One of the highlights of my week last week was getting the dreaded annual physical out of the way. While there, I learned that my Vitamin D levels are low. Again. Despite supplementing and taking in more than my share of fish oils, my 24 units fell well below the 30-100 range that is considered [Read More]
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Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?
Despite a milder winter overall, February in these parts has been especially snowy. I just heard on the radio today that February is the leading month for weight gain too. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen the sun. The cold, clouds and short daylight hours (although daylight [Read More]
Vitamin D: Progress Report
I’ve taken 3 weekly Vitamin D mega doses so far since being diagnosed deficient at my annual physical. To those of you who questioned the 50k mega-dose, know that I was taking 5,000 IUs daily and was still coming up way short. Crazy, I know. Effects? Nothing noticeable the first week. But last week and [Read More]
The A-B-C’s of Vitamin D
With daylight hours fading to a precious minimum these days now’s a good time to think about Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin”. Did you know that 40-60% of the US population is vitamin D deficient? Vitamin D is the only vitamin the body manufactures from sunlight (UVB). But the level of vitamin D found in our [Read More]
The A-B-C’s of Vitamin D
With daylight hours fading to a precious minimum these days now’s a good time to think about Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin”. Did you know that 40-60% of the US population is vitamin D deficient? Vitamin D is the only vitamin the body manufactures from sunlight (UVB). But the level of vitamin D found in our [Read More]
Oh Sunshine Where Art Thou?
Wow the luster of this bright, shiny new year sure faded fast, didn’t it? The recent events in our nation’s capital make me sad. Since the election I’ve made a point to watch as little news as possible so I didn’t hear about the “incident” right away. I don’t even know what to think anymore. [Read More]
2 Weeks of AutoImmune Protocol and Life Lately
Here we are with a week of November under our belts, old man winter has shown up early (go us) and my running miles remain very low. Here’s how my workouts went. Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 2 miles + yoga Wednesday: Strength + middle school band concert Thursday: Run 4 miles Friday: Strength + Tabata [Read More]
My ‘Secret’ to Running Strong
If you hang around here you know that running and I have had our ups and downs. Vitamin D deficiency, injury, thyroid, weight gain, aging, I’ve pointed the finger all different ways. Lately though, running has been going well. Why? I decided finally to listen to my heart. I pay attention to this sucker when [Read More]
Taking a Break from LSD
That’s Long Slow Distance, in case you were wondering, I know little (ok nothing) about the other LSD unless you mean Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive. Don’t be shocked, this has been coming for awhile now. 2012 was the year of the fun destination race. I traveled from California to Washington DC to race with stops [Read More]