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I Think I Found My Motivation

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Woot! Woot!  My to-do’s finally got off-schedule for good reasons.  I’ve been so unmotivated the past week, everything feels like I’m moving in slow-motion and I got behind on my work, training schedule, life!  Now I am not only caught up, but slightly ahead 🙂  I had to push back my kitchen time but it’s a small price to pay.

After my 5hrs at the coffee shop I did 2.5more here.  I am halfway done with the online work due Monday.  While I worked I fueled up for the gym.

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Stoneyfield YoKids Lowfat Strawberry/Vanilla yogurt, sliced black plum, Justin’s Nut Butters Honey Almond Butter packet.  So satisfying.

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Around 8 Adam and I headed to the gym for some treadmill time.  My training schedule had 2miles for today and I decided to work on speed.

  • I did Mile 1 in 8minutes 11seconds
  • Mile 2 in 8minutes 35seconds
  • with warm up/between miles break/cool down I did 27minutes
  • and burned 287calories

Since cooked dinner got cooked back (but mostly because we had a coupon which is exciting to me) Adam convinced me to get Pizza Hut for dinner.  We did green peppers, green olives, and mushrooms.

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I had this x3 (that’s a small plate).

To drink/for dessert I made this hottness –

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I’ve been mulling this idea over for a week and I think it was a success: 2 So Delicious Dairy Free Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches + 5cubes ice + big splash skim milk + blending = cookies and cream inspired milkshake for ~200calories.

I’ve still got to shower (we ate slowly and watched a Bones rerun online) so I’m out for the evening, peace!

Do you ever reformat foods?  I was pretty proud of my sandwich to shake idea.

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?

Hello, Again

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What a week it’s been!  But today it was finally time to rejoin the world of the living.  I got in bed before 10 last night but I didn’t get much sleep because I slept so terribly.  Still, at 9am I pushed myself out of bed.  I put on my workout clothes but I was feeling a little light-headed and our water was empty (we have a Brita filter pitcher, when we refill it we have to give it time to drain through the filter) so I decided breakfast and computer work were in order first.

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This combination did not disappoint, again.

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Plain fat free Oikos, 1t Crofter’s Superfruit North America Spread, 1.5T TJ’s Sun Butter, Orange Cranberry Gnu Bar.

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Yums.

The husband texted that he would go to the gym with me so I messed around and did business e-mails waiting for him.  For lunch I ate a sliced apple with leftover cheese,

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and 2servings of tortilla chips.

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The chips are leftover from our get-together last weekend, we clearly need to go to the grocery store!

And now Adam is home and we are headed out to the gym.  See you this evening.

Have you tried the Greek yogurt and nut butter combo yet?  Don’t wait, do it now!

back 2 skool, yayz!

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School has officially started!  There was something very satisfying about being a student today and not a teacher like the last two years.  Of course I’m sad that I can only take one course this semester, but I’m very happy to start chipping away at my long list of prerequisite requirements; I’m on my way!

I woke up around 7:30 today when Adam left for school and got to work creating my half marathon training schedule.  Then I had to actually implement it – I did 2miles on the treadmilll.  With warm up/cool down it was ultimately 2.3miles in 24minutes.  Afterwards I did abs (100reps) and stretching, bringing my total to 34minutes, 330calories.

I got a little behind schedule, so after a shower I had to rush to my hospital volunteering shift.  I’ll be doing 10-2 every Monday.  I walked to the bank on my way home, and at 2:40 I had yet to eat anything for the day.  I knew my first meal had to be something special.

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I hated the flavor, but liked the texture of this PB Gnu Bar, so I knew it was the perfect way to add fiber to this bowl.

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  • Oikos Fat Free Plain Greek Yogurt
  • 1.5t Crofter’s Organic Superfruit Asia Spread
  • 1.5t TJ’s Sunbutter
  • Peanut Butter Gnu Bar

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The only problem now is that I want to eat this for every meal for the rest of my life!  The mix of sunbutter and greek yogurt truly might be the best thing on earth!

While I drooled over my bowl I got myself ready for the new school year – I printed out all the online materials, organized them and my Chemistry for Dummiesnotes into a binder, and made a google calendar of important assignment dates.  I finished up my work with a small plate of crackers and the last of the homemade french onion dip.

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Adam was a sweetheart and drove me to my first class.  Mondays and Wednesdays class will be from 6:30-7:50, and on Thursday it’s 5:00-8:50.  The class seems ok so far, but I know it will be challenging for me.  The professor said that in order to achieve success most students study at least 7-10hours a week.

When we got home we took a walk to the post office and stopped at the gas station because my hormones have made me very angry that there’s been no candy in the house.  I stalked up and Adam bought an ice-cream Snickers.

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He must be the nicest bear in the world, because he gave me a big bite!

For dinner I did leftovers and a quick salad.

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I prefer noodles cold so I ate my portion straight from the container.  Note: I also ate 4big bites before I could manage to take a picture.

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My salad was organic spring mix lettuce, Newman’s Own Asian Sesame Salad Spritzer, Newman’s Own Organic Dried Apples, and chunks of leftover party cheese.

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To drink I had my plain Ooba sample.

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We watched Bones while I ate and for dessert I tucked into my new candy stash – Sprees.

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I realize this isn’t exactly a health food, but I do love that a whole package has less than 200calories.

Now it is a late late bedtime, clearly I have to skip tv time on class nights!  See you in the am.

Did you ever take chemistry?  How did you do?  I was a 4.0 student in high school until I took chemistry, so I am understandably a little freaked out!

Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job

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I ate breakfast on the go this morning while I walked to volunteering.

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Stoneyfield Farm Lowfat Strawberry Smoothie and a Cinnamon Raisin Gnu Bar.  This was the perfect combination.  I’ve tried every flavor of my Gnu Bar samples now, and cinnamon raisin is one of my favorites.

For lunch I hit up the hospital’s sandwich bar.

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Jalopeno wrap with chicken salad, banana peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, pickles, spinach, and chipotle sauce.

I’ve been drinking a diet soda with lunch but it is a Pepsi place, and I hate Diet Pepsi, so it seemed a little silly.  I don’t mind that I drink (a lot of) diet soda, even though many people think it’s too unhealthy, because I get so much enjoyment out of it, so a flavor I don’t like is hard to justify.  Today I brought a Snapple-On-the-Go Diet Pink Lemonade packet that I bought on a whim the other day.

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Delish!  And it got me to drink a water with lunch, which I always should but never do.

Volunteering was a little busier, which was a nice change of pace.  One lady said I was their best volunteer and it kind of made my day 🙂

On a similar note, I’m sure some of you are wondering why I don’t have a job.  No, I am not planning on living off Adam’s loans.  80hours+ of volunteer service was a prereq for the programs I am applying to so that took priority until school starts.  Next week when my class starts I will be moving to one (4hour) volunteering shift a week.  I will also – fingers crossed – get a job then.  I am hoping to substitute teach and get a waitressing job.  However, I can’t apply for the restaurant job until I know the situation with substituting, and that won’t happen until after Labor Day.  For now, I am enjoying the lack of responsibility and being proud of myself that I’ve saved enough money that it’s not a big deal.

My plan was to study after volunteering, but we got some sad news from back home and it kind of nixed my motivation.  The husband is dying to see District-9, so I just might join him for a movie!  I’ll let you know at dinner.

What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without working?  I started a part-time job when I was 15 and have pretty much worked ever since.  I waitressed through college and had two jobs I went back to at home over every break.  The two years I taught were the only time in forever that I haven’t been waitressing, and I’m actually excited to get back to it.

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.

Superfruit Squared

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Good morning all!  I didn’t sleep very well last night but the encouraging comments from my fabulous readers at least had me in a better frame of mind 🙂

No amount of positivity, however, could save my baking skills.  Through a series of mistakes (I wrote them down and I think I can fix it next time) this was my sourdough “loaf.”

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It looks more like Naan!  I am going to try a hunk with lunch but I’m not holding my breath.

I moved past my bread failure, aware that I need to get ready for chemistry review, to make myself a super breakfast.

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Stoneyfield Super fruit Fat Free Yogurt + Crofter’s Europe Superfruit Spread + 2 farmers’ market plums =

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Ahh.  I’m betting there was a pretty darn healthy level of antioxidants in this bowl.  I wasn’t all that impressed with the yogurt or the fruit (I think my plums aren’t quite ripe) but the spread beyond saved this bowl.  It was unbelievable.  Plus, when I got this sample in the mail I about died of happiness – every jar has a bear…holding a berry!

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I call my husband bear so we get pretty excited about them.  For example, did you meet Ulrick?

As soon as I’m presentable I am heading to the coffee shop downstairs to get my study on.  Be back this afternoon!

What is your nickname?  Adam calls me Mouse (or Mife, i.e. mouse + wife), my parents used to call me Bug, and most of my friends call me Wax.

p.s. today is Adam’s first final, think smart thoughts for him!

To Market

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What a day!  Saturday is only half over and I am grinning from ear to ear  🙂

Most of our agenda so far has been shopping.  We started at the farmers’ market.

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I loved getting to explore a new farmers’ market, and this isn’t even the only one in town!  There was tons of fresh produce and we bought some great veggies to use this week.  The produce there is definitelymore expensive than at the grocery store, but I think it’s worth it.  One, when you consider that the veggies are basically organic it doesn’t seem as expensive.  Two, in addition to getting food for your family you are helping the famers to put food on their tables; these markets help to support small local businesses.

Next we went to Target for some cleaning supplies and cards.  I got handed a free sample of Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters so I ate them in the car.

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The taste was ok, but it would have been a bazillion times better if made by hand, or at least Lara Bar style.

Our final stop was food shopping at Wegmans.  Adam was starving (it was after 1:30) so we decided to do lunch at the salad bar.

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Yums!  All this was less than $6.  I got blanched cauliflower and curry cauliflower,

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General Tso’s Tofu and steamed veggies,

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and one piece of sesame chicken.

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My plan of attack with buffet situations is to do 90/10 healthy food to splurge.  I also like to stick to a majority of veggies.  I am especially pleased with Wegman’s salad bar because they post the calories for most items.  For example – I wasn’t going to get the tofu because I figured it was deep fried, but then I saw that it was 210calories for 1cup.

After we got home and unloaded all of our purchases I made my best snack ever.  This –

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equals perfection.

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  • Stoneyfield Fat Free Plain Yogurt
  • 1/3 a Jonasgold apple
  • sprinkle of cinnamon
  • crumbled Cinnabon Breakfast Bar [yes mom, this was from the box I bought you]

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We finished most of our fun, now I have to tackle our practical to do’s.  See you for dinner.

What is your plan of attack at buffets? 

Do you shop at farmers’ markets?