Friday

the girls! Brit, Me, Dre The house had an Elevator!
Soundside Backyard= Heated Pool and Hot Tub
Dock in the back too

Jeff and I The Happy Couple: Mr and Mrs.
The third floor of the house we stayed at on the first night
Front yard- Ocean View- The white house across the street is the house Andrea rented for her family!
My New Camera!!!

PHENOMENAL!

Wow!
Body:
So I started off friday by an intense yoga session, strength: Abs and BBQ (back, biceps and quads) then a fantastic 4 mile "tempo" run in 28 minutes... I kept jogging after for about a half mile to cool down.

Mind: Brought Slow Food Nation with me! I only have about 50 pages left! Woohooo!!! I read on saturday at the beach, and on both drives!

Soul:
Oh where to begin! Yoga, a great run, The Beach, waves crashing, sand under my toes, walk on the beach with Jeff, collecting HUGE seashells from the storm, getting to see friends from chicago and boston- meeting new friends of friends, relishing what wonderful friends we have vow their love to each other, pictures of Eric's new baby, champagne, love in the air!



The trip started off a little rocky, after I got back to the house from working out. As I packed my bags my camera slipped from the bag and smacked onto the floor ! I just posted last weekend about how I tend to not bring my camera because I tend to drop things-- well... this time I was not so lucky and it broke!

No more pictures ever!!



... just kidding..
I bought a new camera on the way down! I was sort of grinding my teeth over this purchase because I hate to spend money, really I do. I am hoping to get my old one fixed and I would have much rather researched the product instead of a rush buy. However, I decided that since I can return the camera within 30 days for any reason- it would be a better purchase for the weekend than say disposables ( which would cost me at least $20 for enough film, then developing another say $40, and the pictures might turn out awful) so I'd rather not waste the $60+. I have to upload the new software stuff before you get to see the photos.

Our friend in boston (Eric and Jamie) just had a baby (Charlie), Eric flew in friday morning then picked us up and drove us down to the beach in an Escalade. I felt like a drug dealer or a celebrity... every time we got out at a gas station so I could pee! We stopped and got a camera and the guys got Bojangles ( southern fried chicken fast food)... as I snaced on my Kashi Crackers and Trail Mix and read "slow food nation".. unfortunately, slow food nation could not persuade them into avoiding fast food.
Sigh...

We arrived at the beach and unloaded our things at Jeff's parents' rental. Then headed to the after rehersal dinner. It was delicious but it was outdoors and nighttime and COLD! I was so hungry I ate before realizing I had my camera to take pictures! We stayed over at Nate's rental mansion and had a very late night ( 3 am bedtime!) So we woke up pretty late and headed back to Jeff's parent's rental for "breakfast" at 11:30 or so... Then we went fishing all afternoon saturday on the beach...In the rain! There house was literally on the beach and PHENOMENAL! It was a great time and we got ready for the wedding and headed literally across the street to the ceremony/reception site -The Aquarium!

The ceremony was very quick and me ( who never cries at the sappy stuff) teared up! You could really see how much Nate and Andrea are meant to be together and how much love they have.

The reception dinner was another PHENOMENAL meal!

Seared Sesame Ahi Tuna, Turkey Carving Station, Salad Station with mixed baby greens, roasted red peppers, walnuts, blue cheese, Potato Station ( pesto smashed potatoes, red pepper potatoes, and all kinds of delicious toppings!)

I had an absolute phenomenal time... more beach time this afternoon before a drive back - lots of Slow Food Nation reading done and feel recharged for the week.

Notes...

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Blog- I'm really not happy with not running but I am learning to be flexible... I would've loved more than anything to run everyday this week but I would much rather have my knee work for the rest of my life , and be able to run well enough for a workout than try too hard and ruin something ....so... I am trying to not stress about it, because stress just makes you store fat ( that is actually true somewhat) and not enjoy things you CAN do!

HFCS

I spent SO much time shopping with KC this morning/afternoon that I got home and was really hungry for lunch. I heated up leftover pasta and sauce for Jeff and I before yardwork.

I started to pack for the beach, showered, laundry, then got ready and left for class- before I left I grabbed a balance bar and ate it on the way to class.

Manicure After Class!!

Note to self- iatria day spa did not do a very good job but it was later at night and the last appointment of the day so not sure if we should try this place again.... Dinner Finally!!!





Dinner:
Starving!! I had a salmon burger and toasted in the toaster oven. I had a whole wheat mini wrap with hummus and goat cheese and goddess dressing. I also had a big bowl of mixed veggies that was delicious!

Body: Rest day- sort of- I walked - a lot! and all the unpacking/laundry/run around/cleaning worked up a sweat! But no formal exercise today! See how heavy my mind section is!

Mind: Class was interesting! Adv. Nutrient Metabolism is always fun.
Today was glycolysis...

I will spill about high fructose metabolism ( only a tiny portion of what we went over) because it is such a buzz recently.

( you can refer back to my posts late september to refresh on saccharides)

Glucose, Galactose, Fructose all require ATP (adensosine tri-phosphate= energy!) to be broken down.

Glucose gets phosphorylated (using a phosphate from ATP) into Glucose 1-P, which uses either hexokinase or glucokinase ( gluco in the liver, hexo outside liver) to convert to Glucose-6-P.... which gets converted to Fructose-6-P ..

Fructose needs ATP to get phosphorylated as well and gets converted to Fructose 6- P via enzymes ( phosphofructokinase- PFK- the main regulator in the breakdown process) ...

From here...
Fructose 6-P breaks down to glyceraldehydes ( 2 of them since its a 3 carbon molecule and glucose is a 6 carbon molecule)..

Glyceraldehydes get further broken down into carbon intermediate chains, then into pyruvate (with the help of high ATP, High alanine levels, and the pyruvate kinase enzymes). Pyruvate is the end result of glycolysis along with 2 ATP

( pyruvate can then continue to break down in mitochondria- if no oxygen is present it will convert to lactic acid.... if oxygen is present it will convert to Acetyle CoA which is the building block for fat AND cholesterol)


Unfortunately, science has shown that high fructose intakes result in high amounts of glyceraldehydes. The problem with this is that triglycerides ( glyercol with three fatty acid chains attached) are made from this via the available glycerol in glyceraldehydes.

Thus ....high fructose intake results in higher fat production. If you regularly consume a healthy diet and exercise regularly- consuming a single product or maybe a few products with HFCS isn't really going to do anything that harmful except for potentially create a few extra triglycerides ( unless you exercise or output energy which will immediately breakdown everything to pyruvate b/c of energy demand). If your triglyceride levels are already high, you would want to stay away from HFCS. In general, you want to stay away from HCFS because the majority of products that contain it aren't healthy products anyway- pre-packages snacks/cakes/cookies etc. arent nutritious foods.


Hope you enjoyed that! It helped me recap my class too!

Soul:
Manicure! Shoe Shopping! ( I got fabulous shoes!!!!!), Makeup shopping, Laundry, Talked to my mom about my day and my knee issues, Greys Anatomy, Going to THE BEACH!!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!



wait, did i already say... WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!

bringing the laptop and the camera stuff but not sure if our house has wireless!
see you later tomorrow!

Not breakfast

Dessert! ( Last night- after the movie! Kashi Heart to Heart, Mini Peanut Butter Cups, Dark Choc chips, a little organic pb on top of ice cream. Butter pecan ( leftover from andrea's dessert)... and now breakfast ( I woke up too late to run before shopping- my knee is sore anyway so I take it as it comes- run today or tomorrow probably)


egg white burritos... i spread some hummus on the mini whole wheat tortilla's (2) then wrapped em in egg whites ( 4) , Frozen blueberries (1/3 cup) and 3 strawberries..

Suduko is tough today! I got a hard one from the paper and its taking forever! I think I will read SFN... almost half way and I have to get it done this weekend. That has been the nice thing with grad school- I can still go to friend's weddings/vaca's and just take my reading/writing with me.
I love school- I know ...me => nerd!

hmmm

This will be quick since i did my Body.Mind.Soul recap earlier ( I did yoga this evening and Jeff is coming home early from work tomorrow and we are doing yardwork together!! After the morning shopping with KC!!


Dinner:

WW Rotini
Homemade Sauce posted yesterday

Asiago Shredded

Veggies with Hummus!

The orthopedic gave me a new anti inflammatory and I tend to eat more of a high-protein, low carb diet - so i had pasta tonight in hopes of getting in some extra glycogen stores for a fantastic run tomorrow morning (hoping for 7-8 miles) before shopping, yardwork, class, manicure, packing, leaving for the beach! If I don't get it in no biggie, I can run after yardwork/before class or just at the beach.. Jam-Packed day tomorrow...


We are now going to watch The Bourne Ultimatum ( we havent fully seen The Bourne Supremecy but saw the bourne identity when it came out years ago... hope its good!

*updated- Lunchtime

Hello Blog-land from Campus!

So.. Ortho ordered an MRI, he was not happy that my knee is still giving me problems . What is odd is that the last two weeks on the meds, I could run again with no problems- I posted about my Supersonic Racer Speed last week ( 7 mile run in 50 minutes and a 6.4 miler in around that too).

Yesterday, I went to "jog" to my car after biking and jabbed with pain on the first step from nowhere! So dissappointing.

Health insurance won't cover the MRI- it goes toward my deductible which is 2500 and it costs $600 out of pocket.

So the assistant is checking into other options on what to do and what will be figured out by the MRI- in most likely case- I need a surgical operation to either clear out cartiledge, or fix my knee cap. I doubt I can afford surgery, but at least 1/4 of my deductible would be paid for so ....??

After the appointment I went to the gym. I know, how ironic/hypocritical? But I felt like getting out my stress/frustration and the best way I can do that is by exercise- so

Body: Biked 11 miles, 23 minutes ( resistance level 4-11, random hill program). Elliptical 22 minutes (resistance level 3-5).. no strength training today, just some stress relieving cardio!

Mind: In the waiting area, got through several pages of Slow Food Nation...its been a Slow Read Too! I also am on campus early to do more research and read in the library, which should be rather productive.
** I got so much reading done in 30 minutes!!! Wow... super productive . Class was rather mundane- we got out early though so I could do more researching for the presentation for it! **

Soul: Dinner is already made and nail appointments for tomorrow evening. I have to pack but have a good base of what I need/want to take with me this weekend.
I also wanted to yoga everyday this week, so I plan on doing that this evening or going for a walk with Jeff. The grass needs cut too so I may do some yardwork with Jeff, the outdoor time relaxes me as well. ** yoga today- 20 minutes- Yardwork tomorrow afternoon with Jeff**


Lunch was delicious after the gym....I will have to post the pic later with dinner

I had:
TJ Steel Cut Oats, added tsp organic peanut butter, dried cranberries and pineapple ( and wished I had coconut!)... THANKS MOM FOR THE ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER! ( its less salty but still yummy!)
Oikos Blueberry Organic Greek ( HT had $0.75 off coupons- i took a bunch which made the cost less than other greek yogurts!)
Thawed Steamed Veggies and Fresh Raw Veggies with a tsp of Garlic Hummus

Delicious! Off to coursework, see you around dinner