Quick Tuesday!

Wow today totally flew by and I am not complaining at all!! I was dreading it since I got done with work at 3:30 but had a meeting at 4 :( Luckily it was quick and painless!!

Onto today's eats:

Breakfast was a bowl of oats (usual but with some Pure Protein in Chocolate) added in.. MMM chocolate in the morning!!! I also brought my mug of coffee on my walk with me. It was in the high 20's but I didn't know if I'd have the energy to head to the gym after my meeting so I figured any walking would be something. The morning flew by and before I knew it, it was lunch time! I walked home to pick up my car, get more coffee and snack on some grapes before I headed back and had some lunch. I had a yogurt with some of my granola and cantaloupe on the side. I also had a few bites of pizza since it was pizza day.. Oh how I love working with kids! hehe

After work I had a cookie and more cantaloupe on my way to the gym. I did a quick 2 miles while watching the end of Oprah and a bit of Tyra and came home to shower and inhale some din din :)

While getting my salad and sweet potato I had tons of grapes and some pretzels.. I had the same salad as a few night ago with a small piece of sweet potato and Newman's Own Salsa. MMM MM GOOD! For dessert I had a piece of chocolate (not pictured) and some apple with some PB2. I had mixed some of the pb up on Friday and tried it plain and wasn't thrilled.. I think my expectations were set a bit high from everyones blogs. I decided to try it again with an apple and really liked it this time!I think I'll be buying a 4 pack from their website. I just got off the phone with my cousin, we were talking about the wedding and about her baby shower! She is due in August. I'm off to watch some Real Housewives on NY and go to bed! Have a great night :-D

BACK!

Hi Guys! I'm back :-D

Things have just been a bit nutty here... but oh well.. that's life right? I'll start off with last night since we celebrated Adam's Birthday with his family. We went to the http://www.thehickoryhog.com/Home.htm in Point Pleasant NJ. We have been there once before and the food is great! They give HUGE portions.. I wish I would have taken pictures, but my mind was on other things.. and trying to happy.. For our apps we got the onion loaf which is onions rings but in the shape of a loaf! I had one little onion ring since I really try to not each too many fried things.. I also tried a bit of a spicy pub pickle which is a fried pickle, this was actually pretty good.. and then we got some bbq nachos, they were great! I had a few chips and it came with pulled bbq pork on them and cheese and hot peppers.. MMM I was full just after snacking on those!! hahah I got the Mango BBQ Pork it comes with cornbread and 2 sides I got tator tots and hot cinnamon apples. This was AMAZING! but way too much food for a unhappy/stressed belly. I brought TONS of leftovers home so we will be eating these again, and I'll have some pictures for ya ;)

Onto today, I had a bowl of Kashi Blueberry Oat Clusters, Trader Joe's Raisin Bran and a banana with cinnamon and skim milk. I also brought my coffee with me on my walk to work today. The morning flew by and was great! The kids were so cute and good today.. (KNOCK ON WOOD!) Lunch came and I was starting to get hungry, so I had a light Wegman's blueberry yogurt with some of my homemade granola and pineapple on the side. One of my coworkers made a pistachio cake so I tried a couple bites of it.. it was really good so I took the recipe (Adam loves pistachios). I walked home and snacked on a 2 handfuls of grapes and was off to the gym. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and weights and came home. Adam and I then ran to see daddy and say hi! I just had to give him a big ol' hug.. We then went to Dunkin Donuts so I could get the kiddies munchins for St. Patrick's day :)

We came home, I showered and made up a salad with romaine, cucs, green peppers, red onions, roasted red peppers, croutons, and tuna. I put some Catalina dressing on it (this was my favorite dressing growing up!) I got some things done around the apartment and sat down with a brownie and frosting. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! I am now off to digest and catch up on blog reading.. Hope you all had a great day! See you tomorrow.

Another Day Over

Hi Everyone

Well we are one day closer to the weekend! Does anyone else find it bad that most people spend all week just waiting for the weekend? I really try not to, but I can't help it.. I've got to be more positive!

Onto this mornings eats! I woke up early since I've been drinking so much water lately :( potty was calling..ugh so I was up at 7 and read my email and made some breakfast. It was a bowl of oats (the normal ones) lol and brought a mug of coffee with me to energize! The morning flew by and before I knew it, it was lunch! I had cottage cheese with a pear and some pretzel rods.. I wanted something crunchy. I stomach is just not right still so I'm trying to eat light until it gets better. After work I went to the gym and did about 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. I came home talked with Adam about our days and got in the shower.

Dinner for me was the other half of my sweet potato with Newman's Own Pineapple Salsa and a salad with onion, peppers, cucumbers, hummus and croutons with balsamic vinegar. I had to run out and pick up new books for the kids at the library and get some meds at the pharmacy. We came home and I had another brownie with frosting and some grapes.. lol not together!!! I'm off to watch the History Channel since they are talking about the Jersey Devil. Hope you all have a great night! See you tomorrow :-D

Is It a Full Moon???

Good Evening Chickies!

I woke up this morning not too hungry again since my belly is still messed up! I had some oats just to have something in me to take some cold meds for my head and because I knew it would be a busy morning at work. I walked there since it was somewhat warm and sunny, and brought a mug of coffee with me for some energy :) Well the kids were NUTS today.. I don't know what it was but I didn't like it at all. Lunch came finally and I was actually hungry for it, I had a Yoplait thick and creamy and a pear and grapes. This did the trick and made me happy, until snack time when I was putting out the cookies and caved.. ehheh

I walked home and got ready for the gym and snacked on a few peanuts and grapes before leaving. I did a little over 2 miles on the treadmill watching Oprah, Dr. Oz was on and it was pretty interesting! I wanted to watch more but my stomach was really hurting so I decided to leave before it got any worse.

I came home showered and set Adam up to finish the questionnaire for our wedding prep class. I settled on something light for dinner a half of sweet potato with some Newman's Own Salsa and a salad with hummus and some balsamic vinegar. This totally hit the spot! I also might have snacked on some leftover sweet potato fries that were in the fridge calling my name.. My friend called me after dinner to give me the run down for our Girl's Night Happy Hour on Friday night to see Daddypop at Bar A. I painted my toenails as I chatted then when I was done decided on a brownie with some frosting for dessert just because.. :-D Oh and this plate was for Adam and I.. I only had one brownie ;)

I'm off to veg and watch some tv with the sweetie! Hope you all had a wonderful day!!

See ya tomorrow

Ice Ice Baby!

OMG the roads were so bad this morning! Thank goodness for only having to go around the block! HAHA This morning I was up before the alarm as usual and started to get ready in hopes my car would start.. I made up a bowl of oats with an extremely ripe nanner... It was so creamy and tasty...mmmmm mmm good! I also brought a mug of coffee with me to warm me up since it was 11 degrees out.

There were only 6 kids in my class today which was extremely nice. Luckily the morning flew by and it was time for lunch and boy was I hungry, I had a Dannon Light and Fit with a pear and some froot loops.. so so good! It was one of the kids birthday so I also had a chocolate munchin for snack.. After work I went to the gym and did 2.25 miles on the treadmill while watching Oprah, and then did some weights.

I came home and did some things around here, and cut up some veggies for my salad.. talked on the phone with my friend Kelli, showered then ate. I had a salad with lots of veggies, hummus, croutons and the last of my Newman's Asian dressing. I also had some leftover sweet tater fries that I burnt in my toaster! UGH! It totally smelled like smoke, so I opened up the windows even though its freezing and lit some candles.. now it smells delish :-D

I was in the candy mood so I had some chocolate covered peanuts (pic x2) lol. Well I hope everyone had a great Tuesday.

Do you have anything exciting going on this week?

I have a work meeting tomorrow and then my brother's fashion show for the Academy of Finance that he is in.. It should be fun!

See ya'll tomorrow!

Darn Alarm Clock!

I over slept today!!! I have not done that since High School! My alarm went off but I have it on radio and it wasn't coming in, so it wasn't making any noise. I woke up at 7:50 instead of 7:30 and flew out of my bed. I don't work well rushing at all, and all I could think of was I better have time to eat.. ahhah Thank goodness I did and I got to work on time! maybe even a bit early, damn I'm good. For breakfast I picked up a new bar that I've been meaning to try its a Gnu Fiber bar in chocolate and I was pleasantly surprised. It was really good, and I plan on buying more of these next time I see them in the store. Luckily the morning flew by and by lunch I was ready to relax for a bit. I had my orange and since I wasn't really hungry from my flippy belly I saved my yogurt for the kids nap time.

After work I went to the gym and did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and lifted. I came home and got situated and got in the shower. I had a handful of peanuts and some raisins when I came home since I was alittle hungry and didn't know when Adam was getting home tonight from work.

Adam had chili tonight so I decided to go easy on my belly since it was still funny from rushing this morning. I had a salad with some hummus on top and some Newman's Own Lighten Up Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing. I also had a half of a big sweet potato with Newman's Own Mango Salsa, it was a Newman's kinda night ;) We went to shop rite to do some food shopping since I had some coupons and they had some good deals. I came home with some weight watchers snacks to try since they were on sale and I had a coupon. I had the chocolate cake tonight, they are SMALL!!! At first they had an icky fake taste... then I heated it up and it tasted better. I also had a few peanut mm's after it. I got some stuff done for work=cutting out "Lincoln's hat" for the kiddies to paint tomorrow. I think it may be an early night tonight. Hope your Tuesday flew by as quickly as mine did! See you tomorrow :-D

Wow This Mini Vaca Is Flying By!

I can't believe its Sunday night already!! Where did the weekend go? I woke up way too early this morning around 6ish but stayed in bed till about 7:30. I got up and made some coffee while checking email and watching the news. I was waiting for Adam to get up to get my oats started, so the minute he was up I was getting my foodage together :) I had my normal bowl of oats (banana, light original soy milk, grape nuts) and my coffee while chatting with Adam as he made his breakfast.

I went to the gym and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and weights. I came home and we went across the street to A&P for Adam's goodies to make his yummy chilly. Once home He started cooking and I got to scrubbing the bathroom. Tons of fun for a Sunday morning :-P After cleaning and showering I started to get hungry around 12:30ish and made a bowl of Trader Joe's Greek Yogurt with strawberries and blueberries. I also mixed in some Golden Grahams for some CRUNCH! MMMM I also had a big ol' handful of grapes.

I decided to get my butt in gear and print out the labels finally for the save the dates. It took awhile to get the right size font but I finally got it! I then went to the parents house to do laundry, while there I also made some cookies. (forgot my camera since it was charging at home) I made double chocolate chunk and Oatmeal chocolate chip (both by Better Crocker in the pouch)I did try some cookie dough and it was YUMMY! Even though my tummy is way funny lately and this was not a good idea. Mom and I did some bonding over wedding stuff and once my laundry was finally done I came home to Adam watching the Daytona 500. I tried a tiny bowl of his chili that he made with chopped meat and pork tenderloin and it was really good!!! I'm not a huge chili fan but I really enjoyed it alot! I also had a salad to go with it. It had some roasted red pepper hummus, roasted red/yellow peppers, green pepper, cucs, lettuces, croutons and some balsamic vinegar for dressing. This totally hit the spot, I then was cutting up the rice krispie treats that I had made to give some to Joe and ate a small piece (no pic it was shoved in my face faster than you could imagine)hahah

Joe and I had a date to go bowling down the street since they have 1.75 games Sunday night from 7-9. Unfortunately the place was crazy packed and the wait would be forever so we left. I was so disappointed :( Instead I came home and had a piece of Daddy's chocolates the Grand Marnier one. SO FREAKING GOOD!!! I also had a few peanut mm's on the side. Chocolate cravings are out of control since we have tons in the house.. GET IT AWAY!!!!!!! hahah I'm now off to watch some rich bride poor bride.. See you all tomorrow! I've got one more day off!!! :-D

WOOHOO For Snow!

Even though its cold out it looks so pretty! The snow is on the trees and I feel like I like in a Norman Rockwell painting! At least until I'm scraping ice off the car for 20 minutes tomorrow! :-P haha

Onto this morning, breakfast was oats (same as usual) and brought a mug of coffee with me. The morning was alittle crazy, we have 4 kids under 2 on Tues and Thurs which makes for CHAOS! Before I knew it it was lunch time, I went out to my car to clean it off a bit and grab my gym clothes so they weren't freezing. I wasn't really hungry for lunch but tried an orzo salad that one of my coworkers made. It was tasty but I tasted it all day long.. :( I also had some of my apples and cottage cheese just because I thought I should eat something.. I was lucky enough to leave at 3:30 today and went right to the gym, I did 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. I came home and waited for Adam to get in so we could run out to my parents and the supermarket to pick up bananas and salad fixings.

When we got back we made up salads and I had leftover Irish Whiskey Chicken from last week. I also threw in a few sweet potato chips since I saw them in the fridge ;)Thank goodness it was still as tasty as it was the first time :) I got some work done and had some sf lime jello with cool whip and a few chocolate covered peanuts.. mmmmm I got a bunch of home catalogs to check out tonight, so I plan on curling up on the couch and browsing threw those :) I hope everyone had a great Tuesday and if your in Jersey maybe you'll have a snow day tomorrow!!!

The Week From CRAZYLAND!

Ok so I can finally find some time to post! These past few days have been out of control busy. Tuesday I worked 8:30-4 then went to the gym was back at work by 4:45 (quick in and out at the gym) got done at work at 6, came home showered.. inhaled whatever food I could find and was off to the photographer. We booked them! She was GREAT!! and the price was right.. or as right as it could be.. Wednesday was a bit calmer thank goodness Breakfast was a bowl of cereal (Kashi Heart to Heart Blueberry Oats, cinnamon, banana and light original soy milk) and a hot cocoa for work. Because of the snow it was a slower day, and my boss bought us some coffee to warm us up :) Lunch was salad with peppers, onions, cucs, romaine, some roasted red pepper hummus and a light vin that I found in the fridge at work. I also had a ton of pineapple on the side. I did went to the gym and did the treadmill and weights and came home and we decided to go out to din din! :) We're really trying to save $$ with all the money we are spending on the wedding but we had a gift card so we were off :) We went to http://harriganspub.com/ I got a Blue Moon to drink and the Irish Whiskey Chicken. It also came with a nice and yummy salad, I got mine with their tasty Honey Mustard Dressing. (I completely forgot to take pics since Adam was telling me about work) This was so good and much needed relaxing night out. We came home and I had the urge to bake. I made Eat, Drink and Be Vegan's You Got Peanut Butter In My Chocolate Chip Cookies. HOLY YUM! These are amazing!!! My brother stopped by also to chit chat so by the time I was done cleaning up and putting things away it was past my bedtime!

Onto today, I woke up ready to go. I had a bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Blueberry Oats with banana, cinnamon and soy milk. I skipped out on the coffee today and felt pretty darn good :-D We got out for about 15 minutes today and it was great to get the kiddies out in the fresh air. Lunch was a bit of the anti pasto that we got since it was pizza day for the kids. It wasn't anything great so I had my dannon light and fit also and some pineapple. At snack it was a chocolate chip cookie that wasn't so great, but I wanted chocolate!! hahah The afternoon was WILD and I was stuck there past 4 ( I won't get into the wonderful details but we were changing lots of kids clothes b/c of sickness)

I went to the gym and did about 30 minutes on the treadmill and came home to relax........... FI
NALLY!!! I had a Lean Cuisine Panini since I didn't really want to think about cooking or figuring out what to eat. This was the Chicken Tuscan and boy was it good! I had it with some pretzels on the side. I also might have had some pickles and peanuts too ;)

Desert was the rest of my Jello White Chocolate Sugar Free Pudding and 3 chocolate covered peanuts.

I'm off to watch American Idol and Hell's Kitchen with Adam and call it a night! Hope you all had a good one and I promise to see you tomorrow :-D

MIA And Free Snacks!!

Hey guys! Sorry for being MIA for so long, Friday I ended up getting the wonderful stomach virus that was going around school :( I sucked it up and still went out for girls night hoping that the beers would settle the stomach or just get rid of it all.. Here's a recap of Friday's eats..I also baked Adam one of those yummy microwave cakes! (trying to take my mind off of the ouchy belly)


Unfortunately neither happened and after coming home at 2:30 am I was MISERABLE on Saturday! A mix of hungover and stomach virus DO NOT MIX! (Just a word of advise) lol

Needless to say I didn't go to the gym on Satuday, I had a bowl of cereal (usual mix) and went to the parents house to do laundry and I baked a chocolate cake for them. I snacked a bit there on chex mix.. since when I was eating I wasn't nauseous anymore. I came home and made up a lunch of Fage 0% with Strawberries and Blueberries and some Golden Grahams mixed in. This was way too heavy for the belly :( I was uncomfy all afternoon! Dinner was homemade pizza on a Flat Out. It had part skim mozz, roasted garlic tomato sauce, peppers and mushrooms. THIS TOTALLY HIT THE SPOT! I also snacked on some grapes and pretzels. After dinner I had 2 chocolate cookies. It was a very early night to bed and woke up feeling much better!

Sunday I had a scrambled egg whites with some laughing cow cheese melted in. I also had a half slice of Arnold Double Oat bread on the side with some butter. MMM Of course I had my mug of coffee to energize me :) I then was off to the gym for 35 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home showered and got ready to go to Trader Joe's for the very first time! We don't have any near us so we drove an hour north to go to one. This place was PACKED!!! It was also pretty small. We were a bit disappointed, but we did get a 3 dollar bottle of wine (white zin) and a 6 pack of TJ Beer to try. We also picked up a few other things to try out, at least we got some fun things :-D We then came home and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon, which was much needed. I completely forgot to take a pic of lunch but we picked up a bagel with cream cheese for Adam on the way up so I had 3 bites of that and a oatmeal raisin Power Bar. I love those they are one of my favs ;) Dinner was leftovers from dad, grilled chicken with tomatoes, black olives, capers, we put it over some pasta and had some salad on the side. For dessert I whipped up some sugar free white chocolate jello pudding. I used 1 cup of skim milk and one cup light 8th continent since I finished up the skim milk, it tasted very yummy!

Today's eats was Oats for breakfast (banana, cinnamon, water, soy milk, grapenuts) and brought my mug of coffee to work. At snack time I had 2 animal crackers (they were calling my name) haha Lunch was Light and Fit yogurt with apples and pineapple on the side. This did not like my belly and it made noises all afternoon! I had a handful of pretzels hoping that would calm it but no such luck! I went to the gym after work and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and came home. When I got home I saw I got a surpise from FoodBuzz!! I got the new Quaker True Delights to try :-D When I try them I"ll let ya know which is my favorite!!!! I promised Adam I'd make him grilled cheese tonight so we both had that for dinner. We made it on Arnold double oat bread, this bread is so good and filling! On the side I had some pretzels, and a pickle. I also had a few spoonfuls of Adam's Campbell's Select Harvest Italian Wedding Soup. We ran some errands and came home, once home I had some pudding from last night and a few chocolate covered peanuts. SO GOOD! Its now time for me to do some abs and watch some Monday night tv :-D Have a great night and see you tomorrow!