Even in Paradise you need a Larabar!

There are some food items you need even when you are staying at an all inclusive resort, and for me, that is Larabars. For my weekend in Jamaica not only did I bring some Larabars to snack on (some Peanut Butter Cookie and Coconut Cream Pie, which are my favorites) but I also sported a Larabar t-shirt!




I wore my Larabar shirt on a jeep safari that lasted over 6 hours.

It included a trip to Dunn River Falls.

High a top a mountain in Jamaica.

While on the subject of Larabars, has anyone tried the three new flavors that were announced in March : German Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter & Jelly and Tropical Fruit Tart. These flavors were introduced, but I don't know when they will be sold!

Getting through the leftovers!

I hope everyone had a great Monday! It is always so hard to come back after time off, but I think I was relaxed enough that I was able to get through it well!

Steve and I were running too late for me to get breakfast at the house so I had a large skim latte in the car. Sorry for the horrible picture! I took this in the parking garage right as I was getting out and going to throw the cup away.

With my latte I had a Chocolate Coconut Chew Larabar, that was amazing!! I don't remember having this flavor, but I am going to buy it again!

I did 30 minutes of cardio at the gym during lunch and came back to leftovers. I think I have had enough Tofuky for a while, but I still have half of a roast left! I was the only one eating it! With the loaf was some veggies that we roasted with it, stuffing and mashed potatoes. I may have to eat this again today, only because I don't want to be wasteful.

Around 4pm I had a Jonagold apple.

Dinner included the products below. I love love love these Gardenburgers! The Trader Joe's Bruschetta is amazing too. We buy several jars when we get to Trader Joe's. I reviewed the Cranberry Fig Hummus a few days ago, and the english muffins I always rave about.

I put the hummus on one side of the muffin and I cooked the Bruschetta on the Gardenburger for the last 30 seconds of cooking. I loved all the flavors! I also had a carrot and some broken pretzel pieces.

I was still very hungry after dinner, so I had a z-bar and a Smart Ones dessert.

Well I am running late again! Have a wonderful and happy Tuesday:)

Larabars!!

I had been taking pictures of my meals over this holiday weekend, but they were so repetitive and contained a lot of Thanksgiving leftovers, that I didn't post. Plus this weekend just flew by and I spent barely any time on my computer. My husband and I were able to get so much Christmas shopping done. I'm really sad the break is over, but I'm trying to start this Monday with a positive outlook.

On Monday I was so excited when I had a package awaiting me. Larabar provided me and husband with a box of Larabars and a shirt for me:)

I had the lemon bar for the first time on Sunday. I loved how moist it was! I was a little surprised about how sour it was and that the lemon flavor was very strong. Overall, I like the taste of lemon, so I think I would try this kind again.

I'll be back tonight, even if my food is boring:)

Thirsty Thursday!

Last night was busy, so here is Thursday....

This morning I had two of the blueberry-oat bars I made earlier in the week before leaving the house. I really can't get enough of these, and plan to make them again soon.


I had packed a different breakfast, but wasn't feeling like it after the oat bars, and I felt really thirsty and overheated so I decided I wanted something cold and went to Starbucks and got an Iced Venti Mocha Light Frap. I always take a picture empty because I start drinking it on my walk back to the office.


For lunch I threw some left overs into a container. I had a little brown rice leftover, some broccoli, cauliflower, and frozen vegetarian dumplings from whole foods. I topped it off with some reduced sodium ginger soy sauce. I was actually so hungry that I was eating this at 11:45.


With lunch I had green grapes and pineapple. Isn't this mug cute? Steve brought it back from a business trip to Hershey, PA.
At 3pm I decided to go to the gym for a quick run, I only got 2.3 miles in, but something is better than nothing. I was feeling hungry before I went, so I stopped at the GNC that is right outside my building. My lucky day because they had 3 Key Lime Pie Larabars on sale. I bought all three but only ate this one:) I never had this flavor but really liked it. It was great at calming my hunger and giving me energy to run.

I had made muesli for breakfast (which I didn't eat then) with 1/3 oats, 2/3 unsweetened chocolate almond milk, 1/8 cup dried fruit, 2 tbsp flax meal, 1/8 unsweetened coconut, 1 tbsp sliced almonds, and some fresh berries. These blackberries were huge! Because I had some shopping to do right after work and I decided to eat dinner at 6pm before I left the office. This was really good, and enough to hold me over until I could get home for something else.

When I got home at 8pm I was hungry so I had some left over couscous in the fridge (sorry no picture).

I have a super busy Friday, Sophie has a vet appointment and tonight at 6:30 a group of my girlfriends from high school are coming over for a pot-luck. We get together once a month, usually at a restaurant, for a girls night out. This is our first pot-luck.

Turns out Sophie is a fitness guru too, look at her getting ready to go to the gym!!

Have a wonderful Friday!!!

Party Time!

Today my husband and I were busy from 7:30 am until 4 pm when guest were scheduled to arrive. We had cleaning, yard work, shopping, and cooking to do. We had hoped to get in a run, but I guess our exercise was the cleaning and preparing for the party. The only time I sat down was to drive to the store to get food.

For breakfast, after about an hour of cleaning, I had two pieces of Ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread once slice included 1/2 tbsp Peanut Butter & Co. Cinnamon Raisin Swirl and 1/2 of banana. The other slice had 1/2 tbsp of Cinnamon Raisin Swirl and 1 tbsp of raspberry preserves. So tasty and the Ezekiel bread really keeps me well fueled.

For lunch, because we were running around to Target, Sam's Club, and Giant Eagle, I grabbed a Cherry Pie Larabar and while at Target (they have a Starbucks inside the store) I got a Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino Light. The Grande has only 140 calories. While I try to eat as natural and unprocessed as possible, these are a weakness of mine. I think the Cherry Pie larabar is one of my favorite flavors. Although I have only tried four or five of the flavors so far. I just saw on Larabar's website that they have a new flavor peanut butter cookie, this sounds so up my alley and I can't wait to try it. Has anyone found this flavor yet?

The party started at 4pm and we had plenty of food. The cute sandcastle picture on the counter is Sangria, it was a hit with everyone, I didn't try it. I kept it an alcohol free night and drank Perrier with a slice of lime all night. Also set out in this picture was a veggie tray, hummus, pretzel crisps, baked tostitos and a Mexican dip that my brother-in-law made.

I had one plate of snacks before dinner. I had some baked tostitos, a piece of cauliflower, a few pretzel crisps, about 1 tbsp hummus and carrots.

For dinner we made fajitas. My husband did the grilling and he made chicken, london broil, and on my half of the grill he made portobello mushrooms and a new product for me Yves meatless lemon herb chicken skewers. I had one, the package comes with two, one skewer has 100 calories and 15 grams of protein. They are very very chewy which makes them hard to eat on a fajita, because when I took a bite of the fajita the tortilla came off but the chicken was still attached in the rest of the tortilla. The flavor was pretty good, but I'm not sure that I would buy these again.

Here is my plate of dinner with one tortilla with the yves meatless chicken taken off the stick, 1/2 of a grilled portobello mushroom, a few tablespoons of salsa, a tbsp of guacamole, and some sauteed peppers and onions (my husband made these on the stove top). I made the long grained brown rice in our rice cooker and added salsa to give it a Mexican feel. Also I made my mom's bean salad recipe from yesterday. So next to my fajita is about a 1/2 cup of my rice and 1/2 cup of the bean salad.

For dessert I made a fruit salad with grapes, strawberries, watermelon and pineapple. I also made the angel food cake that my mom made yesterday at 4th of July. It was the first time I made it and it really was so easy and everyone enjoyed it. One of my friends brought chocolate chip cookies and mini cupcakes. I had a slice of the angel food cake (see yesterday's picture for size) and about an hour later I had a bowl of fruit.

My serving of fruit:

Around 9:30 after everyone had left and we had cleaned up all the dishes, I was feeling really hungry, so I had another plate of veggies, hummus, pretzels, and baked tostitos:

I'll be back tonight with Sunday's food and activities. Have a great day!!