I heart Maker’s Mark

I didn’t even get home until nearly 9PM tonight.  I was exhausted and STARVING.  I had stopped at Whole Foods to get some things and that took forever because it was under-construction, crowded and I had no idea what I wanted to buy.  After reading Quinn’s blog, Daily Moderation, I was craving stuffed peppers, so I wandered around until I finally made decisions for what I wanted to stuff in there.

Workout #1

I went to the gym over lunch and did the elliptical set to incline 3.0 and did this: 

Interval	Level	Time
Warm-up	4	5 minutes
Hard	8	30 seconds
Easy	5	2 minutes
I did this for 20 minutes
Steady	6	10 minutes
Cool-down	4	5 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Work went well today but I definitely could have stayed later but I had a non-work meeting at 6PM.  The day FLEW by because of all the things that I have to do.  The anxiety hit this afternoon that was just overwhelming. It was this worry that I will forget something or let someone down or that I simply will not get everything done.  I just can tell that I won’t be able to relax for the rest of the week.  But all I need to keep reminding myself is that I’ll be on vacation come Saturday morning.  GLEE!!! Totally worth working hard for!

Walking out of the meeting, there was a bowl of candy and I had a mini peanut butter cup.  I didn’t take a picture because I tore into that thing with such vengeance that taking my camera out of my bag would have only slowed down my fury.

Dinner

Like I said, I wanted a stuffed pepper.  I hollowed out a red bell pepper and put it in the oven on broil for about 15 minutes (until it started to blacken and blister) then I put it in a paper bag for about 20 minutes.  After the 20 minutes, I peeled off the skin of the pepper.

While that was broiling, I sauteed in a non-stick pan 1 garlic clove, a red onion slice, 1 mushroom, 2 brocolli florets, 1/4 carrot and about 1T of green peas. 

In a pot, I cooked 1/4 cup of brown rice with 1/2 cup of water and 2T of raisins.  I cooked this until done.  To the finished rice, I added 2 leftovers chicken meatballs.  Then I added in the sauteed veggies and about 2T of cheese.  I stuffed all this into the bell pepper.

Here is a tasty close-up

While the pepper was cooking, I had myself a first course.  sushi.   I grabbed some brown rice vegetable sushi (carrots, cucs and avocado) at Whole Foods.  Stealing another idea, this time from Jenn at Eating Bender.  She kept putting Annie’s Green Goddess dressing on sushi.  Well at whole foods, Annie salad dressings were on sale for $2.50, so I grabbed a bottle of organic green goddess (probably the highest calorie dressing I have ever purchased) and tried this combination out.

I had 5 of my sushies (what is the plural for sushi?) with 3 having 1/2 T of green goddess and then the other 3 with 3/4T of mango dressing.  I never could decide which of these two I liked more.  They both were SO different.  It kind of was a nice change–one sweet and fruity and the other dressing creamy.  I was very happy I got this sushi and tried this out!

 

Workout #2

After dinner, I pushed through and made myself do some lifting.  I did a 20 minute video on exercise TV.  I did the Envy Girls: Arms of Envy.  Lower weights than I have been doing recently but definitely higher reps.  I’ll let you know how I feel tomorrow and if I can tell I lifted today.

And as a little night cap, we celebrated a raise that Just. got.  And no better way to celebrate than fabulous mint juleps.  We have Maker’s Mark Green wax (already made mint juleps–only can be purchased in KY I think.) and I had some fresh mint.  So I stuffed glasses about 1/3 full of mint and about 80% full of ice, then poured in some of the tasty bourbon

I am ending tonight with watching a show on ABC, The Last Lecture, about a professor at Carnegie Melon–Randy Pausch.  It is so touching and really moving.  How he has handled cancer really reminds me of how my dad handled the entire situation….he saw it as an experience in life.  Nothing to be angry about, more than anything you just worry about the people you will be leaving me behind.  This was a fabulous documentary by ABC.  Just. was worried how I would handle watching it and instead of being upset, I was comforted by seeing this and knowing what grace he handled this experience and how proud his family must feel.

 

Okay, I am going to have a little glass of kefir and then head to bed so I can be ready to have another hectic day + physical therapy.

Take a Deep Breath

I think it just hit me that I am going to be out of the office all next week, which means I need to get a TON OF THINGS done by Friday.  Basically, this means I need to put the pedal to the metal (haha, I just noticed that mis-type) and F-O-C-U-S.  Aim: Try to get this post short so I can focus on things that my employers pay me to do.

Last night after I posted, I walked into the kitchen and got bit.  Bit by the munches bug.  I honestly was hungry but I couldn’t satisfy myself.  So I had a few snacks.

Started with half an apple, a few crumbs of that cranberry orange bread (that is what is at the top), a bit of granola and about 2tsp of peanut butter.

And because apparently that wasn’t enough (okay, actually, I completely blame the granola.)

I had some frosted mini wheats, a few chocolate chips and some more granola.

And I didn’t take a picture of the like 4 other frosted mini wheats and few chocolate chips that I snuck while I was putting these on my plate.

After this I made myself go down to bed and warned Just. that there was a munchie bug flying around the kitchen and he should watch out for it.

Breakfast

Complete repeat of yesterday, except that I was in such a rush this morning that I had to pack it up and bring it in to work.  I was in a rush because I decided to 1.) paint my toe nails this morning, 2.) Tackle the MASSIVE pile of junk mail, 3.) put away clothes.  Before I knew it, I definitely was running too late to eat at home.

1/2 cup of oats, 1/2 cup of water, 1/4 cup of egg beaters, almost 1/4 cup of pumpkin.  Cooked for 3 minutes on 100% power.  Added some flax seed, honey and granola (ugh…) after it was cooked.

I am munching on it at work while I am typing this.

AM Snack

I finished up my cottage cheese today (one thing less in the fridge!) and simply added some dried fruit, a few nuts, and some granola (damn, there it is again!).  There is about 1/2 cup of cottage cheese hiding under all of that.

I am going to go to the gym over lunch today.  Not sure what I am going to do, but it will be cardio.

Lunch

I made a funky little salad today.  Spinach, some left over quinua (maybe 2T), some dried edamame, 1/4 of a left over sweet potato, some grape tomatoes, and some mint.  I’ll add a little vinegar and oil to this when I eat it.

I made a wrap today–1 whole wheat wrap with spinach, carrots, onions, a smear of mayo, red bell peppers, cucs and 1 hard boiled egg white.

And then I’ll have my trust pudding.

PM Snack

Same as yesterday–kefir and a peach.  The peaches are so teeny they are cute.

(sorry about the terrible photo, this was about the time I knew I was running really late and I needed to hurry things up!)

 

Okay–must focus and be productive today!!!  (Keep reminding myself that I will be on vacation in 4 days)