August 2011

The cause for not racing

August 31, 2011

I had a conversation with a friend a little while ago.  We talked about running and she said that she goes running most days.  A few miles, mostly for fitness and sanity.  I asked if she ever did any races and her response was, “Oh lord no!  Life is too stressful without having to worry [...]

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Better late than never!

August 30, 2011

Better late than never today, right? Thanks everyone for your input on what percentage of health/weight-loss/athletic performance is attributable to exercise, nutrition and/or genetics!  The conversation is still going, so feel free to jump on in! I wish I had something new and exciting to share with you about healthy living, but the fact is [...]

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Percentages.

August 29, 2011

A few scenes from our walk yesterday after Hurricane Irene.           All in all, the damage wasn’t too bad except for a bunch of tree branches down. I’m glad that it wasn’t nearly as bad as expected! Back to work today and what a busy one it was.  I texted Jeff [...]

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Weathering the storm

August 28, 2011

It has been quite a week of natural disasters! Ok, I really can’t complain because between the earthquake and Hurricane Irene, our basil plant getting knocked over was the worst damage we sustained.  We didn’t even lose power. Last night, we had people over for a little engagement party.  We had scheduled this event back [...]

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Weight Watchers Friday

August 26, 2011

Good Friday evening everyone!   I surely hoped to get this post up much earlier in the day, but such is life, right?  Fridays are slowly becoming my favorite day of the week.  Wait. I  take that back. Fridays have probably always been my favorite day of the week, but here’s why Fridays rock the house [...]

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Q+A

August 25, 2011

So, Chase, how is the no coffee thing going? It’s going really well! I haven’t caved and had any regular coffee at all since I gave it up cold turkey. None? At all? Nope, not one drop But you used to drink coffee every day. I know, right!? But, I hear people who give up [...]

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Babe on a Budget: Cost per wear

August 24, 2011

So, this arrived yesterday and it made me realize I haven’t done a BOAB post or a fashion post in a while.    If you’re new to the CHASE project (hiyee!), you may not have seen this post.  It sort of explains my (lack of) sense of fashion, also known as fashioff.  It’s not that I [...]

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Well, that was unexpected!

August 23, 2011

I’m telling you, that was one freaky afternoon.  I’m assuming you heard about the Virginia earthquake?  I’m a born & raised east coast girl and you can bring the hurricanes and you can bring the snopocalypse but earthquakes? Oh my goodness. I was at work on the 9th floor of a 13 story high rise [...]

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The Flexitarian Diet

August 23, 2011

Before I attended the Healthy Living Summit, I knew I was already on the path to reduce the amount of meat I was eating, but I never knew there was a name for it.  I’ve read all the books and blogs and articles that say a plant-based diet is really the best way to go [...]

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Busy Monday!

August 22, 2011

I gotta be honest, I’m totally still riding the high from the Healthy Living Summit! I woke up this morning in such a good mood. It may have had something to with the weather too. Earlier today, I saw on Jenna’s blog about this in-a-hurry tamale pie and since I’m pretty much all things “in [...]

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