Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
No, I don’t mean Buckley’s. I’m referring to the NetiPot. My typical tactic whenever I have a cold is to drug myself into oblivion with as many pharmaceuticals as I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, any cold medication that works is on the list of “things that will cause you to have a retarded … Continue reading It tastes awful, but it works
This is the latest in a long line of ways I try to manipulate my body into staying in a shape & size that fits into my pants. The target right now is a pair of Tilley travel pants, purchased just before heading to Morocco 2 years ago. Two years ago I was in a … Continue reading Clean Eating
If you’ve been following along on Twitter or Facebook, you know that I’ve actually, stunningly, been keeping up with the Couch to 5k program. Halfway through yesterday’s run put me at the halfway mark of the 9-week program. Since I didn’t stop at halfway and finished the run, I am officially closer to the end … Continue reading Halfway
Every fall I get the urge to start running. I don’t say “start running again” because I never make it far enough that I’d ever consider myself a “runner” once, nevermind subsequent times, but I do enjoy the crisp fall air when the cooler temperatures are a perfect compliment to a body in motion, generating … Continue reading Music to Run to
Do you remember that old movie Heavy Weights? Early Ben Stiller where he is crazy (evil!) fitness guru Tony Perkis who runs a fatcamp for kids? At one point, the kids and camp counselors stage a coup, lock up crazy Tony, and have an all-night food-fueled orgy of gorging. If you haven’t seen it, or … Continue reading Oh how the mighty have fallen
One of the pet peeves I had while I was looking for cleanse info/reviews was finding people saying “oh hey I’m starting this cleanse” and that was the last thing they had to say about it. For future googlers, I’m halfway through this godforsaken Wild Rose D-Tox cleanse. Here’s how it’s going: I certainly experienced … Continue reading Half-Clean
Today marks day one of my first ever cleanse. I’m doing the Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox. It didn’t come entirely out of nowhere – a few people I know have done this particular program. Others have done food/alcohol restriction experiments, and yet others are necessarily eating modified diets because of allergies and food sensitivities. I … Continue reading Rub a Dub Dub