TGIT

Hola :)

Well yesterday was a very busy day, I had work, gym then a class at night for work. I got home around 9ish and relaxed for a bit. I'll do a quick recap of the foodage for ya ;)

breakfast was oatmeal (usual) I also brought hot chocolate since it was snowy and freezing!!! Lunch was Yoplait yogurt and an apple (my belly was miserable something is just not right with it!!) I snacked on a bunch of pretzels to try to settle it before the gym but no such luck! I did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and came home to shower and eat before class. I had some grapes and chex mix while toasting my bread for dinner. I had a cinnamon raisin PB and Jelly sammy on ww. I also had a few pita chips on the side, These Stacy's multi grain ones are GREAT! Then right next to the building where my class was was a Dunkin Donuts so I got a medium decaf hazelnut with skim milk and splenda. MMM Class was on Asthma in the classroom I need 8 CEU's a year. I've got 4 so far ;) When I got home I had to choc chip peanut butter cookies and pretty much passed out.

Onto today, After a great night of sleep I felt well rested but my stomach HATES ME!!! I had a bowl of Kashi Oat Flakes & Wild Blueberry Clusters with a banana, cinnamon and Silk Light Original. I also brought my mug o' coffee with me :)

Lunch was an apple with cottage cheese. I was feeling pretty crappy at lunch so I held off and ate at nap time. I went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home relaxed and got to make some 3 cheese tortellini and had the mediteranean pasta sauce my dad had made.. MMM I also had a salad on the side with some creamy italian dressing. After dinner and doing a few things I made Adam one of those microwave cakes that I make all the time. I tried to make it a bit healthier though and used 3 tbsp of applesauce instead of oil. Adam said he thought it tasted better than with the oil!! WOOOHOO I of course ate a few bites (maybe more than a few) haha and now I'm checking out some flower girl dresses online since we are going to Adam's brothers house Saturday to watch a car race and get haircuts! I will be trying out wedding hairstyles while the boys watch the race. I'm excited!!! Well I hope you all had a great Thursday and have an awesome Friday!!!

LAST DAY OF FREEDOM!

UGH back to work tomorrow!! Those 13 days sure flew by, I hate how 13 days go by with a blink of an eye and 1 hour at work can seem like 13 days!! What is that?!?!? lol anyhow back to my eats of today, since yesterday I kinda bummed out ;)

This morning I was up and at em around 8:15, I started making coffee and decided on the eats of the morning. I had my usual bowl of cereal (Fiber One Oat Clusters with Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze, cinnamon, and a banana) and a big cup of coffee that I could not finish I was off to the gym before 10 since I needed gas too. I did about a half hour on the treadmill and some weights, I was in a hurry since we had lots to do today! I came home and showered, got ready and was off to the supermarket. Let me tell you they must have been giving food away and we missed it because the store was PACKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had to drive all around for a couple minutes before finding a spot. IT WAS NUTS!!!!! We ran around as fast as we could just so we could get out of there, which makes me sad since I like to look for new things and take my time. Once home we were starving so I had tuna (leftovers from last nights dinner out) which I made into a tuna sandwich with reduced fat mayo on a sandwich thin with pickles and some pretzels. I also had a cookie after waiting for my brother to come over so we could go to the outlets near our house. We walked around and the boys bought a few things, I was sad because I could not find anything I wanted! So then I decided I wanted a new watch and they have a fossil outlet there so we went in and I found one for 40 bux!! So I used my Visa gift card from Joe and bought it :-D We then came home and relaxed for a few, Adam started cooking and I cleaned up a bit around the apartment. We had a salad with some chicken parm and pasta. YUM!! I also had a very small glass of Pinot Grigio. It totally hit the spot, it was nice to have a quiet meal at home. We were going to do it last night but had no energy to go food shopping and cook. So after trying 5 restaurants we got some dinner out ;)I just made some microwave cake that I've made a few times before. I had a few BIG bites while typing up addresses into the computer so we have them for the Save The Date cards we need to send out soon!

Well I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Do you have any fun plans for the week?

I think we might be meeting with the minister this week!

Another Fun Filled Day of Baking :-D

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

I had my list ready for things to get done today, so I was up and at em by 8. I got all the ingrediants out for my brother's birthday cake. I made up some coffee too, while I was getting things ready. I decided I wasn't hungry for breakfast yet so I enjoyed some coffee and then got to baking.I used this recipe :

HERSHEY'S "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" Chocolate Cake Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Directions:1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans. 2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans. 3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings. VARIATIONS:ONE-PAN CAKE: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350° F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost.THREE LAYER CAKE: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost. BUNDT CAKE: Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost.

I then had an apple with cottage cheese for breakfast and some peanuts after I was done with that. (The picture of the cottage cheese came out horrible) Once I got the cake out of the pans I went to the gym and did 3 miles the fastest I have ever done before :-D I'm not a runner so I just walk as fast as I can. I did it in about 41 minutes and I had the incline up to about 11 & the whole time. I was pretty happy!

I came home and got to frosting the cake and figuring out what I was going to have for lunch. After finishing up the cake and cleaning up I dragged my stinky butt into the shower and cleaned up the linen closet. Lunch was a Vanilla Chobani with tons of berries and lots of Honey Bunches of Oats. MMMM Then I wanted something even sweeter, hahah so I had 2 more of those darn mm cookies. I got the apartment vacuumed and now I'm relaxing for a bit. I am going to my parents around 5:30 for dinner and cake for Joe's BIG 18th!! I'll be back tonight to show ya the tasty eats :-D

Here's the finished product, I can't wait to cut into this bad boy!!!

Are you ready for NYE? What are your plans?

Another Bingeful Kinda Day

UGH Today was another one of "those" day, with hormones and stress I ate like a big ol PIGGY!

Breakfast was a bowl of Fiber One Honey Oats with some of the bottom of the bag of Honey Bunches of Oats, cinnamon, banana and LF Vanilla Soy Milk. I also had handful of peanuts while making my coffee to bring to work. I have no idea why its sideways!!! HAHA

At work I had about half a cup of cheerios at snack time then for lunch was a Dannon Light and Fit with an orange. Snack was 2 chocolate covered pretzels from one of the kiddies. I then went to the gym and did alittle over 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. I came home to find out daddy's home. No answers to what happened but he is home! Thank goodness!

Dinner was an English muffin with one egg, ff cheese, and a piece of Canadian bacon. I also had a half of a sweet potato on the side and munched on more nuts about 2 handfuls while figuring out what the heck to eat for dinner. We ran out to the store to pick up a roasted chicken for dinner tomorrow night and I went to see daddy. He was in bed, he exhausted from not sleeping for the past 2 days :( I then came home, did some cleaning and ate some more. I had 2 bites of chocolate cake(the microwave one from a few nights ago) and 2 peanut butter cookies. I NEED TO STOP! Needless to say I've thrown away some junk food just to get it out. I'm not hungry but its there so I eat. This emotional eating HAS GOT TO STOP!!! Sorry for venting I just need to get it all out. I hope everyone had a good Tuesday. See you for a better tomorrow (I hope)

BLAH!

Hi Everyone!

Well I finally got some sleep last night thank goodness!!! I woke up around 8 and got out of bed by 8:20. I made some Holiday Spice coffee and made up some oatmeal for breakfast. I put oats, water, lf vanilla soy milk, banana, cinnamon and the end of my sample of the Bear Naked granola. YUM! I was then off to the gym around 9;30 to work off some of those beer calories from Friday night/Saturday morning.. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. I came home showered and got ready to venture out for the day.

We needed to run to the mall to buy some gift cards for Adam's cousins. We then went to a cute little market http://www.sicklesmarket.com/ It was super busy with the up coming holidays so we only looked around for a bit before Adam couldn't take it anymore.. hahah.. We then were off to food shop for the week. We went to Wegmans, but before we started shopping we grabbed some grub. I got their super yogurt parfait which has Omega 3 and 6 added to the yogurt with strawberries, blueberries and almond granola. I ate about 3/4 and left the rest for when we got home. I also had about 5 of Adam's sour cream and onion chips.. I haven't had these in so long and boy were they good!! (now I know whey I don't buy chips.. I'd eat the whole bag!) We tried to get in and out as fast as we could since it was CRAZY BUSY!!

Once home we unloaded and settled for a bit. I got some work done and Adam was crazy gluing our gingerbread house that was all broken :( I finished up my yogurt and I think i might have ate a pound of grapes while cleaning and putzing around We ran out to the garbage to throw some stuff away and I had missed a call from my mom, which I didn't know until she called me again frantic. My dad had passed out and cut his head pretty bad, she was on her way to the hospital! I freaked of course and got ready and we were out the door. He seemed in good spirits but something isn't right :-( He had tons of tests done and is being admitted. He has 2 partially clogged arteries and they think there could be problems with one of his veins in his neck. So needless to say I've called out of work already to go back in the morning with mommy.. She told us to leave around 6 so by the time we got home we heated up the stuffed peppers my dad had made for us a few days ago. They were soooo good! He was asking if we had tried them while we were at the hospital so I will report back tomorrow to him ;) I also had one of Adam's meatballs he made Friday night. SO GOOD! It was a good hearty dinner to end a crappy day. I also made some of my microwave cake that I've posted about before. I added some chocolate/peanutbutter chips this time and put chocolate icing on. OMG!!! AMAZING!!!!!!! I could've inhaled the whole thing! I had about 4 bites and put it away after sharing with Adam ;) I've done some Christmas cards and now I'm finally relaxing. I hope everyone had a great weekend! Here's our finished gingerbread house.. Please ignore the big ol mess.. Its been one of those days...

MMM BIRTHDAY CAKE

Hola Everyone!

Another day flew by today! To start out I woke up with my alarm clock which made me happy, since that means I finally slept! Breakfast was Wegmans Oats and honey with strawberries cereal, some Fiber One, cinnamon, banana and Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze. I brought my travel mug of hot chocolate with me for the COLD walk to work.

Lunch was the usual yogurt and apple, BUT it was my bosses birthday so I had to have some cake from my favorite bakery in town! I grew up with the woman who owns it son so we always had cake from her before she opened up the bakery. YUM YUM! It was chocolate cake with vanilla frosting, my favorite!

I rushed home after work had some grapes and peanuts and left for the gym. I did alittle over 2 miles while watching Oprah. I did a higher incline than normal so I was walking a bit slower. Trying to tighten the tush ;) hahah

Dinner was my leftover buffalo burger with some laughing cow cheese spread on top, some pickles, and some leftover fries from when we made our own.

It was a lazy kinda night (Adam isn't feeling well) so since I'm always wanting to do something I decided to bake some banana bread from Vcon. I love this recipe and it came out GREAT! My taster just tried some, and he gave it 2 thumbs up! I of course had to try some too, I can not ignore fresh baked goods! I am now going to zone out in front of the computer while Adam watches Survivor, I figure its a good time to catch up on blogs! Have a great night, when we wake up it will be FRIDAY!!!! WOOOHOOO

HAPPY HAPPY HUMPDAY!

Good Evening All!!

Here's a recap of my not so exciting day! :-P

For breakfast it was the usual of Kashi Go Lean Crunch with some Fiber One and a banana with cinnamon and Unsweetened Chocolate Almond Breeze. I also had some grapes and brought a mug of hot chocolate with me :)

Today and tomorrow the kiddies are going to the pumpkin farm so I stayed at school today with the ones who didn't go and we played outside for most of the morning. Lunch today was a Yoplait Pineapple upside cake with an apple, someone also brought in evil munchins so I just had to have one ofcourse.. hehe

I walked home from work and had a handful of walnuts and was off to the gym. I did about 2.15 miles and some weights and came home to relax. For dinner I had one egg and one egg white with a laughing cow and some milk microwaved with a boca sausage patty and some red peppers. While in the fridge digging stuff out and talking on the phone I also had a few pickles.

Adam and I then ran to pick up his car since his mom borrowed it and ran to my parents to get some leftover chicken picatta and rice for dinner one night (I love my daddy) we also ran to the supermarket to pick up some groceries for the next couple days.. I needed bananas and Adam needed rolls. I'm now off to read blogs and look at my lesson plans for the next couple of weeks. Oh and I just had a few bites of some chocolate cake too.. Oh how I love mommy's baking :-D

I hope everyone had a great humpday! See you tomorrow!

Easy Monday!

Here's a recap of my not too exciting day. lol

For breakfast I had some Fiber One and Kashi Go Lean Crunch with a banana and Unsweetened Chocolate Almond Breeze. I also had a handful of grapes that got munched up before my camera would even turn on ;) I also brought my travel mug of coffee with me as usual on my walk to work! I only had 3 kids today it was a breeze! But it was a very very slow day... I brought some Dannon Light and Fit and put some chopped up apples into it, I also had some pineapple rings on the side and 2 munchins since it was one of the little boys birthdays. I walked home and got ready for the gym while getting ready I had a handful of walnuts ( I was a bottomless pit today!!) I went to the gym and did some weights and 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I stopped off at home after the gym because I had to pick Adam's mom up from the gas station since she had to get her car fixed. I finally got home around 6 and was STARVING! I had an almond butter and jelly sandwich on Arnolds new Double Fiber bread. It was really good bread I enjoyed it alot :) I also had some rolled gold pretzels and red peppers on the side. I ate some of both before taking the picture. I then had some of the cake that my mom made.. I just couldn't stop eating today and I know I will regret it tomorrow! But at least tomorrow is a new day to eat better right?

See everyone tomorrow! Hope you had a great Monday :-D

Why Do The Weekends Fly By?

Wow where do the weekends go? After breakfast and showers we were off to the boardwalk since it was beautiful out, there was a juvenile diabetes walk there so it was PACKED! We then went and picked up my brother and went to Target and Costco. I got a few things but nothing too exciting, I looked at Target for their chocolate pb but didn't see it there I was very upset :( lol at Costco they had tons of samples so I tried one of some type of soft cheese and bread, I had a tiny bite and gave the other bite to my brother. It was really good :) On our way home Adam stopped at Wendy's to get a burger and fries. I ofcourse had a bite of the tasty burger and a few fries.. I had a Pepperidge Farm fruit and grain bagel with cottage cheese, pickles and some red peppers. MMMM GOOD! I also had a handful of walnuts while figuring out what I wanted since I was STARVING!! I then relaxed for a bit and did a few things around the apartment and then we were off to food shop for the week. I got some new mayan chocolate drink for general foods international which I can't wait to try :)

For dinner I had some Wheatables with Pacific Foods Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup, and a piece of apple on the side. I also had a few slices of red pepper and celery with some ranch dressing after I took the picture because Adam was making a big salad...I was in the munchie mood. I figured if I'm munchie I might as well eat some good stuff. For dessert I had 3 bites of the chocolate cake that my mom made this weekend (forgot to take a picture since I was eating it out of the container) since I'm a piggy and can't turn down chocolate cake!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Once again another busy busy day, I was up at at em for work around 7:30 today and had some breakfast of cereal (kashi go lean crunch and total) LF soymilk and banana and ofcourse a cup of coffee. I was then off to work for a nice relaxing day, we only had 5 today! Which is awesome since tomrorow I think I may have 14!! That is a ton of 2 year olds.......

Lunch was banana cream Axelrod yogurt and some cantalope that I sort of inhaled while talking to my boss about some things going on at the school. I also had a few pretzels and grapes during snack time ;)

I ran to the gym after work to get in a quick workout since I knew there would be some pigging out tonight. I did 2.30 miles on the treadmill and some lifting. I came home, refueled with a cookie and cleaned up the kitchen before jumping in the shower and running out the door to the parents house. I brought some work with me for the bulletin boards, which I didn't get much done of. We had baked chicken, baked sweet potato and some stuffing. I had about 3/4 piece of chicken 1/2 of a medium size sweet potato and a spoon full of stuffing. YUM! Gotta love mom's cooking :-D

Then it was time for my cake! Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting with christmas sprinkles. My dad always used to start playing christmas music pretty much right after school started when I was young to get my mom frazzled. haha She didn't want to start thinking about christmas shopping the 2nd week in September!! lol

here's my slice!

I'm now off to relax and do some work and be extremely full.

I hope everyone's Monday flew by like mine did :)