Anna's Situation

I moved

2010-10-15T10:47:00.005-05:00

Hello again

2010-10-13T21:35:00.002-05:00

Alright. It has been a while. I apologize.

I ran my first half! Signed up for a second. I ran that and beat my last time by 16 minutes!! So I did what any sane person would do.

My first marathon!!!! I really loved the rock n roll half I did, and this date worked out perfectly. My family is going to use it as a vacation.

I also signed up for another half on November 7th. I'm going to try and run 2 more before June.

I'm going to start blogging again, but I want to change the blog name. I also want to move to wordpress! I'm trying to think of a name now. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

Funday Sunday

2010-06-14T11:58:00.005-05:00

Sorry for the last posting! The boyfriend came into town late Saturday, so I was hanging with him yesterday.

I started out the day with an egg wrap I was craving.

This was about 1 egg and 1 egg white with a slice of swiss cheese on a Flat Out wrap. I made an extra egg and egg white for the doggies who were begging from me. They love eggs, so I just couldn't resist. I added some paprika and ketchup to my wrap after the picture

One the side I had roasted asparagus.

Roasted with a tsp of EVOO. It was delicious. I love roasted asparagus.

The boyfriend and I spent the day watching How I Met Your Mother Season 3. It was fun.

For dinner, we went out to eat with my grandpa, dad, and my cousin. I can already see a problem with eating while I'm home over the summer. My family eats out A LOT. That combined with eating out with my friends. Yikes. I tried to make good decisions at the Chinese buffet.

With another plate of green beans.

After dinner, my cousin, the boyfriend, and I went to see Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. My cousin saw it right when it came out and really liked it. Now, my cousin goes to the movies with me all the time when I'm home, but probably the last movie she REALLY liked was The Dark Knight. Most movies she either says she doesn't like. Or she says it is okay. So, I had to check this out. She was even willing to see it AGAIN AND go with me and the boyfriend. It was decent. Entertaining. Reminded me a lot of The Mummy. She is 14, so I think she might have one of her first movie star crushes. If I was 14, I would have loved it too.

I'm hanging out with my cats now, while the boyfriend goes on a bike ride.

The A-Team

2010-06-12T22:10:00.005-05:00

Hello all!!

We went to see a noon movie about an hour away from us, so I tried to eat a large and filling breakfast!

I finally had the material to make overnight oats, so I put this batch together last night.

Topped with half a banana, cinnamon, and a Weetabix biscuit. I was so excited to finally try it. I thought it was a pretty good topping.

We saw the A-Team. I liked it, but I think I mainly liked it because Bradley Cooper is so cute. It was a fun action movie, and I like action movies.

I brought a wrap as a snack for the movie, but I ended up not needing it. I ate it around 7 instead.

Banana and Sunflower Seed Butter on a Flat Out Wrap.

I forgot to take a picture of my lunch, which was a salad at Moe's Burrito place. It was delicious.

I ran some errands with a friend, and she wanted Dairy Queen. I ended up getting a kid's meal.

Now I'm watching my newly purchased season 3 of How I Met Your Mother.

Suburb Food Tour 2010

2010-06-11T22:50:00.008-05:00

On Wednesday my cousin and I took my dogs to the groomer in a suburb of Chitown. While they were getting groomed, we ate some food and went shopping! It was exciting.

Summer is 14 and a vegetarian. She has been on and off since she was about 12.

She had never had thai food before. So we ate some thai.

They gave us the soup of the day to start out with. It had a giant carrot in it. Summer was quite amused.

We shared an order of spring rolls.

They weren't that good. I've had better spring rolls for sure.

We both had Pad Thai with Tofu.

It was good!!

Afterwards we went to the mall for some Yogen Fruz!! I was so excited.

I had plain with mango mixed in. Yum.

Afterwards we went to Trader Joe's.

When we came back into town, we had a Chinese buffet.

I just watched the first episode of Losing It with Jillian Michaels. I have a girl crush on Jillian Michaels, so I liked it, but she is does try to play Dr. Phil too much. Anyone else watching? Thoughts?

Beautiful Blogger Award

2010-06-11T18:18:00.002-05:00

I'll update with some food in a bit! I'm going to do Jillian's Yoga Meltdown before I get to settled into the computer.

But FIRST I got a blog award today. Whoo hoo! Thank you to the lovely Bebe!

The rules: pass the award on to 7 bloggers and write 7 things about myself that you did not know!

7 things you don’t know:

1. I have two different colored eyes!

2. I am currently in love with Neil Patrick Harris and have watched season 1 and 2 of How I met your mother in four days.

3. I'm going to Disney World really soon!!

4. I've been blogging since seventh grade. I started on deadjournal, moved to livejournal in High School, and moved to blogspot this year. I still check my lj though. and update sometimes

5. I've been dating the boyfriend for 3.5 years and have no intention of getting engaged anytime soon.

6. I'm a HUGE Harry Potter fan. I've dressed up for most of the midnight book releases and some of the movies.

7. I'm also obsessed with Star Wars. I've been to three out of the four Star Wars conventions.

Seven Bloggers

Ashley from Texas Teacher!

Sarah from Who Invited These Guys

Lauren from Thoughts That Often Concern You

Natacha from The Wayward Explorer

Megan from Life with Megan

Beth from Beth's Journey

Stephane from Stephane Inspired

Hello From Philadelphia

2010-06-02T22:41:00.007-05:00

Hello all! I just typed up a long post summarizing what I had done since graduation (mostly moving and a lot of eating at St. Louis places) but it was lost. ugh.

I'll recap it later with more pictures! But, I'm back to a more regular blogging schedule. Roughly once a day! I'm also playing around with the title of my blog. Not the address, but I don't think Less of Me fits anymore!

I'm in Philadelphia with my mom for a convention.

Today started off with an unpictured egg and cheese biscuit.

Before we got on the plane, I grabbed this fairly tasty thing from the greek restaurant in the airport!

Inside was spinach and feta!

I also had an unpictured greek salad on the flight.

When we landed, I saw somewhere that had guava juice!! I love guava juice, so I had to get it!

The convention had a cocktail hour, but the food wasn't that exciting.

A group of people went to Hard Rock Cafe afterwards. They had the calorie postings right next to the entrees!! It was kind of scary.

I ended up getting the salmon.

It was actually pretty tasty! I was sort of surprised.

Tomorrow we are going on a movie tour of Philadelphia. I also think we are going to check out the Reading Terminal Market before the tour! It sounds amazing.

College

2010-05-21T20:33:00.003-05:00

I'm a college graduate.

Yikes.

My parents gave me a kindle. I'm so excited!! It has been a while since I read purely for fun. Any book recommendations? I'm kind of lost with all of these books at my finger tips.

Last Final

2010-05-10T23:03:00.002-05:00

My last final ever as an undergrad is tomorrow.

Yikes.

It is for a class I'm taking pass/fail, so it is hard to get motivated to do hardcore studying.

For an afternoon snack, I enjoyed a Starbucks light coffee frappuccino. They are having a happy hour special with half priced frappuccino's from 3-5 pm every day this week!! This was delicious and only 100 calories! Yum.

Also pretty filling which is weird.

I keep forgetting to take pictures of my food! So weird. I really need to start doing that again because I felt more in control of what I was eating when I did.

I don't know what I'm going to be eating tomorrow. My final is from 10:30-12:30 so obviously I'll eat lunch afterwards and breakfast before.

I plan on going to sleep soon and getting up early to study.

Afterwards I think I'm going to go to a bookstore and buy a new book to read for fun!!

Welcome to the Family

2010-05-08T23:16:00.008-05:00

I took the train home this morning.

We headed up to get the new puppy!

She is from Angus's breeder. Her dad is his biological brother (but not from the same litter).

She is adorable.

Ainsley McKenna!

Mom, Angus, Me, and Ainsley!

Petsmart getting puppy supplies (and of course a toy for Angus).

Mom and Ainsley.

To follow more about the adventures of Angus (and now Ainsley!), you can follow Angus on twitter here. Yes, my dog has a twitter. And yes, I did steal most of these pictures from the twitter account.

All the while as I am with the puppy, my roommate (who is cat sitting) was sending me adorable pictures of my babies.

And this

Hello!

2010-05-07T22:19:00.004-05:00

Hi All!!

I'm going to get a puppy tomorrow with my parents!!! I'm so so so excited. It should be fun.

I turned in my last paper for undergrad yesterday! It is weird. I might never write a medieval history paper ever again (I don't want to say never of course).

I'm watching NCIS and Criminal Minds now.

Sorry I've been a crummy blogger. It has been a crazy few weeks.

And since yesterday I've been celebrating by playing with these.

And movie marathons.

Midnight releases of Iron Man 2 followed the movie marathon. Twas a lot of fun.

My lunch from today.

The next time I update, I'm sure puppy pictures will be included!

Hello

2010-05-02T18:20:00.000-05:00

Alright, last week of classes was pretty crazy!! This week might be a little insane too, but I'm going to update better I promise.

My eating has been out of whack like whoa. Booo staying up late and studying.

Back to writing.

Manic Monday

2010-04-26T16:27:00.005-05:00

Hi all,

Last week of classes as an undergraduate! It is pretty crazy.

I'm thinking about changing the title of the blog since I'm not really focusing it on losing as much as I was in the beginning. I've had some suggestions for changes.

I forgot to take a picture of my breakfast (egg sandwich with strawberries) or lunch (hummus wrap) today, so I'm going to post the pictures from yesterday.

I slept until 10, so I just ate lunch instead of breakfast. I had a black bean burrito.

I had a side of roasted asparagus as well.

Dinner was a sweet potato with quinoa stuffing and roasted asparagus.

Instead of making the quinoa with water, I made it with vegetable broth. It was delicious.

Right now, I'm trying to decide what to make for dinner. I want to make enough to bring to work tomorrow. I'm thinking baked tofu with broccoli.

Sunday sunday Sunday

2010-04-25T18:49:00.001-05:00

Hi all!

I'll post some food pictures later. This week is going to be really busy, so I don't know how often I will blog. I hope once a day!

Right now I'm making quinoa for the first time to eat on top of a baked sweet potato. Yum.

I'll update soon!

TGIF

2010-04-23T11:46:00.002-05:00

Hi all! I'm blogging a little earlier than usual. I had a doctor's appointment, and now I have about 20 minutes until class starts.

My breakfast looks pretty similar to my dinner last night.

No spinach on the sandwich though.

I feel a lot better eating fresh fruit in the morning. I need to remember that.

I packed a few snacks since I'm going to be working on campus and eating a latish dinner with the boyfriend. Today is our "date night." We haven't decided what to do yet.

I'm excited about lunch/my snack though.

I'll see you after class!

Night time snack

2010-04-22T23:46:00.003-05:00

Hi all,

I'm watching an episode of Castle and eating my bedtime snack.

I don't usually post it because I forget to take pictures, but I remembered tonight!

Usually it is either dark chocolate pudding or a piece of dark chocolate.

However, I wasn't craving sweets tonight. So I decided to switch it up.

2 pieces of celery with a wedge of laughing cow light swiss!

Earth Day!

2010-04-22T21:27:00.008-05:00

What do you do to help the earth?

I spent most of the afternoon sleeping so no electricity. Does that count?

I knew it was going to be a busy day at work, and I wasn't sure how long I would have for lunch so I started out with a pretty calorie dense breakfast.

Overnight oats. Topping with Almond Butter, Kashi Go lean, blueberries.

It kept me pretty full for a while. I did manage to get a very, very quick lunch between school groups, so I made a frozen dinner.

It doesn't look that appealing, but it was pretty tasty.

Sweet n sour "chicken" from morningstar farms. This had carrots, peppers, pineapple, and brown rice.

I had an unpictured strawberry shortcake for Administrative Professional's Day. They brought it in for some of the workers.

I took a nap with this guy after work.

I named him Phantom. I don't know if I ever made an announcement here! He has a total Phantom of the Opera mask, and he is super sweet.

Since I had fake meat for lunch, I knew I didn't want to have it for dinner. I was dreaming of eggs (seriously) during my nap, so made an egg sandwich. I wanted more veggies today, so I cooked some spinach with evoo to add on top.

Trader Joe's had fresh berries, and the blackberries were AWESOME. I'm so excited. I love berries.

This weekend is the Earth Day celebration in Forest Park, and the Tower Grove Farmer's Market is there. I think I might check it out on Thursday.

Fewer Meat Subs Experiment

2010-04-21T22:17:00.005-05:00

I am so uncreative with titles for my blog posts. I should get better with that.

After my last post, I went to my first WW meeting in like a month or so. I really liked this leader. I want to keep going to her, so I'm going to figure out how to swing that with my schedule.

On my way back I stopped by trader joe's to pick up some fun, protein packed meal ideas.

I decided to replicate what I get from Chipotle, a burrito bowl.

I was super excited to find this at Trader Joe's

I don't like tomatoes (weird, I know), so I love Chipotle's corn salsa. This helped my laziness.

Here is my taco salad!

I used baby argula, black beans, a tsp of the corn salsa, fat free plain greek yogurt, and guacamola.

Excellent dinner for about half the points as Chipotle.

I am eating some hummus with whole wheat pita now!

It is going to be a long day tomorrow with a lot of kids at the museum, so I made a protein packed over night oats. I think I'll ad almond butter and fruit to it in the morning.

Good night all!

Wednesday

2010-04-21T16:09:00.003-05:00

I started my morning out with a breakfast cookie.

I found the recipe on Fitnessita's blog.

I used Dark Chocolate Dream and chocolate protein powder. It was delicious.

Lunch today was a random fake chicken bbq sandwich with swiss cheese and a bagel thin.

It was good. The brussel sprouts were kind of gross, so I threw them out and made broccoli instead.

I'm about to go for a run, go to a WW meeting, and finally I'm going to trader joes.

I noticed I eat a lot of meat substitutes, so I'm going to try and eat less of them throughout the week.

Weekend

2010-04-20T20:19:00.007-05:00

Hi all! Sorry I haven't posted in a few days.

Saturday the boyfriend and I ended up going on a long bike ride.

Here we are half way through the ride.

The boyfriend bought me this jersey for our 3 year anniversary.

I think it is pretty awesome.

Garmin time.

I started out this morning with my usual overnight oats.

I need to buy some more egg whites so I can start eating them again too!

Overnight oats with cinnamon harvest cereal and cinnamon.

I might make a breakfast cookie for tomorrow.

Dinner I had a black bean burger with sweet potatoes on campus.

Now I'm watching Glee. I love this show.

Saturday

2010-04-17T12:32:00.007-05:00

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday!

Yesterday I stayed on campus and did homework until about 7. I went home and changed for a date with the boyfriend.

During the day I had an egg sandwich and a salad. Kind of boring so I'm not going to post the pictures.

We were going to go to a sushi place that I had a groupon for, but we were running late. We went to Stir Crazy instead.

Stir Crazy is probably my favorite chain restaurant. I love the market bar and making my own stir fry.

We started out with a side of edamame.

Yum. Love edamame.

I also had a mojito.

Also delicious.

For my main course I had the market bar create your own stir fry with tofu and flat rice noodles.

I get the classic chinese sauce.

For dessert the boyfriend and I shared the banana wontons.

Delicious. It was awesome.

We went to see Kick Ass afterwards. It was excellent. Really really good.

We snuck in some candy to the movie.

We also had some sour candy that I didn't snap a picture of. We didn't eat all of it because we were still pretty full.

This morning we headed to St. Louis Bread Co for breakfast (panera for all you non-St. Louis readers).

I had an egg and cheese sandwich. It was so good.

The boyfriend ate this.

He is 6' and weighs 140 pounds. He can eat anything.

I think we might go on a bike ride thsi afternoon. He is at work now, but when he is done.

Just signed up

2010-04-16T17:39:00.000-05:00

For the Rock 'n roll Half Marathon in Chicago August 1st!

I'll be updating with training as I progress.

Whoo!!

DInner from Wednesday and Date Night Thursday

2010-04-15T17:21:00.003-05:00

Dinner last night was during Criminal Minds/American Idol.

I love Criminal Minds. Seriously my favorite show.

I had a shit ton of points leftover, so I made something pretty point heavy.

Kale with asiago cheese and olive oil and whole wheat pasta with the same. IT was delicious.

For breakfast I had a bowl of overnight oats. I wasn't feeling well, so I woke up really late.

overnight oats. topping cinnamon harvest kashi, cinnamon, and bananas!

I'm about to eat dinner. TOnight I'm seeing Date Night! I'm excited.

Working Wednesdays

2010-04-14T18:57:00.008-05:00

I'm back at the library. The end of the semester crunch time is upon us, so I'm starting to work here again. I haven't spent any serious time here since I turned in my thesis.

First the food and at the end I have some exciting news.

I started off the morning with overnight oats. This time with new toppings!

Topped with a tablespoon of Dark Chocolate Dreams and a handful of Cinnamon Harvest Kashi. I really wanted the crunch to go with it. Very delicious.

I had a late lunch.

This is my version of a bacon cheeseburger (I didn't come up with it). Morningstar Farms veggie bacon, a boca burger, and laughing cow on a bagel thin. Side of broccoli.

Yum.

I wanted a snack before heading to the library. I decided to try this Green super food I had picked up at whole foods.

Chocolate flavor.

I mixed it with a frozen banana, almond milk, and spinach.

It tasted too grassy for me. I decided to use this and mix it with cherries and a WW chocolate smoothie mix. It tasted much better.

I'll just have to add the regular to my normal smoothie from now on.

SO, my exciting news.

I think I'm going to sign up for the Rock n Roll Chicago Half Marathon in August. My dad is going to run it with me. I'm going to wait until May to sign up, so I can see how training is going.

I'm really excited!!!

Hi all

2010-04-13T23:21:00.001-05:00

No pictures today. I'm feeling lazy.

I forgot to weigh in this morning!! UGH!

I'm working on a research paper now. Due in a few weeks. We finally received our thesis grades back. I'm not thrilled with mine, but I'm still graduating with honors so yay!

I started off my morning with a quick fiberful bar. I forgot to make anything else and I was running late for work.

For lunch I had a cup of asparagus soup at work.

I had a snack of frozen yogurt after being slightly disappointed in my grade.

Finally for dinner I had a black bean burger with fries and green beans. Yum.

Hope everyone had a splendid day!

Wow

2010-04-12T01:38:00.002-05:00

I kind of stink at updating every day!!!

This weekend I was in Kansas City meeting up with other WW friends. It was awesome. I wish KC and St. Louis were closer.

I "ran" a 5k with Megan and Colleen. We cheered for another Megan and Julia at teh end of the half and got brunch together. We ate a lot. It was good to eat with other WW people!

I'll post pictures soon. For now I'm tired.

The St. Louis Marathon was also this weekend. Between seeing it and Julia and Megan run their half I think I'm inspired to sign up for one. I'm going to think some more about it and research it before I do though!

Wednesday

2010-04-07T21:29:00.008-05:00

First off hi new followers!!

I'm at a film screening right now. We co-sponsored an event with another group AND we have an event tomorrow. We have a lot of money to spend.

I started out my day with the overnight oats I made last night.

This time I had added frozen cherries to it. It was awesome. I added a little agave nectar.

Before class I had a green smoothie.

This was a chocolate WW smoothie mix with frozen cherries, half a banana, almond breeze, and spinach. I think the chocolate smoothie mix might be too overpowering for other fruit flavors. I'll have to try the vanilla flavor of random protein mixes I bought from whole foods.

During my class break I had green beans at the place on campus.

They were pretty good. Kind of oily though.

I wasn't that hungry right when I was done with class but I knew I needed to eat.

I bought this at whole foods last night and decided to try it.

I love things I can make in the microwave.

I ate this on a bagel thin with kale! Yay I'm glad I have kale again.

I wanted some chocolate, so I had half of this. Also a whole foods purchase.

It was pretty good. Half of it was all I needed.

I forgot to take a picture of my dinner. I had a black bean burger with swiss! Also delicious.

Screening over! I can go home. Yay!

Tuesday! WI day and other fun adventures

2010-04-07T00:05:00.006-05:00

I started out my day with the overnight oats I put together last night.

Last night I added

1/2 cup of oats
a little less than 1/2 cup of vanilla greek yogurt
a little less than 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond breeze

I put that in a tupperware container so I could grab it tomorrow. Left it in the fridge overnight. In the morning I sliced up a banana and added it to it. I also added a ton of cinnamon after I took this picture.

This was awesome!! The greek yogurt added protein and it kept me much fuller than normal oats. I just ate it cold.

Tonight I made a bowl and added frozen cherries to it. I figured this would give the cherries time to defrost.

I didn't bring in a lunch today since we didn't have a tour in the afternoon. I figured I'd indulge in the cafe upstairs.

My boss (who still hasn't been able to find my blog) had extra of something she had made in the fridge and offered it to me. She is an awesome cook and vegetarian, so I always take her food when she gives it!!

This was lasagna made with rice noodles, tofu, goat's milk, zucchini and a fire-roasted tomato sauce. It was delicious.

I did have a cookie from the cafe upstairs.

Yum.

Tonight I went out for thai food with the boy. My friend who I usually have a friend date with was out of town for a grad school interview.

Pad Peanut Sauce with tofu. I ate about half the rice and half the sauce but all of the veggies and most of the tofu.

Afterwards I had a fun trip to whole foods. I bought a new apple pear thing to try. I also bought quinoa and polenta for the first time. I've eaten them before, but I've never tried to cook them!!

I also bought some random samples of protein powder to add to smoothies.

Easter weekend take 2

2010-04-05T22:26:00.010-05:00

So I went home for the weekend!

On Saturday we went into the city to see a couple of plays. It was a lot of fun.

My parent's house wasn't that greatly stocked with food, so I had to make do.

Toast with smart balance peanut butter.

Once we got into the city we ate at the food court in the basement of Marshall Fields. I refuse to call it Macys.

Spinach and cheese lasagna with broccoli and carrots. They gave me SO MUCH lasagna. i only ate like 1/3 of what they gave me.

Next it was onto the play!

Billy Elliot was fabulous. It was so so so good. If you get a chance, see it!!

My grandpa had paid for the suite service before hand.

I had a class of sparkling rose wine.

It was so pretty and delicious.

I had some dessert in intermission.

Blueberry dessert.

For dinner we went to Weber Grill.

Grilled caribbean tilapia with a salad and a side of asparagus.

So delicious.

I also indulged in dessert.

Apple pie and cinnamon ice cream.

Finally we saw beauty and the beast. Also excellent.

I hope you had an excellent weekend.

Today

2010-04-05T22:03:00.006-05:00

Hi All!!

I'll blog about the weekend in a minute. I had some good food. I wanted to go ahead and blog about today though.

I started out my day with a breakfast sandwich.

I'm going to try overnight oats tomorrow morning. I'll assemble them tonight.

I had a crappy meeting with my advisor today, so I was upset. I went to whole foods and got the hot bar.

I did okay. I started with a salad.

Mixed greens with cauliflower, quinoa, cranberries, and tofu.

I alo had the hot bar food.

Didn't do too hot here. Ziti with potatoes and rice. I didn't eat the rice. I ate the ziti and potatoes though.

I should get my emotional eating under control. I feel like I wasn't this bad before WW. A friend was talking about how she felt the need to indulge now, and I agree totally.

I'm running low on groceries, and I didn't want to go out.

So I used what I had.

Sweet potato with some butter sub and cinnamon. Bagel thin with laughing cow.

I'm going to blog some of my food from this weekend!

Easter weekend

2010-04-02T23:27:00.002-05:00

So, I have lots of food to update on. I have pictures of all of my meals, but I've been forgetting to update while at the computer.

I'm tired now, so I think I'll run through it without pictures for now. Add pictures later.

Wednesday night I had spent the day looking and beautiful food blogs, so I wanted something tasty and indulgent, but low points. I had whole wheat pasta with a wedge of laughing cow melted with evoo.

For dessert I had strawberries dipped in low fat dark chocolate pudding. New favorite dessert!!

On Thursday I ate a Greek yogurt for breakfast. I like greek yogurt because it has so much protein! It keeps me super full. I tried the honey vanilla flavor from yoplait. It was okay. I'll probably stick to plain vanilla though.

Lunch I had an awesome flatbread from the express place at work. It is fontina with truffle, mushrooms, and shallots. So tasty. And fairly cheap.

Dinner I had a last minute invite to go out to dinner with a friend to the sit down place on campus. The proceeds were going to charity, and I could use my meal points! Win, win.

I had rainbow trout with butternut squash risotto and broccoli. I shared with my friend so I tried her polenta. Yum.

I also shared dessert. Bananas fosters brownie. Also awesome.

I went home for easter today. I had my usual breakfast sandwich before class. Chipotle for lunch (I wanted mexican). The burritto bowl vegetarian is not bad points wise. FInally, subway on the road.

Going into the city tomorrow!

Night

Midterm today

2010-03-31T15:38:00.008-05:00

I had a midterm today so I didn't update last night!

It was in my class on American Presidents.

Tuesday's I have a dinner date with a friend.

We usually eat on campus.

Last night the Vegetarian station had vegetarian meatloaf.

Vegetarian meatloaf with green beans and roasted potatoes.

Afterwards we walked to get gelato.

Chocolate and toasted almond gelato.

I needed a power breakfast before my exam.

So, bagel thin with egg whites, veg bacon, and swiss it is!

The midterm was fine.

When I returned, I decided to make one of my favorite easy recipes.

Foil pack with tilapia and aspargus. It is a hungry girl recipe. Meet the cast of characters.

Tilapia, parsley, butter, garlic, asparagus, lemon

8 asparagus, 1 tsp of butter, 1/2 tsp of garlic, 1/2 tsp of parsley, 1/8 tsp of salt.

Put in a foil packet and bake for 20 minutes at 375.

I was hungry before it was done, so I made some kale.

This was the last of the kale. I'll have to get some more.

Finished fish product!

Now I'm trying to decide what to have for a snack.

I should have a green smoothie. I don't know if I really want it.

Breakfast and Lunch

2010-03-30T15:31:00.005-05:00

Today is usually a relatively high point day.

I WI on Tuesdays so my points restart.

For breakfast I had the new usual.

It was egg and cheese on a bagel thin.

We didn't have any tours this afternoon so a few of us went out for lunch.

I talked about my food blog, so my boss might be following me now. Hi!

I had this delicious crepe

It is a crepe with brie and roasted apples.

Yum.

I might have a green smoothie later. I'm not sure. I'm hungry and need a snack.

Dinner

2010-03-29T20:23:00.007-05:00

I'm currently at a film screening of the Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker. I'm co-president of a student group on campus. My other co-president is training to take over when I graduate in May. AHHHH.

I was still hungry after lunch. I think it is because it is my first day back 100% OP in a while.

I had a very filling dinner though and feel much better.

Boca burger with swiss and avocado on a bagel thin. Kale sauteed with tsp of evoo and a clove of garlic.

I love kale. Yum. I could eat it all the time. I also love garlic. I eat a lot of it. Delicious.

The avocado was a new purchase from the grocery store. I've never tried avocado before. I smashed it up with some salt and pepper and spread it on the burger.

It was delicious. I liked the flavor. I still have a few more avocados to use (they were four for five dollars so DBF bought four).

I knew I would need a snack for the screening. The co-president brought candy, so I wanted something to resist it.

Tada! Green smoothie.

I made mine with WW chocolate smoothie mix, 1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond breeze, 1 cup of spinach, and a frozen banana.

Delicious. You don't taste the spinach at all. The first time I made this, I didn't blend it enough so it still had chunks of spinach.

I brought a banana with me too.

Back to the screening and homework!

Lunch

2010-03-29T16:26:00.003-05:00

Yesterday at the grocery store I bought whipped peanut butter.

I like making peanut sauce, and I thought this would be easier to work with.

It was.

This was really delicious. I promise. It looks gross.

Fake chicken with broccoli and peanut sauce.

Breakfast today!

2010-03-29T13:36:00.004-05:00

Now that I have turned in the thesis, I'm going to TRY to blog what I eat every day! I really am.

I have class at 11 on Monday-Wednesday, so I have more of a leisurely morning. What really ends up happening is I stay up late (last night studying/watching 30 rock) and I end up rushing anyway.

Yesterday at the grocery store, I finally remembered to buy bagel thins!

I also bought a lot more fun stuff, which you will be seeing throughout the week.

Lately, I've been really craving eggs. I know protein keeps me fuller int he mornings, so I try to eat it instead of oats for the most part.

This morning, I made a breakfast sandwich with the bagel thins.

Everything bagel thin, two egg whites, morningstar farm veggie bacon, jarlsburg light swiss cheese.

So delicious. Also super filling and low points!

I also had an iced sugar free chai with soy milk.

I forgot to take a picture of it. It was my snack in between my two classes. I have an awkward hour long break where I usually end up talking to my friends. Today I played with a puppy at the boyfriend's place of employment.

I'm in class right now actually. We are talking about race in cultural anthro. I have worked on an exhibit about race for three months. There really isn't anything I didn't now already.

I'm eating lunch after class. Haven't decided what to eat yet.

New addition

2010-03-28T14:11:00.002-05:00

So, I'm getting back on track today.

But, I expanded my family by one.

Twix needed a friend.

He is currently nameless, but a complete doll.

Before and After

2010-02-20T13:37:00.004-06:00

Long time no update.

I WILL update more after I turn in my thesis (March 22). From now on though, it will be work work work.

I hit goal about a week ago. I thought I would update with before/after pictures

Before. 141

After. 119.7

Back

2010-01-26T22:36:00.002-06:00

So, it has been a while! Hi all.

I've worked out 10/30 times for my Feb. 14th goal. I won't make it to 30, but I'm happy with my progress so far.

I'll just add more days to my later goals.

I'm .7 away from my WW goal. I'm like...90 pages away from my thesis finish. So, back to that!

Last night at home

2010-01-12T20:55:00.004-06:00

Hello all!

Bebe sent me a blog award, but I'm not really sure how to work the blog totally. I'll figure it out tomorrow, but thanks Bebe!!

Yesterday I made tofu following the tofu tutorial at .

Here it is!

I obviously still have some work to do, but it was tasty at least. Also, super low in points.

I had it with broccoli and the WW site peanut sauce.

It was delicious.

I've also been really into the WW chocolate smoothies with frozen bananas and 1 cup of water.

I did 30 minutes on the stationary bike while watching Jersey Shore. Wow. what a time suck. Which means I'm 4/30 for my work out goal until Valentine's Day.

Today I WI in the morning for a Biggest Loser challenge I'm in. I lost 2.8 which means I'm 3.8 away from my original weight watchers goal! I think my personal goal is less though.

Day 3 working out in the new year!

2010-01-08T18:57:00.006-06:00

Now that I have readers, I'm still probably going to feel dumb spewing out my words.

I'm not new to blogging. I've had a blog since like 7th grade. I usually used it to lurk and talk with friends and whine in a very high school/middle school way. And read fanfiction.

So, a little different than what I'm trying to do now.

I went to jazzercise with my mom today. That makes it 3/30 days I exercised this year until Vday! Jazzercise was kind of fun I guess. It was the low impact exercise. I'm feeling a little sore, so it was good in that way. The woman working asked if I was a minor.

For a side dish at lunch today, I roasted brussel sprouts. I never tried them before, but I thought they were quite delicious.

I used this recipe from Simply Recipes!

Ingredients

* 1 pound Brussels sprouts, rinsed, ends trimmed
* 1 Tbsp minced garlic (about 3 cloves)
* 1 teaspoon lemon juice
* 2 Tbsp olive oil
* Salt
* Freshly ground black pepper
* 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

Method

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Place Brussels sprouts in a cast iron frying pan (or a roasting pan, but a cast iron frying pan will work great for this recipe). Toss in the garlic. Sprinkle Brussels sprouts with lemon juice. Toss with oil so that the sprouts are well coated. Sprinkle generously with salt (at least a half teaspoon) and a few turns of black pepper.

2 Put Brussels sprouts in oven on top rack, cook for 20 minutes, then stir so that the sprouts get coated with the oil in the pan. Cook for another 10 minutes. Then sprinkle with Parmesan (if using) and cook for another 5 minutes.

The sprouts should be nicely browned, some of the outside leaves crunchy, the interior should be cooked through.

Add more salt to taste. (Salting sufficiently is the key to success with this recipe.)

Serves 4.

I only used 1 Tbsp of olive oil. I also ate the whole thing myself (pretty much!).

I hope everyone else has a good OP weekend!

New Year's Resolution

2010-01-07T20:21:00.002-06:00

Instead of trying to work out 5 days a week, I'm going to say how many days this year I want to work out! I know it will seem massive, but I think that is more realistic for me. If I don't do it one week, I might just give up on working out altogether. However, if I just have days to cross out, I'll do it.

I think I'll divide it into segments.

Valentine's Day (Feb. 14th) 6 weeks until Valentine's Day--work out 30 days
Spring Break-- 5 weeks from Vday to Spring Break--work out 20 days
Graduation--11 weeks from Spring Break to Graduation--40 days
July 4th--10ish weeks between--45 days
Labor Day--I don't even know when Labor Day is. 9ish weeks--45 days
Halloween--10ish weeks--45 days
Thanksgiving--4ish weeks--15 days
Christmas--4 weeks--20 days
End of year--2 weeks--10 days

All together I want to work out 260 days.

So far, 2/30 days done before Valentine's Day

New Year

2010-01-03T20:34:00.002-06:00

Happy New Year everyone. Yesterday I went to a movie with my cousin.

I tried the creamy sweet potato soup today from the WW website. It was okay. Not that great.

It was great to have sweet potatoes though. I baked an extra one.

My mom has a very excellent popcorn maker where you can pop kernels in the microwave and make it with your own oil or seasoning. It is a lot of fun.

I feel silly rambling in this sometimes. This week has not been the greatest. I ate low point things on New Year's Eve, but I ate a LOT of it.

We go to Disney World on Thursday! Whoo.

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T14:29:00.002-06:00

I'll update with more pictures later.

I'm making WW friendly pumpkin cheesecake and WW and vegetarian friendly pigs in a blanket!

I'm excited.

Cheesecake!

My new years resolution is to update this blog way more!

Dinner today

2009-12-29T23:30:00.003-06:00

My mom bought me an immersion blender for Christmas!

I love soup, so I was super excited for this.

Today I decided to try the Potato Cheese Soup recipe from the WW website.

It's only 3 points for one cup.

I forgot to take pictures while I was making it, but it was delicious. A little spicy, so I might use less paprika and/or mustard next time.

I think I'm making the Sweet Potato soup tomorrow.

All in all, an excellent recipe.

Weightwatchers

2009-12-28T22:09:00.002-06:00

I've been thinking today because of my meeting and various posts on the 20s board about WW. Mainly about whether or not I think I'll continue meetings/tracking forever.

At least for now, I know I need it. I've lost 15 lbs on WW (and gained back 3 of those pounds). I only have 9-15 lbs to go for my goal (depending on when I decide to stop). However, I know I'll need to keep tracking for now and for a while.

I gained 20 lbs in nine months!!!!!! Nine months!!!! If I had kept going at that rate without WW, I would have gained another 20 lbs this year! (Okay maybe not that extreme but who knows?).

I didn't really track during finals. I gained 3 lbs! I knew I was being bad, but I had so few options and was studying so late I just indulged.

I know what I need to do to make WW successful. I know what choices I need to make. I know I can make this last.

However, for the time being, I need WW. I need the accountability. I really do feel like I could keep going to meetings and tracking for the rest of my life. I think it will be doable!

I know this post was kind of rambling, but I thought I'd get my thoughts out there.

Wii games

2009-12-28T00:02:00.003-06:00

For Christmas, I received three new Wii games to help with my WL journey, the Biggest Loser, EA Active, and the Wii fit plus.

Now, I know none of these are the greatest work out ever. However, they are fun and will be good on days that I simply can't get to the gym.

I'll review one on each day.

First up, Wii Fit Plus.

This one is deft. the less strenuous workout of the three I received. My grandpa gave me this one.

Added features are new games and the ability to combine workouts. I like being able to combine workouts. The Wii Fit Plus comes with activites already combined to focus on certain areas. You can also combine strength training and yoga moves. This is nice so you don't have to pause as much between moves!!

The new games are pretty fun. I like the snowball game a lot.

This is also the best of the three to do together. The other two are better workouts, but they aren't really "fun." This you can do with friends.

I like it as a game, but as a workout it has some flaws.

I'm still with my two favorite cats.

Diet Coke

2009-12-26T22:23:00.005-06:00

I love diet coke. I know it isn't good for me, but I still love it.

For Christmas, my mom bought be these cute little ornament looking things of Diet Coke. I wanted to blog today, but everything else I would want to talk about is downstairs with no picture. I'm upstairs with a snuggie and a cute little gray kitty.

Here is the kitty. Her name is Lily. She is my parent's cat.

Finally, a picture of my kitty, Twix.

Christmas

2009-12-26T00:54:00.004-06:00

Christmas was today!! yay! (I still say today since I'm still up)

I got a lot of great presents which I'll talk about more later!! A lot of things that will help me with WW and getting more fit/eating better.

But, I also got a blu-ray player (which was my big gift!!). It is so nice. The picture quality is amazing.

Anyway.

Today for Christmas I didn't do to bad. I ate two cinnamon rolls in the morning (but I planned them). I also made TWO different kinds of one point cookies!! It was awesome.

Yesterday I made haystacks.

They are 1 Tbsp of peanut butter and 3 Tbsp of chocolate chips. Melted together. Mix in with 1 cup of fiberone. I don't usually use fiberone, but these turned out great.

The picture is a little blurry, but you get the picture.

I also made the Crackle Spice Drops from the WW website. They were amazing!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

I'm saving this recipe

2009-12-23T23:19:00.001-06:00

POINTS® Value: 3
Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 0 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Light, fluffy and utterly delectable!

Ingredients
60 g caster sugar
1 tablespoon water
3 medium egg(s), separated
4 tablespoon UDV Operations Ireland Ltd Baileys Irish Cream
3 tablespoon whipping cream
1/2 heaped teaspoon cocoa powder, (optional)
Instructions

* Reserve 1 tbsp caster sugar. Place the remaining sugar and water in a small heavy based saucepan. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves, then boil rapidly for about 1 minute until the mixture is syrupy, but not caramelised.

* Whisk the egg whites in a grease-free bowl until stiff, then slowly add the sugar syrup, beating well to thoroughly combine.

* Put the 3 egg yolks, remaining sugar and liqueur in a large heatproof bowl. Position the bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water and whisk until thick and frothy. This will take at least 5 minutes. Whisk in the egg white mixture. Share between 6 glasses. Chill in the fridge.

* Whisk the whipping cream until it holds its shape. Use to top the desserts, then serve at once, sprinkled with the cocoa powder (if using).

Gain

2009-12-23T23:08:00.000-06:00

I gained 3.9 this week. I hope I'll get back ontrack 100% this week. I would like to lose some of it, if not all this week.

I mean, 4 lbs would be a lot for one week, so I doubt I'll lose it all this week. But hopefully at least some of it.

Christmas

2009-12-23T23:05:00.000-06:00

So, it is almost Christmas. I've been pretty terrible about updating this blog. I'll be better next year I promise!!

I'm making Christmas cookies tomorrow. Crackled Spice Drops from the WW website. I also made haystacks with fiberone. I don't like fiber one so I don't usually cook with it. However these were pretty good.

I'm also making the Chocolate Marshmellow Bark. Yum.

What are your favorite recipes for the holidays?

Things that have helped me

2009-11-16T13:37:00.000-06:00

So, I'm been pretty successful lately. I've had good losses, and I think part of it is because of two things!

1. Greek yogurt in the morning. Seriously. I buy the vanilla flavored one (I'm a baby and lazy) and I mix it with 1/2 cup of Kashi Go Lean cereal. It is only 3 pts. Greek yogurt has a TON more protein than normal yogurt so I feel super full for longer!

2. Stir fry. I've start stir frying lately. I mix morningstar farm "chicken" strips and veggies. I end up getting like at least 2 servings of veggies, my oils, and a protein for only 4 pts. Yum. I stir fry with a Terayaki sauce.

WW meetings

2009-11-03T20:17:00.000-06:00

I started going to WW meetings last week. This week we talked about surviving the holidays.

I'm going to keep a list of things to do during the holidays.

NUMBER ONE PROBLEM I'll face.

Being really busy during finals and not being able to track or get the support I need. I don't want to gain again.

Biggest Loser

2009-11-03T20:15:00.000-06:00

So, I'm part of the Biggest Loser challenge in the 20s WW board. My teammates are awesome.

Since the challenge started, I've been watching the Biggest Loser. It has been very entertaining.

Kind of annoying with the ads, but still very entertaining.

I think Bob and Amanda have something going on. I also really hate Tracey and the fact that the last hour is WI.

It is really annoying that it isn't online until a week after. I've been coming home after my WW meeting to watch it.

Welcome to my blog!

2009-10-27T22:51:00.000-05:00

I've decided to start a Weight Watchers blog.

I just joined meetings last week, but I've been doing online since mid-June with a break in August.

I didn't really like the blog layout on the site though.