I am very jealous of everyone who has off today. No fair! I can’t complain too much since I am probably doing the same thing as I would be doing if I was home-blogging. I am going to show you some food highlights from Monday and Tuesday and then get into a review of a fun snack I recently tried!

Monday Juice:

Carrot & Ginger….not a huge fan. I had to try it at least once but each sip was pretty hard to get down. I think I added way too much ginger. It was very spicy!

Tuesday Juice-fail.

Monday and Tuesday breakfast:

McCann’s apple cinnamon oats with GrandyOats Goji granola and FitNutzButter.

Monday Lunch:

Banana PB & J with Dr Kracker’s on the side.

Monday treat since it was hot out!

1/2 Vanilla, 1/2 Peanut Butter Fudge=Heaven.

Tuesday Lunch:

Tuna with mustard, Laughing Cow, and lettuce on a whole wheat English muffin.

Sea Salt Somersaults on the side.

Somersault Snack Review!

About a week ago, I received 3 different flavors of Somersault Snacks: S.S. Sea Salt, Salty Pepper, and Chez Cocoa.

About Somersault Snacks (from the website):

At the Somersault Snack Co., making simple, all-natural snacks that satisfy is what we are all about. For our first creation, Somersaults, we took toasted grains, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and a sprinkle of spices and baked these nuggets into roly-poly goodness for your whole family to enjoy. Balanced with the perfect amount of protein, fiber and nutrients, Somersaults will keep you going on the trail, in the car—even at your desk.

I will talk about the S.S. Sea Salt flavor first since I had them with lunch yesterday!

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I started off with a bowl of oats today.

McCann’s Irish oats with granola, banana, and FitNutz peanut butter.

Sorry for the horrible picture. I took it inside my desk so no one would see! I really enjoyed this peanut butter mix. I guess it is similar to PB2 which I’ve never tried before! The only issue I had with it was that the powder spilled all over my black pants! Yucky! I was a little more careful today lol.

Lunch was another peanut butter and jelly with Kay’s Naturals Lemon Herb Protein Chips.

I had more snacks in the afternoon. I was in slight binge mode with everything going on! I had a Z-Bar, banana, and ate a lot of granola out of the tub. Blah.

The Body

Yesterday I mentioned that I was going to a fun exercise class after work. About a week ago, I received an e-mail from The Body about their one year anniversary celebration. They offered guests a free class and a lecture from Tanya Zuckerbrot, nutritionist and creator of the F-Factor Diet. I tried a class at The Body once before and loved it! It is a Lotte Berk Method style class very similar to Core Fusion and Physique 57. Of course I took advantage of the free class last night!

I walked in and they had wine! I considered having some and going to class drunk but I decided that it was probably a bad idea since a lot of balance is involved during class.

They also had fruits and veggies.

I helped myself to a little of both.

Tanya Zuckerbrot gave a wonderful lecture about her F-Factor Diet book and nutrition tips in general.

About the F-Factor Diet (from her website):

Unlike most diets that tell you to cut out certain food groups like carbohydrates or fats, The F-Factor Diet™ has you focus on what foods to add into your diet in order to lose weight. It is this essential difference that makes The F-Factor Diet™ unlike any other program you have ever tried. From Day 1, you’ll be eating protein, fats and carbohydrates. For the first time, you will lose weight effortlessly, without the typical feelings of deprivation and denial associated with dieting.

The F-Factor Diet™ is more than just a weight loss program. Yes, you will lose weight, but you will also feel better than ever before. You will see improvements in your skin and hair, your energy levels, your cholesterol, while reducing your risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, colon cancer and breast cancer.

The diet basically focuses on increasing fiber intake. She also talked about the food groups, portion control, and holiday tips to prevent weight gain. She was a great speaker and gave a great little nutrition lesson in about 45 minutes.

The class around started around 7:45 after her lecture. It was exactly like Core Fusion. It was a great class and my legs were aching when I left! I had such issues walking up and down the subway stairs. Good pain though!

I got home around 9:30 starving for dinner! I made a big salad with cucumbers, avocado, hummus, and Pepper Dog salsa.

I also had some Hummus Maximus Dr. Krackers on the side.

Loved these crackers! I will do a full review once I try all of the flavors!

I had apples with chocolate chips, whipped cream, and pumpkin butter for dessert!!

Yum!

It is lunch time so I am off! Hungry hungry!

SingleEdition.com Question of the Day! (3 days left of the contest!)

How to Let a Date Down Easy

Being in my Early 40′s, successful, not sure Im going to have kids and single, I’m finding the qualities in a man have shifted from those in my 20′s and 30′s. I’m meeting some great guys, mostly online. They have their stuff together, successful, maybe have kids and possess a ton of the qualities I look for in a partner (fantastic on paper)…but…there’s no chemistry, no romantic connection, no physical interest. As much as I try to be open, I know a second date wont stir that spark. If he asks me out again after that first date….what do I say, how do I be honest without hurting his feelings?

Thanks for your input!! Have a good one!

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Hello!

Yesterday I overslept so no morning juice. Instead I got a giant coffee when I got to work. I also made a bowl of oats with goji granola, banana, Artisana raw nut butter, and skim milk.

Lunch was peanut butter and jelly on an Arnold’s sandwich thin. Nice and simple..oh and cheap because I need to save money.

I also had popchips on the side but can’t show you because it was a new flavor I was testing. I will just say it was very spicy! I coughed up a storm after trying them!

After work I went to the 3rd and final Live the Life You Love event hosted by SingleEdition.com. In case you missed it, you can read reviews of the 1st and 2nd events here and here!

The topic of last night’s event was Cooking, Career, Love, and Entertaining. There was a career coach that gave tips about what to do in an office romance situation. There was a business start-up advisor that spoke about becoming an entrepreneur and how important it is to have a support group. There was a food expert that talked about the importance of cooking for yourself when alone. She was very against frozen dinners and talked all about staples to keep in the home such as extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, spices, etc. Finally, there was a love and relationship expert that gave tips on how to meet guys! His lecture was pretty funny. He suggested online dating sites, watching games in bars instead of at home, talking to guys at the gym instead of wearing headphones, and more.

We were served complimentary cocktails, fruit, cheese and crackers. I also got some nice goodies to take home!

Very nice event once again. Thanks Sherri!

The boy happened to be arriving in the city at the same time I was leaving the event so we decided to go out for a drink and dinner. I shared what I learned at the lecture about meeting boys. He just thinks it’s funny.

We went to the Tap House in Forest Hills. I got 2 Bud Light Limes and a grilled chicken sandwich with avocado, goat cheese, lettuce, tomato, honey mustard, and a salad on the side.

I gave the boy my bread because I wanted his fries!

Today after work I am going to a special gym for a fun exercise class. I will talk more about it tomorrow! I should get back to work now!

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Hello! I am about to head to Philly to pick up this little one….

I figured I’d do a little recap of Friday before I go since I will be too busy playing with Daisy the whole weekend!

I brought a peanut butter, jelly, and banana sandwich to eat for lunch yesterday. When I got to work, I realized I had no oatmeal left in my desk so I ate it for breakfast instead!

Note: Very good when hungover.

For lunch I went up to the cafe in my office. They have really good food!  I got a salad with salmon, string beans, quinoa, and hearts of palm.

Delicious! I also had half a Larabar before lunch and half after.

After work, I went downtown and met up with Megan since we were both a little early for the blogger meetup! We went into a random sketchy bar and got Blue Moons.

We then headed over to a vegetarian restaurant called Quantam Leap.

Unfortunately Ellen was unable to make it because she hurt her hip and back and ended up in the hospital! We plan to go out again before she heads back home in a few weeks! There was 7 of us and we had a great time: Marina, me, Megan, Katie, Elise, Olga, and Ada. I only met Olga a few times before so it was great meeting a bunch of new bloggers!

I got a veggie burger with portabello mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, and pesto on a whole wheat bun. It came with salad and grilled vegetables.

It was seriously so good. I could not tell at all it was a veggie burger! I would definitely come back here. I have to say Megan’s yam fries were delicious too!

After dinner, we headed over to Yogurtland since a bunch of us had never been there before!

The fro-yo was self-serve!! We got to choose whatever flavor we wanted, any topping, and then they weighed it at the end. I’ve been missing out!

I got a mix of Peanut Butter, Cookies N’ Cream, and Cheesecake with strawberries and Oreos!

Yum! I will be back there soon! I had a great night and can’t wait to meet up with everyone again!

I am off to go catch the train to Philly! Have a good weekend!

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Happy Thursday! I was not in the best of moods this morning. Let’s just say I ate way too much cereal last night! More on that later. I do feel happier now that my mom sent this to me!

Such a little stuffed animal!!! My mom is already trying to keep her and make me get a different kitten! Not happening!! She is too cute!

Anyway, onto food! I am going to start off with a little product review before I get into yesterday’s eats! I received 3 types of Kathy’s Krackers last week and have been munching on them here and there!

About Kathy’s Krackers:

Kathy’s healthy, raw, gluten-free, flaxseed crackers come in three delicious flavors made from the freshest ingredients available. If you like a very full flavored taste with a hint of bell peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, you’ll love her Savory cracker. If you are in the mood for something spicy, her Salsa cracker is what you need. Or, if you need to satisfy your sweet tooth, the Apple Cinnamon are lightly sweetened with a touch of Stevia.

I tried the Salsa crackers first.

First off, impressive nutrition facts!

I loved the huge size of 1 cracker. The cracker in the picture above is just 1/3 of a whole cracker. They were very thick and crunchy as well. I loved that you could see the pumpkin, flax, and sunflower seeds in the crackers. They had a tomato-like flavor that had a very nice kick to it. Definitely delicious for anyone who likes spicy foods.

Next I tried the Savory.

Nutrition Facts:

The best thing about these is the short ingredient list. I like being able to recognize every single one. The crackers tasted like a mix of vegetables; I’d say mostly peppers and tomatoes. Very flavorful and delicious! I would enjoy this flavor dipped in hummus!

I was most excited to try the Apple Cinnamon since I am slightly in love with anything apple cinnamon flavored.

I enjoyed the first couple bites of this flavor but then decided it had a slightly weird aftertaste. I think next time I will spread jelly or peanut butter on them. They smelled delicious at least!

Overall, I think Kathy’s Krackers are the perfect snack to munch on. If you are interested, they are sold online here!.

Stay tuned for a few more reviews next week since I received a few exciting packages yesterday!

The first was from Pirate’s Booty!

The second one was from Dr. Kracker.

Looks like I will be eating crackers every single day from now on! Don’t ask me how I got all of this home yesterday.

I received one more amazing package yesterday too from a giveaway on Steph Chows!

I won a customized plate made by Janet at Custom Sepia!

Isn’t it so pretty?? I am so excited to eat on it! Thank you Steph and Janet!

Wednesday Eats

As you can see, my Wednesday started off well…until 11:00 at night. I had a nice bowl of oats. They were half plain and half maple spice with a banana and Artisana Sunflower Butter. Loved the maple spice flavor!! Thanks again Hallie!

I decided to go to the gym at lunch. I never ever feel like working out after dinner so I knew it was necessary to at least do something during the day. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical. That might be it for my workouts this week. Kind of sad but hopefully I will be better next week. It seems as though I need to attempt morning workouts again since I had dinner plans every day this week!

I got back to work and had a repeat lunch. Barney Butter and Crofter’s jelly on Nature’s Pride bread.

I snacked on a Z-Bar and Zevia later in the afternoon. Going to the gym at lunch makes me very hungry later!

I decided on Whole Foods for dinner! There are so many other places I want to try but I always forget at the time. I need to make a list or something. I ended up meeting the roommate there.

We walked in and spotted pumpkin pie samples!!

YUM!

Next I found vegetable dumpling samples!

I made one of my nice huge salads.

Everything was good except for the grilled vegetables and eggplant. They were extremely oily!! My favorite part of the salad was the roasted sweet potatoes. Yum Yum.

She got pizza.

 She does not like too much cheese on her pizza so she ended up ripping it off.

I stole it as a topping for my salad. I know..so healthy right? Can’t resist warm melted cheese!

We decided we like the Columbus Circle location much better than Union Square. There are more salad bar options and it is a lot less crowded! The food seems to be less oily too!

We stopped at Lite Choice after!

1/2 Banana and 1/2 Brownie. Great combo!

Did I need more food after that? I think not. I got home and started playing with my laptop because my sister’s husband fixed everything and installed a new hard drive on it. I have the new Windows 7 now which is very cool. Anyway, my iTunes is all gone so I was trying to figure out how to get every song from my iPod back onto iTunes. They really don’t let you do it because of copyright laws but I know there is a way! I could not figure it out and got pretty frustrated. I know, I should have just asked her husband from the start! Instead I checked a million websites and made myself very stressed out.

Stress leads to eating. I could not stop thinking about the Peanut Butter Puffins in the kitchen. Deep down I knew one bowl would lead to more but I went and made a bowl anyway.

I did not take more pictures but I had 2 more bowls after that plus a bowl of Raisin Bran! After the 2nd bowl I figured, why not finish off the box? Yeah, gross. Oh well, I will get back on track today. I am trying to stay positive. Everyone has there days.

Tonight, I have a fun little blog dinner date which I am looking forward to! More on that tomorrow! I will leave you with a few more cute pictures

The chair she is laying on is the actual chair owned by Jerry Garcia. My dad sells his art work for a living so they have a bunch of Jerry’s things. I bet Daisy gets so much attention in his office!

Aw! My little Daisy likes the Grateful Dead. Haha, okay I am done. I have a lot of work today again so I should stop procrastinating! Have a good one!

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Hi everyone! I am going to post about Monday and Tuesday which included some delicious dinners….and desserts! Let’s get started!

Monday

Since I ate chips and bread the entire weekend, I really did not want oatmeal for breakfast. I made eggs in the microwave instead! I also had some yucky office coffee because I was extremely tired and there was no Tazo Awake tea left!

I had a Z-Bar before lunch since the eggs did not fill me up for very long.

Lunch was anything BUT turkey. I resorted to a good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

I had a 2nd Z-Bar during the afternoon as well because one of those packages from yesterday arrived with a bunch of bars in there. Could not resist

I skipped the gym Monday and decided to go to Whole Foods with Jackie!

I made a salad with:

• Baked Tofu
• Chickpeas
• Black Beans
• Sesame Broccoli
• Grilled Mushrooms
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts
• Carrots
• Seaweed Salad

I also stole some of her pizza of course.

We bought single serving beers that they sell right before the cash registers but the cashier told us we were not allowed to drink them in the store. Why sell them at checkout then? We would have drank them anyway but we did not have a bottle opener! We drank them at home instead with some ice cream. Not sure what happened to that picture!

Tuesday

I brought some apple cinnamon oatmeal that I received from Hallie along with plain oatmeal, a banana, and Artisana Raw Sunflower butter.

Yummy! I used to be obsessed with apple cinnamon oats as a kid so this bowl was extra delicious!

Monday night I received my Nature’s Pride bread from Foodbuzz to try! I decided to make a sandwich for lunch with it.

I pulled out the whole wheat and put the 12 Grain in the freezer. Pretty nice nutritional stats and ingredients!

I topped it with Barney Butter and Crofter’s Superfruit spread.

With some Pretzel Crisps on the side.

I highly enjoyed the bread! I am used to the thin little 45 calorie slices of bread so the huge thick slices were extra delicious. I would definitely buy this bread in the future.

Later in the afternoon, I received a package. I won another giveaway from Emily at My Chubby Confessions. More Zevia!!!

Now I have a nice little stash to keep in my desk at work. I am most excited about the cute shirt!

I snacked on a Z-Bar and Root Beer Zevia later in the afternoon. Yes, I get to read People magazine for work purposes.

I skipped the gym again yesterday. I really tried to wake up in the morning to work out because I knew I could not go after work. I kept passing back out every time I hit snooze-fail.  I will definitely get back there today since it’s been a week. I cooked a nice dinner instead!

I made a similar dinner to last week’s Mexican meal!

This time I spiralized some zucchini to mix in the crumbles!

It makes chopping them into small pieces much easier!

I mixed everything together with some Miguel’s Chipotle salsa. That stuff is spicy!

 I also made corn.

Brown rice.

And ate blue tortilla chips on the side!

I made a salad with mushrooms, peppers, mozzarella cheese, and cucumbers.

I topped everything else over the salad! Heaven!

I drank a beer or two of course

I could not finish that huge salad. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach. Lots of leftovers again!!!

I chilled and watched TV for the rest of the night. Of course I ate ice cream too.

I had a mix of both. The cookie dough is so good!

I added some Whole Foods brand whipped cream on top.

I was proud of myself because I didn’t go back for a 2nd bowl! I was completely stuffed from the Mexican salad, beers, and first bowl of ice cream!

That’s all for Monday and Tuesday! I just did a half hour on the elliptical at lunch because chances are I won’t want to go after dinner. Hopefully I do some sort of workout DVD too since I’ve been slacking a bit!

Daisy says, “Have a nice day!”

Okay…really weird. Just as I typed that about Daisy, my dad sent me an e-mail. It said:

Daisy says, “Sqeak, sqeak”. Translation: Hi Melissa

Haha love it! She is at work with my dad right now! I wish I could bring her here!!

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I basically ate the same exact thing on Tuesday and Wednesday so this should be a nice little summary of both days. The main focus will be my new spiralizer! I used it for the first time so I will give you my thoughts on that a little later.

Breakfast both days was oatmeal with a banana, cinnamon, skim milk, and Artisana raw cashew butter.

Lunch both days was crunchy Barney Butter, Crofter’s Superfruit spread, and a banana on an Arnold’s sandwich thin.

On Tuesday I had Riceworks chips on the side. They are my favorite next to popchips!

On Wednesday I ate the sandwich with Jalapeno Kettle chips. Boyfriend bought them for me because they are his new favorite chip. They were good but a tad too spicy for me!

Tuesday snack time was grapes and a chocolate square. Okay maybe 2 or 3 chocolate squares because they put like 500 of them in a jar for us to take! Now there are about 20 pieces of chocolate in my desk because I like free food…and chocolate of course!

My Wednesday snack was a bit different!! It was 80 degrees outside so I figured I better take full advantage of delicious ice cream in the sun while I have the chance!

It was half vanilla and half fluffernutterbutter (I think that was the name?). Very good!

I also had a Z-Bar before I left work since I knew I would not be eating dinner for another 3 hours.

Spiralizer!!

I used my new spiralizer both Tuesday and Wednesday for dinner. I honestly had a difficult time figuring out how to use it. I would stick the squash in and turn the handle but nothing would happen. Finally after 1000 tries, it worked! There were 2 things I was doing wrong:

1. I was turning the handle in the wrong direction! It is supposed to be pulled towards you and not away from you. Oops!
2. The spiralizer was not suctioned onto my countertop completely. This caused it to slide around and ended up making a mess!

Now that I have the hang of it, it is super easy to use!

The best part is what happens to the squash at the end.

Very fun to munch on!

I did munch on some of the noodles raw but I decided to cook them until I figure out how to make a good sauce!

I had no clue what to top them with so I decided on salsa since I have 20 million jars to use up.

I topped the noodles over a salad and sliced up half of an avocado.

I ate my amazing salad with a ZEVIA!

The salad and noodles were so good that I made the same exact dinner last night! I topped some cheese on last night’s salad as well.

The star of the salad was the avocado. I can’t believe I have not made one in over a year! I think I had a cutting disaster when I attempted to eat one last time so I never bought one again. I am in love with them and was able to cut it this time so you might being seeing a lot more of them!

I am so happy I decided to get the spiralizer. Hopefully I can get a little more creative with it. It is completely worth it for just $30.00 on Amazon!

Dessert on Tuesday!

Dessert on Wednesday!

I love my grapes, Oikos, and carob chips desserts as you can see.

That was it in terms of food for Tuesday but Wednesday I had some sleeping issues. I tried to go to bed at 10:15 but was still awake at midnight. Finally I fell asleep after taking a melatonin. I woke up again at 2:00. I was a little hungry so I had a Blueberry Z-Bar. I was still awake at 3:00 so I decided to make a little sandwich.

Lightlife Smart Bologna on an Arnold’s Sandwich Thin with a few pretzel crisps. This did the trick! t is annoying to have to eat in the middle of the night in order to fall back asleep but I know I was in complete control. This usually happens at this time of month anyway if ya know what I mean.

Workouts!

Tuesday I took spin class with one of my favorite teachers. The teacher always tells us a bunch of inspirational quotes before class to get us motivated which is cool. I was pretty tired and did not work too hard but it was still a great class.

Wednesday I went to Core Fusion Sport! I was a little nervous because I only took Sport once before and it was HARD. The class involves a weighted ball, band, and more cardio than Core Fusion Open. Once again, the class was tough but also an amazing workout! There were only 2 other girls so it was like our own personal training session! The teacher was awesome too. He was a cute little skinny guy with so much energy. I am used to teachers correcting my form the entire time but he complimented me so much too! He told me my back looked better and better each time we did this one move and that he wanted to take a picture to show me! The hour flew by! I can’t wait to take another class with him!

Tonight I have plans with my sister because I have not seen her since her wedding which was a month ago! We are taking a boot camp class and then her husband (so weird to say) is checking out my laptop since it is completely broken now. Stupid virus!

Okay, I am off because they actually gave me more work to do! My posts might be a little late from now on because the work might take an hour or two first thing in the morning.

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Hey everyone. Thanks for your great response to my ZEVIA giveaway! It seems as though so many of us are still hooked on diet sodas and want to get away from artificial sweeteners. Of course I recommend water before anything but ZEVIA is a great alternative to soda! Check out the giveaway here if you have not entered yet!

SUNDAY RECAP

I did not eat breakfast till about 2:00 in the afternoon since I had a long night of drinking the night before! I did have 2 Z-bars when I got up a few times. Finally I made a bowl of cereal!

I added bananas and raisins.

I drank a Vitamin Water too. Slightly addicted to those things.

The cereal was too good not to have a 2nd bowl! I stole some of the boy’s Cocoa Krispies too

We pretty much watched football and did laundry all day. It was one of those lazy Sundays. We did walk to the mall and back so I got maybe an hour of activity in. We saw this girl holding little turtles the day before and she said she got them outside the mall. They were so cute but of course we could not find them on Sunday! They were selling little frogs but apparently the boy has a huge fear of frogs! He said he would not sleep over anymore if I got one! Oh well. Now I am working on a kitten…

We decided to cook dinner since we went out to eat way too much the past week. The theme was Mexican! We started off by making a ton of squash, peppers, and zucchini!

We added Lightlife Smart Ground to the veggies.

We also made some mushrooms and peppers on the side for me since he won’t eat mushrooms.

I also made steamed broccoli.

Along with brown rice.

And corn.
I made one ginormous Mexican salad!

I had a Blue Moon as well which I could not finish because the salad was so big!

Delicious and of course we had tons of leftovers!

We both wanted ice cream a little later. We only had a tiny bit left so we both had an ice cream sandwich with a scoop of ice cream made a sundae!

With whipped cream

MONDAY

I made oats and used the other half of my Justin’s maple almond butter.

I need to buy more. It makes my oats so much better.

I did not bring lunch so I went inside the Chelsea Market and decided on Hale and Hearty Soup.

I made a wonderful chopped salad!

Mesclun greens with carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, avocado, and goat cheese. The best part about the salad was the dressing!! It was low-fat carrot ginger. It tasted just like the stuff they give you in Japanese restaurants!

I got some overpriced popchips to munch on too. Remind me to buy my popchips before I walk into that store next time! I need to go back there again because they had all of these amazing looking wraps. There was a roasted red pepper goat cheese wrap and a new hummus wrap. Today I was good and brought lunch or else I would go there again!

I went right home from work instead of the gym because I had an hour left with the boy before he had to head back to work for the week. Check out the leftovers we had!

I made a fresh salad with mushrooms, peppers, mozzarella cheese, and cucumbers.

The boy made a fresh bag of rice and we topped everything over our salads again!

Sorry about the smoke! That is definitely the best dinner ever.

He left and I was too lazy to go to the gym so I decided to do a workout video. I rented Jillian Michaels “No More Trouble Zones” from Netflix last week so I decided to give it a whirl. It brought back major Shred memories. I only lasted 20 of the 40 minutes but my legs are sore today! The entire 20 minutes was squats and lunges so it is no surprise that I can barely walk. I was tired and probably did not let my food digest long enough so I just stopped the video in the middle. I am sending it back and getting another workout video to try next. Gotta love Netflix.

I spent the rest of the night trying to fix my laptop. I found the problem on Google. It is a fake virus program that claims you have 40 viruses just to get you to pay the $60.00. There was step by step directions on how to get rid of it. I did them but was unsuccessful so I will try again tonight! I was angry so I went in the kitchen and got dessert.

1 frozen banana with carob chips and whipped cream. There might be an ice cream sammy hiding under the whipped cream too!

I was stuffed after that and should have went to bed. Instead I grabbed another snack.

A Z-Bar and Blueberry Oikos with a ZEVIA Root Beer. Also when the Z-bar was gone and there was still more yogurt left, I went in the kitchen and added more Kashi Honey Sunshine into the cup. Blah. I know they are all healthy snacks but I was beyond full after the salad so they were just part of my mindless eating habits.

This morning I decided to pull out my food journal from last year. Maybe it will help more if I have to write these snacks down with a pen and paper. I will try it for a few days and see because I am tired of eating everything in sight after dinner. Obviously taking pictures is not enough for me. There is also a little comments section so I can write how I feel the next day which may help.

Have you ever kept a food journal? Did it help you?

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Morning! I’ve been trying to type this post since yesterday but my computer is having major issues. There is some Total Security program that keeps popping up. It is trying to make me pay $60.00 to buy the full program but I already have 2 other virus protection programs. It is blocking a bunch of websites and is making everything slow. I can’t get rid of it either! It tells me I have to buy the program if I want to uninstall it. Ahh I hate computers. Other than that, it’s been a good and busy weekend so far. I will recap back to Friday!

FRIDAY

I knew I needed to try the Justin’s Almond Butter right away that I purchased from Whole Foods the night before!

Yum! Now I know why everyone raves about this stuff. It was super creamy and had a delicious maple flavor to it. I may need to buy a jar of this in the future!

For lunch I went to Westside Market. I had a sample of these pop things (I forget the name right now!) with edamame hummus spread.

I created a wonderful salad as well.

It contained broccoli, goat cheese, avocado, and salmon. It was perfect! I had some soy crisps on the side to munch on.

One more shot of the best salad ever…..

MMM. Then someone put this on my desk right before I was about to leave work:

A chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting! Yes please!! Nice way to end the work week!

The boy came and met me for dinner because he was able to switch his work shift from Friday to Monday! He requested anywhere with pizza and salad. We thought of a few places but we ended up back at Whole Foods again! Why not if we both love it??

I made a similar salad to the one I got the night before. This time they had grilled mushrooms which I was very excited about. I also added peas, string beans, roasted sweet potato and cauliflower, chick peas, black beans, sesame broccoli, edamame, and baked tofu.

The boy got his pizza and salad. Two huge slices this time instead of one though!

I had half of one. So good.

We went to Lite Choice after! I got 1/2 vanilla and 1/2 chocolate mousse with crunchies!

We went home and broke out the bottle of NUVO that I got from the SingleEdition.com event last week.

The entire bottle filled up just one glass so the boy had vodka instead!

We watched State of Play but I passed out before the end. Of course he insisted on making edamame. I was still full from dinner but I could not resist!

Then he brought out grapes!

I added a few to my next drink.

The grapes at the end got me drunk! Haha just kidding but it was fun.

Yeah…. then he brought out popchips and hummus!

How does one resist a fresh container of roasted red pepper hummus and popchips?? I know I can’t!! I went to bed verryyyy full!

Saturday

I woke up a little hungover but definitely needed a workout after all of those snacks the night before. I decided to go for a run while the boy was still sleeping. I was hoping to do 3 miles and possibly 4 miles around the track at Flushing-Meadows Corona Park. I left the apartment without eating anything to avoid side cramps. I did have half of a Z-bar but I think that was at 4 in the morning!

From the start I could tell I was going to have a hard time. I was running against the wind so I probably should have turned and ran the other way but I decided to just keep going. I made it around the track one time (2.3 miles) but had awful side cramps during the 2nd mile. I knew I was going to have to stop and walk for a minute before trying to run another mile or two.

I walked for a minute and started running again. The cramp was unbearable so I had to walk again. I spent the next 2.3 miles doing intervals of running and walking. While I was running, my Nike+Ipod said I ran 1.7 miles at a pace of 0! What?? At the end it told me I ran at a pace of 48 minute miles!! Something was wrong with it. Anyway it was a nice workout. I burned 615 calories by the end.

I got back from my run very hungry so I had a Blueberry Z-bar.

I got the boy up and we went to brunch! We decided to try a new diner so we went to the Forest Hills Diner. I saw that they had brunch specials which included a mimosa and coffee with breakfast. I was very excited about that! Always like a reason to drink first thing in the morning!

I got my mimosa

I was also very happy to see a goat cheese, mushroom, red pepper omelet as one of the options. Tower Diner does not have goat cheese!

It was so delicious!! All together…

My only complaint was the massive amount of goat cheese they put inside the omelet. This is how much I scooped out and there was still plenty left in there!

Not necessary but oh well. I got a fruit cup for dessert.

The boy got chocolate pudding obviously…

We barely ate the pudding because there were chunks in there. The Tower Diner wins that one. As I was getting up to leave, I knocked over my mimosa. Oops!!

I’d probably go back there for the goat cheese omelet but Tower Diner is a little more convenient so I guess it will depend on how lazy I feel like being!

A little later my friend Kaity came over. We got manicures and pedicures. We decided to go to the Beer Garden in Astoria after for dinner and drinks.

It was packed!

I had to look at this while waiting for my food. Yucky.

I got a shroom sandwich!

The boy and I split a Caesar salad and fries.

We had 4 or 5 pitchers of beer by the end of the night!

My dinner:
The fries were so good. I love when they are tiny and crispy like that. The shroom sandwich was good but a little salty. I think they made everything extra salty so people drink more! The boy got a cheeseburger and there was a salt packet in the middle of his meat! Ew!

 We had a lot of fun. I don’t remember the end of the night. Apparently we ate edamame and more popchips when we got home but I had no idea!

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Hey everyone. I am back at work today but I don’t think I should be. I feel so dizzy right now. I may need to leave early if this continues. The bright lights are really making my head go crazy. I thought I felt better this morning but being here is making it worse. Blah.

I woke up yesterday and my legs were aching and I could not see straight so I stayed home again. Finally I decided I should try to get to the doctor. I didn’t think I’d be able to make it because my doctor is an hour away in the city. I stumbled onto the train and passed out the whole way and finally made it. The ceiling fan and blinking lights in the waiting room made me sooo nauseous. I had to hide under my sweatshirt while waiting to be called in the room. Finally he called me in and I was crying. He told me I had an upper respiratory virus and ear infection which caused me to have vertigo like symptoms. I pretty much just have to drink a lot of water and wait for it to go away.

This is bad timing because I was supposed to run my first 5K on Sunday with Dori and Megan. I can barely walk straight, let alone run so that will not be happening. I may still try to walk it but we’ll see how my head feels tomorrow. I also have my best friend’s birthday Saturday night but I don’t think drinking is in my near future!

Well here are some pictures of some foods I ate the past 2 days while stuck at home. I am not one of those people who loses weight when they are sick by the way. I get so bored that all I want to do is eat. Oh well.

Wednesday
  

(I love the steam in this pic!)

Could not decide between oats and eggs so I made both! I decided to try hemp milk in my oatmeal.

I figured it would probably be smart to try it out in a cup before possibly ruining my entire bowl of oatmeal.

Smart move because I spit it right out! It had a very weird taste to me. I may be able to handle it blended in a smoothie but definitely not by itself.

I crave sweet things when sick!

I also had 6 Holey Donut munchkins but no picture…

Thursday

Yeah there was more because I remember eating Twizzlers and Fruitabus but no need to see all the junk. I am off to go catch up on e-mails and blogs but have a good weekend. Sorry for the lack of typing but it is making me dizzy!

Thanks for all of the get well wishes you guys have been sending! It means a lot! I would also like to send my love and wishes to the victims of 911. <3

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