Portobellos and Body Image

Good evening!

I hope everyone had a great day. The day went by so fast again. I feel like I missed some hours or something.

Class was ok. We had an in-class assignment. They are never fun, but I feel pretty good about this one.

Here was my post workout smoothie.

• 1 BIG handful of spinach
• 1/2 scoop protein powder
• water 

At this point I blend it. Just to make sure all the spinach gets dissolved (for lack of a better word). 

• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• ice

Blend it all up again, and it's ready for inhalation! 

It was the perfect way to fuel my body after my 4 miler. It felt so great to get my sweat on this morning! I'm trying to convince D to come with me for my 8 miler on Friday. I want to run in our city's river valley and I'm not a huge fun of running there alone. So we'll see if I can budge him. I'm nervous about this 8 miler. That's quite possibly the farthest I've ever run! I'm trying not to doubt myself. Running is all about the mind games, well at least for me it is. 

Next up, lunch. 

• Half a cucumber
• 5 dried apricots
• 1/2 cup granola
• 1/2 cup nonfat cottage cheese
• 3 strawberries

I packed it all up to take to class with me. 

My appetite has been cranked up over the last couple of weeks. I'm pretty certain it's due to my ramped up workout routines. So it was no surprise that I was hungry around 3 p.m. and ate a protein bar I found in my bag. Sorry - no pic. 

Dinner was marvelous tonight! 

• 1/4 cabbage head
• 1 BIG handful of spinach
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes (I like things spicy)
• 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce 
• tons of cracked black pepper

I sauteed these ingredients for about 15 minutes. While they were cooking, I got to work on the pretty portobello. 

• 1 portobello mushroom
• 1 minced clove of garlic
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil (I'm not quite sure why I used two kinds of oil...)

I baked the mushroom until I could smell the garlic, give or take 15 minutes.

I plated the veggies and poured about 1/2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar over everything. It balanced out the heat of the red pepper flakes. 

And walla! You have an amazing dinner. 

I gotta finish a paper tonight. It's on a topic that I'm actually excited to write about -- the media as a source of women's body image issues. I'm looking forward to all the dirt I can find on the subject! 

Have a great night :)

Question: does anyone have anything topics/points that they think are important to address when talking about the media and women's bodies? I'd love to hear about them!! Thanks :)