I'm feeling like a real athlete today....I went and got an MRI tonight to check on the lingering foot pain I've had since August....funny thing is I've had the least trouble with it the past seven days...ah well.
The whole MRI experience was quite interesting. It's very loud, so they give you ear plugs. You have to hold perfectly still....for kind of a long time. They take quite a few series of images. Some series last only 2 or 3 minutes. The longest was about 8 minutes. Thankfully only the lower half of my body had to go into the machine, so I didn't have to find out just how claustrophobic I really am.
I mostly just closed my eyes and daydreamed about whatever popped into my head. The loudness of the machine kind of lulled me into dreamy state....sort of like when you fly in a loud airplane.
I ran 6 miles this morning. Quite foggy out. We've decided to do a semi-long run on Thursday since we had to alter our schedule slightly because of the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas)......originally we had a the 24 mile run scheduled for Thanksgiving Day----we all decided that really wouldn't work too well. Ha!
I found a recipe I want to try as a possible gift idea:
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Recipe - - MyRecipes.com
Rating: 
2 cups sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup fat-free vanilla pudding
4 large egg whites
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking spray
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in chocolate chips.
Spoon batter into 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on a wire rack, and remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.
32 servings(serving size: 1 slice)
CALORIES 152(30% from fat); FAT 5g (sat 1.2g,mono 2.5g,poly 1.1g); PROTEIN 2g; CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg; CALCIUM 10mg; SODIUM 137mg; FIBER 1.1g; IRON 1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 26.5g
2 comments:
R~Really? An MRI? Do you have to wait long for the results? I hope your ankle is okay, yet if it's bothering and there is something wrong I do hope comes out in the results. I hope your ankle is not giving you unbearable pain.
The recipe sounds good...I'll have to try it sometime!
wow... an mri seems like a big deal .... i hope they say you're fine and it is almost healed ... heeled ... ha! .....
we've been making teacher gifts here ..... i like that there is an extra week before december this year with thanksgiving falling so early!! it's helping a ton ....
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