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F Words

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Last night was ridiculous; we have to submit our Chem assignment online and the homework site had a major glitch that made the assignment take literally 4x longer than it should have.  Ack, lots of f words were said.  And my very delayed bedtime meant I took a loooong unplanned nap (drooling all over my Anthro book!) this afternoon.

I got hungry while I was working on my insane Chem assignment last night so I made a small snack –

Banana yogurt + grapes + 1T toasted walnuts + 1t cinnamon chips.

Which was similar to what I had for breakfast.

My eats for the rest of the day were all about the big “Fs” – freebies and fatties.  This (BIG) bowl of cereal was technically free because it stole it from the husband’s stash.

And this Kid’s Cuisine was on sale for <$2!

Dinner was much healthier 😉  The jalopeno poppers were sort of a freebie, Adam had a coupon, but mostly a fattie-choice.

And the potato chips were definitely a fat move.  P.S. I also definitely had my hand in a bag of unphotographed tortilla chips for most of the afternoon.

I’m actually glad I didn’t have time for the gym all day because this evening the husband accidentally kneed me in the shin and it hurt so badly I thought I was going to throw up.  Who thinks I increased my mileage too quickly and that my 5mile run this weekend did more harm than good?  Me!

***Edited to Add*** I’m pretty sure I will be having more insomnia tonight so rather than laying awake in bed I decided to stay up a bit longer and study.  Sadly, I find munching really does help me focus so the husband is out at Wendy’s getting me some chicken nuggets.  No pictures because I will be too busy hitting the books.

A Southern Feast

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I’m trying to experiment with different mid-race fuels so I downed this Lemon Sublime Goo right before we headed to the gym.

Unfortunately I ended up having a frustrating, pathetic work-out.  I wanted to do the same treadmill interval set as yesterday but my legs were not having it.  My left ankle was killing me and my whole leg just felt week.  I ended up stopping at 24minutes (2miles).  Then I moved to the elliptical for 16minutes at level 6, hills.  Lame.

In spite of its patheticness my workout did leave me starving, I ate a spoonful of pb as soon as I got home.

After icing my legs and a quick shower I made a dinner that was so not lame!

Yummy chicken salad (recipe below),

buttermilk biscuits from this Cooking Light recipe, split with honey and Smart Balance Light,

and a side of sautéed okra.

It was my own healthy Southern feast!

I knew the okra and chicken would rock but I was seriously so impressed with how well the biscuits turned out; I’m a baker!  They were perfectly biscuit-y and healthy!

awesome chicken salad, serves 3

  • 12oz cooked chicken breast, shredded
  • 2T lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup plus 2T Miracle Whip
  • 1/3 cup toasted walnuts
  • 1 cup grapes, halved

What is your favorite chicken salad recipe?  I like this one a lot but I’m also partial to curried chicken salad.

Mish-Mash Day

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Today has been a strange kind of mish-mash, backwards schedule day.  Apparently what we learned last night is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns are a bad idea right before bedtime: I had the strangest dreams all night and I woke up very late, completely cocooned!  However, once I extracted myself from the bed sheets I got right down to business.

While I was organizing some school files (I have two tests this week!) I drank this Sugar Free Rockstar.

Actually, I stretched that baby out for a couple hours because I was still drinking it while I did house stuff with the husband.

We had a 3pm tax meeting with H&R Block, and when we got home I headed to the gym.  I have 30 days to get in cardiovascular shape for the half marathon while hopefully not hurting any of my various leg problems.  I’ve decided the best plan is to do several long workouts a week while very slowly upping my running-walking ratio.  Plus strength training will be key.

Backing up, pre-gym I snacked on some grapes and a KIND bar on the way to tax-dealings.

At the gym I did some running on the treadmill.  2/1 run/walk intervals x18.  With warm up and cool down my totals were 63minutes / 640calories / and 5+ miles (the treadmil shuts off at 60minutes).

Now, post-shower, we are heading to the mall to deal with buyer’s insurance and donate my old laptop to charity.  Speaking of good causes, are you wearing red today?

What do you do with your defunct tech stuff?  I try to donate or recycle everything I can.  Staples will even give you a gift certificate in exchange for used up printer cartridges.

Savory Instead of Sweet

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Hello, lunch-eaters!  My morning has gone well; it looks like the notecards won’t be finished until tomorrow but my labs are totally up to date.  My pumpkin pudding smoothie held me over well but I did snack on a bowl of red grapes while I worked.

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By noon it was time for lunch.  When I received a Nature’s Pride sample as part of the Foodbuzz Tastemakers program I actually was sent two loaves.  I seem to hardly ever eat bread and I was worried that Adam would move too slowly and we’d develop a mold problem, so into the freezer one loaf went.  Once we were ready for more bread we simply moved the loaf down to the fridge and gave it a few hours to defrost.  This is a good solution if you find a bread(product) sale at your grocery store too.

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With 12 Grain I made a yummy french toast, so I knew that would be good for 100% Whole Wheat as well.  But I was feeling adventurous.  Which led to…….

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savory french toast!  I sanwiched sliced turkey, Crofter’s North American Superfruit Spread and dijon mustard between two slices of Nature’s Pride Whole Wheat.  Then I dipped the ‘wich in a mixture of egg/.5C chicken broth.  I cooked it for ~3minutes on each side in a pan with .5T Smart Balance Light.  Finally it got topped off with maple syrup, Chipotle Tabasco, and squeeze cheese.

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Mmmn.  I loved this mess mix of flavors!  Next time I would leave off the sqeeze cheese (which I mostly ate around anyway), but we had it and it looked fun.  I doused it with hot sauce the the spice/egginess combo was perfection.

I am watching an episode of “Mercy” while I eat my lunch and then it’s back to work.  I think I will cook dinner before I leave for class, but I’ll post it this evening.  All that really matters is that I remember my lab goggles!

Have you ever tried savory french toast?  What’d you think?  {I realize this is similar to a Monte Cristo}

Good News

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We got some good news this morning which means I am finally ready to share my news with you guys – we got accepted for an apartment in Buffalo, New York.  We are moving to Buffalo (to an actual apartment, not a studio, yays!) on August 1st.  Adam is going to be attending medical school at Buffalo University.  I am going to be taking science prereqs, hopefully, and looking into RD and PA programs for fall of 2010.  I am still not sure what my work situation will be, but I am trying not to stress.  We are so excited.

Anyways, I will be spending July doing lots and lots of studying to prepare.  After breakfast this morning I headed down to Starbucks to get my study on.

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I drank a grande nonfat ice caramel machiatto while I worked.  P.S. I always order these (although I don’t order them often) with 1/2 the pumps of vanilla so they aren’t sooooo sweet. 

I worked from 10:30 – 2:30 when it was time to go to the doctor’s office.  I had a yearly check up but I ended up having to wait for 1.5hours in the waiting room!!!  It was ok though, I got to do more reading in my Chemistry for Dummies book.

When I got home it was after 5 and I quickly got sucked in to 3hours of Bones.  I know it’s bad, but I am obsessed.  I was doing some random snacking, including 2 unphotograhed servings of Newman’s Own Organics Spelt Pretzels, so I knew I needed my make myself an actual plate.

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Green grapes, 1serving of TJ’s sliced Asiago, and some baby carrot butts from a salad I made for tomorrow.

Around 8:30 the husband and I set out for a quick run.  We did two miles again (sticking with my training schedule).  I had to walk the last three blocks because my right ankle hurt but I think that was because it was slippery from rain so I’m not too worried.

When I got home I wasn’t feeling all that hungry, I guess my snack plate became dinner, so I made this.

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Unsweetened vanilla almond milk with chocolate no sugar added CIB was a much better mix,

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I gulped this down.

I have to shower and then I’m going to snuggle up with Adam in bed to continue to discuss some move logistics.  Nighty night.

Where all have you lived?  Buffalo will be my 4th city, I was born in St. Thomas, went to college in Miami, and worked in NYC for the last two years.