I did it!!
Yep, I ran my first half-marathon! My time was 2:34:26. Not bad for a firstie!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Again, it's been awhile! :)
I can't seem to get the hang of blogging. I've had a lot of Serious Stuff on my mind lately and thus haven't really been in the mood for blogging and pretending to be all happy and upbeat. Heh. I know a lot of you people write blogs that have a "theme" or better, a purpose. Like Saturday Sequins has her beading stuff, and Health Amateur focuses on health. I need a bloggie purpose. Except that I tend to have MANY interests and can't just pick one. Will it be running? Will it be writing? Will it be any number of obsessions I have? Will it be healthy eating? Will it be international recipes? And if I do any of those, do I still get to write ominous Vacation-gone-wrong posts and movie reviews? :D I kind of like the whole self-improvement thing, like from the perspective of deep breathing, morning writing pages, running, healthy eating, etc. Will think on this some more!
On another subject...
This is the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. If you don't know me by now, let me just say that I am Titanic history obsessed, and so this has been my WEEKEND. The television stations are filled with programs about the Titanic, that famous, big film from 1997 with Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet has come back in the theater (in 3D, which is kind of annoying, I'm not a 3D person at all), and there are all kinds of cool things. My Titanic obsession got me through a bad period of time in the fall of 2008, so it just has all this emotional stuff surrounding it for me.
Random Titanic Fact: Cats were considered good luck on ships AND they helped control the rodent population. There were no cats on the Titanic. I forgot where I read that, I think on some trivia website about the Titanic. :)
Another random fact: The binoculars that were supposed to be in the crow's nest to help them look out for icebergs were lost.
On another subject...
This is the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. If you don't know me by now, let me just say that I am Titanic history obsessed, and so this has been my WEEKEND. The television stations are filled with programs about the Titanic, that famous, big film from 1997 with Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet has come back in the theater (in 3D, which is kind of annoying, I'm not a 3D person at all), and there are all kinds of cool things. My Titanic obsession got me through a bad period of time in the fall of 2008, so it just has all this emotional stuff surrounding it for me.
Random Titanic Fact: Cats were considered good luck on ships AND they helped control the rodent population. There were no cats on the Titanic. I forgot where I read that, I think on some trivia website about the Titanic. :)
Another random fact: The binoculars that were supposed to be in the crow's nest to help them look out for icebergs were lost.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Oh, dear, it's been awhile!
Yikes, it's been awhile.
So meanwhile, vacation ended and I had to go back to work and already a week and a weekend has passed since being back!
I feel a bit unraveling at the seams -- overwhelmed by tons of things right now.
So also during the break, I visited Thailand. Not literally, alas, but through cooking. I found a really excellent pad Thai recipe on the jar of a pad thai sauce jar, and I just added a bit to it. I will go into more detail later perhaps. I am too lazy to hunt down the jar of pad thai sauce and write down the recipe at the moment. Let's just say it was divine and just as good as restaurant pad thai! I have also visited the Philippines via a recipe from my good friend Katie (she has lived there before). That also came out very yummy, but I forgot to take a picture of it. No, really, I WILL make a post that involves travel food again with pictures and recipes and everything, but this evening is not that day.
Healthamateur asked about fasting in a comment. To tell you the truth, I haven't done fasting much since coming back from vacation. It's hard because there's a big social element to our lunch hour at school. Everyone gets together and if anyone does anything weird (like not eating) there is instant attention on you and questions. So I haven't done it, as I get weary of talking about whatever I'm doing on any given day. I would rather not be the center of attention. I will probably go back to experimenting with fasting more in the summer or possibly on occasional Saturdays. Anyway, the question was about hypoglycemia. As far as I know, I have a tendency toward hypoglycemia. As a result, I have trouble if I eat anything high carb for breakfast (like bread or fruit or cereal). Here's what I think. I think that if you are having normal hunger pangs while fasting and just feeling mildly light-headed and uncomfortable, that that's normal. If you have such bad dizziness and shakiness that you can't function? Then probably fasting isn't for you. Also someone else mentioned (can't remember who right now) migraines, and since Healthamateur tends toward migraines, it might be a risk not worth taking because migraines suck.
Writing. Yeah. How's that going for everyone? For me, it's going ok. Not great, not horrible. The writing itself is great. It's me actually sitting down and doing it that's the problem. Once again, I will need to back off from the internet for a bit to allow more time.
Oh. And as for running? I signed up for the half marathon. Am I insane????
So meanwhile, vacation ended and I had to go back to work and already a week and a weekend has passed since being back!
I feel a bit unraveling at the seams -- overwhelmed by tons of things right now.
So also during the break, I visited Thailand. Not literally, alas, but through cooking. I found a really excellent pad Thai recipe on the jar of a pad thai sauce jar, and I just added a bit to it. I will go into more detail later perhaps. I am too lazy to hunt down the jar of pad thai sauce and write down the recipe at the moment. Let's just say it was divine and just as good as restaurant pad thai! I have also visited the Philippines via a recipe from my good friend Katie (she has lived there before). That also came out very yummy, but I forgot to take a picture of it. No, really, I WILL make a post that involves travel food again with pictures and recipes and everything, but this evening is not that day.
Healthamateur asked about fasting in a comment. To tell you the truth, I haven't done fasting much since coming back from vacation. It's hard because there's a big social element to our lunch hour at school. Everyone gets together and if anyone does anything weird (like not eating) there is instant attention on you and questions. So I haven't done it, as I get weary of talking about whatever I'm doing on any given day. I would rather not be the center of attention. I will probably go back to experimenting with fasting more in the summer or possibly on occasional Saturdays. Anyway, the question was about hypoglycemia. As far as I know, I have a tendency toward hypoglycemia. As a result, I have trouble if I eat anything high carb for breakfast (like bread or fruit or cereal). Here's what I think. I think that if you are having normal hunger pangs while fasting and just feeling mildly light-headed and uncomfortable, that that's normal. If you have such bad dizziness and shakiness that you can't function? Then probably fasting isn't for you. Also someone else mentioned (can't remember who right now) migraines, and since Healthamateur tends toward migraines, it might be a risk not worth taking because migraines suck.
Writing. Yeah. How's that going for everyone? For me, it's going ok. Not great, not horrible. The writing itself is great. It's me actually sitting down and doing it that's the problem. Once again, I will need to back off from the internet for a bit to allow more time.
Oh. And as for running? I signed up for the half marathon. Am I insane????
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