Amara in Training

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  • Paleo Day 15…Fish Tacos and Too Much of a Good Thing

    Started off my day with a different type of scramble this time…onions, bell peppers, and roasted green peppers with a side of potatoes! Then went to visit a friend. She was gracious enough to share her blood oranges with me. It was so sweet and tasty! I will have to hunt down the farmer’s market…

  • Paleo Day 14…Easter Sunday Cheats

    Sunday started off without a hitch. It was a mild sunny morning and I was sitting in my boyfriend’s backyard enjoying some fresh strawberries, a crisp glass of water, and a popular book called The Primal Blueprint. Figured that it’d be nice to read a few pages from it since I’m following a very similar…

  • Thoughts I Think While I Tackle The One-Mile Swim

    On Friday I completed my very first long swim of one mile. (I think I completed something close to a mile before in an open water swim, but I don’t count that too much because we took a lot of breaks and it was with a class.) It was one of the few times where…

  • Paleo Day 13…Pre-Holiday Festivities, Breaking Bread

    Spending the weekend at my boyfriend’s house generally makes it a culinary challenge, since I don’t prepare all of the food I eat. However, since he’s on paleo too, it’s a smidge easier. I started the day with a huge bag of almonds, cranberries, and raisins. We were boiling eggs for Easter and making some…

  • Paleo Day 11…Workout Recovery and Minor Ethnic Cheats

    Thursday…it was the day after Wednesday, the day after I had pushed myself a bit farther than usual. Every few months or so I’ll get a yearning to try my hand at a solo sprint triathlon, meaning that I attempt the distances at a local gym to check out my current level of conditioning. Well,…

  • Paleo Day 10…Workout Fueling and Late Night Eats

    Had a pretty awesome day in terms of energy level. Again I was reluctant to head out for my back to back to back workout with GU so I tried a little experiment and took along three bananas. I downed the first one right before swimming, the second one after my swim, and my third…

  • Paleo Day 9…Keep It Simple, Stupid

    The day started off good enough with a great 3 mile run around the neighborhood. I came across a dilemma that I’ve been battling since going paleo…what am I going to do about my energy gels? I’m so used to using them during my training and races and, for the first time ever yesterday, I…

  • Paleo Day 4…A Few Minor Slipups

    What a busy day Thursday was! Had my internship so I had to pack a whole day worth of food. Wolfed down most of it before realizing that I didn’t snap any photos. For breakfast I had the egg white scramble with veggies. Packed some bananas, oranges, dates, cranberries, raisins, and almonds. Made orange marinated…

  • Paleo Day 2…Still Going Strong

    So far, so good! Day 2 and I haven’t gone off the deep end yet. I did, however, unload my 25-ct croissant box and my Simply Apple juice at school. SCORE! I was able to give some snacks to my classmates while getting rid of some of the foods I couldn’t eat. I feel much…