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Wonky WordPress

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I’m blogging after midnight on a Friday and I haven’t gone out or done any drinking; what is wrong with this picture?!?!  [Actually, you can subtract 30ish minutes from this post time-stamp because WordPress was being redonkulous]

I got in bed before 10pm again yesterday and could still barely peel myself out of bed; who’s going to tell my body about next week’s all-nighters?!  I have 9am class on Friday so I did at least manage to eat before I left the house.

Brown Cow 0% Vanilla Greek Yogurt (A 99cent find I was quick pleased with, although the texture was a bit thin.) with a strawberry honey straw.

In between my 1st and 2nd class I worked on Orgo with a friend.  And had a minor breakdown when I realized how little I know.  I also drank a big cup of coffee with skim milk. :::imagine a cup of coffee here; as I said, WordPress is insane:::  And snacked on some celery I took home from food lab.

I went to Orgo (and felt my blood pressure rise just a bit more), and then Anatomy (little higher), and then got the most ridiculous e-mail ever about our lab homework for next week and sort of lost it.  I AM SO ANGRY!  I’ll leave it at that.

Adam actually met me at school to study and I wasted a good 45minutes spazzing out at him about next week.  And then I realized something crucial – complaining doesn’t change the situation.  So I got to work.  We stayed at school until 7:30, but I am done with my homework for Monday.  I ended up grabbing dinner from the food court when I realized I wouldn’t be escaping campus as soon as I’d planned.

A Crunchwrap Supreme, with chicken, from Taco Bell.

Actually, we left school at 7:30 so we could get to UPS before it closed.  Then we went back.  I had to pick up my gym bag and do my printing; we didn’t really leave school until 9:30.

When we got home we had to put some laundry in …… and then we went for a run.  It felt a little crazy, but I made a committment to get back into shape, so I’m going to do the damn thing.  ~2miles/21minutes.  I did a quick strength/stretch when we got home, and it felt good.

Bedtime, no?

When is the craziest time you’ve ever worked out?

Pho Sho

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Did getting sucked in by Twitter keep me from accomplishing enough this afternoon? Pho sho.

Did I have a fabulous workout anyway? Pho sho.

Did I use a free sample to make some tasty soup for dinner? Pho pho sho!

Is this post punny in the worst kind of way? For sure!

I didn’t get nothing done, but I didn’t get enough done either.  Still, there’s a limit to how much work I’m going to get done after 6pm, gym or not, so I might as well go to to the gym!  Where apparently there is also a limit to how much I’ll get done after 6:00, because it was packed!  I settled for a quick treadmill workout.

  • 5minutes walking, warm up
  • 20minutes running
  • 5minutes walking, cool down

I covered 2.67miles, a little further than yesterday 🙂  Not an improvement from yesterday was the fact that I had to stop twice during my run to give my feet a break; I have the worst blisters right now 😦

Dinner came in the mail.

Star Anise Foods contacted me about trying their Garlic Goodness Happy Pho and I’m never one to say no to new things.  I’ve never had Pho before, so I can’t comment to its authenticity, but this definitely sparked my interest in trying some at restaurant.

Nutritionals –

Stellar sodium levels for a soup.  Just a head’s up – we found that this made way more than 2 servings (3-4?).

The cooking process was beautifully low-key as well.

We made a hybrid recipe from their traditional and vegetarian options –

Along with the package we did 4cups of low-sodium veggie broth, 8oz of sliced chicken, 4 sliced green onions, a heaping cup of spinach, and cilantro.

The verdict?

Two thumbs up.  This wasn’t very soupy, but that was user error because we let the water cook off while we took a phone call.  The flavors were mild but in a pleasing way, and the use of cinnamon was delightful.  I loved the texture of the noodles too, very soft without being mushy.

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He’s Just Like Garfield

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I did not get enough work done today!  I got behind from my “free” weekend last week and I’m still making work up, and I have 4 exams next week so things are feeling a little crazy.  But I did something so that feels good.  Progress, people!

This morning we sent the in-laws off with a hearty breakfast from Panos.

I ordered “The Fix,” which was Two eggs, scrambled with Feta, in a grilled Pita, served with homefries.  I made some adjustments – mozzarella subbed in for feta, plus broccoli and spinach.

I forgot to ask for no butter on my pita so I ended up taking a few sandwich bites and then eating the insides out.  I left a lot of my huge pile of hash browns as well.

I think we sent them off full!  I wrote my blog address down for my m-i-l so she might start stopping by (hi Barb!).

I spent the morning studying – and internet time killing 😦 – at home.  The last of the 7-layer bar was calling me.

I cut it up into little pieces for ease in eating without crumming on my Orgo book.

Around 3 the husband came home from the lab and we drove over to my campus so I could go to the gym.  My knees have been feeling off so I decided to do a nice low-impact treadmill run.

  • 5minute walking warm up
  • 20minutes jogging
  • 5minute walking cool down

I covered 2.53miles.  I finished with a super quick stretch, the gym was closing as I left!

Adam and I studied in the library for a couple of hours – although, again, I got distracted by the internet; gleesh!  I packed some plums and a Babybel Light to snack on.

I also opened this Turtle candy bar my in-laws brought me.

I ate 1.5 and gave the rest to the husband.

I should not have wasted any more time, but when we got home and Adam asked if I wanted to go for a walk my answer was “of course!”  We didn’t have any destination in mind so we ended up visiting the store kitties.

The “store kitties” are two cats that live in a clothing shop on Elmwood, the husband is obsessed with them.  They are ginormous; one has huge paws and is just a big cat, and the other is a total fatty. 

Sidenote 1 – Adam and I have been talking for weeks about baking a lasagna just so we can take a picture of it with the fat cat.  Sidenote 2 – when we lived in Park Slope there was a store puppy, a french bulldog that visited a shop 13 blocks from our apartment.  We walked those 13 blocks at least 3 times a week so we could go in and be total dog creepers.

Dinner was a cinch when we got home because my m-i-l brought us all sorts of home cooked goodness.

Rosemary chicken (just to note, I only ate one of those two pieces, I don’t think I’m a fan of chicken thighs),

with roasted potatoes.

All we had to do was pan-steam some Red Russian Kale, finished off with a bit of sesame oil.

I dipped every component in ketchup 🙂

This meal felt very hardy.

Now I’m already late for my goal bedtime and I’ve still got to shower; I’m off!

Do you have any “store animals” in your neighborhood?

When It Rains…

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…it pours!  Today was dark, rainy, and cold, which totally set the gloom and doom scene for this frustrating day.  At one point it seemed like everything that could go wrong would.  My pants got soaked, my bag was so heavy my right arm started to fall asleep, I didn’t do well on my quiz, I’m frustrated by the cat muscle lab, I forgot my lunch…  But eventually the sun came out (metaphorically of course, it stayed grey here all day) and things started to work out.  I can easily find a silver lining in most of today’s mishaps.

When I got to campus this morning I bought a small coffee – with 2 creamers because there was no skim milk – to sip while I did my last-minute review. 

I quizzed with a friend and we both felt pretty confident.  By the time I headed into lab there were only about 5 words out of the 200 that I didn’t know – – – and 3 of them were on my version of the quiz!  Since the quiz was only 12 questions that is a lot, arrrgh.  It is frustrating to know so much of the material and still earn a poor grade.

I was pretty irritated with myself when I realized I forgot my lunch, but I ended up getting a surprisingly good lunch from Taco Bell in the food court.

I got the Ranchero Chicken Soft Tacos (it comes with 2) and they were fresh and tasty.

We had to sample what we made in Food Prep Lab today but most of the items were red meat so I ended up only taking a small bite of muffin.  I’m not sure whether or not I’ll be able to take photos in lab, but the amount of food each week will be so small it doesn’t really matter if it goes undocumented.

I attended the introductory meeting of Roteract (a service club I’m joining) and then headed to the gym.  It doesn’t matter what the weather looks like outside, a workout always makes me feel good!  I did 30 minutes on the elliptical, random, level 6; followed with a few minutes of strength/stretch.  After I carried all of my stuff home I set out with Adam for a walk to the Co-op.  I don’t think anything feels better after a gym session than stretching my legs out with a walk. 

I have a philosophy statement due tomorrow so I worked on that most of the evening.  I hate those types of assignments – half of the reason I didn’t go to graduate school was because I didn’t want to write a personal statement! – but I think I did a pretty good job in the end.  FYI on the schoolfront – I got a 100% on my extra credit presentation and my Orgo teacher called me out in class to say I did a good job on my homework notes; go me!

I had a small handful of dried hibiscus and a chocolate-covered fig when I got home.

The rest of dinner was a little bit small.

I wanted to make chips out of the local Red Russian Kale I got at the farmers’ market, but those turned out like this –

The green bean fries were much more appetizing.

Honestly, dinner was pretty much an afterthought anyways, all of my thoughts were on this –

Oh yes, a 7-Layer bar from the co-op; be still my heart. 

I’m going to take a quick shower and then eat it in bed with a magazine, Heaven!

What’s the weather been like in your area?  Summer still?  Fall-like?  Or did you have gloom and doom like me?

Tough Transitions

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I did not get enough done today (don’t I say that every day?!?!) so I’ll keep this post simple.  I did accomplish a walk to the farmer’s market/co-op for some local goodies.

And a trip to Wegman’s to complete the groceries.  We had a hot bar coupon so the husband and I got lunch.

Can you guess which side of that container is mine?

I filled up on an assortment of veggies,

with sesame tofu and chicken.

Not even an hour after eating I felt empty.  The feeling was so bad I ended up walking to get a (ginormous) slice of bbq chicken pizza.

Post-pizza I had a Double Fudge Brownie mini ice-cream.

And then I was FULL.  I ate my 2nd lunch around 3:00 but I ended up calling it dinner because I haven’t gotten hungry again!

I am finding the transition back to school to be much harder than I expected; and I didn’t think it would be easy!  I think part of the issue is that I didn’t just quit my job and go to school, but rather worker bee –> unemployed –> student.  Do you have any advice to help me become a student again????

I Might Just Move to Iowa

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Yeeeeesh today has seemed long!  I felt tired when I left my Anatomy lecture at 3, let alone when I walked into Chem Lab at 6pm.  Today I am thankful that –

  1. My group managed to finish up our melting point lab early and get out of there at 8pm.
  2. We cooked tonight’s dinner last night!

I am not thankful that it’s nearing the end of the month and my hunger monster attacked late this afternoon.  I packed myself a sliced plum as a snack.

Nah-uh.  You guys, I can’t even begin to describe how hungry I was; it felt like my stomach was going to implode.  I grabbed a Sabra To-Go pack,

and that barely made a dent.  I had a few hours between classes in which I was supposed to do my anatomy reading, but instead I clutched my stomach. 

Finally I found a cinnamon raisin bagel at the coffee shop (I ate half, toasted, plain) and that seemed to quiet the beast.

Fast forward four hours and it was time for dinner.

Iowa Girl Eat’s Chicken Chili.  Kristen is a genius!  Her recipe has minimal meat with black beans and baked beans(!), the combo is to die for!  I topped mine with shredded sharp cheddar.

I had a BlogHer coupon for Pilsbury Simply French Bread – no trans fat, preservatives, etc – so Adam cooked that up for us.  —A quick aside: we bought an over thermometer because we have been burning everything and now know that our oven is a good 200* off.  Joy.  That’s another thing to deal with tomorrow.—

All together.

I am so ready for bed!

What are you thankful for today?

***Updated to add – the beast returned!  I ate another slice of bread, a mini fudge brownie ice cream, two squares of chocolate, and I’m only stopping because I have to go to sleep.  Damn you hunger!

When in Random

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I’ve been all over the map today so this post is going to seem a little random.  I didn’t get much any schoolwork done but I did have a lot of fun – lunch at the Co-op with Katie, hanging out with the husband, and a trip with a group of friends to the Buffalo Wing Festival.  It’s sort of essential that I get a good night’s sleep and rock out my work tomorrow so I’ll keep this quick.  Bare minimum description in 3, 2, 1…

This small banana chocolate bar was 33cents at the grocery store.

It was super light and tasted like airy banana cream pie.

Co-op hot bar lunch (for reference, this was the small box, about the size of a novel).

Buffalo-style tempeh,

cashew noodles,

a stuffed grape leaf,

and some pasta with delicious homemade ricotta and marinara.

I also bought the best Hello Dolly (7-layer bar) I’ve ever freaking tasted!

The wing festival was super crowded and really poorly organized (boo) but we had a good time hanging out with the other couples at least.  I only got to sample a few wings, Hawaiian, smoked, and Guinness bbq.

You can assume I ate about half of that; when it gets to close to the bone I get squeamish and Adam finishes them for me.

Crackers with smoked gouda spread, split with the husband.

Yogurt mix bowl – Vanilla 0% Siggi, a chopped peach, cinnamon chips, and tons of cinnamon.

For dinner we cooked up some pizza.

Tandoor Chef caught wind of how obsessed I am with their Pad Thai and graciously sent me some Naan Pizza samples.  I was more than happy to do a review, I think Tandoor Chef products are amazing!  A lot of their offerings are vegan, it is by far the most authentic “ethnic” food I can get in Buffalo, and everything tastes so fresh you have to check the box to remember that it was frozen!  Tonight we tried the Margherita Naan Pizza,

and the Cilantro Pesto Naan Pizza.

Check out the nutritional stats –

Reasonable amount of sodium and saturated fat for a good dose of protein.  I think that a full pizza (as opposed to a half) is a more realistic serving size though.  That makes it a little calorie-dense, but since the ingredient list is just “real” food it’s ok.

Adam and I each tried half of each flavor (he ate some of my crusts though).

Even though our crazy oven caused us to burn them we were still big fans.  The tomatoes on the Margherita tasted fresh and juicy and the cilantro pesto had a great spice kick to it.

I’m getting in bed now, but I’ll probably play Word Feud with Adam for a bit before sleeping.  Good night!

What’s your take on hot wings?

Second Day Snowballs

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There is a reason why health professionals advice against skipping meals.  I didn’t actually chose to go dinnerless last night, it was more a necessity of circumstances, but I paid the price all the same.  That unhealthy act snowballed into a whole day of poor nutrition.

I was starving when I woke up, but Tuesday is my 8am class day and there just wasn’t time for breakfast.  I packed a Cookie Dough Balance Bar instead.

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I have class from 8am – 7:30pm (with some big breaks) most Tuesdays and I wanted to stay on campus to study.  I packed myself a healthy lunch.

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I spread a wedge of Laughing Cow Queso Fresco and Chipotle on a Whole Grain Thin Bun and topped it with three slices of turkey.

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On the side I had a baggie of green bell pepper slices and baby carrots.

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And a small dark chocolate for dessert.

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And that held me over for a good minute and a half.  I sought out sustenance in the food court and came back with, this –

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Yeah.  Clearly if I want to eat healthfully on campus I’ll have to pack my own snacks from home.  I ate 90% and felt like crap, but that was at least less distracting than gnawing hunger.

My evening class snack was also unhealthy, but that was by choice.

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Who could say no to caramel apple frozen coffee?  That’s just unAmerican.

Adam made himself a respectable dinner, but I had yet another coupon that was about to expire so I picked up a Moe’s kids’ meal.

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I’m going to try to turn in early; that’ll be the healthiest thing I’ve done all day!