Clean Eating Machines

This is not a typical elbow-pasta-slathered-in-orangey-cheese-topped-with-buttery-crumbs kind of mac & cheese. But it still ranks mighty...

The past few weeks around our house have been all about getting creative with the meat in the freezer, using the all the veggies languishing...

A few months ago I posted a giant whinefest of self pity. Good news: this is not another one. Even better, I'll keep this short and swee...

Some people hear that we'll be spending (another) week in a hotel and comment about how great it must be to let someone else do the cook...

Our trip to CT is longer than a week, but shorter than two. We left on a Sunday and get back on a Thursday. So today is the first of two Tue...

This is semi-related to clean eating... I don't own any shorts that fit.* My smallest pair, which was tight a few years ago (and *just*...

Ah, Sunday night. How'd you get here so fast? Having The H gone Thursday/Friday, planning the little guy's birthday party (and then ...

Good news : I was able to maintain my weight while eating mainly from restaurants (ok, and a few street vendors...) for two weeks straight ...

Once upon a spring day in 2004, I ran a 5K. My time was 34:18. Average pace, 11:02 per mile. The next year, I ran it again. My time was 34:0...

One of the principles of clean eating is to eat 5-6 times a day, including a lean protein and complex carbohydrate in each meal or snack. Bu...

It was brought to my attention tonight that, after nearly two years of living a (mostly) clean-eating lifestyle, The H is unclear just exact...

(This is an update to my gripe last Thursday ) One week, four runs, 27.5 miles, and 2,169 calories (burned by running) later, I'm happ...

I'm trying not to jump the track again today, but it's not as easy as it was yesterday. Breakfast was kind of delayed; the little gu...

For the first time in two years, my jeans were tight this morning. ::collective gasp:: Just like a normal person! (You know, 'cause I am...

Part of my occasional hangup with clean eating is that too often snacks and meals are not so easy to grab. So many other things "sound...

Have you seen those annoying "high fructose corn syrup is just like sugar" ads on TV? The frumpy mom at the kids' birthday par...

More than once in the past week it has come to my attention that some of my readers and real-life friends feel intimidated by this little bl...

There seem to be a misconceptions floating around that people who eat clean eat nothing but rabbit food, are afraid of desserts, and general...

After being impressed with the Cashew Cookie Larabar I had the day I forgot to eat lunch, someone shared this link with me--a homemade ver...

I made protein bars again today, but this time I used chocolate protein powder and pecans instead of vanilla and almonds. I switched up the...