Yikes! Was it ever chilly out­side today! I’m so glad to be home, nice and warm in my sweats and slip­pers! Yep, that’s pretty much my go-​to uni­form after a long, hard day.

So now that we’re smack dab in the mid­dle of Jan­u­ary, I’m hop­ing every­one is back to their fit­ness rou­tine and healthy eat­ing plan. Once you’re back on track, it’s smooth sail­ing from here on in!

After about a month off of run­ning due to a pesky foot injury, I’m back on the tread­mill and feel­ing great. I’ve got­ten alot smarter in my more “mature” years, and under­stand now how impor­tant it is to take it slowly after com­ing back from an injury. So, for the next lit­tle while, I’m just run­ning some fast 5k’s (about 3 times a week) and set­ting aside any dis­tance run­ning for now. The foot feels pretty good but it’s still not com­pletely healed and I don’t want to risk it. For those of you who are also bat­tling injuries (yep, it sure does suck get­ting older!), please try and heed my warn­ing and come back slowly, even if you think it’s all better!

Ok, enough about that…Let’s move on to another topic, food. I had a bunch of broc­coli on hand and wasn’t really in the mood for a soup so I decided to fire up the oven to 425 degrees and roast it along­side tomato and onion wedges and a few gar­lic cloves. In a small bowl, I mixed 1 Tbsp olive oil with 1 tsp each of Dijon mus­tard, chili gar­lic sauce, tamari and bal­samic vine­gar. I driz­zled it over the veg­gies and popped it in the oven for about 30 min­utes. So del­ish! In fact, I ate the whole thing!!

Of course, I needed some pro­tein to add to the meal so I whipped up my favourite egg white dish. Now I know you’re going to think I’m really strange when I tell you what it is but trust me on this; it’s so yummy! Kinda like a crepe but guilt –free and good-​for-​you. It’s basi­cally an egg white omelet with a peanut but­ter and jam fill­ing. I used ¹⁄₂ cup liq­uid egg whites, 1 Tbsp PB2 mixed with about 1 Tbsp water and my home­made straw­berry chia jam. (I’ll post that recipe later). You can use any jam you’d like or fresh sliced berries would work too.

It ain’t pretty but it sure is tasty!

I had to take a bite.…