My Day Off

Posted: September 2, 2011 | Author: Heather | Filed under: everything | Tags: day, dinner, lunch, Sicily, yoga | Leave a comment »

5:30 – Sissy starts to attack and want food

5:30 – 7:00 – Battle Sissy for sleep as she paws at my face.

7:00 – get up make coffee and breakfast, watch Today show!

(Half of breakfast – english muffin, almond butter, raspberry jam, chia seeds, banana)

8:00AM – Call Rock Ford coordinator to make sure she is going to be able to meet me and the wedding coordinator.

9:00 – Off to yoga

9:30 – 11:00 – get my butt kicked at yoga and love it

11:30 – Trader Joe’s run for almond butter because whole foods doubled the price of their’s!?!?!

12:00 – Starving but must shower before eating

12:30 – make the quickest lunch possible

Taco salad with lentils, salsa, tomatoes, lettuce and pablano pepper. Peach. Un-pictured handful of granola

1:00 – Roll out to the bank and Whole Foods and buy too many things like a cranberry orange scone that was not orangey enough and disappointing.

2:00 – Get annoying mail from out management company and have to make some phone calls

2:30pm – Call wedding B&B and make final payment.

3:00pm – Still shaking from yoga start working on bunting for wedding.

5:00pm – finally have all of my triangles cut out and holes punched.

5:30pm – Start reading through new cookbooks and get inspired for dinner with this one.

Frittata with farm eggs!

6:30pm – Dinner, Personal sized – green beans, mushrooms, two eggs, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt and pepper

Topped with parsley and fresh parm cheese. Oh, and kale chips!

7:15pm – Do some laundry, straighten up, wait for Nick’s delayed bus to get to Baltimore!

Flashback May 2004! 22 days!!!!!

Special Delivery

Posted: April 28, 2010 | Author: Heather | Filed under: Wednesday | Tags: crate and barrel, dinner, kashi, lunch, Sicily | Leave a comment »

Another one bites the dust. Another day, another dollar. Another dinner at Macaroni Grill. That is my day in a nut shell.

There was so food consumed along the way.

Lunch! I am really starting to hate the lighting in my cube. Would it be weird if I brought my food to the window to take pictures? I think my co-workers would laugh at me.

In my pita I had more leftover baked beans and chickpeas, spinach and tomatoes.

A pink lady also came to the lunch party. She was a little tipsy and was blurred during her photo shoot.

OK I will stop referring to my food as people.

The afternoon came and went and it was snack time! Kashi H2H warm cinnamon flavor. I love the way the hearts crunch and the Os mush.

When I got home I headed out for a short 2.5 mile run. Nick and I were meeting his mom for dinner and it was really nice to get outside even though the wind was crazy and I was chilly.

I also got a lovely package from Sissy today (really it was my mom, duh!)

Crate and Barrel special delivery just in time for summer…if it ever gets here!

2 happy plates, a votive holder, 2 funky green wine glasses and a super cool salad bowl to go with a chiller in the bottom! Bring on the picnics! Thanks mama!

I had the usual shrimp spendini and house salad for dinner, but it didn’t seem as well plated today. Maybe the head chef has off on Mondays.

What is your opinion on places like Macaroni Grill and Olive Garden? I find that it is really hard to find healthy options on their menu, and if they just reduced some of the salt in their items it could be better for a lot more people.

Vega What?

Posted: April 27, 2010 | Author: Heather | Filed under: Tuesday | Tags: artichoke, Crofter's, dinner, Great Harvest, lunch, Vega | Leave a comment »

Hey there, how is your day going? As I mentioned before the temps are dropping tonight and we have a frost warning! Where is my warm spring weather??!? 40 tonight and 86 on Sunday, that makes sense. My plants are all tucked in inside and I filled the bird feeder. I am worried all of the grubs they feed on might die

Just a warning, some of my food was a little random today!

Lunch Time munchin’

Giant salad with Romaine, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, avocado, baked beans and chickpeas.

Considering the amount if fat and fiber in this I was surprisingly hungry a short time after. Thank God I also some Kashi crackers to go with.

Snack Time:

I had a new snack that I spent my whole paycheck on to try.

I liked it, but I wasn’t really anything special. It didn’t really have a taste but I liked the crunch of the spouted grains inside. I have a chocolate one I have yet to try, but as of now there is no way I am dropping more $$ on these again.

After work I went to the gym to do a gentle workout on the bike. I did 30 moderate minutes and a few arm exercises before I got a huge bubble of heartburn or something right under my left ribcage. It was awful. I decided it was better just to leave the gym and get home for some TUMS. To make matters worse, I think it was the Vega bar. Yet another reason not to brake the bank.

Due to my issues I had some really weird food cravings when I finally wanted food.

Dinner

Yep, that is dinner.

Giant artichoke with lemon butter.

Two pieces of Dakota; one with homemade cinnamon vanilla almond butter and the other with…

Crofter’s Superfruit spread. I went with the one with passion fruit. I really liked the fruit chunks.

For dessert I had some Endangered Species dark chocolate with hazelnut toffee pieces.

You can see my “indoor” plants in the upper right corner

Time to snuggle with Sissy and get ready for Glee!

Such a Pain In My Calf

Posted: April 20, 2010 | Author: Heather | Filed under: Tuesday | Tags: dinner, lunch, running | Leave a comment »

Ugh. Great way to start, right? Well as good as my run was yesterday, my run today was bad. I have been trying to figure out a way to get to the gym that doesn’t involve getting into my car after my run. I found a route that was about 4.5 miles and doable. Unless of course you strain your calf half way through and you realize you really don’t enjoy running through industrial zones. It was awful and now I have a sore calf At least I got some strength moves in at the gym I guess.

I have been doing tons of foam rolling and messaging. I am just hoping it is better by Sunday for my race! To drop out of another race would be really hard to deal with. Ice. Roll. Ice. Roll. Ice. Roll.

Before I got to my sad run I ate some more lovely bread!

I had the other 1/2 of my calzone + some berries. My strawberries tasted like water. Food fail.

At least this was filling and lasted me until my car ride home where I fueled up for my run.

I got this sample from Kashi awhile ago, but I finally grabbed it as a quick snack. I actually like dry cereal.

Its texture was liked crunchy puffed rice. It tasted really good! Kind of like crunchy french toast topping. I don’t think I would buy it because it goes over my personal rule of 10g of sugar per serving, but it is only 12g so pretty respectable.