Author Archives: Emily

The Good & The Bad

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The Good – I managed to schedule all of my various meetings.  I have doctor’s appointment, an advising appointment, and a full calendar.

The Bad – I am going to fail my test tomorrow.  I am 24years old and I didn’t study for my test at all, really?

The Bad – I didn’t eat lunch and I hit the Easter package my parents sent hard.

The Good – I finally managed to heat up my mall leftovers (with a bit of evoo and cheese).

The Bad – I scrapped my dinner plans in favor of takeout.  No pictures because the husband wants this post finished by the time he gets home with the food, but I ordered a Buffalo chicken sandwich.

The Good – I’ll be fat and happy, no cooking means extra time to cuddle with the husband.  And it gave us time to submit our FAFSAs, yay!

The Bad – my workout got scrapped as well.

The Good – the husband promised to make me do at least 5minutes before my shower tonight.

P.S. Tomorrow I have an 8am coffee date and then I’m heading straight to campus for my test, library time, and classes.  I’ll see you in the evening with a recap post.

Off the Cuff Remarks

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This morning just feels off.  My sleep was weird, my hunger was wierd, my head feels weird…  Last night was another on of those toss-and-turners, but I hit the pillow at 10:30 so by 7:30 it was time to get up.  I’ve had a headache on and off for the last few days and this morning was no different.  I knew I needed a childhood favorite for breakfast.

Low-fat coffee yogurt with 2T peanuts and a drizzle of honey.

Yum, I used to love this combo.

I decided to watch a bit of tv while I ate in the hopes of distracting myself out of my headache.  Soon I needed to be distracted from my hunger though.  I ended up eating the rest of the peanuts,

as well as some candy from the movies still in the bottom of my purse.

A breakfast of champions! 😉

I have a lot more Anthropology studying to do so I’ll probably head down to the coffee shop to work.  I’ve also got a strength/stretch session on the agenda once my head feels 100%.  And a few appointments to make.  Funwise I have a magazine calling my name and a new recipe to try out for dinner.

What’d you have for breakfast today?

A Flown-by Weekend

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Time is moving too quickly – my Anthro test is in 1.5 days and I’ve only read 3 out of 7 chapters from this section!  Whoopsie!  I’ve already kind of accepted that I’m going to bomb this test, and while I’m going to study a bit I’m not going to stress.  I have a 3rd test and a final and I’m going to have to buckle down and knock those both out of the park.  (is there another cliché I could add there?)

Caroline isn’t taking her Chemistry test (my Friday test) until Monday so she offered to meet up at the Spot and have a separate-subject-study-date with me.  I could feel distraction hitting the moment I got there so I doubled up on caffine – 

A medium nonfat iced latte,

and chocolate covered espresso beans (I only ate a few).

We were there from 3ish – 8 so I ended up doing dinner out as well.

Pizza bagels might be my new favorite thing.  I need to start recreating them at home.

The husband’s flu just might be the best influence we’ve got because the plan is to turn in early tonight as well.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Pizza bagel, pizza pita, or pizza pizza?

Brunch Before Buckles

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It’s been a glorious, spring Sunday!  Adam and I have been having a grand day, although pretty soon I’m going to have to face the reality that I’ve got a test to study for.  Sleeping 10hours (11pm – 9am!) definitely put me in a good frame of mind.

Getting in 10minutes of strength and stretch moves before my shower this morning didn’t hurt my mood either.  Then Adam and I took a walk of sorts (1/2mile) to the Walgreens; I love being outside!!!  It didn’t take much for the husband to convince me that brunch was in order.

Our first stop was a restaurant right down the street from our apartment.

The menu looked good but we were the only people in the restaurant and it was just too weird so we split.

We ended up at JP Bullfeathers, which ended up being a great choice.  We want to go back for dinner asap.

When the waitress asked me if I wanted my Bloody Mary “regular, mild, or hot?” I knew we’d found a good spot.

I ordered the buttermilk pecan hot cakes for brunch.

They came with tangy apple butter instead of syrup, which I thought was a nice healthy spin.

And I asked for a side of fruit in place of bacon.

I ended up eating 2/3 pancakes and all of the fruit; it’s watermelon season!

Now it’s time to buckle down and get to work on Anthropology.  I’ve got a study date at the Spot so I’ll probably get dinner there.  Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Are you a Bloody Mary fan?  Tomato juice?  Vodka?  I don’t love vodka and I hate tomato juice but Bloody Marys are my favorite drink!

Spring Has Sprung

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Hi folks, I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend.  Is it spring in your neighborhood yet?

I couldn’t go on the nice long walk like I would like so I celebrated the start of spring via wardrobe today –

I’ve waited all winter to break out that headband 😉

Between Adam’s flu and my broken leg our grocery trip was long and harrowing.  We got the essentials though, and put them home in the fridge in time to head to the mall for an early dinner.  We stopped to get gas and I grabbed a coffee to tide over my hunger.

I tried a new trick to get tasty, healthy coffee.  2/3 snickerdoodle coffee (flavored beans) and 1/3 English toffee from the cappuccino machine (sweetened).  It made the perfect blend.

We can’t not go to Jack Astors.

I ordered the vegetable pad thai.

The sauce was nothing like pad thai, but there were tons of veggies (zucchini and carrots) so I was happy. 

I ate about half, most of the veggies and eggs, not a lot of the noodles (leftovers) –

And then Adam and I went to the movie theatre for Alice in Wonderland.  Carrol is one of my all-time favorite authors so I was so excited for this movie!  I was a little worried because I always prefer the books (and I did this time too) but overall I was pretty impressed.

Adam’s sickness means we are turning in early, which means I’ll see you all in the morning 🙂

Have you seen “Alice” yet?  Thoughts?

Movement is Good

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We’re going to pretend like I didn’t magically skip two days of posting, ok?  Ok.  Because in reality it was more like I skipped two days of life, leaving not a whole lot to post about.  My first test went pretty badly, probably because I spent Thursday watching TV and eating nachos.  And my bone scan appointment was canceled indefinitely because the hospital waited to call me until 10hours before my exam to tell me that I had to have an in-state referral.

Since my journey back into fitness could be a long time coming (now I don’t even have a doctor’s time-frame) it’s officially time for me to quit wallowing.  I can’t do any form of cardio (swimming would probably work but there’s no pool available) and I can’t strength train at my gym (I’m walking better but stairs are super painful and my gym has a ton) but that doesn’t mean I have to sit on my butt and get fat fatter.

So I stayed in bed and felt sad until the husband left at 9 this morning and then I decisively limped to the living room to set up my workout area.

20minutes later I had completed arm/ab/back/leg strength work and stretching.  I felt great to “move” again!

I was less excited about cleaning around the house, but I made myself do that before my shower too.  Then I made the husband and I a tasty brunch.

Adam is sick so I made the smoothies around his tastes.  For two – 2medium bananas, 7oz frozen peaches, 2T fat free sugar free pudding mix, 1cup oj.

I’ve got to clip some coupons and do my recipe planning while I sip my smoothie (lots of alliteration in that sentence!) and then we are headed to the grocery store.  We are hoping to head to the movies later too.  Happy Saturday!

I need your help!  Does anyone have a genius non-impact cardio suggestion that I haven’t thought of yet? 

The South in a Can

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I hope my readers get to this post late because they were out drinking green beer, there was certainly no Irish mischief in this house!  Opening up a Wonka Bar was about as much excitement as I had time for.

I ate half a serving and really liked it.

Then I ran a few errands with the husband and hit up the Spot for a 5:30 – 8:30 study session with Caroline.  We bombed all of our practice tests, I’m a little worried about this Friday.  While I was there I split a pizza bagel with Adam.

My delicious half –

I resisted the green milkshakes with green whipped cream that were floating around, but just barely!

My dinner plan was a 1 cup leftover serving of Cocoa-Coconut Chili pulled from the freezer, so I pulled out this can of okra and tomatoes to jazz it up.

I bought the can on a whim a while back because the nutritional stats were good but it took me forever to open it.

Tonight I put 1/2cup on top of my chili.

As well as a bit of 2% sharp cheddar.

The bowl didn’t exactly knock my socks off but it was healthy and filling.  I have 1 more bag (1cup) of chili in the freezer and I’m already excited about my planned toppings for it.

My pm goal is shower + magazine reading before 10:30 bedtime, I’ll see you in the am.

How did you celebrate St. Patrick’s today?

In Need of a Green Beer

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Happy Festivus!  No wait, that was yesterday’s post, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  If you don’t know what Festivus is your life has been empty and you should check out this wikipedia post.

My late night/early morning combo didn’t leave me feeling that chipper but I knew I had to get my green on –

my nails are rocking a shamrock hue as well –

And breakfast, consumed on the way to 8am lab, was a Green Monster.

We were out of bananas so this guy had 1cup frozen spinach, 1cup oj, and 1/2cup frozen peaches.

Lab went well, I am all done with my post-calculations which always makes me happy.

Adam picked me up from campus around noon so we could finally replenish our stores at the grocery.  It was a quick trip, nothing too exciting, because frankly I’m too busy to do much cooking until after my two exams are over.  We did get an exciting lunch though.

Random roasted veggies,

Chan Marsala and Tandori chicken,

and a piece of Nann for sauce scooping.

Now I’ve got some random business to take care off before I meet Caroline at the Spot for an evening study date.

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To my lucky NYC readers –

SELF Work-out in the Park is coming soon, Saturday, May 8th.  I had a great time last year and I’m super sad to not be able to go again.  If you are interested tickets are $20 in advance, available here.