She Says: Mark is Allergic to Milk! Say Wuh?
I don’t know if you read his last post, but I am worried. I love all things milk (yogurt, ice cream, pudding, oh and milk). What if he wants to go Dairy Free for 30 days? Someone tell him it’s in his head or give him other things to try first. Gulp.
Anyway, first let me tell you that I had my first date this morning and holy moly was it good! Dare I say, better than my other love, prunes. I ate it straight, but I think it would go really well chopped up in some plain yogurt or mushed on peanut butter and bread. Oh the possibilities.
I also had that Cliff nectar lemon, vanilla & cashew bar. Here is my official review. Some details are random, but I have so many to try and I really want to remember them. 
Wish I took a better picture.
Stats: 160 cals (50 from fat), 6 g fat, 0 Cholesterol, 5 mg Sodium, 310 Potassium, 6 g fiber, 17 g sugar, 4 g protein.
Ingredients: Organic Dates, Organic Cashews, Organic Goji Berries, Organic Lemon Juice Concentrate, Organic Vanilla
Price: $1.29 at Whole Foods
Extras: 2 Servings of Fruit, organic, it says “Low Glycemic” on it (not sure who gets to decide that)
Taste: First impression, “Ahhh that is sweet.” After that, I got into it more. I didn’t taste vanilla or lemon, but it does taste “fruity.” It was good, but probably too sweet for me.
Texture: Smooshed fruit with nuts (i.e. larabar).
Highlights: Good chunks of yummy cashews and goji berries (I am sorry the picture doesn’t show this because it was pretty impressive). Good ingredient list.
Hunger Factor: I was hungry again in two hours and pretty much ate carb based snacks all afternoon (goldfish are so sneaky). To be fair, it might not have been the bar’s fault entirely. I had a sweet date and other fruit today so I had a lot of sugar unintentionally.
Overall: I liked it for a sweet snack. More for a dessert than an everyday snack though.
Run Then Eat
After work, I went for my run and then ate dinner. Oh wait, before that I had these Back to Nature crackers because, ya know, the goldfish weren’t enough. These are just begging for peanut butter.
Alright, then I had dinner. Boring.
Salad with leftover pesto pasta.
The Bean Patties did not hold up well, shape wise, in the freezer. I ended up crumbling it up and it was v. tasty.
Running Stride Follow-Up
So yesterday I asked whether I need to hit the ground with my whole foot at once and got some good advice from fabulous commenters. Interestingly, I found this piece today summarizing a N.Y. Times article evaluating the pros and cons of various running styles and indicating that there might not be one correct way to run. Good news for us perfectionists!
