Please support my Rock & Run campaign

 

Dear Friends and Family, Thank you for your support if you've already donated. If not, THERE'S STILL TIME!!!!! On June 7, I will participate in Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Rock & Run on the River, a 5K run/walk to benefit MSK's Cancer Survivorship Initiative. I'm writing to ask you to consider making a donation to support my campaign. Today, more than 12 million people are living beyond cancer -- far more survivors than ever before! This growing population faces a host of challenges once they complete active treatment. Your gift to my Rock & Run campaign helps MSK continue to respond to this growing need with research and a wide array of services, programs, and ongoing support for survivors and their families. Please take a moment to visit my Rock & Run Web page, where you can make a fully tax-deductible online donation. Thank you so much! Click here to visit my personal page. If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://mskcc.convio.net/site/TR/rockandrun/RockandRun?px=1282281&pg=personal&fr_id=1090&et=9OZb1BqucSWwZO94y7kZIA..&s_tafId=3550 Click here to view the team page for The Huxtables If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://mskcc.convio.net/site/TR/rockandrun/RockandRun?team_id=6120&pg=team&fr_id=1090&et=jFeCIXWXQAKibUhKn88S5A..&s_tafId=3550

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Please support my Rock & Run campaign

 

Dear Friends and Family, This June I will be participating in Rock & Run on the River, a 5K run/walk to benefit the Cancer Survivorship Initiative at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. I hope you'll consider making a donation to my Rock & Run campaign. This cause is near to my heart because I lost my grandfather, Herbert Blanchfield, to cancer. A World War II pilot and owner of a textile mill, my grandfather was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2000 and died a few short months later. For those of you that don't know, mesothelioma is a particularly nasty form of cancer usually caused by asbestos exposure. I am grateful for the care my grandfather received at Sloan-Kettering, and though it wasn't able to save him, I am running this race in his honor so that others may go on to live a full life after overcoming cancer. Today, more than 12 million people are living beyond cancer -- far more than ever before. This growing population of survivors faces a host of difficult challenges as a result of their illness and treatment. The Cancer Survivorship Initiative addresses these challenges. This precedent-setting program provides comprehensive post-treatment services, support, medical care, and counseling to help survivors lead full, active lives. I promise to give my all to support this important cause. I hope you can help by making a gift that will bring me one step closer to my fundraising goal. Please take a moment to visit my Rock & Run Web page, where you can make a fully tax-deductible online donation. Thank you so much! Click here to visit my personal page. If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://mskcc.convio.net/site/TR/rockandrun/RockandRun?px=1282281&pg=personal&fr_id=1090&et=Cwacht9LwcGRRR5WOAkYkA..&s_tafId=3550 Click here to view the team page for The Huxtables If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://mskcc.convio.net/site/TR/rockandrun/RockandRun?team_id=6120&pg=team&fr_id=1090&et=uPZpUN93VIXxhrUY40aROA..&s_tafId=3550

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My day in food: lunch

From Pump. Super charged plate with bison, broccoli, peppers and
onions and some low fat cheese. I didn't have time to make lunch this
am!

Those are sweet potato chips in the background. I'm going to try them
when its time for an afternoon snack later.

Flexitarianism

I love my red meat just as much as the next omnivore. I also love my poultry and my fish. But sometimes, I also like things like tofu. (Which I think my Italian and Irish parents still don't understand. But that's okay.) In fact, it's actually pretty healthy for your body to have some days when you don't have meat. Even Women's Health (my favorite healthy mag) says so.

Ew, bean curd, you say. Once you get past that, and the strange consistency of raw tofu, you'll really like it. It has no discernible taste of its own, so you can do with what you like and it will sop up whatever flavoring you add to it. 

My old college roomie, Jen, made me some great tofu "parmigiana" a few weeks ago. I'll have to get the recipe from her (or she can post it in the comments!), but I think she used planko flakes for the "breading" and I'm assuming maybe eggs to make it stick. Jen and I lived together part of freshman year and all of sophomore year. All of the Chinese and pizza delivery people within a mile radius of American University knew our names. Now we're eating tofu together! We've come a long way, baby! 

I bought some tofu the other day that I want to cook tonight, and I'm looking for a recipe. Some of my loyal readers have asked for recipes, so be sure to watch for some great (EASY - I live alone and make dinner after 8pm when I get home from the gym, so nothing tough here!) healthy recipes.

My day in food: breakfast

Two eggs and turkey bacon.

(mm, bacon!)

My Day in Food: Dinner (Last night)

Update on temptation:

Attended Junior League meeting, was steadfast in declining pizza. I was walking home from the subway, and my stomach started GRUMBLING. I think other people were actually looking at me, it was growling so loudly. I walked past a few more pizza parlors (this is NYC, after all, and there are as many pizza parlors as people) and had an inner debate: "Would it REALLY be SO bad if I had a slice of pizza?" My trainer (who's now reading this, I think) would be glad to know that the angel in my head told the devil in my head "YES! It would be so bad to have it."

So, I stopped and picked up some sushi because, in retrospect, my "dinner" was too small. It was even too small to post a photo of. It was the leftovers of the balsamic chicken from the night before on some more lettuce. So, I had two sushi rolls. I wish they had brown rice, and I wish there hadn't been tempura flakes in the sweet potato one (have you noticed I love sweet potatoes?), but I think it was still a better choice than the pizza.

I got on the scale this am and weighed two pounds less than I did yesterday, so I guess it was an okay choice! That's still one pound more than I weighed when I woke up Friday. No more overindulging weekends for a while for me!