Non-Scale Victories -- Gettin' out n' about

I remember so many nice days like today that I wasted by not getting out there and enjoying them. Somehow I thought that opening the window a crack and pulling up the blinds was 'enjoying a nice day.'

Wrong

Today was so sunny, I could not stand sitting around the house. Joey had luckily passed out early and so I woke him up around 11 a.m and we ate breakfast. We had almonds, a banana, an orange and an apple. Then we watched an episode of Mike & Molly:

Which is cute. Then we got dressed and went for a walk. We used the runkeeper app, and we walked all around looking for geocaches which we didn't find, but that's okay, it was a great time. Joey wanted to walk up this hill and loop around back to flagstaff.
...So I looked at the hill...:

As little as one month ago that would have been too daunting, I would have turned back and circled around just to avoid it. I did it though, I walked that hill and my heart wasn't pounding in my ears and though my legs were burning, it felt kind of good.

We walked about 3 miles, 25 min per mile.

We did some sightseeing, so I'm sure if we were trying that could've been a 20 min mile.

We also ended up walking to the park, where a year or two ago I couldn't sit on the swing without it digging painfully into the sides of my hips, I sat, and it was fine.

Look at how wide that empty swing is! That was too small before! Crazy! Also, Joey is cute ;) I love argyle:

I read a blog today over at Midlife My Way about how to become who it is you want to be is to believe that you are the you you want to be. Today, I wanted to be the type of active person who honestly takes advantage of a gorgeous day like today to do more than just walk up to the Chinese buffet and pig out.

Things are just so different now, and I can't imagine how different they will be in a few months. We stopped in the New Balance store and I found a pair of shoes I might get for the C25k that we plan to do soon.

My gait is overpronated so these should be good:

I'm excited about C25k. Can't wait to start! Slowly but surely, I'm becoming the person I am in my head. She has long thick wavy hair, but still, close enough. ;)

How have you surprised yourself lately? What are you doing to become the person you want to be?

Cookbook giveaway! (Appetite for Reduction) Enter now!

This contest is for U.S residents only: Okay, so I have a few ideas for some giveaways that I'm planning on doing over the next few months. This is the first one, the next one I'll do once I hit 100 followers cuz it's a bigger prize and I'd like as many people as possible to be able to enter and spread the word. Contest Deadline: Starts now (April 12th) Ends before midnight (eastern time) April 22nd 2011 For now, I will be giving away a copy of my favorite cookbook, Appetite for Reduction , by Isa Chandra Moskowitz << Her website. The Prize: This book is amazing, a lot of non-vegans think that vegan cookbooks are all full of strange ingredients that are only available at health food stores, but that isn't the case with this book. It has simple recipes made with easy to find and prepare ingredients and nearly everything in the book is between 200-400 calories per serving, and the servings are a good size. I've made many fabulous dishes from this b

"Courage is the hallmark of a warrior"

Are you traveling this path alone, or with your significant other? Joey and I started on this path in earnest on October 19th 2010. He eventually went veggie, I went vegan and we've both become pretty health conscious. He's lost about 22 lbs, I've lost almost 70 now. (He doesn't have nearly as much to lose.) Exposure Therapy Joey has a fairly wide streak of social anxiety. He came with me to the gym the day I got my free 3 day pass earlier this week. He even came on the tour of the gym with me, which was panic inducing for him. I had butterflies, but he was shaking and miserable just sitting in the waiting area after the tour, and he was all alone. Today I asked him to sign up for the 3day pass. I know right now he doesn't have the time or the drive to get a membership, he just wouldn't use it enough for it to matter. But I wanted him to expose himself to the idea, I think exposure therapy is good for him, in many ways. I think it can help a lot of peop

"Nothing to say but Mmmmm" vegan alfredo

~*~*~This recipe is gluten free and vegan~*~*~ As are all my recipes Serves two. UPDATE: 3/17/2011 I have de-spiced this a bit and gave directions for a smaller serving of sauce. It seems I like my food spicier than most! ;) I've tried many vegan alfredo recipes I found online or in cookbooks and I never made one that i liked so much i made it twice. Always looking for something better. Tonight I messed around and created my own. My bf took one bite and he made.... The "O" face. Ha! He named this recipe when he said, "Nothing to say but Mmmm...". EDITED TO ADD: You will have LOTS of sauce left over, you can easily cut the sauce ingredients in half. Oops. What you need: Here it is, excuse my horrible handwriting. I tried. ;) Here is a pic of stuff I used: Directions: I made the alfredo sauce while the gluten free (bionatura is my fave brand), pasta cooked. I put 1 pack of mori nu lite silken tofu into the ninja ( my food processor above ), and

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