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WIAW #21

Hello Hello!

I’m writing this post Tuesday night and really tired after a crazy hard cross fit workout.  I don’t have many words for today’s What I ate Wednesday but I wanted to make sure to share some of my eats from yesterday.

IMG_2326Insert forgotten picture of salad with sliced sandwich meat, green bell pepper, carrots, and slivered almonds.  Let’s pretend it looks something like this one I found on google.

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IMG_2330I had a bite of the failed protein bite gooey mess when I got home from work.  I was changing for cross fit and needed to run back out the door.  This batch was a big failure in the sense that their not portable but at least they stil taste good and are full of healthy fats and protein.

IMG_2348Dinner was another nice and ugly meal.  I had roast cabbage, broccoli and sweet potato with a fried egg.  Garlic powder, mustard powder, spicy red pepper flakes on the vegetables and coconut oil with cinnamon for the sweet potato.

IMG_2347Bentley and I are now heading to bed.  It’s storming again and he is not too happy.  I hope you have a great Wednesday! I’m really excited because Tyler is coming back tonight! He has been in Florida with his mom for the week and i’m ready to have him back.

Any tips for keeping pears from turning brown after they have been cut up? 

Is eating 3 eggs in a day too many?  I have heard different things between eggs being good for you and being bad.  I am going to go with good, I love gooey egg yolk over veggies.

 

 

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three thoughts Tuesday

Good morning! I hope you had a good Monday.  Work was really busy.  I love when work is busy and time seems to fly by.  I don’t love when work is busy and I don’t get to eat lunch tell after 3.  I was hungry! Luckily they let me go a little early and I was able to swing by the pharmacy before heading home to let B out, change and head to cross fit!

1. I am kind of loving cross fit right now!

IMG_2322Last nights WOD was a tough one! We started with a quick warm up run and then stretched out.  I mentioned that my back had been hurting to Taylor, the main trainer, and he showed me some additional stretches I can to do help it feel better after tough workouts.  Stretching was followed with some shoulder moves and then the hard stuff.

I know the board just says 200m run, but it was a 200m run holding a 15lb plate high above your head. hard! I modified the pistols into regular air squats. My leg is bothering me again (I have another dr. apt Thursday) and I didn’t want to put any extra pressure on it.

2. I love that my parents are back in the country.  They were in England for two weeks visiting my step brothers and family.  I’m used to talking to them on a daily basis so only talking to them a few times over that time frame made me realize how lucky I am to be able to talk to them on a regular basis.

3. I have been loving slightly burnt roasted vegetables.  My current favorite is slightly burnt cabbage and asparagus with coconut oil and garlic powder.  While I was eating dinner I started to think about all the foods I like burnt.  Marshmallows, chicken, corn, grilled bell peppers, toast, fish. Fish and chicken are the odd ones in the list in that I like the outsides to be burnt but the inside still moist and tender.

roast-marshmallowI always loved fire’s when I was little because I could eat the out burnt layer off all my friends ‘ruined’ marshmallows.  They obviously didn’t know they were missing the best part.

Do you like burnt food?  What is your favorite way to eat marshmallows?

 

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grocery shopping on a budget

Yesterday I woke up nice and early (I seriously can’t sleep past 6:30 anymore) to finish cleaning the house before heading to the grocery store to stock up on some foods for the week.  As a grad student I’m on a pretty tight budget and always looking to find healthy real food options at a good price.

One of my favorite places to shop for inexpensive groceries is Aldi.  I know most of their produce isn’t organic, but it is really reasonably priced and allows me to eat whole foods all week.  All of the food I got for the week was only $36.  $36 for a week’s worth of groceries sounds like a good deal to me (I also have some pantry stables not included in this such as quinoa, gluten free oats, beans, coconut oil, coffee and coconut milk). Some of the good finds this week included strawberries and blueberries, a big bag of apples, kiwi, grapes, tomatoes and pumpkin.

IMG_2013In addition to the fruit’s I also picked up a bunch of vegetables.  The vegetable finds included broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, green beans, bell peppers, asparagus, mushrooms.

IMG_2010In addition to the foods pictured above I also stopped at TJ’s and got eggs, sandwich meat and cajun turkey sausage. I did not purchase any dairy, cheeses or yogurt this week.  I am going to try removing dairy and see if it helps with my stomach that has been bothering me again.

After putting away the groceries i headed to the barn to ride G.  It’s always fun to hang out with Jen and ride at the barn. When I got home I roasted up some of the veggies that I had picked up to eat with dinner and save in the fridge to add to meals during the week.  I did salt and pepper on the asparagus, garlic powder on the cauliflower, red pepper flakes on the cabbage.  All were roasted at 400F for 30 minutes.  I know it’s strange but I kind of like when my roast veggies are a little burnt.

IMG_2016 IMG_2017Dinner was possibly one of the ugliest one’s I have eaten in a long time. I had roast cabbage and cauliflower with mushrooms and a dippy egg cooked in coconut oil. At least the yolk of the egg had some color to it because the rest of it sure didn’t. I love egg sauce! Yup, that’s what it’s called.

IMG_2018After dinner it started to thunder outside.  Thunder means that Bentley must get as close as he possibly can. He ‘helped’ me write this post before we called it a early night and headed to bed.  I’m hoping to stay on track with getting to sleep on time this week, I need lots of energy to power through my nightly workouts after a long day of work.

Do you grocery shop on a budget?  If so do you have any tips for others?  

I know many people say that you eat with your eyes first, do you ever eat and enjoy ugly meals?  I love ugly meals!  Oatmeal is one of my favorites and let’s be honest, that just never looks good.

 

 

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In bloom

First I want to say happy fathers day to all the wonderful dads out there! I will always miss my dad and certain days of the year are often harder than others, today will always be one of those days.  For the past 5 years I have been lucky to wish another man happy fathers day and know that I am very lucky to have such a good relationship with my step dad.

53667_3898728268108_780723222_oI feel like yesterday flew by!  I worked until 2, went and rode G at the barn and then tried to go for a run.  Riding G, Genoa, while my friend was riding her horse Cooper was probably the highlight of the day.  It’s so relaxing to be out at the barn.  Bentley also loves going to the barn, unfortunately he comes home smelling awful.

IMG_2302After giving G her bath I turned her back out and headed home to get in a short run.  I  planned to run/walk 3 miles but 1 mile out I knew that wasn’t going to happen. My stomach was NOT happy today and I walked most of the mile home.  I wish my stomach didn’t become so sensitive when I was running.

I spent some time outside watering the plants and weeding the yard.  I LOVE lilies and am so excited mine are currently starting to bloom :) I have also been able to keep my rose bush alive since my mom helped me plant it this spring.

IMG_2004 IMG_2000 IMG_2003 IMG_2002In addition to the pretty flowers my tomato and pepper plants seem to be doing well.  I’m going to be so happy when I can eat the heirlooms and the bell peppers off these plants. I have been watering them every night.  I was a little surprised to see how quickly they appear dry, they don’t like to be left even one night without water.

IMG_1997 IMG_1998 IMG_1999After spending more time outside I was hungry.  I hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast (I had a bit of a uncontrolled eating binge Friday night) and was more than ready for dinner. Baked salmon, broccoli and a sweet potato was the perfect dinner combination.  I ate half the fish and saved the other half to eat with lunch today.

IMG_2007After dinner I had a zucchini cookie that was hiding in the freezer and a mango coconut KeVita.  I liked the mango coconut flavor and think it might be my new favorite of the KeVita.

IMG_2303My plans for today include riding G, grocery shopping, prepping some food for the week and cleaning the house. I am not a big fan of cleaning but it always feels so good once it’s done!

I hope you have been having a wonderful weekend thus far and have a great day today!