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It Must Be the Jalopenos

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I’ve come to the conclusion that a month spent eating nachos on the couch somehow turned me into a certifiable bad-ass.  I’m probably really a dumb-ass but for now I’ll keep feeling cool.  Why am I a dumbbad-ass?

  • the biggie – I quit a job I hated to persue hapiness
  • I ran a half marathon without training
  • I finished said stupid idea in two and half hours
  • I’m going to lose a couple toenails before all is said and done
  • I got a 2nd tattoo
  • I spent the last 5 days walking around on a semi-broken leg!

That last one came from my doctor’s appointment.  The x-ray was inconclusive and I’ll know more after tomorrow’s bone scan but she’s pretty certain its a stress fracture.  I’m not even going to address what that might mean as far as when I can start running again (bad-asses don’t cry!) but for the time being I’m rocking crutches.

Before I headed to my appointment I ate a Nonfat Peach Chiobani for breakfast.

And once I got back I had lunch.

A baggie of baby carrots,

and the other half of yesterday’s airport chicken sandwich.

Then I spent the afternoon reading blogs, whoops!  I have a TON of make-up work to do for school this week and I have got to get on it.

What have you done lately that made you feel like a bad-ass?

Pan Panic

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Whew, it feels like a while since I’ve been here!  I was in a terrible mood yesterday, I’m glad I was too busy to post because I’m not sure how chipper I could have been.  I was out of control hungry all day and in a god-awful mood and I ended up eating all sorts of junk.  On the plus side – I didn’t break my vegan challenge, my house is much much cleaner, and reading all your wonderful comments on my running post put me in a better mood! 

I will show off my newest layer-tastic outfit though  🙂  This vest is one of my favorite items of clothing.

And you better believe I’ve got another layered look planned for Thursday!

Today is going to be pretty crazy as well.  I had lab this morning and the husband has an observation this afternoon so I’m stuck on campus all day.  Once he’s all done and picked me up we are heading straight to Target – our nonstick pans are peeling and I’m pretty sure we are cooking our way to cancer!!!  😮

This morning I got up a bit early to pack a lunch and whipped up some smoothies for Adam and I.

~2cups frozen strawberries + 2cups Silk Light Chocolate Soy Milk + 1scoop chocolate Amazing Grass = tasty smoothie x 2

Lab went well, we had a substitute and we got out super quickly.  I’ve made good use of my campus time thus far.  I finished all of my post-lab calculations and I am officially 2 weeks ahead on my pre-lab work!  Then I started some reading and cracked open my lunch box 🙂

These leftover roasted veggies were soooo good, even better than the first night!

I ate half of this bag of baby carrots.

And I’m about to drink this Naked Blue Machine I picked up at volunteering.

The juice is pretty concentratedly caloric (340 per bottle) but I planned on it being the “bulk” of my lunch so it works out well.

I’ve got to get back to work!  When you ‘see’ me again I’ll be the proud owner of a new set of pans!

What kind of pans do you have?  Any recommendations or horror stories?  I’ve been pretty pleased with our pans but now that they are peeling in little flakes I’m a little freaked out.  Our selection will definitely be informed by our budget, but I want to make sure we get something that will allow us to cook healthfully.

When Life Hands You Lemons

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It’s been a packed (but great) day and I have to leave the house in exactly 15minutes to pick up the husband from a hospital shift so I’ll make this speedy.

Our last night of family time was a lot of fun.  We watched “Zombieland” which was actually pretty fantastic.  I did some pretty serious damage on these chips and salsa (2-2.5servings) before I told the husband to take them away from me.

Then I switched to a much more munchable baby carrots.

For breakfast the boys hit up McDonalds, I want to call their food greasy but it’s hard to judge when you ask for a diet coke before 10am.

I was starving so I made up 2packets of oats.

Mmmn!

We streeeeeeetched out our goodbyes but finally got on the road around 11, our trip was an easy 4hours.  When it was my turn to drive I ate a medium french fry from Wendys.

Really quick – the point of the vegan challenge is sooo not to eat french fries but my only options were fast food that I could eat while driving and I was starving.

I can’t even tell you how proud I am of the dinner I pulled together with our empty fridge.

It was so healthy and tasty, rocked my socks!

Quick quick – while the husband cooked some balsmatti rice I marinated 1/2 a package of chopped tempeh in apple cider vinegar and tamari.  Then I sautéed an onion on the stove, and added in a can of collard greens.  Finally I poured the tempeh and marinade into the skillet, added a pinch of cornstarch and cooked.  The bowls were rice, greens, tempeh, + your choice of seasonings.  I did a big dollop of chilli garlic paste.

Perfection!

I had to drop off the husband at his shift and then I did some restocking at the grocery store.  On my drive home I grabbed a  Simply Lemonade.

For $1.50 I was pretty darn impressed with this.

And it was the perfect match with the baking I did when I got home!

Lemon Poppyseed Cookies from Eat Drink and Be Vegan.

I had two and was, as usual, blown away by the awesomeness of the recipes in that book.  Sweet and tangy and yummy.

Now I’ve got to split, I hope y’all had a great weekend!!!

Saturated Sunday

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Sadly, I think this will be an entire week of one-a-day, quick and dirty posts.  I have to cut back somewhere and it can’t be at the gym (I did NOT go to the gym today, but that was more about my weak ankle than time) because I’ve only got three weeks left to train!  I’m going to try to keep eating healthy too and I’ve got a plenty of leftovers meal on the schedule for tomorrow.  It sucks that I let myself get so behind but hopefully I’ll keep on top of things after these two tests.

Breakfast was eaten in parts.  Dannon Coconut Pineapple Lite and Fit Yogurt.

A stolen 1/2 cup of the hubby’s cereal, with skim milk.

And a packet of hot chocolate.

Lunch was a replay of last night’s feast. 

Two biscuits spread with clover honey.

Chicken salad (+ 4 big bites from the container).

Sautéed okra, with paprika.  This was the best combo on earth, out of this world tangy and delicious.

3-8pm were spent doing a coffee shop study meet up with Caroline.  Everything bagel with veggie cream cheese.

Skim milk iced chai latte.

And when I got home I had baby carrots with Cedar’s Spinach and Artichoke Hummus.

Now I’ve actually got to go do a Chem homework assignment that’s due tomorrow, see ya!

What is your favorite spice?  I feel a lot of the bloggers on the cinnamon love but to me nothing beats paprika.  It adds spice and tang and goes with almost anything.

Combos are Like Rocket Fuel for Studying

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I have my first Chemistry quiz at 8am sharp tomorrow (as well as my first ChemII lab experiment!) so I’ll keep this short and sweet.  I hate doing one loooooong post, I like 2x or 3x days better.

Breakfast was delicious.

The last small serving of carrot cake pancakes smeared with sunbutter and maple syrup.

And a Cara Cara Orange.  I think I’m in love!  This had such a perfect balance of sour and sweet and it’s PINK.

My appetite has been crazy lately and I was so hungry I wanted to chew off my arm within minutes of finishing breakfast!  The only solution was to make my favorite snack of all time –

Cedar’s pita chips with feta spread.  I finished off the feta spread today and I just might have shed a few tears about it!

I randomly decided it was a fantastic idea to watch Make it or Break it in the middle of the day, which meant that lunch was an on-the-go affair eaten during Anthropology.

Naked Red Machine Juice and an Almond and Cashew KIND Plus Bar.

Plus the snack of champions a few hours later in Chemistry.

Combos and diet soda are always a winning pair 🙂

Dinner-dinner was leftover Cocoa-Coconut Chili (1C serving),

topped with 2% colby jack, 0% Fage, and some jalopenos.

Yum!  This is much healthier than the jalopeno and cheddar nachos I was inhaling a while back but just as tasty.

The plan for the evening is to study a bit and make it to bed before 10.  I do NOT feel prepared, I got a lot of catching up to do before my two tests next week.  I’ll let you know how the quiz went tomorrow at lunch, hasta!

Are you a combos fan?  I dare a 90’s child to say no!

P.S. My inner-fatty wouldn’t stop screaming so I ate this snack while I studied –

I want to call bad lighting but it really did look like that!  (Approximately) 1 ripe banana + 2T 0% Fage + 1T sunbutter + cinnamon + crumbled caramel filled cookie.

P.P.S. I completely forgot to do a Fest Check-in

  • Food – pretty good, if I had packed an apple or something I could have skipped the Combos
  • Exercise – meh, I chose not to work out in leiu of studying but this ties into T
  • Sleep – if I actually brush my teeth and go to bed now (9:40ish) pretty damn good
  • Time management – sucessful people do not watch tv shows about teenage gymnasts in the middle of the day!

Carrot Cake n’ Coffee

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It’s good to be back, and it’s a Friday!  My tummy troubles seem to be better which is always a good thing.

Breakfast this morning had me thinking of Tina.  Perhaps because it involved carrots n’ cake? 🙂  I followed this Cooking Light recipe for carrot cake pancakes.

A winner!  I halved the recipe, so some of the spices were eyeballed, and skipped the canola oil, but they came out perfectly.  I loved the spice flavor and I though the consistency was great.

The entire breakfast felt pretty darn fancy.

1 serving of carrot cake pancakes, topped with Smart Balance Light and a drizzle of maple syrup (that’s a side plate btw).

A mineola with the last of the blueberries.

And french pressed chocolate peppermint coffee with tons of skim milk.

I really want to start doing more homemade coffee, this really rounded out the meal. 

Once the kitchen is all cleaned up – and there’s not much to do because I clean as I cook – I’m going to settle in with some reading.

Don’t forget, today’s the last day to enter my giveaway.

Finally!

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Woo – who; today has been a rollercoaster!  I’ve gotten good news and bad news, but mostly Adam and I have had a blast on his day off.

Today was my first day back at volunteering and it was good to be “home” again.  I didn’t eat before I went and by the time I headed home my legs were actually shaking with hunger!  Adam and I made plans to go to our friend Benji’s house so we hit up a favorite neighbor of his, Wegmans!

I know the salad bar got jealous but the sushi was pretty fantastic.  I got the brown rice veggie combo with carrot, cucumber, and avocado.

Veggie sushi with brown rice is just so tasty!  I ate 3/4 of the package.

Wegmans has a section where you can bag your own candy so for dessert I got 50cents’ (tenth of a #) worth.

I ate an adorable gummi heart,

but mostly I stuck to sour worms.

I also tasted Adam’s Divine Bar, milk chocolate and hazelnut.

We had a fun time with our friends, we all played some rounds of Eucher and then Danielle and I studied while the boys shot zombies.

Sadly, when I got home the bad news started – my laptop is broken!  I actually typed this post on the husband’s computer.  Mine works ok for a bit but then the screen randomly goes black.  So frustrating!!!  My goal is to back up all my files by Wednesday and try to get a new one (which we can’t afford) this weekend 😦

I created a GoogleCalendar and a Todoist list for both of my classes today and my ‘puter issues made it take forever.  I started freaking out as the clock moved closer and closer to gym closing time but thankfully I managed to make it for a work-out!  My first, in fact, of many since my 1/2 Marathon is officially in 47days!

It was good to get back on the treadmill;  5min walk + 10min run + 2min walk + 10min run + 2min walk + 4min run + 2min walk = 3.1miles.  By the by, I’ve created a GoogleDocument to log my training over the next 7 weeks, you can check it out here.

Running often kills my appetite and my crappy sports bra gave me a killer neckache so I’m actually going to shower and haul myself to bed without dinner.  I hope everyone had a good MLK day!

What is your favorite kind of gummi candy?  I love anything sour but my all-time favorite is coke bottles.

Merry Christmas

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Happy Holidays Blog Readers!  I dragged my whole family to school so I’ll keep this quick.  I don’t have many food pictures today, so I’ll take a moment to show off all the red and green I’ve been rocking this week –

After my last blog post I spent the day setting up for our Christmas Eve bash.  I had some random snacks for lunch; carrots,

a Hello Dolly,

a few nuts,

and half of a tuna salad sandwich.

I did lots of nibbling during the party but I ended up not taking any pictures.  My parents had the lights low and there were a TON of people in our little house so I ended up skipping it.  A fabulous time was had by all though.

Christmas morning with my parents and husband was wonderful.  Just 3 years ago today, Adam was proposing to me under the Christmas tree!!!

My mom and I made a great, festive breakfast.

I had an eggnog scone that was super tasty, I plan on buying more packs from this company.

And we made scrambled eggs with red and green bell pepper and white cheddar.

Plus I had a small glass of nog, I think I actually like Silk Soy Nog the very best!

My dad’s sister’s family is flying in in a few hours and then we are all going over to my mom’s sister’s family’s house for dinner.  Merry Christmas, Everyone!