Moving Forward Monday

by Emily

I know it’s not really Monday, but a killer migraine ate my whole yesterday so let’s pretend 🙂 I set the alarm for 5am this morning to get myself back on track. If nothing else, I have accomplished a gym session today. I did a painful but easy run on the treadmill – 3.7miles, 40minutes. Followed by stretching and strength training – 100 abs reps, 50 arms reps. Once I walked home my heart rate monitor read 1hour, 503 calories.

Post gym, I took a quick shower and actually cleaned the house before Adam even awake! We have a lot more to do, frankly we let this place become a wreck! Among the headache fun yesterday, was when I attempted to cook some wontons and basically exploded the microwave. The catastrophe was actually a good thing though – a) we now know that our apartment has no working smoke alarms, and b) in dealing with the smell the apartment now smells like yummy pumpkins.

I’m icing my legs as I write this post so breakfast was quick and easy –

Almond Protein Plus Boomi Bar. This is my favorite flavor.

I was flipping through my day planner this morning and I kind of can’t belive how much excitement is coming up! Here is a short schedule of the rest of 2009 –

October 30 – fly to Ohio for my grandmother’s birthday
November 6 – fly to San Fransisco for the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival!
November 9 – big Chemistry test
November 12 – Chemistry quiz
November 14 – semi-formal at Adam’s school
November 25 – drive to Ohio for Thanksgiving
December 3 – Chemistry quiz
December 5 – Reindeer Run 5k
December 11 – Adam’s 24th birthday (and the start of Hanukkah)
December 19 – Chemistry final
December 21 – fly to St. Thomas for Christmas break
December 24 – my family’s annual Christmas Eve party
December 25 – Christmas
December 28 – Adam and My 2nd anniversary!

Even busier? Today! I have so much to do this week it makes my head spin. Which is why I’m going to go hop to it. Peace!

What was your last kitchen catastrophe?

Don’t forget to enter my Zevia giveaway.

23Oct2009

Soggy

by Emily

After my lovely lunch I sent some e-mails and did some intense kitchen cleaning. We still have lots of cleaning to do this weekend (I discovered mold in my shower!) but it’s nice to feel a little more organized. I also worked on our meal plan for this week. unfortunately then the water main upstairs exploded and suddenly our apartment was not so delightfully wet! Thankfully the maintainance man came and dealt with it before Adam even got home and when Adam did get home he brought me a package!

Yay! I prepped for the gym by putting on an entirely new running outfit,

and chugging a purple Rockstar. Adam insisted on sharing with me and being in the picture.

Rockstar buzz, check. Sigg full of h2o, check. 60minute playlist, check. New running tank with a built in bra, check. Heart rate monitor, forgotten, darn it! I was ready for the treadmill. I did a bizarre combination of run/walk intervals for a total 5.7miles in 60minutes.

I wanted to ice my legs before my shower so I settled in with my other Amy’s sample, my defrosted Organic Lemon Poppyseed Cake.

Sadly I wasn’t a fan, I only took two bites before the husband demolished it. Not all was lost though, I g-chatted with my friend Ian while I iced which was a nice distraction.

Now as soon as I shower we are heading to Wegmans to do our grocery shopping. I have a nice fall meal planned for tonight that I am excited about. See you for dinner!

Do you g-chat? I hardly ever do. I miss AIM!

21Oct2009

Sleepless

by Emily

Ack! The title is literal, I did not sleep last night! I don’t know whether it was my general insomnia, drinking coffee in the evening, working out in the evening, or a combo of the above but I didn’t stop tossing and turning until after 6am. I slept until 9:30 and I feel ok now but I’m definitely frustrated. Among other things, my am work out was clearly pushed back until tomorrow.

I’m eating this Apricot Cashew Boomi Bar for a quick breakfast,

and then I’m getting straight to the school work. Happy Hump Day folks!

P.S. Pretty please go here and vote for me!

20Oct2009

Ice Ice Baby

by Emily

It’s been a busy, but random. I had plans of getting up early but the husband felt like studying until 1am last night which totally threw me off. When we were in the city and my job was crazy he was always mad at me for staying up until 4am while he tried to sleep (especially difficult in our one room apartment!). Here, where he is in medical school and I do nothing am not, the situation is reversed. We have multiple rooms now but I’ve found I have a hard time falling asleep without him around – cheesy relationship moment alert!!!

When I did get up at 10 this morning I went straight to the phone for the next 3 hours! I don’t know if I actually accomplished that much, but at least I got the ball rolling! My hunger was totally off and I ended up eating the last serving of pretzels for breakfast!

Unhealthiness aside, here is a healthy tip: buy a food scale! I’m not saying you need to be obsessive and measure everything you put in your mouth, but things like pretzel nuggets add up faster than you think – a serving of those bad boys is ONE ounce. Once you are eating pretzels straight out of the bag for breakfast, there is no way you are going to pull out a measuring cup. But plopping the bag on the food scale? Easy. (P.S. My scale read 1 and 1/4 oz, so with the weight of the bag I had a perfect serving left)

At 1pm – once I had at very least left a message with every single number on my list – I set out for the gym sat on the couch and kissed Adam and stole some slices of his turkey pepperoni. I ended up pushing the gym back to the end of the evening in favor of going to the post-office and being dropped off at the Spot. I worked on Chemistry by myself for a while before Caroline met me for some group studying. By myself I got a late lunch.

A big diet coke and a turkey cajun wrap (turkey, lettuce, tomato, pepperjack cheese, cajun sauce, ww wrap).

The salad looked over-dressed so I didn’t even taste it, but I demolished the sandwich.

During my social studying I also had a medium pumpkin pie latte (pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon; 1pump syrup, skim milk).

Yums.

Caroline dropped me off at home at 9 and after so very brief glancing at the magazines I got in the mail we set out for the gym. It was about time too, I’d been rocking this look since 10am!

I always work out in baggy t-shirts but I went ahead and bought some running tank tops last weekend. Somehow I feel more “official,” not that I look too fine in that picture!! I’ll show you all of my new finds as I wear them; this one was $4 at Target.

On the treadmill I did 10minute warm up – 20minute run – 5 minute cool down. In the end the totals were 3.25miles and 361 calories. My legs are still crazy bothering me (my knees, hips, ankles often hurt but lately it is an intense pain in my calves!). I did a lot of stretching when I got home and now I am trying icing them.

We’ll see how it goes.

I can’t believe I’m doing such a late recap post but considering that dinner just kind of never happened I guess it’s not that surprising! I got a lot done today, but tomorrow is still going to be jam-packed. We just found out our in-laws are visiting this weekend which makes this week even busier. I’ve got to go deal with my ice bags and take a shower, see you in the am!

Do you ice? Any tips for me?

17Oct2009

Jay and Silent Bob Go to Duwalli

by Emily

Let’s be honest – I’m a bit drunk and it’s been a long day. This will be quick 🙂

Oh man, what a Saturday! Sorry to not post all day but it was pretty busy. We got up at 9 and headed straight for the gym, the husband kind of never goes so I’m always up for a trip when he is. My run was terrible again, what is the deal?!? In the end, I did 3.5miles / 37minutes / 397calories.

I mentioned when we did our closet switch last week that neither Adam or I really has a winter wardrobe, well today was the day to rectify that. I know some girls love to shop, and I do love clothes and bags, but shopping itself is pretty tedious to me. My mom is the best shopper on earth and I think my lack of mall-enthusiasm is her only real complaint about me! 🙂

We packed a bag of grapes to share but they ended up being inedible.

So we hit up the food court for lunch a few stores in.

I got steamed veggies and grilled bourbon chicken.

When I was growing up we didn’t have a mall, and when we visited the states I was obsessed with getting bourbon chicken at the mall! Today I killed the veggies but split most of the chicken with the husband.

Shopping ended up going very well. We were at the mall for HOURS, but we are 99% done! The husband and I are officially both ready for winter. Plus we found many things on sale (like the children’s snow boots I bought). This is my “we are leaving the mall after 5 face” –

We rewarded ourselves for a day well shopped by driving to Anderson’s for ice-cream.

I got pumpkin soft-serve with peanut butter cups. Mmmmn.

We had to rush, rush, rush as soon as we got home to get dressed in semi-formal clothing. Our evening event was put on by a group at Adam’s medical school; Duwalli is India’s festival of lights. There was an open bar so I got boxed white vinfindel x2.

I ate two samosas while we mingled.

And it a bit it was time for dinner.

The food was fantastic, all authentic, spicy, and delicious. I have no idea what I ate, but it was mostly veggies with a little chicken.

And spiced rice pudding for dessert.

After dinner there was an Indian dance presentation. I loved watching, the music was catchy and everyone’s saris were beautiful. There was plain old dancing afterwards but we left with a friend to talk in a more quiet spot. We ended up at Wine Thief, which was quite fun.

I had a great glass of riesling (this pushed me a bit over the edge).

We got home by 11 and I might have drunkenly eaten two small rolls while I blogged,

and now I’m going to tumble into bed! See you in the morning!

Have you seen Mallrats? If not, do!

16Oct2009

Pineapple Paradise

by Emily

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.

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.

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.

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?

11Oct2009

Tastes of Fall

by Emily

Another productive day, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the streak continues! Plus, I’ve full-force started eating “October food,” another trend I hope to continue 🙂 After my breakfast post I attempted to do a little work, but Adam and I realized we were way too distracting to each other at home,

so we packed up our stuff and went to a coffee shop to work!

All my diet soda talk in the last post got me craving one, so that’s what I had!

The husband got a fancy shmancy hot chocolate.

We were at The Spot, so you know I wanted a Mike’s Sandwich, but when I thought about all the food fun I had planned at home I decided to resist. We studied for 4hours and I got a huge chunk of Chemistry work done.

On the way home I had the husband drop me at the gym. It was not so fabulous. My foot still hurts and my calves were really really tight. I really need to talk to a professional about strength-building/stretching exercises for my calves, knees, and hips. In the end I did 2.83 miles on the treadmill, and tons of stretching, for 36minutes and 361 calories.

After my shower we closet swapped our summer stuff for winter duds. Folks, we need to go shopping. I have almost no winter wardrobe. In NYC I dressed inappropriately and just dealt with being cold and uncomfortable, but that is not going to fly here in Buffalo (I’ll die!). We scheduled in a big mall trip for next weekend – p.s. we budgeted for this already.

Then, the foodie fun began! I made my first pumpkin pie through a straw of the season.

1/2C 2C “>Stoneyfield Farms Lowfat Vanilla Frozen Yogurt, 1C pumpkin puree, 1T maple syrup, 1/2C skim milk, dash cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.

So good!

While I was drinking “pie,” I started baking pie! I made a Maple Spice Pie from one of my favorite cookbooks, Pie, Pie, Pie: Easy Homemade Favorites, by John Phillip Carroll. I used a Wholly Wholesome Organic Whole Wheat Pie Shell.

Small blip, apparently you need maple syrup for a maple pie, who knew?!

After an emergency run to the store things were back on track. It had to set, so I started dinner before diving into dessert. This combo came (basically) from the September issue of Health (recipe here). Tofu and eggplant with cabbage over soba noodles.

I swapped tamari and worchestire (sp?) for miso and sesame seeds for sesame oil, but other than that I followed the recipe. It was wonderful, I loved the soba noodles and the texture of the tofu was great.

I had more pumpkin alongside dinner, Wolaver’s Organic Will Steven’s Pumpkin Ale.

And then finally it was time for dessert!

The pie was good, but super messy. The inside tasted like caramel apples to me!

I took a huge slice and actually made myself a bit sick 😦 Now it is time for bed, I’ve got to get my sleep if I want another productive day!

What fall foods have you enjoyed this year?

10Oct2009

Delayed Gratification

by Emily

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!

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

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.

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

And finally a glass of POM Nectarine juice.

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 –

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

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.

Eating Chalk

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Moving Forward Monday

Soggy

Sleepless

Ice Ice Baby

Jay and Silent Bob Go to Duwalli

Pineapple Paradise

Tastes of Fall

Delayed Gratification