G L O R I O U S!

my run was fantastic! 3 .5 loops around campus ( which i tracked down to 1.25+ miles each loop.. ) in 33 minutes! It was just before a spout of rain so I got great breezes and running with no pain now for a week has been well GLORIOUS!

Lunch: no pic b/c it was leftovers from last night.. whole wheat pasta, grilled chicken in tomato sauce with extra added veggies.. and a few ( 4-5 ) dark chocolate chips.

Still havent finished paper but have made progress and I made dinner too…. Laural’s Mexican Pie

Gastronomy Class was also GLORIOUS!
We blind taste tested DARK CHOCOLATE!! and colas ( ick! ) …

I loved the dark bitter chocolates but couldnt stand any of the sodas..

This was my smoothie on top of a 1/2 cup mix of these cereals total. It was like eating crunchy melty ice cream for breakfast.

Smoothie for Two:
1 scoop new protein powder.. i dont know the brand
1 cup 1 % milk

1 frozen banana

1/4 cup each of frozen cherries, frozen wild blueberries, peaches

1 T ground flax

teaspoon-ish of chobani ( there was only a little left!)

On to my response paper for African American Health and a run (maybe on campus ? )

Monday Monday Monday!

So after I got home from the store I put away all the goodies and had lunch!

Lunch:
Whole Wheat Fettucinni
Half Chobani Greek Plain and a drizzle of Annies Goddess Dressing
Fresh cut Veggies
Buffalo Grilled Chicken (2 oz)
leftover “fried” zuchinni, tomato ( I used a batter of egg white and chobani, then dipped in a 1:1 ratio mix of cornmeal & ww flour, then dropped in a pan with a thin coat of Smart Balance Oil…)

Yum!

After lunch I cooked dinner! ( see pic below! )I found it a great way to not nibble as I go because I was full from lunch.. I cooked grilled chicken breasts, hunts tomato sauce with added frozen (thawed) bell pepper mix and spinach… and i had cooked the linguini on sunday to last for a few days this week.. ( tonight I had class 4-7, then therapy with Jacob 7-8:30 so long night!)

Soul:

I attempted to use a new drain opener enzyme b/c our old sink keeps cloggin up! ick! Only problem is you can’t run the sink for 6 hours post use… so I poured it down and went to finish up more laundry ( for Jeff- he usually does his own but I figured I would help him out b/c he is slammed at work this week)…Therapy with Jacob is totally therapeutic for me too- Its such an amazing time to see him progress and communicate!

Also, I Meditated earlier today after….

Body:
Yoga! 30 minutes felt AMAZING
yoga came after my strength training:
BBQ A ( lots of Abs today! 6 pack here i come!)

Mind: Read four more chapters of Gastronomical Me ( due Sept. 23 not tomorrow as I had thought thank goodness!!!).. AND at class tonight we worked on research for a lit review and next week we are supposed to have our “matrix” done. Well, I stayed after my group left and did the matrix for my articles, then emailed it to the group so they could copy and paste in their articles… that way we will stay ahead of schedule and I was motivated to do it!

Dinner: ( 9:00 pm .. i know its late! but I had a plan! ) thats a glass of lemonade NOT dirty water! I had grabbed an unpictured snack of nuts/cranberries/annies honey bunnies on the way to class at 4:00 to hold me over!

I am totally up for some dessert now ( blueberry cream pie ice cream or moose tracks.. hmmm???) and relaxing!

***** I totally had BOTH! I had a scoop ( literally the ice cream scoop worth) of each, plus a few bits of chocolate fudge in the moose tracks. Jeff and I both agreed we wanted more, but thankfully we both decided we were happy with the amount we had! ****

Grocery Store!

Here is what I got from the store this morning!! Yah I love having my house “stocked”, especially since we are away this weekend… coming home sunday will be like “ahh” instead of ” okay gotta figure out what to make with nothing!!” Food: Lots of frozen fruit and veggies to have on stock for quick meals/ smoothies, Powerade Zero ( now that I am running again I will have to rehydrate… when I get to longer (40-60 minute) runs I will go for regular powerade but for now the 2-3 -4 miles don’t require too much electrolyte replenishing!
Protein powder ( never had it before so keep your fingers crossed its good!) … True North Nut mix ( pecans, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, almost-perfect mix- i wish it had cashews)

And some non food stuff… A swiffer!!!!! I also bought ( if you can see on the right) a travel size

hairspray, travel size toothpaste, travel size “Wrinkle Releaser” I hope it works on my dress for the wedding- I want to bring a carry on only so I expect wrinkles!, and Zyrtec ( finally they came out with an OTC for indoor allergies, and to boot- a cheaper generic! i hope this helps with my asthma which is super expensive every month!)