From healthyhollywood.com, here’s an excerpt from Shape magazine of Marisa Tomei’s morning routine:

Marisa begins every day with the same ritual: drinking a cup of hot water with lemon. “I never got into coffee,” she says. “It may take me a little longer to get going than other people, but this just feels really cleansing in the morning.” She follows that with a boiled egg drizzled with a little olive oil or some fresh berries and granola with whole-milk yogurt. “I find that protein wakes up my brain and gets me ready for the rest of my day,” she says. To maintain that “get up and go,” Marisa keeps high protein snacks on hand. “I’m a person who has to eat!” she says. “I graze every few hours.”

I would have a mega 2 year old temper tantrum meltdown without my morning coffee.  I don’t care how healthy lemon water is; it would not cut it.

Let’s have a vote:  Are you a morning coffee or tea drinker??  Or other?

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New reader Katy asked why I can’t run in Alaska…

Super quick back story:

I commercial fish in Alaska in the summers with my family (I’m on a break at home while they fish on the other boat).  We are normally gone about a week at a time and then come into port for a day or two.  When in port, I don’t have the time, the energy or even the desire to run.

On a similar yet more serious note, The Deadliest Catch marathon was on tv yesterday leading up to Captain Phil’s death and the seaon finale. 

And it was so sad.  Probably because I can relate with my dad being a captain, my two brothers fishing, and my family dealing with some of the same issues that Phil’s family did.  It’s just plain sad to see someone young die and from something preventable.

I’ve said this before, but tell the people around you how much you care for them.  Be emphatic about it.  It’s really easy to mumble an “I love you” under your breath, but be vulnerable and open and say how you really feel…  “You mean the world to me.  All I’ve ever wanted to do is make you proud” or whatever needs to be said.  Because we are never promised tomorrow.

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Enough of that and on to some Cat lady Blogs!

Today’s is another greater reader and commenter on my site (who’s comments always go in the spam folder where I have to retrieve them, I think because of the “sass” looks like a naughty word…), Heather from runningwithsass!

I started my blog in January, (well got serious about it!)  It’s a combination of running/health/fitness/my life.

Just kind of a hodgepodge of me. I try to be real, and tell about the ups and downs and things I go through. I think one of the problems with blogging is that a blogger can be idolized if they only show the glamourous parts of life and the good pictures. I try to tell and show the good, bad, and ugly. I have problems just like everyone else, but am committed to being a healthy person, both physically and mentally!

So here’s your TO DO list today: (Am I a taskmaster, or what?!)

1. Go stop by Heather’s blog and leave her a sassy comment; thanks Heather for the email!

2. Tell someone you love them today.  And not your dog or Karl Lagerfield.

3. Comment about our Great Coffee vs Tea Debate 2010.  Which do you drink?  I hope coffee wins!