Life is a Dance, You Learn as You Go

I'm back!!

2009-05-08T17:43:00.005-04:00

I've come back from Sunny Florida to overcast, muggy Michigan. Remind me why again?!?
Very good vacation - here's a quick recap:

I ate some really good salads - and drank wine in the afternoon.
Pretty Palm Trees!!!!
Pretty Penny Puppy. Awww.
I wore very large glasses.Sweet Tomatoes - A salad bar type restaraunt. I want one in Michigan!!My cousin Josh (left) and his friend Chris. We played some beer pong to celebrate Josh's new apartment.Cereal/Granola/Yogurt/Nut/Peanut Butter/YUM mix. Breakfast was usually eatten outside in the warm sunshine of Orlando, Florida.Here is where I hung out a lot of the time - swinging and reading.Went to a place called "Cracker Cafe" - they had a salad named after me!It did not dissapoint!
I maybe indulged a little too bit at times......Pretty gardens in St. Augestine. And of course my wonderful family that we stayed with all week (cousin Ryan, Aunt Erma, and Uncle Rob).Me and my dad - enjoying our second to last day there. This was at the Cheesecake Factory.

Dont know how soon I'll get back to regular posting - but rest assured that I am back, safe and sound at home!!

Wednesday April 29

2009-04-30T11:32:00.003-04:00

Wednesday definatly felt like a Friday - what with not having to work and all. ^.^

I started the day with the last of my Optimum Blueberry cereal, maple pecan granola, Oiknos blueberry yogurt, toasted pecans, flax seeds, and dried strawberries mishmosed in a bowl and some green tea.I set off to do some errands along with my lovely travel companion... (this is a teddy bear of Kari's that she was getting rid of - much to big to fit in my already overcramped room - but the perfect company for car rides).I also took a banana along for the ride.I did a TON of errands, and when I got home I was starving. I had a perfectly big perfectly tasty salad with lettuce, tomato, cuke, carrot, and tofu with Greek dressing. I also had some whole grain toast with laughing cow cheeeese.For lunch dessert, I had some of my homemade granola bar with cranberries & dried kiwis. Mm.I ran some more errands, starting packing, blahblah, and then headed over to Jason's. We stopped at Subway before the game, and I ate my chips in the car.How I love Comerica park!! It was, however, freeezing cold. Welcome to Michigan. I can't wait to go to some summer games!Me and Lady in the bleachers... (Notice the giant parka, lol).I ate my sub during the game. Roast Beef & American cheese with all the veggies (except jalapenos), mustard, and a touch of light mayo.The Yankees kicked my poor little Tiger's butts. Nick Swisher had a 3 run home run and then a solo shot later in the game, so it's okay. (Nick Swisher is my boyfriend.... lol). We left in the 7th inning stretch because it was cold and (ironically) went to Baskin Robbins for 31 cent scoop night.

I got the sf Caramel Turtle Truffle in a sugar come.Lady wanted to be on the blog. "What's a food blog??" HI JASON! I'm packing stuff up for Florida and catching up on Lost from last night. I'm not sure how my blogging is going to go - I'm not going to blog while I'm gone, and I don't know if I'm going to remember to take pictures of EVERYTHING, so it'll probably be a quick recap when I get back.

Loves! See you all in a week!!

Tuesday April 28

2009-04-28T22:02:00.003-04:00

Breakfast was some green tea, pumpkin muffins & pumpkin butter, and some hardboiled eggs/eggwhites. Banana on the way to work.

My last day at work... and the sweet, kind, sTellaR people at my work got me a basket of goodies!!!

Detroit Tigers gear, Dark chocolate covered raisins, Dark chocolate peanut m&m's, Reese's, Dark chocolate covered Almonds... (Obviously they know what I like - dark chocolate and the Tigers!)

Strawberry Guava body spray & lotion, French Vanilla Party Light Candle, pretty picture frame, and a Chunky bar (peanuts + fruit + chocolate!). I'm reall going to miss those guys - and after today I feel so loved and apprecaited. My mom called the office to see how I was doing. It was a very emotional day for me, but I'm grateful for the experience I had working in that office and will carry the memories with me forever. *tear*

I ate my lunch in my car, even though it was a touch colder today than it has been. I needed to get outside. Green Giant veggie mix (snap peas, red peppers, roasted potatoes, rosemary butter sauce), whole wheat couscous, garbanzo beans, and goat cheese.

I also took a picture of me - because I was feeling extra geeky and photogenic.

Back in the office, I brewed up some Rooooobiosssss tea. (lol).

Dannon Yogurt with a slice of dried Kiwi. YaY dried kiwi!!! (Sorry - just randomly in a good mood.)

After work, Dave Jones and I watched the first inning of the Tigers/Yankees game. Yet another thing I'm going to miss about Schoolcraft - hearing about Dave's fantasy baseball team every day.

Home and dinner. Whole Wheat bagel with homemade 'hummus', veggies, and soy pepperjack cheese. I didn't have a tomato, and I needed something, so I added a few thin slices of apple. I wish I had added more - it definatly made this sandwich!!

I finished watching the Tigers game (GIANT disaster, my poor sister is at the game, she says she's about to start getting violent and punching people in the face) and now I'm just kind of hanging out at home.

I really need to start getting packing for Florida - two more days!! I've pretty much designated tomorrow as a 'get shit done' day. Jason's coming over around 6pm and we're heading downtown for the Tiger's game!! Ah, how I love Comerica. And my favorite 'lady' (Jason).

It's a little weird to not have a class/job to go to for a little over a week - I feel kind of wide open. But in a good way!! Kristy needs the time off for rest & relaxation.

Speaking of rest.......... I think I'm going to put myself to bed.

lOvE.

Sunday April 26

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Thursday April 23

2009-04-23T22:04:00.006-04:00

Today I am 23 1/4 Years old!!!!

I need to figure out how to make some of these pictures bigger....

Breakfast = Optimum Blueberry cereal, plain yogurt + homemade pumpkin butter, Pecan granola + extra pecans. AAAnnnndddd green tea.Class (one full class left!) then to work.

Banananananana.

I ate my lunch in my car because it was such a prettypretty day outside - and I must say the lighting was much more favorable for pictures. My sandwich was very photogenic, lol. Wholewheat pita with sundried tomato hummus, garbanzo beans, cuke, tomato, carrots, lambs lettuce, and goat cheese.

Back to work... did work.... made a 'Holy Mackerel' sign for Doris after she fished some goldfish out of our 'pond'.

Green tea.

RubyRed Grapefruit. I wasn't hungry, just bored, and instead of going to the candy dish (see it there in the background?) I stole someone's yogurt.

After work I met up with my Mom, Aunt Sandy, and brother Erik at CiCi's pizza for my friend Tracy's Relay For Life Fundraiser event. I got to see her and chat for a little bit about this and that - we hardly ever get to see each other anymore!!

She's going into Nursing and is verrrry nervous. I'm thinking maybe after I finish my Medical Assiting program I'll go back for Nursing - it's good to have a friend that I know I can go to for advice!!

I wasn't too hungry seeing as how I just had my snacks right before I left work, but I was able to eat myself a pretty nice salad. Here it is with the vegggies, croutons, and Ceasar dressing. I ended up adding some plain pasta and then had a small cup of pasta salad. Kristy needs her carbs.

"Wait there's brownies?!"

It's not the prettiest picture ever, but it was major fudgy (just how I like it). Not a fan of the powdered sugar, and it coulda used nuts, but chocolate is chocolate. ^.^

Afterward, I chatted more with Tracy and then toddled over to the Bulk Foods store next door. I think I've found my new favorite store. Even though I was stomach-ache full (not sure why - I didn't really eat that much?) and at first I felt a little sick at the thought of more food, I eventually filled my arms with goodies.

These pictures do NOTHING justice - I'll try to find a way to make 'em bigger - but for now I need to find bed. I've got to be up vryvry early for a 6:30am-1:30pm Panera shift tomorrow.

Somewhere in there are dried strawberries, dried kiwi, dried mission figs, carob raisins, carob peanuts, yogurt raisins, and oat bran.

Okay kiddies - SLEEP!

April 22 Wednesday

2009-04-22T10:21:00.002-04:00

You know - I totally intend to add actual words to these posts, but with finals week coming up and dealing with the life stresses of a job change and people and life in general (and being lazy, lol) I don't usually get around to it.

For now........ enjoy the pretty pictures. ^.^

Tuesday April 21

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Monday April 20

2009-04-20T21:39:00.004-04:00

Today was rainy and yucky - perfect for a Monday. I refuse to complain - the weekend was beautiful. I set my alarm for 7PM instead of 7AM. I'd call myself stupid, but it's the third time in the last week I've done it. This is beyond stupidity.

I had time to make myself a nice breakfast before rushing to work. Toasted banana muffies (homemade) with Justin's Maple Almond Butter, some sliced almonds, and banana slices. I also had some coffee (as if you're surprised - gotta have something to dunk my muffies in). At work I ate the rest of my banana from breakfast.

I ran some errands on my lunch hour - I wasn't hungry because breakfast was so late. Back at my desk, I had a nice pasta combo of whole wheat pasta, baked tofu, goat cheese, and a Green Giants veggie mix that had a Rosemary Butter sauce.

Someone brought in leftover Easter Candy - and before I knew what I was doing - this Cadbury egg was in my mouth. Turns out - Cadbury eggs are gross. I still ate the whole thing... and felt gross the rest of the day.

I had some Apple Cinnamon Herbal tea as I worked on some homework and played around on my computer..... I mean worked.

I didn't have an afternoon snack, so I was starrrving by the time I got home. I micro-steamed some broccoli & carrots, tossed with EVOO and a seasoning blend while I contemplated dinner.

I decided that cooking was not on my list of things I felt like doing so I microwaved a Roasted Vegetable Lean Cuisine pizza and had that with some baby lettuce tossed in a greek dressing.

Microwave meals are never that photogenic - I think I did good. lol.

And I think I'll end this on a rant (short rant) about the state of Me lately. I've been reverting back to old ways - bingeing, purging (sometimes - usually on the weekend) - because I'm putting junk in my body. Garbage in, Garbage out. On days when my eating gets out of control - I just stop taking pictures and skip blogging that day.

Eating crap is probably why I've been so tired lately with just about zero energy to work out. I don't know if it's my personal life (getting cut loose from my job, the potential start of a new relationship, semester at school ending, new semester starting, onset of spring, anticipation for summer, excitment over my upcoming Florida Vacation) or a real physical thing, but I need to cut the crap.

I've decided to get back to basics (which does seem to be a theme with a lot of the blogs I've been reading recently). Now, I know I'm not perfect, and I don't claim to be, but I really do need to nip this crazy eating of mine in the butt.

I'm reading a wonderful book by Elizabeth Gilbert called, "Eat, Pray, Love". I'm sure many of you have heard of it - I highly reccommend it. It's just what I need right now in my life. I'll save you the spirituality rant I've got going on inside me, but I will say this - I'm not generally a highly religious person and you don't need to be to enjoy this book. It's more about focusing on your own spirituality and faith from a more personal perspective and less of an organized religious faith perspective.

Okay - goals:

Get some sleep.

Eat REAL, GOOD food.

Smile.

Make it through the week.

Night!

Sunday April 19

2009-04-19T22:54:00.006-04:00

Omelet stuffed with Mache lettuce, sundried tomatoes, carrots & goat cheese. Whole Grain Bagel with homemade Pumpkin Butter. Coffee. Yogurt + Granola + Sliced toasted Almonds

Open face sandwich on Whole Grain bread with Sundried Tomato Hummus, veggies, Baked Tofu, and Soy Pepperjack Cheese.

Sugar-free Cinnamon Roll pudding (not a fan - gave the rest to my mom).

Apple Cinnamon hot tea + homemade granola square. Breakfast for dinner - Blueberry Crunch cereal, yogurt mixed with cinnamon & flax seeds, pecan gronala + extra pecans, strawberries, and topped with whipped cream. Tasted very desert like.

I decided to make use of my chocolate Easter bunny. So I chopped him up and microwaved him.

Then took some strawberries...

Sprinkles....

And almonds.........And created some chocolate covered strawberries that were almost too pretty to eat... (Almost!!)

I ended up eating one of the Alomond ones. And now....... back into another work week. ^.^

Friday April 17

2009-04-17T16:19:00.005-04:00

I bought a cold virus to keep my E. coli company!!!

Met my family at the cemetary - they still haven't put in Gramma's gravestone, but we brought pretty flowers.

Wednesday April 15

2009-04-15T21:55:00.002-04:00

So, today I decided to buy myself a present - a new coffee maker! I've been wanting a new one for a while. It's so cute and compact and I can't wait to make my morning caffeine fix tomorrow. ^.^ Now to food - while reviewing my older blog posts, I found a slew of homemade muffins. I thought... hmm... I haven't baked muffins in a while. And I had some pumpkin sitting around, so I baked up a batch of pumpkin muffies with dates. I had some of those for breakfast spread with some Justin's Maple Almond Butter & homemade pumpkin butter then topped with a sprinkle of almonds and sliced banana.

And, of course, my last cup of coffe made with my old coffee maker.

(I had the rest of the banana on the side).Did some of this 'n that and then had this yogurt & granola thing on the way to work. It was overall very good, and convenient in a cute little package, but I wouldn't reccommend it as something to hold you over for a while. I was starrrving by lunch.

For lunch I had an oldie but a goodie - couscous salad with tempeh, broccoli, carrots, and sliced almonds mixed in a toasted sesame dressing.

I managed to say away from the chocolate chip cookies calling my name with their sweet sweet sugar content..... and got some homework done. Also got some cleaning up of my desk - I'm out of there at the end of the month if I didn't mention. (crycry).

A little later I had this fruit cup. It was kind of weird at first - pears in a acaci & blackberry juice - but once I was halfway through, I was in love.

Banged out some more work, and then headed home. I was once again super hungry, so I micro steamed some broccoli & tomaotes, topped with some greek dressing, and then snacked while I contemplated the main entree.

Me? Cook? Not tonight - Kashi entree to the rescue. I actually picked this one up with a coupon for a free meal I got off their website..

I topped it with some parmeseann once it came out of the microwave, and it was absolute perfection. Although, not worth the $3.49 the store was charging. Thank goodness for coupons.

Out of boredom/need for sweetness/I don't even know - I ate this clif kids Zbar. Chocolate Brownie. And MAN was it chocolatey. Very good. Kristy gives it a thumbs up!!

So much for in bed by 10..... I'm trying to train myself to get up earlier - I've got some early Panera shifts Friday & Saturday. Okay, okay....... I'm heading to sleep.

Nightnight blogverse.

Tuesday April 14

2009-04-14T17:56:00.003-04:00

Overnight pumpkin oats:

Last night:

2/3 cup oats
1 cup light vanilla soymilk
1/4 cup pumpkin
2 T chopped dates
1/2 T flax seeds
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

This morning:

Microwaved 2-3 minutes
Topped with:
2 T plain yogurt
2 T pumpkin butter
2 T toasted pecans

Served with a cup of Maxwell House coffee.

After class, an apple.

Lunch pita:

White Bean Garlic Hummus
Tomato
Sundried Tomato
Carrot
Pickle
Tempeh
Soy Cheese
Low sodium V8. Green tea.
Dannon yogurt with sliced almonds.

Half a granola bar...

.... then the other half.

Random dinner. Whole wheat bagel, white bean hummus, laughing cow cheese, broccoli/carrot/tomato, and a hard boiled egg. I need to go grocery shopping. lol.

Monday April 13

2009-04-14T17:53:00.002-04:00

Ugh - long week. Sry I have to deprive you of my ramblings (lol), here's the eats:

Overnight oats success!!!

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I was unsure about this one, but everyone is doing it - so I joined in! After crusing some food blogs, doing some google searches, and e-mailing Ms. Lindsay (http://loveofoats.com), I decided to go simple with my first bowl and do one part liquid with one part oats. I used 2/3 cups whole oats + 2/3 cup light vanilla soy milk. I also mixed in a few chopped dates, cinnamon, and flax seed. I covered it up, crossed my fingers, and tossed it in the fridge.

This morning, I remembered it's suppose to be one part oats to TWO parts liquid (oops) and added another 1/3 cup of the soymilk. I put it back in the fridge and made some granola (addapted from this recipe from Kath Eats: http://www.katheats.com/favorite-foods/coconut-almond-granola/). Basically I followed the recipe but ommitted the coconut and almonds.

Then I contemplated my other add ins. I stirred in 1/4 cup canned pumpkin, and then decided to microwave it because I wasn't feeling a cold breakfast. I just warmed it up for 2-3 minutes while my green tea brewed.

I topped the bowl with a couple tablespoons of the granola, toasted pecans, and a dallop of plain yogurt. Here is my creation in all it's glory: All I can say is LOVE. This was the absolute creamiest, tastiest bowl of oats I've ever eatten. I felt the need to take more than one picture.

Close up!

And another side view.

I don't think I'll ever eat oats the old way again. ^.^ Soaking them overnight gives them the creamiest, chewiest texture that I just love love love!!

What are some overnight oats combinations you've made that have worked for you?

So, I'm going to head downtown soon for Opening Day, as soon as everybody else figures out what they're doing. YAY!

Thursday April 9

2009-04-09T22:39:00.004-04:00

I'm so excited! Tomorrow is opening day at Comerica Park! And okay, I don't have tickets to the game, and okay, the Tigers have not been doing so hot so far this season (today was just embarrassing, let's not talk about it). BUT - I'm going downtown with Nate and some other people and we are going to party like it's 1985! (The last year we won the world series - keep up, lol).

Today was a long day at school, so I got up, yoga, shower and then made breakfast. Thomas' Whole Wheat bagel with Justin's Honey PB, Apricot Jam, some banana slices, and sprinkled with flax seeds. That's a cup of green tea hanging out in the back ground. Went to class, learned lots, then headed straight to the office for work. And I'm not going to complain about work today - because yesterday I was informed that 'the student employee position is a temporary position, and it's to prepare me for the real world, and the staff think that I'm ready to move out there' and at the end of the semester (end of the month!) they're going to find a new student employee. Thus, I am out of a job. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet - look for a real job, or ask for more hours at Panera. Right now, I don't wanna think. All in due time, my friend.

Had an orange while working away....

For lunch I had a turkey sandwich with veggies, soy cheese, reduced fat miracle whip, spicy mustard on whole grain bread and some cukes.

I managed to keep my hand out of the candy drawer, which isn't always easy, and instead had some chammmmmomile tea. (I'm never sure how to spell that, lol). I love this tea bag - Shhhhh... You're feeling relaxed.

Mary bought me a cinnamon cranberry cookie, which I put away to save for dinner desert and satisfied my sweet tooth instead with some yoplait yogurt. Usually I'm against yoplait because of the HFCS, but all the new flavors interested me - and there was a sale. So these will be showing up from time to time.

Yum Pinappleygoodness...

Work was slow. (There I go with complaining...) The majority of the staff was on main campus for meetings, so I was alone in the office all day. I can't tell you how many times I refreshed my facebook page.... haha.

Drove home - and couldn't decide what to have for dinner. All I knew was I wanted EGGS. And somehow, this concoction came together:

I took a lil baby acorn squash, steamed it in the microwave, and then stuffed it with this healthy choice mediterranian orzo pasta:

Which was ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. I highly reccomend it and decided upon eating the first bite that I must go out and buy more - IMMEDIATLY.

Topped that with two 'fried' eggs (with lotsa pepper - just the way my Gramma used to like and just the way I have come to loooove).

I went grocery shopping, just kind of up and down the aisles in my pajamas, listening to my iPod. I can't even tell you what I bought - a bunch of snacky stuff. Crackers, yogurt, peanut butter, blahblahblah.

Once I got home, I decided chocolate was in order, but I didn't wanna sugar myself out before bed, so I had some sugar free hot chocolate.

(I know it's not Christmas - I just love this mug - Just the right size.)

Okay, now I REALLY need to go to bed.

TIGERS TOMORROW!!!!

Goals:

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I need to start taking prettier pictures.

Tuesday April 7

2009-04-08T07:42:00.004-04:00

Why can't I seem to stop eating candy?? lol.

I woke up tired, and it took a lil bit to get me going, but I did some yoga/stretching before making myself a bowl of oats. I'm usually more of a bagel & PB type girl, but seeing all these beatiful bowls of oatmeal concoctions on blogs got me wanting to create one of my own. This is oats, light vanilla soymlik, half of a chopped apple, and some raisins microwaved with some cinnamon. I sprinkled some toasted walnuts over the top and had some more vanilla soy milk and coffee on the side. I showered, ran some errands, and then arrived at work. Once there, I had a 'naner as a snack.

I'll never get tired of this lunch. Quinoa salad with broccoli, carrots, lentils, almonds, and a toasted sesame dressing.

Chocolate monster knocked, I answered with a square of Dove Dark Chocolate.

Evening work was boring.... and slow....

Had some vanilla yogurt with soy nuts.

.... and then a mini twix bar.

More boring work... computer work...

Drove home. Microwaved more of my homemade vegetable soup and toasted up some whole grain bread. Spread with laughing cow light cheese. Ate this while watching baseball and flipping through Woman's Day magazine.

Waiting for an inning to be over before I could go brush my teeth, I mindlessly snacked on a KitKat. I don't usually like 'em, but they're sooooo good frozen.

I was able to stop there, even though I opened the freezer and looked at my frozen yogurt stash more than once....

I've been really tired lately, and it's either my body still fighting this cold, I've developed allergies, or else the excess amount of sugar that my body is not used to. At any rate, I've been getting my eight (often nine) hours of sleep in, and I plan to continue that tonight.

Of course... after Lost tonight! ^.^

Monday April 6

2009-04-07T09:08:00.004-04:00

Ahhh Mondays are always an adventure. I woke up to SNOW. Wtf I thought it was Spring??

I got myself going with a couple of Kashi Strawberry Flax waffles spread with Almond Butter and blended mango. Along side, a cuppacoffee. After a shower, beautification, other random home errands, I grabbed an apple before heading out the door for work.

Work = slow. Monday's are. I was absolutely starving by lunch, which was perfection. Turkey sandwich with veggies, avocado, and soy cheese and a can of V8. (Shoulda had a V8!)

For some reason though, it didn't quite quell my hunger, and more out of boredom than anything, I had some chocolate...

And then more....

I was able to stop there, but I can't tell you how many times I opened my desk drawer and looked at my stash of lil chocolate minatures....

After a couple hours, I decided a snack was in order and had some Yoplait.

Then home to watch the baseball game!!!! I wasn't really hungry, so I didn't know what I wanted for dinner. Which is why this sandwich is a little random. Some carrots & peas stuffed in a whole wheat pita with hummus and soy provalone. I couldn't decide if sun dried tomatoes or pickles would be better, so I put one in one half and one in the other. lol. Both were actually pretty good, so yay for random sandwiches!

After dinner, still out of nothing-better-to-do than actual hunger, I had some chocolate frozen yogurt topped with a dollop (lol) of cool whip and walnuts.

The baseball game was an embarrassment - Oh Tigers, let's not repeat last season... okay?? I was exhausted by the time it was over (10 o'clock!! I've become an early bird!) and crashed into sleep.

It was hard to get goin this morning - dont' know why I'm so tired - but I'm up and at work. More baseball tonight. Ohhhhh how I missed it. ^.^

Sunday April 5

2009-04-05T14:10:00.005-04:00

When my alarm went off at 5:46 am my first thought was, "Gee, what is today??" Then I remembered that I had a 7am Panera shift to work this morning and if I didn't get my butt in the shower, I was gonna be late. What a way to start a Sunday. The good news is that I'm starting to feel slightly more like a human being, just in time to start up another work week.

I packed a breakfast to take with me. Ate the banana in the car. That delicious looking goody in there is a homemade granola bar. Mm-mmm. I spread the peanut butter on top. I guess it would have been more tasty if I had been able to sit down and enjoy it rather than grab bites in between waiting on customers. (p.s. I don't know how the spatial relations of this photo got so mixed up - the granola bar was def bigger than that peanut butter packet!)
I also had a cup of Panera's delicious coffee with some fat free half and half. Worked the whole five hour shift without a break - if I had sat down I wouldn't have been getting back up!

At the end of my shift, I grabbed a small fruit cup.
Once home, I made myself a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with veggies, soy cheese, and some avocado. It really hit the spot and I was thankful to finally sit my tired behind down!!

After laying around a lil, I was feeling snacky, but I was able to minimize the damage with jus one Samoa. (Still workin on the Girl Scout Cookies..)

For a snack while watching some game shows with my brother, I had a Fiber One yogurt mixed with some cinnamon, flax seeds, and topped with a lil mango.Dinner was another sandwich (I know you're surprised, lol). All veggie with hummus and avocado, soy cheese, served on a whole grain bagel.After dinner I went shopping at Meijer. I decided that it was a long weekend and wanted to treat myself, so I stopped at the double arches for a kiddie size vanilla cone. Mmhmm, kiddie size. My poor lactose intolerant, sugar sensitive stomach suffered later, but I enjoyed every last lick. ^.^

I'm optimistic about the coming week, even though it's SNOWING IN APRIL. Welcome to Michigan. But baseball season opens today, and Friday is opening day at Comerica, so even snow can't bring me down. Yay!

Thursday April 2

2009-04-02T21:33:00.010-04:00

Okay, jumping back into this blogger bit. As for now, I am suffering from the most annoying upper respiratory infection, so I'll keep this one short. Today was one of my long days (Class/Work), and I'm surprised I made it through in one piece. I'm definatly looking forward to a good night's sleep and a day off tomorrow.

For breakfast I had a cereal bowl. In the mix: Greek yogurt, blueberries, Abundance cereal, pecans, and a sprinkle of granola. Had that with a cup of green tea. After class I had an orange while sitting at my desk.

Lunch was a Quinoa salad with Broccoli, carrots, almonds, and a toasted sesame dressing. (Notice the crossword puzzle - Addiction!)

I had plans for a healthy snack, but Terri bought the office cookies, and you know I can't say no to a double chocolate chunk cookie.

I also had a cup of Apple Cinnamon tea.

FINALLY off work and home, I heated up a bowl of homemade soup from the stash that I had made over the weekend. I added some fresh spinach and had a slice of whole grain bread spread with Laughing Cow cheese on the side. (I smell a dinner rut..... but when I'm sick, a nice big bowl of hot soup is so nice).

And, because I wanted it, not because I was hungry, I had a scoop of chocolate brownie frozen yogurt sprinkled with some walnuts.

And now I'm blogging, texting, watching Hell's Kitchen, and looking forward to sleep soon.

Night sweets!!

Tuesday March 31

2009-04-02T21:25:00.005-04:00

Breakfast was a cereal bowl containing Abundance cereal, Fiber One yogurt, a banana, pecans, and a sprinle of granola with a mug of Green Tea.

Snack of an orange.

More snacking, a couple strawberries.

For lunch I had a sandwich with a Lentil burger (homemade), Avocado, tomato, and soy cheese on a whole wheat bagel. I also had a small can of low sodium v8. (Monday's lunch was so nice, I had it twice.)While hanging around the office I made some Apple Cinnamon tea.

And had a yoplait yogurt out of the fridge at work - it wasn't mine but it's been in there for a month, so I considered it fair game.

Dinner was a bowl of homemade soup and whole grain bread spread with laughing cow cheese. And one chocolate chip cookie.........
.... turned into two. (They were the last ones in the jar, I couldn't leave just one all by himself!)

Monday, March 30th

2009-04-02T21:12:00.002-04:00

Started the morning off with some banana.Put the rest of the banana on a couple of Kashi strawberry flax waffles along with some almond butter and a drizzle of honey. I also decided to have a cup of coffe - can't decide if I prefer this or my green tea.While doing errands before work I had some blueberries in the car.
For lunch I brought a lentil burger on a whole wheat bagel with avocado and soy cheese. Also, a small can ov v8. Snack while sitting at the desk, working hard (hardly working?) was a Fiber One yogurt and some soy nuts.

For dinner I had some tofu scrambler with peas, sun dried tomatoes, and carrots mixed in. I put that into a whole wheat pita with some soy cheese and toasted it in my trusty toaster over. On the side - some soy milk.

After dinner sweet tooth was satisfied with a Schwans fudgesicle.