fitness articles: An update.. in pictures!

Charlotte and I after a weekend jog.

So, Couch to 5K has been going really well. So far! I’ve found that it is easier for me to get motivated outdoors, although I’ve probably done about 60% outside and 40% on the treadmill. I recently read this article from the NYT that talks about the differences between running outside versus indoors. The very brief synopsis is that you use more muscles running outside, but the experts that study that stuff still like their treadmills.

I’ll be finishing up Week 3 tomorrow! Hopefully outdoors since the weather has been so nice!

Moneen and Charlotte get their first bath at the new apartment.

Moneen is starting to get over baths. Actually, I think she just hated being in a confined space with Charlotte even more than she hated being wet, so she was distracted from trying to escape for a moment.

This is the beautiful not-quite-Spring view from the apartment window. Without tv, the "girls" and I do a lot of bird watching. This one was watching us back.

I was very excited to find these farm eggs at the Pee Dee Farmers Market.

I was very excited to find these farm eggs at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market.

We bought these organic eggs at the Trinity Farms booth inside the building at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market. As I’ve written here before, one of my resolutions this year was to eat less animal products. And, along with that comes an attempt to eat more mindfully, especially when it comes to ethical food production. I think it was Michael Pollan who said that it is a lot easier to trust that your food is produced ethically when you can make eye contact with the people producing it. Of course, eggs are just a small part, but I’ve been looking for farm eggs since I left Jubilee, so I was happy!