Post workout nutrition

Sometimes after a nice, hard workout (spin class and doing back and leg weights) you need some good healthy food.

That's why I chose to drink granny apple Woodchuck Hard Cider. It has APPLES. It has to be healthy. Besides, I saw two other people from my spin class checking out the fine wine and beer that the Gross Out has to offer. I totally love the Grocery Outlet. My friends and I always called the one in Bellingham the BGO (like Bellingham Grocery Outlet), and I can't not call any and all Grocery Outlets BGO. That's confusing as this one should actually be called SLTGO (slut go?).

I also tried out Amy's Indian Palak Paneer. It's pretty decent for microwave Indian food.

This has been a good week for working out, I've been sticking pretty well to my goals, and I even went to yoga on Wednesday, which was awesome. I haven't actually gone swimming since beginning my "triathlon training", though. Ooops! It's really hard to convince myself to go swimming when it's 8 degrees out.

In other news, I'm working on event planning for an environmental film festival for work, which is totally awesome, and much more fun than the envelope stuffing and money logging I have been doing. Though watching environmental films over and over can get a little depressing. I don't want to see any more oil covered pelicans or giant garbage islands!

Interesting quote from my environmental law notes

"EPA had to 'hammer' out lead even though it would be easier to 'screw' it away."

Why do we even need trees?

Sometimes, when it's a beautiful, sunny Saturday and I am inside writing a paper about grazing fees on public land, I want to say, "Screw you, Environment! Manage yourself."

Oh, good. Way to be, Americans.

The "Green" trend is on it's way out.

Good to know that American consumers have such small attention spans that when faced with more than one choice of green product, or, you know, having to use logical thinking to answer ethical questions in response to consumption, they simply opt out.

The need to simplify the green message has become obvious, she said, especially after the argument over Nalgene bottles, which are made of a strong, reusable plastic. As recently as last summer, the bottles, marketed to sports enthusiasts, were hailed as an alternative to disposable water bottles, which environmentalists say waste petroleum, both in their manufacture and their transport.

But some environmental groups and scientists raised concerns that polycarbonate plastic, used in the manufacture of some Nalgene bottles, baby bottles and the linings of tin cans, can leach bisphenol-a, an endocrine-disrupting chemical.

Because going back to chemically treated water stored in plastic bottles that you only use once is so much better.

Anyway, if you are not too busy being greened out and selling your bike to buy an SUV and putting your unreusable plastic shopping bags over the heads of endangered baby seals, check out Simple Steps, a good guide for practical environmentally-friendly living.