grapefruit

fruit. i love it. i think i love it because i love sugar and well...fruits have lots of sugar in it. my recent favorite is the grapefruit. its bitter and tangy. i different taste then the usual sweetness of other popular fruits.  

here are it's health benefits! eat up!

---it's filled with tons of vitamin C and is juicier then oranges. 

---it's a cold fighter (though i have a cold right now)

---aides in cardiovascular health

...and, best of all, it fills you up!

cheap way no more

   the day i "retired" from playing collegiate field hockey is the day i stopped running. i loath the activity. sprinting short distances i can handle but running long distances are a bore to me (not to mention it never fails that i get shin-splints).  yes! for the past 9 years i have kept in shape by avoiding the activity. doing everything but- skating, elliptical, swimming, walking, spinning, and lifting. 

   this seemed to be working out well, that is, until the other day as i was listening to the radio on my way to work. the radio guys were holding an interview with jillian (the trainer from the biggest loser and my new favorite workout mentor) they asked her what machines at the gym gave you the best workout and she responded "the treadmill, always the treadmill." they continued with "what about the elliptical" to which jillian laughed. yes! she laughed at one of my all-time favorite machines at the gym. i was shocked. she continues to express her dislike for the workout by declaring it "a joke" and "a cheap way out". 

  stunned and ashamed i began my day and that night at the gym i tried running again for the first time in a long time. and guess what....i hated it. it's still a bore.  but guess what...it felt harder and i sweated more. i ran 10 minutes and decided to be proud of myself. that was last week. this week i am up to 12 minutes. baby steps...baby steps.  i've been supplementing my short runs with incline walking and (shh) the ellipticall. (hey...it's worked for the past 9 years...if i love it...why stop?)

opps!

opps! i forgot i had a blog.

spring inspirations...

1. summer is almost, almost here. i see the light, barely, but it's there.
2. memorial day is the around the corner.
3. fun dresses and cute bikinis are out in the stores.
3a. our tax returns our coming so we can purchases something
4. the sun is setting at a decent time to get an early-morning work out in.
5. march is over! (i hate march)