Lily's Health Pad

A few months ago, I shared my experience with caffeine addiction.    Well, I have recently kicked another habit…extreme diet soda consumption.  For years, I consumed can after can, bottle after bottle of unnatural and artificially sweetened soft drinks.    After making a connection that malaise, headaches, and afternoon tiredness were connected to my excessive [...]

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Today’s eats were inspired by my urge to empty my fridge, freezer, and cupboards.  I have many foods that are 1) approaching their use by date or 2) have simply been taking up space way too long.   Breakfast Apple cinnamon oats topped with homemade granola bar crumbles and almonds. I had been working on [...]

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Hey blog friends! I know I’ve been MIA for a few days now, and I just wanted to give you all a brief update, so that you don’t think I’ve dropped off the face of the earth. Remember on Monday when I said I had flu-like symptoms?  Well, I’ve pretty much felt terrible all week.  [...]

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Thank you all for the wonderful comments regarding my goals.  I would like to clarify that these are not necessarily my goals for 2010.  Many are goals that I hope to accomplish at some point in the next five years (for example, I doubt that a house is in my 2010 future).  I simply wanted to share [...]

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Greetings! I hope you all have been having a great Monday! My day began with a nice run. (And whoa was my entire body sore from this.) And then a trip to the eye doctor where my eyes were dilated. Which meant that I got to wear these bad boys behind my glasses for a [...]

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