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Today I really could have been battling with myself all day long on my snacking. Yes, I feel like I snacked a lot but instead of making myself feel bad about it I accepted it and understood why it happened.
Cinco de Mayo
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Category Archives: Mexican
Muffins…
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I just had to share this silly caffeinated owl chart because it just cracked me up so much! Half-caf and double espresso are my favorite.
So what kind of coffee drinker are you? I’m double espresso all the way!
Spicy!
That’s right, even if it’s a slice of pizza! It’s so good for your body to break it’s fast and rev up that metabolism!
Locked In
And today I did confine myself…inside the walls of the library! And I’m so glad I did. I feel like my biochemistry exam went pretty darn well.
Developing Green Thumbs
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Today was “Community Day” at school where all classes from 8-5 are cancelled in order to have community-type things going on instead. Well, since attendance isn’t mandatory and I’m not paying $5 to go to school when I don’t have to, it was a day off for me!
It started off with waking up with Chase still in bed, him rolling over and going “Surprise!!”, and then explaining to me he took a personal day off from work so we could spend time together. <3 What a pleasant surprise!
Remember
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I really like this quote right now because I think it’s really important to remember. It reminds me that even though I can totally get absorbed in counting calories, tracking, and planning meals it is not the way for me to be happy. I bring this up because in my Physical Activity and Wellness class I need to completely track and input in MyFitnessPal my food for three days. Watching how many calories it says I should be eating and seeing how many I’m eating is starting to make me obsess..but happiness is the journey, not the destination. I cannot live with a calculator telling me what to eat! I’m not a machine.
Here We Go Again
Bleh. Okay so I’ve had worst days of school, but honestly, I just so don’t care for the social environment at mine. -_- I’m not going to go into it but I just needed to say: UGH!!!! I hope the next 11 weeks goes quickly.
Today I was up at 6am to ready myself, eat breakfast, and book it to the bus stop. I don’t have a car pool ride anymore, so everyday is going to be early. Surprisingly, I wasn’t sleepy when I got up but ready to get this day over with!
I fueled it with a delectable, crisp bowl of Weetabix with banana, raisins, and toasted walnuts. Pure love. Oddly enough, by 10am my stomach was growling for more food!
Egg-Shaped
As promised, a real post with words! 
This morning I enjoyed sleeping in (again!) until after 10am. I know I should be getting used to waking up early again due to the new quarter starting soon but…it feels so good! The new quarter can wait until Monday.
Finally I was forced out of bed by a hungry tummy. I made a simple breakfast with low-fat yogurt, fresh strawberries, orange segments, Quaker Oatmeal Squares, raisins, and drippy almond butter. It was excellent though Vinni didn’t agree. Have I mentioned I have raised two yogurt-snobs!? They only like Greek yogurt now. -_- Seriously, I set my bowl on the floor and he looked at me like “Are you kidding? No way am I touching that..” Brat. 
Home Again
Well I made it back to surprisingly sunny Seattle! It was a long day of travel and I'm glad it's over. I'm going to miss being on vacation and hanging out with my sister, though I am ready to get back in gear with clean eating!
This morning started off with a very abnormal breakfast: an old fashioned doughnut and a cup of coffee! The taste of the doughnut brought me back to my childhood. Since Win and I were both three years old my father always took us antelope hunting on the rolling plains of Montana every October. No we didn't hunt but we enjoyed the experience of waking up in the back of his Trooper, abandoned in the middle of nowhere, with a box of old fashioned doughnuts and a thermos full of hot cocoa. We'd watch the sun come up tucked in our sleeping bags, enjoy our “nutritious” breakfast, and wonder if my dad and his friends had shot anything yet. Ah, good times.
While we reminisced about old times while savouring our breakfast, we drove the long trip back to LA where my flight was leaving from at 5pm. It's a good thing we left early because man was traffic bad!
We arrived near the airport around 2pm and decided we had time for a little lunch. Almost every restaurant was either closed or packed with hour long waits. >.< Luckily, we found a Mexican place, Paco's Tacos, with space. Yes I'm in love with Mexican food now. We munched on tortilla chips with salsa just for a moment though because our food arrived super fast! I just got the simpliest thing I could find: bean and cheese burrito. I forgot that more traditional Mexican doesn't come with veggies inside it so Win gave me a little lettuce and tomato from her toastada. Even minus the veggies though, this burrito was freaking delicious. I ate the entire thing.
I got into Sea-Tac a little after 7pm but didn't get home until 9. Traffic is just bad everywhere today apparently. With all the eating out I've done over the past week I only wanted one thing: fresh fruit. I ended up cutting up apples, bananas, orange, strawberries, and banana and mixing it with plain nonfat yogurt and topping it with raisins and raw almonds. MMM fruit salad. After my fruit I needed just a little salt so I had a string cheese.
It feels good to be back home! I think the babies have almost forgive me already. Tomorrow they will be all mine. ~.^ Night!
Home Again
Well I made it back to surprisingly sunny Seattle! It was a long day of travel and I'm glad it's over. I'm going to miss being on vacation and hanging out with my sister, though I am ready to get back in gear with clean eating!
This morning started off with a very abnormal breakfast: an old fashioned doughnut and a cup of coffee! The taste of the doughnut brought me back to my childhood. Since Win and I were both three years old my father always took us antelope hunting on the rolling plains of Montana every October. No we didn't hunt but we enjoyed the experience of waking up in the back of his Trooper, abandoned in the middle of nowhere, with a box of old fashioned doughnuts and a thermos full of hot cocoa. We'd watch the sun come up tucked in our sleeping bags, enjoy our “nutritious” breakfast, and wonder if my dad and his friends had shot anything yet. Ah, good times.
While we reminisced about old times while savouring our breakfast, we drove the long trip back to LA where my flight was leaving from at 5pm. It's a good thing we left early because man was traffic bad!
We arrived near the airport around 2pm and decided we had time for a little lunch. Almost every restaurant was either closed or packed with hour long waits. >.< Luckily, we found a Mexican place, Paco's Tacos, with space. Yes I'm in love with Mexican food now. We munched on tortilla chips with salsa just for a moment though because our food arrived super fast! I just got the simpliest thing I could find: bean and cheese burrito. I forgot that more traditional Mexican doesn't come with veggies inside it so Win gave me a little lettuce and tomato from her toastada. Even minus the veggies though, this burrito was freaking delicious. I ate the entire thing.
I got into Sea-Tac a little after 7pm but didn't get home until 9. Traffic is just bad everywhere today apparently. With all the eating out I've done over the past week I only wanted one thing: fresh fruit. I ended up cutting up apples, bananas, orange, strawberries, and banana and mixing it with plain nonfat yogurt and topping it with raisins and raw almonds. MMM fruit salad. After my fruit I needed just a little salt so I had a string cheese.
It feels good to be back home! I think the babies have almost forgive me already. Tomorrow they will be all mine. ~.^ Night!
