Monday!

Body:

I had my first official Golf Lesson!
Jeff got me 3 golf lessons with a PGA Pro as a present quite a bit ago, but I had been running, or rehabing my knee , working, in classes, etc.  So I finally got to attend my first lesson and man, are my arms and back tired! I started playing for real with Jeff the first year, shortly after we met. It turns out, I am pretty good but not consistent nor have I played the game enough to really understand why!

Today I learned some great tips and things to work on at home but overall the Pro was impressed with the power and speed of my swing and that I had such good form right away. I am so pumped up for going golfing this friday, saturday and sunday with Jeff’s Aunt and Uncle !!  I have my second lesson this thursday and am saving a lesson for the future!

Yoga: I also did a lovely 30 minute yoga session with my DVD and some moves from the Detox Flow on yogadownloads.com.  Stretching was exactly what my muscles needed!
 
Mind:
Fixed my situation for summer class! I met with the financial aid people and got the $$ package set for taking Microbiology this summer for the first six week session! I missed classes so I will have to work my butt off to catch up but it will be better now than while doing my thesis!

I emailed the professor about catching up but he hasn’t yet got back to me.

I also emailed a classmate about any work her boss-lady Dietician may have or know of. Keep your fingers crossed!

I have been slowly catching up with commenting and all the blogs I love to read- so thanks for keepin up with me! I really wanted to say Thank You to my new friend Sarah and Moran of The Running Addict, Lara of Thinspired, and Erica of Itzy’s Kitchen-  You have all been incredibly helpful to me and I can’t thank you enough for being such wonderful people!

Soul:
I am so happy about the summer class and getting financial aid for it! Phew!  Big weight off my chest there!

I finally got to take golf lessons I had been meaning to and I am proud of myself for staying positive with this whole job thing.

Oh and its the finale of Dancing with The Stars AND The series premier of The Bachelorette. I am addicted to nonsense TV shows but I think after all the studying and all the exercise I do, it helps me zone out which I need sometimes!!!

Eats:

 
Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal
I made it with ground flax, steel cut quick oats, water, organic raisins and a little protein powder for staying power. Also of course, a Tb of peanut butter. PB is just such a delicious contrast to the oats. 

Pineapple on the side- did you know that it is supposed to help with joints? I have been trying to eat more of it lately for that purpose ( and its easy because its delicious!).

Lunch:

Chobani Strawberry, Half a banana with pb, the last of my ricotta mixed with grape jelly.

Snack
 
Orange and a mini turkey sandwich on whole wheat.

Dinner:

Jeff grilled steaks that were on special this week at Harris Teeter. I baked two locally grown sweet potatoes and threw together a quick white sauce with a little horseradish, melted brie, and baby bella mushrooms for on top of the steak. We threw together salads of organic baby greens, shreds of zuchinni, locally grown sprouts, and some more shrooms.

Going Backwards…

So right now we are watching the third Lord of The Rings movie, neither of us have seen it and we watched the second earlier today. We are trying to figure out what to do for dinner so it will have to be a surprise for the morning!

Body:
Gym- short 30 minute elliptical session just to stay loose and I am going to do some yoga before I go to bed…

Mind:
I finally got the yoga downloads to work!!  For whatever reason, I have been trying to download them for months now and have been unsuccessful of getting them to download to my computer after getting them into my account. They always freeze mid-download until today! Woohoo!

Soul:
It has been raining for two+ days straight! Blech! And it is chilly- there are all kinds of winter storm warnings too! We are supposed to get up to 6 inches of snow! I bet everyone has a snow day tomorrow! Since I am on Spring Break, it will be cool if I get to hang out with people normally not on break.

We’ll see!!
Does anyone remember how excited you would get at the chance of a snow day when you were young? Sometimes I would be so excited I couldn’t sleep!

Alright, going backwards from just a few hours ago with a snack to yesterday’s festivities, Here is my food- life in photos:

Snack:
Chobani Strawberry and Kashi Go Lean

Lunch:
Organic Herb greens with black beans, tofu and veggies ( broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zuchinni, red pepper, snow peas and a snap pea) with a little Goddess Dressing..

Taco Tofu! I have been marinating extra firm tofu in taco seasoning and lime juice and pressed it under a plate for a two days. I just heated it up in the skillet, flipping it on all its sides.

It was my favorite tofu so far.

Sunday Breakfast
Cinnamon French Toast Triangles with some greek yogurt and blueberries

Saturday Recap:
I had a beer at the fundraiser! It was similar to blue moon, a belgian wheat/white ale called “shocktop” .

We ordered food shortly after because that run had me starving! I ordered a Reuben and split it with Jeff

He had ordered a sampler for the table and I had a fried mushroom from it.

We ended up staying out all night! After they finished the fundraiser we met our other friends at a Sushi Bar.

(Brit, Andrea and Me).
We used to go there quite often but I ended up usually not feeling well, despite ordering non-shellfish containing items. Considering cross contamination is probably highly likely with the rolling and knives etc, it is tough for me to order food there and trust that it had not been prepared on something that already touched shellfish prior.

Long story long, I got a salad with ginger dressing, miso soup and edamame.

I also ordered a Lychee Martini. If you have never had lychee fruits, they tastes very similar to grapefruit but slightly more sweet in comparison. You can get gummy lychee fruits at asian supermarkets I believe, my friend at school always has them and shares with me so hence the inspiration when ordering this guy. I only had a couple sips though and was glad to share the rest with Andrea.

Nate ordered two banana desserts for everyone to share! The banana was tempura fried and there was ice cream and whip cream and chocolate sauce. I was highly disappointed that I only got one bite of a banana and two bites of ice cream even though Tim (Brit’s bf) swears he didn’t get any at all! I would have probably finished one of these desserts entirely on my own had I the opportunity.

After this guy, we headed back to Andrea and Nate’s to play Wii until the Wee hours of the morning.

There was our friend “before” he got his head shaved- too bad I couldn’t get an after shot- he had already left to shower off all the hair clippings! ah well… next year and maybe even Jeff will do it?

Photo Full Thursday!

 
Dinner:
Leftover chicken carbonara with extra spinach and fresh salsa.

Snack/Lab
On the left, fettucini alfredo and on the right was another group’s tomato polenta with our Spinach Pesto Farro.

Lunch:
Herb Organic Greens with a dollop of hummus and leftover noodles from carbonara with hard boiled egg whites and salsa.


Breakfast:

Fruit on top of chobani plain with oats ( water, pumpkin, oats microwaved) a little banana and peanut butter and cinnamon
 

Was anyone surprised I did my food first and started from dinner going back to breakfast? I like to switch up things often so hopefully it doesn’t bother readers?!

Body:
Went for a 3.2 mile run… I didn’t think about time or speed, I just wanted to get in a run!

Mind:
Lab! Our principles were “Sauces” and “Starches” this week. We made spinach pesto farro and fettucini alfredo from a basic white sauce.
 
Farro is basically Spelt or Wheatberries, it is a very chewey tough grain but it kinda bursts the way steel cut oats do. We soaked these bad boys overnight in water and then boiled them with a dash of salt for 20 minutes. Drained… and tossed in the sauce. Pseudograins such as these (buckwheat, kasha…) are much higher in protein than most grains. If you have tried wheatberries, spelt and farro are almost identical. Farro is actually an “ancient” being one of the first grains discovered. Spelt and farro (emmer) prepared are typically referred to as wheatberries, however they are all species of the same grain. Farro is considered to be the “best in flavor”. They all taste identical to me!
You can get spelt and wheatberries in bulk, dried at Whole Foods probably elsewhere for sure.
 

We tossed ours in a pesto sauce that we made using a food processor. We took fresh organic spinach, organic pine nuts, organic lemon juice and zest, salt and pepper and blended it with olive oil until creamy. We mixed in grated parmesean cheese.

Tossed the dressing with the farro- topped with parm.

 

For the Alfredo, we used a basic white sauce ( on the right for our sensory evaluation) and added nutmeg, lemon zest and juice, parm cheese, salt and pepper.

 
We tossed that in fettucinni noodles.

White Sauce (bechamel):

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter

¼ cup all-purpose flour, sifted

2 cups warm whole milk

½ teaspoon salt

Melted the butter, whisked in the flour, slowly added milk , seasoned with salt.

Easy as cake, but not flavorful at ALL!

So, for the Alfredo:

¾ cups white sauce (béchamel)

2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice (~from about ½ lemon)

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

Salt

Spinach Pesto (makes 1 cup)

2 cups (tightly packed) baby spinach leaves (about 2 oz)

¼ cup toasted pine nuts

1 to 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (from about 1 lemon)

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from about ½ lemon)

1/3 cup olive oil

1/3 cups and 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

½ teaspoon salt, plus more to taste

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus to taste

Toast pine nuts, mix first four ingredients in food processor. Add in oil, mix in the remainder ingredients.

Phew, we have our second exam for that class the tuesday we get back from…

SPRING BREAK! Yes folks, I am officially on spring break as of 3:20 pm today. I have no idea what I will be doing other than studying but we’ll see!

Soul:
 
My first to do item on Spring Break was to take Jack for a walk, and take a nap for myself. Jeff and I fell asleep mid afternoon on the sofa and it was exactly what I needed. I have no idea why I was so tired but it felt great!

Thursday night TV! Since I have the next 10 days to do with as I please- I will be catching up on blogs later or tomorrow morning during breakfast!

Mish Mosh Lunch and Chicken Salad Dinner

Lunch:

Asparagus spears in sicilian sauce with a little cheese (Sargento Reduced Fat Mexican)

Apple crisp sprinkled with cheese, I heard about apple pies with cheddar on top and figured I’d give it a whirl. Honestly, it was delicious but you couldn’t taste the cheese at all.

On the side I had a chobani nonfat greek Strawberry Yogurt with half of a whole wheat British Muffin.

The Snowman says “Yay!”

Dinner:

Super Easy Super Healthy Chicken Salad

Ingredients:
I sliced up red grapes, length wise (about 2 cups)
Chopped Organic Celery Hearts ( I used 1 bunch)
1 green onion chopped
Boiled Chicken Breasts… (I did three here and it took about 20 minutes). let them cool, then pulled the chicken apart and into the bowl ( boiling makes it super easy to pull apart for “shredded chicken” )
Then I binded everything with:
1 container of Chobani Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt ( the 5.3 oz size , but I could have used the bigger tub)
1 big Tablespoon Helmann’s Fat Free Mayonaisse ( its about 25 calories, 0 g fat)
Salt
Cracked Black Pepper
Stir and let sit in the fridge for about 2 hours.
That whole bowl ( it is big! it holds 8 cups) is total less than 600 calories, 108 g protein, No Fat ( well, about 1 g from the chicken but i took off what I could see). It also offers fruit, veggies, and calcium!

It was delicious!
I used a whole wheat wrap and added sliced purple cabbage, sliced raw almonds and hot sauce!

Toasted Cinnamon Almonds

…are the best! I got this big bag of raw sliced almonds from Trader Joes (~ $4) so that I could do a special appetizer for Momma Mo’s tree trimming tonight! Well this bag should last me quite a long time, even though it was the smallest bag they had…

I toasted them in the pan while I cooked two pieces of egg white french toast and sprinkle cinnamon over all of it. I heated up frozen blueberries, frozen mango, and frozen pineapple. Chobani Nonfat Greek Yogurt on the side- I swear this is just soooo delicious . If you haven’t tried this yogurt and you like yogurt with fruit on the bottom- you must try this! Its delicious!

Up top with black coffee in my snowman mug!

Today, I’m hoping to get in a run and look into getting a job and prepare the dish for this evening! Happy Tuesday!

Lunch

Chobani Blueberry
Salad with:
green beans (frozen organic heated in the microwave)
leftover Salmon (from Kanki last night)
little rice and veggies (from Kanki)
some Goddess Dressing

Half of a whole wheat wrap with some of the salmon.

Body:
Run…5 miles… 41 minutes. Woohoo!

Mind:
Studied, Studied Studied for Metabolism Exam tomorrow afternoon!

Soul:
I love running

I had so much fun doing the taste test stuff! and it was a nice break from studying, I made dinner and cleaned up the kitchen and Jeff gave Jack a bath. Because Jack ran away but came back an hour later and smelled worse than awful!

Put a new wallflower in some kind of christmas noel scent-

Did some domain searching for a new blog site. I want to be able to make sections for recipes, nutrition course info, exercise info etc.

Christmas Party 08

Appetizer Hour:
My Glass #1 of Sonoma Merlot, Jeff’s Glass of Bass

Oh My gosh… quite possible this was the best cheese I have ever had

Brie with Cranberries ( they were fresh softened deliciously cherry like), and Goat Cheese with Pesto

Here is mine: It was soooooooo satisfyingly delicious

I should have taken a picture of everyone at our table! I warned them when we sat down that I take pictures because I write a blog about food and nutrition. I was completely surprised that everyone was genuinely interested in knowing why and what it was like and they all want to get the link to the site- so whenever they stop by- Hi Michelle, Justin, Melissa,Woody, Christ, and Gretchen!

Glass #2 and Bread

I am not a huge bread person but I like to try things. I ripped off a hunk but it was too chewy

Salad: This was a very interesting way to do a Caesar Salad. A rib of romaine, anchovy slices on top, thin strips of parm cheese, that little wafer tasted like cardboard.

Entree:

Chicken on top of creamy mushroom risotto, zuchinni, steak. Last year they had a similar dish only with chicken and salmon. I mentioned everyone at our table being interested in my blog, well we had quite the discussion about this entree! My steak was medium-well. There was no pink at all. However, Melissa’s was bright vibrant red, Justin’s was a rose/blush, Jeff’s was a mix of Melissa’s and Justin’s- It was incredibly odd how the same dish came to 8 people at the table but the steaks were cooked all different. Mine was so well-cooked that I could not even chew it. My chicken was very tasty, however, Michelle’s chicken was very dry-

Congratulations Michelle ( she is having a baby girl!).

Dessert:

I ate the whip cream, the nuts, and that chocolate stick coming out towards you! I had a few bites ( again I like to try things) but I am not a huge fan of pudding AND I was full!

Overall Recap and Review:
I think the cheese was phenomenal and made my night! Everything was "tasty" otherwise so I hate to bring up the negative because it was "over-the-top"! It is definitely a fancy place and I love being able to attend. On top of that, to hang out with Jeff’s co-workers because they are all about our age and really funny was fantastic! Last year, Jeff and a few others formed a secret band that played a great set of cover songs. They were outstanding, however, this year shortly after they began practice the drummer caught pneumonia. He had to be hospitalized and has some permanent damage but is overall fine now. Unfortunately, they couldn’t do it without him. So we missed out on that but I got to spend more time with Jeff since he wasn’t playing.

Jeff and I at the Tree

Initiation of the New Employees: Teams had to dress up one person like Frosty The snowman. We cheered for this guy because they were right next to our table- and one of the new employees sat with us. (They won, so they had to sing Frosty The Snowman)

I had so much fun chatting with Emily, Christy, Jennifer, Amy, Stacy, Michelle, and Melissa! Hi, Ladies if you stop in!!

Earlier Friday…
Lunch:
I know it is not as "spectacular" as the food above- Leftover pasta and chicken from the other night.

Mid-Afternoon Red-White-Green Snack( actually at about 4 because I did NOT want to go to the xmas party starving)
Red and Green Peppers, Mushrooms and a little blue cheese dressing (full fat deliciousness)
Chobani Strawberry with Pistachios

Body:
Cardio: A fantastic run. A wonderful run.

I "sprinted" 4 miles. I stretched for a few seconds at each mile but jogged in between all the sprinting so no walking for this lady!

My general treadmill pace: 6.5 mph (recovery/slow jog) 7.5-7.7 mph (usual, comfortable pace) 9.3-9.8 mph (sprint)

9.8 felt super sonic- I felt like I was going to fall off the treadmill, which made it even more exciting hahaha. I didn’t keep track of much else aside from running for at least 2 minutes of each mile above 9 mph… So it was mostly at a 7.5 speed, I would sprint when a good song came on during each mile at 9.3 bump it up to 9.8 then recover at a 6.5 for no more than 2 minutes… back up to a 7 + then back up to a spring etc.

My goal was to run the entire time, sprint during each mile and I met my goal.

Mind:
I turned in my paper, I only studied a little. I felt a little burnt out from the three papers due total this week. I have this weekend to study so I wanted to pace myself.

Soul:

Fantastic evening. After the holiday party we went downtown to a bar – one of our friends’ birthdays- so we danced with them and had a phenomenal evening!

Paper # 3 Done!

“Eat me Eat me Eat me” said my breakfast to me:

British Whole Wheat English Muffin ( from Trader Joe’s)- meh its okay

Slice of Healthy Canadian Ham

1/2 cup Cage Free Egg Whites (Trader Joe’s)

w. hot sauce and

Black Coffee in my snowman mug from college

Banana with Smucker’s All Natural. I have been eating Smucker’s All Natural since freshman year of college (8 years!) and I have never gotten tired of it. So yummy, the only ingredients are peanuts and salt.

The banana was really small…

2 Lunches ?

I normally do not have a mid-morning snack- most of the time I am writing or reading or exercising before lunch and just never hungry. I think it has alot to do with habit because when you are used to not snacking mid morning, you usually aren’t hungry. But today, I was heading to campus mid morning (10:30) in hopes of getting as much of my project due tomorrow done as I could. So I had this Chobani Blueberry to hold me over..

SO GOOD! I swear, this is by far my favorite yogurt. I strive to consume organic dairy products ( Check out the Tag “CLA” for info why) but this yogurt is just soooo delicious. I have tried stoneyfield organic, fage, and Trader Joe’s brand and Chobani just beats all of them in texture and taste ( in my opinion!). I for sure like all of the others but Chobani ROCKS!

I was so involved in my project, I realized I needed more fuel by 2 pm- grabbed an Odwalla Protein- another yummy mini-meal

( sorry for the repeat photo – didn’t have my camera today on campus)
Good news- I finished my project at 4 pm!!! Woohoooooooo!!! It is due tomorrow by 5 but I am not even going to look at it anymore since I need to spend all day studying for either/both of my finals next week AND… getting ready for Jeff’s work’s Holiday Party. It’s at the Umstead Hotel and Spa… Gorgeous new, total upscale, ritzy place.

Quick Dinner:

Big Delicious, In Need Of Veggies Salad

( greens, red pepper, green pepper, mushrooms, snap peas, EDAMAME, hummus from the other day)
Smoked Salmon from TJ- this brand was SUPER SALTY… i mean “country ham” salty… ick
Garlic Twists ( I used TJ pizza dough with garlic herb seasoning and cheese)

Body:
Gym trip Late Afternoon: Elliptical 30 minutes, Bike 4 miles

Mind:
Paper #3 FINISHED!! It was actually a series of small papers combined for this project on College Women Food Choices. I will make a separate post to explain it!

Studying tomorrow for Research Methods Final and/or Nutrient Metabolism Final ( Lipids)

Soul:
I got a big ol chocolate bar (hershey’s dark pic tomorrow) and Jeff and I are watching “Tropic Thunder”…

I am getting in trouble for writing and not watching so its boyfriend-time

Pumpkin Pineapple Strawberry Yogurt Oats

Irish Style Oats: These oats are essentially steel cut oats, only quicker cooking. Much less processed than say, quaker instant, but do no need to be cooked for 30 minutes on the stove! I got them at Trader Joes for about $3 for a bucket (32 servings-ish ?) So that is 1/4 cup of irish style oats, mixed with about 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup organic pumpkin . Microwaved with cinnamon and a little brown sugar for about 4 minutes. It was so hot so I put a few frozen pineapple and a few frozen strawberries stuck into the oats to heat up

Then, I needed protein! I didn’t feel up to eggs So O% Chobani Plain it was! ( That is the big container I have had for a few weeks but its funny how it looks just like the single serving size. Either way, there was just under one serving left.. so…

The Final One bowl Product

I mixed pumpkin butter into the yogurt- SO DELICIOUS! I added a teaspoon of peanut butter but apparently it thought the bowl was a slide….” Weeeeeeee” all the way into the oats. I don’t mind so much with oats when things mix but I am totally the type that likes everything separate and not touching each other ( not in a weird way, just how i would prefer). In the middle is a little sprinkle of Uncle Sam’s cereal (mostly just flax seeds because thats all i wanted)

Body:
I am not tired or sore from yesterday! Which is great! I think I will stick to running 3+ miles every other day + biking and more cardio to equal about a 6-10 mile run would equal. I would be up for a workout, but since I had a great cardio session yesterday and have LOTS of writing to do for my paper due tomorrow- I decided on a pre-final/dinner workout this afternoon ( I use purple dumbells my mom got me for me about five years ago- they are 8lbs each)

strength- shoulders and chest: push ups, plank, bent over fly ‘s; abs: planks, figure 8′s, side to sides, my version of sit ups ( I have my arms above my head, knees bent, feet on the floor, keep my arms up and lift up then twist side to side and back down)

and… Yoga! 30 minutes felt fantastic, I wish I had more time!

Mind:
Paper #2. … (5 pages are written but I emailed it to the professor for revisions)

Minority health response paper. We have to read this week’s articles on concordance in healthcare, minority medical research views, and how these concpets tie into our own topics we researched (mine was native american children on reservations). Minority groups such as african americans, native americans, hispanics etc. have experienced racial discrimination for hundreds of years and this not only reflects in their culture and education and emotional well being, but it leaves most with negative views of healthcare practices also. The Tuskegee Syphillis Study is one very very bad example that has unfortunately not been made well-known for a variety of reasons.

Essentially, a group of about 400 men who HAD syphillis, were offered to take part in medical research to hopefully find cures for the disease. At the time there was no institutional review board that oversees the ethical practices of research. Well, as a graduate student and having been a student member of the Institutional Review Board in undergrad, there are ethical standards we must now abide by in research (both animal and human research) such as:
- informed consent ( which protects the participant in the research by securing their participation and fully disclosing what is happening in the research. If anything not explained on the consent form should occur, they would be protected by law because they signed what was on the consent form only so anything else would be illegal for the researchers to try).
There are many other aspects of IRB’s but essentially they were formed to protect the research participants- make sure they are not harmed etc.

Well, the Tuskegee study essentially gave some of their subjects the drug that helped the disease, while others got another drug that didn’t do any harm but did not cure it. Because there was no IRB or standards at the time, the study needed to maintain the groups as they progressed to make sure there were no other side effects, make sure they found the cure, etc. Well the people that did not get the right drug ( which the researchers did NOT know at first which drug would help ) eventually started passing away because of the disease. So the researchers then found out which drug was the “cure” and STILL did not offer the “other drug” group the “cure drug” because they wanted to continue research on the other “drug” .This was a HORRIBLE example of medical research and luckily in the 70′s when they found out about the “cure drug” , the researchers were slapped with a lawsuit and helped families of all the victims and tried to rectify their wrong-doings.

Unfortunately, this had major impacts of minority health research because now people that may be at a disadvantage are PURPOSELY not seeking health care because 1. they do not trust “white” doctors 2. they do not trust the government 3. Minority groups have been asked about the study and have complete misunderstandings of the TRUTH. (this was from a focus group that was one article I read this week). They believed researchers injected men with syphillis when that is not true. They believed that the government knew all along and was purposely trying to opress that group of men- all kinds of stuff.

So if you are interested in that study here is more info on it : http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/after.htm . I left out a lot of details but tried to give a basic understanding of what went on.

Anyway, that is what I need to write my paper about today.!

Final Exam at 5:00 pm at a diner! It is for my gastronomy class, we are eating at a local diner that serves only local, fresh, organic food . I am not sure what part of that is the exam but we will see!! I will be bringing my camera!

Soul:

I had a dinner at a local sustainable organic diner that serves fantastic wines, cocktails and is in this fantastic historical building for my first final exam of the semester!! How awesome is that!

Jeff and I talked about our christmas plans and who/when/where we will be seeing.

My brother is most likely going to visit since he didnt get to visit over thanksgiving!

Jeff’s cousin ( we went to their wedding in september in NY- Buffalo- Niagra Falls trip) is visiting the weekend after I am finished with exams.

My paper , although I am not satisfied completely with it, is pretty much done. I could hand it in as in, ( which feels great with all the other work I need to do) but I am a slight perfectionist.

Did I mention I had dinner as my final exam? I had a great conversation over dinner with classmates on top of that!

Weekend Photo Recap

 

Friday Lunch: Leftover Mediterranean Primavera Pasta with extra veggies (from dinner on wednesday night)

Friday Non-Dinner: English Muffin,1/2 with Peanut Butter n Pumpkin Butter ( bottom left), 1/2 with Rosemary Pork (top left), Cranberry Relish and Chobani Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt (top right) a bite of Tiramisu (bottom right)

 

Saturday Breakfast: Oatmeal (irish style oats mixed with water), lots of Cinnamon, Half a banana, peanut butter, Blueberries, Egg whites with Hot Sauce

 

Saturday Lunch: Tuna with a pickle and mustard, Healthy Choice Chicken Noodle Soup
 
(dinner out Grilled Chicken Salad)
Sunday Breakfast:
Coconut, Berries, Nonfat greek yogurt, pumpkin butter, peanut butter on top of Pumpkin mixed with egg whites, cinnamon, baking powder, and irish style oats

Sunday Dinner: SO GOOD! Some leftover rosemary pork, Annie’s mac and cheese , and TONS of frozen veggies:
Asparagus , Bell Pepper Mix , Spinach , Broccoli, Artichokes- All heated up in the microwave with a little TJ poultry seasoning and some parm cheese.
 

 

Monday Breakfast
Pumpkin Pie for 1 (sort of) and Berries! I didn’t bake it because I was hungry and lazy- I added tsp peanut butter (bottom, left) and a tsp of flax butter (bottom, right) Some pumpkin butter not even a tsp, and about 1/4 cup chobani nonfat plain yogurt ( love it- its the best texture i think)