Tag Archives: apple

I Was Just Brought a Bellini

by

We made it!  I felt the need to bicker instead of pack, so we ended up slightly off schedule, but we made it to Ohio by 9o’clock. 

The drive up was pretty painless (especially for me because I was only in charge of the music!).  I ate a very late lunch once we got on the road.

DSC00177

2% Fage with jam, sooooo good.  I do like fat free the best but these mixing ones are to die for.

Once we reached our family’s house and did some hanging out we ran out to pick up a late dinner.  Hardee’s was the best we could do, but it ended up being a good meal.

DSC00180

I got a bbq chicken sandwich.

DSC00178

I order it because it was the only nonfried chicken on the menu but it ended up being pretty good.  It was a grilled chicken breast with bbq sauce on a ww bun.

I supplemented with a popchips sample I brought from home.

DSC00179

Salt and Pepper was a little spicy, but a great compliment to the sandwich.

For dessert I had an apple.

DSC00181

And as I started blogging my sister-in-law delivered me a bellini!

DSC00183

It’s family time, gotta drink run!

What do you pack for roadtrips?   I had it in my head that I was packing dinner but then I realized we had no food!  Popchip samples, Lara Bars, and apples seemed like a good idea to me.

Fabulous Firsts

by

It’s been a fabulous day!  3 firsts – mileage, lab, chemistry quiz – all went well 🙂

This morning I finished my pre-lab work and did some studying before I headed to the gym at noon.  I was so nervous about my foot that I actually forgot to bring my water bottle and towel; I had to keep hitting pause to run to the water fountain!  Thank goodness I brought my i-pod though, that is the only explanation I have for the amount I was able to rock it out today 🙂  I decided to be kind to my foot and do 2minutes of jogging followed by 1minute of walking.  My end stats –

770calories / 1hour 10minutes / 6miles

Holy cow!  My foot actually didn’t hurt that bad, after 10minutes or so I think it just went numb.  However, something is wrong with my running shoe because the other side of my foot was killing me.  Look what happened to my foot:

DSC00167

I don’t know what the deal is but I’m going to look into new shoes, stat!

Here is the playlist that I’m crediting with my success:

  1. “Fearless” Cyndi Lauper
  2. “Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez
  3. “A Lack of Color” Death Cab for Cutie
  4. “Bring on the Wonder” Susan Enan
  5. “Keep on Trying” Poco
  6. “A Pain that I’m Used to” Depeche Mode
  7. “I Turn My Camera On” Spoon
  8. “Day After Day” Ben Taylor Band
  9. “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” Death Cab for Cutie
  10. “Pass It On” The Coral
  11. “Stolen” Dashboard Confessionals
  12. “Alive with the Glory of Love” Say Anything
  13. “Where We Gonna Go from Here” Mat Kearney
  14. “Girls Dem Sugar” Beenie Man & Mya
  15. “Romie” Beenie Man
  16. “Taking Over” Sizzla
  17. “Boom Wuk” Tanya Stephens

I took a 30minute break from my to-do’s to guzzle 3 big glasses of water and then it was back to business.  After a quick shower I ate a small sliced apple while studied.

DSC00168

Then I headed to school to do more studying.  The parking is really bad so I try to get to school before 4 for my 5o’clock class.  I did a lot of zoning out, but I got a little bit learned.  I also had a great snack.

DSC00171

Divine Foods sent me a HUGE box of Prana and Boomi bars the other day and I seriously couldn’t be more grateful.  Pistachio Pineapple was tasty tasty.

My first quiz seemed pretty easy, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I did well.  We had our first lab after that; I wasn’t thrilled about the goggles but at least it was easy.

DSC00169

We were finding the volume of an unknown sample, which was quick, but I stayed until 9 to work on the post-work.  I am 95% done for next week!

I didn’t get home until 9:30 and it was time for dinner!

DSC00172

I jazzed up my leftover leftoversfrom Wednesday’s lunch with a little bit of chipotle oil and some wasabi sesame seeds.

DSC00173

I loved this meal (even with double leftovers), I will be using lasagna noodles more often.

Tomorrow morning I am heading to school with Adam and then in the afternoon we are packing up and driving to Ohio to visit my brother-in-law.  I’m not sure when I’ll post, it will be a busy day.  See you soon!

Have you had any firsts this week?

Pie(ish)

by

It’s Wednesday!  I woke up feeling pretty awful this morning (exhausted, sore throat, headache) but I had preplanned breakfast last night and was too excited not to push through (yes, I realize I wake up at 8:45 and most bloggers are up hours before the sun!).

This

DSC00100

=

DSC00101

Yum.  Dannon Nonfat Plain yogurt, sprinkle cinnamon, crumbled Apple Pie Lara Bar, chopped Zestar apple, Justin’s Nut Butters Cinnamon Peanut Butter packet.  The pb made this bowl, it actually did taste like pie!

DSC00102

I’m actually (amazingly) feeling a little hungry still, I get ravenous when I’m sick(ish).  Today I’ve got lots of to-dos, some studying, and I’m hoping to make it to the gym.  I think I’m going to do my baking and prepare dinner this morning, I have a night class so I’ll set everything up so Adam can just put it into the oven.  I’ll be back with lunch.

What is your favorite way to eat nut butter?  Other than the awesomeness that is these Justin’s squeeze packets (straight into my mouth), I think I like it best in yogurt.

Hello, Again

by

What a week it’s been!  But today it was finally time to rejoin the world of the living.  I got in bed before 10 last night but I didn’t get much sleep because I slept so terribly.  Still, at 9am I pushed myself out of bed.  I put on my workout clothes but I was feeling a little light-headed and our water was empty (we have a Brita filter pitcher, when we refill it we have to give it time to drain through the filter) so I decided breakfast and computer work were in order first.

HPIM4382

This combination did not disappoint, again.

HPIM4383

Plain fat free Oikos, 1t Crofter’s Superfruit North America Spread, 1.5T TJ’s Sun Butter, Orange Cranberry Gnu Bar.

HPIM4384

Yums.

The husband texted that he would go to the gym with me so I messed around and did business e-mails waiting for him.  For lunch I ate a sliced apple with leftover cheese,

HPIM4386

and 2servings of tortilla chips.

HPIM4385

The chips are leftover from our get-together last weekend, we clearly need to go to the grocery store!

And now Adam is home and we are headed out to the gym.  See you this evening.

Have you tried the Greek yogurt and nut butter combo yet?  Don’t wait, do it now!

To Market

by

What a day!  Saturday is only half over and I am grinning from ear to ear  🙂

Most of our agenda so far has been shopping.  We started at the farmers’ market.

HPIM4202

I loved getting to explore a new farmers’ market, and this isn’t even the only one in town!  There was tons of fresh produce and we bought some great veggies to use this week.  The produce there is definitelymore expensive than at the grocery store, but I think it’s worth it.  One, when you consider that the veggies are basically organic it doesn’t seem as expensive.  Two, in addition to getting food for your family you are helping the famers to put food on their tables; these markets help to support small local businesses.

Next we went to Target for some cleaning supplies and cards.  I got handed a free sample of Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters so I ate them in the car.

HPIM4203

The taste was ok, but it would have been a bazillion times better if made by hand, or at least Lara Bar style.

Our final stop was food shopping at Wegmans.  Adam was starving (it was after 1:30) so we decided to do lunch at the salad bar.

HPIM4204

Yums!  All this was less than $6.  I got blanched cauliflower and curry cauliflower,

HPIM4205

General Tso’s Tofu and steamed veggies,

HPIM4206

and one piece of sesame chicken.

HPIM4207

My plan of attack with buffet situations is to do 90/10 healthy food to splurge.  I also like to stick to a majority of veggies.  I am especially pleased with Wegman’s salad bar because they post the calories for most items.  For example – I wasn’t going to get the tofu because I figured it was deep fried, but then I saw that it was 210calories for 1cup.

After we got home and unloaded all of our purchases I made my best snack ever.  This –

HPIM4208

equals perfection.

HPIM4209

  • Stoneyfield Fat Free Plain Yogurt
  • 1/3 a Jonasgold apple
  • sprinkle of cinnamon
  • crumbled Cinnabon Breakfast Bar [yes mom, this was from the box I bought you]

HPIM4210

We finished most of our fun, now I have to tackle our practical to do’s.  See you for dinner.

What is your plan of attack at buffets? 

Do you shop at farmers’ markets?

The Not-So-Ugly Truth

by

It is late (for my new goal of actually having a bed time) and I have a random tummyache so this should be quick.

Activity # 3 of my birthday day – 7:45 showing of “The Ugly Truth.”  This movie was fun and cute; I am usually more for raunchy comedy than romantic comedy but this had some pretty funny moments.  I think Hiegel is a great actress.

We were naughty and snuck dinner into the theatre.  We were going to go out for Thai food but later in the week we will have to go out because everything will be packed so I figured we should save some money for now.  The main meal component was sandwiches, the star of mine was –

HPIM3940

TJ’s Chickenless Pulled Chicken on two slices of white bread, perfection.

HPIM3943

I also packed a sliced Jazz apple,

HPIM3942

and some baby carrots.

HPIM3941

A pretty excellent movie dinner I would say.

HPIM3944

For dessert I brought half of this Newman’s Orange 54% dark chocolate bar.

 HPIM3945

This was tasty but my stomach is super bloated and hurts like crazy and the only thing I can think to blame it on is the candy bar.

Peace out yo!

What did you think of Knocked Up?  This was one of my favorite movies on earth!  Hiegel wasn’t even on my radar until this movie and now she is one of my favorites.  I know that some people thought it was too dirty and had too many curse words but honesty (sadly) that is how I talk!  I thought the scene where they were smoking with the gas masks was genius!

Bus or Car? NY or PA?

by

Hello, vacation-style!  We are in PA and we are having family fun time so it will be a quick post.

The husband (due to extreme anecdotal evidence) joked last night that I would wake up at 1 (we had to leave at 1:30) and rush around like a chicken with my head cut off.  However I calmly got in a workout and a study session before we left, go me!  We did the same 2.7mile run that kicked my butt the other day and I got through it a little better.  When we got home I did 2 sets of 10 push-ups on the stairs and some stretching.

After a quick shower I hurried to Starbucks and studied from 10:30 – 1:00.  I got another yummy lowfat egg white feta wrap, with some ice water for re-hydration.

HPIM3710

These wraps are just too tasty.

HPIM3711

Adam picked me up and we made our way to the train, to the bus station, for an hour wait before the three hour bus ride.  We had a ‘picnic’ lunch on the floor of the terminal.

HPIM3712

Iced tea and a sliced Jazz apple Adam packed for me.  I also broke into the snack bag for a Peanut Toffee Buzz Clif Bar.

HPIM3713

I was glad I ate before the trip as seating was pretty cramped.  Husband and I had some interesting conversations to kill the time, we spent more than an hour on coke vs. sprite, blue cheese v. goat cheese, Mexican v. Thai, etc.  I’ve been with my husband for 6.5years so we pretty much know everything about each other but we still love games like that; it’s clear I’m a foodie, all but a 5minute tv show section (which character would you marry? etc) were based around food choices!

My sister-in-law picked us up the bus stop and even had gifts for us when we got home.

HPIM3714

She knows we are stressed about the move situation so she gave me some relaxation tools, thank you!

HPIM3715

Our only choices for dinner were take out so I tried to go as healthy as possible with Zoup.  I did a side soup side salad that came with a side of bread.

HPIM3717

HPIM3718

HPIM3719

HPIM3716

I choose chicken fajita soup and cibatta bread but the highlight was my build-your-own salad,

HPIM3721

romaine and spring mix base, cucumber, black olives, pepperochinis, roasted red peppers, dill and balsamic vinegar on the side.

We are hanging at home tonight and then being low-key until it is time to drive to VA tomorrow, check ya later!

Tell me your favorites –

  1. soda?  cherry coke zero
  2. cheese? brie or blue cheese
  3. cupcake place? sugar sweet sunshine, in SoHo
  4. milkshake flavor? black and white
  5. thing to eat of all time? I can’t narrow it down beyond four: roasted Brussels sprouts, oven baked yam fries, baby carrots, and Pad See Eiw