Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
No, I don’t mean Buckley’s. I’m referring to the NetiPot. My typical tactic whenever I have a cold is to drug myself into oblivion with as many pharmaceuticals as I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, any cold medication that works is on the list of “things that will cause you to have a retarded … Continue reading It tastes awful, but it works
This is the latest in a long line of ways I try to manipulate my body into staying in a shape & size that fits into my pants. The target right now is a pair of Tilley travel pants, purchased just before heading to Morocco 2 years ago. Two years ago I was in a … Continue reading Clean Eating
If you’ve been following along on Twitter or Facebook, you know that I’ve actually, stunningly, been keeping up with the Couch to 5k program. Halfway through yesterday’s run put me at the halfway mark of the 9-week program. Since I didn’t stop at halfway and finished the run, I am officially closer to the end … Continue reading Halfway
Every fall I get the urge to start running. I don’t say “start running again” because I never make it far enough that I’d ever consider myself a “runner” once, nevermind subsequent times, but I do enjoy the crisp fall air when the cooler temperatures are a perfect compliment to a body in motion, generating … Continue reading Music to Run to
Do you remember that old movie Heavy Weights? Early Ben Stiller where he is crazy (evil!) fitness guru Tony Perkis who runs a fatcamp for kids? At one point, the kids and camp counselors stage a coup, lock up crazy Tony, and have an all-night food-fueled orgy of gorging. If you haven’t seen it, or … Continue reading Oh how the mighty have fallen
One of the pet peeves I had while I was looking for cleanse info/reviews was finding people saying “oh hey I’m starting this cleanse” and that was the last thing they had to say about it. For future googlers, I’m halfway through this godforsaken Wild Rose D-Tox cleanse. Here’s how it’s going: I certainly experienced … Continue reading Half-Clean
Today marks day one of my first ever cleanse. I’m doing the Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox. It didn’t come entirely out of nowhere – a few people I know have done this particular program. Others have done food/alcohol restriction experiments, and yet others are necessarily eating modified diets because of allergies and food sensitivities. I … Continue reading Rub a Dub Dub
I am getting sick. This is very bad. So far, this is perhaps the worst week for me to fall down ill. I have an entire day full of very important meetings on Thursday, complete with people flying in from out of town to attend. I have a major event to send people to that … Continue reading *Sniff*
Sometimes just wanting it done (and not wanting to face one’s self the mirror after not doing it) is enough. I really, REALLY didn’t want to run yesterday. What I really, REALLY did want was Sushi for lunch. And Sushi I got, along with agreeing to take over all the dog walking for the rest … Continue reading When there is no desire to “Just do it”
It’s something I’ve wanted to explore for a long time, and with the upcoming slew of pictures to be taken and dress to fit into – not to mention the fact that I’d like my hot ass to actually fit into the hot shorts I bought last summer by the time this summer rolls around … Continue reading Your own, Personal Jesus… er… Trainer
Week 3 is in the can. However, not without a serious episode of needing to get over my damn self already. Last night I posted about not wanting to run and a long list of accompanying excuses. I figured I’d vent the negativity onto the blog and just go home and run. And so many … Continue reading Success!
So this running thing, it is still going pretty well. I am only one run away from completing Week 3 of the Couch to 5K program. Of course, this is about where I stalled on Week 2, three times over. One run left to do, and can’t be arsed to bother. Something comes up (or … Continue reading Runaway
Netchick’s living vicariously, asking everyone what they got for Christmas. And I’m happy to oblige! Some new running gear: an iPod Nano, the Nike + iPod pedometer/workout tracker and some new kicks to put it in, since my current runners were looking mighty sad. And a year’s subscription to Cook’s Illustrated Magazine. These will either … Continue reading For Tanya
It seemed like a good idea earlier this week to book the nurse’s appointment for 8:00am on Saturday, since we’re usually up ridiculously early most days anyhow, and rarely sleep past 7:00am on weekends. Hey, did you know that when you buy life insurance, they send someone over to take your blood pressure and make … Continue reading Wee Wee Wee All the Way Home
How awesome is my boss? So awesome that after the whirlwind of work travel, she gave me (in addition to a nice cash bonus) new running gloves and socks, as some incentive to get back into my running routine, since it was interrupted and had basically died. I test-drove the gloves and socks on Monday … Continue reading Speedy