The Hunger Games

My sister introduced me to the most amazing series of books I think I've ever read! The Hunger Games, Catching Fire & Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

I read the entire series in 1 week thanks to my trusty Kindle which allowed me to instantly download each book immediately after finished the previous one, which thank GOD because there is no putting these books down once you start! Trust me, do yourself a favor, and read these books!

#7 DONE!

1 month of meatlessness done! Technically, as Jessie pointed out, I did a month of a "pescatarian diet" because I allowed myself seafood but in my mind that is as vegetarian as it is going to get for me and I'm very proud of myself for completing this one! I'm still debating whether to try to go all the way to Easter so we'll see how it goes.

What I learned:
 -it was hard, but not as hard as I thought
 -it takes a lot of planning
 -a meatless diet does not automatically help one drop lbs like I thought it might
 -that I am inspired to incorporate a least a few meatless meals into our/my diet each week
 -it would be easier in the peak of summertime (seasonal veggies from my garden & farmer's market)

#8 DONE!

The first thing to be officially crossed of THE LIST is

#8: do a 5K with Jessie!

On Saturday morning Jessie, Chris, Mom & I went to George Wyth Park in Waterloo for the "Fools 5K" where we had a blast joining the 800 other runners and walkers in our (mom's & my) first ever 5K race. Mom & I had every intention of just 'fast-walking' it but with Jessie's encouragement we ended up jogging at least half of the 5K! We were so proud of ourselves and we finished in about 40 minutes which ended up being about 13 minutes miles and for non-runners who non-trained we were pretty happy with that result!

salad it is :(

Today is posing to be the hardest day of my 1 month vegetarianism so far. Hot, delicious Chick-Fil-A sandwiches were just delivered to my office for lunch. Sigh.