A Healthy (Happy) Hour
Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 6pm-7pm
Hosted by lululemon athletica - Richmond
the lululemon athletica Richmond Showroom
1303 West Main Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Stop by the lululemon athletica Richmond showroom on your way home from work and grab a drink, chat, or shop as lululemon opens its doors to the Richmond Balance family.
The Showroom is in the heart of the Fan on West Cary between Randolph and Brunswick. There is ample parking on the street and in the back of the building.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Join us for Yoga with the crew from Lululemon!!!
Join the crew from Lululemon www.lululemon.com/richmond/richmond at Richmond Balance on Tuesday, Feb 22nd for Yoga. Class starts at 7pm! $10 drop in fee. We are located at 1806 East Main Street. Hope to see you there!!!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Member Detox Blog- Day 24 (Final Blog)
DAY 24: the final entry
Today was the day of reckoning: my check-in with the nutritionist. It did not go as I had hoped. When I explained to her that I was still not feeling better, she recommended that I continue my detox. For 4 to 6 weeks. Oh. Dear. Lord. Apparently, some people have to do it for 6 months before feeling better, but because I’m young (31) and relatively new to this issue (4 years), she doesn’t think it’ll take that long. I had my eyes set on some delicious treats on Friday, though. Guess that plan is out the window.
Don’t worry; I won’t bore you with the next month and a half of detox adventures. My diet has gotten pretty boring – lots of repetition, you’ll notice, as I tend to stick with what works, -- so I feel like this blog has run its course. Some final observations:
• The hardest part of detoxing is being around food you can’t eat. Eat at home if at all possible.
• You can eat great food on detox, provided you cook at home. Many detox recipes are worth incorporating into your regular diet.
• One glass of wine won’t hurt you. Three will decimate you.
• You may surprise yourself with your willpower. I generally have no self-control but once committed to the detox diet, I was able to stick with it pretty well. Even with free cupcakes at work.
Hope I’ve provided some helpful insight and/or good recipes over the last few weeks. So long. My journey continues…
Today was the day of reckoning: my check-in with the nutritionist. It did not go as I had hoped. When I explained to her that I was still not feeling better, she recommended that I continue my detox. For 4 to 6 weeks. Oh. Dear. Lord. Apparently, some people have to do it for 6 months before feeling better, but because I’m young (31) and relatively new to this issue (4 years), she doesn’t think it’ll take that long. I had my eyes set on some delicious treats on Friday, though. Guess that plan is out the window.
Don’t worry; I won’t bore you with the next month and a half of detox adventures. My diet has gotten pretty boring – lots of repetition, you’ll notice, as I tend to stick with what works, -- so I feel like this blog has run its course. Some final observations:
• The hardest part of detoxing is being around food you can’t eat. Eat at home if at all possible.
• You can eat great food on detox, provided you cook at home. Many detox recipes are worth incorporating into your regular diet.
• One glass of wine won’t hurt you. Three will decimate you.
• You may surprise yourself with your willpower. I generally have no self-control but once committed to the detox diet, I was able to stick with it pretty well. Even with free cupcakes at work.
Hope I’ve provided some helpful insight and/or good recipes over the last few weeks. So long. My journey continues…
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Member Detox Blog- Day 23
DAY 23
I’m eschewing Super Bowl parties so as to avoid all those tempting snacks. Though I did go to the grocery store hungry today and bought a handful of those fruity straw snacks. They’re processed, I know, but I’m not going to worry about it. Could be much, much worse. As I near the end of detox, I find myself tempted by all sorts of things – ice cream, Snickers bars, frozen pizza. So if I splurge on a fruity, twisty thing (okay, five fruity, twisty things), I figure I’m doing okay.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with bananas and walnuts
Lunch
Salad greens, rice, beans, chicken, guacamole
Snack
All-natural fruit snacks
Dinner
Lentil soup
I’m eschewing Super Bowl parties so as to avoid all those tempting snacks. Though I did go to the grocery store hungry today and bought a handful of those fruity straw snacks. They’re processed, I know, but I’m not going to worry about it. Could be much, much worse. As I near the end of detox, I find myself tempted by all sorts of things – ice cream, Snickers bars, frozen pizza. So if I splurge on a fruity, twisty thing (okay, five fruity, twisty things), I figure I’m doing okay.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with bananas and walnuts
Lunch
Salad greens, rice, beans, chicken, guacamole
Snack
All-natural fruit snacks
Dinner
Lentil soup
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Member Detox Blog- Day 22
DAY 22
I’ve eaten out a lot this week (particularly considering I’m on detox) and I’ve learned some interesting things. One, I can usually safely eat only about 1 or 2 items on the menu, so it’s very, very limited. Two, I’m usually happy with what I get anyways. Yesterday, I had dinner at Stronghill Dining Co. and though it was tough to pass on the bread (and the wine), I was perfectly happy with my roasted chicken and sides. Tonight, I had dinner at Aziza’s on Main (a neighborhood joint that is quickly becoming one of my favorites) and it, too, was really delicious. In both cases, I had to ask them to leave off the butter sauce, and in both cases, I didn’t miss the butter sauce one bit. When you think about all the calories and fat you’re saving without that sauce…I think I’ll be making a habit of this.
Another observation: in my “real”, aka non-detox, life, I am the first one to go for fried chicken, grilled cheese, chicken pot pie – all those delicious comfort foods that warm you up on a cold winter night. But since I have to pass on all those things nowadays, I’ve realized that I’m rarely as uncomfortably full as my dinner companions at the end of a meal – even though I eat plenty and feel perfectly satisfied with my meal. And I rarely wake up with that still-full feeling where it takes you half a day to get hungry again. I don’t have the willpower to resist temptations all the time in my “real” life – but I should really try to do it more often if it means feeling like this. Which feels pretty great, actually.
Oh, also, I cheated and had a glass of red wine. Just one. It was divine.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free bread with banana and peanut butter (2 slices)
Lunch
White bean tuna salad
Rice crackers
Apple
Snack
Apple cider
Dinner
Green salad
Pan-fried haddock
Root veggies
Glass of red wine
I’ve eaten out a lot this week (particularly considering I’m on detox) and I’ve learned some interesting things. One, I can usually safely eat only about 1 or 2 items on the menu, so it’s very, very limited. Two, I’m usually happy with what I get anyways. Yesterday, I had dinner at Stronghill Dining Co. and though it was tough to pass on the bread (and the wine), I was perfectly happy with my roasted chicken and sides. Tonight, I had dinner at Aziza’s on Main (a neighborhood joint that is quickly becoming one of my favorites) and it, too, was really delicious. In both cases, I had to ask them to leave off the butter sauce, and in both cases, I didn’t miss the butter sauce one bit. When you think about all the calories and fat you’re saving without that sauce…I think I’ll be making a habit of this.
Another observation: in my “real”, aka non-detox, life, I am the first one to go for fried chicken, grilled cheese, chicken pot pie – all those delicious comfort foods that warm you up on a cold winter night. But since I have to pass on all those things nowadays, I’ve realized that I’m rarely as uncomfortably full as my dinner companions at the end of a meal – even though I eat plenty and feel perfectly satisfied with my meal. And I rarely wake up with that still-full feeling where it takes you half a day to get hungry again. I don’t have the willpower to resist temptations all the time in my “real” life – but I should really try to do it more often if it means feeling like this. Which feels pretty great, actually.
Oh, also, I cheated and had a glass of red wine. Just one. It was divine.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free bread with banana and peanut butter (2 slices)
Lunch
White bean tuna salad
Rice crackers
Apple
Snack
Apple cider
Dinner
Green salad
Pan-fried haddock
Root veggies
Glass of red wine
Monday, February 14, 2011
Member Detox Blog- Day 21
DAY 21
I’m obviously a creature of habit as I’ve had white bean and tuna salad for about half of my total detox meals, but it’s delicious and I’m not sick of it, so I’m going with it. Not sure if I should be eating so much tuna (mercury – more guilt) so I may have to substitute a different fish in the future.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free bread with peanut butter and banana
Snack
Apple
Lunch
Salad greens with white bean tuna salad
Rice crackers
Dinner
Roasted chicken breast
Green beans
Red beans and rice
Snack
Apple
I’m obviously a creature of habit as I’ve had white bean and tuna salad for about half of my total detox meals, but it’s delicious and I’m not sick of it, so I’m going with it. Not sure if I should be eating so much tuna (mercury – more guilt) so I may have to substitute a different fish in the future.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free bread with peanut butter and banana
Snack
Apple
Lunch
Salad greens with white bean tuna salad
Rice crackers
Dinner
Roasted chicken breast
Green beans
Red beans and rice
Snack
Apple
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Member Detox Blog- Day 19 & 20
DAY 19
Ate at Couscous tonight and it wasn’t as good as I’d remembered. Bummer. I was also really limited in what I could eat because a lot of Middle Eastern food is made with tomatoes. The tomato thing is actually really limiting. Frustrating.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with bananas and walnuts
Snack
Apple
Lunch
Half millet-flax spinach pie
Baby greens with white bean tuna salad
Coconut water
Dinner
Curried cauliflower
Baked white fish
Jasmine rice
DAY 20
Made a super-delicious dinner tonight. Most of my super-delicious dinners involve roasted sweet potatoes and I tend to eat about half the tray immediately after I take it out of the oven, so I’m almost too stuffed to eat anything else. This is a common occurrence. This time, I made room for the main course – baked orange roughy – because it was simple and yummy.
During recipe Googling, I found out that orange roughy is overfished, so I probably won’t make this again, but will use the same technique for tilapia and other more sustainable white fish. (I hate finding out that favorite fish are in danger of extinction, but I have a terrible guilt complex about eating them once I know they are. Makes it hard to enjoy them, so what’s the point?)
You can find out more here: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=14
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with banana and walnuts
Snack
Apple
Lunch
Half millet-flax spinach pie
Salad greens with white bean tuna salad
Dinner
Roasted sweet potato
Baked orange roughy (olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika – bake at 375 for 15 min. Done.)
Ate at Couscous tonight and it wasn’t as good as I’d remembered. Bummer. I was also really limited in what I could eat because a lot of Middle Eastern food is made with tomatoes. The tomato thing is actually really limiting. Frustrating.
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with bananas and walnuts
Snack
Apple
Lunch
Half millet-flax spinach pie
Baby greens with white bean tuna salad
Coconut water
Dinner
Curried cauliflower
Baked white fish
Jasmine rice
DAY 20
Made a super-delicious dinner tonight. Most of my super-delicious dinners involve roasted sweet potatoes and I tend to eat about half the tray immediately after I take it out of the oven, so I’m almost too stuffed to eat anything else. This is a common occurrence. This time, I made room for the main course – baked orange roughy – because it was simple and yummy.
During recipe Googling, I found out that orange roughy is overfished, so I probably won’t make this again, but will use the same technique for tilapia and other more sustainable white fish. (I hate finding out that favorite fish are in danger of extinction, but I have a terrible guilt complex about eating them once I know they are. Makes it hard to enjoy them, so what’s the point?)
You can find out more here: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=14
MENU
Morning
Gluten-free cereal with banana and walnuts
Snack
Apple
Lunch
Half millet-flax spinach pie
Salad greens with white bean tuna salad
Dinner
Roasted sweet potato
Baked orange roughy (olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika – bake at 375 for 15 min. Done.)
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