The Tao of Me

My friend, master swimmer and new swim “coach” Sam shared these videos with me – very interesting stuff! Alexander Popov Swimming Technique: This is very helpful as I continue to focus on improving my form and timing! These next two videos demonstrate the muscles used by running and freestyle swimming. It makes me very happy [...]

Today was a friend’s birthday so we took her out for a birthday lunch. No, I didn’t go crazy and have cake or even a piezookie (even though I deserved one for getting my order messed up) but BJ’s Brewery’s menu is not yet on CalorieKing so I have no idea how many calories were [...]

“Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest…Listen to your body if it needs to rest.” This was a tweet posted this morning from @Runners_Lounge Walking Monday is one of my running days but on this Monday morning, I woke up with some aches and pains (in the usual [...]

So today was pretty similar to yesterday. What can I say? I’m a creature of habit. Oh, and leftovers. 5:00 am: 1/2 cup of Erin Baker’s Double Chocolate Chunk Granola – 190 calories 8:00 am: Strawberry/Banana/Soy Milk/Flax Seed Oil Smoothie – 347 calories 11:00 am: 1 hard-boiled egg white – 17 calories 12:30 pm: 1 [...]

I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to write as much as I want to. There are so many things I plan to write about that I started keeping a “blog log.” Now I just have to find sometime to write! I had some great workouts last week – swimming, running and Body [...]

So a month ago I wrote a post detailing what I ate that day. Turns out its one of my most popular posts. Shortly after I wrote that post, I went on vacation and I’ve been struggling to eat well ever since. So I’m going to write a daily post on what I ate today [...]

S.O.S. — Save Our Season! Brian Sabean, you are Commissioner Gordon and the your phone is ringing; save this season! This was Damon Bruce’s analogy on KNBR tonight after yet another dismal loss by the G’s. Whether I agree with him or not, Damon Bruce always gets me fired up. He tells it like it [...]

“Studies show that eating protein in the morning helps curb your appetite, preserve muscle, and boost fat lost compared with eating just carbs at breakfast. So add one or two eggs, a half cup of cottage cheese, or a cup of yogurt to round our your customary morning meal of fruit and a bagel or [...]