55 Degrees

July 7

Workout:

-5 min treadmill (3 min warm up, 2 min cool down)
-about half an hour or so of weights/machines (arms & legs)

Starbucks is pretty much right next door to my gym. You think I'd take advantage of that every morning, but unfortch, usually I'm already in a hurry. Today included, but I still refused to leave without my crack. Er. Espresso.

-grande iced americano with a splash of soy
-1 egg over medium on a slice of yf/gf brown rice toast with a little low-fat flax seed vegenaise & garlic gold nuggets & a slice of cheese
-handful of cherries + the last handful of blueberries




So it's pretty clear this breakfast, for whatever reason (it has all the right components! and I even added coffee this time!), is not holding me over long. It's super delicious, but for the second time, I got hungry within 2-3 hours after eating it. I held off making lunch until the 4 hour mark, so it's not terrible, but it sucks being hungry and feeling like you shouldn't eat because you kinda just did, ya know?

-half of a Kashi spinach & mushroom pizza (aka 1.5 servings of my fave frozen pizza ever) + a dollop of pesto I put on each slice
-organic baby carrots & hummus
-side salad (organic mixed greens, organic grape tomatoes, organic olive oil, organic balsamic)
-2 raw macaroons (one cocoa, one blondie)
-water




I can eat that entire pizza. Easily. Although there are worse things (it's only 750 cals total and has good nutritionals), I decided to load myself up with healthy sides.

Perfection.

-side of fruit salad
-medium iced tea




I really wanted another Starbucks, but I later realized, today of all days, they forgot to give me my after 2 $2 drink receipt this morning. Boo. Based on principal I didn't want to pay full price LOL. Oh well.

-Chobani blueberry greek yogurt




-plain shaved ice



Love the texture, hate the artificially flavored corn syrup nonsense. It works.

Tried out a (new-to-us) wine bar, 55 Degrees, right by our house for a happy hour of sorts (it was a little too late for normal happy hour, but who cares!). Very cute and cozy and a local artist my mom loves has his artwork displayed (for sale) all over the walls. We will definitely be back. I did think they skimped a little on the fruit additions, but it was still all delish.



-glass of sparkling wine
-shared a fruit/cheese/olive/cracker tray





-dover sole w/ a kalamata olive spread, goat cheese crumbles, and organic grape tomatoes
-butternut squash risotto made with almond milk
-water



-2 tim tam cookies (1 caramel, 1 dark chocolate)



Workout 2:

Okay, you guys know I never count my jogging in place-ness as a "real" workout, but yesterday I used the body bugg trip mode and calculated that I burned like 250 or so calories in a good 40 or so minutes. I'd say that counts. Another sticker for the calender! lol

Body Bugg Stats:

Calories Burned: 2,632
Steps Taken: 11,581

xo,
Amanda

Friday!!

July 2

Went into work extra early today (for me).

-Chobani peach greek yogurt (good, but not as good as the one from the other day. Hmmm)



-About 85% of a venti iced soy latte (took me all day to drink too lol)



Had my 20 minute chair massage. FINALLY my arms don't hurt really badly when I raise them. It was bizarre! The top of my shoulders are sore though. You win some, you lose some.

HUGE "lunch" (at like 3:30 pm)

-grilled chicken sandwich with no cheese on the most amazing bread ever
-side pasta salad
-side salad w/ balsamic




I've been craving that sandwich for a good 2 weeks now. The chicken part alone would only be average/so-so, but the bread. OH MY GOD, THE BREAD. And you have to remember, I'm not a huge bread person, but...THE BREAD, YOU GUYS. THE BREAD! :-P

Kind of a dangerous meal, because I almost always eat every last bite. It's weird, though. I know I'd be satisfied with only half (sometimes my Mom and I share one), but when I eat it all I'm really full, but never sickly full. It doesn't add up!

-1 vanilla cake ball (cake wasn't cooked nearly enough)




Finally saw Toy Story 3 in 3D! I didn't think it was quite as amaaaaazing as everyone claims, but I still really enjoyed it.

-sushi bento box thing that came w/ miso soup (I also ate my brother's), salad, tempura, spicy yellowtail roll, 4 piece california roll, 1 piece tuna nigiri, 1 piece white fish nigiri, 1 piece salmon nigiri
-hot green tea x 3 ish


+ 1

+2ish

Really good, but I couldn't finish it all. I took home half the yellowtail roll, half the cali roll, some tempura, and gave my Dad some salad (though my Dad and I did share my brother's salad, but the salads weren't very good, boring dressing). Ironically, even though I ordered the spicy yellowtail bento, that was probably my least fave of the sushi offerings. It was still good, but the rest was even better. I love that place and it's riiiight by my house. Need to go more! Great prices too. Can't beat that.

-green tea ice cream (took it to-go)



-the last of the caramel popcorn



Body Bugg Stats:

Calories Burned: 2,182
Steps Taken: 5,480

Outfit of the Day:



Wanted to wear my crown necklace from yesterday again. It looked SO GOOD, but the clasp broke right off my neck. NOT cool!!! I got lots of compliments on the substitute necklace though (it's my moms). I'll have to remember to take a close up next time.

xo,
Amanda

Who Puts Mayo in Baba Ghanoush?

June 30

Workout:

-30 min cross ramp

-1 slice toasted yf/gf bread with a wedge of laughing cow light + superfruit jam
-1/2 a chobani strawberry yogurt
-water

somehow I forgot or lost the pic?

-I guess I also had a tofu curry egg roll, since I found this pic lol




-grande iced soy latte



Pretty cool if you get an iced drink before 2 pm, you can get a second anytime after 2 for only $2. I have yet to take advantage of the deal, but me likey, me likey a lot.

-a few bites of hummus and baba ghanoush (gross kind...made with mayo-wtf Sabra?!) w/ gluten free seedy crackers & country ranch almond nut thins



I do NOT rec this. Get the Cedar's brand.

-side salad (organic mixed greens, sliced strawberries, goat feta crumbles, organic safflower oil, organic balsamic)
-4 veggie dolmas
-half of a red velvet cupcake



Our car broke down again. OMG. Same thing as before (both computer systems keep crashing). IDIOTS. My aunt picked us up this time, so after we got it towed (AGAIN) and got a rental (AGAIN), we took her out to dinner at Luna De Noche. Ironically, I've been wanting to eat there all week. Be careful what you wish for.

While waiting for the new rental car (much cuter color at least lol), I sipped on about half this styrofoam cup of coffee....



-glass of red wine
-about 3-5 chips w/ salsa
-cup of avocado soup
-2 spinach/mushroom/onion enchiladas in a red sauce
-rice & beans





-panna cotta w/ berries & balsamic (Tasted like cheesecake. It was from Hannah's in Denton from the day before. I bet it would have been even better fresh).




Body Bugg Stats:

Calories Burned: 2,519
Steps Taken: 11,395

Sweeeet.

xo,
Amanda

No More Denton. Again.

June 29

-1 slice toasted yf/gf bread with a wedge of laughing cow light + superfruit jam
-1/2 a chobani strawberry yogurt (prob my least fave)







Back to Denton (which also means, Hannah's, natch) for the afternoon. We met my mom's friend/our sortof colleague (we try to help each other out anyway) for lunch. My Mom and I feel bad though, last time we met her we paid, so she insisted this time. Only, we didn't know she was paying and ordered half the menu. She shouldn't have had to pay for all that :(.

-1 baby artichoke
-rare, seared tuna with a littttttle rice and nori, but the rice wasn't good.
-a little mixed greens salad
-like 2 bites of carrots that weren't very good
-too many waffle fries with hannah's sauce
-iced tea






The online menu said they had an ahi tuna puttenesca. I WISH. This more Japanese-style was what was on the menu when I got there. Meh. It was OK, but not what I wanted, ya know? And the sides sucked, aside from the simple salad. Oh well.

After lunch I went with my Mom to her new pulmonologist. Well, who we thought would be. He was an hour late to see us, never made any eye contact, stayed on his laptop the entire time, didn't listen, kept forgetting things, gave contradictive information, etc. It was insane. He gave my Mom severe anxiety about everything too. Greeeeat, just what she needed. *sigh*

I've never smoked a day in my life (nor has my Mom), but we thought this was pretty interesting...



So if you smoke, quit now, it'll do your lungs good within just 20 minutes! ;)

Right after, we went to get some desserts & bought some fun jewelry on the way home to cheer ourselves up from that horrible experience. We thought about having a quick dinner & drink, but in the end neither of us was really feeling it any longer.

-random bites of stuff (almond thins, flavored popcorn, etc)



-1 artichoke/feta/lemon fritter
-side salad (organic mixed greens, local organic cherry tomatoes, goat feta crumbles, & organic italian dressing)
-1 vegan curry tofu egg roll (good!)
-water




Random combo, but suuuuper tasty.

-half of a red velvet cuppy cake




Way over priced (more than $4! That's more than Sprinkles....), but good.

Body Bugg Stats:

Calories Burned: 2,110
Steps Taken: 5,915

Eh.

And I only got that many steps because I jogged in place for maybe 15 min or so while watching Losing It. LOL.

Outfit of the Day:



Kinda hard to see any of it, but oh well.

xo,
Amanda