Although January and my New Years resolutions start every year officially, for me, September always seems like the real time for new beginnings. Of course, this feeling must be tied to school growing up. Every year from ages 4-21 as the sleepy, hot August weather gave way to crisp breezes I waited with anticipation for the new school year to start in. Even though I'm well into the school year in Korea by the time September rolls around, there's something about the change in weather that still makes me feel like it's time to start something new.
This September is going to be the start of a lot of exciting changes in my personal life. I think something about the upcoming changes and the feeling of a beginning has really kept me motivated for my challenges this month! So... let's get to the update!
Egg Challenge - Success!
I've felt great eating eggs every morning for the last 7 days! I really haven't felt hungry at all before lunch which has resulted in me eating less for lunch. Other than the benefit of not feeling hungry, I've also felt pretty energized throughout my day!
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| Sept. 1 - Hard boiled! The method for hard-boiling the perfect egg? Put eggs in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a rolling boil with pot covered. When water is boiling, leave the cover on and turn the heat off. Let the eggs sit in the covered pot for 10 minutes. For easy egg shell peeling, then run eggs under cold water in a bowl of cold water! Voila! The perfect hard boiled egg! |
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| Sept. 2 - 2 eggs fried in butter over medium, with salt and pepper... and grapes! |
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| Sept. 3 - Courtesy of the boyfriend. Fried eggs, lentils, grapes and coffee! |
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| Decided to make Shakshuka for dinner one night. It's a delicious, and simple Israeli egg dish. Low in calories, but high in protein and vitamins! The recipe I used is here. |
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| Sept. 4 - I was able to save 1/2 of the food I made the night previously and eat it for breakfast the next day! I was going for runnier eggs when I made it... but overcooked it a bit >.< |
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| Sept. 5 - An egg scramble with onion and bell pepper. Some Korean greens and plums on the side |
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| Sept. 6 - Went out to The Beastro for brunch. Had a delicious Salmon Eggs Benedict. Probably the best Benedict I've had in years! |
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| Sept. 7 - 2 eggs fried in butter with pepper, garlic, salt and basil. And... a plum! |
Walking - Success!
I've really been putting in some extra effort this last week to get my steps in. While, I didn't hit 12,000 everyday, I did hit my goal of getting over 84,000 steps for the week.
In fact, I got 91,861! I'm happy with that result, but I'm hoping for more next week! However, this goal is the one I'm the most worried about. I'm not sure how moving will affect my step count. But, if I have to put in some extra effort to get there, I'm willing to!
Running - So far so good!
So far, I have done one run out of 3. I did it on Friday, Sept. 4. I don't know why, but out of my favorite 3 runs, after 2+ months of not running, I decided to do the most difficult run first. Even though the run was a little slow going, I did do it! And... it was beautiful!
The Han River run that I do actually starts on the Yangjae stream... which turns into the Tan stream which meets with the Han River. The picture is of that meeting between stream and river... my favorite moment of the whole run!
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| Post-Run Crazy Eyes |
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| Post-Run Crazy Eyes, with the addition of an ice cream bar reward. In fact... maybe the most delicious ice cream bar I've ever had. "Artisinal" berry-flavored ice cream with a dark chocolate shell. |
Until next week!
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