Hi all!!

Just another manic Monday, right?

Mud On The Tires

I got STUCK in a FIELD OF MUD today!!!!!!!! The parking lot was full so Amy and I parked in the field behind our office building. Bad idea. When I tried to leave my tires started spinning. I was able to back up some and tried to go forward again – more spinning!!! I really thought I was doomed. But we realized that luckily I was on a slight hill and I was able to back up and drive the perimeter of the field BACKWARDS (I didn’t want to lose momentum!) and made it to the parking lot. WHEW!

I ate a homemade granoler bar and some almonds on my way home. This is a reenactment because I couldn’t photograph and drive!

My legs actually feel GREAT today. My foot, however, is quite sore I iced it at work in a chair with some ice from our ice machine and took some IB profin. Going to take the running easy this week…I’m nervous.

Since I got home before sunset tonight and have a CDA meeting tomorrow night, I decided to do a light workout tonight and swap my rest day for tomorrow. I mentally (and physically with my snack) prepared for the gym on my ride home and went over for some ellipticalling and a round of solid upper body weight lifting.

Made it home just in time for another of Matt’s Famous Soups!!!

Tonight he scheduled a simple Chicken + Rice

He invented it

Ingredients

• .75 lb organic Smart Chicken, cut into cubes
• 1 carrot
• 1 celery
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup Lundburg Short Grain Brown Rice (the BEST!)
• 1 can peas, mostly drained
• Rosemary + thyme from the garden
• Salt + pepper to taste

Cook chopped celery and carrot in canola oil. Then add chicken and garlic and brown. Then add stock and remaining ingredients and simmer for about 45-60 minutes until rice is done.

Totally forgot how much I love peas!! I picked up this can from TJ’s on a whim once and they were the perfect addition to the soup.

Such a great comfort food (topped with hot sauce)

We ate with little spoons and had LOTS to talk about tonight. It was a fun dinner!

A small slice of High Fiver Fiber on the side drizzled with agave (I was in the  mood for honey but we didn’t have any!)

I’m stinky. Gotta shower!! Then reading in bedtime. I can’t wait to go to sleep tonight!! And even more excited about pumpkin cottage cheese oatmeal in the AM!!!!

Can you believe this is my last week in Salisbury?!

Time is a’flyin!!!!!

Were in the office today preparing for two days of nutrition education tomorrow and Wednesday.

Lucky me, Lynn made a pot of coffee and I had a mug with some skim milk Amy had in the fridge. Perked me up!!

I had a steady build of hunger that peaked at 11:30 when we all broke for lunch.

I brought in Super Bowl leftovers – Kate’s salad that she sent home with me!! It had feta, spinach, tomatoes and croutons and I added 3 of Kelsey’s goat cheese balls and some almonds.

Plus pineapple wedges from the cafeteria of North Ellie! ‘TWas a big, fun salad!

On the side I brought in a day expired pumpkin yogurt…

Thanks for lunch Kate!!!!

Special Dark for a special day

Have a great Monday afternoon!

Someone please come wake me up!! Trying to fend off the grump today. Monday + lack of sleep + winter.

But something to be really happy about:

Overnight oats

Last night I combined the rest of a TJ’s greek container (maybe 1/3 to 1/2 a cup left total?) with:

• 1/3 cup raw Quaker Old Fashioned rolled oats
• 1/3 cup 1% milk
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• Pinch salt
• 1/3 cup pumpkin

And this morning:

• Mix My Granola
• Crunchy, crunchy Nuttzo

I’m a little tea cup, short and stout

More Tea Spot samples! I’m really enjoying the variety, and their black tea is excellent. Strong and not bitter.

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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Meghann and my coworker Lisa!!

It sure it a birthday month!!

Blog was down, but I was just awoken from sleep by my crazy brother in law yelling from New Orleans, so I guess the Saints won! Here’s the delayed post..

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I’m blogging LIVE from the Super Bowl!! Not wanting to miss the party, I brought my computer so I could chat, type and watch in the final quarter instead of having to do it when I get home. I gotta get up at 5AM regardless!!

We had a busy afternoon of yard work

(Matt painting the mailbox – he’s awesome and worked all day on the house!)

And me grocery shopping

(SCORE on the 3 giant cans of pumpkin I found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I also found the new dessert Oikos and decided to try out the caramel

I had just a little bit of time to whip up some of Kelsey’s Pimento Cheese!

These Organic Valley cheeses arrived on my doorstep this past week and I knew they would be perrrrrrrfect for pimento cheese for the Super Bowl! I had a taste of each while I prepped and they were delish. I love sharp white cheddar!

I followed the recipe exactly except I use greek yogurt instead of sour cream! So easy and always in my fridge

Grating by hand is hard! But I didn’t want to dirty up the Cuisinart.

One of my very favorite foods!

We threw on our shoes slippers and made our way to Kate + Nate’s for the big party. Both Matt and I LIVE in our Target slippers!!

This is the biggest party our friends group has ever thrown! EVERYONE was here!

Matt and Gilbert got right to scruffing

And I got right to eating!

I brought over these Old London Bagel Chips they company sent for me to review. Yummy!

I sipped on two POM + soda mocktails with lime and cherries throughout the night. Having to be up for work tomorrow I didn’t want to drink any alcohol.

I nibbled on chips and dip while we waited for everyone to arrive with their pot-luck contributions. I was quite hungry from my run by 5:30!

We had lots of variety representin’ tonight!

Beautiful veggies

Scoop dips

Kale chips made me ME!

Buffalo Chicken dip [I don't have any of these recipes – sorry!]

And WANGS made their appearance

Costco pizzas – which are really good!

Kate’s famous salads

Diana and I clicked away!

I wasn’t that hungry after nibbling through the dips, but I filled my plate with veggies, a slice of pizza and …more dips!

There were many doggies present tonight too – it was quite the full house! Lots of barking from both the dogs and the men!

For dessert, Diana brought some yummy football chocolate cupcakes

And Conor brought Zeppole (homemade donuts!) which means “cloud” in Italian

Emily and I split a cupcake

Which I munched with a cloud

I ended the night with two of Kelsey’s late-arrival goat cheese balls

Snacked on the rest of my pimento cheese as we packed it all up to go! I’ve got a fun salad to take for lunch tomorrow

I think I’m headed home now to get in bed. Our friends are starting to leave and this girl needs her beauty rest! Hope y’all had a great Super Bowl evening!

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9 miles under my feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The run was pretty easy. I’m really amazed at how easy it has been to add more miles to my running. I think it helps that I have a fun partner to chat it up with and we’ve got the wonderful (long) greenway to run on so there’s no distracting cars or roads to cross (and minimal hills!!)

The greenway had apparently majorly flooded because there was icky, sticky mud EVERYWHERE!!!

We had to stop and tip-toe through it many times throughout the run, which meant our pace was not accurate. We decided early on not to worry about pace at all and just to enjoy the miles.

Here are the stats regardless. It’s pretty clear which miles had lots of mud and which were dry!

9.0 in about 1:20 something

9:30 something pace

• 8:47
• 9:54
• 8:37
• 10:15
• 9:09
• 10:09
• 8:47
• 9:50
• 9:07

I decided that 9 miles – approaching 80 minutes of running – was time to add in some fuel in addition to breakfast. I’m not one for goos or gels – real food should do just fine. I brought a box of raisins in my pocket and popped a few just before the run started.

I didn’t end up needing anymore because Casey, Emily’s husband, planted a water bottle with a homemade sport mix at the 3 mile marker so on our return trip (about 6 miles in) we could rehydrate and get a boost of sugar + salt (and lemon juice). I don’t know his recipe – go hound Emily for it on her blog! I need to get it! It was hard to tell if the water + sugar gave us a boost, but I like to think it did. It was like homemade lemonade and tasted AMAZING 6 miles in! Brendan Brazier also has some homemade sports drink recipes in Thrive (which I am currently reading) and even some gels that if I ever feel like I need them I will try out.

Remember when I ran 8 miles and felt pretty icky all afternoon? So far I feel much better right now. But my legs are definitely feeling it!

Last time I ate a big salad upon return. Today I took Brendan’s advice and recovered with a smoothie – a blended salad if you will. He says (and I think Dr. Fuhrman says too) that blending up vegetables (and foods in general) makes them easier to absorb and a quicker, more effective recovery. Just so you don’t think I believe everything I hear, this follows what I learned about the GI tract in physiology as well. And since I love SIAB’s, I have no problem putting them on my recovery day menus

In the vita-mix:

• 3 kale leaves
• 1 big handful spinach
• 1/3 cup lite coconut milk
• 1/3 cup organic 1% milk
• 1/2 a cup frozen berries
• 2 blobs greek yogurt
• 1/2 package Chocolate Amazing meal (I have two of these left and definitely will buy some when I’m out)
• 1/2 a frozen banana (I initially did not put banana in this but I tasted it with just berries and the banana was severely missed)
• Squirt agave (again, after the first round the taste was on the berry side and it needed a bit of sweetening)
• AgavePlus granola leftover from brunch on top

It may look like swamp sludge but it was HELLA GOOD!!!

On the side I had some Whole Grain Goodness toast smothered in some Naturally Nutty Vanilla Sunflower butter. LOVE that stuff.

Matt sheepishly asked if he could have one of the Amy’s soups I was sent to review. I said sure as long as he gave me a bite to taste test!

This was the Curried Lentil

And WOW – we both loved it!!! Matt said: “It has a depth of flavor that no other canned soup I have ever tasted has.” I agreed – it was THICK, which I loved, and did not have an oniony, tin-can taste!!  The only con is it’s pretty calorie dense – nearly 500 for a can (and I could easily eat a whole can!) But taste-wise, highly recommended.

Gotta run walk drive to the grocery store for some goodies and then we’re meeting our friends for a SuperBowl shebang at 5:30!! So excited. I’m bringing pimento cheese + kale chips!

Finally starting to feel the effects of working full time – in a GOOD way: free weekends!!!! This might be the first time in AGES that I haven’t had work to do on the weekends. I’m caught up on my freelance work, the blog is being written as I type (hee hee) and our house is super clean and organized and ready for sale!

It was nice to watch two episodes of House Hunters and have the only tasks on my agenda include a run, a grocery store trip, a bit of food preparation and a party!

I set my alarm for 6:26 this morning so I’d have plenty of time to digest breakfast before my 11AM run with Emily. Often I sleep late, eat late and then am too sloshy to run before lunch!

Plus 6:26 is a fun time to wake

I opened a new product to review this morning: Bob’s Red Mill’s Apple + Cinnamon + Grains Hot Cereal! This guy came in the massive breakfast package of samples they sent me a while back   Bob!

Ingredients include a variety of grains plus dried apples, flax and cinnamon

NUTR stats

How bout dem apples!?

For TWO SERVINGS I cooked:

• 1/2 a cup hot cereal
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 banana
• 1 tbsp chia
• Pinch salt
• Splash vanilla

Toppings:

• TJ’s PB
• Coconut butter melted icing
• Mix My Granola Banana Chip + Chia seed granoler

I did like the subtle apple cinnamony flavor a lot This would be even better with big chunks of apples mixed in.

Honestly it wasn’t all that filling because the volume was less than soupy oats. Hoping it’s one of those quality over quantity things and I still have enough energy and satiety…  Next time I might cook oats and mix in 1-2 tbsp of the apple cinnamon hot cereal to fill in the oat gaps.

I think this is a Monster Mash Monster!

Remember that awesome game!?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my college roomie Meredith!!

Here she is at her birthday in 2005, our senior year

And here are some more fun times from college!! [Click to enlarge]

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Speaking of the olden days, I am currently Groovesharkin’ to Enigma’s "Return To Innocence." What a fab song.

Off to run NINE miles. AHHH! Hope my foot holds up!

After cleaning up the house this afternoon, Matt and I set out on DATE NIGHT! We don’t go out on solo dates very often because we always have fun friends to play with, but we decided when we went out for my birthday that we would try to do one fun dinner out together per month (although I’m not sure we’ve been out together solo since!?!). We are in our element at a restaurant ooging over the food!

Let’s go to the movies!! We just started to get hungry before it was time to leave for our movie so we packed up a lunch to eat in the theater:

Brie + Crofter’s Spread mini sandwiches on High Five Fiber

Carrots, green peppers and apples

A mini Artisana jar packed with some PB for the veggies

And some Beemster cheese. MMM!

It was a little hard to fumble through in the dark, but we started eating during the previews so it was gone soon enough to concentrate on the movie.

After reading so much good feedback about AVATAR we wanted to see it 3D in the theaters. We both agreed that we were a little disappointed.

Good:

• The 3D was really cool – and guessing by the previews it’s now the mainstream way to watch movies!
• I LOVE fantastical lands and I thought they did a FABULOUS job with the land of Pandora. So many clever and intrigue details.
• Similarly, the special effects, computer effects and basically all effects were awesome

Bad:

• The plot was soooo predictable and rather dull. I don’t to spoil the ending or anything, but the fighting scenes really dragged on towards the end just as all movies with fighting scenes do (the reason I hate most fighting and sports movies)
• I dislike movies with machine guns in them. I do not like watching violence at all!
• The characters were pretty flat (IMO) and the dialogue wasn’t very clever

So that’s my feedback!!

We actually conveniently watched the movie next to Caitlin + Jason, who were going to see the same show!!

3D glasses are the new style.  Obviously.

After the movie we made our way to M5, one of my favorite Charlotte establishments! We had a GIFT CARD that Larbs + Matt gave us for Christmas!!!!!!!

It’s one of my favorite restaurant atmospheres in CLT. Very modern.

Both of us didn’t feel like going all out tonight (= alcohol on both sides, entrees, etc) We just wanted to enjoy a nice dinner prepared by someone else that would still be the amount we would eat at home. So we decided to order lightly and share most of the meal and it turned out to be one fabulous dinner!

M5 was still having their restaurant week menu (prolonged due to last weekend’s snow) so we decided to order the 3 courses for $30 for Matt and a wine pairing (three 2-oz pours) and I ordered a simple Spinach + Goat Cheese salad.

I found the menus online! How convenient

We chose the Fig + Prosciutto Flatbread, the Scallops and the Marshmallow

And the wines!

The first course was the bread basket M5 has great doughy lightly herby crusty crust bread. We each enjoyed slices dipped in a really fruity olive oil.

Course #1

We split it down the middle. The figs were out of this world!

Course #2

Scallops! Matt handed over 1 of the 4 scallops. But the best part were the ricotta gnocchi!!

My salad. I skipped the dressing because it was shalloty, but the goat cheese was awesome and the salad was just what I wanted.

Course #3

Dessert wine!

I do not really care for panna cotta but this was AWESOME. The texture was indeed slightly marshmallowy – thicker than usual slimy panna cotta. And the vanilla flavor was spot on fresh.

Even the guy who claims he doesn’t like desserts made a significant dent!

We loved our cozy booth and sat side by side and I had plenty of room for my camera bag and we could see the restaurant. So what I’m trying to say was that not only was the food great, but our whole experience was great

Looking forward to a lovely hour of bedtime reading. And excited about tomorrow’s run and Super Bowl festivities!!

Fun fun morning!!

It started early with some HOT YOGA with Emily!

• Waking up at 6AM on a Saturday to so something blah: horrible
• Waking up at 6AM on a Saturday to run: eh..
• Waking up at 6AM on a Saturday to go to yoga: EXCITING!!!

I bounded out of bed. I guess because it’s like going from bed to getting a massage?!

I also decided that I just love yoga because it reminds me of dance. Today’s class was Super Flow. After a year of practicing yoga, I have finally found my match made in heaven. This class is awesome because we start with a warm-up and then do a "routine" 3 times through. So by the third time you know all the poses and it’s kind of like learning a dance routine. I love the transition between the poses – it’s like ballet! And one of my favorite poses is dancer

I wore my hair in a bun to be like a ballerina!

Before I left I had a homemade granola bar with a knife-schmear of Naturally Nutty Cinnamon Sunflower butter

Yoga rocked. Tanner is awesome and we had the best music. Lots of DJ Earworm mashups!! He has the best taste in music. Eclectic stuff that I love (Oasis, pop, Hallelujah, Falling Slowly).

I came home and got ready for a Girls Oatmeal Brunch!!

I invited my girlfriends over for an oatmeal extravaganza of toppings.

Grawnolers (Whit brought some TJ’s pumpkin and Jessie had Agave plus!) and jams

Great Harvest muffins, Savannah bar + biscotti Diana brought

Jessie and Stacey brought wheatberries + raspberries!

I made a giant pot of whipped banana chia seed oats. It was quite difficult to figure out how much to make for a group of 8 and we ran out so that Matt didn’t get any!!! (In my defense I didn’t know he was eating!)

• 2.5 cups oats
• 2.5 cups vanilla soy milk
• 3 cups water
• 4.5 bananas
• 1/3 cup chia seeds
• Big pinch salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Jessie + Emily 

Michelle + Kate

Stacey, Whit, ME, Diana

My bowl was quite the combo!

I had about a cup of cooked oats plus:

• Carrot Raisin Walnut muffin
• 2 granolas
• Wheatberries
• Raspberries
• Chocolate Cherry Naturally Nutty
• Cacao Bliss
• A bite of Savannah bar

Some Grog!

I was so hungry after yoga and waited to eat that this giant bowl barely made a dent!!

We girls chatted for 2 hours and then I got them to take some of my Goodwill collection off my hands

It’s now 1:30 and I’m a little hungry. Not sure what our lunch plans are since breakfast was so late, but we’re going to see AVATAR 3D this afternoon! Then date night with Matt!!

Hope y’all have a great Saturday

I survived the worst day of commuting yet. It was all pouring rain and red taillights Took me an hour and a half but I made it!

Fuel to get me through: A homemade granola bar and some dried apricots. And a piece of Hersey’s special dark chocolate I swiped from the office!

I’ve found there are two keys to going to the gym on a weeknight:

1) Don’t be hungry

2) Mentally prepare. Mentally prepare. Mentally prepare. Mentally prepare. Mentally prepare. Mentally prepare.

I was very mentally prepared tonight! And actually excited to go. It was the indoor playground mentality.

I was in and out of the house in 10 minutes in my workout clothes and drove there. I stuck to cardio since I’m going to yoga in the AM and did 30 minutes of Stairmaster climbing and 15 on the elliptical then headed right home to make dinner. I was quite hungry when I got there!! I have my half marathon plan in a pretty format and it says I’m supposed to run 3x a week. Honestly, that’s quite hard!! Running really exhausts my legs and I really like moving them in different ways with cross training. So I’m just going to play it by ear, running at the very least twice a week, but still working my body on the other days (plus a day for yoga and a day for rest).

Here’s what it looks like (click to enlarge). Thanks to Sarah for helping me with the design and Emily for the template! I’ve already started to tweak it according to my life plans (such as the CDA meeting next Tuesday) and swapping days around.

So what we had planned for dinner tonight was bok choy, pasta and a leftover chicken sausage. What to make?

I’ve been listening to these podcasts by Dr. Furhman, an MD with a nutrition specialty on my commutes. I downloaded a bunch of nutrition podcasts and his was the first I listened to. When I hear he and Dr. Oz are friends and went to med school together my ears perked up. I love Dr. Oz! Much like Sex and the City was in its 5th season before I ever watched an episode, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of Dr. Furhman or his book, Eat To Live. I REALLY like what he has to say. He’s viewpoint is all about nutrient density.

He says:

H = N / C or Health = Nutrients / Calories

Based on gobloads of research, we KNOW that fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, beans and basically all things plants are hella good for us. There’s really no arguing with that. *Lightbulb!* He also says that we know that plants are high in discovered vitamins and minerals. And they are also high in phytochemicals – and likely thousands of other undiscovered micronutrients. *Lightbulb* He also talks about toxic hunger and says that if we are eating foods void of these micronutrients (while they may be high in macronutrients = CHO, PRO + FAT), then our bodies will always want to eat MORE because they are craving the micronutrients we aren’t getting from animal proteins, refined carbs, processed foods. He also discusses how taste buds can change to actually prefer super healthy foods. I totally agree on that one. Give me a big salad with nuts and seeds over fast food any day.

But it sounds kinda mythical huh?

If it weren’t for the Dr. Oz friendship I might be a lot more skeptical. But the more I tried to find disagreement with him, the more I realized – well you really can’t argue with vegetables!! He doesn’t advocate an entirely vegan diet, and says so long as you are eating mostly plants you can have some animal products scattered in.

I do want to know what he has to say about iron, omega-3s, B12 and athletes. He is not a proponent of grains, even whole wheat, because he says it is not very nutrient dense, which I somewhat agree with. I’d like to sit down and have a solid conversation with him! But he has me totally hooked on NUTRIENT DENSITY! I’ve been thinking about this for a few weeks now – what a great concept!!

What the Superfoods book was to me in 2007, this is to me now. I’ve been eating trying to eat more nutrients and it’s been really motivating and even fun. And there’s no doubt that I have lost most of my 2009 Fun Weight (although I don’t weigh myself so I don’t really know how much or anything). But I feel great!

I think I’m going to read his book next. Search for "Nutritional Wisdom" on iTunes for the podcasts. I recommend "Nobody Should Die Of Heart Disease" (the first half), "The Secret Weapons for Permanent Weight Loss," and "Food Addictions: The Cause of Obesity."

SOOOOOOO…….

He is always talking about these blended sauces made with nuts and things. So I wanted to make one tonight!!

I gathered up some ingredients that were in my fridge to assemble a sauce of sweet potato puree (1/3 a cup), juice pulp of kale and lemon (1/3 a cup), coconut milk (1/3 a cup), parmesan cheese (2 tbsp) and ALMONDS (1/4 a cup). Although I really didn’t measure – just eyeballed it all. Guys, I have come SO FAR from the days of measuring food!!! I used to measure everything and would have never (ever) made a sauce with "high calorie nuts" but the more I learn about nutrition and the more I experiment with my body, the more I believe in QUALITY over QUANTITY!

The Vita-mix rocks. It sure is an expensive item, so put it on your birthday wish list, your Christmas list, your Valentine’s list. If you like blended things, it’s definitely worth the price.

Bok choy + leftover snausage

Matt and I sipped cocktails while we cooked (and I had a sip of his!!)

What a great concept. The herbal water made such a fun treat to plain water!! I am not the biggest orange fan, but I did like this flavor a lot.

Our dinner music: LOTR!!

Whole wheat penne with bok choy, chicken sausage and crazy almond sweet potato coconut sauce!

The sauce was AMAZING!!! So rich and flavorful from the sweet potato and the LEMON zest in the juice pulp really came out!

I also really really love bok choy! Especially cut into pieces like this.

My husband is waiting on the couch with The Office + 30 Rock. Gotta go!!!

xoxo

Hi guys.

We’ve got pouring rain outside and are hovering around 33*. GUF. My commute in was quite the mess!

I’ve been working at the computer all morning but lunch was super fun to make it up

I brought in some bread and toasted it up in the office kitchen oven for the group. They love the GH bread! I had some on-its-last-day Dakota and a Cherry Rye loaf.

We “ordered in” from the elementary school just down the street. They had some allstars on the line today: sweet potatoes baked with cinnamon and sugar, fresh pineapple and a big green salad. I drizzled the salad in a little olive oil packet from Subway.

Last on my plate was Dannon greek yogurt! I found it at Harris Teeter and since i’m on a sampling rampage this week put it in my cart to try. Unlike Yoplait, this guy was great. Almost identical to Oikos in nutr stats, texture and flavor (but lacking the awesome company behind the label!)

Lunch was awesome and filling!

Brought from the cafeteria were some Breakfast Cookies leftover from… breakfast! These are whole grain and high fiber. Definitely an improvement from sugary cereal or biscuits. But still not totally low in sugar, and the added fiber apparently is rather… rough on system of the Child Nutr Dept staff I broke off a bite to taste. Not bad! It was too sweet for my palate but I’m sure the kids love them.

Can’t wait to start the weekend!