We are just over the half way point of August and things are going pretty well with my fitness goals. I got a little hung up this week due to our hike last Saturday. I ended up really straining my calf muscle which resulted in not being able to do my planned four mile run on Sunday and put me out of commission for running most of this week. That being said no more hiking until next summer since my half training official beings in 11 days.
Below is my workouts in August up until yesterday; still to come this week are yoga, 3-4 mile run and possible a swim and/or pilates.
Many of you are at/heading to the Healthy Living Summit (wish I could have gone)in Philly this weekend and are probably curious on what to do.
Neil, myself and our friend Laura are on our way to Philly next weekend to meet up with Laura’s boyfriend Aaron and enjoy a new (to us) city. Since my extent of “visiting” Philly is many layovers at the airport I decided to ask a Philly resident Allison from The Sunday Flog what her top recommendations of things to do and eat are. This is what she suggested:
things to do:
art museum (if you’re into museums!)
liberty bell/walk through independence mall (5th/6th and arch) – the only one that requires admission is the national constitution center
run on kelly drive – it’s gorgeous to stroll along the river (FYI from the art museum to the east falls bridge is ~4 miles)
visit LOVE park (15th and arch) and take pictures
mini golf at franklin square (7th and race) – all replicas of mini philly landmarks! super fun and $8! then grab [veggie] burgers from stephen starr’s square burger and ice cream and franklin fountain. cute date night!
stroll on south street and check out the cool shops and weird people
READING TERMINAL MARKET (12th and filbert)
italian market! (9th and washington…all along 9th st) a bit more mexican/chinese than just italian, but dinner at villa di roma is great, as is perusing the little shops (fantes housewares is a favorite!)
stroll through rittenhouse square and grab a drink somewhere!
"I Love Philadelphia," by William C. Ressler
things to eat:
not cheesesteaks because you don’t eat meat!
pizza at pietros. (17th and walnut) i don’t know why but this is one of my FAVORITE places in the city!!!
any of stephen starr’s restaurants (continental, el vez, jones, buddakan, morimoto, pod)
pure fare – organic and delicious!
barbuzzo
cantina dos segundos (931 north 2nd st) AWESOME FOOD and they are super veg/vegan friendly
brunch at honeys sit-and-eat (800 n. 4th) or sabrinas (18th and callowhill OR 9th and christian)
What are you favorite things to do and eat in Philly?
I was looking back on my last few posts and well honestly they have been lacking in quantity and quality. My excuse isn’t that I have nothing to write about or don’t feel like blogging because I do…it’s just I have been strapped for time. This has been one of the craziest months for me between training, traveling, health coaching and other new adventures. I hope to get back on track in September when things quiet down (a little). I have been cooking a lot lately, we currently have a no eating out until Philly rule, but most of my meals have been quinoa or brown rice with steamed veggies. Now I think it’s kind of boring but if that interest you I can post- just let me know.
So the other thing is although I have not been blogging has much here you may have seen me around a few other places such as:
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Vegetarian Plus is launching two new East Indian products and they asked if I would like to try their two new products. They sent me a sample of their Vegan Chicken Tikka Masala, featuring bite-size vegan chunks in an aromatic vegan masala sauce and their Vegan Lamb Vindaloo, featuring vegan lamb chunks in a warm and exotic vindaloo sauce.
My Thoughts:
I thought that the vegan lamb was the better of the two. The sauce was pretty good, the texture of the “lamb” was good and it was easy to make (just warmed in a pot). The vegan chicken masala was not a favorite of mine at all. The texture was good but I really didn’t like the sauce, there was something off with the flavor and I just couldn’t eat it. I have one more of each and I’ll give it another try but overall not my favorite. I did like the texture and would be interested in trying one of the other selections such as the vegan orange chicken or vegan kung pao.
Have you tried any of the Vegetarian Plus? Which did you like (or dislike)?
Disclaimer: Vegetarian Plus provided me with a sample of their products to review and giveaway, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway.
We are just over the half way point of August and things are going pretty well with my fitness goals. I got a little hung up this week due to our hike last Saturday. I ended up really straining my calf muscle which resulted in not being able to do my planned four mile run on Sunday and put me out of commission for running most of this week. That being said no more hiking until next summer since my half training official beings in 11 days.
