A Lazy Sunday

This morning I slept in. Had some pancakes I had frozen a while back with a few walnut and crasians and syrup...MMMM. Such a decadent and easy breakfast. I watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and then hit the gym. I must have not turned off my iPod yesterday when I left because my battery was dead :( I was prepared for a sucky workout and I had just the opposite. My 30 minutes or so of weights flew by. I was on the arc trainer for 35 minutes and watch The Princess Diaries. I got on the stair stepper and continued watching. Came home and made a yukon gold potato with cut up grape tomatoes and green salsa. Yum. I eventually made my way to the grocery store to by ingredients for Cat's Fake Out Macaroni and Cheese. So yummy! I used a little bit more pasta (I doubled the amount) and cheese than she said to in the recipe. Next time I will probably use less pasta and more cauliflower. I used whole wheat pasta and fresh cauliflower. I got 4 rather large servings out of this and now have leftovers I will probably freeze. I might try it with frozen cauliflower and see what happens. But this stuff was SO good. Thanks Cat for the recipe!

A little bit later I made pumpkin cream cheese muffins from a Trader Joe's mix and then I added the cream cheese on top. Super yummy and I cut the oil in half and replaced the other half with apple sauce. It passed the taste test as my roomie is currently eating one and just said it was really good. She has no clue of the substitution I made.

Tomorrow will be another lazy day. I have the day off. I fully intend to sleep in, hit the gym, and prepare for the week.

When I Don't Post For a Few Days...

I am either eating horribly or traveling or a combination of the both.

It all went downhill with the bag of peanut butter pretzels covered in chocolate on Tuesday night that weren't even that good. When will I learn not to go to the grocery store hungry?!?!? Wednesday night I had a decent workout at the gym and then got dinner out when I really should have just eaten at home. I did make it to the gym also for a 1 hour walk on the treadmill as well. Thursday I bought a super unhealthy lunch of chicken fingers and fries. Not gym because I was speaking to a group of students. I wanted to go after the event, but it was a little too late. Today I ate my frozen meal and went to the gym for an hour and a half. But, please for the love of god. Someone take the chocolate away from me!

In other news I am going to Louisville on Tuesday to see the Kings of Leon! I found a great pair of tickets for face value a few days ago! Score! Other than that, nothing too exciting to report.

Have a wonderful weekend. I will be going to the gym tomorrow AND Sunday!

A Lunch Time Conversation With Myself

So I went to lunch with a co-worker and one of our friends today. While we were waiting for our friend I have the following conversation with myself:

Voice: MMMMM, I am hungry.
Voice #2: All this food looks so good! Look! Club sandwhiches. Soup in breadbowls. FOOOOOOOOD!
Voice: I just need to stick with the plan of a Veggie Spud.
I inch closer to the cash register and can now see desserts.
VOice #2: Mmm, those cookies look good. mmmm that pie looks good. I don't even know what kind of pie it is, but man it looks good.
Voice: I do not need to eat dessert with every meal.
Voice #2: But it all looks so good. Maybe I could just get a cookie and split it?
Voice: No. I don't need dessert. Especially at lunch.
Voice #2: Oh look! Cheese dip with Rotel! Droooooooooool!
Voice: Yeah, it does sort of look good, but it comes with Tostitos and if I am going to eat chips and dip I want the chips to be worth it. Tostitos are so not worth it. Plus when I get an app before a meal I always overeat and feel too stuffed. Plus it is lunch and I don't need an app before lunch.

I inch closer to the register and am about to place my order
Voice: I need to order the veggie spud.
Voice #2: But the Spud max sounds good too. And protein. Mmm, meat is good too.

I place my order:
"I'll have the spud max."

The spud max has ham, cheese, olives, green onions, bacon, and sour cream and salsa on the side. I ate half.

You can't win them all. A spud max is much better than any of the other options running through my head at the time.

The Scale Part 2

For serious. I have been watching what I eat, working out, drinking my water and the scale has stayed consistently at the same weight. It did move this morning, but in the wrong direction. It showed a 3 lb gain. So at least I can rest easy knowing that my scale isn't broken. It moved the wrong direction, but I know what that is from. I ate some (and by some I mean a lot) candy last night. I should have just gone to bed. I was tired. I ate it and I am moving on. But it is so hard not to get discouraged.

I know that my body has not been 100% due to the cold/funk I got last weekend. And I do know I had incorporated weights back into my gym routine. So I am hoping I am gaining muscle. I know my clothes are fitting better. But still it always helps when I can see the scale move down as well.

I am off to the gym...