No pictures, just whining!!

Thursday I forgot my camera, and today I have too much work and a hiring lunch (more about these later, but it includes about $50 per person for lunch at a fancy restaurant) so I won't be back to my daily food documenting until Saturday.

Yesterday I did get in a Spin workout at lunch. I did 35 minutes and burned 275 calories (or so said my heart rate monitor).

This morning I set the alarm for 5:25 am, for a long outside run but it was raining and yucky out, so that didn't happen. I have a treadmill and should have used it, but that also didn't happen. Sophie started to cry and wanted my attention, so all hope was lost for a morning workout. Not to mention I picked up my blackberry and had 3 emails that had been sent for things I needed to do (these emails were sent between 5am and 5:40am).

I was supposed to go meet a client at a gas plant to pick up some plans need for permit approvals, but it took be an hour to get to town because it is raining and no one in Pittsburgh knows how to drive in the rain. An hour might not seem like a long commute for some of you, but I live 20 minutes from town. Also this plant is 40 minutes south of town (I live north), so it just wasn't going to happen. But lucky me will earn some billable hours tomorrow as I drive to pick them up.

On a more exciting note, yesterday I was at Starbucks and I was sooooo excited to see that they are serving Justin's Maple Almond Nut Butter Packets (the 100 calorie ones) with their whole grain roll. I love these and bought a large order of 4 different flavors of packets a couple months ago, before Justin's had to shut down its online store for a few weeks to catch up on demand. But, if you all are at Starbucks and need a little snack, get one of these rolls and try this nut butter!!!

Wonderful Wednesday!

Steve and I woke up this morning and put on neon vests to do a run before 6am. We ran 4.7 miles in 41 minutes. So 8.43 min/mile. Steve was so nice to run with me, because he runs a lot faster! I loved this morning run, it made me feel so good the whole day.

Breakfast: Iced Coffee and a muffin with peanut butter an banana:

Snack: grapes
At noon Steve and I met to do weights at the gym for about 25 minutes.

I ate lunch around 1:15. I have a lot of peaches, so I need to eat them daily. Peaches, oatmeal, and yogurt.

Around 4pm I had watermelon:

Steve had MBA class, so dinner was on my own and playing with Sophie was my job too, so I grabbed a wrap with hummus and veggies from the Au Bon Pain in my building and ate it around 5:15 in my office.

On my drive home from work I ate a Zbar that was stashed in the glove compartment of my vehicle.

Sorry so short, but I need to get ready for work. Happy Thursday!!

Tomato Tuesday!

Breakfast: Blueberry Greek Yogurt and a Peach:

Lunch was a salad with corn, carrots, mushrooms, and romaine lettuce.

A piece of left over Vegan lasagna:


1/2 cup oatmeal with 100 calorie YoCrunch and today I was craving sweets so I cut up and added a honey graham z bar.

I also ate my last two chocolate pieces hidden in my desk:

Tonight's dinner is my tomato recipe for Hangry Pants' challenge. The start of dinner is a Baked Potato fan. So I take a raw potato and clean it and then I cut slits into it and then I brush it with some olive oil and sprinkle it with salt. I then bake it at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes.

In a pot I cook two large diced tomatoes, about a cup of morningstar crumbles, and about a cup of diced mushrooms (I microwave the mushrooms in some water for a minute first). I add Mrs. Dash Italian Seasoning and some salt, and I then cook until the topping is warm. (this is for 2 potatoes)

I then put the tomato topping in between the potato fans. This is such a tasty and filling dinner. I started making it a couple years ago, and when tomatoes are not in season I use canned diced tomatoes.

Wicked Steelers!

Due to the crazy busy Sunday I had between the Steeler Game and seeing Wicked with my mom, I didn't take pictures of my food. We didn't tailgate so I didn't have to worry about drinks or game food. I ate a garden burger before rushing out of the door for the game, then I had leftover Vegan Lasagna for dinner.

The Steelers won and it was a beautiful day, so the game was great! Steve and I sat in the 2nd row on the 50 yard line. Here is a few pictures from the game.

Crazy packed Stadium:
Those Heinz bottles tip when the Steelers get in the "red zone" and when the Steelers score in the red zone Heinz buys 57 fans in the crowd free hot dogs. Obviously doesn't do much for me, but watching the bottles tilt is entertaining.

Here they are tipped, when the Steelers are in the red zone:Us, thank goodness Steve is tall with long arms so he can take these pictures of us together everywhere we go:P The sun was very bright, hence our eyes:

Wicked is a wonderful musical, and I highly recommend it. This is the 2nd time my mom and I saw it. Here is a random Sophie picture, to comp for lack of Sunday's food pictures:
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Monday's Eats:

Breakfast: Greek Yogurt + fresh peach (we bought a 1/2 peck of these at the farm, so a lot of peaches to use this week). This is a great breakfast and that Greek Yogurt keeps me so full!

I had an apple for a snack before my noon gym date to meet Steve. We ran 2 miles on the treadmill and then he had me do triceps and biceps fro 30 minutes. I bet my arms will ache tomorrow.

For lunch I tried one of the vegetarian Kashi Frozen meals I bought over the weekend (a few more flavors to come this week). This was pretty tasty. I wish I packed extra veggies to throw in and maybe fake chicken. It wasn't filling enough, especially after an hour workout. This meal is 300 calories, sorry don't remember the other stats. I would buy this again, but pack the extra veggies.

Afternoon snack was 1/2 cup of oatmeal with this yogurt. This was such a wonderful snack. I have never had oatmeal as a snack and it was so filling.

I got home from work at 7pm and I had to take care of Sophie and Steve was at his MBA class, so I was alone and lost on dinner ideas, so....I ate ice cream. I am all about eating what I crave. So I had a piece of angel food cake, with a sliced peach, a 80 calorie peach yogurt, a small scoop of ice cream and some whipped cream:

I was low on veggies today, but I get a ton most days, so no worries here.....

See you all tomorrow, I am hoping to make a great tomato recipe for HangyPants' challenge:)

Wacky Weather

Well as usual on weekend, I have been busy and away from my computer. So I'm just getting to write about Friday and Saturday.

FRIDAY

For Breakfast (while driving to work) I had and english muffin with 1 tbsp White Chocolate Peanut Butter from Peanut Butter & Company and a little strawberry jam. I also had ice coffee.

Around 10am I had grapes:

I left work around noon to go work from home and wait for furniture to be delivered. Steve met me and we picked up sushi from our favorite Chinese place China Palace. I had the vegetarian sushi platter that came with miso soup and a salad.

I took a run (about 4.25 miles) at 4pm and it was almost 90 degrees out, so this was a super hard run for me, because I'm not used to running in the middle of the day in the hot, humid weather. The heat of the run took away my hunger.

At 6pm I stopped at my mom's house to pick up Sophie (who spent the day playing with her dogs). Mom offered to make me dinner, but I still wasn't hungry. I did have a small piece of no sugar added berry pie that my mom picked up from the local farmer's market.

I ate dinner around 8pm, and just had some oatmeal with baked apples and a yogurt. Steve had MBA class (his Prof made him make up Labor Day's class Friday night) so I was alone for dinner.

A little later I had some quaker chocolate snacks and a small spoon of peanut butter.

SATURDAY

For breakfast Steve made some great blueberry pancakes (whole wheat) which I topped with a mixture of maple syrup and peanut butter microwaved for 30 seconds.

For lunch I had a piece of leftover impossible pie (see Thursday's post) and some baked chips, pretzels, and tomato.

I also had a 100 Calorie Pack of chocolate prezels. I don't normally get 100 Calorie Packs because 1) no nutritional value, and 2) they do not help me feel full. But I love chocolate covered prezels, so these were a nice addition to my lunch.

I had a snack of prezels, baked chips, and 2 crackers around 4pm:

Around 6pm I ran the entire North Park lake with no walking breaks (4.7 miles) and although yesterday I ran and it was almost 90 degrees, today it was a nice cool 65 degrees.

For dinner I made the Vegan Lasagna from the FatFree Vegan Blog. I used whole wheat lasagna noodles I found at Target. This is the second time I made this, and I love it. Steve loves it too.

Here is my piece.

I also had a piece of toast with Trader Joe's bruchetta mix and a piece of soy cheese, but no picture because my camera died.

Off to get ready to go to the Steelers game and then Wicked the musical.

I wish I weren't a grown up!!

I can't tell you all how happy I am that it is Thursday night! Yesterday I put in over 12 hours for work and today wasn't much better. I wish I would have know really how much I would miss being a kid or a student or in college or in law school...So for those readers still in school, you may wish you could fast forward to graduation, don't!

Okay so, no exercise yesterday because I couldn't even take a lunch break. Today I managed a 4.7 mile walk with Steve and Sophie at North Park. I hate days that I am super stressed and can't get any exercise, because exercise is a huge stress reliever for me.

On to the food for yesterday and today.


Wednesday

I ate 0% Fage mixed with strawberries and 1 serving of Udi's granola. Here is a picture before it was mixed.
Luckily this had a ton of staying power because I was seeing a client outside of the office in another county and didn't get back to the office until 2:30pm to eat lunch.


Lunch was an individual serving pack of Annie's Mac & Cheese, which is made in the microwave I guess like easy mac, but I've never tried that because it is not natural like Annie's. I added about 1/4 cup Morningstar Crumbles and a chopped up tomato. I also added some of the 0% Fage that I left from my breakfast. I also had a Chocolate Cherry LaraBar. This LaraBar seemed good, but I ate it straight from the fridge, so it was cold and hard and maybe not as good as if it had been kept out of the fridge.



Around 4:30pm I ate a Maple Nut Clif Bar. This was the first time I had this kind and while I might buy it again, I wouldn't list it as a favorite.



For dinner I ate some Kashi crackers, nuts from Hawaii, and a whole wheat wrap with a Morningstar Veggie Burger with guacamole and some veggies.


A little later I had some Edy's Cookie Dough Ice Cream (sorry no picture).

Thursday

Because of the great staying power of breakfast yesterday, today I also had 0% Fage with peaches, strawberries, and 1 serving of Udi's Granola.



Iced Skim Latte around 10:30ish:

For lunch I had a Kashi Pocket Sandwich and a Salad. I also had two pieces of chocolate that were in my desk drawer, that I don't like much but I need to finish (only a few more piece left).

At 3pm I want to a office birthday celebration for an other attorney a couple floors up at my firm (my firm occupies about 15 floors of an office building). I had a piece of chocolate cake from Cost Co that was so good. I originally had planned on stopping to say Happy Birthday and not have cake, but I succumbed.

Dinner was a Mexican Impossible Pie that my wonderful husband made for me. I emailed him the recipe at work.

Impossible Vegetarian Taco Pie

1 1/2 cups Morningstar Crumbles

1 medium onion, chopped (we used 1/2 large onion)

1 envelope taco seasoning mix (I found a Vegetarian Taco Mix at Whole Foods)

1 1/4 cups skim milk

2 egg whites and 1 whole egg

3/4 cup Bisquick Heart Healthy Baking Mix

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 cup mushrooms, chopped

Cheese if desired

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch pie plate.Cook and stir Morningstar Crumbles and onion in 10-inch skillet until crumbles are brown. Stir in dry taco seasoning mix. Spread in plate; add mushrooms and tomatoes. Beat milk, eggs and baking mix until smooth, 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand beater. Pour into plate. Bake 25 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese is golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes longer. Cool 5 minutes. Serve with sour cream, chopped tomatoes and shredded lettuce if desired. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Here is my first piece, I had a second piece that I didn't take a picture of.

I also snacked on a mixture of things from my pantry, that 1) I didn't photograph and 2) was clearly out of stress, exhaustion, etc.

And like I said at the start of the post, I got it a walk of almost 5 miles right after dinner.

I'm tired! Good Night!!!!

Putting off today until tomorrow...

It's 10:30 pm and I still need to finish a memo for work that should be emailed out tonight. I still managed to take pictures, but I won't be able to post them until tomorrow night. So sorry all, but see you tomorrow night!