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Today's workout (meaning Tuesday when I actually wrote this blog): 3 Easy Miles (Week 1/20 - 138 days left to marathon #3)

Does spinach make your teeth feel weird?  My feel kind of squeakier after I eat the stuff.  Not the good, squeaky clean you get when you’ve just left the dentist, but a really odd squeaky type of squeak.  Anyone?  That’s what I thought.  I challenged myself to eat a whole bag of spinach in a week. 

And I diiiiiiidddd!  Usually I open a bag and shamefully let uhh, well too much of it go to waste. 

 I’ve been adding a heaping handful to my can of soup each day.  It’s the light version, and not the healthiest option out there, but it’s working for me for now.  Aka, speed and convenience.

Check it!  Recycled picture.

Well, well, well...and this is why I LOVE me some google! (Found this at FitSugar) 

 It is caused by the high quantities of oxalic acid found in spinach, not iron like many spinach lovers might think. The oxalate crystals leak out as you chew, and even more, when you cook spinach and these crystals coat the teeth. Drinking milk with spinach can exacerbate the chalky sensation. Rhubarb, beets, kale and chocolate are high in oxalic acid as well. People with kidney problems should not eat large quantities of spinach or any food high in this acid since it can lead to because of the increased risk of producing oxalate stones in the kidneys.

Oh and in case you missed it on Facebook or Dailymile, I am a total ding-dong.  I headed out for my run this morning and locked the door behind me with my key.  When I got back home, the same key just wouldn’t unlock the door for me.  I called my husband about a jillion times with no luck.  This made me mad as he’s my “in case of emergency” call…my backup, my husband that never turns his ringer off and has been known to answer many a call in the wee hours of the night.  I sat out on the stoop for about 10 minutes and alternated between calling my husband, trying my key again, and contemplating whether or not to knock and/or ring the doorbell.  I tried calling my children too and finally got through to the sleepyheadest of them all.  She came downstairs, and I’m certain she wasn’t happy about it, and she unlocked the door.  The door to the LEFT (this is key!) swung open, and this happened:

Me: “OMG. I am an idiot.”

Her: (turns her back and heads back up the stairs.)

I have no good reason as to why I didn’t even think to try the other door and lock.  The side I was trying to unlock is just there for looks.  When I confessed my stupidity later to my hubs, he softened the blow by saying that I’m not a “front door person” since I always come in through the garage.  Awww…

Even though I’m stupid, he’s still not off the hook for not answering his phone.

To make up for the riveting pictures of spinach bags in stages of full and empty...and my bowl of soup, I give you the best coconut water that I have tasted yet.  And it's DARK CHOCOLATE FLAVOR!  Can life get any better?  It definitely would if this water would start pouring out of my kitchen faucet.  Geesh!  $2.79 at the gas station.  Surely it would be cheaper at the grocery store.  $2.99 Nope!  But they didn't have the chocolate kind...otherwise, last night, I would have been drinking a $2.99 bottle of this stuff.

Here's the scoop on the nutritional stats from ZICO's website.  Ackk!  I used their product finder and they have it at Safeway...must check prices and get on my knees and pray.