Meg Eats Yummy Stuff!

Another SLOOOW Day… Is It Friday Yet?

2010-01-07T20:07:00.001-05:00

Hey Girlies.. I had a tough time sleeping again last night, so it was extremely hellish to wake up this morning. I jumped on the treadmill and cranked out 2.75 miles showered and inhaled a bowl of cereal (Fiber One and some Mesa Sunrise from Natures Path, with Unsweetened Almond Breeze, banana, and some raisins. I also had a couple handfuls of grapes that went un pictured.

I brought my mug of coffee with me to work and had an uneventful day. The morning dragged on and on… Until a VERY YUMMY lunch. A nice woman who works for an imaging company brought us lunch today. I had a salad with mixed greens, dried cranberries, walnuts, granny smith apple and grilled chicken. It had a tasty dressing on the side and I might have had a garlic knot which was AMAZING and a few bites of a peppermint chocolate cookie (it was like a giant Girl Scout Thin Mint). I was lucky to get out of work early and came home to a napping Adam. I cleaned up some dishes in the sink and hand a couple handfuls of peanuts and lounged with my sweetie since I actually could spend some time with him today!!!

Dinner ended up being a Lean Cuisine Philly-style Steak & Cheese Panini. I also had some more sweet potato fries on the side and an pickle that didn’t make the picture ;) I kind of started inhaling my food and then remembered the picturing taking thing.. I really need to get used to this again!!!

I did some more cleaning.. Ordered some Evil but delish Girl Scout cookies from my niece, (sound so weird to say I have a niece now!!) and did another 1.25 miles on the treadmill and some abs.. I am now sitting down to relax with a Jell-O Dark Chocolate Decadence Mousse cup with some Cool Whip..

Today definitely was not a very healthy day. I need to jump back on the band wagon tomorrow!!

Does anyone have any exciting plans for the weekend? Ours are still up in the air…

Slow Day=Long Day!

2010-01-06T20:08:00.001-05:00

Wow did today drag on! I woke up this morning did my usual 2.75 miles on the treadmill, showered and ate my favorite Pumpkin Spice Cliff bar and chugged a ton of water before heading out to work. I also my mug of coffee.

I got in.. called patients and pretty much sat and twiddled my thumbs…. I’d totally rather be busy than not, it makes for such a long day :-( Lunch came around 12:20, a tad to early but it was quiet so I went. I had my usual yogurt, today was banana cream with Kashi Go Lean Crunch and an apple.

The afternoon was just as slow but I was stuck there until after 4:15 because of phone calls and dumb pharmacies!! UGH After work I went to my parents to pick up some of my favorite home made mac and cheese from dad! MMMM THANKS DAD! ;) I snacked on a few cookies while chatting with mom and dad then came home to see Adam before he left for work.

We talked for a bit then I got my dinner all set. It was leftover turkey burgers Adam had made this weekend, with onions. Tasted like a healthy White Castle cheeseburger.. MMM I had mine tonight with a slice of american cheese, ketchup and honey mustard on the side, sweet potato fries and some bread and butter pickles. YUM YUM

After dinner I decided to make up a batch of Hungry Girl's Chocolate Fudge. I over cooked it a bit this time because I was trying to do some Wii Active. DAMN! OH well.. Still tastes good ;) I ate 2 squares and 2 handfuls of grapes after it had cooled and I finished up my Wii Active and mile on the treadmill while watching Extra :) I think tonight is gonna be a veg out and do nothing kinda night! Maybe some Man VS. Food on the travel channel. :-D

What’s your favorite “food” show?

I’m On A Roll!

2010-01-05T20:11:00.001-05:00

Wow two whole days in a row! hah Lets see.. this morning started out on the treadmill.. did my usual 2.75 miles then showered and made the same bowl of cereal as yesterday.. except I almost forgot the picture.. so this bowl is half eaten already.. ooppps At work I had my coffee with stevia and coffee mate.

I walked in to a busy morning since I go in at 10 and stay later on Tuesdays. Both phone lines were ringing and there were lots of insurance stuff to be done. Gotta love the new year! Lunch was take out since we had a drug rep come in. I got a cup of Beef Barley Veggie soup that came with oyster crackers and a half of a tuna sammy on ww bread. I had the cup of soup, some crackers and a bite of the sandwich but was so stuffed! There also was a side of diet crack ;) I got out right on time at 5 and came home to see my sweetie for about an hour before he left for work :( I whipped up a HUGE salad for dinner with romaine, cucs, green peppers, roasted red pepper, Sabra hummus, croutons, and tons of salsa!!(I may have snacked on a handful of almonds and a handful of grapes while making it up) MMMM so good.. I also had a side of home made sweet potater fries. This may be my favorite dinner EVER!

(I’m really trying to get back on some kinda track ;) After dinner and reading the local paper online I did some cleaning and jumped on the treadmill to bust out another 1.25 miles I also did some resistance band for my arms and back and crunches. I was on a roll today!!!

I’m now off to watch The Biggest Loser and eat my tasty Peppermint Patty and have a nice cold glass of H2O! I need to make it an early night tonight.. Last night was one of those nights were I had silly things running through my head all night and tossed and turned until after midnight trying to get to sleep! I hate when that happens!

I hope everyone has a great night!

I Need To Make A Come Back!

2010-01-04T20:10:00.001-05:00

Hi there ya’ll! I decided this morning in the shower and after I got on that wonderful scale that I need to start taking pictures of what I am eating.. Or at least reflect back on everything I ate every night. I know gaining a few pounds isn’t a big deal, but these weren’t healthy pounds.. Yes I did eat some amazing meals this holiday, but I also ate my fair share of candy, chocolate and drank a ton of booze! I did enjoy myself though, my stomach on the other hand is a completely different story. So as of today I’m kicking my a$$ into gear.

This morning I did 2.75 miles on the treadmill showered and made up some breakfast. Today it was the usual, some Kashi Go Lean Crunch and some other random cereal that I can’t remember that I just dumped in with it.. haha into the mix went a naner and Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze… and a handful of un pictured raisins ;) There were also 2 cups of coffee ingested today. One with stevia and ff coffee mate, the other just with splenda at work.

The morning flew by (not that I was complaining at all!!!) and before I knew it I was being told to make a run for it to get to lunch before the afternoon patients started coming in.. Lunch was a blueberry yogurt with more Kashi Go Lean Crunch mixed in and a Clementine. My tummy just has not been right so trying to down this was tough.. On a good note my ultrasound on my tummy came out A OK.. so what the heck is my DEAL!?!?!?

After work I came home and was feeling really munchy, so I decided on some pretzels and 2 handfuls of grapes. I chatted with Adam (since he leaves for work at 6pm:( ) and then his mom stopped by so we could pick out Thank You’s for the wedding, Adam’s Mom works for a printing company! I then made up a PB&J on new bread that we got new Arnold's Double Protein Bread Its got some great things in it:

Health Benefits:

14g protein in 2 slices
18g whole grains (100% whole wheat)
Good source of fiber
No artificial colors, flavors or preservatives
No high fructose corn syrup

I also had some Popchips and a few pretzels too there were more on there.. but I snacked before the camera came out :)

When I was cleaning up and putting a new filter in my Pur water filter, I snacked on about 4 pieces of Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate and some more grapes..

I got some cleaning up done and did another mile on the treadmill.. Now its time to relax and watch some Real Housewives of Orange County since the Food Network is no longer on Cablevision :( I am not a happy girl! oh well I hope everyone had a great holiday!! See you tomorrow.

Wedding Pictures!!

2009-12-22T19:11:00.001-05:00

Hi guys! Sorry no posts yet.. My stomach hasn’t been good at all! Dr. visits have begun to find out the problem… I promise I’m coming back though!!! until I come back for real here is a link to my wedding pictures from the photographer!

http://www.expressiveimagephoto.com/mp_includes/body.asp

go to wedding/sessions then click on weddings.. we are the first couple on that page ;-D

HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL!!!

Need to Get Back in The Swing of Things!

2009-12-01T22:19:00.002-05:00

So I was such a slacker today and completely forgot to take pictures! I really need to get back into the picture taking mode ;) I’ll just give ya a recap of my not so fun filled day… started out with a bit over 2.5 miles on the treadmill.. showered and got some cereal with almond milk and banana in my belly. I was trying to be the good little wife and find the box of frozen veggies for Adam and I to have tonight before I left (since Adam is working nights he eats his “dinner” around 4:30) and I don’t get home till after 5 on Tuesdays from work. Well our freezer is PACKED and there was a cave in!!! I couldn’t get the darn freezer to close to save my life.. I was there moving things around for over 5 minutes with no luck at all :-( I ended up having to wake up poor Adam even though he just got home around 6ish from work. I felt horrible but it was almost time for me to leave for work and I was still in my pj’s! OOPPS! Thankfully he fixed it and I was off to get ready and head into work with a nice hot mug of coffee in my hand.

I walked into more craziness there! Phones ringing… patients at the window.. just nonstopness! ahhh! it finally did calm down a bit thank goodness :-D Before I knew it, it was lunch time. I had a huge apple, cottage cheese and about 1.5 servings of Kashi cracker. YUMO! I did also snack on 2 pieces of chocolate as the day went on. Around 5:15 it was time for me to head home to my sweetie since we only had about 45 minutes to spend together today.. UGH I’m not a fan of him working nights at all!

We sat and talked for a bit and then while he was getting ready for work I made up a PB&J on whole wheat bread with some cheddar and sour cream chips and pop chips on the side. I needed some comfort food ;) after Adam left I got a few things done around the apartment and got on the treadmill to do another mile to try and relax a bit. Unfortunately relaxing was not in my future! I did my crunches and some squats and resistance band exercises with my arms.. Then I went to wash my face and saw that our bathroom sink is backing up! And then completely stopped draining.. There is a ton of my hair stuck down there.. oopps once again… MY BAD!!!!!! I called Adam and complained and then decided on going to the ‘rents to pick up their plunger.. It helped so we will see what happens tomorrow… I ended up having 2 brownies since I was in a funk.. Oh well tomorrow is another day right? Thank goodness I don’t have to fit into a wedding dress :-O Hope everyone has/had a great day! See you tomorrow with pictures!!!!

Long Time No Write!

2009-11-30T21:41:00.001-05:00

Hi Guys! Sorry I have totally flaked off and disappeared for so long! With all the wedding stuff I just had so much on my mind… I thought I’d just show ya some fun pictures from the big day and our honeymoon in Antigua! I am determined to get back to blogging again.. I miss it so much!

and on to the HONEYMOON!

OBX

2009-08-28T17:13:00.001-04:00

Hey ya’ll! hope every ones summer is going great! I can’t believe Labor Day is around the corner.. I promise once things get back to normal (once I get home late tomorrow from Duck OBX and get started with my new jobie job on Monday) I will be back to normal blogging! Here are some pictures of our fun filled vacay!!!

Pro Bar Review!

2009-08-04T15:51:00.001-04:00

Hey there bloggies!! Sorry I have been MIA but I’m in a jobless funk at the moment and rather than complaining about to you, I just thought I’d blog stalk and take a break.. I do have a review for ya’ll though!!!

I as lucky enough to get some samples a while ago and since I have tried them all out I thought I’d give ya my little old 2 cents ;)

First I tried was the Superfood Slam

Here is what the website said:

Superfood Slam is a nutritional powerhouse. Our organic acai berries, pure raspberries, dark chocolate and live greens are blended together with PROBAR's 15 signature whole food ingredients for a bar that is good for you and tastes SUPER.

Wow I thought this was great! There were huge pieces of cashews and whole almonds. I did not think this tasted “green” at all! And it definitely filled me up.

Next up was Kettle Corn

The website said: The Kettle Corn bar is a deliciously nutty popcorn treat with strong toasted-corn flavor. Bring it to the theater.

This was my least favorite, there were corn kernels in it and it just didn’t do it for me. Definitely not horrible but not my kinda thang..

The third I tried was Cherry Pretzel

The website said: The Cherry Pretzel bar is pretzels with a twist, featuring whole Bing cherries and exceptionally smooth dark chocolate.

All I can say is YUM YUM! Cherries, pretzels, and dark chocolate all together. This was by far my favorite! I would totally buy this one if I found it out!

Next up was the Koka Moka:

The website says: Like the taste of mocha in your coffee? Try Koka Moka, a delectable mocha flavored bar that is sure to please any coffee aficionado's palate. So scrumptious

I thought this one was a winner too! Big almonds, chocolate chips, and brazil nuts. All mixed with a nice coffee flavor is a tasty meal in my book! I’d buy this one again too!

The last one was Art's Original Blend:

Their website says: Art's Original Blend tastes like your favorite trail mix in a bar. It is a delectable combination of whole grain goodness, chunky nuts and moist, delicious fruits. Break the bad-bar experience today and enjoy Probar, the only bar that tastes like real food!

Again this one was great! I love being able to see the nuts, seeds and fruit that I am eating and knowing it is all healthy and good for me!

Its funny because I was so excited when I opened each one of these that I would look for all the nuts first and eat them, then eat the rest of the bar.. Weird I know! But it made me happy :-D

I hope everyone is having a great day! I’ll be back soon with some of my eats… Believe me though you aren’t missing too much :-P

What An Exciting Life I Lead!!

2009-07-27T14:55:00.001-04:00

Hi There Chickies!!

Nothing exciting going on here.. No fun eats really just typical Meg food and some BBQing yesterday at Adam’s family picnic… I was able to get to the gym today for some SLOW walking on the treadmill 1.25 miles, and some lifting.. But HEY it was something!!!

Onto more fun things.. Here is my Wedding Avatar from The Knot.. Can you tell how bored I am?!?!?! Hope everyone’s Monday is flying by!!! Thanks to MFTGITLBD for the site!!

Learning How To Relax…

2009-07-24T21:23:00.001-04:00

UGH I’m so not a fan of not being able to do what I want.. There was no gym today and minimal movement on my part. I took a muscle relaxer last night after dinner with the family and it made me sleepy and sick to my stomach.. oh what fun! Oh here’s a recap of mom’s Birthday dinner… (I started eating my salad and realized I had to take a picture!!) I also had a glass of White Zin but forgot to take a picture.. I was drinking it to make the pain go away…..

I did sleep almost 9 hours though and got up around 8 this morning. Adam was off again today trying to use up some vacay time. We had some coffee and breakfast (I had an apple with cottage cheese and some cantaloupe and then did some errands.

I tried a few samples at Wegman’s and got some new m&ms that are coconut flavor.. MMMM so good! When we got home from BJ’s, Target, and Wegman’s I had a Chobani yogurt with frozen strawberries, blueberries, granola and some Kashi Go Lean. I love this lunch! There was also some diet “crack” since I was in a cranky mood :(

I had some pretzel a bit later while looking for jobs online. OH WHAT FUN! I decided to lay down and read my book for about an hour until my brother called to come over and visit. Once he left I was getting mighty hungry ( I think the stress on my body is screwing me up royally!) I made a “crack wrap” with garlic hummus and Swiss cheese on a flat out wrap and had some pickles and fries on the side. This hit the spot and wasn’t anything too crazy for my belly who isn’t happy with me and my muscle relaxers…

After dinner we went to Pet Smart to look around and then to Barnes and Nobles (since it was a walk around then sit and read magazines night.. easy on the hipage) I had an unsweetened passion iced tea. SO SO GOOD!!! When we got home I snacked on a piece of Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate.. I had to pick this up last night! It has been my favorite since I was little and would go to my parents’ friends house and they would have the Hershey’s miniatures in a candy bowl. I would always pick out all of the dark ones!!! :-D

I think its now time to take a muscle relaxer and read some more of my book after I look for jobs again.. Think some more were added in the past 3 or 4 hours? Gosh I hope so!!! See ya tomorrow :)

If I Were A Horse.. I’d Be Glue!

2009-07-23T15:31:00.002-04:00

Hey girlies.. Well yesterday was a rough day until I took 1 too many Aleve and then my hip was finally feeling better! I woke up feeling ok ate some cereal and had my coffee then headed to the gym.

I barely could make it through 2 miles and had to leave after lifting! I came home and did some abs, and some upper body Wii Active and vegged around. Trying to make the pain go away.. What did I do to myself?!?!?!

I was finally hungry for lunch around 1:30 and made up a yummy bowl of salad. I had lettuce, peppers, cucs, red onion, garlic hummus, croutons, and lots of salsa.. MMM I also had a few Pringles :-D

I laid around for most of the afternoon hoping my hip would feel better since Adam and I were going to the Monmouth County fair at night. Luckily it felt better and we went! We saw the racing pigs (I have to see them every year!!) I pet a baby cow, and saw so many adorable animals! I look forward to going to the fair every year, but feel like such a dork since it is usually families with children. Oh well one day I’ll have a kiddie to take with us!! Dinner was a Genisoy bar in the car on the way there since we are saving $$$ and I wasn’t hungry before we left. We did a ton of walking and my hip felt great! We came home and I was getting hungry so I had a nectarine, some pineapple. I also had a Miller Lite, to take the edge off and thanks to Adam a shot of Baily’s Irish Cream. He was hoping some booze would make me feel better.. hahah

Onto today.. I woke up today and was feeling good, I should’ve known it was too good to be true! I putzed around and finally had some breakfast around 9 and lots of coffee :) same cereal as yesterday (Raisin Bran, Kashi Go Lean, naner, cinnamon, and soymilk).

I did some abs and got ready for the gym, unfortunately the pain was unbearable and I like to think of myself as a tough cookie! I didn’t even do a mile on the treadmill and had to come home to Adam in tears.. He decided I should go to the doctor. I showered and got ready and was off.. Well we got there late and they were about to leave for lunch so we just sat in the car for an hour, as it monsooned! Once I was taken she said she thinks I pulled my hip flexor? I was given some Muscle Relaxers and was told to rest.. UGH! If it doesn’t get better by the beginning of the week I have to go back for X-Rays.. lets hope its better!!! We were going to stop off at the pharmacy on the way home but since it was 1:30 already we were both starving! I made the same bowl of salad as yesterday because it totally hit the spot! MMM I had it with some Crystal Light in my new Riverhorse Brewery glass.

I inhaled this bad boy and might have had a few bites of Adam’s pasta salad too.. ;) I’m now trying to lay low until we have to leave at 5 to get my prescription and head to mom and dad’s for my mom and aunt’s Birthday dinner!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM AND AUNT KATHY!!! We are going to have Cesar salad, lasagna, and cake…. MMM I’m also bringing some TJ’s wine, maybe it will make my leg feel better? Its worth a shot ;) hope everyone’s day is going great! See ya later.

Not A Good Day!

2009-07-21T20:45:00.001-04:00

Lets see, I thought I pulled my groin but really think its my hip and barely can put weight on it at times… and my tooth that I got filled last week cracked.. well the filling cracked :( WTF?!?!?! onto eats of the day, which were nothing too exciting from eating way too much the past few days!!

Breakfast was Raisin Bran and Kashi Go Lean with banana, cinnamon, and soymilk. I also had a mug of coffee to perk me up on this rainy day in Jersey.

I did some abs, went to the gym and did 3 miles on the treadmill then came home and did some upper body work on Wii Active. By the time I was done with that I was ready for some lunch. I had a coffee yogurt, grape nuts, and cantaloupe.

I also may have had 2 cookies and some almonds. I showered and job searched then walked over to the school to pick up babysitting money from Saturday. I came home ate some pretzels and watched some TV until dinner time. I had a PB&J on WW with some homemade fries on the side, since I had leftovers from Saturday. MMM Something easy on the belly makes me feel much better!

After dinner we went up to the boardwalk to get in a short walk, since my hip was feeling good unfortunately it didn’t last long…. We went to the supermarket to pick up windshield washer fluid and a couple other things and since I had a coupon for FREE Starbucks Ice Cream we picked up a Java Chocolate Chip Frapawhatever it is.. haha OMG SO GOOD !I had one spoon full and it was delish! I then had a Kit Kat, since I’m currently in self pity mode, with my busted hip, tooth and lack of job..

Believe me I know it can be worse.. its just a pity day for me myself and I.. Hope everyone had a good one! See ya tomorrow :-D

Funk Land

2009-07-21T14:19:00.001-04:00

Hey Girlies.. don’t wanna put ya’ll in my funk but just thought I would check in! Job search=depressing… on a good note we did book our rehearsal dinner site last night! less than 4 months until the big day!!! Rod's, here is where we are having it! We are doing the dinner buffet :-D Hope everyone’s day if flying by!!!

Sunday Funday!

2009-07-19T20:19:00.001-04:00

Today was a fun day out! Adam has jury duty out in Trenton the first week in August so today we decided to take a trip out there to see where the court house was. I also figured since Trenton is close to New Hope PA we might as well make a day out of it :) I unfortunately didn’t get much sleep last night and was up before 7 this morning. I made myself wait until almost 8 to get out of bed and make some coffee. I had a big mug of coffee to get me going and some Dannon Light and Fit with a mix of cereals and some cantaloupe on the side. I also had a huge handful of raisins afterward because it sounded good.

We headed out around 10ish and had a few things like running to the bank and getting a newspaper (job searching). After driving through Trenton (there are some amazing buildings there, even though its a bit run down). Once we got to PA we ran to DD’s to use their facilities…hahha and buy a water. We went to one of our favorite restaurants for some lunch. We got there right around 12 and it was perfect timing! I had a chicken cheese steak wrap with fries and a pickle.. MMM I was craving this knowing we were coming.. haha There were healthier things on the menu that sounded good too, but I had my heart set on this and figured I would not be satisfied if I didn’t get it. Silly me chowed down and completely forgot to take a picture :( I do have half left for din din one night so you’ll get to see it! We walked around and then walked back over the bridge in to Jersey to go to River Horse Brewery, you can get their 4 beers on tap to sample for a dollar!! We try to make it every time we go out that way to try out their new beers. The place was packed since both New Hope and Lambertville were brimming with people! Adam and I split the 4 beers and we had fun people watching ;-) We walked around a bit more saw a rainbowish cloud over church in Lambertville (you can’t really see it in the picture, I used my phone to take it) It was really beautiful though!

On our way home we went to Adam’s mom’s house to pick up our invitations!!!! Its getting so close! When we got home I made up some pasta salad for Adam’s lunch for the week and did some Wii Active. After vegging for a bit we had some dinner. I went light and just had cereal, banana and soymilk. I might have had a couple bites of Adam’s eggs and sausage too!

After cleaning up I had 2 pieces of chocolate for something sweet,

I showered for the 2nd time today.. lol and now its time to look for a JOB!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone in Jersey now of any jobs at the shore? I hope everyone had a great weekend!!! See ya tomorrow :-D

Friends Make Everything Better!

2009-07-18T11:17:00.001-04:00

Well I met up with a group of my friends from High School last night since one of them was in town from Florida with her baby!! :-D We had a nice BBQ and played with babies all night. I totally needed a night to try to forgot the job search I need to be doing. I am babysitting today from 12-6 then coming home for some din din with the sweetie and a nice long relaxing walk on the boardwalk.. I need to try and relax! I’ll leave you guys with pics from last night of me and my friends :-D Have a great Saturday!

UGH…

2009-07-17T14:14:00.001-04:00

Hey there girlies!

I got some bad news yesterday… I was let go from my job because of the terrible economy! There are only 2 children enrolled for the 2 year old class at the school :( and one is the owners niece! She was nice enough to let me know now and not wait until the week before school starts, so I can look for a new job. What can I do? I’m thinking something food/nutrition related… Any ideas?!?!? I’ll be back to normal blogging by Sunday.. Just wallowing in my funk for a few days… Sorry for the Blah post… just wanted to fill ya’ll in!

Mr.. Sun Kicked My Butt!

2009-07-15T21:31:00.001-04:00

Well I was off this morning but apparently my body did not want to listen! I kept waking up and finally just got up at 7:15, got my lap top and read blogs in bed. hahah Around 8ish I started to get hungry so I made up some coffee and a big bowl of cereal (Kashi Go Lean, All Bran Strawberry Medley, banana, cinnamon and lots of soymilk)

After that I made up some home made almond/cashew butter in my dad’s food processor that I borrowed to make the banana soft serve. I don’t think I let it go long enough but it shut off so many times from over heating (I think this thing is as old as me!) So I just left it the way it is.. It tastes good ;)

I did about 10ish minutes of Wii Active then hit up the gym for a 2.5 mile walk and some weights. I came home put my bathing suit on cleaned up and made up some lunch before my friends came over to go to the pool. I was starving by 12 so I had a nice big apple with cottage cheese. I also might have dipped my spoon in the nut butter a few times ;) A few chips jumped on my plate too! How did they get there?!??!?!

Jamie and Bill got here around 1 and we stayed at the pool until 3. Silly me forgot suntan lotion and didn’t want to walk back to the apartment to get it, so needless to say is that I’m a LOBSTER! When I came back I decided to use up some of my nut butter and made some of Dreena’s You got Chocolate in my Peanut butter cookies! MMM they came out very very tasty!

Dinner was a Lean Cuisine Panini, I can’t remember which one it was, but it had chicken, peppers and a tasty sauce :) I dipped it in honey mustard since I’m a dipper :-P

We had to run to Adam’s mom’s house and to his cousins to give them $$ for the Outer Banks! I can’t wait for vacation, I am in desperate need of one. It gets depressing living at a vacation hot spot! I get very jealous… oh well.. lol dessert was some more leftover Tasti-d-lite, they only give one size at the place we went to and it is HUGE! oh well I got my $$ worth ;)

I’m off to take a Tylenol PM and pass out! Hope your week is flying by.

Long Day…

2009-07-14T22:25:00.001-04:00

I was up bright and early today at 7:30 after waking up on and off since about 5. UGH I had made up a bowl of cereal and then realized my stomach was not feeling it! So I opted for a Luna Chocolate Raspberry bar. MMM I love these things!! This has to be my favorite flavor!!

I also had a HUGE cup of coffee to get me moving. I’m not used to getting up so early these days since I have been going into work at 9 the earliest! I walked to work this morning and tried to stay positive, and it worked! The morning went well and before I knew it it was lunch time and I was STARVING! Once I got the kids to lay down I had apples with cottage cheese, some cantaloupe and 2 cookies ;) Once 3 O’clock I was on my walk home and trying to gear up for the gym. I had some prunes and some almonds before I left for the gym. I did about 2.5 miles with some pretty steep hills, gotta tone the hiney up for bikini time ;) Once I got home I was starving again and had a few more almonds and grapes to try and hold me over. Around 5:30 I started to get dinner ready since I could not wait any longer! I had a big salad with hummus, green peppers, roasted red peppers, lettuce, croutons, and tons of Newman’s Own Salsa.. MMM I also had some sweet potato fries with lots of ketchup! I think this is one of my new favorite meals ever! I also tried a bite or 2 of Adam’s pork chops from daddy… I love dad’s pork chops cept they are fried and my belly does not like fried anything… or just food in general these days :(

After dinner we went for a nice walk up on the boardwalk before going food shopping. We had some things to pick up for the rest of the week and Shop Rite is having their Can Can Sale so we picked up some canned beans :-D When we got home I had a nice cold Miller Lite and a piece of chocolate to quiet the sweet tooth.

Since I don’t have work tomorrow I’m going to catch up on blogs and relax. See ya tomorrow, hope everyone’s week is going great :)

I’m Back!

2009-07-13T20:23:00.001-04:00

Hey There

I know I’ve been coming and going a lot lately… I have been totally lacking in the motivation category these days. With not having much work, I’ve been feeling crappy :( There was lots of parties last weekend and this weekend coming up is busy too!

This morning I was up bright and early compared to the times I’ve been getting up lately. I was up at 7:40 and had a nice bowl of cereal (Kashi Go Lean, All Bran Strawberry Medley, cinnamon, banana, and soymilk) I also brought a cup of coffee with me to work on my walk.

I worked 8:45-12:45 then came home inhaled a bowl of blueberries, strawberries, Oikos Plain yogurt, and a bunch of Raisin Bran. I might have eaten 2 cookies too :) (was so hungry I forgot to take a picture)

I then went to the gym right after eating pretty much (note to self not a good idea!!!) I already had a stomachache so this made it 10x worse. I did a quick 2.25 miles on the treadmill and lifted because there was something more important to do today!! I had to come home and shower to get to the tailor for my wedding dress fitting with my mom!!! Once home I lounged on the couch for awhile and checked out favors online for the wedding. Since my belly is so angry with me I decided to have something light for dinner. I was craving Ramen Noodles, so I had the lower fat ones with a slice of melted cheddar cheese to make the broth a bit thicker. MMMM I had the whole package (280 calories, sodium is about 800) I also had some carrots on the side to make myself feel better about this not so great dinner, I had about double than pictured.

After dinner we tried to go for a walk on the boardwalk, we might have walked about 3/4 of a mile or so because the rains were coming! Where they came from I have no idea, but we did see a rainbow over the ocean, and 2 near my parents house :-D That made everything better! Mom and Dad had food for us and cake. So once we got home I had 2 bites of cake and some leftover Tasti D Lite Ice Cream from Saturday.

I have a few things to get done for work tomorrow. See ya then :-D

Quick One!

2009-07-07T20:39:00.001-04:00

Even though I had a whole 6 hour day it went by pretty darn quick!!! This morning my alarm woke me up at 8 and I was up and ready to go.. or so I thought! I made up a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast (banana, oats, cinnamon, soymilk, and protein powder) and enjoyed it while checking my email and kinda listening to the news..

I brought my coffee with me on my walk to work as usual. I had 4 kids this morning and before I knew it it was lunch time, after baking outside in the sun for 40 minutes. Once lunch was over and I got the kiddies to sleep it was time for this hungry girl to eat. I had snacked on a cookie during their lunch because I was starving (but probably just thirsty from sweating outside like a pig!) I had a La Yogurt Cherry with tons of granola and cherries and pineapple on the side. MMM There also may have been a few pretzels thrown in the mix for some salty goodness. 3 came and I was out the door walking home, once home I ate a few prunes and almonds and got ready for the gym. I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and lifted and came home to my sweetie. I came home and sat around for a bit watching some tv and just being lazy, it was so nice :-D We actually turned on the air conditioner for a bit because poor Adam was sweating to death after his shower. For dinner with made up some sloppy Joes, but with ground turkey instead. I had mine on half of a Pepperidge farm onion roll, because that is what Adam picked out to have with them and boy was it tasty! I also had some pickles, peppers, and carrots on the side for some veggies since I didn’t have any yesterday.. OOPPS!

I’m really trying to get better with that! I also may have gone back for a few forkfuls of the sloppy goodness.. hehe It just hit the spot! We had a few errands to run and went to Starbucks to pick up some coffee since we were running low. I have a Starbucks credit card so every time I charge something on it I get $ to use there, so We got a bag of coffee and I got a tall decaf. I thought a cup of coffee sounded good but once I got home and had a few sips I realized that it wasn’t what I wanted!! haha I had a few pieces of chocolate (picture x2) and a bite of cake that Adam was eating.

After that I did some Wii Active and now its time to sit and relax and watch some TV with Adam. I’m off tomorrow… maybe I’ll hit up the pool, then for dinner I have a retirement dinner for one of my co-workers who will not be with us this coming school year. It should be a fun night out!! Have a great night! See ya tomorrow :-D

More Than 3 Hours!

2009-07-06T20:55:00.001-04:00

I actually worked more than 3.5 hours today!! Its a record for me since last Monday I hadn’t worked more than 3.5 hours in one day.. How sad is that? My pocketbook/banking account is not happy! Around 1 o’clock when the kiddies laid down to relax I had cottage cheese and apples.. I also had a kiwi and some Cheddar Goldfish. MMM When I got home around 5ish I snacked on some raisins and cherries and waited for din din. I had a PB&J on WW with my leftover sweet potato fries.

I also had a huge pickle before taking the picture.. Weird combo I know! I then went to Target to get a new filter for my vacuum, you know your getting old when your excited for a new filter for your vacuum. lol We also went to Wegman’s for some food shopping… Gosh I love that store :-D We came home put everything away and I had some chocolate, I have to say this might be one of my favorite lighter dark chocolates. I had this picture times 2!! :-D

I’m off to read some magazines Adam’s mom gave me and relax. I have to work a whopping 6 hours tomorrow 9-3.. What am I going to do with myself?!?!? Its going to seem like FOREVER!! hahah At least its some $$$$ :-D I hope everyone’s Monday flew by like mine, see you tomorrow!

Monday’s Come Too Quick!

2009-07-06T11:00:00.001-04:00

Morning everyone!

Hope ya had a great weekend! Mine went too quick, even though I felt like I didn’t do too much. Yesterday I was up around 8 and made up some coffee. I tried to hold out until a certain sleepy head got up but by 9 my tummy was ready for some FOOD! I had a Dannon Light and Fit with home made granola and tons of pineapple on the side. (pic x3)

I went to the gym to get in a 2.5 mile walk and some weights went over to my parent’s house to do a couple things and came back home to be lazy for a bit. Lunch was a salad with hummus, croutons, balsamic vinegar, cucs, peppers, and red onion. I had a few chips and a pickle too :)

We had house warming/4th of July party at Adam’s cousin’s/my high school English teachers house (small world right?) I snacked on a few chips and had a drink of Naked Juice Mango with Vodka.. This totally hit the spot and after sipping it for a long time still went right to my head.. I’m such a light weight!! hahah Dinner was grilled veggies, a bite of potato salad, some bowtie macaroni salad, tons of fruit and a bunch of olives (gotta get some healthy fats in there ;) Then there was dessert! Today is Adam’s mom and Aunts Birthday so we had a delish cake from Costco. I usually don’t like store bought cakes much but this cake was so moist and good!!! Too good because I ate almost the whole slice and woke up with a horrible tummy ache this morning :(

This morning I was up around 7:45 made coffee and watched the news for a bit. I then made up a bowl of tasty oatmeal with banana, cinnamon, soymilk and some protein powder to keep me full until my lunch after I get to work.

I went to the gym for a quick 2.5 miles came home snacked on a bunch of cherries and now I’m just trying to relax for a bit before going into work at 12. Lets hope I’m there past 4 o’clock today! I need some $$ big time and working 3 hours a day is not cutting it with the wedding in 4 months!!! I hope you are having a great Monday or at least as great as it can go ;) See ya tonight!!

Layed Back 4th Of July

2009-07-05T10:02:00.001-04:00

Morning there Chica Bananas! Sorry I never checked in yesterday, with just relaxing and enjoying the day I completely forgot! OOPPS!

Lets start off with breakfast, I was up after 8 yesterday! I actually slept in!!WOOOHOOO I had my usual bowl of cereal with a cup of coffee.

I hung out for a bit then walked to my parents’ house to do my laundry and visit for a bit, I also baked some brownies, I of course tried some of the batter to make sure they would come out alright…. I walked back around 12ish and did some Wii Active showered and ate a big old salad. I had lettuce, cucs, peppers, red onion, hummus, croutons and balsamic vinegar. I also had a few chips MMMM

I had a piece of chocolate and then hung out until Adam got home from lunch with his dad to hit up the pool at our complex. Unfortunately it was packed, so we went to his mom’s pool for a little while. I could only handle the sun for about 1 hour, since my pasty pale body has not seen the light of day ;) We came back to relax for a bit then started on din din. I made up sweet potater fries for me and we had Trader Joe’s Buffalo burgers. I love this burgers so much! I think we are going to have to make a trip back soon to pick up another pack of these!! With my burger I had a pickle and some fries, I also topped my burger with some Cabot Cheddar Cheese.

After cleaning up and watching the news we walked around Spring Lake and Belmar boardwalks to watch the fireworks. The beach was PACKED! We walked at least 2 miles and picked up some drinks at Dunkin Donuts. I got an unsweetened Iced Tea for our walk, and had a bite of Adam’s yummy donut! When we got home it was after 10 and I finished up the last bit of ice cream from Friday night ;-D MMMM

I hope everyone had a great 4th! I’ll be back later with today’s fun!

Happy Holiday Weekend!!

2009-07-03T20:53:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys.. Sorry I was M.I.A. yesterday, I’ve been in such a funk and with having to go to the dentist and all I decided to be cranky and not vent to all of you ;) The dentist went well, and after I got home from there we were headed to the baseball game. We had a great time, chatted, had a few $1 beers and watched the fire works after the Blue Claws won! ;-D

Here’s a quick picture recap of most of the eats of the day!

I had the Amazing Grass Super Food Chocolate Bar and let me tell you I totally love this things! You really have to try them out, they don’t taste “healthy” They taste like a yummy chocolate bar and I loved every bite! It kept me full all through the baseball game since I ate on the run after the dentist!!!

And here is a funny picture from the game, its pork roll, egg and cheese racing around the bases!!! Gotta love Jersey!!

Today I was up before 8 to eat some breakfast and get to the gym since I had work at 12. I like to give myself more than enough time to get ready and settle for a bit. I had a cup of DD’s coffee with a bowl of Kashi Go Lean, Kashi U, banana, cinnamon and soymilk. MMMM

I also had some extremely tasty cherries before heading out to the gym. I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and came home to relax for a bit with my sweetie and get ready for work. I had lunch after the kids went down to rest. I brought cottage cheese and a pear with me and had some pretzels and goldfish on the side. I was done before 4, I guess all the parents had things planned for the holiday. I walked home and got Adam to get moving so we could go to my parents house and Pathmark for some shopping. When we came back I saw I had a package from Vega, who were nice enough to send me some samples to try out! Thanks so much, I really can’t wait to try them since I have heard so many great things.

Dinner was a Lean Cuisine Pizza since they were on sale and I had a craving for pizza (and was way too lazy to make my own). I had the Mushroom and Spinach that I dipped in some tomato sauce with pickles and the end of a red pepper we had in the fridge.

After dinner we went up the boardwalk for a nice walk and then went to get some ice cream!!! I got a small swirl soft serve.

It was so nice to sit up at the boardwalk, watch the waves and relax. I LOVE LIVING AT THE BEACH! It was the perfect ending to a crappy week :-D I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! See you tomorrow.

In A Funk!

2009-07-01T21:51:00.001-04:00

I am totally Debbie Downer today, so since I don’t want to complain too much on here I’ll make things QUICK! I woke up early today and watched the news and sipped on some yummy coffee… Around 8:30 I decided on the same bowl of cereal as yesterday because I just didn’t want to cook anything even though eggs sounded yummy..

I did some Wii Active and headed to the gym right before a quick storm hit. Luckily I was inside before the rains really came! I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill watching some Rachel Ray and headed home.When I got home I was munchy and ate a handful of walnuts and raisins.. ok and some chocolate chips.. hehe.. I showered got a few things done and headed to work around 12:45 with umbrella in hand.. just in case…. I ate my lunch while the kids “rested” and watched Monster’s Inc. I just had a Dannon Light and Fit with Kashi Go Lean mixed in, and a kiwi on the side.

There might have also been an Oreo mixed in at snack time ;) Unfortunately there are not many kids at camp thanks to this wonderful economy, so I was done by 4! that is only 3 hours of work.. NOT GOOD AT ALL WITH A WEDDING IN 4.5 MONTHS! I came home and was grumpy for a bit and then Adam came home ;-D We hung out and talked then made up some din din. He had more leftovers (LOVE MOMMY AND DADDY for feeding us!) I was in the mood for PB & J so that was the winner on Nature’s Pride Honey Wheat Bread. I also had some sweet potato fries and a few regular ones that were leftovers..

We went and did some foods shopping, since this girl goes through fruit like nobody’s business!! And Shoprite has Chobani for a BUCK!!! WOOOHOOO. When we got home I decided to make up some granola since I’m running out.

Here’s my recipe :-D

2 cups rolled oats
2 tbsp water
about 2 tbsp honey
almonds (slivered)
vanilla
Unsweetened coconut

I was bad with measuring things and just started pouring ;) I mixed it all up spread it out on a baking sheet and popped it in the oven at 300 for 15 minutes. I then went and mixed it up and put it back in for 5 more minutes. Checked it and mixed again and let it go about 3 more minutes.

It came out really tasty, I hated waiting for it to cool but decided I didn’t feel like burning my mouth ;) After that was done I had a few m&m’s and a m&m cookie.

I’m off to read my book and relax since I’m off tomorrow. I have a dentist appointment at 4 and then we are going to a Blue Claws game (local minor league team) Adam’s mom’s company has season tickets so we are bringing Adam’s friend, his wife and daughter with us for a fun night out! Its $1 Coors Lights and they have Fireworks after the game. It should be a fun night! See everyone tomorrow :-D

5 Years And Counting!

2009-06-30T16:45:00.001-04:00

It Adam and my 5 year Anniversary since out first date! So we are going to reenact our first date tonight! But onto that later.. I woke up bright and early this morning after another night of not being able to sleep :( I made up some coffee and had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean and Kashi U mix with banana, cinnamon and banana.

I also had 2 huge handfuls of blueberries after I finished and was cleaning up the kitchen. I did some Wii Active then was off to the gym for 2.5ish miles on the treadmill while watching Tyra. I came home to shower and get ready for work at 1, I was a bit hungry after the gym so I had some walnuts and cashews putzed around on the computer and headed to work. Once there I was in charge of naptime since I have “the touch” to get the wild child to sleep.. haha I had a yogurt light crunch with Oreo pieces and a Sobe drink.

I also had about a cup of pineapple that I forgot to take a picture of. I was done with work by 4:20 and now I’m home and waiting for Adam to get going to Martell's Tiki Bar. We only went for drinks on our first date but we are thinking of getting some grub there too! I am checking out their menu in between typing! haha I’ll either be back tonight or tomorrow morning with a recap of our fun filled night :-D

Yea For Samples! :-D

2009-06-29T21:13:00.001-04:00

Good Evening guys! How’s your day been? Mine flew by… I can not believe its almost 9 o’clock! Where did the time go? I had a hard time going to sleep last night even though I was exhausted.. Don’t you hate it when that happens? I went to bed pretty early around 10:30 didn’t fall asleep until at least 11:30 or 12 and woke up at 2ish to run to the darn potty since I drank a lot of H2O before bed :( I got up at 8 and started my day off with a Gnu Bar in Banana Walnut with the end of my light vanilla soymilk.

I also had some pineapple pieces and a few peanuts since there aren’t too many calories in the bar and lunch is later now at work. I brought my mug of coffee with me on my walk to work. The morning pretty much flew by since there were only “big” kids there today. By 12:45 I was STARVING and chowed down on a pear with cottage cheese and 2 huge handfuls of cheddar goldfish.. (oh the joys of working with kids) Before I knew it, it was quitting time. I headed home to find a package from Probar!!! Thanks Kendall!!! I tore into them right away and tried the Super food Slam (just a few bites since I was leaving for the gym) WOW was this tasty! with whole almonds!! I was so excited! I can’t wait to try the rest :-D

After the gym I came home to relax, I was super thirsty from sweating so I had some watermelon to quench my thirst. MMM After showering I decided to make some dinner and watch Tyra, what a perfect night.. hahah Adam was working and then had to fix his mom’s pool so he told me not to wait for him. I had salad with lemon pepper tuna and some sweet potater fries… totally hit the spot. Oh some of my fries from yesterday at the diner might have jumped in there too.. hehe I also had a few almonds for some good old healthy fats.

Once Adam got home, ate and showered we went for a walk on the boardwalk. We were extremely surprised that it was still so warm up there! I am so happy that it is finally dry and nice out for our nightly walks on the boardwalk, I was really starting to get depressed not going on them. We ran a few errands and came home to eat some dessert and watch some Food Network! I had 2 m&m cookies that I baked and a couple spoonfuls of Adam’s mocha chip ice cream.

YUM YUM! I’m off to veg and maybe read some more of my book! Have a good one :-D

Life Just Gets In The Way Sometimes…

2009-06-28T19:28:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys! Sorry I went missing.. I get so caught up in a whole bunch of nothing and then realize its been days since I’ve blogged! My eats have been nothing too exciting except for the tasty chicken cheese steak from the diner today for lunch! I was ravenous and told myself just to go crazy ;) Stupid me forgot to take a picture though since I was about to eat my arm! lol I do have some of the pictures of my eats from the weekend for ya though!

Yesterday Adam and I went Blueberry picking and had a blast! I was a little worried after Friday nights festivities since there was WAY too much drinking going on.. We went out for dollar drinks at the Headliner to celebrate my birthday. It was me, Kelli (the bestest bridesmaid EVER) Becky and her guy friend. Well Mike (the friend) kept the drinks flowing.. So much so that I lost track! I have not lost track of drinks in years, so needless to say I was home before midnight and drunk as a skunk! I drank a glass of water, blabbered to Adam and went to sleep.. Or at least tried to until things were spinning.. THIS IS WHY I DON’T DRINK MUCH ANYMORE! NOTE TO SELF! We did have a good time though and that is all that matters :-D Here’s some of Friday’s eats and a couple pictures of the night. The bouncer is my brother… I had to get a picture of him trying to be tough.. Even though I was telling everyone he was my “baby brother”!! haha oopps darn vanilla vodka’s and coke ;)

Surprisingly I was feeling not too shabby Saturday morning.. Hit up the gym to get in 2 miles on the treadmill and lift some weights. I came home got ready and we headed out to Emery’s Organic Farm. It was muddy from the monsoons we’ve been having here in Jersey so Adam said lets take the tractor ride out to the field… Oh boy not a good idea. I thought I was doing good until we got on there and had our bumpy ride, my belly was flipping! But luckily there was no cookie tossing!!! hahah We had so much fun picking almost 3 pounds of blueberries, we then hit up the store they have to get some whole blueberry jelly and some hot pepper salsa for my sweetie. We did our food shopping for the week, had some dinner and went up to Belmar boardwalk for a nice walk after another nightly monsoon. It was gorgeous and had cooled off a ton! We then hit up Blockbuster for our movie night. We got Zach and Miri Make A Porno, it was pretty funny! I was a tad worried when Adam picked it out but I laughed a bunch :-D just what the doctor ordered! Here are some of Saturday’s eats!

Today I slept in until after 8! GO ME! I had some Kashi Go Lean, All Bran Strawberry Medley, banana, cinnamon and soymilk with a nice hot cuppa Joe on the side.

It was laundry day for this girl so I headed over to the rents for some bonding time.. I ate my body weight in grapes at their house and once my laundry was smelling pretty I came home to get ready for a nice walk on Asbury Boardwalk. We did about 2 miles and tried to figure out where to eat. I didn’t want to eat outside in the heat so we came back towards our house and headed to the diner, where I got that tasty Chicken Cheese Steak with Fries MMMMMM I only ate half and plan on having that sucker for din din one night! I came home and snacked on some blueberries just to get some nutrients in ;) I got some stuff done around here and did some Wii Active then decided around 6:30 I needed to eat some dinner.. SO Chobani Vanilla with lots of blueberries and Trader Joe’s Almond Granola it was..

Oh and I stole a few more of Adam’s fries, since he was having the other half of his Cheese Steak. I plan on having a cookie for dessert in a few and then reading some of my book. A woman I work with lent me the book Confessions with a Fat Girl. It is such a good book, I love a book that makes me not want to put it down ;-D

I hope everyone had a great weekend! See ya tomorrow :-)

So Not The Happy Camper!

2009-06-24T21:05:00.001-04:00

Well I woke up this morning to the sound of my phone alarm and the rain.. I was not happy to stat off with, I’m so sick of the darn rain already. I got up and got started for the day, I made up some coffee and a bowl of Kashi Go Lean and Kashi U with banana, cinnamon and soymilk. I also had tons of pineapple that I didn’t get a picture of.

I lucked out and the rain stopped so I walked to work :) The morning dragged on a bit but it wasn’t so bad… Lunch time came and I wasn’t very hungry but it was 1 o’clock and the kids were laying down so it was my only chance. I had tuna and salad with some Bountifuls salad dressing. I forgot the picture of the salad but got a picture before I left of the dressing. I think this is one of the best salad dressings ever!! and it only has 15 calories and lots of veggies!!! MMMMM

I also may have had a cookie or 2 at the afternoon snack. MM At 3 I walked home in the rain and got ready for the gym, I got a letter that got me angry.. not going to get into it but that is what made this day a bad one! So therefore I ate lots of crap and headed off to the gym. I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill trying to calm down and lifted. I came home and vented to Adam and my mom, it didn’t make me fell much better though. I just feel like I have no luck lately :( or more like just bad luck! Dinner was leftover turkey tacos with refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Newman’s Own Mango Salsa, and lots of cheddar cheese. MMMM I went back for my beans after this picture was taken ;) AHH comfort food at its best!

After dinner we went to my moms to drop some stuff off that we picked up for them at BJ’s last night and went to pick up a Bday card for one of my friends. I also stopped into Dunkin Donuts for a coffee and to get Adam a few donuts since I have a million bux in gift cards from the end of the year. When we got home we went for about a .75 mile walk down the street since the rain had stopped again :) After that I came home and was craving something salty and sweet. HELLO KETTLE CORN and some chocolate chips :) I ate all the popcorn and a few chocolate chips.

I’m off to veg and be grumpy.. haha I hope everyone had a happy hump day!! See ya tomorrow!

It Was a Long One!

2009-06-23T21:03:00.001-04:00

Hey guys! Realized it was getting late and the Real Housewives of Jersey Reunion is coming on in 15 minutes so I have to make this quick!

Breakfast was Dannon Light and Fit with some Kashi Go Lean and Pineapple on the side. Of course there was lots of coffee to get me going this morning.

I didn’t have to be into work until 1 so I did some Wii Active and then headed off the gym, I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and came home. I made Adam some pasta salad munched on some nuts and got ready for work. I made up a smoothie for lunch to bring to work with me. I had the Amazing Meal in Chocolate with soymilk, frozen strawberries and ice. This stuff was so good!!! Here’s what the website says about it!

Amazing Meal Chocolate Infusion is a powerful and satisfying blend of Green Super Foods, plant based protein, phytonutrient rich fruits & vegetables, digestive enzymes and probiotics. For a nutritional breakdown see below.

10 grams of complete protein, 6 grams of fiber in every serving.

Full spectrum of Green Super Foods – wheat grass, barley grass, alfalfa & kale.

Organic Super Fruits – Goji & Açaí berries.

Great source of chlorophyll, antioxidants and essential fatty acids.

100% whole food nutrition – no fillers or isolated vitamins.
Main Ingredients
Protein Blend - 15,000 mg
Organic Hemp Protein Powder, Organic Rice Protein
Greens Blend - 3,100 mg
Organic Wheat Grass, Organic Barley Grass, Organic Kale, Organic Alfalfa
Antioxidant Fruit & Vegetable Blend - 2,800 mg
Organic Açaí, Organic Carrot, Organic Blueberry, Organic Goji, Organic Rose Hips, Organic Maca, Organic Banana
Organic Flax Seed Powder - 500 mg
Digestive enzyme blend - 20 mg
Other Ingredients
Organic Cane Juice, Organic Guar Gum, Organic Red Dutch Cooca, Sea Salt & Natural Flavors

Confluence of Functional Foods

Hemp Protein Powder can supply any diet with a vegetarian source of essential fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, chlorophyll and a complete, balanced gluten-free source of the essential amino acids.

Rice Protein is an excellent source of vegan, hypo-allergenic protein that is an alternative to soy, without the animal products of whey.

Organic Wheat Grass Powder – One of the most potent green vegetables available. Wheat grass is an excellent source of natural vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes. Wheat grass is known to be highly alkalizing and will help detoxify the body.

Organic Kale - Kale is rich, calcium, and iron. Kale has seven times the beta-carotene of broccoli and ten times more lutein.

Organic Barley Grass Powder – Part of the cereal grass family green barley grasses contain a multitude of enzymes. It appears that there may be thousands of active enzymes in barley grass, especially superoxide dismutase (SOD), a major detoxifying enzyme sometimes recommended in combating arthritis.

Organic Alfalfa Powder – Roots grow very deep to absorb many minerals and nutrients from the soil. Contains eight essential amino acids, is a rich source of vitamin B12, natural fluoride and chlorophyll.

Organic Açaí – This berry is grown in the Brazil rainforest by our friends at Sambazon. It packs more antioxidants than blueberries or pomegranates, plus an abundance of omega fats, protein and fiber.

Organic Carrot Powder – Excellent source of vitamin A from Beta Carotene. Carrots are believed to be very beneficial for eye health.

Organic Blueberries - Blueberries are concentrated in anthocyanins and other health promoting antioxidants, plus they add to the great taste of Amazing Meal.

Organic Goji Berries – This healthy berry shows off its phytonutrients in bright red colors. Goji berries are one of the most nutritionally dense fruits on the planet and have been long revered in Tibet for its health promoting effects.

Organic Maca –This amazing adaptogenic root enhances your ability to deal with stress while boosting energy, endurance and performance.

Organic Rose Hips - Natural source of Vitamin C. Promotes good health with bioflavonoids and strong antioxidant and immunity support.

Organic Banana – We added organic banana to Amazing Meal so it would taste like you just stepped out of a smoothie shop, only healthier. The great taste it not overmatched by its excellent source of energizing B vitamins and potassium.

Organic Flax Seed Powder – Organic flax seeds are a great source of Omega 3’s and fiber.

Let me tell you if you have the $$ it is totally worth it and if you head over to Jenna’s website you can get 40% off!!!

I had some pretzels and a cookie too while at work, since it may have been the longest 4 hours of my life… for the last 45 minutes I had 2 boys left… I got out a bit after 5 and walked home and was starving! I whipped up a PB&J on WW with some random chips and some pretzels.

Adam had to run back to work so I was on my own again. We were going to run to the store to pick up salad mixings but when I saw he wasn’t home I figured I would just make the easiest thing with out having to get in the car and drive somewhere. When he got home he had some leftover meatloaf from my parents, I may have had a couple of bites of this. I love my mommy’s meatloaf :-D MMM comfort food at its best! We then headed out to BJ’s to get some water and other goodies for the house and I found a knock off Vera Bradley over night bag for 25 bux! The real one is worth $80 so this one totally won in my book. I love me some brand names but I’ll take a knock off.. Who do I have to impress?!??! On our way home we got some salad fixings so I could have one for lunch tomorrow :-D When we got home I needed a chocolate fix so I had way too many m&ms and 2 cookies.. UGH Hello PMS!

lol I’m off to watch The Real Housewives, I hope everyone had a great Tuesday.. See you tomorrow!

Back To School….

2009-06-22T20:38:00.001-04:00

Hi Guys! Sorry I didn’t come back last night, I was at my parents house pretty late since Adam stopped by and we all started talking. I was in a food coma by the time we got back and I pretty much felt like a big old piggy! I hate how red meat makes me feel.. but I enjoy eating it every now and then! The filet mignon was delish with it we had Caesar salad, French fries and some mushrooms cooked in Marsala wine.. MMMM SO SOOO GOOD! I also had some graduation cake, which totally put me over the edge!

Onto this morning, I woke up around 8 in a coma since I took a Benadryl before going to sleep last night. My allergies were killing me and I knew I needed something to knock me out and help me breath! I had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean, Kashi U, banana, cinnamon and some light vanilla soymilk.

I also ate some pineapple while putting my lunch together. The morning flew by and before I knew it, it was 1 and the kiddies were resting so this was my chance to eat. I had an apple with cottage cheese and some cheez its. I wasn’t very hungry since my belly was angry at me over last nights eats. I walked home after work ate some almonds and raisins and was off to the gym. I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and lifted and came home. I showered and watched Tyra and some of Oprah and decided on some din din. I had a Boca chicken patty with a slice of cheese, fries, and a pickle. I might have also snacked on some chips ;)

Adam didn’t get home until 6:30 so I watched some TV until he got home and made him up some leftover filet with rice a roni and a salad. I was trying to be a good little (soon to be) housewife ;) After his dinner I cut him up some of Joe’s graduation cake.. Of course I had to have a few bites too.. I can’t wait until all this junk is GONE!! Its so good yet so so bad.. hahah

How was your Monday? Only 4 more days to go :-D Have a great night!!!

I am going to try the sample of Chocolate Amazing Meal.

Should I make it with soymilk or water? If you’ve tried it which did you like it with more? Thanks so much!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

2009-06-21T16:15:00.001-04:00

Afternoon Everyone! I actually slept in until 8 o'clock today! Can you believe it???? I woke up in shock but was a happy camper. I got up and made some coffee and turned on the news. Today was going to be a relaxing kinda day. I made up some egg whites with some laughing cow cheese and about a 1/3 of a cinnamon raisin bagel with cottage cheese..

MMMM I also had a bite of Adam’s GIANT pork roll, potato, cheese omelet that he cooked up. It was delish :-D We watched TV for a bit then went over to my school to get my bulletin board set up for summer camp.. It starts tomorrow and the first week is “Under The Sea” so I have lots of fun fishy and other type of oceany projects planned :) We then headed over to Pathmark for some foodage for the week. I got a Pineapple for 2 bux! That makes my day. I came home and cut that bad boy up so I could have some with my lunch. By 12:30 I was a Starving Marvin So I mixed up some Breyer’s yogurt with some Kashi Go Lean and had the most random mix on the side. Pineapple, a pickle, and some random chips out of bags we have laying around (we have too many chips opened! ADAM!!!lol ) I may have also ate a few chips before I took the picture… heheh

I then did some Wii Active and some ab work. I also vacuumed and even did behind the couch! It was GROSS back there! YUCK! I have been vegging around since then and snacked on way too many grapes and some more chips.. I can’t wait until he finishes them all up ;) I’m off to the parent’s house for some Filet Mignon for daddy’s day :-D We are also having Caesar salad and cake from Joe’s graduation. Even though he won’t be around, he bouncing at the bar that my girlfriends and I always go to The Headliner. The poor kid just graduated Friday night had work 8:30-3:30 last night and was back at work for 3-midnight tonight! He’s a champ let me tell ya :-D

I hope everyone is enjoying your day and celebrating great dads everywhere! See ya with my yummy pics from tonight!

My Computer Is Working Again!

2009-06-20T21:52:00.001-04:00

The past few days have been pretty busy and I haven’t been taking pictures of my food since my computer was busted.. But here are some pictures of my brother’s graduation and my tasty taco/beer din din tonight(I went back for more meat/beans after I was done with that plate) I will be back to normal blogging tomorrow! I hope everyone is having a great weekend :-D

Congrats to the class of 2009 :-D

Sort of Back

2009-06-16T08:43:00.012-04:00

Hiya Everyone!

I can't stay away too long! I'm on my old computer and it is slow and crappy... It takes forever to upload pictures so I'll leave ya with a few "good" ones from the past few days.

Here's just a quick recap of my last 3 days!

Sunday was my cousins/maid of honors baby shower. It was a brunch up in Spotswood NJ. I was pretty disappointed in the food there, its tough to make a buffet of eggs and such and have it stay tasty. I tried some scrambled eggs, a breakfast sausage, half a bagel with cream cheese, and a huge bowl of fruit! I ate all of the bagel and fruit and about half of the sausage, I only had 2 bites of the eggs b/c they were just YUCK! I also had 2 bites of the cake but it just wasn't my thing. When I finally go home I dragged Adam out food shopping to pick up things for the week. By the time we got home and got dinner ready I was not really in the mood to make anything big after all the eating I've done this past week!

With my birthday and 2 bbq's on Saturday I was al fooded out! If that is at all possible :-P I just had an Amy's veggie burger (love these!!) and some home made sweet tater fries ;)

Monday I was up early, made some oats and coffee went to the gym and then headed off to babsyit for 5 year old twin boys. They go to Kindergarten in the afternoon at my school that I teach at, but since its just babsitting this week at the school their mom asked me to watch them! They are the cutest but have tons of energy and that mixed with playing wiffle ball out in the sun for 2.5 hours kicked my butt!!! When I got done there I went to my parents to pick up my new phone! I got the LG EnV :-D woohoo for new tech gadgets to play with!!

After I got home I showered and put din din in the oven for Adam and I. We had dad's stuffed peppers and salads. MMMM so good! I had half of one (these suckers are huge!) with some salad then we cleaned up and went for a short walk to move around a bit since we were stuffed!

Dessert eneded up being a few bites of my bday cake (its almost gone thank goodness!!) and half an apple with pb.. I played with my new phone for most of the night trying to figure it out, and get some fun ringtones!

Today is the same as yesterday, I had cereal and some DD's coffee. I'm going to let my food digest, do some Wii Active and then get to the gym before picking up the boys from school. I hoe the sun comes out so we can play some more wiffle ball!!! See ya guys later! Hope your week is going well :-D

Hopefully my computer will be up and running by the end of the week and I got be back to "normal" blogging again :-D

Computer Issues..

2009-06-14T21:51:00.002-04:00

Hi Guys! Just wanted to check in and tell you I am having some computer problems.. hopefully I will be up and running soon! I will try and post tomorrow, if I can get my old computer running :-D I hope everyone had a super weekend!!!!! :-D

Lazy Blogger!

2009-06-13T14:23:00.001-04:00

That is me! Here is my recap of eats from yesterday same bowl of oats as Thursday since they tasted AWESOME! with coffee for work..

The morning totally dragged but at least I got a walk home at lunch to breath a bit.. Well not really since it was humid as anything.. but oh well.. I got out of the school for a bit ;) Lunch was salad with red peppers, cucs, tuna, red onion and some random Ken’s dressing I found in the fridge at work since I forgot to bring in my own.. even after my walk home :( The afternoon was even worse than the morning and seemed to last FOREVER!!! I left there and went to the gym and did about 2ish miles on the treadmill and came home excited that I have a week off until camp starts! We decided to take a walk across the highway to Applebee’s since I had a free entree for my birthday! I shared some of Adam’s salad, We both ordered the NEW Flavored Perfect Margarita Perfectly blended with 1800 Reposado 100% Blue Agave tequila, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier. Served with a side shaker tin. OMG this was so freaking good, and much needed ;) For din din I got the Smothered Chicken - A grilled chicken breast smothered with sautéed mushrooms, peppers, onions, and melted Monterey Jack & cheddar cheeses. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. I didn’t get the cheese and ate about half the chicken, most of the veggies and some of the mashed taters.. I usually don’t like mashed potatoes but for some reason I love theirs!!!

(I realized I forgot pictures until I was done!! OPPS!! LOL)

I stole a few sips of Adam’s Blue Moon and we walked back home to drop off my leftovers and go up to the boardwalk for a nice walk since it was finally not raining! We even saw a rainbow! I wished I had brought my camera because it was gorgeous up there, and it totally made my night ;-D Once we got home I had a small slice of cake (forgot the picture) and read for a bit.. It was a nice relaxing night to a crazy end of the school year :-D

I’ll be back tonight for a recap of today! I have to BBQ’s to get to! BUSY BUSY :) hope your having a great weekend!

Birthday Recapage…

2009-06-11T20:45:00.001-04:00

Hiya All! Well after my sugar binge on chocolate cake last night for the big 28…. I didn’t have any energy or the stomach to talk about food.. or look at the pictures of food :-P I had a great day though thanks to get family and friends! Here are all the pictures from the last 2 days ;) there was lots of gymage mixed in to attempt to offset the eats.. But that didn’t even come close!! haha oh well.. Everyone is supposed to splurge on their birthday right?!?!?

And here are today’s eats.. The oats hit the spot.. I was totally not in the mood for anything too sweet!

Lunch was an apple with cottage cheese and a few bites of delish coffee cake that one of my mom’s brought in for her sons last day.. I went to the gym did 2.5 miles on the treadmill.. came home did some Wii Active.. then had some din din Crack Wrap with red pepper, pickles and random chips that I picked out of every bad that we have open :-P

Dessert was a few bites of my cake from last night… and some blueberries and grapes..

Oh and thanks to Terri Jo at Amazing Grass, she sent me an awesome package and I can’t wait to try everything out since Everyone is blog land has been giving it great reviews!!! ;-D

Just Stopping By…

2009-06-09T22:16:00.001-04:00

Good Evening Everyone!

Just saying hi.. nothing too exciting today to talk about.. same old breakfast and lunch…. salad with tuna for din din… baked cookies for the kids at work.. ate some cookies just to make sure they were “safe”… :-D

I’ve just been reflecting a lot since tomorrow is the BIG 28!! I can’t believe I’m in my late 20’s.. where has the time gone? I guess its all just hitting me since my High School 10 year reunion is coming up in October… I’m getting married in November… My brother is graduating from HS next Friday.. and he is going off to college in the fall.. (the same one I went to!!) I can’t believe its been 10 years since I did all those things!

Just needed to vent a bit! What are your AHAH! moments?!??!

See ya tomorrow with pictures of my yummy Bday eats :-D

Summer Vacation is Almost Here

2009-06-08T20:17:00.001-04:00

Well sort of… I am off for a week then start up summer camp. But enough of that.. Onto the not so exciting eats of the day. This morning was All Bran Strawberry Medley, Jumbo Rice Krispies, banana, cinnamon and Unsweetened Chocolate Almond Breeze. I brought my mug of coffee with me on my walk to work as usual.

The morning luckily flew by and when lunch came I was HUNGRY! I had a pear and cottage cheese with some walnuts on the side. At snack time I had a few mini oreos since they were calling my name.. AKA I had to put them in a container at work so I figured I would have a few! It started to rain around 3:15ish so luckily one of my coworkers had an umbrella for me to borrow :-D I came home had a few prunes and grapes and was off to the gym. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted and heading home. I stopped of at my parents’ to pick up a few things then food shopping for some fruit and things for the kiddies. Dinner was not so healthy but exactly what I was craving. Potato bread with some Naturally Nutty Mocha Peanut Butter with strawberry jelly and a few TJ’s “sun chips” on the side. I also had a few Wavy Lays after I took the picture.

Dessert was 2 chocolate chip cookies and some pineapple while I was packing it up for work. MMMMM I am also trying to finish up reading Naturally Thin.. We’ll see if that happens…

Now its time to watch the Big Bang Theory with Adam (its his favorite show!!). Have a great night guys!

A Quick One

2009-06-07T21:14:00.001-04:00

The new season of Bridezillas is coming on right now, so I’m making this uber quick!

I slept 7 whole hours last night thanks to some Benadryl :-D

Breakfast was the same bowl of cereal as yesterday, Kashi U and some Jumbo Rice Krispies, banana, cinnamon and Unsweetened Chocolate Almond Breeze… MMM there was a big old cup of coffee in there too ;)

I cleaned the place up ran Adam’s laundry to his mom’s then went out shopping with mommy for an outfit for Joey’s graduation. I can’t believe that he is graduating from high school and going to college in 2.5 months! SO SCARY!! That just means I am getting old… hahah I was craving a parfait for lunch so I went to Einstein Brother's across the street. This totally hit the spot! I added more granola since there wasn’t enough for my liking :-P I went a bit overboard because I was full after eating half of this and some pineapple.

So we went down to Point Pleasant Beach Boardwalk to walk around and get Adam a sausage pepper and onion sandwich. I of course had a bite and a diet coke since it was HOT HOT HOT out! FINALLY!!! We came home and crashed for a bit, and finished up the parfait and had a piece or 2 of chocolate ;) I did lesson plans and some abs and Wii Active. We also picked out our invitations for the wedding so now we just have to give it to Adam’s mom (she works for a printing company) WOOHOO for free invites :-D Dinner was some of my leftover salmon, a couple fries (there were some more eaten before I took the picture) and half a sweet potato with Newman’s Own Salsa. The salmon was so spicy so I had a piece of bread with some margarine to cool off the fire in my mouth ;)

Dessert was 2 spoonfuls of Coconut milk ice cream (chocolate) and a chocolate chip cookie :-D

now its time to watch Bridezillas! Have a great night chicas.

Quick Recap

2009-06-06T22:22:00.001-04:00

Good Evening All!

How is your weekend going? Mine has been super busy so I thought I’d give a quick picture recap of my eats.. last night was the fun night out for my early birthday din din! The big 28 is coming on Wednesday!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! lol ok here is breakfast from yesterday and today. Today I tried Kashi U and I really liked it a lot! Its got a great flavor with the currents! I also had coffee both days…

Lunch yesterday was yogurt, granola, pineapple and cherries and some goldfish. Today was a pear with cottage cheese and pretzels and maybe a piece or 10 of chocolate :-P (it was one of those days!).

Dinner last night was so good! We went to The Sand Bar in Brielle, its right on the water and even though it was a rainy and yucky night I still enjoyed looking out at the Manasquan River :-D I got a Cosmo to start off with and a salad with honey mustard dressing. The salad was not anything to write home about so I picked at it a bit and dipped some tasty bread in the dressing. Adam got Clams Casino and I had one of those since he twisted my arm :-P My entree was the Blackened Salmon with veggies doused in butter :( and crunchy yummy fries! I Almost forgot to take the picture but this is what I had left!!! I did try lots of Adam’s dinner too! He got a platter of all types of seafood in a spicy Tabasco sauce over pasta. WOW this was spicy and good! I had a shrimp, a bite of Mahi Mahi and a bite of lobster.. MMMMMMM I love me some seafood! I then had a Miller Lite since my mouth was on fire and I was tipsy from drinking the Cosmo too quickly since the salmon had a kick too! I had a few bites of the dessert Adam picked.. I have no idea what it was.. lol but I can’t turn down a dessert. It wasn’t my favorite so I had 2 bites and when we got home I chugged a ton of water and had one of my vegan chocolate chips that I made. YUM YUM! I definitely enjoyed my dinner out but my stomach isn’t thrilled with me today!

Dinner tonight was a quick Boca Cheeseburger with a small salad since we were running around all day and didn’t get home until 7! I was about ready to gnaw my arm off! lol

To make up for all the food yesterday I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill yesterday and lifted and did about 10 minutes of wii active after dinner because I had ants in my pants :-P Today I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill while reading Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel. Adam and I then went for a walk on the boardwalk (about 1.5 miles) and tonight after all the running around and shopping I did a bit more wii active. I am totally loving it! I did snack on another 2 of my yummy cookies that I baked tonight when we got home before doing the Wii..

QUESTION:

Has anyone else tried the Wii Active yet? What do you think about it? I think it is a great supplement to what I am already doing. I figure something is better than nothing! And it makes me feel good that I am doing a bit extra while sitting at home on my arse ;) I hope everyone is having a great weekend! See you tomorrow chickies!

Its Almost Friday! Thank Goodness!

2009-06-04T20:14:00.001-04:00

Hi Guys! How is everyone? Good I hope! I woke up with my alarm after waking up a few times through out the night. I had my usual bowl of cereal and a few almonds and peanuts and brought a mug of coffee with me to work.

I had to drive today since it was raining out, YUCK! I had 13 kids today and it was a tad crazy being stuck inside all day and tomorrow is the same :( please shoot me! Lunch came and I was totally ready for a break. I had a salad with red peppers, romaine, cucumbers, hummus, croutons and some balsamic vinaigrette. I also had tons of pineapple and some goldfish (2 handfuls) for my treat. After work I hit up the gym and did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and came home to go to the gym and drop off a prescription at Pathmark. We came home and made up a ham steak in some pineapple juice and a salad. I also had a half a piece of ww bread with some tasty margarine on it. I wasn’t really in the mood for this din din but it hit the spot.

Then the baking bug bit me and I went to Vive Le Vegan to check out the Home Style Chocolate Chip Cookies. I love these cookies and Adam enjoys them too! Of course for dessert I had to try 2 out! yum yum I love this bad boys!

I’m off to watch The Big Bang Theory and read some of Bethanny Frankel’s book tonight! I am so excited that they got it in at the library and called me today since I had put a hold on it :-D Its gonna be a fun night! See everyone tomorrow!

Getting Stuff Done!

2009-06-03T20:58:00.001-04:00

Good Evening Chickies! How was your day? Mine flew by! Not that I am complaining in the least ;) I woke up a bit early today and got my day started. I made up a bowl of cereal, checked my email, made an iced coffee and watched the news for a bit.

I then trekked to work hoping it wouldn’t rain since I really didn’t want to drive. The morning came and went and the skies weren’t looking happy so I walked home to get my car and gym clothes. Once back to work I ate my yogurt, granola with almonds, and tons of pineapple. I also had a big old handful of pretzel goldfish Gosh I love those things! After work I went to the gym and snacked on a Fiber One bar before going in. I did a little over 2 miles on the treadmill and did some weights stopped by my parents house to say hi (and snacked on my body weight in darn grapes and had a piece of chocolate) then came home to do my report cards. I got those out of the way and made up some din din since Adam went to his brother’s house to get his haircut (his sister in law is a hair stylist). I had a tasty crack wrap with roasted red pepper hummus and Swiss cheese. I snacked on some carrots with hummus while making it up. and had the rest of my sweet potato fries and some Bread and Butter pickles on the side, while watching King Of Queens.

I love me some quiet dinner nights, don’t get me wrong I love having dinner with Adam or anyone else for that matter but its just nice sometimes to have “Megan:” time. After dinner I cleaned up took out some garbage and did some Wii Active. I did some cardio and lower body stuff which only took about 10 minutes (didn’t wanna do much on a full belly) Then it was shower and blog time! I snacked on a few pieces of chocolate after I got out of the shower. (Picture X2)

Now its time to catch up on blogs and chat with my sweetie. Hope everyone had a great hump day! See you tomorrow!

No Thunderstorms!

2009-06-02T20:44:00.001-04:00

Thank goodness we didn’t get the terrible storms they were predicting for our area :-D I walked to and from work and was worried I would get caught in it.

Onto the eats, Breakfast this morning was a Chocolate Power Bar and an iced coffee I blended up in the magic bullet before heading off on my .25 mile trek to work ;)

The morning flew by and before I knew it it was lunch time! I wasn’t very hungry but ate my apples and cottage cheese anyway. I also had some goldfish for a “treat”.

After work I had a meeting with my boss to go over next year to talk about her getting a curriculum for my 2 year old class! I’m excited because I think it would really help to have something I could follow for the year :) When I got home around 4ish I was hungry and decided on a snack before heading off the gym. I had a few prunes and some almonds and went and did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and browsed some trashy magazines. I came home got a few things done and was starving again! WHAT IS MY PROBLEM! DAMN GIRLIE HORMONES! lol Dinner was my leftover veggie burger from dinner on Saturday night with my home made sweet tater fries and some b&b pickles..

MMM I also tried Adam’s Kielbasa/sausage veggie dish he whipped up, and boy was it YUMMY!

I did some stuff for work then did about 13 minutes of my Wii Active, I make up my own work outs so I can pick and choose what I want to focus on. I really love this “game” and hope it can help tone me up a bit if I stick to it! How can I not when I can do it anytime at home? In my PJS!!! :-D Dessert was a couple pieces of chocolate and a few cherries that were inhaled before the camera even had a chance to come out! lol

I hope everyone had a great day, 3 more until the weekend.. not that I am counting or anything… hahah

Quick And Painless Monday

2009-06-01T20:41:00.001-04:00

Hiya all!

How was your Monday? I have to say I didn’t sleep to well last night but luckily I had some energy to get through the day. Oh I did end up having some tasty chocolate last night (X2).

I got up at 7:30 and had my usual breakfast and brought a mug of coffee with me on my walk to work.

The morning flew by since it was gorgeous and we could get outside for a good half hour. By the time lunch came I wasn’t very hungry but ate up anyway. I had my Dannon Light and Fit with granola/walnuts and tons of watermelon and pineapple. At snack time I might have had a cookie or 2 ;) After work I walked home and got ready for the gym, and snacked on a few prunes and almonds then headed out. I did 2 miles on the treadmill at 12.5 % incline and 4.1 mph. I also did some weights for my back then came home. I relaxed for a bit then made up a PB&J sammy on WW with some Brother’s All Natural Chips and a few real ones snuck on my plate too ;) After dinner I had a few cherries because they were in the fridgie calling my name!

We went for a walk on the bike trail near the house and did about 1.5 miles, its supposed to rain off and on for most of the week so we wanted to get some walking in tonight. I came home got some stuff done did some ab work and snacked on a few pieces of chocolate (picture X2)

I’m off to watch some trashy TV and relax with my sweetie! I hope everyone has a great night! See ya tomorrow.

Sunday Funday!

2009-05-31T19:56:00.001-04:00

Hey Everyone!

Why do Sundays have to go by so fast? It flew by even though I was up bright and early at 6am today.. ugh. I stayed in bed until 7:30 and was going CRAZY so I finally got up made some coffee watched the news and checked my email. Adam finally got up around 8:15 and we had some breakfast. I settled on my usual cereal combo since I was hungry from being up for so long :-( and a mug of coffee to keep me going!

Oh and I forgot last night I ended up trying out the Wii Active after we watched Paul Blart Mall Cop (which was hysterical!!) let me tell you if you have Wii you should get this! Its awesome, I am not big into strength training. I do mostly back stuff at the gym for lifting the kiddies at work so this left me SORE! I really enjoyed it and did it again this morning. You can make your own workouts so I made a quick 11 minute one with upper/lower body strength training and some cardio mixed in. After breakfast we ran to the supermarket to get there before the Sunday rush. We made it in and out pretty quick and I came home to vacuum and clean up a bit. I got my lesson plans done for the week too then had some lunch. I had an apple and cottage cheese and had some pretzels and a spoonful of pb on the side :-D

Once I finished up we went to Asbury Park to walk around. If you know anything about Jersey Asbury is not one of the best towns, but the beach area is getting much better and there is so much history there to take in! I just love it :) after walking into Ocean Grove, we parked close to there, we turned around and walked down the boardwalk in Asbury and I took tons of pictures! There was a cute bar outside of Convention Hall called The Beach Bar. We decided to to sit on the boardwalk and people watch and have a beer. It was so nice just to relax and take in the very interesting sites around. We had a blast and walked back to the car to go look at the Jeep dealer not too far away. I really need a new car but do not want to spend the $$$ UGH! Here are some pictures from our fun outing!

We came home and watched some TV then grilled up some chicken on the George Foreman and topped it with this awesome stuff my dad had given us. It had black and green olives, capers, tomatoes, olive oil and spices. I also had a tasty salad on the side, let me tell you I am so full from eating this!!! It was so good I inhaled it like someone was going to take it away from me! (I ate the half of chicken with the sauce on top and 2 more bites of the plain seasoned chicken)

We are hanging out watching Bridezillas and I plan on having a piece or 2 of chocolate for something sweet! I’ll fill ya in tomorrow on what it is ;) Hope everyone had a great weekend and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Question:

Do you have Wii Fit and Wii Active? Which do you like better?

Long Post

2009-05-30T19:41:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys! I’ve been a bad blogger again! I don’t know how the days just flew by! lol Lets see.. I’ll try to give you a quick recap of Thursday and Friday.

Thursday I had a bowl of the usual cereal and my mug o’ coffee that I brought to work.

Lunch was yogurt, granola, Watermelon and some pretzels. I did 2.5 miles at the gym since I didn’t walk to work and lifted. Dinner was Pizzas on flat out wraps with mushrooms, peppers, tomato sauce and part skim mozzarella. I also had a pickle on the side and maybe a few un pictured chips :-P

We went to BJ’s after dinner since we got a free trial membership and picked up some things that Costco doesn’t carry. On our way home we witnessed a bad accident. It had been misting all day and a girl jumped the curve on an off ramp and jumped onto our ramp right in front of us! Needless to say we stayed there until help came, so it was a late night for us :( Thank goodness the girl just had a bruised up face! It was so scary!!! After all of that I needed some CHOCOLATE! I had pictured times 3.. oopps.. gotta love stress!

Friday was a GNU bar with my coffee (I had 2 cups and was extremely jittery!)

The morning dragged since we still couldn’t get outside. Once lunch came I was ready to take a break.. I wasn’t very hungry but that really is my only chance to eat during the day…so eat it was. Until a car backed into our school! Thank God no one was hurt but we were sitting there and this old woman was backing out of her spot from the dog groomer we share a parking lot with and she backed right into the building! It was right were we were eating lunch and we all just sat there watching the car come at us through the window! WTF? It was not a good day with cars for me! I finally finished up my apple and cottage cheese and some nuts on the side and got back to work. After work I did 2 miles on the treadmill and came home, after the craziness of Thursday night my stomach was not a happy camper and I was feeling pretty yucky :( My brother’s Senior prom was at 7:30 and pictures started at 6:30 so I made myself up tuna on a wasa with sweet potato fries and a pickle.and a slice of Cabot 50% reduced fat Cheddar Cheese. MMMMMM

Me and mom then headed off to take some pictures of everyone. WOW let me tell you prom dresses are nothing like they were 10 years ago! Almost every girl had a short short dress on! CRAZY!! Here’s a picture of my brother (trying to be a mobster:-P) He’s on the left, he and his bf showing off their state champ rings from football this year..

I can’t remember what else I snacked on through out the night. We did go to Barnes & Nobles and I got a Diet Root Beer and had 2 bites of Adam’s pb cup cookie. I know there were snacks at home but I don’t remember what they were!! hahah

Today I got up around 7:30 checked my email and had some coffee and cereal. Today’s mix was All Bran Strawberry Medley with some Jumbo Rice Krispies, banana, Light Soymilk and cinnamon.

I also had some pineapple because I was still hungry. I went to the gym did 2.25 miles and lifted and went to the parent’s house for laundry and baking. I baked a cake and some break and bake cookies for the family ;-D Once home I got some shiznat done and made up some lunchage. I had a Oikos Vanilla with strawberries, blueberries and tons of honey nut cheerios. I also had a few pretzels and a piece of chocolate. The last 2 got in my mouth way before I was near a camera ;)

Adam came home and we went up the Belmar boardwalk since it is beautiful out! we did about 1.75 miles (my feet hurt b/c I was wearing flip flops and my tootsies are not used to them just yet!) We picked up a movie to watch tonight Paul Blart Mall Cop and came home to be lazy for a bit. We decided to go out for some din din and hit up a cute little joint called Exit 98 (Our exit off the NJ Parkway) I got a Veggie Burger and it had a TON of Veggies ;-D just the way I like it. It came with home made chips, a pickle, an onion ring and coleslaw. I ate half the burger, the pickle, half the onion ring (shared with Adam) and 2 forkfuls of coleslaw (wasn’t too good)

We are now home getting ready for movie night. I am so full but think there is a piece of chocolate with my name on it! I’ll let ya know tomorrow :) I hope everyone is having a great weekend. See Ya tomorrow.

Back To Work..

2009-05-27T20:38:00.001-04:00

I could have slept in today of course but had to get up for work… isn’t that always the way?!?!?! Breakfast was something easy a Power Bar in Cinnamon Raisin, I’ve had a bunch of these sitting in my cabinet for awhile so I’ll be trying to eat them up and get rid of them.

Luckily it was only misting this morning so I walked to work with my trusty mug of coffee. The morning luckily flew by pretty quick even though we couldn’t get outside. By the time lunch hit I was STARVING! So I had a Dannon Light and Fit with granola and walnuts and a ton of pineapple on the side. MMM there might have been a piece of chocolate eaten too ;)

I walked home from work and snacked on some grapes and peanuts before going off to the gym. I did 2ish miles while watching Oprah talking about debt with Suzie Orman. It made me hungry and scared about the economy. HMMM I think I’m the queen of stress eaters!

I came home showered checked my email then got my weird dinner ready. I had tuna a Wasa Cracker Light Rye(this was my first time trying them) a piece of a red pepper we had left, a bread and butter pickle and a small piece of sweet potato that was left with salsa. I remembered once I started eating that Adam bought Wise Ridgies tater chips and nothing goes better with tuna then potato chips! So I had about a serving of those too ;)

After dinner I had some watermelon since I wanted something sweet after having those chips. Gotta love the vicious circle :-P We had to run out shopping so I could pick up gummy worms for the kids tomorrow to make up a picture with. We tried to go for a walk too but it was misting and yucky out (Adam has glasses and he was fogging up!) so it was only about .25 mile walk :( darn weather! When we got home I was in major snack mode. I had a spoonful of my new coconut milk ice cream HOLY YUM! 2 cookies and 2 pieces of chocolate.. UGH I am so miserable now! I NEED TO LEARN NOT TO DO THAT!!! I hate that I eat and eat and know I will feel horrible but do it anyway. I NEED HELP someone slap me upside my head :-P haha

Sorry for venting. I just needed to get it out! I hope everyone had a great hump day! See everyone tomorrow!

Last Day Of My Long Weekend….

2009-05-26T19:57:00.001-04:00

Sorry I didn’t post yesterday guys! My family finally met Adam’s, so my mind wasn’t really on taking pictures of my eats…lol I did get in about a 3 mile walk in the morning before the BBQ to see my brother all dressed up in the parade. He was riding on the fire truck, waving and telling us he was STARVING! ahh yes we are related ;)

Onto today’s eats

I woke up bright and early this morning before Adam left for work but stayed in bed until he left. I was hoping if I got up ran to the potty and jumped back in bed without talking I could fall back to sleep until at least 8 but no such luck! No sleeping in this whole 4 day weekend :-( I had some coffee and a bowl of my usual cereal bowl.

After that I sat and vegged then motivated myself to scrub down the shower. Once I got that done and tried to breath some fresh air after inhaling bleach, I was off to the gym. I love going there in the middle of the day. I got there around 11:15 and there were only a few people there :-D I did 2.5 miles and lifted, I wanted to do more but after all my walking this weekend I think my legs are crying for a break. Then I went to the library and picked up a bunch of books for the kiddies at work. When I got home I was ready for some food! I had cottage cheese and a pear, but snacked on a few too many cashews and almonds while trying to figure out what to have. There might have also been some pretzels involved too! lol

I got a bunch of things done around the apartment and then decided to make Adam the banana cake he liked so much.

Banana Cake/Bread

1 Package Devil’s Food Cake Mix (Any Brand)
1/3 Cup Applesauce
3 Bananas, Mashed
2 Eggs Beaten
½ Cup Milk
½ Cup Chocolate/PB Chips

Add dry cake mix to a large bowl. Add eggs, oil and milk. Blend on low with mixer then add bananas. Pour into a greased large loaf pan or two small loaf pans. Bake at 350 for about 1 hour if its a large loaf or Bundt pan. And about 35 - 40 minutes for smaller loaf pans like mine. Let cool and slice.

Adam got out of work early because of the rain so we went and got a few things done before din din. I traded in a bunch of our Wii games at Game Stop, so I could get the EA Sports Active! I can’t wait to try it out! We also hit up Wegman’s to get some food for the week. They had Coconut Milk Ice Cream on sale for 3.79! I have been hearing such great things about it that I just had to get it. When we got home I tore into it so quick. I just could not wait until after dinner to try it.OMG THIS STUFF IS AWESOME! I got the chocolate and love it! Dinner was a ham and cheese melt with some apple on Wegman’s country Rye Bread, with a half a sweet potato with salsa on the side. I also munched on some TJ’s fake Sun chips for something crunchy. MMM

I set up my profile on my new game and then had a few pieces of chocolate (dark chocolate malt ball, and chocolate covered cherry) x 3! hehe they were quite yummy if you couldn’t tell!

I’m off to read some blogs and get ready to watch Real Housewives of New Jersey!!! I can’t wait! Have a wonderful night guys! I hope everyone had a great long weekend:-D

Busy Long Fun Filled Day!

2009-05-24T21:57:00.001-04:00

Good Evening Ya’ll

I just got back from New Hope PA and had a great time! Here’s a recap of my day.

When I got up this morning around 7:30 I made some coffee and checked my email before making my same old bowl of cereal (I figure if it aint broke no need to fix it ;)

After trying to digest for awhile I went to the gym to get in some much needed treadmill time since I knew we’d be enjoying some dinner and drinkys tonight. I did 2.5 miles and tried out some intervals, I would post them if I remembered them..hahah I came home got my shiznat together and got ready to go. We ran across the street before we left for PA to pick up a few things, since I was planning on baking for a BBQ at Adam’s mom’s house tomorrow. Lunch was in the car, it was a Breyer’s Black Cherry yogurt with TJ’s LF Almond granola with a few walnuts pieces thrown in to the mix and some pineapple and apple slices. I also snacked on some of Adam’s pretzels in the car during the ride. Its about and hour and 15 minutes to get there. First we hit up Peddlers Village, its the cutest shopping place! We tried some wine at the winery there and some pasta at the Italian store there :-D Gotta love samples!!! We then drove back towards New Hope and parked in the High School parking lot because it was crazy packed in the town! We walked around and looked in some stores and then decided on our early dinner… We went to The Landing for dinner and sat outside on the Delaware River. It was GORGEOUS!!! and we made some ducky friends that I fed a random chip off the ground when it hopped up next to Adam’s feet!!

hahah I got a Blue Moon to cool off and tried the chopped salad that Adam got to start off with. then for my dinner I got the Ham and Brie melt which was Caramelized Onions, Apples, with Sweet Potato Fries, Lingonberry Sauce on the side. It was so tasty, I have never had Brie before and really enjoyed it. The flavors of the whole sandwich went together so well.

After dinner we walked to the candy store where I picked up some chocolate covered dinner mints and a few dark chocolate malt balls. mmm We also went to Suzie's Hot Sauce to pick up our favorite yet a tad expensive Sloppy Joe mix. I can’t wait to have Sloppy Joe’s now!!! When we finally got home I made up some of Veggie Girl's Veganized Walnut Blondies. I made a few alterations like using regular flour, vanilla yogurt, and chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. WOW These came out AWESOME! Thanks Veggie Girl for an awesome recipe, Adam’s family is going to love them!

I’m off to relax and listen/watch the thunder storm. Have a great night and enjoy your Memorial Day!!

I Love Long Weekends!

2009-05-24T09:10:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys! Sorry I haven’t blogged, when I go to I always end up thinking of something else that needs to get done.. I’m sure you know how it is.

I’ll start with Friday, it was a Luna Chocolate Raspberry bar and coffee for my walkage to work.

Lunch was yogurt, granola and lots of pineapple (trying to finish it before it goes bad). snack time was a few mini Oreos and some pretzels. I walked home after work and had some cashews before heading off to fight with the traffic to go 1 mile to the gym. Oh how I love the summers at the Jersey Shore! Really I wouldn’t change it for the world but I could live with out traffic ;) Dinner was a crack wrap with cheese, veggie hummus and roasted red peppers. I also had half a sweet potato with salsa on the side. There also might have been some tater chips eaten with a pic taken ;) ok maybe lots of tater chips!

We did tons of walking on Friday night, going up to the beach to see the Benny’s (north jersey/new Yorkers) who come and invade the shore ;) We then walked down to our favorite bar/restaurant The Porch for a few beers and just to hang out and relax. I had 2 Miller Lites and came home and snacked on way too much junk! ugh.. Gotta love drunken eating..lol

Saturday I was up at 6:30 for no reason :( I got out of bed around 7:30 and made up a pot of yummy coffee to get the motors going. I also had a bowl of my usual cereal before getting my stuff together for the gym and laundry at the parents’.

At my parent’s house I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and brownies for them and ate way too much batter. UGH! Like lead in my belly!!! Once I came home put clothes away and showered I putzed around and figured out what to eat for lunch. I had a yogurt with some TJ’s granola and some of an apple. I wasn’t very hungry after my batter binge ;)

Adam and I went to Top Tomato, they have awesome produce sales and the one in Freehold is brand new and HUGE! We got lots of yummy stuff like watermelon for .49 cents a pound!! woohooo and it tastes just like SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We came home and it was after 5 and I had horrible heart burn :( I settled on tuna with celery and red onions with mayo and a salad. this hit the spot! I also munched on some more of those evil but delish tater chips :)

After dinner we went to Dunkin Donuts for coffee then went for a walk around town to look at the big houses in Spring Lake and dream that we could afford one some day! Once we got home I had a black bean brownie with some frosting and 2 bites of the yummy donuts Adam got at DD’s!

Hope you all are having a Super Memorial Day weekend! I’ll be back later on with the recap of today! After I get back from the gym and getting pretty we are going to New Hope Pa for some shopping and food and drinks! I love that town so much!

See ya later!

1 Day Until My 4 Day Weekend!!

2009-05-21T20:43:00.001-04:00

Hi guys! Sorry I’ve been MIA for a few days, but as you all know.. life gets in the way at times ;) Last night we had my brother’s graduation from Fire Academy. It was nice to go and be there for him, but I realized most of the guys graduating looked so young.. Which makes me feel OLD!!! HAHAH

Here’s a quick picture recap of Tuesday, Wednesday and Today!

Breakfasts (the usual)

Lunches were the same everyday! Geez I’m boring! (there was some snacking going on at work b/c a mom brought in delish home made brownies so I partook in a few of those bad boys!)

Dinners: Tuesday was salad with hummus and some leftover sweet potato fries.

Wednesday was PB & J on WW and more home made fries (since we were in a hurry to get to Freehold for Joe’s graduation.

and Today was salad and a tiny piece of Turkey Kielbasa and a pierogi that my friend had made… MMMMM

Of course there were snacks/desserts every night! I had chocolate pudding Tuesday and Wednesday and Apples with PB today!

I also went to the gym every day and did some walking on the boardwalk Tuesday and today… I love this gorgeous weather!!! Bring on Memorial Day and the Bennys! If your from Jersey you know what I’m talking about ;)

I hope everyone had a great day! See everyone tomorrow :-D

I Can Breathe!

2009-05-18T20:09:00.001-04:00

Hi Everyone! I had a good night sleep thank goodness last night, it was much needed (thanks to Tylenol PM) I got up at 7:30 and had a Luna Chocolate Raspberry bar for breakfast and a few almonds and grapes. I brought my mug of coffee with me on my walk to work on this chilly morning. The morning flew by and before I knew it it was lunch time :)

Lunch was the same as dinner last night since it hit the spot. TJ’s Greek Yogurt with blueberries, strawberries and this time I used TJ’s LF Almond Granola. MMM I also had about 2 handfuls of pretzel goldfish. After work I came home to changed for the gym, I had some cashews and headed off to do 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted and came home so we go go food shopping and hit up the library. Well I switched purses and didn’t put my library card in ( so needless to say we didn’t stop there. Once we got home I got in the shower since I wasn’t hungry yet. I had my leftovers from lunch yesterday for din din. YUMYUM!!! Is all I can say! I LOVE TUNA MELTS! I also had a pickle and some sweet potato fries.

I got on kitchen cleaning binge which led to me eating my way through the kitchen even though I was extremely full! There was some chocolate eaten, and a few cookies, and grapes.. UGH! I have quite the bellyache now! Which I totally deserve! oh well.. one day I will learn!

I’m off to watch some Food Network and hopefully digest all my food!!! Have a great night! 4 more days to go :)

Wow Gotta Love Benadryl Comas!

2009-05-17T19:41:00.001-04:00

I woke up after a lovely 9ish hours of sleep! FINALLY! thanks to a Benadryl :) Unfortunately I was groggy all day though! UGH I barely had a voice and coughed and sneezed most of the day.. oh what fun! lol I started the morning with my normal bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee (I really wanted Greek yogurt but with the way my head was this am I didn’t think it was a good idea)

I tried to snap out of it and went out shopping with mommy for a bit :) We went to Cost Cutters since it is going out of business and everything that is left is 70% off! I got some Aleve, nose spray for Adam, Bronzer and Christmas cards all for 7.50! Good Deal I think! We also walked around the dollar store and I picked up a newspaper. This is my new Sunday ritual ;) Once home Adam and I went to the mall to walk around since it was uberly yucky out here in Jersey. We didn’t get anything just walked around for about an hour then came back near the house. We were starving since it was about 1:45ish so we went to our favorite restaurant down the street The Porch. I got a Diet Coke and the Tuna Melt without the bacon… This thing was huge! Just like their burgers! I almost forgot to take a picture so this is after eating a bit! I brought half home and let me tell you I was full all afternoon!

cI did snack on same grapes though for something sweet! I got some stuff down around the apartment and relaxed then around 6 I figured I should eat a little something for dinner. I had TJ’s Greek yogurt with strawberries and blueberries and some Fiber One and Grapes Nuts for CRUNCH! Dessert was some chocolate covered almonds, peanuts and cherries… I had this times 2! :-D

I’m off to watch Outbreak I love this movie even though its pretty scary with all the crazy diseases/fluishness.. Hope you all had a great weekend! See ya tomorrow! :)

I’m Alive Still! I Think….

2009-05-16T20:39:00.001-04:00

Hey There sorry I’ve been missing for a few days.. My allergies have totally gotten the best of me….. Thursday night I slept maybe 3 hours, thanks to Aleve Cold and Sinus making my heart race all night long! and Friday night I was a good friend to my Brides Maid and went and saw her boyfriends band in Seaside at The Beachcomber Bar, it was their music festival and both of his bands were playing so we stayed for his one band and left before his second went on because we were headed to “our bar” Headliner to see Daddypop! Unfortunately I left Kelli and Becky around 12:15 since I hadn’t slept the night before and my throat hurt so bad :-( I was trying to be upbeat and happy but it just wasn’t working and my nose was running like crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to keep running to the bathroom to blow my nose.. NO FUN AT ALL! I guess every party has to have a party pooper.. and that was ME! Luckily my awesome brother who passed his Fireman test and graduated from the Academy of Finance (special program at his high school) and also got a scholarship for it ;) picked me up! He saved the day.. well night/morning.. lol I was home and in bed by 12:45.. and woke up with knives in my throat by 1:30! It was terrible! Are anyone else’s allergies this bad? I just don’t get it… here’s a recap of my foods of Thursday Odwalla bar for breakie lunch was yogurt, granola and tons of ripe strawberries and lots of pretzel goldfishes ;) dinner was a salad and stuffed peppers that daddy was so nice to give to us! YUM YUM I love dad’s cooking!

Friday’s eats: Usual cereal, yogurt granola and lots of berries, a few bites of Adam’s yummy sausage peppers and onions, and bison meatballs.. MMMM and my din din was a “crack wrap” that I’ve been seeing all over the blogs. Mine was a Flat Out wrap with veggie hummus and a slice of American cheese with some TJ’s mock sun chips and a pickle! I really liked the wrap, I dipped mine in ketchup. I also had a few spoonfuls of ice cream before I left for the bar :-D thought it would make my throat feel better!

Today I was still feeling extremely yucky and thought about ditching the gym but of course I wouldn’t let myself. I figured I went Thursday and Friday not feeling so hot so why not go today and see how much I could do? Before leaving I had a cup of coffee to try and get motivated and a bowl of cereal same as I’ve been having all week.

I did 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted then headed off to the parents for laundry washing and baking a cake. The “norm” for my Saturdays ;) I snacked on tons of grapes while there and some other crap.. They have such junk food there, because of my brother and I always cave into it! UGH but it was there and I didn’t feel good.. good enough excuse for me :-( I came back home and had some cottage cheese and apples for some real food and cleaned up and showered so Adam and I could go for a long walk on the boardwalk, we only did about 2 miles (it was so windy!) and then went to Shoprite to pick up some things for dinner. I had a diet Snapple Raspberry tea and some Tostitos when we got home because I was getting hungry and it was only 4:00ish. Dinner was then some TJ’s Bison patties we had picked up on our last trip. We threw them on the George Foreman and cooked up some sweet potato and regular fries in the oven. I put Cabot 50% reduced fat cheddar on my burger and had a pickle and fries. I dipped everything in BBQ sauce.. SO SO GOOD!

After that even though I was full I had a piece of my Black Bean Brownies with frosting… God forbid I eat a more healthy dessert! hahahah it totally filled my sweet tooth and now I’m off to relax finally and take some Benadryl since it is the only thing that helps lately.

Hope ya’ll are having a great weekend! See ya tomorrow!

WOOOHOO Doctor is OVER!

2009-05-13T21:01:00.001-04:00

Hiya guys! Well thankfully the doctor flew by :-D Before I left I had some apple and pear with cottage cheese (what I had left in the fridge that I cut up a few days ago!) I also brought a Cliff Bar with me since I was heading the to the gym after the dr. Before I headed out I also had about 6 almonds just for some more protein.

I was only at the dr. for about 20 minutes and was on my way to the gym. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted and headed home with a tummy ache :( GRR I came home and relaxed for a bit and since Adam had gotten out of work early we went for a walk on the Manasquan blacktop or boardwalk if you want to call it that ;) We also went food shopping and stopped at my parents house to pick up some home made stuffed peppers from daddy! He takes such good care of us! :) Thanks Daddy! Once home and showered I made up a Lean Cuisine Roasted Veggie Pizza. I wanted comfort food since I was cranky. I also added a bit more sauce and cheese to it and some bread and butter pickles on the side :-D

I then wanted to bake since it equals stress relief in my world. I made Happy Herbivore's Black Bean Brownies and they came out pretty good! I expected them to be gross but they tasted like bananas. I think if I put some frosting on them Adam will eat them up!!

lol I’m off to relax and take some Benadryl so I can sleep/breath tonight!

3 days down only 2 more to go! Hope you had a wonderful Wednesday :)

The Tree Pollen Is Kicking My Arse!

2009-05-13T09:47:00.001-04:00

Hiya Everyone!

Hope you had a great Tuesday! I woke up yesterday in a tree pollen coma, sore throat and stuffed nose/head. Gotta love it! I had my usual breakfast of cereal (Fiber One, and TJ’s Honey Nut O’s, banana, cinnamon and light vanilla soymilk) and the mug of coffee on my walk to work :)

The morning flew by even with 12 kiddies since we were outside for a good amount of time. They really need it after being stuck inside all last week! At lunch I ran home to pick up my car since they were saying rain for the time I’d be walking home. Lunch was inhaled yogurt with granola, strawberries and kiwi. I also nagged a few pieces of meat and cheese from the Anti Pasta that we got for pizza day. At snack time I had a few handfuls of pretzels and a couple of mini Oreos.. MMM We had our meeting with the pastor so I dragged Adam for a walk on the boardwalk and picked up some Dunkin Donuts coffee since I have a few gift cards left to use up! I got a medium Toasted Almond with skim milk. YUMO

When we finally got home I wasn’t very hungry but knew I needed to eat since it was 7 o’clock already! I had a salad with green peppers, cucumbers, red onion, romaine, carrots, hummus, croutons, and Balsamic Vinegar. I also had a half of a sweet potato with Newman’s Own Salsa. MMMM

After that I need sweets, even though I really wasn’t hungry, but the vinegar made me NEED just a little something so first I had a piece of an apple then I threw caution to the wind and had a Super Charge Me Cookie..

hahah After that I relaxed since I felt like death and took a Benadryl around 10:30 and watched the Real Housewives of New York Reunion. Oh how I love a good train wreck :) Then I watched the beginning of The Real Housewives of NJ!!! Once again a fun train wreck to watch about my state! Let me tell you if you already didn’t figure it out.. I am nothing like them at all! Nor would I want to be! But it is sure fun to watch :-D

Onto this morning I woke up a few times before finally getting out of bed around 8. It was so nice to sleep in a bit and not be in a hurry for anything! I had some coffee and waited till I got hungry to have my bowl of cereal which was Kashi Go Lean Crunch and Fiber One with a banana, cinnamon and Light Vanilla soymilk.

I also had a few almonds for some more protein :) I have a doctor’s appointment at 1 and plan on leaving around 12:30 just in case I have to fill anything out. I was supposed to gain about 10 pounds because of female problems but I haven’t.. I may have gained 1 or 2 but that is it.. and I am eating more lately. Oh well! We will see what he says! Hope you have a great Hump Day!

It Was A Good One!

2009-05-11T21:01:00.001-04:00

I woke up this morning still not feeling so great after my huge dinner last night! I had a bowl of Rice Krispies (the Jumbo ones) Fiber One, about a quarter of a banana since the rest was bad, cinnamon and light vanilla soymilk.

I of course brought a cup of coffee with me on my walk to work this morning. I only had 6 kids today so it was a good day, and we got to be outside for a decent amount of time. Once lunch time hit I was ready for it! I had my usual Dannon Light and Fit with granola and 2 kiwis. MMM I also had 2 handfuls of pretzels for some salt. After work I walked home, had some grapes and half of a fiber one bar and got ready for the gym. I did about 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted then came home to shower and eat some dinner. Dinner was something easy and bland since my stomach wasn’t too happy. I had Naturally Nutty Butter Toffee Peanut Butter with some Trader Joe’s Organic strawberry jelly. and some TJ’s knock off sun chips… oh and a few bbq chips since they called my name ;)

We went food shopping came home unpacked everything and I decided to have 2 Super Charge Me Cookies and a spoonful of the Ice Cream Adam was eating… I’m not sure what it was.. I really have to go check the container but I just sat down!! lol (I’m trying to be lazy!)

How was your Monday? I only have 3 more days to go this week since I took off Wednesday for a doctors appointment! woohoo.. have a great night!

Happy Mother’s Day!!

2009-05-10T19:55:00.001-04:00

Hi Everyone! Hope you had a great day with your families! Since I had my mommy’s day yesterday with my mom, I stopped by and said hi and dropped off her pb cookies to her and gave her a big hug and kiss! Breakfast this morning was a pear with cottage cheese and since it was smallish I had a piece of apple too ;)

Adam made an AWESOME omelet with potatoes, pork roll, cheese, and of course I stole a few bites.. It was very good!

After breakfast and getting some things done we stopped at mom’s then headed up to the boardwalk for a nice walk! We did about 2 miles, it was so nice to get up there 2 days in a row!! I am so happy this nice weather looks like it is hear to stay! THANK GOD!!!

After we got home I watched some tv and had a Gnu Flavor and Fiber bar, I love these things!

I also had a few handfuls of grapes since I knew we were eating an earlier dinner tonight. Around 3:30 we were off to Adam’s moms house to pick her up for dinner. We went to a new restaurant in Belmar called Tulipanos. They had a special Mother’s Day Menu and I got the Chicken Milanese. It had organic breaded chicken with a mix of baby greens, tomatoes, mozzarella and a few potatoes in a balsamic vinaigrette. OMG this was delish!

Adam got The Duck in a Grand Mariner sauce.. wow! so good!

I think every dish looked and tasted amazing that everyone got! For dessert we shared a piece of cheesecake with apple crumb on top and a Crème Brule. I had a few bites of each with a decaf coffee.. THEY WERE SO FREAKING GOOD!! Put a fork in me I am DONE! My stomach is killing me now :( I just don’t know what my deal is.. I really didn’t eat much… oh well.. at least it tasted good! And I am going to the doctor on Wednesday so I can talk to him about these stomach pains!

How was your Mother’s day? what did you do? Hope you had a great one! See ya tomorrow :-D

Gorgeous Day!

2009-05-09T23:29:00.001-04:00

WOW is all I can say! Today was beautiful, they were saying possible thunderstorms but we lucked out :-D Sorry I didn’t check in yesterday but by the time we got home from our “date” night at Wal-Mart and Barnes and Nobles I wasn’t really in the mood for typing.. on a good note one of my coworkers got me a great deal on my Flip Flops for my wedding!!!

Onto food for my Friday Breakfast was the usual cereal and coffee at work. I even got to walk to work!!!

Lunch was yogurt with granola and the end of my pineapple. I also had a small piece of pudding cake from the 4 year olds Mother’s Day Tea :-D On my walk home before the gym I had a handful of grapes and some almonds since I was starving! At the gym I did 2 miles and weights and headed home to shower and eat so we could go out. Dinner was a salad with hummus and a half a sweet potato with Newman’s Pineapple Salsa.. MMM my favorite!!!

I just got a IBC Diet Root Beer at B&N and read some magazines :-D What a great Friday night in my book! When I got home I was getting a bit hangry so I had some of an apple with PB.YUM! It did the trick ;)

Today I was up and going this morning, since God forbid I sleep in on the weekend! lol Breakfast was a bowl of Trader Joe’s Greek Yogurt with strawberries and blueberries and Fiber One cereal and of course a nice mug of coffee.

I may have also stole bites of Adam’s eggs and pork roll :-D After getting my stuff together I headed off to the gym and did about 2 miles on the treadmill and was off to my mom’s to shower, do laundry, bake a cake, and take mommy out to The Circus Drive In. Its even been on The Food Network! I had their Hawaiian Chicken Sandwich on a hard roll and had a few of my mom’s fries. Unfortunately I completely forgot to take a picture since I ran into some kiddies from one of the schools I worked at years ago! They’ve gotten so big! We sat on the patio and it was the perfect day to go there, not too hot or too chilly! We take my mom there every year for Mother’s Day. Its cheap but it was a place we went to with her growing up, it was our place since my Dad wasn’t a fan of it..

After coming back to the apartment I cleaned and did lesson plans and waited Adam to get home from lunch with his dad. We then went up to the boardwalk. Oh my goodness it was HOT HOT HOT up there! Not that I’m complaining because I love getting my walks in with my sweetie pie. We did about 2 miles ran to the supermarket to pick up a couple of things and headed home for a quiet night. I had a small easy dinner since I was still full from my huge lunch (I swear it was a whole chicken!!) I just had my usual bowl of cereal (just a bit bigger)

I then made a margarita but didn’t like it so I gave it to Adam.

Since I was mad that it didn’t come out good I made my mom some cookies. I made her Peanut Butter cookies with cake mix! Its so easy!!

Cake Mix PB Cookies

1 box cake mix

1/2 cup PB

4 oz cream cheese

2 eggs

Beat all together until it starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl. then form into balls. Use a fork coated in flour to criss cross the tops to flatten it out a bit. Bake at 375 for about 7-8 minutes. They come out cakes and yummy!!!

I had a Blue Moon and some ChocVine Wine and a spoonful of Ice Cream while Uploading some old pictures!! It was a fun night, just sitting home since Adam’s watching Nascar. I had to find a way to amuse myself, I put on my IPod and rocked out while sipping on my drinks and looking at old pics :-D I’ll leave ya with a few oldies!!

Me and my friend Jess after a wine cooler or 2 back in the day.. hahah (Boy was I tan!!)

That’s me on the pony! It was my birthday and my Uncle George (the man in the picture) got me it for my bday party!! I miss him :(

My 5th Birthday! I loved Rainbow Bright if you couldn’t tell! :-P

MMM Burger and Beer Night!

2009-05-07T21:02:00.001-04:00

So waking up this morning was tough.. but knowing that I had a date with Adam at our new favorite restaurant tonight made it a little easier ;)

I got up and made up my bowl of cereal, Jumbo Rice Krispies, Kashi Go Lean Crunch, banana, cinnamon and light vanilla soymilk and of course my coffee to bring to work.

I got to walk to work today! It wasn’t raining this morning so I thought I’d take the chance. Since its “Teacher Appreciation” week one of my mom’s brought in coffee cake from an awesome bakery a few towns away. I had to sneak a bite and brought the rest of the piece home for Adam. I walked home to get my car just incase at lunch and thank goodness I did! Lunch was the typical yogurt (Breyer’s Light Cherry) with granola and a side of pineapple. Once snack time hit I was hankering for something sweet and luckily there was an open container of mini Oreos that the kids were having so I snuck 3 :-D MMMM After work I headed off to the gym, and did about 2 miles. I wanted to do more but my body is very achy :( My joints are killing me so I figured I shouldn’t push it! I came home and relaxed a bit snacked on a few almonds and got myself pretty to go out.

Dinner was a Western Burger (BBQ sauce, Bacon and Cheddar Cheese) and sweet potato fries. I also had some of Adam’s salad and 1 /2 Miller Lites. I love going to The Porch for 1/2 price burgers :) It was so nice to sit and relax and just talk about our days and be waited on! lol

Oh and I forgot to take a picture of my burger so this is when I was done with it! Can you believe how huge it is?!?!?! there must have been a half pound of bacon on this bad boy!!

Once home I cleaned up a bit and had a Super Charge Me Cookie even though I was full.. Darn beers make me eat when I’m not hungry at all.. haha

Do you have any good plans for the weekend? We are planning another “date” night at Barnes and Nobles. I love getting a coffee and reading some trashy magazines! Have a great night :)

The Sun Actually Came Out!

2009-05-06T20:56:00.001-04:00

It really did!! Even if it wasn’t for very long, I’ve started to forget what it was! lol

I woke up a lot during the night thanks to “girl time” so I wasn’t too rested today :( I got up before my alarm emailed my mom to say hi, since she was working and made up some breakfast. I had a bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Maple Sugar Oatmeal. It really hit the spot, I love making my own Oatmeal but I have to say theirs is my favorite premade kind.

I also had half of a banana that I didn't get a pic of. I was lucky enough to walk to work today since it was not raining! I brought my coffee with me on walk exciting walk.The morning FLEW and it was time for lunch, I was starting to get hungry so I was definitely ready to munch. I had a Dannon Light and Fit with granola and pineapple on the side.

There also may have been a handful of pretzels eaten also for salt! I walked home after work and had 2 handfuls of grapes and some almonds before going off to the gym. I did a quick 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted. My body was just so tired, I just did not want to be there. At least I went though :-D

I came home ate some more pretzels and showered and checked my email while waiting for Adam to get home. Dinner was my leftover home made pizza from Friday with some of a red pepper we had left and some tomato sauce for dipping my pizza in.

I also had 2 bites of Veal Bolognese that my Dad had given us that Adam was eating for dinner. Oh how I love my Daddy’s cooking!! THANKS DAD! I had to run some errands and pick up a few things from my parents and came home and had a half of an apple with some pb and cinnamon. YUM YUM!

I think it is going to be a very early night tonight.. my body is telling me SLEEP! So I am going to try and listen to it.. lets just hope it really does sleep tonight!

Question:

What do you do when you have trouble sleeping? I’ve been having a really hard time lately :( I’d love some ideas!

Another Rainy One!

2009-05-05T20:30:00.001-04:00

Seriously this is crazy the rain has been off and on for days now! Its driving me nuts :-( This morning I was up and trying to go when my alarm went off. It was a slow moving kinda morning for me since it was COLD and dreary. I had the same bowl of cereal as yesterday and brought my mug of coffee with me to work.

The morning was quite nuts (won’t get into it!). So by the time lunch came I was ready to sit and relax. I had a Breyer’s Vanilla Yogurt with granola and pineapple and strawberries. MMMM I also had a few pretzels for SALT since I was craving it. (Damn time of the month!!) At snack time I had another handful of pretzels and a Hershey’s Kiss. After work I headed to the gym to get in a quick walk on the treadmill. I did about 2.25 miles and came home to get ready for our counseling session with the Pastor. I had some grapes and peanuts before heading out. We picked up coffees to keep us going through the session and Adam got a buttered bagel, I may have had 2 bites of this since I used to love them growing up!

When we finally got home around 7 I wasn’t hungry but knew I needed to eat. I had a Boca chicken patty with cheese and half a sweet potato with salsa. I also had a breadstick that I didn’t get a picture of.. I inhaled it.. opps!

Dessert was a Super Charge Me Cookie, gosh I love these things :)

I hope everyone had a great day.. 3 more to go!

I Need A Boat For This Week!

2009-05-04T19:58:00.001-04:00

Another day of RAIN! UGH!!! I actually had a goodnight of sleep last night after I heard things from my neighbor that I should NOT have heard! EWWW hahah I woke up a bit before the alarm and got started on my day. I had a bowl of jumbo Rice Krispies with Kashi Go Lean Crunch, banana, cinnamon and light vanilla soymilk. YUMMY IN MY TUMMY! I also had about 2 handfuls of yummy grapes since they were calling my name in the fridge ;)I brought a mug of coffee with me to work since it is chilly here in Jersey.

The morning dragged a bit since I was alone today since the woman that helps me in my class is sick! Once lunch came I thought I was hungry and ate some strawberries and some of my cottage cheese and apples but just wasn’t feeling it. I really didn’t have an appetite! That’s a first right? But don’t you worry by 3 o’clock I was STARVING! I hate it when that happens :( After work I headed to the bank and then the gym and did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and lifted. I came home and picked up my library books to get some new reads for the kiddies. I also picked up Skinny Bitch! I took this out once before but never read it so now I’m determined!

After I got home and showered it was time for dinner. I had some of my leftovers from The Olive Garden. I took a ton of the shrimp and veggies and had a nice big salad on the side! MMMM so so good! After dinner Adam and I did our Financial Worksheet for our counseling session with the Pastor tomorrow. I then snacked on a Super Charge Me Cookie and now I’m off to start reading! Have a great night all!

Question:

What good books have you read lately? I really need to start up again! I used to read all the time and I miss it!