I See Green

Today has been great. I feel like I've accomplished a lot, and I love that feeling.

About an hour after I ate breakfast I went to the gym for a killer shoulder work out. I love the Fitnessista's blog for many many reasons. One of them is her crazy work outs. Today I did the intermediate version of the Winter Shape Up week 2. It was awesome. My arms were quivering by the time I was finished.

Another reason why I love the Fitnessista? Her egg puff idea! Love this one - a great way to get protein in without taking in too many calories.

Soon after I got back to our house, I left again for school. Part way through class I munched on my lunch, which unfortunately went unpictured because my camera died. It was a cup of 1% cottage cheese, an organic apple, and cinnamon. Not too exciting, so don't feel bad for missing it.

When I got home again, I started making D's dinner. I made him beef lasagna, very similar to this one. While cooking his dinner I ate this:

I absolutely love these bars. They come in three different flavors. We got them from Cosco. They have 15 grams of protein! How awesome is that!?

About a half hour after D's lasagna went in the oven, I started on my dinner.

This had:

2 ounces pasta
1/2 tbsp butter
1/2 tbsp flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup frozen peas
1.5 cup spinach
freshly grated nutmeg
s & p

It was alright. The sauce was hardly there at all, but the peas made up for it. I adore peas in my pasta.

After I finished that off (which didn't take long), I moved unto my salad.

This salad had about 2 cups of mixed salad greens, 1/4 of a tomato, 1/4 of a cucumber and less than a tablespoon of balsamic vinaigrette. So good. I think a salad is the best way to end a meal.

Now, it's back to work.

My work area looks something like this right now (yes, that is a cup of coffee, I need to stay awake through this paper!)....

Gooooooood night to you!

Sunrise, Sunrise

Good morning,

Today looks like it's going to be another crazy busy day - at least that means the day will go by quickly!

So let's start at the beginning... a bowl of oats.

This beautiful bowl had:

1/2 cup oats
1 cup water
6 grams (1/2 tbsp) chia seeds
1/2 banana
1/3 cup pumpkin puree
2 egg whites
a boatload of cinnamon
1 tbsp almond butter

This is one of my favorite combinations.

Time to get going! See you later.

Shrimp Feast

Evening folks,

Today has been one productive day: including 2 classes, a midterm, and an in-class assignment. And still the school work isn't finished. I've got to finish a paper and study for another midterm on Wednesday. The sad thing there is only three more years of this bliss right ;)

For lunch I had this baggy of Puffins (my favorite cereal right now).

Then this wginormous salad.

It had:

about 3 cups of lettuce
2 carrots
half of a cucumber
about 1/3 cup of hummus
2 tbsp organic balsamic dressing

It hit the spot.

During my last class I had a protein bar. Sorry, there's no picture. I didn't think it was appropriate to whip out my camera to take a picture halfway through class. Ha!

After class I came home and immediately started thinking about dinner. I knew it needed to be fast so that I could start studying ASAP... so shrimp seemed perfect.

I went to my go-to-shrimp recipe. All it is, is:

1 tbsp EVOO
1 onion
3 garlic cloves
dried basil
dried oregano
dried red pepper flakes
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
salt and pepper
1 stevia packet
1 340 grams of shrimp (tonight I used wild, Canadian shrimp)

*This recipe will make 3 servings.

I also made a pot of brown rice and 2 heads of broccoli.

I hope you all have an amazing night! I'm thinking there might be some chia pudding in my near future... Night!

Food (hang) Over

Good morning to you!

I hope everyone's night was splendid and filled with rest. The concert last night was awesome! Our seats were amazing. We sat in the highest box, closest to the stage = incredible!

The Fray are so talented. Their live music sounds better than their CDs.
Before leaving for the concert I had this bowl of 1% cottage cheese and a small organic apple peppered with cinnamon.

After the concert (since it was my high caloric day), we went out for supper to one of my favorite restaurants - Joey's. Warning... the photo you are about to see is horeness and should not be used to vindicate your ideas of me being a horrible photographer. It was dark! AND I was using my iphone!

This was a goat cheese with chicken quesadilla. D and I split this and an unpictured tuna club. I also ate an unpictured house salad. I was surprised how disappointed by the meal I was (this used to be my absolute favorite meal)... I think it's because I've been eating SO clean lately, my pallet has changed. To make that even worse, by the time we were home my stomach was in knots and I thought I was truly going to throw up. I know it wasn't food poisoning because D wasn't sick at all, and we ate the same things. Oh well... Today we'll be another clean day, so it should be ok.

Breakfast this morning was a bowl of overnight oats.

Last night I put in my bowl:

1/2 cup oats
1/2 tbls chia seeds
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt

This morning I added:

a "baked" apple (warmed in the microwave)
tons of cinnamon
1 tbls natural peanut butter

It's gym time! I think I'll run about 3 miles today, but I'll tell you all about that later.

Have a great day!

A Little Mexican in My Life

Afternoon to you all,

Let me just say that driving your best friend to the airport after spending 10 days together for reading week sucks. :( I just got home from doing this... we did stop for Mucho Burrito, which redeemed the trip a bit.

I had the Vegetarian Burrito with guacamole, black beans, lots of veg., cilantro and jalapeno peppers.

Tasty stuff my friends.

Tonight D, myself and another friend are going to see the Fray! We're pretty excited. I'll try to take some pics with my iphone, since they won't let my cannon in.

Have an awesome afternoon :)

A Bowl of Goodness

Goooooood Morning!

I'm pleased to say that I'm enjoying one of my favorite bowls of oats right now - pumpkin pecan. So tasty.

This bowl contained:

1/2 cup of oats
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
6 grams chia seeds
1/2 banana
1/3 cup pumpkin puree
2 egg whites
0.2 ounces pecans
1 tbsp almond butter
cinnamon
nutmeg
cloves

D gave me these tulips as part of my valentines day present. I love them. :)

Today is a high calorie day for me. YES! I've been waiting for this day all week!

Another Come Back?

I know I've been away for quite awhile! I had a really hard time adjusting to so many changes in my life that were happening all at once (marriage, quitting my job, school, etc.), but now I feel like I have them under control. At least under control enough to start blogging again! I've missed it! 

There's a significant change I think I need to share with everyone!

My hair colour! I changed it about 2 months ago. I love the way it looks, but I can't stand how often I have to get my roots done (since I'm naturally a blonde). So I've decided to go back to blonde. It's just not worth all the money I have to spend on being brunette. :( 

What else has changed? 

Well over the months I've been absent, I gained a few post wedding pounds... so recently I've been carefully watching what I'm eating and I've upped my workouts substantially. Thankfully I've noticed quite a huge difference in my body. D even told me that I look smaller than when he married me. Such a huge compliment since I've been working so hard to lose the last few pounds. 

I've also taken up running! I love, love, love it! Surprisingly my hips haven't acted up on me either (I injured them last summer while running and haven't been able to run again till recently). I'm hoping this isn't just because I haven't started running outside yet. I notice that when I put the treadmill unto an incline over 3 it does strain my hips and I have to take the incline down again. Right now I'm working on getting my millage up. I'm at about 3 and half miles, and I'm proud of the work I've done! 

Thanks for accepting me back into the blogging world! :)