About Teri

Please see below for TMI.

My first name is TeriLyn. I usually go by Teri. (But really prefer TeriLyn.) I’m 27 years old, was raised in Utah, but currently live in North Carolina. I have a boxer named Maizey (although, I often refer to her as “the puppa” or “the boxer dog.”) I’m slightly obsessed with her, as you may have figured out by the fact that she gets her own page on my blog.

I really love food. Good food. Real food. I believe in putting wholesome food (not food products) into my body. If you’ve read In Defense of Food, you’ll have a pretty good idea of my food philosophies. On a daily basis, I eat a lot of produce, whole grains, yogurt, beans and legumes, and nut butters. When we dine out, it’s usually at a local restaurant with good food. We don’t think it’s worth it to spend money on mediocre food and you’ll very rarely see us eating at a restaurant that does TV commercials.

I’m not a meat lover, nor am I an official vegetarian. I don’t eat meat often for various reasons (e.g. health, environment, ethics, taste, laziness) and tend to use beans, quinoa, eggs and tempeh as my main protein sources. When I do eat meat, I try to eat grass-fed, hormone-free meat. And a few times a year, I can’t help but eat North Carolina BBQ (Eastern style, preferably). The hushpuppies draw me in. Oh, hushpuppies…how I love thee.

I love to bake. I ate homemade bread my whole life and still love to bake it myself. I make whole-wheat flax bread on a regular basis and also try out more gourmet breads once in a while (usually from Peter Reinhart’s book, The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread). I love to bake cookies of all kinds, which is kind of a problem since I tend to eat the majority of them myself.

I’ve run two 180-mile relay races, multiple half marathons and 5K-10Ks, and ran my first marathon in October 2009. You can read about my marathon here, here, here, here and here. I teach group fitness classes at a few gyms (spin and weight-lifting) and don’t stretch nearly as much as I should.

post-marathon picture

I have five brothers. And I’m the only girl. And the youngest. I wasn’t spoiled…I just happen to be the favorite.

I love travelling.

I work full-time at a bank. No, I’m not a teller. I’m in Marketing.

I keep a Brita filter at my desk. I drink a lot of water. And green tea.

I think if I ever entered an ice cream eating contest, I would win.

I hate cucumbers.

I love dark chocolate.

You may have noticed, I change my hair a lot. I’ve had it very long, very short and everything in between. It’s been platinum blonde, a more natural-looking blonde, black, all shades of brown, red, auburn, and I’ve even had maroon highlights.

There you go. TMI.