Well, I made it through—even if there were several close calls involving hidden amounts of sugar, processed-food temptations (like cold cereal), and my brain rebelling against the idea of so many banana peppers in one week. Just for a refresher, here were the rules: For seven days, I challenged myself to avoid processed sugar in …
Zucchini Enchiladas (Meatless, Quick, Delicious!)
One thing I love about late summer is the abundance of fresh produce everywhere, whether you have your own garden or not. One key variable to saving money on food is to buy it in season (or to accept free vegetables whenever they happen to come your way). And, as I’m assuming is the case …
Books: to Borrow or to Buy?
I feel bad for anyone who had to help us move back in June–not only did we have a piano that needed to be moved up a flight of stairs, but we had at least 25-30 boxes of books that had to be hefted up to the new apartment as well. Additionally, some of those …
An Awkward Introduction to Me
Welcome, Life of Bon readers! Supposedly, according to all the “blog tips” out there, I’m supposed to have some kind of introduction to myself whenever a new crop of readers comes through. Considering that I’m awkward enough for introductions in real life, I figured I’d spread the love and do an awkward introduction here on …
Challenge #1: 7 Days of Clean Eating
While I’ve still got the fire of motivation burning within me, I figured I’d better start a 7-day challenge, and stat. Because I’m trying to provoke a lifestyle change with these challenges, I wanted to start with a diet change that isn’t TOO drastically different from what I’m used to, which is why I …
Living with the Ghosts of Weights Past and Future
Time to get real here, folks— I have been 100% guilty of spending a lot of time lately with the Ghosts of Weights Past & Future. In other words, instead of focusing on my current body shape and what I’m currently capable of, my mind keeps drifting back to “happier” weight times (like back …
Provo: Not the Armpit of the State?
When I first flew the nest and started out on my own, I somehow came up with the saying that Provo and Ogden were officially the armpits of Utah, a statement that always inevitably offended half of Utahns while simultaneously delighting the other half. This judgment was based loosely on two things: – the …
Today
(photo unrelated to post, but I like it so I’m posting it anyway!) Today I woke up at five o’clock so that I could drive down to Provo for a week-long educator conference that consists of me writing standardized test questions for 8 hours a day, 5 days this week. Today I found out that …