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Value: Health

It's Unprocessed October you guys!!!

MillerTime and I are attempting the eatingrules.com challenge to go all of October with minimized processed food intake. With that, let me answer all of your silent questions:

Yes, it's ambitious.

Yes, it will be unrealistic for an upcoming wedding this weekend.

Yes, I sneaky want to get MT off his diet Rockstar and Sun Chips kick.

Yes, I sneaky want to get myself off of my expensive cheese and baguette kick.

Yes, I AM SO STOKED!

I regret not taking pictures of at least a few of our meals today, but this was my very first day of all unprocessed:

Breakfast: Peanut butter on top of these amazing pancakes (sans the chocolate chips) http://minimalistbaker.com/chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookie-pancakes-2-0/

Lunch: Kale and spinach salad with homemade lemon dressing, sprouted red rice, and rainbow trout

Snack: Banana with peanut butter

Dinner: Veggie scramble with feta, black beans, and oven roasted sweet potato wedges

Dessert: Glass of white wine

It was all SO tasty, I could happily eat the exact same thing tomorrow. Loving the excuse to cook more often.

Happy October!

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*Shrugs* I just don't get along with other girls...

Way Too Many Random Chicks I've Encountered

My Internal Reaction to This Statement (in no particular order):

Really?? You don't get along with roughly half of the world's population??

So, let me get this straight. You are willing to completely write off another woman as not being worth getting to know simply because of her gender?

You realize this almost comes across as self-hating misogyny, right? Like, that's all I can think about you right now.

And I am pretty sure you are implying that you cannot handle other females because you are just so very far above all typical girl behaviors and interests. You think we are all petty drama and pedicures?

That is condescending as fuuuuuuuuu....

So you clearly seem to think men have much more to offer as potential peers to you than women could ever hope to achieve.

This conversation is sooooo over.

Excuse me whilst I go paint my nails as I sip on white wine with bad reality TV blasting in the background.

Maybe the problem, anonymous speaker, is your approach of saying to other girls that YOU DON'T GET ALONG WITH OTHER GIRLS. That is maybe the worst way to make friends I have ever heard of.

Can you imagine saying to other people "I just don't get along with (insert any ethnicity here) that well." No, you can't imagine doing that, because it is incredibly racist and disrespectful to do so.

Unless you are a skinhead of some sort, and then I would imagine you take pride in such statements. But for the rest of us, not so much.

Do us all a favor. Get to know some cool ladies who share your interests before you decide to label our entire gender as not being worth your time.

End rant.

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Tuesday: Bike 20 miles Bike 18+ miles

Still felt amazing. An uncannily gorgeous day in SF deserves outdoor activity. So grateful to work from home today so I could take advantage of the weather.

P.S. I don't think I have ever made that face outside of an awkward selfie.

P.P.S. My bike got an awkward selfie too!

P.P.P.S. 18.08 miles, 1:16:46, 14.13mph (I blame stoplights)

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Value: Health

Yesterday, I ran a mile on the treadmill with the goal of running it faster than I did in high school.

Fastest High School Time: 6:52 mile

Yesterday (on treadmill, 1.5% incline): 6:45 mile

I must try this on the track! I would love to run a sub-7 min/mile 5k...

This week's workouts:

Sunday: An hour of calisthenics and body weight strength training

Monday: 4 mile treadmill run (including fastest mile time)

Tuesday: 20 mile bike ride

Wednesday: Strength Training

Thursday: 1000 meter swim

Friday: 4-5 mile run

Saturday: Hike and yoga with Katie

Sunday: Body pump with Beth and Lauren

I included Sunday twice because I already have plans for this coming Sunday and I like seeing what I already did this week!

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So This Is Tumblr.

I feel as though I should have some sort of theme to my page, but I really have no idea where to start. I've been reading Ben Does Life (from the beginning like a total stalker) and it's really been inspiring me to think about my own life goals. I don't have a weight loss goal, but I am certainly at a crossroads in my life where I am thinking about how to be the best person I am capable of being.

I read an article not too long ago that talked about life priorities and if what we do each day works toward those priorities. My top five in no particular order:

- Health

- Exploration

- Relationships

- Creativity/Expression

- Amity/Altruism

I know I am sort of cheating with double words, but I think they better express the root of my values.

The problem is, it is so easy to write a list down and to just let it sit there. To have complete apathy about what I define as important. There must be a way to merge everyday life with each and every one of these values.

Hmmmm....

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Is starting.

And it’s not just about weight loss. I’m talking any form of getting your life together. All aspects.

But here’s what worked for me.

Think about four months ago. Think about where you were. What were you doing? Now think about how cool it would be if the four-months-ago version...

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Bridal butt bump between best buds

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You know, her life was saved by Rock & Roll...

- Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, 1970