Not my week

Is it only Wednesday? Man, I wish this week was over.

Let’s just say it started out on Saturday when I woke up in a panic at 6:10.  And I’m supposed to be at work at 6:00.  Thank you Iphone bug for making me 30 minutes later to work on New Year’s Day – I swear I was responsible the night before and got to bed!

Then Sunday night I braved the pouring rain to pick up stuff for my internship at Staples.  It was closed.  So I head to Office Max: Closed.  My gas light is on so I stop at Costco gas and get out all ready to fill ‘er up.  The worker comes up to me: Closed.  Finally, I stop at the grocery store to pick up 2 things.  The fire alarm goes off, and we’re all stuck outside for 15-20 minutes.  Once I get home, my phone falls out of my hand and rolls under my roommates car.  Luckily, I could lie flat on the ground and reach it. 

What a night.  Seriously I couldn’t help but laugh!

Last night at work was insanely busy.  I’m pretty sure I had a patient in every.  Single. Bed.

Then this morning I wake up at 8:05.  Supposed to be at nannying at 8:00.  Set my alarm last night, but forgot to turn it on.  Driving down the street I realize I forgot to take out the trashcans last night.  And realized I left my yogurt on the counter.

 

Long story short – not my week here.

 

At least the food’s been good!  I ate breakfast at work this morning, since I didn’t have time to eat/left my yogurt at home.

Yum-may.  With a couple more spoons of PB on the side.

I was definitely hungry 2 hours later, and gave in to eating lunch at 11:30. 

(Canned) turkey chili mixed with pepperjack cheese.  And more melty cheesy goodness on top.

It was spicy-hot so I added a scoop of Fage on top.

I also had a bit of Costco chicken salad (actually pretty good, and not too mayonnaisey! 

Yay for free coupons!!  I definitely needed one of these this afternoon

+ the blueberry yogurt I left out on the counter (thank you roommate for putting it back in the fridge) & a scoop of peanut butter.  Because I can’t go more than 2 hours with PB in my life.

And then dinner at work.  Which I rarely take pictures of.  Because I don’t carry my camera around with my in my pocket, and the lighting isn’t the greatest with my Iphone.  But sometimes.

 

Can it be Saturday already?

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Delayed Hunger

What’s up peeps?

I awoke this morning muchos hungry. That’s the thing about longer distance running – always hungry!

Usually coffee can calm my appetite for a bit before I get down and dirty with breakfast. But not this morning. And guess what I was craving. More oats!

Last night I planned on having a yogurt mess and using my nectarine.  But instead I used my nectarine on my hot oats. It worked with canteloupe, so why not?!

I seriously don’t mess around with toppings. I may overwhelm my oats at times, but I’m pretty sure she (or he?) can handle it.

Today’s included:

• Nectarine
• Strawberry jam
• Vanilla-pear butter
• Berry cream cheese
• Nuttzo

Yes – there was some Nuttzo under there!

Other favorite oatmeal toppings of mine include:

• Granola (love the crunch)
• Caramel chips
• All type of nut butters & jams
• All types of cream cheese
• Yogurt (Yoatgurt anyone?)

Of course I was hungry 2 hours later. No matter what I have for breakfast – it could be a small piece of toast, filling oatmeal, or eggs! – I am always hungry 2-3 hours after breakfast. I don’t understand those that say “this breakfast kept me full for 6 hours.” What?! How is that possible??

Anywas, I had a nectarine.

And then a Kashi trail mix bar not long after (which, by the way, I got for “free” at work with leftover cafeteria money. We get a certain amount to spend at each meal, and if my meal comes up cheap, I always throw in an apple, granola bar, or peach rings 😉 ).

I then hit up Borders in between jobs for a little bit of chillaxin with some iced coffee (SF vanilla syrup and half & half yo)

Some magazine reading, and some samples. I love samples. These were awsesome – some type of muffin and double chocolate chip cookie.

They didn’t skimp on sizes either – this was almost the size of a normal chocolate chip cookie! And so moist and delicious.

I came home hungray, and a bit chilly (WTF is up with you weather?) and wanted something warm. Soup to the rescue!! Some vegetable soup topped with ooey gooey cheese.

Along with an English muffin pizza (pasta sauce + cheddar cheese)

And pre-roasted cauliflower.

This lunch may look like a lot, but it honestly didn’t make me too full. Plus I need to fuel up before work.

Plus a mini-peach ring for dessert 🙂 Please excuse my super dry looking hands. I swear they’re not that bad in real life.

I was pretty hangry for dinner! Good thing we took a break at 6:30 rather than 7:00 😉 I got the last of the vegetable ratatouille along with some sweet potato fries!!

However both were pretty bland and not that great. I also had some blueberries on the side, and a few bites of cold leftover peach crisp.

Needless to say, I was pretty hungry (once again) by the time 8:30 rolled around.  I prepared my latest “frozen yogurt” obsession – with a twist!

Yogurt + stevia + peanut flour + cocoa powder –> into the freezer it went! Topped off with something special!

I nuked a big old spoonful of chocolate hazelnut butter & a splash of almond milk to make a chocolate sauce. Delicious. I also had another spoonful of nut butter on the side. I’m way over quota today 😉

And I’m sure I’ll be getting hungry again quite soon. Damn you long run yesterday!!

Are you normally more hungry the day of a long run or in the days following?

When I do super long runs, I’m always insatiable all day long. Starving every couple hours. This time was weird however – I never got super hungry yesterday. Just my normal hunger. But today as been off the wall! This is why people gain weight when they train for long races 😉

Also – what’s your favorite oatmeal topping?

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Multiple Labors

If I have to work on Labor Day, I at least wish I got time and a half!

I nannied for a bit this morning (not a long morning, just 2 hours). Then relaxed for a bit before heading off to my 3-8 hospital shift.

It was a foggy and oatmeal type of morning!

• 1/4 cups multigrain oats + 1/4 cup wheat bran
• 1/2 cup almond milk + 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg
• Cinnamon & maple syrup
• 2 scoops peanut flour
• Maple PB
• Justin’s chocolate hazelnut butter
• Vanilla-Pear butter

Mmm melty.

You know I added some jam once this picture was taken. I just didn’t want to overwhelm the camera 😉

I actually got a 3 1/2 hour break today during which I read a bit outside and tried to take a nap (which failed. I suck at naps).

I got a little hungry around 1:45 and had the rest of my Annie’s Spaghettios (this whole container was full – I was just impatient).

And decided to roast up my cauliflower so it would be ready if I wanted any for lunches.

I also had some today. Eaten straight out of the pan. Saves dishes folks.

Can’t forget my afternoon pick-me-up! Homemade iced coffee. x2 cups.

Dinner at work was a mix of different sides (the entrees tonight were hot dogs and hamburgers). Corn, green beans & chili beans. +1 onion ring I convinced the cashier to give me 😉

I also had a small sliver of a quesadilla that didn’t go to a patient.

The good thing about getting all sides? My meal was so cheap I had extra money to buy myself a few granola bars to take home.

I also happened to accidentally walk in on a patient mid-push. In labor. Labor on labor day. How about that? Whoopss….

How was your Labor Day?

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Salty sweet

Runnin’ free and it feels so good 😀

Today I hit the road for my long run of a planned 8 miles. Because it was my longer run, I made sure to do 1 1/2 minute walk breaks every 5-6 minutes NO MATTER WHAT! Because of the slightly slower pace and more frequent breaks, I tried to keep my pace to slightly under 10 minute miles the entire time.

Distance: 8.5 (yippee!)
Time: 1:23.21

I have to say I felt pretty awesome the entire run, and definitely could have gone farther. Let’s just hope my knee doesn’t hate me later since this was 1.25 miles longer than my last long run over 2 weeks ago.

Before the run I made up a yogurt mess:

Had a few bites, but then decided it would be too filling for a run in about an hour. So I ended up with toast with PB and jam. 2 slices

Post run I iced, foam rolled and then stretched (in that order). And then whipped up a sammie.

Egg salad sammie, if you will. Made with

• Egg
• Hummus
• Mustard
• Paprika
• Garlic salt
• Relish

Mmmm looks appetizing, I know 😉

+ unpicture saltwater taffy.

Errands followed (I was out of milk – what’s a girl to do?), which included a spontaneous hunger purchase.

Sweet & Salty chex mix!! Which I admit, I bought mostly for these cookie swirls.

+ beverages of sorts.

Why do the McDonalds employees laugh and give me weird looks when I say “no creamer” in my iced coffees? Sorry that you guys put too much and I just add my own single container.

Dinner was a chicken sandwich from Farmer’s Market that looked similar to this:

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Except about half the size. And uber fatty because of too much skin. Not so impressed McLintocks. Not so impressed.

And nighttime snacking consisted of my other spontaneous purchase

They’re tasty and okay. But not my fave. Not chocolately enough for me. And the saltiness of the prezel wasn’t strong enough. Good concept, but not quite there.

And microwaved strawberries with blueberries, nut butter & a blob of yogurt “frosting”

All of our microwavable bowls were dirty, obviously.  So I improvised.

Oh and can’t forget the 2 glasses of sparkling peach wine from TJs 😉

Wine + chocolate + roommates + stretchy pants = definite girl’s night in.

Other BLTs:

• Slice of turkey with hummus
• Chip dipped in nutella (sweet & salty to the extreme!)
• Carrots & guacamole

Are you a sweet or salty person?

I’m definitely more of a sweet person by far. But I do LOVE the sweet & salty combo. Yogurt covered pretzels? YES PLEASE. Chips crumbled over ice cream? Been there.

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Happy Birthday Roommate!

First off, Happy Birthday to my roommate Jenna!

(Jenna’s on the right in case you for some reason have no idea what I look like. Or are a new reader)

Thanks for being such a wonderful and fun roommate. Can’t wait to celebrate tonight 🙂

Quick Thursday recap.

Yogurt + cinnamon + Kashi berry crisp cereal (new try!) + blackberries + PB at 9:15 before work.

This Trader Joe’s European style yogurt was so runny, it was almost like a soup! Not such a fan.

Iced coffee while running errands after work.

I used to get McDonald’s iced coffee all the time! I ask for no creamer, and then add some of my own since they put way too much in for my taste.

Lunch of leftover goat cheese vegetable pizza (on its last leg)

A small piece of PB fudge

Some marinated mushrooms (random snack)

And a small bit of cookie dough (yes – I love love love cookie dough)

Wait! Can’t forget my vitatmin! Looks like I had Wilma.

These were sitting on the table at work, and I couldn’t turn down the Flinstones telling me to get my daily vitamins 😉

Dinner was the rest of my eggplant parm (repeat pic alert!)

And other snacks throughout the night:

• Celery and ranch dip (before lunch)
• Tons of blackberries. Literally the whole 12 oz container.
• 2 big bites of DCD PB (eaten with my blackberries)
• Apple dipped in dessert hummus
• Hot cocoa

It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve taken you all on a flashback journey. As May comes to a close, let’s take a look throughout the Mays of my college life.

2006 (freshman year)

Cinco de Mayo party!

Going to a concert with some suitemates

Took this as we were walking somewhere because we were shocked how much gas was! Then it got up to over $4.50 a gallon…

Taking a few drinks before a baseball game. Hey! You only live once (the clock readers 5:00 I think – the earliest we’d ever drank! haha)

Then heading to the beach to play.

2007 (Sophomore year):

Not nearly as many pics. True love.

I just want to document that at the beginnning of the night, my hair looked like this:

After a night of walking in fog/dancing: (I can’t believe I’m posting this)

Holy hell.

2008…..

Wow. I seriously have no pictures from May 2008. This year I wasn’t going out too much and wasn’t very close with my roommates. Moving on..

2009:

Mother’s Day brunch.

Josh Gracin came to play at my school’s University Union hour!

Trip home for my sister’s 1st Communion.

And my brother’s Senior Ball.

Now for menu fun. We’re going to Big Sky Cafe for dinner, yet I can’t decide what to get! What would you get? Keep in mind we’re going for dinner! And I don’t eat red meat.

I’m leaning towards:

• Cup of turkey chili with side of sweet potato fries
• Tagine of Vegetables
• Vegetable plate with a side of sweet potato fries
• Grilled cheese and chipotle sandwich
• Turkey burger

They’re sweet potato fries are a must. So I have to get those. But I also really want to try the yam risotto. Obviously I’m having a difficult time over here! 😉

Help a girl out!!

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Day of Eats

Honestly, I show about 60% of my food consumed on a daily basis. I always have random snacks, and TONS of BLTs (bites licks and tastes) thoughout the day. On top of the BLTs & snacks, I often times take an extra spoonful of PB or have an extra handful of cereal while I’m dishing it out for some other reason. For some reason, I decided to show you absolutely everything I ate today.

Breakfast at about 9:30/9:45. Overnight oats to-go!

• 1/3 cup multigrain oats + 1/4 cup wheat bran
• 1/3 cup almond milk
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• Cinnamon & maple syrup
• 1 T peanut butter

Topped this morning with:

• Nature’s Path pecan crunch cereal
• Blackberries

Yes there are oats somewhere in there.

At around 11:00, I got randomly low blood sugar feeling so I grabbed a handful of cereal and dried dates.

Carrots & salsa at 12:00

And coffee with almond milk & stevia.

Lunch at 2:00 was a Costco veggie burger on top of baked beans (about 1 1/2 – 2 servings worth. Whoever said there were “5 servings” in a can was kidding themselves).

I mixed it up with some coleslaw for crrrrrunch. And I threw in some rotisserie chicken as well.

And another cup of coffee + FF vanilla creamer soon after.

On another note I’m diggin’ the hair today (although I do look pissed in my reflection).

I pinned it up to sleep on it, and just decided to leave it for the day. I’m debating whether to wear it like this on Friday night, but you know the luck that your hair always looks good when you’re not going anywhere? But then when you actually are going somewhere, it doesn’t work out? Yeah, I’m scared that’ll happen.

Had a slight sweet-tooth around 4:00

More iced coffee + almond milk & stevia around 5:00 (I make my coffee super weak. Plus I was dragging).

And the smallest apple known to man.

Dinner was leftover eggplant parmesan at 6:00

So then naturally I was hungry for multiple snacks once I got home from work.

Blackberries

A small nibble of banana bread

Hot cocoa & spoiler alert for American Idol below!!!!!

All thoughout American Idol (which OMGGGGGGGGGGG had me pissing my pants towards the end. I couldn’t take it!! Lee!! OMG looooove you 😀 And I also read in US weekly today that he “doesn’t have a girlfriend, but wouldn’t mind one.” Um hello? I’m available 😉 ).

And now just finishing off some of the best ice cream I’ve ever devoured. Ever.

Literally tastes like you’re eating ice cream cake. Literally. Now if only the chocolate chunks were gone (not a fan of chocolate chips in my ice cream).

Shoot, I just realized I lied when I said I documented everything. Missing:

• 2 cups of coffee + almond milk this morning
• Couple bites of cottage cheese with the cereal/dried fruit this AM
• Diet 7-up this afternoon
• Couple bites of mac & cheese as I made it for the kids
• Celery dipped in hummus &/or yogurt ranch at around 8:30
• Couple ‘Nilla Wafers just a few minutes ago

So there you have it. A complete and literal day in the eats of Tay.

I really should start committing myself to posting every bite and nibble I eat because it makes me go “WOW.” I know I eat a ridiculous amount of random eats throughout the day, and maybe knowing I’d have to post it and bore you all to death would make me think twice. I especially have the problem at work when I’m putting together the kids’ meals!

What about you – are you a random nibbler? It’s something I need to work on!

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Weekend Top 10

#10. Protein pancakes made on Friday morning.

Pecan cinnamon chip pancakes to be more exact.

• 2 T whole wheat flour
• 3 T soy protein powder (TJs brand)
• Cinnamon
• Stevia
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1/4 cup yogurt
• Chopped pecans
• 1-2 T cinnamon chips

The yogurt was a bad addition. The pancakes never firmed up – too mushy. But topped with honey almond cream cheese, peanut butter, and crofter’s jam? I’ll take them anyday 😉

#9. Drinking more coffee than is deemed necessary for human consumption.

Taken on my 1-year anniversary in memory of my first picture 😉

#8. Look who finally made kale chips!!

(I made them in case you didn’t catch that)

Oh wait – that’s better.

I’m still trying to perfect them, but do you all eat them with a fork or hands? I feel like they’re too flaky/small to eat with hands!

#7. Caramel swirl. ‘Nuff said.

Taking advantage of the last day of Starbucks’s Happy Hour. That’s my third frap in 6 days. I’ve had my fix.

#6. Mama Pea’s crack cereal.

I actually made this a while ago, but it’s only gotten better. So good so good. I made with craisins since that’s all I had on hand.

#5. Counts as 5 & 6 since I ate it more than once and it’s just. That. Good.

#4. Sweet – my new bumper sticker! Even though it’s been a while, I’ve always wanted one. The window might not have been the smartest place to put it, since you can’t read it from a distance though haha.

#3. My awaited dessert hummus! So excited to get this 😀

Thank you thank you to the wonderful people at Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus.

You know which flavor caught my eye first.

Pumpkin pie obvs. Eaten straight with a spoon with some strawberries.

Oh yummmm. The spices definitely shine though in this hummus. Can’t wait to try the other flavors and keep you all updated!

#2. My run!!

Distance: 3.5 miles
Time: 32:50

Knee has been a tad more sore than normal, but I think it might be my foam roller slackage in the past week. The past few weeks I’ve been doing 2 short runs (2.5 miles and 3-4 miles) and a longer run. Each week I’ve been increasing the length of my long run by 1 mile. This week I’m planning to slightly increase the length of my shorter runs rather than increase my long run. Plan is:

Sunday: 3.5 miles
Tuesday: 3-3.5 miles
Thursday or Friday: 6-6.5 miles (depending on Tuesday’s distance)

Weekly total: 13 miles
Last week’s total: 12 miles

And the weekend’s Top highlight?

#1. Beach Bashin’ with my girls.

AKA a party where we were a suit top and a dress. Oh well any excuse for a party 😉

What was your weekend highlight?

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Help me choose!

Hello my lovelies! I was super excited to get going this morning because I had something special to use – new running shoes!!

My grandma bought me new shoes for my birthday, so I went and got re-fitted yesterday. First, they filmed me running on the treadmill (which I’ve never had done before), and then analyzed my gait.

She then filmed me again running in their normal running shoes with my orthotics in.

Now I’ve been running in Saucony Stabils, with absolute maximum support and motion control, for the past 3-4 years. The girl who was helping me was quite surprised I was running in such supportive shoes, especially with my orthotics. She said I really only needed mild to moderate support shoes along with my orthotics to fix my pronation.

I then tried on a ton of shoes. I also have a very narrow heel, so many shoes (especially Nikes) slip! The pair I really wanted also didn’t come in a big enough size (I’m size 11-11.5! Bigfoot over here). I ended up with my some new Brooks!

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I’ve never ran in Brooks shoes before, so we’ll see how this goes!

This morning I had 1/2 a hemp bagel spread with almond butter and Crofter’s jam shortly before heading out.

I tried out some soynut butter which I was sent to review on my bagel first.

But I just couldn’t get into it. I’ve been trying it on multiple occasions in all different ways. It tastes exactly like soynuts – which I do like! But I’m just not a huge fan of the nut butter version. Even though it does have excellent stats! Check out the fiber and protein!

I’d still recommend trying it out if you like soynuts! Tastes just like it.

Post 3 mile run, 25 minute foam roll & stretching came lunch.

Leftover pineapple, black beans and chicken.

With rice.

Yummy yummy in my tummy!

But still very hungry hungry an hour later.

A serving of yogurt and Kashi blueberry flakes cereal.

Forgot I had this sample from forever ago!

Followed by an apple of sorts.

Other afternoon snacks at work consisted of –

Iced SF hazelnut coffee with half & half

Cranberry heart thrive

And a banana to tide me over until dinner.

And oh what a yummy dinner it was!

Buttnernut squash lasagna (I’ll post the recipe soon)

Deeeeeeeeeelicious 😀

The rest of the night was full of my future boyfriend Idol,

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Strawberries

And GLEE!!!

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Now I need your help!!

Now it’s vote time! I’ve been shopping for a birthday dress for this Friday’s celebrations 😉 But I can never make decisions – it’s hard! So I’m asking you all to give me your opinions. Please ignore my dirty, hat hair! And my awkward looks since I didn’t know what face to make.

Option A: (closed eyes!) Yes, it has a zipper down the front – odd but I like it! And the whole body portion is kind of scrunchy. With a frilly bottom.

Option B: Looks short on the right side, but I think it was bunched up a bit. Also I was obviously caught in the middle of awkward laughing. Ummm…I obviously don’t channel Miss Kailey well.

And here I slouch…

All right peeps, opinions opinions! And if you feel the need, you can give me your reasonings 😉 I am quite indecisive, haha.

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Pinch Me

Happy Saint Patty’s Day!!

Are you rockin’ the green today?

Because I sure am! (My eyebrow is ridiculously high in this picture, but I swear I wasn’t surprised by the camera)

Yes – we sure do.

My kiddos sported green as well.

As well as the stunnas.

I actually planned to hit up the bars today at 6 am for a green beer. Yup. I was going to be one of those college peeps 😀 I’ve never done it, and when else would I get the chance right?

But then my roommate got sick and can’t drink now. And I realized I worked at 8:30 am. FAIL. Oh well. I chose to drive down the streets of downtown on my way to work and check out the stumbling drunks and long lines in front of the bars instead. If you can’t join ’em, laugh at them, right? 😉

Breakfast-to-go!

In my overnight oats –

• 1/4 cup muesli + 1/3 cup oat bran + 1/2 cup almond milk
• 2 T chia seeds
• Cinnamon
• 1 T honey peanut butter (mixed in)
• Topped off with this morning:
  • Nature’s Path strawberry & yogurt cereal
  • Maple Life
  • Almond butter

Oh so delicious.

Morning snack at work was strange. Half a sandwich thin and carrots dipped into pasta sauce. I had some remnants of pasta sauce in the fridge. Sandwich thin I grabbed out the door. And carrots without dip. I really shouldn’t even try to explain this one.

El luncho – yet another frozen meal. This one of Safeway’s Eating Right brand. Reminded me a lot of the Lean Cuisine thai noodles from last week. But nope, not nearly as good. This one was very bland and almost tasteless.

Sorry Safeway, but brand name wins out.

I then proceeded to burn my palm on this mug. Microwave safe, my unmentionable behinds. I like the inscription though 🙂

I guess a burned palm is what you get for gorging yourself on 3 cups of half-caff coffee. Damn.

I ended up getting off work 3 hours early. Obviously she doesn’t realize I need money for slutty dresses and booze innocent Vegas fun.

I came home and honestly wasn’t too hungry. So I kept snacking on mini-esque “meals”.

First up, leftover roasted broccoli (topped with ketchup after this shot).

And a little later had some light Campbells Italian-style soup sprinkled with cheese. With a sandwich thin toasted for dipping.

And then kettle corn while watching American Idol.

A couple spoonfuls of PB may also have been consumed.

Now I’m still trying to decide if I should head home tomorrow directly after my final presentation, or just wait until Friday.

How did you all celebrate the holiday?

I realized I only ate one green thing today – broccoli! Ha. So festive of me 😉

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Project: Complete

Senior project is done and turned in!!

This has definitely been one of the best finals weeks ever. Both yesterday and today have consisted of basking in the hot rays for hours. Got a little Vegas shopping in at Forever 21 tonight (yes – going to Vegas next week!!). And Chipotle for dinner!

Chipotle finally opened up here in SLO a couple weeks ago, and we figured the hype had finally died down a bit so it wouldn’t be super crowded.

Vegetarian salad with black beans, sauteed onions & bell peppers, extra pico de gallo, corn salsa relish, and guacamole.

I got the vegetarian JUST to get free guacamole, and this Chiptole skimped on the guac. Usually they load that beast on!

This morning I woke up not hungry, so enjoyed a cup (or 3) of delicious coffee while blog reading.

Still not hungry, and with a slight stomach ache, I grabbed a small breakfast on my way out the door to a nanny interview.

Whole wheat bagel thin – Justin’s honey PB & Crofter’s superfruit spread. That little corner of white stuff is cream cheese. Then I ran out. Oh well – I tried!

1 1/2 hours later, my hunger caught up to me and arrived home starving. I George Formaned another bagel thin with turkey, cheese, and BBQ sauce.

Plus kabocha squash on the side.

While finishing up my project post-sun time, I snacked on these cinnamon almond cookie bites. They give a funky aftertaste. But are okay to munch on.

Turned in that 25 page project (yeah-yuh!!), and hit up the pool for a quick 30 minute swim.

• 500 freesyle
• 500 freestyle pulling with paddles
• 100 IM
• 100 freestyle
  (repeat above IM/freestyle sequence 3 times)
• 100 cooldown

I’m so glad I made myself go, because I was not feelin’ it at all. And I was this close to just saying “screw it!”. But I knew I’d regret not going more than I’d regret actually swimming – you know?

Swimming made me a hungry fishie, and I had half of this bar to hold me over until dinner.

Really not such a fan. Especially for the very small bar to high calorie ratio. I’ll try the other flavors, but we’ll see!

Then dinner, shopping, and now American Idol! I’m telling ya – it’s been a good day 😀

Shopping must have been hard work because I came home 2 hours after dinner starving! And made myself 2 bags of mini-popcorn. So much for the portion control of mini bags…LOL. Oh and 3 clementines. And a spoonful of PB.

Dang. For such an un-hungry morning, I sure got ravenous later on.

Thoughts on tonight’s Idol?

I love Lee. I voted 😉

Is the weather by you as nice as it is here?

I’m pretty sure it was in the 80’s today!! So nice. And definitely got burnt. Whoops! Time to aloe it up.

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