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Guest Post: Becoming a Vegetarian

March 9, 2010

Don’t forget to take advantage of the Open Sky coupon, good through Friday!
As you may know, I eat a mostly-vegetarian diet. Personally, this is partially due to the ethics of eating meat, and largely due to the fact that my body functions better when I eat less meat.
I realize that eating a vegetarian diet isn’t [...]

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Guest Post: One Weekend Meal, Five Weekday Lunches

March 8, 2010

Hello friends, I hope you had a great weekend! As I mentioned on Friday, I will be back with tales of my trip to Florida, including the big blogger lunch and the Disney Princess Half Marathon, later this week. Until then, enjoy these guest posts.

And, don’t forget about the Open Sky coupon for a Tiger [...]

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Happy Half-Birthday, Savvy Eats!

March 5, 2010

Knee Update + A Sale
After Wednesday’s big decision to not run the half marathon this weekend, I felt a stabbing pain in my knee all day. In fact, I felt like crying whenever I walked up or down stairs!
Luckily, that pain has died down, through lots of icing, Ibuprofin, and my secret weapon… The Tiger [...]

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Top Five Reasons to Buy Local

March 4, 2010

I know this post was supposed to go up yesterday, but after the sad news regarding my half marathon, I really felt the need to do a “Little Things” post instead! Thank you for all your kind words and support about my running decision!
My Top Five Reasons to Buy Local
1.   Less nutrient loss. As I [...]

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Projects: Strength and Glow

March 1, 2010

As you may have noticed, Savvy Eats got a makeover this weekend! I love that it looks so much cleaner now, don’t you?
Project Strength
This weekend marked the end of Project Strength, the results of which you can see here. I didn’t make quite as much progress as I would have hoped, but I think part [...]

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Grand Opening + Monster Pasta

February 26, 2010

Happy Friday, friends!

I have two exciting things for this post to kick-off the weekend.
Number 1: My Open Sky Shop Grand Opening!
Today is the day of the GRAND OPENING of my Open Sky Shop. I have added a bunch of fun new products for you to check out, and two of them are on sale!
The Sagaform [...]

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S’Mores Cupcakes

February 25, 2010

I’ve been on a bit of a S’mores kick lately. Which is kind of funny, because I don’t particularly care for S’mores!
But lately, whether it be my favorite Glo bar,

a S’mores pancake gone horribly wrong (delicious, but note remotely photogenic),

or these little cupcakes, I’ve had [...]

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Microwave Quinoa and a Giveaway

February 23, 2010

As I mentioned yesterday, I had a drop-in appointment with a sports therapist at University Health Services last night. I was so nervous that I was almost shaking going into the appointment, because I was afraid they would say, right off the bat, “you can’t run your half marathon.”
However, the verdict was much better than [...]

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Cinnamon Peanut Butter Hummus

February 22, 2010

Thanks for all your great advice and input on my workout frustrations. I responded to a lot of your comments on the original post, and am going to see a sports doctor later on today. Hopefully I will come out of it with good news!
(Thank you, University Health Services, for offering free drop-in sports therapy [...]

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Workout Frustrations

February 20, 2010

I can’t believe my first half marathon is exactly two weeks from tomorrow. Eek! I’m getting so excited!

Unfortunately, I am also getting frustrated.

Two and a half weeks ago, I took 3 much-needed rest days because of a twinging left IT band. After a few days off, I was ready for a long run, and did [...]

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