Nov 07
Therefore, I like to exercise.
I love food, but when you are only 4′10″, your calorie intake is kind of limited. (For some reason, when you are small, your body doesn’t need quite as many calories to run as someone who is tall.) I made peace with my height a long time ago. After all, it hasn’t changed since I was about 12 years old. So I know where my calorie intake should be and how to adapt my workout for the days when my love of food might take me over the top of that.
I love all types of food – mexican, italian, american, greek, middle eastern, japanese (including sushi!), chinese, polynesian…. Seriously. I make sounds when I eat. Can’t help it – I’ve done it forever I think.
At my house, food has always been one way we all come together. When I was growing up, we actually all sat down together to eat. For a family of eight kids, that was always a fun rowdy time. Now I make it home most weekends, and we still all eat together. What a life :)
Tagged with: exercise • fitness • food • health • running
Oct 01
There’s a little country store called Trails End near my parents’ place. It’s kind of like the country access point for all things organic and vegan. The owner, Kim Manning, runs a great shop with lots of different things – it’s almost like the dry section of Whole Foods. (She doesn’t carry produce, but with all the farmers’ markets nearby, there is really no need to.) I stopped in the other day and she gave me quinoa flakes and agave nectar to try. I am hooked! The quinoa flakes cook up just like oatmeal or cream of wheat (with a consistency closer to cream of wheat) and the agave nectar was better than putting brown sugar on top.
For anyone who doesn’t know what quinoa (keen-wa) is, it’s a plant seed that’s used like a grain. There are some great articles on it at Men’s Health, the California Chronicle, BodyRock.TV and Ask Men. I’ve used it (the regular stuff, not the flakes) like rice or couscous in a lot of different dishes. It’s a great way to add some variety to your diet without breaking the bank.
If you’re curious, info on agave nectar can be found here. Since this was my first intro to it, I don’t know as much about it except for the fact that I liked it.
Tagged with: agave • fitness • food • health • quinoa
