Ginger Lemon Tea and My PB&J LARABAR Review

Last night I had a long visit with my sister via telephone, and she told me about a tea she has been making for her husband to soothe his cold/cough symptoms.  She makes an infusion of freshly grated ginger root and lemon, and then lets it steep for about 5 or 6 minutes... strains it and then adds a bit of honey before he drinks it.  She says it has been helping tremendously.

All righty, I am in for that.

So, today I headed off to my monthly Weight Watchers weigh in and then ate my last LARABAR for breakfast.  Peanut Butter and Jelly.  I savored every little nibble and you can bet I didn't share it with The Captain either....  well, I offered him some, but I had already cooked him a breakfast of hash browned potatoes, eggs, toast and jam so I knew there was no way he was hungry!  He declined like the good husband he is.

This LARABAR is my very very favorite.  It smells like peanuts.  And it tastes like peanut butter, with just a bit of sweetness added to it.  Mmmmm. 



The only ingredients are: dates, peanuts, unsweetened cherries, sea salt
Calories 210;  Protein 6g; Carbohydrate 27g; Fat 10g; Fibre 4g.

And it kept me satisfied till well past my normal lunchtime.  I was really pleasantly surprised!

If you want to try one for yourself, you have the rest of the evening to enter my giveaway HERE.

Tomorrow I will announce the winner and make contact by email.  Good Luck.


When we got back from running our morning errands, I made up a big pot of that tea, and it was not only tasty, I really think it is helping.  I am about to make another this evening.

Do you have any home-remedies for colds and sniffles?

Daydreaming, Eye Surgery and Cashew Cookie LARABAR Review

Today, since I am still resting, trying to get over this rotten cold, I have been thinking about all the things I want to start doing in November, once I am past my eye surgery and can get active again....

Oh yeah, the eye surgery... next Thursday morning I am going to have some retinal repair work done on my right eye.  Apparently it is not a big deal, and I will be awake during the surgery, but of course my eye will be frozen.  Afterward, I have to spend 3 days, face down!  so we are moving into a charming inn and I will have the support of some special appartus to help me achieve the desired physical positioning, during that time.  Not looking forward to it, but not freaking out either.  It has to be done.

The surgeon told me that I can resume normal activities within a week, including running.  This is so much better than the 8 weeks I had to lay off last Spring.  I have no reason to believe he isn't right.

So, by the end of October, I should be able to be running and doing other exercise again.  And today I am looking forward to that time and thinking about what that will entail.... running, walking, upper body work with my dumbbells, some lower body work such as lunges and squats, and probably Pilates.  At least I can do those things easily while we are on the boat.... once we move into the house again, I can add other activities to that list... but I will think about that another day.

This afternoon The Captain shared his Cashew Cookie LARABAR with me.  We cut it in half and had a few salted cashews and a cup of green tea alongside.  Mmmm.  No wonder this one is is his favorite... chewy and sweet and nutty!



The only ingredients are: cashews and dates
Calories 230; Protein 6g; Carbohydrate 23g; Fat 13g; Fibre 4g.

If you would like to try one for yourself, enter my giveaway HERE.

LARABAR provided this bar free of charge but the opinion is 100% my own.

If you leave me a comment on this post, telling me what your favorite winter workouts are, I will give you an extra entry into my giveaway.

A Short Resistance Workout Today and a Lemon LARABAR Review

I am still somewhat under the weather so no running for me yet, but I am feeling well enough to do a bit of strength training today.  Don't want to let the lethargy set too far in!

Using 8 lb. dumbells - 2 sets X 10 each:

• bicep curls
• tricep kickbacks
• lateral raises
• overhead presses
• delt raises
• upright rows

And then 10 each leg:

• standing abductors
• standing adductors

This afternoon The Captain and I shared another LARABAR with our coffee.... the Lemon Bar. 



It is noticeably paler in color than the other bars I have tried - all the delicious cashew and almond bits I think.  And it was tasty!  A distinct lemon flavor which goes very nicely with the date base and the nuts.  I am seriously crazy for nuts and this bar has lots of them, and is very chewy.  Loved it.

The only ingredients are: dates, cashews, almonds, lemon juice concentrate, natural lemon flavor
Calories 220, Protein 6g; Carbohydrates 28g; Fat 11g; Fibre 3g.

If you would like to try a Lemon Bar yourself, enter my LARABAR giveaway HERE.

I was given these LARABARS to review, but the opinions are 100% my own.

Do you do resistance workouts?

Do you think that doing a bit is better than none at all?

My First Half Marathon, and Ginger Snap LARABAR Review

It's official!  I just signed us up for the Oak Bay Half Marathon, to be run on May 13th.

I am so excited and so nervous I don't know if I will be able to eat my dinner!

I think it is a good thing I had some of this a while ago.... might have to sustain me for a while till the butterflies subside.

This Ginger Snap LARABAR was so much tastier than I expected it to be.  It has a very strong ginger flavor and reminded me of the mincemeat tarts my Mother used to make every year at Chritmas when I was a kid... The Captain thought it tasted like mincemeat, too, so my tastebuds aren't too far off, even if I do still have the sniffles.

The only ingredients are:  dates, almonds, pecans, ginger, cinnamon, cloves
Calories 240, Protein 5g, Carbohydrates 27g, Fat 14g, Fibre 3.5g.

You have to love that about LARABAR... only real ingredients with names you recognize.

I am definitely going to be buying this LARABAR in the future.  If you haven't tried one yet, and would like to, go enter my giveaway HERE.

And just so we are clear, LARABAR gave me the product, but the opinion is 100% my own.

Do you get nervous or excited when you sign up for a race?

How far ahead of a half marathon do you start training?

Happy Thanks-Giveaway

By now you are likely aware that today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.  Along with all the the things in my life that I am thankful for on a daily basis, I am especially thankful to Erica at LARABAR for helping me with my very first giveway.  I feel like I have finally joined the club!

She asked me to choose 4 bars to try out and then review so I visited their website to see the entire list of available flavors.  Right now there are 19 in the lineup, but I had no trouble making  my choices:

• Peanut Butter and Jelly, cause it's my favorite
• Cashew Cookie, cause it's The Captain's favorite
• Lemon Bar, cause The Captain would probably like it and I can use the brownie points
• Ginger Snap, cause we both loooove ginger snap cookies

When they arrived in my mailbox on Friday, I was very tempted to just rip them all open and eat them, one after the other... I was alone, after all, and who would know?

But I kept that greedy fat little girl inside me at bay, brought them home to the boat, and showed them to The Captain and told him all about how good they are for him... gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, non-GMO, and kosher.  I also told him that they contain only natural, real ingredients, with names we recognize and love.  I cannot tell you how unimpressed he was.  He just wanted to eat them too, cause we love them so much!



So here I sit, with these 4 lovely LARBARS that are calling my name, the bright colored paper krinkling and wrinkling and dying to be stripped off the luscious date and nut bars inside.  Who knew I would turn into a hoarder.?

Here is what I have decided to do, just to drag out our enjoyment a little longer... starting tomorrow, and for the next 3 days, I am going to open one bar and share it with The Captain.  Then I will come back and do a post about whether or not we liked it.  Yeah, right!  It's my first giveaway afer all and I want it to last as long as it can.

But what does all that mean for you?  Well, Erica has kindly offered to send the same 4 flavors that I chose, to one of my readers.  Wasn't that so nice of her?  She did ask that I limit the entries to Canadian and U.S. readers as the only 2 countries where LARABARS are sold are Canada and the U.S.A.  I hope you will understand.

One lucky winner will get all 4 bars:

peanut butter and jelly

cashew cookie

lemon bar

ginger snap

Here is what you need to do:

Mandatory to enter - Follow my blog and leave me a comment on this post telling me that you do.

 (1 entry)

Share this giveaway link on Twitter and include @eatrunsail and @LARABAR in your tweet, and leave me a comment on this post to tell me that you did.

OR

Link this post to your blog, and leave a comment on this post to tell me that you did, sharing the link to your blog so I can go find it.

(only 1 entry for either)

Like LARABAR on Facebook and leave a comment saying Elle at Eat, Run, Sail sent you. I have to be able to go and find the comment.

(1 entry)

So, that is 3 entries you can earn tonight. - maybe I will come up with some more as the week progresses.

You can enter till I turn my computer off for the night on Friday, October 14th.  I will choose a winner on Saturday morning and do a post.

Good luck and go eat a LARABAR!