Last Day

So, Jason made dinner last night out of a bunch of leftovers and some stuff we bought at the farmers market this weekend. In the dish was leftover meat/cheese mixture (from the manicotti), bak choy, zucchini, carrots, sunflower oil, garlic, and homemade dressings Napa Garden seasoning.

Everything really worked together. It tasted so good! I can't wait for these leftover tonight!!

I went to the gym for my final workout before the race (on Saturday). I'm keeping this part of the tapering the same as the last race. It seemed to give me extremely fresh legs and really worked. We'll see.

I ran an easy 4 miles, completed a drenched filled 10 minutes on the stairs and lifted legs weights. I had a blast. Now comes the really difficult part. I don't workout for 3 days prior to a 1/2. Very difficult to me.

As I'm typing this, I am eating such a good cereal. The best I've had in a while. It's called Peace Cereal (Walnut Spice). The flavors are so rich and vibrant.

The only bad thing (for me) is that 2/3 cup is 230 calories. That's a lot for me. I am a calorie counter. Usually my cereal is only 110 calories/cup. It's worth it, though! The taste is amazing. Peace cereal sent me the box of cereal and are not paying me for a review. These are my own options.

If you eat cereal in the morning (or any time), what's your favorite?

Just Another Thursday

I woke up and ate my standard breakfast this morning. I went to work and started my crazy 8 hours. Another busy day. I love how busy it's been. I like not staring at the clock as the time slowing clicks by with each second. Today, it felt like an hour went by, and actually 6 went by. How awesome is that!

This morning I brought one of my Javaccino coffees to work. I knew it was going to be a crazy day and I was going to need some caffeine. Jason at Javaccino was so kind to send these to me. When he found out one of the bottles broke in shipping, he quickly offered to send some more. How sweet are they at Javaccino?

The coffee was nice and clean tasting (if that's possible) I loved the flavor (mocha, my favorite) and the best thing, no gritty after taste. I just kept it in the fridge until I was ready to open it! I can't wait to have another soon!


I think my work is really trying to make me fat. I love all the treats they're bringing in, and I can't turn anything down. I keep weighting myself to make sure nothing bad is happening. The scale seems to be my friend, right now. I think it's all the running that I've been doing. I never want to stop running, I'll be use to eating anything, Ill gain so much weight.

This morning, my boss brought in bagels from one of their favorite places. I had the cranberry walnut with fluffy plain cream cheese. That was the best bagel I've ever tasted. Too bad the shop is about 1 hour away. I guess it's actually a good thing, I won't be buying them.

My lunch was the rest of my lunch from yesterday. I was extremely full, I didn't even have a bar (or 1/2) before my workout.

When I left work, I drove as fast as I could to get to the gym. For some reason, I was so excited to go run 4 1/2 miles. I don't know why. I didn't have any extra energy or anything. Very strange. Sometimes I get excited about the smallest things. So, I did end up running 4 1/2 miles (with a quick bathroom break about 2 1/2 miles into it). It was a good run! I'm so happy I went!

When I got home, I was pretty hungry. I fixed myself another monstrous salad. I put the same stuff inside, except I added some cooked chicken. This time, I cooked the chicken in Homemade Dressings Napa seasoning. It was soooo good! It added so much flavor to the salad.

I'm still pretty full, so IF I get hungry, I'll just have a banana. They're at the prefect ripeness Right now. They just turned away from green.

I was so tired last night, I crashed so hard, I didn't even heard my hubby come home. I'm feeling pretty lazy right now, so I better go make my lunch for tomorrow. Don't forget my giveaway. Monday is the last day to enter.

Do you like bananas? If so, what ripeness do you prefer to eat them?

Time to Clean Out the Freezer

Today was a busy and crazy day at work. I was very good with my "diet" (really just food intake, I'm not on an actual diet). I had my normal cereal, my banana and apple and my sandwich all from yesterday. Everything was so yummy. I finished my other half of my bar from yesterday. It was pretty good.

I ran a VERY good 4 1/2 miles today (49:38). Judge Judy must have been so interesting. I didn't take my eyes off the TV until I was just about 3 miles into my run. Why not keep going (which I would have finished anyways). I really want to up my miles on Thursdays to 4 1/2 miles, not just 4 1/4 miles. Every little bit helps. I can't wait until it's cool enough to run outside after work! I'm ready for fall.

The guys at Inperspire were kind enough to send me a towel (of my choice) to try out. I choose the "be vibrant" towel. They have pretty cool towels. They really wipe the sweat off of you really well. Believe me, I sweat A LOT!! Awesome towels. I love their little saying they have on each towel.

When I got home, I still had some energy, so I cleaned up the house a little. I decided that I wanted to prep some chicken, so I can have it in a salad tomorrow. I was sent 3 different spices from Homemade Dressings. You can use these dried spices as either homemade salad dressing, rubs, vinaigrette, or marinades. There are so many options with these, it's great! I had a choice between, Italian, Napa or French Garden. Since this chicken will be used in salads, and pasta, I thought I would use the Italian. The smell was incredible. I made my own marinade, according to the directions on the back.

I mixed the dried herbs, with wine vinegar and let it sit for about 20 minutes. I was doing the dishes and could smell everything, and it made me so hungry. After 20 minutes, I baked the chicken in the oven for about 30 minutes. The entire house smelt of all this herb goodness.

I'm letting it cool, completely. Then, I will cut it up into pieces, and store in an air tight container. I can't wait for tomorrows dinner! Look at all those spices...

Tonight's dinner was used to clean out my freezer. I've had corn dogs in there for waaay too long. I honestly can't remember when I bought them. I don't want to waste any food, so I baked them up. I drank a 1/2 bottle of the blueberry pomegranate Purity juice. This has a lot less sugar than the strawberry flavor I tried the other night. A lot more mild! So much better!

It's time to cut up the chicken and make my lunch for tomorrow. Good night everyone!!

P.S. Adam: Thanks for bit of info of what you thought the salsa looked like. I don't think I ever want to eat it again (which means less bad food) :)