In Orlando. Things are good. Miss the husband. Super excited. 😀
Split sandwich with the husband before class. Tuna wrap with lettuce, tomatoes, pepperjack cheese.
Sandwich from home at airport. Bun, turkey, 2% provolone, hot pepper peach preserves.
Tangenelo.
Dried mission figs and peaches.
Plane snacks from 2 flights, Jet Blue is fun.
Can’t wait for tomorrow.
What the best plane snack you’ve gotten from an airline? The cookies were all-natural and had 120calories total, pretty impressive.
It’s finally here! Today is the day I march fourth and board a plane to Orlando. Perhaps my 1/2 marathon is not the event I originally pictured, but I am super excited to see two of my bestest friends and travel somewhere new (ish, I went to Disney when I was 7 but all I remember was holding an Alligator).
Today is almost as busy as it is exciting though. I’m missing my chem class today so I attended another section this morning. I dropped Adam off for his 8o’clock class first and officially officially finished up all my pre-test Chem work! Including this ridiculous color-coded flow chart –
I’ve been way too busy to eat (I ran some errands too) but I did grab this Tangerine Mix-1.
And I have high hopes that I’ll find time to pack a plane snack. Wish me luck!!!
P.S. I’m not sure what the posting sitch will be the next couple of days. My girlfriend has wireless at her house and I’m bringing my laoptop so let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best 😀
I want to get my packing done this evening and I HAVE to squeeze in some quality time with the husband so I’ll keep this snappy. `_< (oh yes, that was an alligator!)
I like to make to-go smoothies for breakfast on the mornings I have 8am lab. My first proclamations were not wrong: I love Green Monsters!
This had 1 frozen banana, 1 cup oj, and 1 cup frozen spinach. I took a better lit picture at la escuela to show of its Kermit-esque awesomeness.
I was in the bathroom because I realized I couldn’t not show you guys today’s layered look!
Love it! Adam and Katie both asked me why I was dressed up today.
I was with Katie because we had a lunch date today! I packed us a lovely spread from home to save a little $.
Turkey and 2% provolone sandwiches with hot pepper peach preserves.
And caramel Oikos with blueberries.
We ate at the Wegman’s coffee bar area and Katie bought me a lovely Nutty Irish (hazelnut and Irish cream syrups) skim milk latte.
After lunch we walked around the store a bit and I managed to get some gifts for the friends I’m seeing tomorrow that I’m quite excited about.
On the way home we split this package of Newman’s Own Peppermint Cups.
Meh. They aren’t bad I guess but I much prefer Yorks.
Adam had a suture clinic from 5 – 8 so he dropped me off at the Spot to do some studying. I am completely caught up for Chemistry, yay! I got dinner there, a Mike’s cheese and egg bagel sandwich.
Plus a skim iced latte.
Still on the agenda for tonight?
Gotta get cracking!
*****Updated to add – packing is never fun. Which is probably why this seemed like such a good idea –
Shamrock Shake! 😀
It’s been a good day, I think March is going to be my month! However, the day is sadly far from over so I’ve got to keep this quick.
I have to show you my best layered look to date!
Oh yeah. And it was so warm (40*) that I didn’t even wear my coat today, score!
I spent so much time looking for tall socks to wear with my Uggs that my planned lunch couldn’t get packed. Thankfully Mix1 recently sent me some drinks to try out so I grabbed the dark-berry flavor.
The taste was a bit off to me but it got through the lunchless hour so I’m a fan. Oh yes I did pick the purple one to match my outfit!
My doctor’s appointment went perfectly: my surgery is almost 100% healed and I have no more foot warts!!! I was seriously grinning so big when I left that office 😀
I got to campus an hour before my first class so I grabbed lunch while I worked. You can’t go wrong with a bagel and Diet Coke.
I went with a cinnamon raisin bagel with strawberry cream cheese, yum.
I asked the woman to use 1 scoop (~1.5T) of cream cheese only and that was perfect. A “traditionally” made bagel from that spot is a bit too much of an indulgence.
When I was leaving campus after my second class – 5hours later – I complained to the husband that I was hungry again and he pointed out my favorite chips ever as we passed the vending machine.
I’m sorry, at 150calories for buffalo and blue cheese all in the same place these chips are never wrong!
But to keep things healthy I made my dinner nice and green.
A leftover turkey burger with blue cheese and carmelized onions.
Some steamed broccoli and cauliflower.
And a pile of roasted collard greens.
I put a little bit of lime ponzu on the veggies and there was a side bowl of ketchup for the collards.
It’s after 9 and I have at least 2more hours of to-do’s today 😦 Hopefully I can get enough done today and tomorrow that I can leave stress-free on Thursday. Tomorrow is my 8am lab and then I have a lunch date with my friend Kate so I’m not sure when I’ll be posting. I hope everyone else is having a stress-free week!
What is your favorite kind of chips? I seriously almost never ever used to eat chips, I don’t know what is with me these past few months but it’s like I can’t get enough!
*Sorry this is a little late!
If you didn’t check it out already, click HERE for the intro/explanation to my vegan challenge. I knew going into the two weeks that I had no long-term plans to become a full-time vegan. That did not change, at this point I can’t see my life without eggs, yogurt, and the occasional turkey burger. That said, I really enjoyed the two weeks and would like to repeat the challenge again at some point this year. Maybe even a Vegan Month.
I am really proud of myself for sticking to this challenge. Maybe I can’t be bothered to train for a half marathon, but I did successfully make it two weeks without losing it to any meat or dairy products. I am also proud that I did not depend on imitation products during this challenge. No soy yogurt breakfasts and tofurkey sandwich lunches here! While I recognize that many people have healthy, happy diets with those products, the point of the challenge was to rely on whole foods.
Here are some of the main things I learned during my 2 weeks as a vegan –
How do you classify your eating habits? Vegan, semi/vegetarian, raw, carnivorous? For now I am semi-vegetarian who doesn’t eat mammals. But I’ll be eating a little less dairy than I used to.
I’m so frustrated! My insomnia is back in full-force lately and not sleeping at night is pushing my mornings back which I don’t have time for this week. Breakfast was good though.
I found this Low-fat Maple Vanilla Stoneyfield recently, seasonal flavors are so exciting!
I wanted the yogurt to be the focal point of breakfast so overnight oats sprang to mind.
Last night I combined the yogurt with 1/3 cup oatmeal and 1/4cup skim milk. This morning I topped the mix off with 1/2 cup blueberries and 1/4 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch.
Perfection. This was one of my best combos ever.
I have a follow-up foot appointment around noon today so lunch will be eaten on the go. I’ll do a lunch/dinner post later, I’m not even going to try to go to bed early tonight, instead I’m going to focus on crossing off some of my major to-do’s.
Before I start – I also forgot the ricotta, which I realized as soon as the husband got back from the store. He hates me a bit and our burger apparently didn’t quite follow the recipe!
As I said before, the plan for dinner was Turkey Burgers with Carmelized Onions and Blue Cheese (recipe here). I’ve been craving turkey burgers since before the vegan challenge, which I swear I am going to recap soon, so this was the perfect dinner choice.
I had one burger on a bun with blue cheese spread and a few onions.
A stack of oven-baked fries.
And leftover veggies from the other night.
In spite of the small hiccup (who forgot the turkey and ricotta?!?) it ended up being the perfect dinner.
Sadly the burger did not kill my turkey burger cravings 😦 I know we left out ricotta but the recipe needed far more Worchestire for my tastes. The fries were fantasmic though 🙂 We subbed in butter potatoes for russet and we not disappointed. I don’t know why I ever eat fried fries, these are so much better!
Now the plan is to do my pt exercises, shower, and turn into bed. Wish me luck actually falling asleep tonight!
What do you top your burgers with? I almost never eat things on a bun, but usually I dip my patties into ketchup.
It’s been a filled but successful day. I knew the days before I left for Orlando would be stressful but thankfully, especially for a Monday, today wasn’t too bad. And hopefully it will be over soon and I’ll actually get to sleep after dinner.
On my way out of volunteering I grabbed a (caramel biscotti)coffee with 2% milk.
Then I came home and geared myself up before heading down to the nearby coffee shop to work. I filled out notecards from 2:30 – 5:30 and had a yummy lunch.
“Queen City” Eggplant sandwich; blue cheese, hot sauce, and field greens.
And small side of horseradish potato salad.
I wished both dishes were a bit spicier but they were very tasty.
The husband stopped by around 4:30 and distracted me for the last hour or so planning a very exciting trip. I can’t wait to tell you guys about it once I get back from my spring break trips.
The dinner plan is this turkey burger recipe. It’s been on the menu planner for more than a month but somehow it wasn’t until all the other ingredients were on the counter that it occurred to me we had no turkey! Whoops! The husband was such a sweetheart to run out and get more. And while I waited I figured I’d do this lunch post 🙂
I blame my interim snack on Jessica –
After gummi cola bottles York Peppermint Patties are my favorite conventional candy.
I’ve got to go make my husband a well-deserved dinner, but hopefully I’ll be back with a final post for the day not too soon!
What is your favorite kind of ‘conventional’ candy?
Eating Chalk 