Starbucks is my BFF

May 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Sorry, but it’s true!  I heart the bux!  (you’ll see later in the post)

I tried something new for breakfast this morning.  Oat bran.  I’m not 100% sure I love it.  It was a little bland, I think I need more toppings for it than I had this morning.

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In the mix…

  • 1/4 cup oat bran
  • water
  • 1/2 banana
  • 1 T barney butter
  • 2 tsp flax
  • 1 tsp wheat germ

Then it was off to work!  It was my last day at this particular school.  I was a pretty happy camper today because of this, but soooo busy!  I had to pack up the whole room today and get it all out of there.  I got it all done, but I’m exhausted!   And the classroom is so empty, it looked a little sad.  There was lots of good music and some fun times had in that classroom.  I’m going to miss it just a tiny bit I think.

Lunch was a sandwich (ham) with pepperjack and mustard (and LOTS of it!  I love mustard.  My dad is to blame for this, he’s a mustard maniac!), some Fage greek yogurt with about 1/4 cup blueberries.  Oh and a Babybel cheese.  Like these??  Click here for a coupon!!

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Blueberry closeup!

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And now onto my BFF.  My dear friend starbucks!  I haven’t been in forever (I don’t usually have extra calories to spend on it), but I neeeeeded some bux today!  So I had a nonfat iced mocha- mmmmmm!  B.F.F.

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For dinner Justin and I went out to a new sushi/hibachi place in town.  It was pretty good (it was no Pirhana killer sushi though!  Nothing can beat that place!!).  I think it will do when I am seriously craving some sushi and I can’t get to funkytown for some Pirhana.  The Chapster and I split three rolls- California roll, Cajun roll, orange dragon roll.  The cajun roll was the best!  It had tuna, fried oyster, and spicy mayo!  Yummmers!

I forgot my camera 🙁

Anywho…. 2 and 1/2 days of work left- yipee!!!   See you tomorrow!

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Happy Memorial Day

May 26, 2009 by 2 Comments

I’ve taken two days off of calorie counting and even really thinking about food. I tried not to worry too much about it. My mind just needed a break I think. But I’m back on track today, hit my calorie target, and feeling good.

Today we decided to clean out our rented storage unit. There’s no reason why we haven’t done it yet (just lazy-ness I suppose) and it is costing us $64/month. That’s money that we should be putting toward paying stuff off! It’s completely cleaned out, which means that the hubby is completely officially moved in to the house (we’ve almost been married for a whole year!) yay, lol! So needless to say I burned a ton of calories today moving stuff around!

This was my favorite thing that we brought in today. Justin’s grandfather made this for him from wood from an old barn I think and I love it! It didn’t fit in our living room, but we wanted to use it so we put it in the kitchen.  On top are  the microwave and a wine rack and inside are all of my cookbooks, our lunchboxes, napkins, placemats, and napkin rings.   There’s lots more room in it, so I’ll have to go through the kitchen and do a little re-organizing.

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Onto some food!

Breakfast was a little sandwich.  English muffin, egg white, half a slice of pepperjack and a veggie sausage.  This is quickly becoming my fav breakfast because it is so increadibly filling!

Close up of my sammy…

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With my morning coffee…

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Then I watched a litle TV and waited for the lazy bum husband to get up for the day.  About three hours later he decided to grace the day with his presence.  Then we headed out to the storage building.  Three trips later we had everything out.  We were soooo ready for lunch!

I made a bigass salad with…

  • romaine and spinach
  • baby carrots
  • a baby cucumber
  • cherry tomatoes
  • light Greek vinaigrette

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And a babybel cheese (I LOVE THESE!!)

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Alltogether…

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I also had 1/2 cup Fage Greek yogurt with blueberries, 1/2 tablespoon agave nectar and a sprinkle of granola.

Look at this giganto tub of Fage that I picked up at Costco!

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Dessert…

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Then we unpacked a crapload of Justin’s stuff and moved stuff around in the house.

Then when we were so tired we couldn’t do anything else we had some dinner.  We kept it simple- Amy’s Texan burgers with a slice of cheese on whole wheat buns, baked chips, and a yummy slice of banana bread for dessert.

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Whew I’m exhausted!  I think I’m going to bed early tonight.  I have to go to work tomorrow 🙁

Only 3 and 1/2 days left!!!!!

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Boo to today.

May 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Hey there!  Today pretty much sucks.  I’m not gonna lie.

I went to my training session this morning and we did measurements.  I’ve gained several pounds a few inches and three percent body fat.

I got really upset because I’ve been working so hard trying to take some of this weight off.  I’m not at a healthy weight and the extra body fat is really getting in my way.  I feel like I eat really well about 95 % of the time.   I work out 5-6 times a week.  I ALWAYS have a calorie deficit of 1,000 or more.  I just don’t get it.  I feel like I’m busting my ass for nothing here.

Anyway I ended up having a little breakdown about 15 minutes into our session.   I could feel myself getting upset, but I was trying to hold it in.  I mean I was in a gym full of people.  But it just came busting out and I was just sobbing.  I think I shocked my poor trainer and she wasn’t sure how to react, lol.  She ended up telling me to just go on home and relax a little and that we would make up the session next week.  I felt so bad about walking out on the middle of the session, but I knew that I was wasting both of our time by being there while I was so upset.

I’m going to take a little break from calorie counting for the next few days.  I think it’s making me crazy.  I’ll probably start back on Monday or Tuesday.  I think I’m going to go see a doctor as well just to make sure there’s nothing wrong.  And my insurance covers a dietician, so I might go see one (I don’t think my food is the problem though, but you never know).

I’ve been getting some crazy headaches too and they just won’t go away.  It feels like my brain is being squished.

Today just sucks.

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Night Owl

May 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I had a super crazy bad headache earlier this evening so I took an excedrine and I am still up because of the caffeine in it- those things have more caffeine than a soda in them!  Oh well, my headache is gone so that is what is important, right?

Dinner tonight was SO good and extremely filling!  We had grilled chicken, roasted veggies, and quinoa.  I had tried quinoa before but I did something wrong and it tasted aweful, so I tried a different method this time and it worked like a charm! 

Here’s what I did...

First I soaked a cup of quinoa in a little cold water for a couple of minutes, then I rinsed it really good.  Then I soaked it again, then I rinsed it again (this removes the saponins that coats quinoa seeds.  If you don’t rinse it well enough it will taste bitter.  I think this was my mistake last time.)

Then I put it in my rice maker.  I did my proportions just like rice- one part quinoa, 2 parts water.  Then I turned it on and let it do its thang.  When it clicked off I fluffed it with a fork and it was perfecto!  (I seriously love my rice cooker.  I am whole grain impared.  I can only make them in the rice cooker, they never turn out when I make them on the stove).

Quinoa has some seriously stellar nutritional stats!  It is SO good for you.  It’s high in protein and it’s also a complete protein.  It also has tons of antioxidants and lots of vitamins and minerals that I just don’t have the energy to type out right now.

Now that you’ve had your quinoa lesson, go make some.  It’s super yummy!

Here’s what my dinner looked like…

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Close up of quinoa (I wonder how many times I can possibly type the word quinoa?  Anyone want to count for me??)

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Roasted broccoli, apsaragus, and cherry tomatoes (I ended up mixing the tomatoes in w/ my quinoa)

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After dinner we went to Braum’s for some frozen yogurt.  I had chocolate.  It was fab!

I guess that’s it for tonight!  Anyone doing anything fun for Memorial Day weekend?

Lots of cleaning and reorganizing going on around this casa.  Going to get rid of a bunch of junk at a friends garage sale next weekend.  And I think I’m going to make some banana bread tomorrow!  I’ve been craving it for weeks.  I’m going to do some tweaking and combining of several different recipes that I’ve found.  Can’t wait!

Goodnight!

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Happy Friday (and my school was on fire today)

May 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment

No joke, my school actually was on fire today!  I wasn’t there, I go between two schools and I was at the other today.  I don’t have a lot of details, but apparently a couple of the kindergarten classes were on fire?  Yikes!  I’ll update when I figure out what was going on, but my classroom was okay.  No instruments on fire.

Anyway…

I’m all out of oats, which was what I wanted this morning for breakfast (of course!), so I settled for some Kashi Go Lean Crunch  instead.  With a splash of Almond Milk and half a banana.

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Then it was off to work I went.  Hey, guess what?  After the holiday this weekend, there are only 3 and 1/2 days left!

I had no 5th graders today, they went to the high school for field day, so  I got to come home for lunch.  I made a really tasty sammich with some kashi crackers and even had some dessert!

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On my sammy…

  • whole wheat bread
  • mustard
  • pepperjack
  • honey ham
  • lettuce

It was really good, the pepperjack was super spicy!

And then dessert!   I had some graham sticks dipped in Nutella (I got the single serving at World Market.  That’s the only way I can have that kind of stuff in the house- otherwise I would just stick my face in the jar.  I think it has a little over a Tablespoon in it)

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Oh so goooooood!

I’ve got a few hrs till the hubby gets home, so I better decide what’s for dinner and get the kitchen cleaned up a bit (the dishes are piled up to the ceiling!).  I hate doing dishes.  Anyone else hate dishes as much as I do?

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