In Orlando. Things are good. Miss the husband. Super excited. 😀
Split sandwich with the husband before class. Tuna wrap with lettuce, tomatoes, pepperjack cheese.
Sandwich from home at airport. Bun, turkey, 2% provolone, hot pepper peach preserves.
Tangenelo.
Dried mission figs and peaches.
Plane snacks from 2 flights, Jet Blue is fun.
Can’t wait for tomorrow.
What the best plane snack you’ve gotten from an airline? The cookies were all-natural and had 120calories total, pretty impressive.
I want to get my packing done this evening and I HAVE to squeeze in some quality time with the husband so I’ll keep this snappy. `_< (oh yes, that was an alligator!)
I like to make to-go smoothies for breakfast on the mornings I have 8am lab. My first proclamations were not wrong: I love Green Monsters!
This had 1 frozen banana, 1 cup oj, and 1 cup frozen spinach. I took a better lit picture at la escuela to show of its Kermit-esque awesomeness.
I was in the bathroom because I realized I couldn’t not show you guys today’s layered look!
Love it! Adam and Katie both asked me why I was dressed up today.
I was with Katie because we had a lunch date today! I packed us a lovely spread from home to save a little $.
Turkey and 2% provolone sandwiches with hot pepper peach preserves.
And caramel Oikos with blueberries.
We ate at the Wegman’s coffee bar area and Katie bought me a lovely Nutty Irish (hazelnut and Irish cream syrups) skim milk latte.
After lunch we walked around the store a bit and I managed to get some gifts for the friends I’m seeing tomorrow that I’m quite excited about.
On the way home we split this package of Newman’s Own Peppermint Cups.
Meh. They aren’t bad I guess but I much prefer Yorks.
Adam had a suture clinic from 5 – 8 so he dropped me off at the Spot to do some studying. I am completely caught up for Chemistry, yay! I got dinner there, a Mike’s cheese and egg bagel sandwich.
Plus a skim iced latte.
Still on the agenda for tonight?
Gotta get cracking!
*****Updated to add – packing is never fun. Which is probably why this seemed like such a good idea –
Shamrock Shake! 😀
It’s been a filled but successful day. I knew the days before I left for Orlando would be stressful but thankfully, especially for a Monday, today wasn’t too bad. And hopefully it will be over soon and I’ll actually get to sleep after dinner.
On my way out of volunteering I grabbed a (caramel biscotti)coffee with 2% milk.
Then I came home and geared myself up before heading down to the nearby coffee shop to work. I filled out notecards from 2:30 – 5:30 and had a yummy lunch.
“Queen City” Eggplant sandwich; blue cheese, hot sauce, and field greens.
And small side of horseradish potato salad.
I wished both dishes were a bit spicier but they were very tasty.
The husband stopped by around 4:30 and distracted me for the last hour or so planning a very exciting trip. I can’t wait to tell you guys about it once I get back from my spring break trips.
The dinner plan is this turkey burger recipe. It’s been on the menu planner for more than a month but somehow it wasn’t until all the other ingredients were on the counter that it occurred to me we had no turkey! Whoops! The husband was such a sweetheart to run out and get more. And while I waited I figured I’d do this lunch post 🙂
I blame my interim snack on Jessica –
After gummi cola bottles York Peppermint Patties are my favorite conventional candy.
I’ve got to go make my husband a well-deserved dinner, but hopefully I’ll be back with a final post for the day not too soon!
What is your favorite kind of ‘conventional’ candy?
I’ve been super busy (and stressed) all day and that paired with my intense hunger somehow led to me eating 4 full meals today, whoops! The amount of school work I have to do over the next few weeks (particularly while I’m home, boo) is sort of staggering. I’m actually looking forward to seeing whether or not I rise to the challenge 🙂
I was feeling a bit empty still after breakfast so I grabbed a Yoplait Light Red Velvet Cake yogurt.
This wasn’t my favorite flavor, but I was pretty entranced by the color.
My study session ended up being split between two coffee shops. First Starbucks, where I ate a low-fat egg white, spinach, and feta wrap with a nonfat tall latte.
Then the Spot where I had a Cajun Turkey Wrap (ww wrap, sliced turkey, pepperjack cheese, cajun sauce, l/t).
I ate 2/3 of the sandwich plus a 2nd diet coke.
Finally Adam picked me up around 7:30 and I headed off to get my “real” dinner. We were so excited to try this newest location of …..
Moes! I’ve been seeing the Florida bloggers gush about this place for years so I was super excited to try it out. Adam and I were NOT disappointed.
I did some damage on the huge bag of chips the gave me,
but my main meal was this fellow –
A Junior Homewrecker (burrito – little bit of rice, black beans, tofu, cheese, salsa, cilantro).
Yum, yum, yum.
I would say it’s been a good day but I’m going to try to bang out some of my online Chem homework so my day seems far from over. I hope everyone else had a great weekend!
What’s your opinion on “Fourth Meal?” Just for Taco Bell or awesome idea?
It’s been a great day of family fun. Bowling was great; especially because we had the bumpers up so I scored more than a 40 for a change!
While at the alley I snacked on a Buddy Fruit pouch.
Mushed fruit pouches are kind of my favorite thing but I never buy them because of the packaging waste. However, the road trip seemed like a good excuse and it was a nice treat.
I tried to eat this Chocolate Green Superfood bar.
Eeeeeeyuck! I had a bite, and I regretted it, the flavor tasted way off to me.
Unfortunately the superfood bar had been my main plan for the evening and I was starving by the time we made it to dinner. I had a slice of bread (x2).
I’m not 100% that this was vegan but I was starting to feel faint by the time we sat down.
For my meal I ordered a plain veggie wrap.
Another failure; the wrap was chunks of cold lettuce with cooked peppers, which I hate. I demolished the fries but couldn’t even choke down half of the sandwich.
Thankfully I had a better back up plan for dinner. I’ve been eyeing these Allergaroo packages for months and I was glad to have an excuse to buy one.
The nutritional stats were pretty impressive and the meal was super tasty and ready in under a minute. It would be super easy to stir in some veggies to this too.
All total this was probably my hardest day of the vegan challenge. I am still pretty hungry (starving actually) and will definitely do some snacking this evening. We are heading home tomorrow so I’ve got to soak in some family time but I’ll do a snack recap in the morning. Good night!
What “for kids” foods are you a fan of? I kind of love them all 😉
The boys stayed up past 4am last night playing video games and for some reason I thought it’d be a great idea to sit up with them. Nooooooooooo.
Somehow I managed to drag myself out of bed for breakfast around 10. I packed a packed of Apple and Cinnamon quick oats from home.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this (Adam got the packet in a med school care package). I wouldn’t go with added sugars and finer cut oats on a daily basis, but as a convenience item it was pretty tasty.
I also had a tropical fruit cup I found at the store last night.
There wasn’t a lot of fresh fruit available, we went at closing time, but the nutritional stats on this were pretty good.
Lunch was another marriage of home food and in-law food. The banana and almond butter packet from home,
on a hamburger bun.
Yums. I think this is a snack I will be repeating at home!
It’s nap time around the house now, but this afternoon we are going bowling! I had hoped to get in a run while we were here but my left leg hurts so bad I can barely walk, what the hell is the deal?!? Post-bowling we are going out to dinner, and I think the family consensus is Mexican, so we’ll have to see how many vegan choices I have. See you in a while, crocodiles!
How do you make your oatmeal? Microwave, stove top, quick oats, packets, overnight??? I do Old Fashioned Oats, but in the microwave or soaked overnight.
Just before 2am last night I got completely caught up with all of my reading. The sad thing is that I love the reading and find it really interesting so there is zero reason why I should have been behind in the first place!
In spite of sleep-deprevation I was pretty proud of my wardrobe choices, my outfit was actually inspired by a magazine article, something I never do (new).
I couldn’t get a good picture,
but you can see what I was going for.
My layers might have been a bit thick though, by the time I got my coat on I felt like the kid from A Christmas Story.
For breakfast I grabbed a biscuit with a little honey.
And I realized I was getting nothing done quickly at home so I grabbed some snacks and headed to school an hour early to study there.
I ate the Kind Bar during Chem at 5 and it was great but sadly the grapes when straight into the trash. I’ve been hearing for years how amazing frozen grapes taste but they made me gag.
To make up for my (overall) lack of produce I snagged lunch from the cafeteria.
A garlic wrap with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, banana peppers, black olives, and a little bit of sesame dressing.
I saved the banana for Anthro, alongside a large skim latte.
I was planning on attending a review session for the exam after class but I was the only loser who showed up so I told them to cancel it, boo. I got lots of work done on my own but the large coffee might have been a bad idea, I was literally shaking! I grabbed a snack from the vending machine to eat in the car in the hopes of evening out.
Soooo glad I tried this, this was a new brand to me and these are literally the best chips I’ve ever tasted! They were so tangy, and ridged like Ruffles but super thick. Plus, the bag had less than 200calories (comparable sizes seem to be 300+).
After classes I came home, picked up the husband, and headed straight to the gym. My new playlist helped me power through my workout; it was a great mix of old and new music with a good range of tempos.
40 minute playlist
The plan was treadmill time but both my shins were killing me so I took several long walks to loosen them up. In the end I did 52minutes, 4.5miles follwed by pt and some abs work.
Running killed my appettite, but I was hungry for ice-cream. I tried a new product – Cyclops Strawberry Greek Style Frozen Yogurt,
in a (new) ice-cream bowl from my grandma.
I had a half cup (plus a little) serving.
This was delicious! I loved the flavor although I wish it had been creamier, this was more like ice-cream than froyo.
In addition to taking a shower I also have to do my lab flow-chart for tomorrow morning before bed, gotta run!
Are you tired of the long, lame-o posts? Here’s what’s coming up soon on Eatventures –
After my last post I grabbed my People: Style Watch and headed out to the gym. The magazine was a total clock-killer, if I hadn’t gone so close to closing time I would have been totally motivated to keep going. As it was, I did 35minutes on the elliptical. My machine said that was worth 3.3miles but I was going at a pretty easy pace so I’m not sure how accurate that is. When I got home I did 25more minutes of strength training, stretching, and pt exercises.
After a quick shower it was time for a dinner I’ve been looking forward to all week; I finally recreated the Summer Bries sandwich from Serendipity3! Serendipity is my favorite restaurant on the planet – the atmosphere is fun and the food is fabulous! Plus it’s right off Lexington, one of my favorite streets on the planet! Serendipity is the spot I always would take visitors when I lived in the city: click on the links to see the recaps for some of those fun meals link 1 link 2.
I own the cookbook and even in my hands their desserts are amazing. However, while most people go to Serendipity for the ice-cream, I go for the sandwiches! My very favorite – The Summer Bries – is what I recreated tonight.
*Note – dinner was delayed by a mold problem, ugh! and I snacked on a few Cedar’s pita chips and feta spread. No pictures because I tried to pretend it wasn’t happening*
The sandwiches turned out divine! Whole wheat raisin pecan bread with 98% ff turkey, apple, alfalfa sprouts, brie, and homemade 1000island dressing. They got gooey in a 400* oven and turned into perfection. I had two smallish sandwiches,
Plus some oven-roasted brussels sprouts on the side.
Such a good dinner! I demolished the sandwiches but I did put back some of my mountain of brussels sprouts.
We are watching the season 2 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer so the bedtime goal is 11 – 11:30. Sweet dreams.
FEST Check-in, Day 2
Double Question Time!
