Author Archives: Emily

The Gym of Life

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Today makes the fourth training day in a row I’ve skipped.  <– arrrrgh!  This week has been a combination of genuine leg pain and genuine laziness.  On the bright side, my legs are so sore from my shift last night that I’m counting work as at least a half workout.  The restaurant is split into two levels, with the dining area upstairs and the bar and kitchen downstairs.  This means that I go up and down the stairs 8 million times a shift.  Yay for the gym of life.

This morning I made Adam an Orange Dream Machine knock off (vanilla ice cream, orange juice, and vanilla protein powder) and I drank the extra.

This is going on the ‘to make again’ list.

Adam and I had some errands to run, which culminated in a trip to Wegmans to pick up lunch.  While we were there I grabbed and iced coffee, Wegman’s version of Jamaican Me Crazy with skim milk.

Not as good as the Wilson Farms’ one sadly.

Lunch was great though.

Fruits – berries, pineapple, cinnamon banana.

Steamed broccoli, grilled squash, succotash, and cashew chicken with tons of celery picked out of the container.

Plus a white chocolate toffee cookie.

The perfect end to lunch/dinner.  Hopefully it will hold me over through work, it’s going to be a busy shift!

Workin’ Girl

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Yikes, my first real shift at work left me pretty tired!  Hopefully this job will force me to get my sleep schedule in order.

I had to skip another day at the gym and I haven’t been getting very good sleep lately so I spent most of the day napping, summer vacation-style.  That would have been all good except that I realized an hour before I had to head to work that eating would be good.  I did my very best to squeeze enough my needed calories and food groups.

First up, a protein packed yogurt bowl.

This guy was a fun, filling mix.

  • 1 sliced banana
  • 1/2 cup 0% Fage
  • 2 Tbsp raisins
  • 1/2 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 2.5 Tbsp Smuckers Natural PB with Honey

 The combination was great; I think I’m going to start adding raisins to all my yogurt bowls.

I also made a veggie plate.

Roasted brussels sprouts,

and roasted potatoes drizzled with truffle oil.

Thankfully I found that this held me through all 7 hours at work.  It helped that I was too busy to get hungry too.

I’m probably going to be working 4 night shifts a week and I’ll be doing a late, huge lunch on those days.  Hopefully, like tonight, I won’t be hungry for dinner when I get off work and I’ll be able to simply blog, shower, and get to bed.  I’m looking forward to seeing how it all works out.

Shower and sleep time!  P.S.  The giveaway winners are –

I Was MISSING In Action

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I’m going to be straight with you.  Sometime yesterday morning – probably around the time I realized my knee hurt too much to go to the gym – I decided I was going to finish watching “Missing.”  And I was determined.  So no, I didn’t cook dinner, or blog, or bathe.  Victory was mine.  Ya know, until I found out that the last 25 seconds ever of the show introduce the biggest, saddest cliff-hanger ever.  Thanks for that, tv gods.

Anyhoo.  I don’t have anything to blog about today yet, but I wanted to get this post up early since it’s the last day of my Applegate Farms giveaways.  Yesterday’s winners were –

But today is anyone’s game.

to enter to win (Applegate Farms $-off coupons)

Leave a comment on this post telling me one thing you really love OR hate about reading food/healthy living blogs.  Good luck!

My Camera is Riding In Cars With Boys

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I won’t be blogging my daytime today, since I once again managed to leave the camera in the car.  I think the fact that I can’t forget anything when I walk is quickly becoming another reason for me to hate cars!

When Adam comes home (with the car, and the camera) tonight though I will have cooked him a good dinner, and I’m going to blog the heck out of that.  In the meantime, a giveaway –

to enter to win (Applegate Farms $-off coupons):

Leave a comment on this post telling me the mode of transportation you use the most – plane/train/automobile….cab/bike/rollerblading/walking?

It Got Away

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Hello, hello!  I swear that I didn’t skip my post/giveaway this morning because I was sulking; the day just got away from me!  First things first though, thank you so much to all of you who offered me advice in the last post.  I blog for me (and my mom and grandma!), but I also blog for you guys, and I always want to do my best.

I mentioned that the day got away from me, and if I’m honest, it started getting away from me last night.  When Adam got in bed at 10pm I so wanted to be the type of person who got in with him and got a good night sleep.  But that’s not who I am.  I’m the type of person that stays up until 2am watching Missing.  I’m also the type of person who eats the last banana split cupcake at 2am.

That’s just me.

I actually woke up raring to go this morning (probably nerves) but I ended up skipping my planned 4-miler anyways because my knee feels funky again.  I’m hoping to double up on cardio tomorrow to make up for the lost day, fingers crossed!

Today was my first training day at work and since I was going to be busy through lunch I knew I needed a big, hearty breakfast.

Yum and yum.

I sautéed a crumbled salmon patty with three tablespoons of spicy corn relish and when I started to get a good char I scrambled in two eggs and ~ 1oz of extra sharp cheddar.

I’m in love with this dish.  I haven’t eaten the corn relish “raw” yet, but it is so darn good in eggs.

I also ate a 0% Fage with soursop.

Which, thankfully, pushed me to enough food to get me through the lunch rush.

— Insert 11 – 2:30 training at the newest restaurant on Elmwood. —

When I got home I had time to split this taffy candy with Adam,

before we had to head to his dentist appointment.  <– ironic, right?

I obviously didn’t have to go, but I’m co-dependent, so I ignored my growling belly and hopped in the car.  I brought a chocolate dipped coconut Luna Bar,

but I had to split it with Adam because it’s too darn good not to share.  Tastes just like a Girl Scout Samosa, I swear!

Unfortunately, I let myself get waaaay too hungry and my food choices have gone a little downhill.  I got a good balance of veggies and protein in my Wegman’s hot bar,

but I shoveled it into my face the minute we got back to the car!

I also bought a pecan pie bar from the Co-op.

I can’t even tell you how much self-control it took not to eat this in the car too.

And now (as soon as I hit publish) I’m going to eat some popcorn.  Boo-yah.  Clearly I need a more effective way of dealing with lunches on work days.

Just for funsies; what are some of your favorite blogs to follow?

I’m Hungry and I Suck

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My legs have been feeling pretty good, but this afternoon 2nd day hunger hit me hard!  I didn’t plan on eating while I was out of the house, so I left my camera at home to charge, but by the time I got to the grocery store at 5:30 I knew I couldn’t wait any longer.  Thank goodness for cell phone cameras and thank goodness for hot bar.

That’s my usual mix.  It’s hard to see portion sizes in the photos but that’s ~2/3 of what I usually get, it wasn’t supposed to be dinner.

I also impulse-bought this So Delicious Chocolate Coconut Milk from the fridge by the register.

It was pretty good.

I ate my Co-op candy bar before I went to the mall and it was fricking amazing.

That white stuff tasted like pillowy, marshmallowy nougat!  I “mmmmn’d” my whole way through.

I threw together dinner fairly quickly but it ended up being a good meal.

Salad – arugula, green bell pepper, cucumber, and poppy seed dressing.

I made this salmon patty recipe, but subbed green onions for shallots because our shallots were moldy.  <– what is happening in this house?!

Plus Adam and I split a cheddar cheese bialy.

Best part of the meal, hands down.

No one is entering my recent giveaways, boo.  I would really appreciate some feedback on why/how I suck.  There’s another one tomorrow, please let me know what I could do to make it better!

Don’t Believe The Picture

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My restock walk ended up being a bust, I’ll have to go to the real grocery store this afternoon.  At least I got in my walk though!  And I did pick up a few goodies.

Like my favorite coffee.

And this neat looking candy from the Co-op.

I’m sure I’ll break into that soon!

I came home for lunch before I head out to the mall.

I know you won’t believe me looking at that picture, but this lunch was goo-ood!

I sautee-steamed 1 neon eggplant and 1 zucchini, then tossed with a few glugs of Worchestershire sauce and  the last of the Newman’s Own Roasted Garlic Marinara Sauce.

This kind of dish is my very favorite way to eat veggies!  Seriously, ignore the way it looks and make it yourself at home!

I’m going to watch another Missing, and then I’m off to the mall!  Don’t forget to enter my Applegate Farms giveaway!!!

American As Apple Pie

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I know rationally that it’s summer, but the 50* lows this week have me all confused.

So confused, that I put fall on a plate for breakfast.

Or I guess you could blame this combo on the complete and utter lack of food in our house.

Let’s just call it patriotism.

Whatever the reason, I was definitely channeling apple pie with these waffles.

I topped a serving of Van’s Vitamin Boost Waffles with a thick slice of extra sharp cheddar cheese and stewed apple (a Macintosh apple microwaved with cinnamon, agave syrup, and a bit of water).

I highly considered throwing on a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream (or at least some ice cream frosting) but I managed to resist.

In awesome news, I may have found a summer job.  Since I don’t know my schedule yet I can’t make our meal plan, but I am going to head to the Co-op in a minute to pick up a few staples.  Mostly I just want to walk out my legs (knee especially, fingers crossed!) after last night’s 7-miler.  I’ve also got a stroll around the mall planned for after lunch.

to enter to win today’s (Applegate Farms $-off coupons) giveaway:

Tweet the following – “Go to http://eatingchalk.com before 6pm to enter @EmilyWax’s @ApplegateFarms giveaway.”

If you don’t have a Twitter account you may Facebook it, but leave a comment on this post to let me know that you’ve done so.