Health & Harry Potter

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June 2011

36 posts

You guys still know who I am, right?

JSYK - I just took the “healthy” off of my blog URL. It’s not because I’m going to be unhealthy, it’s just because I want to post more than just health/fitness/weight and not push my little blog into a corner. It’s time to spread my wings, and be skinny, healthy, ME.

*Please note: I will still be posting health/fitness/weight-related posts!

Jun 30, 2011
To buy, or not to buy? → rei.com

I hate carrying water bottles on my runs… So, I’m looking at these CamelBak backpacks (in particular, the Lobo Hydration Pack - 100 oz: ^see link) for use on any runs, hikes, etc. I know they’re really nice, as I’ve used one in the past, but I’ve never used one during any form of exercise other than walking…

So, I have a couple of questions:

Have any of you used a CamelBak backpack for running? How do you like it?

Is the purchase worth it, or should I look for something else? (note that it’s on sale!)

Jun 29, 2011
Jun 29, 2011
#WIW2011 #WIW #4n4challenge
"My home town" (or place of residence!)

phildoeslife:

This is something I’ve thought about for a while, see what you think!

I’ve always wondered about where everyone else on tumblr is from and what make their home town ‘special’. It could be a landmark, something historical, something cool etc.

Perhaps we could go out and take a picture of ourselves next to our local landmark, historical, cool thing to give each other a feel for where we are all from?

Feel free to reblog, comment, laugh.

Tag any posts ‘myhometown’ !

Jun 29, 201114 notes
Consider A Healthier Option This Summer

fakescience:

Consider A Healthier Option This Summer

Jun 28, 2011246 notes
Gay marriage isn't natural, huh? Well neither are vaccinations, automobiles or Burt Reynolds' face. Suck it up, it happened.
Jun 25, 2011145 notes
#good for NY #now the rest of the world has to get with the times
J.K. Rowling Talks About Pottermore
  • J.K. Rowling:
  • "The Sorting was some of the best fun I’ve had on this project. I was writing the potter books for sixteen years and during that time I had just had this real sense of where people belonged, in what house they belonged. It was something I was unconsciously doing a lot of the time when I met people.
  • "So, developing these vast pool of questions that are randomly selected for a user - so you wont get the same questions as your friend necessarily - I thought it was quite important that people didn’t get to second guess what meant Gryffindor, for example. But the exciting thing for me is that if you’re not sorted into Gryffindor, if you’re sorted into one of the other three houses you will effectively get an extra quarter chapter because you will go off to your on common room. If you are sorted into Gyrffindor you just follow Harry. But if you’re sorted into Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin, you go to your own common room, you meet your own prefect, who will tell you about famous people who were in your house and what the true nature of your house is.
Jun 24, 201111,208 notes
#now i get it #i love this idea! #pottermore
Apple Dehydration!

Step 1: Core, cut, and peel. (Please disregard the messy kitchen behind the apples)

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Step 2: Arrange in dehydrator. Add cinnamon, if desired.

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Step 3: Dehydrate at 130 - 140 degrees, for 4-8 hours (These ones only stayed in for 4.5 hours and turned out slightly crispy, but still had a bit of a leathery texture.)

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Step 4: Store in an air-tight container, refrigerate (if moisture persists), and enjoy!

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These turned out really well! A lot better than the mangoes that I dehydrated a few weeks ago… I will be making these a lot more often! :)

Jun 24, 20117 notes
#apple #apples #dehydrator #yum
Play
Jun 23, 2011
#pottermore
Jun 23, 20112 notes
#WIW #WIW2011 #4n4challenge
I'm drying apples!

…and, this time I’ve got pictures!

I’ll post the pics tomorrow, when they’re all done!

Also, I forgot to do my WIW today (I thought it was Monday!..?) so, I’ll be weighing in tomorrow!

Jun 23, 2011
I was once told that if I were to be one of the main characters from "The Hangover" that I would be Bradley Cooper.

And all I could think was “I’m the pretty one!”

ha ha :)

Jun 22, 2011
#the hangover #bradley cooper
Jun 22, 2011
#sun #hammock #summer
Jun 22, 20114 notes
#me #portrait
Hello, Dexter Morgan.

AW SHIT - things just got scary! D:

Jun 22, 2011
#dexter
Jun 21, 2011
Jillian- 1, Kelsey- 0

So, Dareto posted this link that had a bunch of workouts on it. (Thanks!) I saw that it had Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred (30DS), and decided that I would try it because I have read raving reviews from the rest of you fitblrs!

After trying it, all I could think was: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!??!?! You must have lungs of steel to do one of those workouts! (And, to those of you who do it every day: WTF?! Amazeballs!) But, seriously, all of you who can do these workouts all the way through and still love Jillian are my heroes! Seriously, though, I had to stop the video about every 10 minutes to catch my breath…

But, I guess it was a good workout… I feel that good-kind-of-sore that I haven’t felt in two weeks (because my gym membership was up, and I have no money to put towards renewing it; plus, I’ve been pretty lazy, and haven’t exercised much…)

I just need to keep up with working out with Jillian! (And I’ve got to stop yelling “DROP DEAD, BITCH!” at the computer screen whenever I’m tired of the workout!)

Jillian, you had better watch out - tomorrow, I’m going to kick your ass!

Jun 21, 20113 notes
#30DS #fitblr #overuse of seriously #workout #watch the score change for the better - TOMORROW!
Weight Update :)

I currently weigh 150.8 lbs! I hope this sticks until Wednesday (WIW)!

6.16 lbs (aiming to lose in the 4n4challenge) - 3.2 lbs (lost since Wednesday [probably because last week was shark week]) = 2.36 lbs to go in the 4n4challenge!

I know that I’m probably not going to lose that weight as quickly as I lost it this time. And, I know it’s a small number, but I have a history of yo-yo-ing up and down at least 2 lbs at a time, so we shall see!

Jun 20, 2011
#4n4challenge #weight
Jun 20, 201157,735 notes
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times when one only remembers to turn on the light.” —Albus Dumbledore (via blankmoments)
Jun 20, 201164 notes
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