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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The Airing of Grievances*

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It’s been a day! <– If I said that instead of typed it my tone would emphasize the words long and frustrating between “a” and “day.”

I couldn’t find a bag that would hold my school books but not throw me off-balance so I ditched the crutches in favor of limping around campus.  Not my best idea, my leg hurt.  I guess my best compromise will be to use the crutches whenever I’m doing an activity with the husband (he loves to doesn’t want to kill me when I ask him to carry my bag).

My smoothie lunch was pretty light so I packed some snacks that were consumed at the library.  Mini Luna Bar from the half expo,

and a package of Berry Acai Teather snacks.

Adam’s tired of hearing me so I’ll just list my complaints here (because it’s the equivalent of calling my mommy to tell her) – 1. I move so slowly it took me 20minutes to walk from the library to class;  2. half of my papers didn’t print and I didn’t have time to reprint them;  3. my leg hurts!  4. the soda machine stole my $.   Ahhh, I feel better.

I spent the evening working on Chemistry assignments (I still have to finish my lab) so the husband ran to the bar down the street to get me dinner.

I got the Turkey Grill, no bacon, no butter (so sourdough with turkey, jack cheese and 1000island dressing).

Not the healthiest – especially after I scarfed those fries, but a far cry better than the jalopeno nachos I was wanting.

Now I’ve got to get back to work.  Tomorrow is an 8am lab day and then we are headed to the grocery to replenish the stores so don’t get too excited for a post from me.  Peace out!

Would you like to air any complaints about your day?  *How cool are you; what holiday does my post title come from?

Like Old Mother Hubbard

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Y’all would not even believe how empty my cupboards and fridge are.  The husband didn’t buy groceries even once during my entire 10 day vacation!  I was a good wife who left him ingredients and recipes, which he dutifully cooked, but now we are running on empty.  Unfortunately we can’t make it to the store until tomorrow because today is so packed.

I pretty much only had 2-3 options for lunch so I went with a smoothie.

A tasty, tangy, tropical smoothie!

  • 4oz frozen passionfruit pulp
  • 1cup frozen tropical fruit blend
  • 3/4 cup pineapple juice – – – from a can of pineapple, literally the only liquid left in the house!

I’m heading off to class soon (it’s my first day on campus with crutches, should be interesting) and I’ve got loads more schoolwork to do when I get home.  I promise after these two tests – Chem on Friday, Anthro on Monday – I will be more interesting!

How do you get creative when the cupboards are bare?

Back to Business

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Good morning!  I’m sorry for skipping yesterday’s post, my flight got in at 10 and I wanted to get into bed as soon as possible.  My head hit the pillow around 11 which allowed me to get up at the early – for me – time of 7:30.  My 8pm bedtimes in St. Thomas rocked my socks and I think this early to bed early to rise idea is going to be my new thing.

I got up at 7:30 and hit the ground running limping.  My bags are unpacked, the house is cleaned, my school stuff is organized….and I made a tasty breakfast.

Scrambled eggs,

and a Cara Cara orange.

For the eggs I roasted some collard greens in the oven, then sautéed them with 2 eggs and a pat of butter.  Topped with Siracha for extra tastiness.

I’ve got a crazy busy day, gotta hop limp to it!

What is the craziest veggie you put in eggs?  This was my first try with collards but I did parsnips and turnips once.

Sandwiches, Smoothies, and Schedules

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Hello again, happy Monday!  This will definitely be the longest recap post I’ve done in a while – Friday through Monday.  Physically things have been low-key but mentally there’s been lots of drama – my flight was canceled!  And since I’m in St. Thomas it could have meant getting into Buffalo on Tuesday and not having a ride and missing class.  I was freaking out a bit.  Thankfully 45minutes on the phone + my firm but calm voice got me on a different flight that leaves/gets in on pretty much the same schedule.  And now my layover is shorter and in Philly and not Charlotte.  🙂

I’m a big proponent of the firm but calm voice.  I was polite, and said multiple please and thank yous, but unwavering.  I didn’t ask whether or not I could get on another flight, I simply said “I will be leaving St. Thomas tomorrow, what can you do to help me make that happen?”  And it worked.

Anyway, back to Friday.  My mom served me a slice of cake,

which promptly got stripped of it’s icing because I don’t eat cake.

Then I moved on to greens, a small container I put together at the salad bar we stopped by.

Lettuce, beans, corn, cheese, 1 hard-boiled egg and a drizzle of light Cesar.

I also made myself some frozen coffee – coffee, ice, skim milk, and 2T sugar.

Soo much better than Starbucks could ever do.

Dinner was all about the leftovers.

Oven baked okra is kind of my favorite.

And I served up some leftover baked tofu on toasted rye with hot pepper raspberry preserves and sharp cheddar.

Friday night I did end up going out to meet some friends.  We had a good time and I had a few drinks but photo-taking was abandoned in favor of trying to keep my balance on one leg!  I don’t know how on earth I managed to stand on one leg past 2am but a fun time was had by all.

For Saturday morning breakfast my mom and I hit up one of my favorite places on earth – Barefoot Buddha.  I had fresh-made lemonade,

and a Bigfoot Bagel Sandwich.

Frittata, smoked turkey, turkey bacon, cream cheese, spicy sauce…

I love these sandwiches so much I ate them on my wedding day!  I know most brides say they are too nervous to eat but I was just nervous my friends would devour them before I got any 😀

We hung out and studied for a bit and I had a passionfruit, banana, coconut smoothie.

We laid low the rest of the day before going out to a fabulous dinner at The Cellar.  We did a lot of sharing and the lighting was low so let me apologize for the picture quality in advance.

There were way too many things I wanted off the drink menu but I finally settled on the Caribbean Champagne.

Champagne with coconut rum and key lime juice.  GREAT combination.

We split a cheese plate that was kind of out of this world.  The goat cheese was my favorite but the stewed plums were pretty fantastic as well.

My plate –

And at The Cellar the chef always sends out an amuse bouche.

Ahi wontons.

Plus homemade bread and butter.

For my meal I got the Vegetable Cutlet – panfried, potatoes, peas, carrots, eggplant and pickled papaya, and tiki masala sauce.

The cutlets were delicious but my favorite part of the entire meal was the eggplant wrapped papaya.  I ate one cutlet and took the other home, and I had a few bites of my dad’s tamarind mahi as well.

We were stuffed, but couldn’t not order a dessert plate to share.  It came with little forks,

because we got four little desserts!

NY cheesecake with fruit sauce and bananas foster,

cinnamon creme brulee and chocolate mousse.

Yum, yum, yum; I wished I could have had a BIG serving of the bananas foster.

Sunday morning I made a nice green monster for breakfast.

My mom and I got our nails done (green again, I’ll show you later!) and then I picked up nachos for lunch from the bar I used to work at.

Yum, but I think it’s time to be fully done with any sort of nachos for a while.

We saw a matinée of “Our Family Wedding,” during which I munched on a box of Nerds.

I would like to show you dinner but it was so dark at our table I never could get a picture.  I shared green bean fries with my parents and ate half of a tamarind turkey burger.

When I got home I had 2 maple pecan sticky blondies for dessert.

Dreena would be sad to know I deveganized these, but at least I made the recipe for my parents!

This morning (Monday) I’m hanging out at school for a bit before I head home to pack.  I brought a pineapple Chiobani for breakfast,

but that didn’t begin to cut it.

I ended up also having an egg and cheese biscuit from Wendy’s.

It is 100% time to stop eating like I’m on vacation!  Especially because I’m not sure what the workout situation with my leg is going to be like.

I had fabulous spring break but I am more than ready to get back with the husband and back on a schedule.  I get in late tonight so I won’t be posting today’s eats but hopefully Tuesday my sleeping, eating, and blogging will all be back on track!  I can tell you now though, that I have a Greek Gods honey yogurt in the freezer for a pre-packing treat!

When you get to the end of a vacation are you sad it’s over or ready to get back to business?

Story Time

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I did NOT do enough Anthropology reading today.  My mom was reading Mr. Maxwell’s Mouse to a group of 3rd graders and I got totally sucked in!  I did have a tasty lunch though.

A turkey sandwich on rye bread with cole slaw.

I only ate half of the sandwich, but I did demolish the fries, with ranch.

I’m heading home soon and I’ve got dinner plans with my parents and tentative plans to meet up with some old friends later.  Just FYI – I will probably not be posting again until I come to school with my mom again on Monday.  FYI2 – My bone scan is scheduled for Friday so I won’t definitely know what’s up with my leg until then.

Do you do cole slaw on sandwiches or only ever as a side?