Slow food

All day cooking Texas style chili! It's basically no carb, which is great. Meals for the next few days, but it's pretty labor intensive, more so than my old way of cracking open a couple of cans of beans and Campbell's tomato soup concentrate. After tasting? It's worth the trouble!

Lost 5 lbs last week. And the pants are fitting better. There might be something to this! :).

No carb bread

I made this Sunday. It looks like naan, tastes kind of like a pancake. If you've ever had a Dutch baby, you know what I mean. Of course, the kids proceeded to defeat the purpose by putting powdered sugar on their pieces. :). Still it's something to use for me. It won't replace a fresh baguette, but it is what it is!

Boston and other thoughts

     What really upsets me about Boston is that those kind of races are such a celebration of life, and oftentimes its a culmination of a dream/goal for the participants.  I've run a big race (only one, Portland half marathon) and while I was totally wasted at the end, it was such a cool feeling to finish and have family there to witness it.  What happened Monday was such a tragedy...people there to celebrate family, and have fun, and give back and some nut job decides to do that.  I hate it.  If you're that upset with things, go kill yourself and leave the rest of us alone.  I believe that a big part of the human condition is the desire to improve, to get better, to seek new possibilities.  This act flies in the face of all of that.  No punishment is great enough.
     That said, I can't wait to see how Boston is run next year.  It's going to be awesome.  If you're going to try to terrorize a group of people, I don't think that a bunch of folks who are willing to run 26.2 miles, and to train to accomplish that are going to scare too easily.

 

Dinner last night

Man, Karen makes the best pork chops. Really simple. Cast iron pan, well seasoned and bingo! Side of vegetables that I had cooked Wednesday. Easy prep there too. Take those ridiculous skewers of vegetables that never cook evenly on the grill, chop em up, and sauté in olive oil and salt/pepper. Then when you need some just toss in a pan to warm up. Low carb and very tasty!

My first blog post

Wow, where do I start?  I think I'll start with this.  I realize that a lot of the time I get caught up in things, the day to day grind, and I stop living a life that I love.  I am my best self when I am in action, so here goes nothing!  Consider this a practice post, until I figure out how all of this works!