Happy St. Patricks Day!

HI ALL!!

I woke up with a bellyache this morning and wasn't feeling too great, so I thought I'd try something light on the stomach.. I had a handful of grapes and a Gnu Bar, I tried the Cinnamon Raisin Bar. I thought it was GREAT!!! I really enjoyed it and once I was done wished it was bigger! Thanks again to Gnu for sending me their AMAZING samples ;-D

The Cinnamon Raisin Gnu Bar is brimming with aromatic cinnamon and plump, juicy raisins. You'll think you're eating a chewy cinnamon raisin cookie instead of a healthy High-Fiber snack.
Please try our other mouth-watering flavors: Banana Walnut and Orange Cranberry
Ingredients:
Gnu High Fiber Blend™ (whole rolled oats, organic whole wheat flour, wheat bran, organic kamut, psyllium, flax, millet), chicory root inulin, fruit juices, rice dextrins, raisins, canola oil, apples, plums, rice, wheat protein isolate, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder.
CONTAINS WHEAT AND PSYLLIUM. MANUFACTURED ON EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESSES PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS.
Suggested Use:Help yourself to a Gnu Bar every day and see how it works for you. Our baked, chewy and delicious Gnu Bars can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere. If your body isn’t used to getting the fiber it needs, start with one bar a day. Maintain good hydration by drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 bar (45g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 130
Calories FromFat 30
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 3g
5%
Saturated Fat 0g
0%
Trans Fat 0g
0%
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 30mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate 32g
11%
Dietary Fiber 12g
48%
Soluble Fiber 8g

Insoluble Fiber 4g

Sugars 11g
Other Carbohydrate 9g
Protein 3g

I brought a big old mug of coffee with me to work as usual.. Tuesdays are always CRAZY!! I had 12 kids which is a pretty big class of 2 year olds.. let me tell ya.. lol It wasn't too bad though since we got outside for about a half hour which always makes the day fly by.. Lunch came quick and I wasn't too hungry but ate my apple and cottage cheese anyway. I also snacked on some of my homemade granola since it was in my lunch bag and looked tasty ;) After work I picked up Adam and ran over to the catering place that sells the PB2 since I tried to go on Saturday and they were already closed. They close at 4 so I was cutting it close getting out of work at 3:40... but we made it :) I think I may try it out tomorrow since I wanted a real pb and jelly sammy tonight.. After buying it we went for a walk through Spring Lake town since it was nice and sunny out, and Adam needing some cheering up.

When we got home I relaxed and got in the shower and made my dinner of a pb&j sammy on ww bread and it totally hit the spot! I also had some pickles and some Stacy's Pita chips on the side. This didn't help my stomach feel better but its comfort food so it at least made me happy! I also had a bite of Adam's pork roll since he made eggs/hash browns/pork roll for dinner tonight. Dessert was a big bite or 2 of his birthday cake that I made for him (all chocolate) and tons of grapes! MMMMM I'm off to catch up on some blogs and relax with my sweetie pie.. Hope ya'll had a great day/night :-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

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

A Nice Quiet Day Off!

Hiya All!

Well I woke up bright and early this morning even though I had no work! Adam's alarm went off at 7 so I was wide awake from finally sleeping a whole entire night!!!!!!! FINALLY! It was about 8 hours, I haven't slept that long in a while. I made some coffee and tried to relax while watching the news.. but since there was a horrible plan crash I wasn't as relaxed. Those poor people! That is 2 plane crashes in about a month :(

Breakfast was a nice big bowl of oats with banana, soy milk, and grape nuts. I also munched on a ton of grapes while waiting that whole minute for it to heat up in the microwave :-P I let that digest and went to the gym and did alittle over 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights and came home to find Adam home already! He took a half day since he wasn't feeling well and there wasn't much work going on. (He's in bed now) I cleaned the floors and dusted then got in the shower and watched some tv until I started to get hungry for lunch. I made egg whites scrambled with some mozzarella cheese and a morning star sausage. MMM I also had more grapes and when I was cleaning up I may have inhaled a piece of chocolate ;) I love my parents at work but they need to stop giving me food for holidays!! HAHAHA I hope your having a great Friday! The weekend is almost here :-D See ya tonight for din din!

FINALLY TIME TO RELAX!

HIYA

Well last night ended up being a nice and relaxing one. The day started with a bowl of Kashi Blueberry Oats with banana, cinnamon and soymilk. I brought a nice big old mug of coffee with me :) The day was nice and easy, only 6 kiddies for me and we got outside for over 20 minutes! That totally made my day!!! At lunch I decided to walk home to get some cottage cheese and an apple for lunch since I wasn't hungry yet and it was nice out. Well the weather turned and it was cold and breezy and the sun was HIDING! WTF?! Once I got back I ate and relaxed durin nap time, and noticed it was flurrying out! UGH What is up with this nutty weather?! I 2 handfuls of goldfish for snack with the kids and around 3:40 (I got out early) I was off to the gym :) I did about 30 minutes on the treadmill and some weights and came home. I was pretty hungry so I had some Archer Farms Pumpkin Spice trail mix and showered. I was trying to figure out what to have for dinner since my stomach hasn't been the best.

One of my little girls had Ramen Noodle one day for lunch and I've been craving it. I have to no fat, reduced sodium one so I chose that and melted some ff cheese it in to make it creamy :) I know this is still not "healthy" but it reminds me of my high school/college days. I also had a couple spoonfuls of Adam's veggie chili we defrosted and boy was it SPICY!!!!! We went to Pathmark to pick up some things and I got tons of grapes since they are on sale :-D

We also went to Blockbuster since I had a giftcard from Christmas. We got Pineapple Express and it was pretty funny. While watching it I snacked on one of my yummy cookies I made Wednesday night with a choc covered peanut. MMM

I woke up uber early this morning and started thinking.. I hate that so much! I made a pot of coffee and waited for Adam to get up. He was up early too, before 8. So he got to making his breakfast and I waited for him to finish up his fried eggs and pork roll. I made 1 egg white and some egg beaters scrambled with Laughing Cow cheese melted in. I also had pineapple on the side. I also may have at my body weight in grapes while waiting for Adam to finish cooking ;)

I am going to hang out for a bit (hopefully the temp will get passed 20) and I'll be off to the gym and to the parents to do laundry. See ya later and I hope your having a great Weekend!

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!

Good Day Goes Bad!

Hi All

So today started off on a good foot! I slept well with the help of some Tylenol pm ( I had a headache that would not go away last night!) I woke up at 8:30 and decided to skip the gym today since I had gone everyday since last Sunday :) I had some cereal (the usual mix) and coffee and vacuumed. I showered and was off to my parents to do some laundry and hang out. I came home around one after a little snacking on grapes and a piece of dad's famous candies. I unpacked the laundry and made up some Chobani Vanilla with frozen berries and Back To Nature Blueberry Apple Granola. YUM!!! I also may or may not have had another chocolate ;) I was then off for my massage... It was AWESOME and much needed, now if they weren't 70 bux I would get them more often!!!

Here's where it goes bad :(

I came home and was thinking I hadn't had not gotten a bill for my car insurance so I find an old bill and call... To find out it was cancelled!!!!!!!!!!!!!WTF?!?!?! Then I realized it would have been due the end of November! I have been mailing it in since I moved marking the moved box for my change of address.. and they never changed it.. Well I never got my bill and that means no driving my car for me :( I'm very very angry now! So much for my relaxation! UGH!! Needless to say since I'm a spaz I've been crying and complaining. Adam thinks I'm nuts and told me not to worry.. but I'm so good with paying bills and all of that.. I'm always super early.. so it just gets me upset. Even though it wasn't my fault. I'm now sitting around being cranky.. Maybe I'll bake alittle.. I do know that we will be going out to look at Christmas lights tonight!! I think I'll stop at 7-11 and pick up a coffee.. That should make me happy :-D Hope your having a great Saturday!

See ya after dinner!

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...

WHOOPS!

Ok I'm a blogging slacker! I completely forgot to take pictures today!
I woke up feeling very groggy this morning so that could be part of the reason, it carried over the whole day!
Breakfast was a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds, Kashi Go Lean Crunch, banana, cinnamon and Light Vanilla soy milk. I brought a yummy mug of hot chocolate to hopefully kick my butt into gear. It was a busy day today with 13 kiddies and it just seemed chaotic, my aide was in a mood and acted like I couldn't do anything right! UGH!
Lunch was a Dannon Light and Fit Lemon Chiffon yogurt with an huge apple and a serving of pretzel goldfish. :-D I then had 2 oreos at snack time.. damn that snack time! hahah Around 4 I was off to the gym and did alittle over 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights for my arms and back. I also did a bunch of ab work when I got home.
Dinner was leftover Snobby Joe with a salad that had romaine, cabbage, carrots, peppers, some croutons and some ff ranch dressing. I also had 2 bites of Adam's leftover Chicken Murphy from dinner on Monday. We ran out to the supermarket to pick some things up for the weekend and I was craving grapes. I could have (and do have) a bunch of fruit in the house but I just love grapes. They are like candy and yes I ate a ton of them after I washed them :-D YES I AM A DORK!!! When we got home I had another Sugar Free Jello pudding cup in chocolate. I realized I don't really like these too much but I hate to waste food so I'll finish them up and not buy them again ;) lol
I hope everyone had a great Thursday and even a better Friday!

Oh and here is another Question for you:
Have you come across any new and exciting cook books lately? I haven't bought one in a while and I'm going to Barnes and Nobles for Adam and my "date" night tomorrow :-D

Light and Easy Monday

Good Evening All :)

Last night I didn't sleep very well, but today was an easy day so I can't complain. For breakfast I had the usual of Kashi Go Lean Crunch, Fiber One, a banana, cinnamon, the last bit of my Almond Milk and some skim milk. I also brought my travel mug of coffee with me on my walk over to work. The morning flew by since I only had 5 kiddies today :)

Lunch was light since this past weekend I had way too much meat and my tummy did not appreciate it at all! I had an apple with cottage cheese and a handful of goldfish. It was one of the little boys birthdays today so I brought home a cupcake from him (I can't turn down homemade cupcakes from cute kids) I walked home after work had some walnuts and grapes and was off to the gym. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights for my arms and back. I came home and checked out my new Self magazine and relaxed until Adam got home.

I had an almond butter and jelly sandwich with some leftover sweet potato fries. I also snacked on some more goldfish while waiting for Adam to come home. I also had diet lemonade iced tea snapple with dinner. I love these so much!! For dessert I inhaled the tasty cupcake which I forgot to take a picture of. After dinner we walked across the highway for a stroll to A&P for some things. I am baking an apple cake one day this week so I thought we'd pick up what I needed since we wanted to go for a walk.

Its now time to finish cutting out my bats for the kids to paint tomorrow and read some blogs.

I hope everyone had a great Monday, see you tomorrow :)