Wohoo! If you’re reading this, then you’ve made it to the new Iowa Girl Eats website! Thanks for making the jump – I’d hug you if I could 
I’ve cleaned up the site a bit and added a new recipes tab at the top. All of the old posts are here, but comments from the last week or so didn’t make the transfer. No worries though, I got them all!
If you could take a moment to update your readers, blogrolls & bookmarks, or subscribe for the first time – I’d appreciate it, as I’d love for you to keep coming back to the new home of Iowa Girl Eats!
Alrighty, onwards and upwards
For some reason I was starving this morning. I had some Twizzlers (yum) last night and I always find when I eat a lot of sugar late in the evening, I wake up really hungry. Weird… Anyways, for breakfast I had a Whole Wheat English Muffin with Almond Butter & Sugar-Free Raspberry Jam.
Mmmm – these English Muffins are bomb! I kind of under-toasted mine today so they were perfectly soft and squishy with my peanut butter and jelly.
I also had a Banana on the side. FYI – awesome tips from commentors last week – separating your bananas makes them last sooooo much longer!
I capped everything off with a Raspberry Yogurt. Sweet, creamy and perfect for dunking bananas in.
For lunch today I packed a huge, I mean HEWGE, fruit salad.
We’ve got:
- Pineapple
- Watermelon
- Cantaloupe
This sucker is so big I’ll most likely eat it in two stages. Fruit fills me up fast, but I do get hungrier faster.
I also packed a Carrot Cake CLIF Bar.
Love these babies! As soon as you open the package you get the aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Mmmm…
Chewy and perfect. These guys fill me up for hours!
Today’s Running Tips
Today’s running tips focus on hills. I’m not going to lie – hills are really hard, but you owe it to yourself to push hard and reach your full potential! The loop I usually run in the mornings has 2 mega hills, so I’ll definitely keep these tips in mind the next time I run them.
Tip #47. “Chip” away at it: “Think chest/hips/push, or CHP, when it’s time for uphill running. Chest up, hips forward, push strongly off each foot.” –Jeff Galloway
- I’m so glad I found this tip. Whenever I run hills, I tend to lean down and run into it “head first.” This tip is telling me to do pretty much the exact opposite so I’m anxious to see how it will feel!
Tip #48. Adapt–or weaken: “Running hills breaks up your rhythm and forces your muscles to adapt to new stresses. The result? You become stronger.” –Eamonn Coghlan, Irish Olympian and only 40-year-old to break 4 minutes in the mile
- As I mentioned above, if you don’t push yourself, you’re not going to reach your full potential. I’ll never forget the first time I ran outside – it is a completely different ball game from running on the treadmill and I was shocked at just how much harder it was. Even though I wasn’t running “hills” outside – the natural landscape is definitely not flat like a treadmill. If you can’t run outside – try upping the resistance or incline on your treadmill to mimic natural landscape.
Tip #52. Grab hold of the rope: “If you’re laboring up a steep hill, imagine that a towrope is attached to the center of your chest, pulling you steadily toward the top.” –Jeff Galloway
- This tip kind of goes along with tip #47 – definitely looking forward to seeing how this tweak in form will feel.
So I’ve been giving you running tips for the past week, but I haven’t been running all that much! Guess I need to follow my own tips… To be honest, I was so.sore. on Sunday and Monday from playing tennis on Saturday! Tennis is such an amazing workout. Quick bursts of sprints, engaging your abs and arms when swinging the racket – it’s a whole body workout!
I’m going to try and get out for a walk at lunch and have already penciled in a run for after work. Instead of hitting my usual running trail, I think I’ll take the loop that I walk in the mornings with my Mom, so I can try out my new hill running techniques!
Well thanks again for making the jump to the new site everyone – be sure to come back tonight for dinner #2 in the Summer Inspired Dinner Series!
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Do you “schedule” workouts into your day?
I always read that taking the time to physically block off an hour or two in your calendar is a real motivator to get that workout in!
the baltimore half marathon that’s coming up in october apparently is loaded with hills. luckily where i live… it’s hilly, it’s EVIL. i’ll defintiely pay attention to my posture when i’m running up a hill. Thanks for the tips!
congrats on the move!
I am always running hills because they are everywhere around here! Can’t get away from them! Haha.
Totally loving the Carrot Cake Cliff Bar also! So glad I tried it, it’s now my new fav!
Hi Kristin, congrats on the new site! You mention that you run trails quite often…I moved to WDM about a year ago and love to run the trails near where I live (off of EP True), however I never know the distance I am running. Is there a place that lists that mileage for the trails around the city or do you just estimate/have a watch that measures distance? Just curious, I think I have a pretty good guess at the distance I run but would love to know for sure. Thanks!
Congrats on the new site! I love the recipe tab. That fruit salad looks amazing and that Clif Bar is one of my faves. Have you had the Blueberry one? Oh man, it’s so good.
love the new home!!!
and the tips of today!
congrats on the new site dear! yay for carrot cake clifs – in my opinion, the best flava!
YUMMY looking bfast and lunch, holy cow! i have been known to eat more fruit than that in one sitting. one time i was at a party, and there was a fruit tray from costco, and NO ONE was touching it at all … i think over 3 hours i ate the whole thing … pretty much by myself haha. i have no control when it comes to fruit
Great running tips! i run everyday on CRAZY hills, because i live in the mountains, and its all we got haha, its good to know its doing me some good! (i just wish it wasnt so hard on the knees)
i am loving your blog!
Found your blog in a copy a Juice a little while ago and I’m hooked! I’m originally from Chicago but moved to Des Moines for school and as much as it suprises me to say that Iowa really does feel like my new home. I love that I can get really fresh produce (especially this time of year) and the people here are great!
I’m excited to try your recipies, you make them look so good in your pictures!…. what kind of camera do you use?
Do you recommend any good ethnic restaurants around this area?
Thanks for the inspiration on running and eating healthy!
Keep up the good work and keep posting!
Congrats on the move, i’ve updated my reader! I always write in my weekly exercise in my planner–i’m less likely to skip if I feel like its part of my schedule
Congrats on the new site lady! Awesome!
Since I started running and training for a race, I have a training schedule and I include my cross training in it – having something solid written down helps me immensely! If it’s not set in stone (or ink!) then I more than likely will wriggle out of it!
LOVE last nights grilled pineapple and ice cream. Holy yum.
I have a crazy 3 tiered system. Tier 1: get up at 5 am and workout ( I do this most days). Tier 2: get up at 6 am and do yoga (don’t need as much “wake up” time for yoga). Tier 3: sleep in until 7 ( I do this about one day a week!)
Congrats on your new home!
I’ve never had a carrot cake bar, but I’m dying to try one! I’ve seen them all over the place and I need to just break down and buy one because they look awesome.
I absolutely schedule my workouts in my day. I usually schedule them twice…because…well, I schedule it for first thing in the morning, but I inevitably will oversleep or hit snooze 50 times at which point I don’t have enough time. So, then i have to work it in later in the day. My logic is a little twisted, but hey, it works for me.
Congrats on the new site!
Awesome about the move…but I can’t view your site from work anymore.
It is blocked for some reason. I’m guessing some filter for site names. Boo. Good thing for Google Reader, so I can read it via that and comment later. 
Congrats on your very own domain Kristin! That’s great!
I am loving these running tips. I also found a really good tip for running hills is to lower your arms by your side (you want to try to keep your HR from elevating) and put more pressure on your toes. It really works, I swear!
Glad you had a great day love!