• Fitness,  Injuries

    Hardcore Kickboxing

    Back in October of 2009 I took kickboxing classes for about three months—and they were amazing! The instructor was a young guy in amazing shape and really kicked our butts during class. I got in pretty good shape physically while taking it 2x a week for those months. However, the price started adding up and then the studio closed. Shortly after I joined my current gym. Needless to say, I haven’t practiced kickboxing since about January of 2010. Since I haven’t been running due to my injury, I’ve been wanting to start kickboxing up again, but with no studio around, I decided to get a kickboxing DVD. I found this…

  • Food,  Running,  Wine

    Pizza and Wine

    So, tonight I was in the mood for some pizza, but not the UNHEALTHY kind, so I made up a couple of pita pizzas for dinner. I remember this idea from when my mom was on Weight Watchers years ago, and she used to make mini pizzas with pita bread for the crust. I started doing the same thing when I began eating healthier. I use Joseph’s Whole Wheat & Flax Pitas for the crust, plain pizza sauce, and low-moisture part skim mozzarella cheese. I topped them with some red pepper and sundried tomato. So yummy! Defintely helped my pizza craving! To go with my pizza, I had to have…