And it’s like it was Christmas.

Things that arrived via FedEx today:

  • Tosca Reno’s “The Eat-Clean Diet Stripped: Peel Off Those Last Ten Pounds”
  • New teapot
  • TWO pairs of barefoot running shoes that were each $100 OFF (Thanks The Clymb!)
  • Valentine’s Day box from my future mother-in-law
  • New makeup from Sephora

The first three are excellent boosts to my current goals. The last one… not so much :). Although, knowing that we’re working on being healthy, she did only send one small box of six chocolates, a box of shortbread cookies, and hot cocoa mix. And I’m totally excited for my new eyeshadow + freebies!

Now, having done such an excellent job following my food plan for three days, I decided to swap part a part of my dinner for three 64-calorie chocolate hearts. Necessary? No. Helpful? No. Harmful? Also no. I think it was a good little mid-week reward.

Today, we did Angie at the box. 100 each pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and squats (shouldn’t they be “squat-ups”?). I did jumping pull-ups, and knee push-ups. This evening when I was done with classes, I went to the gym, ran for 30 minutes and then lounged in the steam room for a bit. Not much of a workout, but better than just the steam room :).

Barefoot running.  It’s the latest and greatest. Or, the oldest and greatest, depending on how you look at it.  When I visited my parents for winter break, I downloaded a few of my dad’s hundreds of audio books onto my new iPod before we left. On the drive back to Colorado we listened to The Inside of a Dog (awesome!), and when that was done we started listening to Born to Run. It was near the end of the drive, so we only got through a few chapters. I’ve continued to listen to it on the treadmill though, instead of my usual workout playlist. And it has convinced me, as it clearly has many others, that I should try out a minimalist shoe, and see what I think. I’m lucky in that I’m not generally plagued by running injuries and have a decent natural stride (ok, for a recreational runner). I’m looking for a new shoe to use for CrossFit anyway though, and pretty much everyone I know who’s tried CrossFitting in a minimalist has raved about it. Is it because they paid the same amount of money for a quarter of the shoe? Who knows, but I’d like to try… It’s also encouraging that the additional research that has come out since the “craze” started continues to add support to the benefits of it.
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Barefoot running. 

It’s the latest and greatest. Or, the oldest and greatest, depending on how you look at it. 

When I visited my parents for winter break, I downloaded a few of my dad’s hundreds of audio books onto my new iPod before we left. On the drive back to Colorado we listened to The Inside of a Dog (awesome!), and when that was done we started listening to Born to Run. It was near the end of the drive, so we only got through a few chapters. I’ve continued to listen to it on the treadmill though, instead of my usual workout playlist. And it has convinced me, as it clearly has many others, that I should try out a minimalist shoe, and see what I think. I’m lucky in that I’m not generally plagued by running injuries and have a decent natural stride (ok, for a recreational runner). I’m looking for a new shoe to use for CrossFit anyway though, and pretty much everyone I know who’s tried CrossFitting in a minimalist has raved about it. Is it because they paid the same amount of money for a quarter of the shoe? Who knows, but I’d like to try…

It’s also encouraging that the additional research that has come out since the “craze” started continues to add support to the benefits of it.

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