I ate a particularly delicious energy bar the other day that I picked up at the mini-grocery store across from my office. It was so good that I saved the wrapper so I could look at the ingredients and recreate it myself. I think my version is almost better than the original. Here is the recipe. I didn't measure anything, just put in amounts that seemed right.
Put in blender and blend until powdery:
Flax seeds
Shredded coconut
Raw cashews
Raw almonds
Whole dates - chop these into small pieces
Add the dry powder to the dates and work it together with your hands. I needed to add a few drops of water to make it all stick together. Once you have a big ball, make it into bite-size pieces or bars, or whatever shape works for you.
Done. Paleo and vegan! Raw! Super delicious! but.... not low calorie, discipline required.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
state of my three month goals
I am just over halfway through the time period set to accomplish my last set of 3 month goals. It's time to assess where I am at with each of these.
1. Run faster: I thought this one would be the easiest, but it I am actually having the least success with this goal of the three. My hip joint has a nagging dysfunction and now it is painful to run at all. I don't know if this was caused by running the gnarly trail half marathon or by overdoing the crossfit. I'm working on it with chiropractic and PT but right now I can't run at all. This is depressing and hard. The races I had planned are probably not going to happen.
In the meantime I am doing a lot of biking and swimming, and crossfit as my body will allow. I have decided to do Ironman Coeur d'Alene in June after all because it seems that a hard running season is not to be for me this year. I am still working on the leaning out/eating paleo thing, which is an indirect part of the run faster goal, and am seeing some progress there.
not there yet but someday....
2. Save money for a house. This is going extremely well. I am on track as planned and have had a business opportunity come my way that will most likely make buying a house possible this year.
3. Laugh and smile more. This is going well too. Doing frivolous things is good. I have noticed that when I make the effort to smile more it becomes a way of being. Hard personal issues roll off me easier when I have a steady state of happiness within. Allowing myself to have fun has also led the way for me to start getting reacquainted with playing bass and guitar, and to take a literature class. I am not running as much but I am spending a lot more time reading books. Life feels rich and full when I make space for art and creative pursuits.
Setting these three goals has opened me up for working on a lot of things all at once. There is a lot of movement happening right now.
1. Run faster: I thought this one would be the easiest, but it I am actually having the least success with this goal of the three. My hip joint has a nagging dysfunction and now it is painful to run at all. I don't know if this was caused by running the gnarly trail half marathon or by overdoing the crossfit. I'm working on it with chiropractic and PT but right now I can't run at all. This is depressing and hard. The races I had planned are probably not going to happen.
In the meantime I am doing a lot of biking and swimming, and crossfit as my body will allow. I have decided to do Ironman Coeur d'Alene in June after all because it seems that a hard running season is not to be for me this year. I am still working on the leaning out/eating paleo thing, which is an indirect part of the run faster goal, and am seeing some progress there.
2. Save money for a house. This is going extremely well. I am on track as planned and have had a business opportunity come my way that will most likely make buying a house possible this year.
3. Laugh and smile more. This is going well too. Doing frivolous things is good. I have noticed that when I make the effort to smile more it becomes a way of being. Hard personal issues roll off me easier when I have a steady state of happiness within. Allowing myself to have fun has also led the way for me to start getting reacquainted with playing bass and guitar, and to take a literature class. I am not running as much but I am spending a lot more time reading books. Life feels rich and full when I make space for art and creative pursuits.
Setting these three goals has opened me up for working on a lot of things all at once. There is a lot of movement happening right now.
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