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Pineapple Paradise

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It’s Friday! I don’t really have a work week, but the weekend is still exciting.  Today I’m trying to pretend I’m somewhere tropical and that the forecast isn’t calling for rain and snow!

I set my alarm for 5:30 this morning and went to the gym for a (terrible) run.  My calves hurt so badly, I don’t know what the problem is?!?!  I mostly did 2/1minute run/walk intervals but sometimes I doubled up the running and/or the walking.  I kept having to stop to stretch.  In the end I did 60minutes and 5.3miles.  I did lots of stretching afterwards, for a total of 655 calories.

I came home to shower, sent the husband off to school, and got started on breakfast.  This was when the tropical fantasy began……Breakfast was all about devoring Sponge Bob’s home eating pineapple.  I made an amazing smoothie.

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1 frozen banana, heaping cup fresh pineapple, splash oj.  I think maybe I prefer smoothies with some fresh (i.e. not frozen) fruit, the texture of this was great.

Alongside I had pineapple in bar from – a Pineapple Ginger bar from Boomi.

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I had been putting off eating this sample because ginger skeeves me out sometimes but it ended up being great.

The two pineapples went together quite well.

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Today should be pretty uneventful.  I have a lot of work I want to get done, but nothing is a rush.  Adam and I have super low-key plans for tonight, the highlight of which should be grocery shopping.  I hope everyone else has a good last day of the week day!

How do you like to make your smoothies?  Frozen fruit or fresh?  Ice?  Do you use any powders or packets?

Healthy Cheese Eggs

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Morning Monday!  I know most people have to go to work (I wish I was going to work!) but I feel much better now that the sun is up.  Even though Adam and I tend to stay up pretty late day to day, there are times when we are tired that we both get completely punch-drunk.  Last night was one of those times for sure.  It was only midnight when we were getting ready for bed but we were both shrieking laughing and bouncing around all over the place!  We’ve had a few similar experiences throughout the years, one time we stayed up all night before a flight and we laughed so hard I peed my pants!!!  That is actually one of my favorite memories 🙂

This morning pie was on the brain.  Maybe because I totally took two bites straight from the pan when I got to the kitchen?  But mostly because the recipe had called for 4 egg yolks and I had 4 whites leftovers to use.  I put the eggs to work for breakfast.

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Along with the whites I stirred in 4T of fat free whipped cottage cheese, and seasoned with salt and paprika.  Then I cooked it all in 1t of Smart Balance Light over medium-high heat.  It was pretty yummy, Adam came up with the egg/cottage cheese idea yesterday and I think it works out while.

Alongside I had some fresh cut pineapple.

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It was a good start the week breakfast.

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I’m heading to the hospital for volunteering now.  And I’m going to campus early to see if I can get some help with the lab report (I’m trying to write one for the lab I missed).  I hope everyone’s work week is off to a good start!

What sort of things have you put in eggs?

The Change You Won’t See

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Good morning!  The movie wasn’t as good as anticipated (it was much sweeter than we were expecting but not as funny) but I loved my Halloween Dots.  I also snagged half of Adam’s small popcorn and drank a huge diet coke.  I think my favorite part of the entire experience was the soda! 

Unless I don’t post at all for the day, I show you pretty much every single bite I put in my mouth.  I know some bloggers have a bar here or there that they don’t post but that’s not my style.  The only things I don’t show are –

  1. if I take a bite or two of the husband’s food
  2. vitamins – I take Flinestones Gummy Vites (shut up) 4-7 days a week
  3. non-caloric drinks; water and diet sodas

Previously I was having at least 1 (sometimes many many many more) diet sodas a day.  I realize that many people think diet soda is unhealthy, but I do most things healthy and it makes me deliriously happy which I think is a good trade-off.  I’ve thought about “quitting” diet soda over the years, and I’ve always decided that my happiness is a big part of my health too and therefore, for me, the diet soda is healthy.

However, as you know, I don’t have a job.  And in this economy (especially in Buffalo) I could not have a job for a while.  I’ve always been a big saver, so we actually are fine living off our savings and Adam’s loans for the next year, but we do have to be more careful with our money.  We made a budget last weekend and I decided that ultimately, it’s not worth the money to pay to have diet coke in the house.  So now I have to really really enjoy it when I buy one when I’m out 🙂

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Today is another busy day.  I have some fun things I want to do this afternoon, but I’ve got to get all of my not so fun stuff out of the way first.  I have Chemistry work,  a quick trip to the gym, and today we finally need to switch out our closets for our winter duds.  For breakfast I had 1/2C whipped cottage cheese with 4oz fresh cut pineapple.

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I’ll see you for lunch.

What is your take on diet sodas?  Do you have a favorite?  Mine is Diet Cherry Coke.

Delayed Gratification

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It was another productive day, I’m on a roll!  I stayed up way too late last night so the roll didn’t get started until 10 this morning.  I posted my uncooperative blog post first thing, and then did 10minutes of stretching and strength training – including 70reps of abs, 50reps of arms, and 30reps of legs.

Then I got straight to work on my Chemistry homework.  And worked.  And worked.  And worked.  And suddenly, my whole day was gone!  I hate that it takes so long, but I am thrilled to be done, I think this is the first thing I’ve done in advance all semester.

I was so focused on enthalpy changes that I forgot to eat, but once I arrived at the grocery store at 4 I promptly remembered!  I managed to stay focused enough to get our food for next week – and save $20 in sales/coupons, yay! – but I was definitely rushing.  Good thing the meal (lunch/dinner) I prepared when I got home was worth waiting for!

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I seriously loved every single component of this.  I was in foodie heaven.  Honey mustard tuna salad.

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This recipe (click here) just came to me, and I’m so glad it did.  So tasty.

Apple slices and 1serving+ Food Should Taste Good Jalopeno Chips for dipping.

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The chips were the perfect spice level to go with my salad.

And finally a glass of POM Nectarine juice.

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This was better than kiwi, it will be coming to store soon, look for it!

In just a bit we are heading out for a date, to see “Couples’ Retreat.”  We’ve decided to cut back on the movies this year (we were going 1-3times a week in Brooklyn!!) but this was definitely on my worth it list.  I am so excited about my movie snack –

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My first Halloween candy!  I packed 1 serving each of Candy Corn and Ghost Dots.  DSC00322

I hope everyone else has a good evening!

Have you had any spook candy yet?  What is your favorite kind?  My favorite is mini York patties.

Random

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I have not gotten near enough done today (unless you count the huge stack of magazines I powered through as an accomplishment) so this post needs to be quick.  All of my food choices have been unbelievably random today.

“Breakfast” was the last serving of Food Should Taste Good Lime Chips.

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For lunch I followed last night’s theme and did some more using up.  The last Flat Out wrapped around the last Boca Spicy Chik’n Patty, with lettuce, carrots, cheese, and buffalo sauce.

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For fruit I made a smoothie – 1C passionfruit pulp, 1 fat free plain Oikos, big splash oj, drizzle honey.

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And I snacked on a Healthy Hazel Boomi Bar sample.

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I’ll be back after class this evening.

Tell me one random thing about yourself.  I’ll go first – My middle name is Helen.

Great Blogs Think Alike

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Good morning!  I hope everyone’s day is off to a good start.  Mine has managed to be both relaxing and productive.  Embarassing secret time – scary movies have made me afraid of everything.  It’s gotten better as I’ve gotten older (when I was a teenager I would jump into bed so my feet didn’t go underneath the bed!) but I still can’t shake my shower anxiety.  I am very uncomfortable to be in the shower when I’m home alone.  I peek out the curtain multiple times and hurry through everything.  And since Adam is so busy almost all of my showers are alone. 

But this morning I switched up my schedule and found a solution.  I got up at 5:45 and headed to the gym early so I could come home and shower before the husband left for school.  I came home and took a nice luxurious shower; I conditioned my hair, and used my favorite body scrub.

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I won’t be doing this every morning, but it’s a nice solution for me to keep in mind.  The gym was pretty successful too.  My training schedule had 3miles for today.  With warm up and cool down I did 38minutes/3.8miles/420calories.

After the aforementioned shower I got started on breakfast.  It’s possible I was so hungry that I snagged a small hunk of chocolate pb bread before I even thought about real food.

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I think every blogger who received this Nature’s Pride bread from the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program thought french toast and I was no different!  I received two loaves to sample but for now I put one in the freezer and am focusing on 12 Grain.

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I soaked two pieces of bread in a mixture of 1egg, 1/2C skim milk, 1shake each cinnamon and nutmeg, and 1T vanilla.  The bread took a luxurious shower of it’s own (a quick soak), spent a few minutes in the sauna (pan with 1/2T SmartBalance), and gussied up with maple syrup and a chopped white peach and nectarine.

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I loved the texture of the Nature’s Pride bread, and the toast was nice and eggy.

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So yum, full recipe here.  The plan for the morning is lots and lots of Chemistry make-up.  I have 2 chapters to read – I’m only planning on doing one today though – another chapter to make notecards for, and a slew of practice tests to work on.  Gotta go get my brain working!

What are you afraid of?  I also have a major aversion to spiders.  But I actually like most other typical girl fears (frogs, snakes, etc.)!  My “abstract” fears are that I won’t figure out what to do with my life in time and I’ll get stuck in something that I don’t enjoy and that I’ll injure myself and lose my ability to run.

Borrowed

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I made it to campus in time to print off my materials and reschedule a study session with my chemistry friend.  Class went well, we got out 10minutes early which is always exciting 🙂

When I got home the husband and I did a photo shoot to show off our new produce.

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Check out our funny sized apples!  The small one is called a “Mini,” but that pregnant Kate Gossling of an apple is actually just a Honeycrisp.

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Adam and I split the biggie (in fact he did lots of sharing tonight, thanks hubby!), I ate my portion on a salad.

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It was quite a good salad, it had arugula, chopped apple, shredded carrots, a few peanuts and ~1T of Adam’s creamy italian salad dressing.

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I ate dinner in courses, each item alone, but it all added up to be a great meal.

After the salad was a tropical smoothie.

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~1/2C Goya passionfruit pulp, ~1C frozen tropical fruit blend, ~1/2C oj.  It was tasty, but a little too tart, I only drank about 2/3 of it.

Next Adam was the sweetest bear ever and shared 2 chicken nuggets with me.

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And finally I ate some roasted butternut squash.

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I spritzed it with evoo; sprinkled with salt, pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg; and roasted for 20minutes at 475*.

Actually, finally was dessert.  I prepped this Chocolate Peanut Butter Quick Bread my mom sent awhile ago while I drank my smoothie.

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I did a lot of spoon-licking while I made it, but I saved room for a small piece.

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It was good, chocolate bread with gooey peanut butter chips.

I’m heading to bed so I can get up early tomorrow.  This week is off to a good start!

What foods do you like to “borrow” from your significant other?  In general Adam’s food choices are a little less healthy than mine, but I usually don’t have any junk-envy.  However, those frozen chicken nuggets are to die for!

Justin Time

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No, no, no; I hate JT!  Although I did eat at his restaurant in nyc once…..  I meant just–in time, as in I got my flu shot just in time because it is frickin’ freezing!

There were lots of little bumps this morning, but the important things ran smoothly.  Apparently I do Not like green Rockstars, I took 4sips before I decided it was inedible unquaffable.  Then it was so cold outside I had to come back in for a hoodie which threw me off schedule.  And when I stopped at the bank on the way home I got frozen out of my account and fixing the issue was annoying and slow.  However, I had a good quickie workout – 25minutes on the treadmill for 2.4miles and 250calories – and I have my flu shot for this season!

Before my shower I rescheduled my doctor’s appointment and made some other business calls; my must do to-do’s for the day are all done!  Which is good, because after my shower I wasted a ton of time sitting on the couch warming up.  Finally, however, the thought of lunch prompted me to get dressed.

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Taco salads = yum!

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  • arugula base (which totally disappeared when microwaved, I’ll use way more next time)
  • 1/4C black beans
  • ~1/4C 2% colby jack cheese
  • salsa
  • chipotle Tabasco
  • 1serving Lime Food Should Taste Good chips (I ate most of the serving straight from the bag)

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I’ve been drooling over these chips on blogs for months so I was so excited when I received free sample coupons in the mail!  My grocery store didn’t have the flavors I was looking for (Buffalo!), but Lime sounded good.  It was tasty, but I’m going to keep looking for the spice.

Alongside I had another sample, a small glass of Kiwi POM juice.

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This new flavor will be in stores in a few months, definitely keep an eye out for it!

I’m going to Hulu “Mercy” while I eat, so I’ve got to skedaddle before it gets cold.  See you after class!

Have you had your flu shot yet?  Are you planning on it?  Everyone should.  There is no medically supported reason not to and getting the shot protects your health.