House, Diagnosis, Desperate Housewives... Who am I kidding? Just Random...

First off, I haven't gotten to talk about it on here, but I have had a couple of related injuries that have kept me from running for the past 8 weeks now. Prior to this, I was actually training for my first half-marathon. It has not been fun, and it's been a House episode trying to get it figured out. The latest diagnosis (and this one might actually stick) is... *drum roll*.....

Celiac Disease... Otherwise known as a gluten intolerance. Otherwise known as the end of life as we know it.

You see, dairy and starch? Are my lifelines. If I'm having a rough day, screw alcohol. Screw chocolate. Give me a bowl of cereal or a glass of chocolate and leave me the hell alone while I catch up on Desperate Housewives (Yes, that's right, I watch Desperate Housewives... Bite me.)

So now I'm being told the only way to know for sure is to go gluten free or better yet, take up the Paleo Diet for 30 days and see what kind of a difference it makes for me.

So now I need to ask you a favor... Do any of you have any input or insight about any of the above? Celiac, gluten-free, Paleo Diet, any of it? I just really need some insight as right now I'm thinking "How do you go without breads for 30 days, much less for a lifetime?!?"

Your random moment for the day... Last night my muscle man found out I have a Desperate Housewives obsession interest. We have now been together 3 months, and he has yet to discover this mainly because I've been in the process of moving and have not had access to television much. *Side note: I don't watch much television outside of 1 or 2 shows* You can imagine the joy  gnashing of teeth  looks I got when he found this out. I assured him that I would watch them on my own time when he wasn't around. He thanked me profusely.

My little thing that I'm thankful for today... Starbucks pumpkin spice latte. Yes, a little cliche as everyone is all about all things pumpkin and/or Starbucks right now, but I can't help it. There is just something marvelous about starting a day with something that is both pumpkin and coffee in a cup. BUT, I did manage to break my "Starbucks-a-day" habit from last year, and I assure you I will not be going back. That is rough on both the waistline and the wallet.

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It's rainy here, but I hope it's sunny where you are! Soak in the fall for all it's worth, and enjoy it for me! Ciao!

The Runner's 90/10 Rule...

After a lot of research into "dieting" vs eating healthy, the eating lifestyles of athletes, reading several blogs, and other such time killers, I decided the best way to maintain a healthy lifestyle versus dieting would be to maintain a 90/10 rule... That is, healthy eating 90% of the time, and indulge 10% of the time. I suppose that rule is going to by my excuse for last night's dinner........

I decided to make an awesome salad for me and my muscle man. It turned out amazing, and we both were full afterwards. It had:

• Spinach
• Carrots
• Mushrooms
• Garlic & Herb Feta Cheese (Amazing by the way!)
• Sliced Almonds (Never had these on a salad, and now I don't think I'll have one without them!)
• Sliced Avocado
• Grilled Chicken

It didn't turn out as colorful as I would've liked, but ta daa!! Still packed with healthy stuff. :-)



So, great dinner, right? Score one for Beth, she succeeded at making an awesome salad. Well, then the dessert that was supposed to be a baked apple or a pumpkin smoothie... You know, something equally healthy? Well, instead became this....

Yes, I know, bad Beth... But I'm slowly learning. The salad was a start! Besides, I have to learn to find a healthy affordable medium between organic and regular groceries... I don't know how some people sleep at night buy organic everything, knowing how much they're sinking into it. So far I've been going by the "Dirty Dozen" rule for buying fruits and vegetables, and looking at the ingredients list on things I normally buy and comparing it to the organic version. If the regular version has 542365426 ingredients in it, I'm more prone to buy the organic version as long as it's not too outrageously priced. I bought organic apple butter yesterday after seeing that regular had 30-letter-long ingredients in it, and I also buy organic almond butter and peanut butter.

By the way, random thought... Have you ever tried to buy saffron?? OMGSWEETMOTHEROFJOSEPH it was $15 for a sprig of saffron. Say what?!? I think I'll find an alternative spice thank you...

Oh, and another random thought... If you ever shop at Kroger (or heck, maybe other grocery stores have it, I don't know...), I would suggest checking out this cheese...

It's pretty much amazing. Just take my word for it.


So, does anyone else have a suggestion on finding a healthy and affordable medium between organic and regular foods?

That is all for today... Ciao!