new yogurt and simple foods

I just finished a 15 minute jog and I'm feeling awesome right now. My ankles are a little sore, but tomorrow is a rest day on my training program so I'm not too worried. I have to ask, is it hot any where else in the country? It's really challenging to do anything outside, let alone run. But hey, I finished and that's enough for me.

I tried a new yogurt yesterday. Breyers YoCrunch 100 calorie in cheesecake is relatively decent. I did super love the little graham cracker cookie pieces. For some reason, I find foods that don't require any chewing less filling. I know it's not true, but my mental perceptions were pleased with the chrunchies.

I was all by myself last night, so I made up a plate of simple easy foods. It started with scrambled eggs with some Old Bay thrown.

Then a fruit salad with half a green apple and a handful of strawberries.

And of course, another piece of pumpkin bread. I swear, if anyone is actually reading this you must go make this bread. Right. Now.

And a picture of my plate just for good measure.

This would actually make a really good breakfast. Protein, cabs, fruit, yummy!

Now I'm off to go be productive. It's good to do that at some point. Just saying.

the definition of a grumbly day

So I was at my class in heavy jeans, a long sleeve shirt, over the ankle boots, full finger gloves, and a full face helmet in mid July in the south. Let me tell you: it. is. hot. Really hot. Like get heat stroke, have to go to the ed, and consequently fail my class. I find it nicely ironic that I go to a motorcycle safety class only to wind up in the hospital. And I'll say it again: fail. my. class. That really bothers me. I like to do more than just pass, I like to do well, but I don't fail things. Ever. So this means that I'll be taking it again in a week or two. I am (happily) feeling much better, but I'm still really frustrated. And then on top of that, I left my purse somewhere in the middle of no where and had to drive back and get it. Ugh, what a day!

Time to distract myself. And what's good at distracting me?

Food.

Yesterday around lunchtime (healthy) me was munching on some yummy apple cinnamon oatmeal.

And a big bowl of greek yogurt with about a teaspoon of maple syrup mixed in. It looked like marshmallow fluff and tasted like yum!

Then for dinner I made myself a salad (I think I'm starting to get predictable).

With that I whipped up some spaghetti alla carbonara.

It sounds really fancy, but the "sauce" was just bacon, whipped eggs, and parmesan cheese.

I do love food and it does help distract me from my grumbly day. Kind of. But I'll take anything I can get.

cheerios, salads, and cookies oh my!

Yay it's friday! I'm so excited about the weekend, it'll be great to finally chill out. Especially since yesterday was pretty busy. I've just started motorcycle safety classes(!) and I know that they're very risky, but that's why I'm trying to reduce my chances of getting hurt. After all, the more you learn the better you get.

So the wonderful, stressful day started with the ever tasty fruity cheerios.

These are actually really yummy. They kind of remind me of Trix or vaguely some cereal from my childhood, but they have a lot less sugar and they're much better for you.

Then for dinner I had more salad. I think it might be the heat, but I'm really feeling salads right now. They're light and crunchy and manage to keep me cool!

It was pretty close to what I ate yesterday. Romaine, chickpeas, strawberries, pecans, and goat cheese.

Then I topped it with a couple of these:

Chicken teriyaki meatballs! I go them frozen from Costco, you can find some good stuff there if you just look hard enough.

And of course, I used my very favorite dressing, Annie's Naturals Lite Raspberry Vinaigrette.

I couldn't help myself from grabbing a newly thawed banana-apple bran muffin from a batch I made a week or two ago.

A few hours later I was hungry again, so I decided I needed some dessert. I got this cookie as a treat from my daddy. It's from Zoe's Kitchen, a restaurant chain that really focuses on fresh, healthy ingredients.

On to weekend fun! I can't wait to relax and see some friends that I've been ignoring (not on purpose I swear!)