The last heart attack?

This is a big reason why I’m slowly working toward a plant-based diet, and a life filled with more exercise. Which reminds me, I need to go for my evening walk….

I’m done with paleo, and likely meat entirely

Okay. We’ve been through this before, right? I spent two years trying to go vegan and basically did nothing but ruin my diet, thanks to my total inability to stop eating sugar and processed carbs. My doctor, two years ago this month, said, “If you don’t start eating meat I’m going to prescribe it for…

Daily Photo: Tofu dip that doesn’t suck

TOFU DIP. What’s wrong with those words? Right. TOFU. And yet, this stuff is delicious. Go figure. And it’s vegan.

Run Report 001 – 9 minutes of itchiness

I did 9 minutes on the treadmill today, following the Couch to 5k guidelines – that’s not 9 minutes of running, that’s a 5 minute warm-up and then running for a single minute every 90 seconds (you walk for that 90 seconds). In other words, I barely got started before I stopped, because I was…

Hello visitors from Against the Wind!

Hello to the regular readers too! As many of you know, I’ve been working at the Couch to 5k recently. Not working very hard – as you can see I’m sitting here while the treadmill is riiiiiiiiight over there, but it’s a big goal of mine to be able to run a 5k without stopping walking…

Daily Photo: The Christmas Camel

For some reason our local nursery has a camel for Christmas. Because they love the Pacific Northwest this time of year? It was surprisingly friendly, it wanted to have its head scratched, which the kids (and me) were happy to do.

I’m back – to the blog, and to massage!

Dear Readers, I apologize for abandoning you during the Thanksgiving season. I’m sure that all 100 of you (seriously! 100 subscribers!) were SIMPLY BEREFT. Why was I gone? I’ve been busy! A couple weeks before Thanksgiving I made the huge decision to go back to massage therapy, beginning in April. I’m so excited! I’ve been…