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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.

Breakfast, Lunch, Junk

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I’ll be honest, I’m still feeling a bit down.  My foot is killing me and I’m pretty pissed about not being able to go to the gym.  Plus I’m still feeling a bit under the weather, so I’m all-around blah.  This will be quick, and therefore, less whiney 🙂

Breakfast.

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Stoneyfield Farms YoKids Lowfat Strawberry-Vanilla and Raspberry yogurts, white nectarine, and Justin’s Almond Butter packet.  I also added half a teaspoon of sunbutter.

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It was good, but I was still hungry afterwards.  I had to drop of a prescription for medicine for my foot so Adam and I set off.  During our errands we split a small frozen cappuccino.

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Our plan was to get lunch at Wegmans but the selection was pretty disappointing, no tofu!  I made do with a small plate.

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Broccoli and green beans plus a little bit of general tso’s chicken.  I had been expecting tofu and this did not deal with my hunger, I was still starving!  We shopped quickly, and I ate this candy on the way home.

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Plus I polished off 90% of these nachos from the bar downstairs.

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I’m having a love affair with jalopenos.

I’m watching GhostWorld and I’m really not sure what I think of it, but I guess I won’t judge until it’s over.  See you for dinner!

Rocked It

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Ahh, accomplishment, finally!  I didn’t get to bed all that early yesterday (I’m not saying anyone was drunk, cough, but Adam sure took a long time to get out of my way in the shower, cough cough) and I kept waking up all night, and then I hit snooze too many times this morning, but at 9am I did manage to actually start my day. 

I literally had not been to the gym in a week so that was clearly in order.  I prehydrated while I charged my i-pod and drank this Rockstar Juiced.

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This flavor was nowhere near as good as the purple cans but it still made me pretty happy.

All I can say about the gym is – woot!  I don’t know if it was the awesome playlist, the energy drink, or the fact that since I haven’t worked out all week I have to squoosh to make my training plan but I rocked it out.  I did the treadmill, mostly running but with a warm up/cool down and a little Galloway Method towards the end.  45minutes / 4.4miles / 530calories.

After a shower it was time for breakfast.

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Nonfat Strawberry Yogurt, plucot, nectarine, 3/4 Cherry Pie Lara Bar.  How gorgeous is this bowl?

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While I ate I organized coupons, recipes, and our schedules to come up with a weekly meal plan and shopping list.

Here is what’s on the agenda for today –

  • grocery trip for regular restocking and fun (Within reason, I’m purchasing every product I’ve been eyeing in the organics section of the store.  I’ve been promising myself this ever since I knew I was getting my bonus check this year and I am very excited)
  • recycling
  • mild housecleaning
  • 2loads of laundry
  • schoolwork
  • fun foodie event this evening!

What is one of your favorite gym songs?

No Labor Day

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Arrgh, I feel like a zombie!  I didn’t even get to go to volunteering today 😦  I didn’t get in bed on time, which is my fault, but I also realized last night that our pillows are partially contributing to the laying awake for hours issue.  I looked at the clock at 4:56 last night and was still awake!  Needless to say, I didn’t get up to study, but when I did get up for volunteering I had such a bad migraine that I called in and went back to bed.  I feel really guilty not going in, but I would have been pretty useless.

Once I did get up, breakfast was an adventure.  I wanted to use this awesome looking egg-cooker my grandmother got me for my wedding shower.

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The plan was poached eggs.  The name of the product is “Henrietta Hen,” but 4 eggs in the trash later I was referring to Henrietta as more of a female dog than a bird!

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I think the cooker will work great for hard/soft boiled eggs, but poached will have to be gotten from restaurants.  My last ditch, 3rd effort at lunch ended up pretty big.

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Tuna salad sandwich on a hamburger bun,

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with the leftover salad in the bowl it was mixed in.  I used –

  • 1can tuna, rinsed and drained
  • 1.5T Miracle Whip
  • 2T + pickle relish
  • 1 chopped celery stalk
  • healthy shake paprika

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I also had a bowl of chopped pineapple and plumcot (a plum/apricot hybrid that rocked my socks).

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Adam and I have been cuddling and watching Bones and I ate two sugar cookies.

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MK sent these home with us from the bbq and they are pretty good, very soft (it’s possible that in between round 1 and 2 of the egg making I snatched one of these without photographing!).

Once Adam and I get sick of each other (just kidding!) I’m going to do some school work.  See you for dinner.

Did you get the day off for Labor Day?  Have any big plans?

Sunday Sandwich

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I’m a little late on my studying, but it’s been a good morning so far.  We woke up around 9 and managed to head the gym by 10.  My training schedule had me doing 2miles today but my legs were feeling very stiff so I knew to take it easy.  I decided to use the Galloway Method, 2minutes of running followed by 1minute of walking.  With warm up and cool down I did 2.5miles / 25minutes / 260calories.

Before we went I split a Cliff Mojo bar with the husband.

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And when we got home it was time for lunch.

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I made a sandwich out of 4 chicken nuggets, a hamburger bun, and 1T marinara sauce.

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Plus I had some pineapple Adam cut for me while I was in the shower.

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I’m still starving though, so I’m sure a snack is on the horizon.  Plus as soon as we finish our “My So-Called Life” episode (the last one ever, we are so sad!) I have to actually do some studying.  See you for dinner.

Do you ever do the Galloway Method?  I’m planning on mostly just running while I’m training for the half marathon, but it’s nice to give my joints a break.

Go Bare

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Morning!  Thanks for ‘giving me the day off’ yesterday, it was busy busy busy with lots of mishaps so I needed a blog break.

This morning I tried this trio for breakfast –

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1 kiwi, chopped; Stoneyfield Fat Free Plain Yogurt; 1t Crofter’s Super Fruit Spread, in North America with blueberries and cranberries.

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So pretty!  The spread rocked my socks, but I’ve decided that fuzz-on kiwi skeeves me out too much; I ended up leaving about half the bowl.  I’m going to grab a small snack to eat on the walk to volunteering.  See you this afternoon.

What peels won’t you eat?  I don’t do bananas (obviously) but other than that I eat all fuzz-free skins.