The FDA issued a recall on certain products that contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein, including products such as McCormick & Company Onion Gravy Mix, two flavors of Pringles (Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger & Family Faves Taco Night), and many more well known products that contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) paste and powder distributed by Basic Food Flavors, Inc.

For a complete listing of products included in the HVP recall visit the FDA website.

I have determined that the best thing for a stress eater is the Wii Sports game that comes bundled with the Wii game system. When I feel stressed out during the day I go back to my room and play tennis on the Wii. Last night I hit Pro level on tennis. I’m getting in some good exercise too, since I set myself a rule that if I am going to play a video game, I am going to use the cleared area in front of the set to move around in. So I get in there and step into the swings and stuff.

I have a new commitment for my efforts to lose weight. Rather than grab munchies when I am feeling stressed out, I am going to try to go play a round of Wii tennis. I have a bag of oranges on hand for when that is not possible, but so far I have managed to play tennis with reasonable success when I am getting stressed out. We’ll see how it is working when I find where my bathroom scale vanished to back around Thanksgiving.

First I have to start with my scary run on Monday. I didn’t feel so hot over the weekend, but felt pretty good on Monday. I started my morning run, feeling great. Until about 1 1/2 miles, my stomach was cramping up. So I stop to take a breather break. Tried running again and felt just horrible. Same cramping and nauseous. I head to the bathroom, but felt fine. Then I step on the treadmill again and decided there was no way I could finish. I decide to sit down now, cause I was feeling shaky.

I can be a bit obsessive. When I find something I like to do, I totally immerse myself in the activity. Which usually means reading and studying about the said activity. The past couple of months I have read a few books and thought I would feature a little book review. Most of these I checked out from the library, doesn’t hurt to checkout a book and read it. I like to think I take something from every book I read. Even if it is just a good feeling book.

Here it is Saturday and I am missing my long run. I am sick, which hasn’t happened all fall/winter. I am pretty lucky to have been healthy for so long. This fuzzy head and chills and crap is not fun though. I had scheduled a 10 mile run and was going to meet up with a runner friend. 10 miles can be long; a friend would have totally helped the time pass better. But I woke up early with the shakes and a fever. Part of me wanted to just run through it.

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.
~ Irish Proverb

I hope this is true.

So happy for some sunshine for my Saturday run. Although I did have a bitter cold south wind, it was much better than my soaking wet run last week. Plus with Presidents day on Monday, which meant my husband had the day off from work, I also got to run outside that day as well. Over all I feel like I had a successful week. My calf and shins have been bugging me for weeks. This week I finally feel like I have adapted to the longer distances. Nice to be pain free and feel like I recover quicker.

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