operation veggie: day one

Breakfast success!

Combine in a bowl:

• plain or vanilla greek yogurt [I like vanilla, and Oikos!]
• Kashi Go Lean Crunch
• Apple, chopped, cinnamoned and microwaved

Mouth party!

Open invitation. [twss]

Lunch = Operation Veggie.

Two things:

• Yams
• Broccoli

Both were had in ginormous portions. Love.

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In all my Halloween celebrations I realized I had been remiss in sharing pictures of the little sisters!

I ignored the most basic rule of blogging, which is: Kids or dogs are usually cuter than you.

Cecily:

Native American riding a pink horse! Wonder what influenced that decision?

Sabrina:

 

Cute cowgirl + Nerd.

Both were perfect in their own way!

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Fun news:

Holly ran her first half marathon yesterday and rocked it! Way to go, girl!

I registered for the Fitbloggin’ conference over the weekend. Who else is going?

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toast and post

Yo!

Glad everyone enjoyed our pumpkin carving festivities. ‘Twas a night to be remembered indeed. If you are looking to throw a pah-tay I suggest pumpkin carving as a theme, indeed.

This morn I could not think of a quickie breakfast I wanted more than toast.

So toast it was.

And what a toast!

Strawberry + Ricotta toast and plain Butter toast.

Both come strongly recommended from my toast lovin’ mouth.

Lunchi was exciting, because guess who remembered their pasta sauce from last week?

ME, that’s who!

So I had a Hugh Jass bowl of carb loading 15 mile running pasta.

AND, although it looks to have no veggies, it’s fooling you.

There’s an entire carrot and a zucchini in that sucka!

Now it’s work, work, work and gym lata! Gotta work those kinks out of these legs.

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Cheery

You know what would make me really cheery?

A S’more Z-bar up in this joint.

But alas, they are cleverly hiding from me, so I picked up a Luna S’more instead.

But I don’t think that’s really the same.

It doesn’t have that cute Halloween packaging.

Anyway, these flowers cheered me up.

 

Because they are quite lovely, that is why.

And then this dinner did much more than cheer me up.

It also filled me up.

• Organic Ragu
• 1 grated carrot
• 1 grated zucchini
• 1/2 can garbanzo beans
• 1/4 onion

Serve over whole wheat penne and top with feta cheese.

Pros:

• Makes 2 meals
• Delicious

Cons:

• Dirties multiple pots

The pros far outweigh the cons in this case.

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Also making me cheery: Bublé singing ‘Heartache Tonight’.

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gone with the wind

Well I know everyone has just been on pins and needles waiting to hear whether I actually got up and went to spin class this morning.

I know I was.

The answer is, I DID. And it was wondrous. Might be a new Thursday routine. Except I don’t really like getting ready for work in the gym locker room, but that’s a small price to pay for getting my work out in early.

Plus, Starbucks is nearby, so I could have breakfast there on Thursdays. Now that’s a temptation.

Today though, I had a slice of banana bread I packed.

 

Plus a giant mug of coffee.

And then my boss offered me half a blueberry scone, which I promptly gobbled up.

That was all well and good and delicious.

Now lunch.

Well lunch on the other hand, I have been having a hard time getting excited for lately.

I literally never want anything to eat at lunch time.

And I just pick at my food.

Much like I am doing to this salad currently.

I mean, it’s such a pretty salad.

Why don’t I want to eat it?

I did eat this apple.

But I didn’t love it.

And I have eaten this half of a bagel.

Meh, didn’t really care for that either.

And an apple and a bagel does not a lunch make.

An apple and a bagel just =  a lot of carbs.

Look at that pretty lunch!

But I just don’t have any appetite for it. In fact I am quite miserable about it.

I used to love lunch. Lunch was the highlight of my day.

And now that love is just gone. Gone. Gone.

Like the wind.

Gone.

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fingers crossed

Behold the return of…

MR Z-BAR!!!!

Sorry to say that Mr. Z-bar did not do anything interesting today. I was too busy working.

And then I got busy going to the gym.

Pushups, crunches and an hour on the treadmill.

Can hardly walk or use my upper body.

Ah, well it’s all for a greater good, right?

Since I didn’t get to have oatmeal at breakfast, I chose that for dinner.

Spicy, spinachy, eggy oatmeal!

• 1 cup spinach
• 1/4 cup oats
• 3/4 cup water
• feta cheese
• 1 egg
• hot sauce

Runny yolk = love. ♥

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6 am spin class in the morning! Fingers crossed that I don’t oversleep again!

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Bublé

Breaking News!!!!

Thanks to the lovely and wonderful Jeannie for teaching me the secret behind that elusive é. [hold the alt key and press 1 3 0 on the number pad] Voilá! é!!!

So as soon as Michael Bublé breaks up with his model girlfriend, we can get married.

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Also making my day was a jar of oatmeal.

Oatmeal:

• 1/4 cup oats
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 scoop protein powder

Topping:

• 1 banana muffin

mmmmm

I’m multitasking it at lunch today.

• checking e-mails
• catching up on google reader
• posting
• eating

Lunch at my desk!

How fun!

And vegetable stir fry too!

Never had that before!

Well on a plate anyway.

Go To Stir Fry:

• Tempeh
• Pepper
• Zuke
• Carrot
• Corn
• Peas
• Onion

Or a variation of such.

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Two Question Tuesday:

1.) What’s your go to easy lunch?

See above ^ for my answer.

2.) Who’s your celeb crush?

Mine varies, but it’s usually a singer. Something about a man with a sexy voice…oh my.

In answer to the question [although it’s obvious] right now it’s Bublé.

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Just Haven’t Met You Yet…

Nothing special here.

Buttered toast.

‘Twas my breakfast, yes indeed.

And then when I got to the office, I had a coffee.

Well, a rather large coffee.

And for lunch, I packed something I haven’t had in a while.

Mixing Bowl Salad.

Hugh Jass Salad.

Strawberry Poppyseed Salad.

And well, salad is not really a fall food.

Fall is more for soup. And cider. And hot chocolate.

Not really salad.

Especially fruity salad.

With fruit on the side.

But regardless, that’s what I had.

And that’s what I ate.

Tell me. What foods make you think of fall?

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Currently obsessed with:

Thanks to blog reader Ava, for recommending this song, and Meghan for letting me know the video was on Youtube. Love.

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rain, rain, go away

Ta da!

I am better!

And I owe it all to my breakfast this morning.

Green Monster, how did I forget you?

Well, never mind that. Just glad I remembered him and his healing powers.

In the VitaMix:

• 1 frozen banana
• almond milk
• 4 cups spinach
• 1 spoonful PB
• 1 scoop protein powder
• ice

Lovely.

So thanks to the power of green monster and green monster alone, I managed to make it to work this morning.

And now it’s time for lunch!

Which is a PB&J and grapes.

 

It was the easiest thing to grab at 7 am.

Speaking of 7 am.

Since I am well, I am planning to do my run tomorrow.

Yeah, it looks like I will have to be running at 7 am if that’s gonna happen.

What is gonna happen: Me going to bed at 9 pm tonight so that is even a remote possibility.

See ya before 9!

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Upgraded

To a new camera.

Well, Linden upgraded, so I bought her old D40. Which is not old at all. Like a few months.

Anyway, I most pleased, but I have no frigging idea how to use it!

But I do know how to make and eat a breakfast cookie.

• pumpkin
• spoonful pb
• 1 scoop protein powder
• 1/2 cup oats

Also I drizzled it with honey for a more beautiful look.

And then I proceeded to try to pack a lunch, but I didn’t have any groceries.

So I called McAlisters.

And ordered a HUGE pizza! Apparently ONE person is supposed to eat all this?

This, of course being a Mediterranean Feta Pizza Flat.

I failed to eat it all, instead choosing to go with 1/2.

And that was enough for me.

(Can you tell I <3 the new camera?)

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Kreativ Blog Award

The lovely Whitney (awesome name! ) from Lettuce Love nominated me for a Kreativ Blog Award, which I am most honored to accept.

Apparently according to the rules, I am supposed to tell you 7 things about myself that you didn’t know, and name 7 other blogs to receive the award.

Let’s start with 7 blogs, beginning with some new ones that I am pretty excited about, as well as some of my favorites.

1. SoundEats! Lindsey used to blog at Mrs. LC, but she just moved (yesterday!) to her new blog. She has an awesome header. Love.
2. Britt Likes Beer! She’s Homegirl’s bff, and she likes beer. What’s not to love?
3. Peanut Butter and Jenny! Because she loves peanut butter as much as I do, as well as plaid. And she’s awesome.
4. MegaNerdRuns! Umm, a nerd who runs? She might have the cutest blog name around.
5. The HealthyEverythingtarian! Well, she has an awesome blog name too. And curly hair.
6. Mama’s Weeds! Because she has two of the cutest kids ever, and drinks green juice. I admire people that drink green juice.
7. Green Dog Wine! Lando is one of the cutest dogs ever, and Allison is one of the most fun people ever. Not that I have met her in real life or anything. I can just tell these things.

Now for step 2: Well, I pretty much put myself out there, so honestly there isn’t much you don’t know, so that’s kind of hard.

But I’ll try.

1. Today I have a guest post up at On A Lobster Placemat. I think you’ll like it.
2. Last night, instead of going to bed I read this book. It was awesome. I recommend it.
3. I like to read books in the bath tub.
4. I read that book in the bath tub, in fact.
5. Tonight I am going to dinner at Cabo Fish Taco with the sisters and some friends.
6. Tomorrow I am running in my 4th Susan G. Komen 5k, and my first race of the season.
7. Later today I am celebrating Cookie Friday with this:

A cookie as big as my head. I’m pretty excited.

Have a great FRIDAY!

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blogging backwards

Mama D’s birthday cake baking was a success!

She blew out her candles under the watchful eye of Cecily. Doesn’t Cecily have such a well kept look about her? She is such a clean and neat child. Forever begging to have a bath or her hair brushed. Why am I telling you this though? It’s completely obvious just by looking at her.

But Mama D isn’t the only one who had cake.

I had some too. These were little chocolate marshmallow cakes that were positively scrumptious. Meredith found the recipe on Tasty Kitchen, which, if you haven’t been there, well you should.

Before I had my cake, I had dinner.

This folks, we shall call a Whit Special.

In this bowl we have:

• tempeh
• spinach
• 1/2 an apple
• soy sauce
• BBQ sauce

Don’t ask what was going on in my head as I was adding ingredients. I just dumped stuff in the pan and stirfried it. Wasn’t half bad.

REALLY.

Quit looking at me that way.

It really wasn’t bad.

Ok, I’m just going to ignore you and continue on.

Since I’m already going backwards, I shall keep that up, I think.

Before I ate dinner I ran 3 miles. Woot woot! The leg barely bothered me, and the foam roller I purchased at Target today is taking care of the bit of botheration I did have.

I had a huge smile on my face the whole time. It was just a perfect day for a run.

In the span of the afternoon, I also ran approximately 47 reports for work, got my car inspected and my tag renewed. I will mention that if your tag is expired and you live in North Carolina, they do not allow you to renew it online. Also you have to have your inspection up to date before you renew your tag. Found all that out today.

At some point I ate this:

And now all my apples are gone.

Alright, I am off to spend some quality time with that foam roller, and also my bathtub. See ya on the flip side!

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