The Tao of Me

It’s about that time of year when everyone is setting goals for the New Year. Most people set fitness goals, so if you are someone who is just getting into fitness, I’m going to share a bit of advice that I wish someone gave me 8 years. 1. Take a Before Photo Not only will [...]

A FitBit is a tiny, wearable device, sort of like a pedometer that tracks your everyday steps, activities, calories burned, sleep, etc to help you stay fit. You can log your food, workouts, track your weight, blood pressure, and heart rate, keep a health journal – it does almost everything. A friend first introduced the [...]

While I was marathon training I pretty much let myself eat whatever I wanted – within reason of course. But I didn’t count calories. I was burning so many calories that I really didn’t see the need to. For a week and half after the race, I allowed myself to over-indulge with all kinds of [...]

My favorite time to blog is at the end of the day, after I’ve cleaned up, brushed my teeth and washed my face. I like to climb into my bed and write a post to end my day. But good lord, I was exhausted last night. I couldn’t keep my eyes open. So, since today [...]

Today is my 2-year runniversary! Meaning, 2 years ago today, I ran my first race – the Big Sur Half-Marathon! Today also makes one month since the Portland Marathon. A month that was full of post-season baseball. Check that — World Series baseball (I will never get tired of saying that.) And a month full [...]

(As I mentioned in my last post, this week I’ll be recapping some events that happened in the past couple of weeks that I wasn’t able to write about immediately. This is one of them.) A little while ago, I had my monthly appointment with my nutritionist. March had been a challenging month for me [...]

Last week I had my second visit with Danielle, my nutritionist. In our first visit, she recommended I get my Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR tested) which I did. So this visit was to review the results and talk about the proper methods of nutrition I should follow, specifically for my immediate goals of training for [...]

I’m currently using Active Trainer’s Beginner’s Marathon Training Plan. Every morning I get an email telling me what the workout for the day is supposed to be. Today’s workout was supposed to be an easy run for 45 minutes and this “Coaches Notes” was listed: Tempo runs are to be done at a pace where [...]

During my first visit with my nutritionist, she recommended that I get my Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) tested. I wasn’t sure what an RMR test was, but if was going to help me with my nutrition, I was all for it! Before my appointment, I did a little research and learned that this test essentially [...]

About a month ago, I wrote a post on the Health Coach that I have through work that’s part of my insurance benefits. Well yesterday was my monthly check-in session that I had forgotten all about! It was such a nice surprise to get a phone call from my Coach! We reviewed my fitness goals [...]