To Vegan or NOT to Vegan....that is the Journey!

So I decided to try a product called Mila. I'm not all that sure about it as I can be a bit of a sceptic. I'll try anything once though. Just look under my bathroom sink at all the crazy products that I have wasted money on that didn't do what it said it would. Go figure!

Well my philosophy of life is to just live it the way I want and base it on three factors. 1) Exercise daily! 2)Eat as clean as possible! 3) Be Happy and Love Myself!

So as part of life plan step 2, I am trying to find ways to eat clean. What does that mean?/ Well, that's a great question and I really don't have that answer just yet. For me it will be eating as close to the earth as possible...NO I don't mean eating my food off the ground... I know that's what you were thinking. I mean eating as much food as I can in it's natural state, and food that has come from the earth.

I did think about going vegan and at the advice of a friend I tried the engine 2 diet, Yeah ..no.. not for me. That lasted all of about half a day. I like meat too much. Now does that mean that I would NEVER think about changing that... no it just means I know my limitations.

So step one 1) choose one day a week to eat vegan. I can do that for one day. Step 2) replace one meal everyday with a vegan dish. Step 3) track my progress to both hold me accountable and to see how it works if it works at all.

So in addition to following me on my journey to race stardom, you can also follow me as I change the way I eat. All in the name of improving life.

Run for You, Run for Fun, Run4Life

Mila... is it really a Miracle Seed?.....

So, as part of my new eat clean philosophy, I have been searching the web for healthy earthy foods. I stumbled upon a product called Chia Seeds. I had been talking to one of my co workers about this crazy looking stuff he had been adding to his water called Chia seeds. Of course when he told me I had to make a joke about chia Pets.. Well laugh on me... it is the same seeds used on a chia pet...go figure.

Well about a month ago my Coach for Team in Training told us all about this product she uses and swears by called Mila. A much better form of Chia seed. wow that's 2 people I know into chia seeds. Hmm they must be good. Still I'm not ready to fork out $55 on a bag of seeds. I've gotten a lot better about not buying crap just because it says it's a miracle solution. I wasn't that way before though...just look under my bathroom sink and in my pantry at all those miracle workers I used once or twice than never again.

Coach and her friend in the Mila business decide to give everyone a free sample of Mila, hmmm interesting... try it FREE if you don't like it no problem if you do, and it does what it says it does we will sell it to you.. OF COURSE just MY luck, I missed that practice and went Mila less for another month..

Well, I have found my MILA!!  Yesterday I am at Starbucks (my favorite place by work) ordering my Chi tea Latte with NO water, and the lady that I have spoken to many times and I are having a conversation, Of course it leads to TNT... I talk about it everywhere. She says ohh is your coach so n so?? Why yes it is. Yeah I was at your practice and gave out Mila samples... (WOOHOO) So long story short she gave me the Mila sample bag.

So today was day 1...

I added one tablespoon of Mila to my morning smoothie. Didn't taste bad at all. Still trying to figure out if the seedy texture was just the Mila or also because of the raspberries. I have a feeling more mila than raspberry.  I kind of like that seedy texture.

STAY TUNED...

More Mila adventure to come!!!!!!!

Next up BUNCO BASH !!!!!!

Join myself and my friend Deb as we raise money to fight against cancer!!!

Bunco Bash - Helping others to beat the odds

• Host:
  Angi Lanciano & Deb Loughman
• When:
• Saturday, August 25 2012 at 5:30 PM

• Where:
  Mojo's Cajun Bar & Grill129 West Church Street Downtown Orlando, FL 32801

Tickets are Just $20 in advance & $30 at the door. Space is limited so get your spot at the table TODAY!
Ticket price includes one FREE Drink, Raffle, and a spot at the Bunco table. Plus lots of fun, prizes and laughter!

** Mojo's will also be donating 10% of their profits to LLS, so please come on by early and have an early dinner, or Happy Hour.
The theme for the night is Mardi Gras !!!
There will be a prize for best costume!!!
To purchase you advanced ticket please contact me at bunco.bash@yahoo.com

As promised pictures

Here are a few pictures from bowl a thon...more to come.

Bowl a thon....success!!!!

Yesterday my TEAM put on a Bowl a thon to raise money for LLS. It was a great event. Everyone pulled together and had a little fun while still remembering why we are raising money in the first place. It was a great day. I will be putting up photos soon.

Johnny Magic from XL106.7 came by to show his support and it was nice to get the chance to talk to him for a little while. He is an amazing man with a big heart. We really appreciated that he took some time out of his busy day to spend with us.

One of the questions he asked many of us was what do we think about when you are out there walking or running all those miles? When I got home last night I really started thinking about that more. When I did my first half at Disney, I must admit I spent a lot of time talking to myself in my head. You can do this, you are crazy, what the hell did you get yourself into...Thank goodness Coach Rich is here helping me through this.. where is Deb..I don't want to loose her we need to finish together.. OH NO !! Coach Laura will be up at the next mile somewhere I better swing my arms and stop talking...lol.

The thing that really got me through was thinking about a little boy named Christian that lost his battle with Leukemia, and how brave he must have been to go through such a rough thing. About his Dad and how hard it had to have been for him. How much I admired Rick for the person that he is even after loosing something as precious as his son. I thought about all the other patients that have lost their  battle, the ones who are still fighting the battle, and the ones who have WON the battle. I thought about my own battle with cancer. Of how very far I have come and how it affected my family. When every muscle in my body hurt, I remembered what I was out there doing it for. TO BEAT CANCER. When I crossed that finish line every thought came rushing back, and it hit me not that I had finished, but that in a small way I took a good hard PUNCH at cancer and knocked it down a notch.

Now as I struggle to raise the money needed to make it to Nike, I am again reminded of how small I am against this beast. But with the help of my friends, family, and strangers I don't even know, I WILL make it there and I WILL make it through my first FULL Marathon, and again I will thank God that Rich is there with me, and the Laura will be up around the corner somewhere making sure my arms are swinging, and My TEAM will be around me somewhere.  BUT, mostly I will be thinking of all those affected by cancer, and how if they can fight it, I can cross the finish line. 26.2 miles is such a small distance compared to a life saved.

Run for You, Run for Fun, Run4Life

Much Love
Angi

Still plugging & chuggin!!!

Just checking in briefly. Life has really been crazy lately. Working two jobs, training for my first FULL marathon..and my second half at the same time.  Trying to raise money for 2 amazing causes that really need our help. More on that to follow shortly.

Have to head back to the grind of life. Will be checking in a little bit more now that I have Internet at home again.

Have a great afternoon.

Run for You, Run for Fun, Run4Life

Angi

Many people have asked me recently why I chose run4life as my site name? I've heard, you must really like that Melissa Etheridge song. NO! that is not why. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that song, and I still to this day can not get through listening to it without breaking down. I can relate to every word of that song, and when I feel like I just can't go another step, I either play the song, or start singing it to myself, and I keep on going.

My reason for it is just that I DO run for life.

I run for my life. Since starting team in training my whole life has changed, not only have I made some of the best friends ever, but I also have a new extended family. A family of those that I have met and talk to often now, and a family of fellow runner who I have not met who mean the world to me as well. PLUS, I am getting stronger and healthier everyday. I'm starting to finally lose weight, my knees, all though they are a constant battle are getting a little better everyday, and most importantly I am still cancer FREE!!!!

I run for all! I could just take the easy way out and pay the registration fee and run these same races that I am doing. It's really not that much, but God spared me for a reason. I strongly believe that one of those reasons is to help in the fight against cancer. It's a horrible disease that has taken too many lives and it's time to put an end to it. So by joining LLS and raising money I am taking a small part in the huge fight against cancer.

I run for Hope! It is my hope that one day we live in a world free of cancer. Till then I will keep on running and I will keep on raising money, and I will keep on fighting. As a new friend on facebook told me today who is also a survivor, NOTHING!! will stop me.

Stay tuned.

Run for You, Run for Fun, Run4Life

 

All my love Angi