblano instead of a jalapeno (because the CSA gave me a poblano), and a generous quantity of chili paste from a tube to make up for the lack of spice).
And I have some servings of this left in the fridge (using up half a CSA cabbage and CSA green pepper), that I hope has not gone bad: Skillet Sausage 'n' Cabbage | mrfood.com (modification: cumin seeds instead of caraway seeds)
And I also want to make quinoa tabbouleh at some point to use up the remaining cucumber (plus two large CSA tomatoes).
Next week the CSA had enough requests to not deliver (maybe due to people's vacations?) that they aren't doing it this week. THANK GOD. I am not at all ready for more food in my fridge. I've still got half a head of cabbage left unaccounted for.
I need to learn some produce coping mechanisms...