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Things I’m Lovin’ Thursday: Cliff Notes Edition {2-09-2012}

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My goal is to finish up a presentation for tomorrow, pack, and get in bed at a reasonable hour tonight so I’m going to have to keep this post short.

Here is what I’m lovin’ right now.

I’m lovin’ having to be creative in the kitchen in order to use up all of the fresh veggies (read: kale), before going out of town tomorrow.

I made savory oats cooked in water with nutritional yeast, sea salt, pepper, and corn and threw it over sauteed kale and mushrooms. It was perfect topped with Bone Suckin’ Sauce.

I’m obviously lovin’ having oatmeal two times today ;)

I’m lovin’ this dessert combo:

2% plain greek yogurt, walnuts, granola, cinnamon, and warmed blue berries. It’s the perfect mix of hot, cold, crunchy, smooth, sweet, and tart :P

I’m lovin’ Too Cute! on Animal Planet.

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If you haven’t seen it, you must, it is really too cute for words.

I’m lovin’ getting things done. I’ve knocked a lot off my to-do list this week, it feels good!

I’m lovin’ cuddles from these two.

Is it weird that my cat likes to spoon?

Anyway, productivity calls!

What are you lovin’ right now?

WIAW {02-08-2012}

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Today is my first What I ate Wednesday post, I hope you enjoy :)

If you’re unfamiliar with What I ate Wednesday, check out Jenn’s blog Peas and Crayons for more information.

7:30 a.m. Pre-Run snack

A peanut butter stuffed date and about half of a bottle of chocolate coconut water. I ususally eat more before medium-long runs but my stomach felt a little off this morning.

9:30 a.m. Breakfast

I was hungry after running 10 miles, so I dug right into the Baked Banana-Blueberry Oatmeal I made last night (recipe credit to Sarah at The Flying Onion). Baking yesterday saved me some time this morning, so all I had to do was warm it up, top it with sunflower seed butter, and enjoy it with coffee and soy creamer (x2!).

1:00 p.m. Lunch

Breakfast held me over for a really long time today! Lunch was zucchini fries (half with breadcrumbs and half without) and a new-to-me type of fake meat, Lightlife chick’n tenders. They tenders don’t have a lot of scary ingredients (always a plus) but they taste a little weird. I probably won’t buy them again.

 I also had a clementine.

2:30 p.m. Snack

After a quick trip to Target my stomach was growling so I had a brown rice cake with cream cheese and fig jam.

6:00 p.m. Dinner

I’m trying to use up leftovers/veggies before going out of town this weekend so I had some cheeze-y kale with wheatberries and cornbread crumbles for dinner. I also snacked on some unpictured veggies with horseradish hummus while making this.

6:30 Dessert

No yogurt yet today so 2% plain greek yogurt, walnuts, cashews, cinnamon, and warmed blueberries.

I usually like to have dessert right after dinner, a “close the kitchen” type of thing, but it’s early enough that I may go back for another snack later.

But that in a nutshell is what I ate today. Have a great night!

Twas’ a Weird Saturday

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Today is one of those days that I just don’t know where the time went. Maybe it was because I was out of my normal routine or that I lazed around most of the morning? Who knows but I feel a little 8-O .

I woke up super early (thanks Sonic :? ) and thought that I was going to go for a run right away so I blogged while snacking on half of a breakfast cookie. Minutes turned into an hour and I was enjoying my lazy morning just a little too much to run at that instant so I settled in and threw together some breakfast.

As of this morning our fridge and pantry were pretty bare, so I made-do with the remains of the greek yogurt, a crumbled sweet cornbread muffin, an adora disc, and a clementine.

I busied myself for a few hours with homework until Ian woke up and declared he wanted to go to the gym with me. I was overjoyed, I LOVE company at the gym. I spend so much time there alone, it’s nice to go with a buddy (or a boyfriend ;) .

It had been a little too long since breakfast and I didn’t want to work out on an empty stomach so I made this wonderful little snack.

I warmed some frozen berries and topped them with sunflower butter and cashews. Simple, sweet, and warm. I will definitely be having this again ;)

Workout
I had 4 miles on the schedule today but my ankle bothered me to the point where I had to stop running. I switched over to the elliptical for about 10 minutes and experienced no pain, but when I tried the treadmill again I had to stop after 1/4 of a mile. I was in way too much pain to keep going :( .

This really shocks and concerns me because I had absolutely no warning pain. No pain yesterday, this morning before the gym, and I didn’t feel anything snap, break, click etc on the treadmill. I really have no idea what caused it but I hope it goes away fast! I have 16 miles on the schedule for tomorrow and I really want to run, but I don’t want to hurt myself or jeopardize running Boston in April. :(

Lunch
Lunch temporarily cheered me up. Ever since our trip last weekend, Ian and I have both been craving Panozzo’s. Well, today we braved the mile walk in 20 degree temps all in the name of delicious sandwiches.

I got the same sandwich as last time, the vegetarian, only this time I ordered the smaller size.

I could easily finish the entire bigger sandwich, but I probably would eat it all whether or not I was hungry. It’s just soo tasty. By ordering the 6 inch, I prevented inevitable overeating while not feeling deprived :)

Ian and I also split the special soup of the day, salted cod. It, like everything else in the Italian market, was super delicious. I honestly don’t know if there is anything bad at Panozzo’s.

After lunch, Ian and I ran a couple of errands on foot, watched some Friday Night Lights, and even took a short nap. It was a very successful Saturday ;)

Dinner
My dinner was veggie-centric to balance out the heavier carbs early in the day. I made a quick stir fry using leftover broccoli slaw, some sliced mushrooms, tofu, and cashews.

We also heated up some Crab and Lobster Rangoon from TJ’s but neither of us could eat them. They were waaaay too fishy. I love almost everything from TJ’s but I have to say, the Rangoon were actually pretty disgusting.

Dinner left me with the hugest fiber baby, so dessert was a rice cake topped with ricotta cheese (I accidentally bought the fat-free kind again, booo) and cranberry jam. I also had some almond milk.

I’m off to relax on the couch, ice my ankle, and hope that the temperature tomorrow morning is above 20 degrees and that I am pain-free!

16 miles in the morning (hopefully)!

Girls Night In

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Ian has to do something tonight so I’m on my own for the evening. Seems like the perfect opportunity to go and do something crazy right? :P

It’s actually quite the opposite. My early run, the stress of the up-and-coming semester (my thesis, ah!), plus a long day at work has gotten to me and all I want to do is hang out in the apartment with my furball. In fact, I changed into my pjs about 20 minutes after walking in the door. How lame am I!

I did take the advantage of being solo for dinner to make something that Ian would not eat for dinner (unless I slipped bacon into it or something), a brussels sprout salad with soy sausage.

I roasted the brussels sprouts in olive oil, salt, and pepper for 25 minutes at 375 (stirring them after 15 minutes). Then I topped a bed of arugula with the brussels sprouts, a sausage-less sausage, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese. I coated everything lightly in TJ’s Cilantro Vinaigrette for a little more flavor.

It was amazing and reminded me a lot of Kathleen’s salads at the daily crumb.

My “dessert” was some greek yogurt, peanut flour, and a drizzle of maple syrup with some granola and crumbled clif zbar.

It was no ice cream but it did the trick ;)

Now in true girlie fashion, I’m going to go paint my nails and watch Felicity :-D

Have a great night!

Sleepless in Chicago

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Sorry for being M.I.A. this morning but after being unable to sleep last night, a problem that rarely affects me, I was feeling a little under the weather this morning.

Its pretty gloomy and misty out, so I knew today would be a gym day and decided to post-pone my workout until after breakfast.

All I wanted this morning was a doughy english muffin and a banana, so thats what I had. I topped half of the muffin with orange cranberry spread and the other half with cream cheese and apple pie preserves.

I also had a sliced banana with sunflower butter and some mio sweetened water. No coffee today for me, I’m blaming a 4:00 cup yesterday for my sleepless night!

After watching a couple of episodes of Felicity (I’m hooked!), I headed to the gym to get in a short run. I ran 4 miles at under an 8 min/mile and then walked for about 5 minutes on an incline. I’m doing my long run tomorrow instead of Sunday so I wanted to loosen my muscles but keep the workout light.

When I got back to my apartment I was craving soup, so I started chopping vegetables. I chopped an onion, carrots, celery, a jalapeno pepper, mushrooms, and garlic and added vegetable broth, spinach, two sliced sausage-less sausages, leftover rice from yesterday, and numerous seasonings.

Bubble, bubble, bubble

I ladled myself some soup and added some greek yogurt and my favorite habenero pepper sauce.

Lunch is served!