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working out 5 days in a row because i certainly was taking my sweet time weaning myself off the corn chips and roasted cashews ahhh salt along with other treats that really aren t treating my body very well so how well will i do eating e2l perfectly very well thank you i ll weigh in next monday and let you know also can i get a back pat for working out 5 days in a row posted by robin at 12 29 pm 4 comments thursday january 3 2013 it s citrus season yum this is my favorite breakfast it goes something like this stumble downstairs grab large glass of water and check emails take care of critical stuff first notice hunger pains think about toast with butter and jam decide no make green smoothie drink xl green smoothie eat a orange grapefruit salad ahh no hunger for 4 hours but you do need to drink that water this is how i make the salad 1 make sure your knife is sharp i have a sharpener and will happily do yours 2 slice citrus into wedges 3 cut citrus off the peel 4 cut citrus into bite size pieces 5 eat it all an orange and grapefruit for breakfast is a lot of fruit but i used to eat sugar cereal for breakfast i like a sweet start to the day this start keeps your blood sugar stable and your tummy satisfied for hours citrus season will last into march and almost into april then you will notice the quality starting to deteriorate so enjoy them now posted by robin at 8 00 am 2 comments labels food ideas wednesday january 2 2013 a new year a new you new year s eve found us recovering from a big dinner at our house for our son and his friends after they left for a dance roland and i cleaned up the mess and parked ourselves on the couch to watch tv nearly every commercial on every channel was for weight loss viagara and online dating services but mostly for weight loss so we got off the couch and did a little exercise on new year s eve much better than tv have you noticed how lame tv is blah i completely buy into the whole new year s resolutions thing because i am all about setting goals and crossing off lists losing weight seems to be the 1 resolution for most americans and i am one of them 2013 will be a big year as we take several international trips not vacations no laying around on the beach and prepare to climb machu picchu we need to be in top shape join us as we renew our eat to live commitment and exercise our butts off literally who wants to run bolder boulder with me this year posted by robin at 11 53 am 4 comments monday september 26 2011 exercise amen posted by robin at 9 25 pm no comments wednesday september 21 2011 zucchini this has to be the best time of year my kitchen is full of fresh local produce i am very happy about this i tried this recipe online and it turned out great here is the recipe this is not completely vegan i did use a little parmesan and also olive oil but oh it was so yummy and healthy i think i will make it again this week this would be a good dish to make in advance and use your oven s time bake feature it smells wonderful when you come home after a busy day to the smell of a hot meal here is my variation of the recipe pesto potato tomato zucchini bake saute until olives are tender small splash of olive oil optional sliced onion small to make pesto process the following large handful of fresh basil from my garden large handful of spinach 1 4 c of pinenuts 3 cloves garlic water enough to make it smooth spread the pesto in bottom of pan reserving 1 4 cup top with sautéed onions layer sliced tomatoes potatoes sweet red ones are great and zucchini i used yellow and green over the sautéed onions spread the rest of the pesto on top of the layered veggies sprinkle lightly with parmesan salt and pepper i didn t use any salt and pinenuts cover and bake at 375 for 1 hour or more until tender remove cover and bake 20 minutes more serve with fresh melon and a quinoa salad posted by robin at 9 08 am 2 comments labels recipe sunday august 28 2011 menopause i went to the dr this week and she told me i am peri menopausal i was disappointed i wanted to be in menopause and just get this whole thing over but she said this could go on for 10 more years i skipped my period in july yes i bough a pregnancy test yes it freaked me out and so i was hoping i was all done my mom had her hysterectomy when she was about my age 47 but the dr said because it was a hysterectomy we don t know at what age she actually stopped menstruating so i could last a long time she also said that changing my diet and lifestyle was awesome and most likely will help me avoid lots of the unpleasant parts of menopause hot flashes emotional ups and downs foggy thinking irritability aches and pains she was surprised and thrilled for me when i told her i rarely have hot flashes maybe 8 in the last 6 years the only hot flash i had since we started etl last year was at christmas hello sugar and she agreed that a poor diet increases hot flashes i can t imagine how terrible i would feel right now if i hadn t changed the way i eat most recently i quit the sugar again no sugar for a week now i don t even think about sugar now i do have to be careful with the peanut butter i feel great affection for p nut butter and bananas i have been eating lots of fresh peaches ahhh so good anyways the dr cheered me on and told me she was proud of me as she left the room she said i can t tell you how wonderful it is that you have made such a huge change you have really made your life better good luck keep it up it was super satisfying later i heard her consulting with a patient in the hallway and tell her to eat more leafy dark greens i get my blood urine test results back this week and i am looking forward to seeing the changes and also wondering what my b12 results will look like because i have been kind of tired the end posted by robin at 12 40 pm 2 comments tuesday august 23 2011 5 days a week i set a goal this week to attend 5 classes at our gym today is day 2 and so far 2 classes done yesterday was yoga and it left me a little sore but not miserable today i did the barbell class where i learned how to do the clean and jerk just like you see on the olympics well ok i probably didn t look olympic like mostly because my barbell weighed a massive 9 lbs but i can tell i am going to be sore tomorrow really sore the ladies in the classes are friendly and nice and use much heavier weights quick to introduce themselves and say a few encouraging words when i tell them it is my first time in the class some even invited me back to the next class and i am totally accepting that invitation i have a theory that exercise makes it easier to eat healthy people say it is because they don t want to eat junk after working so hard but i think it is because of the good endorphins released i just feel happier and more in control after i exercise tomorrow i plan to go to a zumba class it will leave me all sweaty for a meeting but that s ok right i m also considering a spinning class i went spinning years ago and didn t like it but kelly tells me i should go and she is usually right i think i will sleep well tonight posted by robin at 5 49 pm 1 comment monday august 15 2011 starting the up via pinterest ups and downs when i started the healthy plant based diet last year i worried that like any diet career relationship long term commitment i would have ups and downs but after 4 months i believed i would only have ups i felt so great and only wanted super healthy food and i was sure i would never be tempted by food again it was a glorious feeling definitely the highest up of the whole life style change experience then slowly quietly almost invisibly i started flirting with sugar and that led to the up and down part of the experience i was a little embarrassed to admit it on this blog but my goal with this blog was to be real about the whole experience and being real includes the parts where it didn t go as well as i wanted it to i dusted off the key board thought long and hard about what has happened and realised that i am happier when i take care of myself and feed myself the good stuff so i am back you know how when you make a decision to do something and you can tell that it is going to really happen that s where i am after a summer filled with local and international travel i am finally home to stay at least until thursday when i will be in la for the day but otherwise i am home to stay for 6 weeks and guess what 6 weeks is how long phase one of eat to live lasts coincidence i think not i went to the farmer s market on saturday and loaded up on fresh local veggies breakfast was a green smoothie with beet greens and carrots and the usual stuff and a small bowl of garbanzo beans hey i like them a lot and there is a huge salad on the menu for lunch and tonight we are having burritos roasted green beans and beets and local sugar baby watermelon it really is amazing that anyone can grow anything here oh and i am so glad that i started last year so thankful so filled with gratitude for all those wonderful people who encouraged me and nudged me along are you ready for this up posted by robin at 10 36 am 4 comments thursday july 28 2011 hot yoga have you done hot yoga sounds like a terrible idea i went to my first hot yoga class today it was hot michelle my running coach she likes when i call her that taught the class and it was amazing i was amazing because i went to the class but i was not amazing in the class apparently everyone in the class can balance on their pinky toe it was quite a talented group of very fit ladies i was inspired i want to get good at yoga so i will start going regularly but maybe to a few classes that aren t so advanced and build up to michelle s class hot yoga seems like a terrible idea but it really is nice even in the summer but i think it would be especially nice in the winter my goal when i am back in town is to go to the club 5 days a week and do exercise that won t hurt my foot yoga spinning swimming hmmm what else i need to start posting regularly after my upcoming trip i will start posting more consistently i promise posted by robin at 10 20 am 5 comments tuesday june 28 2011 the joy of eating clean it s just so awesome that summer is here so many lovely things to eat i look back at the bleak months of winter and how oranges were really the only treat that was in season now there is so much to eat what i ate today breakfast big fat bowl of watermelon before i gardened for 2 hours snack large 20 oz green smoothie with lots of frozen blueberries lunch gabe s delicious veggie curry with garbonzo beans and wild rice snack more smoothie leftovers and small handful of corn chips and large bowl of watermelon dinner large green salad with roasted veggies and hummus for dessert strawberries and blue berries those green smoothies are like caffeine for me they just power me up i have been so super productive today checking things off my list that have been there for weeks and i feel fabulous this is the cleanest eating day i have had in months wow i feel great exclamation points posted by robin at 6 10 pm 3 comments wednesday june 22 2011 corndog super power if i could have any super power i would be able to shoot corndogs out my wrist fully cooked with mustard awesome ike age 14 after his first corndog for a long long time you may wonder is that why robin hasn t posted for 7 weeks has she been on that new corndog twinkie county fair diet of course not i ve been around eating my veggies and fruits and nuts and beans and seeds and grains lots of grains probably too many grains and maybe too much fat and sugar but i am back from my blogcation and ready to share with you all the enthusiasm i can muster up roland and i hit the very first farmer s market this week and brought home a cooler filled with garlic scapes spinach baby greens bok choy head lettuce a little bitter but it will do sweet peas kale and freshly laid eggs today i made a huge breakfast fruit salad with watermelon cantaloupe strawberries and blue berries our 21 year old son is living at home with us and between him ike and roland you have to fight for the fruit and the avocados here is a delicious summer dinner for you grilled veggies kabobs fruit salad green salad roasted sweet potato fries and grilled pineapple for dessert here are all the kabobs waiting to be grilled we fed 9 people with these delicious beauties my sisters helped make them these are some of my sisters they are both eating a plant diet and you will notice how cute and healthy they are bright sparkling eyes and vigorous health comes from all that spinach and kale posted by robin at 4 12 pm 3 comments monday may 2 2011 one last gasp of winter it is snowing today sigh this is probably my favorite go to meal in cold weather and while i realize that most of you are basking spring sunshine i still have to share this meal if you ve been here before you will know that i have posted several variations of this already but it never gets old and it is super easy saute in lightly sprayed pan onion garlic carrots celery green pepper 4 leaves of kale stemmed and chopped fine add 1 can black beans 1 can pinto beans or what ever bean you have handy 1 large can diced tomatoes toss in some fresh ones too if you have them water as needed season to taste chili powder roasted paprika powder cumin pepper balsamic vinegar green onion serve with sliced avocado and limes so good my boys like to crumble tortilla chips on top and i like mine with lots of avocado posted by robin at 10 07 am 5 comments labels recipe thursday april 28 2011 knowledge is power through the nutritarian way of eating i ve been able to kick my addiction to caffeine dairy and meat but my addiction to sugar keeps raising it s ugly head i ve found that if i have absolutely no sugar for 5 or more days i completely lose my taste for sugar and a taste of sugary food turns me off i much prefer fruit over sugary treats but once i let myself have more than a few tastes i quickly spiral into cravings for sugar and it is super addictive so how do we get those cravings under control i believe it comes down to 3 things knowledge power and self respect when you experience a craving and you are in the middle of the overwhelming need to satisfy that craving it feels impossible to be rational about the craving that s where knowledge comes into play once you understand why you are experiencing cravings then you have the power to control that craving in my experience it takes about 2 days to stop craving until the craving is gone then you have the self respect to care for your body and never subject it to that craving again this creates a positive cycle that makes you feel wonderful here is a wonderful video to help you get the knowledge you need to kick that sugar craving yes it is 1 1 2 hours long and life is short but i think it is well worth your time to watch this video or play it while you do some mindless task thanks to my sister emily for this link what has helped you kick your sugar addiction...