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Looking Ahead

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If you haven’t already entered my giveaway for a free case of Chobani Greek yogurt, get to it! & check out the CHOBlog Featured Blogger of the week :)

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Hey there. Happy Thursday! I’m pretty excited about how fast this week is zooming by. I wouldn’t have been able to handle a repeat of last week. I am looking forward to a relaxing fall weekend of cool runs and warm baking. Oh, and I also need to figure out a couple of Halloween costumes. How is it that it’s nearly the end of October!?

Speaking of time flying, I registered for my Spring classes today. It seems a bit early to be signing up for classes that don’t start until the end of January, but I guess it doesn’t hurt to plan ahead sometimes.

Spring Schedule 2011

Biomedical Ethics [Philosophy]

An examination of moral issues arising in medical practice and biomedical research. Among the topics discussed are the responsibilities of health care professionals, the allocation of scarce medical resources, genetic engineering, and the harvesting of fetal tissue.

Health Education Techniques [Health & Community Service]

This course introduces health education theory, curricula, resources, and marketing techniques for use in school and community settings. Students plan, develop, implement, and evaluate effective health education and promotion programs. Students practice professional health education techniques while working with a local organization to implement a community health education.

Nutrition & Disease [Nutrition & Food Science]

This course is designed to develop skills in the use of clinical nutrition in the prevention and treatment of diet-related health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease.

Writing for Mass Media [Journalism]

Techniques of information gathering and writing for various audiences in the mass media.

This comes out to a solid 12 units. I think I am going to love my weekly schedule. FINALLY, I do not have any classes on Fridays [the only other time I didn’t was in Fall of ‘07]. Three day weekends – yes please. I also just have one class on Monday/Wednesday that isn’t until 3:00pm – sweet! I shouldn’t get too excited though because I will be trying to fill up some of my free space with an internship and/or a J.O.B.

Have you taken any similar classes? I am not looking forward to Biomedical Ethics. It doesn’t sound like my cup of tea, but it’s a requirement for my Upper Division GE Theme: Contemporary Health Issues.

Accident Update

I reported my accident to the managerial staff at the WREC today. They were very nice about the entire thing; I filed an accident/injury report, and we looked at the surveillance video from Tuesday to see if we could find my tragic fall along with any other evidence. We did! If I had a copy of the video, I would show y’all. It was exactly as I had it played out in my head to be. We even figured out who the idiotic culprit was that left the treadmill on. From the camera, we were able to tell the girl dismounted the machine almost 10 minutes beforehand – 10 minutes! If I could track her down to pay my medical bill, I would. All I can do now is allow my body to heal.

Food Footage

I don’t remember the last time I posted a picture of my eats. I’ve still been eating my usual diet: vegetables + dark chocolate.

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  • organic greens
  • tomato
  • cucumber
  • feta
  • sunflower seeds
  • 1 Dr. P burger
  • seasoned rice vinegar + olive oil

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Tonight’s salad was REAL… real food, real cooking, real darn delicious! I used Ashley’s salad challenge recipe for my inspiration.

Seasonal Salad for One

  • 1/2 butternut squash, peeled + cubed [medium size]
  • olive oil, ~2 T
  • real maple syrup, ~2 tsp.
  • fresh thyme, ~1 tsp.
  • sprinkle of cinnamon
  • salt + fresh black pepper
  • 1/2 medium red onion, thickly sliced
  • 1/4 Granny Smith apple, cubed
  • lettuce, ~2 big handfuls
  • honey chevre
  • pepitas
  • balsamic vinegar

Toss the cubed butternut squash with olive oil, maple syrup, thyme, cinnamon, salt + pepper. Roast on a baking sheet @ 400* for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, add the red onion to the squash and toss together gently. Continue to cook until squash is tender and onions are caramelized, about 20 minutes more. Meanwhile, wash and dry your greens – please! – and arrange on a plate. Then decorate it with the squash, onion, tart apple, crumbled goat cheese, and crunchy pumpkin seeds. Give it a slight drizzle of sweet balsamic and BAM!, you’ve got yourself a real, fall dinner for one.

 

Well, hope y’all are having a cozy Thursday evening. Have a wonderful weekend!

Nothing But Good [GIVEAWAY!]

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In my opinion, Greek yogurt is nothing but good.

Being the Featured Blogger on the CHOBlog is also nothing but good. Check it out, there I am!

–> A Runner, Nuts for Nutrition

I had fun answering Chobani’s questionnaire, so if you’d like to learn a few quirky facts about yours truly AND a chance to win 1 free case of Chobani Greek yogurt [flavor of your choice!], then hop on over to the CHOBlog to read the latest.

Then…

Leave a comment telling me about one of your worst cooking “whoops” + the flavor of Chobani you’d like to appear at your doorstep.

Extra Entry: TWEET TWEET. Please link to the giveaway using @HILLontherun & @Chobani.

1 lucky winner will be randomly selected by Sunday @ 8:00pm

 

Achy Breaky Heart

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I guess I used up all of my weekend productivity motivation yesterday because today I had close to none. I rolled outta bed at 8:30am – that’s sleeping in! – and ‘made’ cereal for breakfast… a pathetic Sunday morning meal.

Oh, but it was still pretty… and pretty tasty.

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  • Barbara’s Shredded Spoonfuls
  • homemade granola – still tasting fresh
  • 1/2 banana + 1/2 organic farmers’ market peach
  • organic 1% milk

I wanted to workout this morning, but didn’t know what form of exercise I wanted to do after my long run yesterday. While I thought about it, I gave Little Blue a thorough bubble bath + vacuum [hey, that’s exercise – right!?], as well as caught up on my 3 loads of laundry from last weekend.

Still undecided about exercise, I ate.

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Plain 0% Greek + 2 fresh figs + walnuts & honey – mmmm!

After lunch and a couple hours at the computer doing homework, I was hit with the Sunday Slump. There wasn’t an ounce of energy to be found in my body. My throat hurt. I needed sleep. I knew then that fitting in an evening workout was out of the picture [hence the achy breaky heart]. My body was not game for raising its heart rate, so I laid on my feather bed until my eyelids began to drift closed. Can you see where this is going? Don’t underestimate the power of  Sunday afternoon siesta. It wasn’t long, but it was just what my body requested. Half an hour later, I was mildly refreshed and ready to… eat.

Still not feeling 100%, I took the easy way out with dinner.

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A handful of gold.

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… and one of my favorite, college-style comfort foods ever: Annie’s Mac & Cheese with a dab of real buttah, peas and creamy avocado.

New roommate: “What are you going to do with that avocado"?

Me: “Oh, ya know… just put it in my macaroni and cheese with peas.”

Very odd combo, but tasty to me! : )

Going to work on my never-ending pile of assignments, and then hopefully turn in to bed early. I have not been getting enough zzz’s and it’s starting to take a toll on me. I can’t let a lack of sleep prevent me from possibly having one of my greatest training seasons yet. I want to be exercising at least 5x/week, and that has not always been happening =/

Run. Eat. Study. Sleep. Repeat.

Good night!

Clean Eating v. College Craziness

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I know fall/winter is upon us when I eat my breakfast before there is enough natural light for a decent photograph of my cereal. This saddens me. See the tears? I’m going to have to learn a few tricks to  successful indoor photography sans sunlight since no one – me especially! – likes a blurry, “flashed-out”, pixelated picture.

I attempted to take a few photos of my dark breakfast and dinner, but they didn’t make the cut. Really, though… cold cereal and green burgers are not the most interesting items I consume. You didn’t miss a lot.

By the time I was ready to put together my packed lunch, the sun was high enough in the sky for this picky food blogger. I took advantage of it, obviously.

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  • Sprouted Wheat Tortilla + Humboldt Hummus, 1 Heirloom, Cuc & Organic Greens
  • 1 crunchy orange stick

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  • Plain Greek, 1/2 peach, 1/4 c. coconut cashews
  • icy h2o in my new Lulelemon bottle — I <3 Running

After a really awful day of eating – to me, that means random eats that aren’t worth the calories [i.e. horrible, fluffy Baskin Robbins ice cream] – plus a weekend full of indulgences, I was ready to resume with my clean eating today.

What does clean eating mean to me?

My body feels ‘clean’  when I eat a controlled diet rich in fiber-dense whole grains, raw vegetables and fruits, nuts [in moderation], low-fat dairy [again, not too much], a reasonable amount of sugar, and lots of water/tea.

My skin tells me when I’ve OD’ed on sugar, or am not hydrating with water [as is the case currently]. However, I don’t believe clean eating should restrict sweets/indulgences. I ate dessert today [chocolate, of course], and did not feel all that guilty about it. If I want to indulge in treat, I aim for quality, short ingredient list items.

I realize there are many many definitions of ‘clean eating’ out there, especially floating around the healthy living community. This is just my personal view. I’m not a RD, just a nutrition nut : )

It wasn’t terribly difficult to keep my clean eating regimen under control today since I had one heck of a busy Hump Day!

  • 9:00-9:50am Physiology
  • 11:00am-1:15pm Help with Farmers’ Market

The Nutrition & Food Science Association has a booth at the student market every other week. Today we sold veggie wraps and cucumber water, as well as our cute club tees. I’m really going to make an effort to work on Goal #4 this semester!

  • 2:00-2:50pm Human Nutrition
  • 3:00-3:50pm Science of Food
  • 5:00-6:00pm Group Meeting
  • 6:15-8:00pm Gym

12-minute indoor track run [1 mi. @ 8 min. + 0.5 mi @ 4 min.]

12-minute treadmill run [3 min. @ 6.8 / 1 min. @ 8.0 – repeat 3x | 1.0 incline]

60-minute WRECPump

  • eat. shower. blog… homework.

That is my Wednesday in a nutshell. So glad tomorrow is already Thursday – yay for 4-day weeks. Time to get my clean on [room cleaning, that is].

Take care, lovelies!

Hillary

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What does clean eating mean to you?
Did you eat clean in college?
Anyone else get rained on today!?

Berry Lame

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Can you hear my cheering? It’s the weekend – woot woot!! When you’re a full-time student, you quickly appreciate the weekends so much more, that’s for certain. Monday feels like forever ago. I hope that’s not an indication of how slowly the semester will progress. I just keep thinking of that diploma hanging on my wall, and I chug right along.

My mind hasn’t exactly been in blog posting mode this week. I took a pathetic number of random food photos yesterday + today. Perhaps I’ll put my camera to better use over the weekend, ya?

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#1 snack: free Greek [Chobani loves to send me coupons!!] + fresh berries & honey.

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#1 free chocolate bar: Coffee Bean Dark Chocolate Attune. These get a high rating from me, a complete chocolate snob. Agree!?

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Healthier chocolate. I’ll make room in my cupboard for you.

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#1 six-minute salad: fresh spinach, r-berries, red onion, avocado, chevre, olive oil, balsamic + pepper.

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I went to the gym for the 7th day in a row tonight. I didn’t go with much enthusiasm, or use my successful exercise tips; consequently, I had a chill – though sweaty!! – workout.

  • 1 mi. indoor track run @ 8:40
  • 20-minute treadmill walk
  • 20-minute StairMaster

The weather isn’t suppose to be at sauna temperatures the next couple of days, so I’m double-crossing my fingers I can go for a run outside. A true runner can only train inside for so long before going stir-crazy.

I’ll talk write more later. I’m closing up shop for the night.

xo HP

 

When do you prefer to exercise – morning, afternoon, or evening? Any late-night exercisers?

The Results Are In

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HEY ya’ll! I apologize for the late GIVEAWAY winner announcement. Please know, the winner was randomly selected yesterday @ 6:00pm, as stated. I really enjoyed reading what delicious recipes you’re anxious to try – yum!

So… who will be getting a special delivery of VIP Chobani coupons?

Commenter #55: Tiffany!

Please e.mail me your address, so you can get your Greek A.S.A.P.

 

& thank you for all the input on my scale scenario. I certainly took to mind a lot of what ya’ll had to say. I took the day off from exercise today, but I plan to do something tomorrow [including some strength training!].

Look for food photos + recipes tomorrow – I’ve got a lot to share!

“See you soon”!

Hillary

Give Chobani a Chance

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Hi again! What’s a better way to start the week than with a GIVEAWAY?

The lovely folks at Chobani got word of my Greek yogurt obsession and offered to send me a generous envelope full of free coupons – yes please & thank you! Not only were they kind enough to send me free ‘tickets’ to snacking heaven, but the will send 1 lucky reader a stack of their own coupons – enough to try each and every one of their scrumptious flavors.

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Buying Greek yogurt regularly isn’t exactly friendly to your grocery bill, so if you’re a Greek yogurt addict like myself, you may want to take advantage of this awesome offer.

There are 5 simple ways to win a set of VIP Chobani coupons of your own:

1. Visit the Chobani site and leave a comment below with what Greek yogurt recipe you’d most like to try. Or do you have one of your own?

2. Follow me on Twitter @HILLontherun.

3. Tweet about the giveaway + link.

4. Mention giveaway in a blog post.

5. Add me to your blogroll.

You have until Sunday, July 4th @ 6:00pm [California time] to enter.
  • Leave a separate comment for each way of entry.
  • Giveaway open to US residents only.

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