WTF Wednesday

Hey everyone! Today is my long day which is usually made a lot longer due to the amount of meal prep I have to do in the morning. I eat breakfast at home but the other snacks and meals are eaten at work so it just takes a bit longer to get ready but it's worth it to eat a healthy, home cooked (or prepped) meal. The effort was well worth it today because my meals are going to be so good!

My breakfast was so good! I had breakfast quinoa! I basically made it the exact same way as oatmeal. I took some cooked quinoa, added it to a pot with some almond milk, a little stevia and some cinnamon. I cooked it down until the milk was mostly absorbed then I added some raisins. After the rest of the liquid absorbed I added some sliced almonds and a half of a banana. It was so delicious!

For late morning snack I'm going to have the other half of the banana and a half of an orange.

Check out this beautiful stir fry for lunch! Tofu, broccoli, spinach, zucchini, onion and carrot. This is going to be so good!

For my afternoon snack I'm going to have some roasted seaweed from Trader Joe's. Mmm.

My dinner is actually already at work but it is just some raw celery, carrots and tomato with some hummus. Simple but delicious.

I'd say today is going to be an awesome food day. I think that will help me get through the 10 hour work day. I have an appointment with the spine dr. tomorrow so hopefully he'll put me on track to finding some relief for my neck, back, shoulder issues. 

Hope you all have a great day! See you tomorrow!

Yummy Tuesday!

Hey everyone! I'm finally back with a full day's worth of food, including one amazing treat (which is actually pretty nutritious!).

Check out what I made with the carrots I bought yesterday...

Isa's Carrot Cake Pancakes from the PPK site!! I made mine gluten free by using oat flour and added the suggested walnuts.

So naturally it is no surprise that for breakfast I had...

Instagram pic of my pancakes with blackberries. I ate my pancakes with the tiniest bit of Earth Balance Coconut Spread (I'm talking 1/4 tsp between the two) and 1 tsp of maple syrup. HOLY YUM! These things are SO delicious you must try them. They are also probably the healthiest pancakes I've ever eaten with the oat flour substitute.

Lunch was spicy fat free refried beans in a brown rice tortilla with 1/2 avocado. I tried to get a new angle of it today :)

For snack I'm bringing an orange with me to work. Such. A. Citrus. Freak.

I made another stir fry to bring for dinner tonight. This one has brown rice, broccoli, zucchini and tofu. This is going to be delicious!

So that's it for today! Working 2-9 then hopefully get to relax for a bit. I feel like I've been running around cooking all morning! Hope you all have a great day!!

Happy New Year!

Hey everyone! Happy new year!! I hope you all had a super fun, safe evening :) Mine ended up being quiet because I wasn't feeling well. I was planning on drinking some of that delicious Red Electra wine, but I had to swap it out for tea. Wah! Oh well, I woke up feeling much better so that is all that matters!

I was out for most of the day so I only have 2 meals to show you. I FINALLY replaced my power cord for my computer so I am very happy to say that I can now move my computer around again which is nice.

Check out the eats.

For breakfast I had some spicy, fat free refried beans in a brown rice tortilla with a half of an avocado.

For dinner I stir fried up some leftover tofu, broccoli and brown rice into a quick, tasty meal. So good. And yes I used my new chopsticks! They are awesome! Great way to slow down a meal :)

Not looking forward to going to work tomorrow but I'm definitely looking forward to the double training session I scheduled! An hour and a half of fun, yay!

Have a great night everyone and Happy New Year!

WTF Wednesday!

Hey everyone! I'm about to head off for my long day at work so I wanted to do a quick post and show you 2 of my meals.

I ran out of brown rice tortillas so I put some black beans and the rest of yesterday's avocado onto some toast and added a banana on the side. I am so stuffed but I like to try and eat a hearty breakfast on my long day because it typically has to keep me full past the lunch hour if we are busy with appointments. This was really good but I'll probably stick to my tortillas so I'll have to stock up.

For lunch I made this beautiful green stir fry. Tofu, bok choy, broccoli, and zucchini. This is gonna be amazing!

For dinner I'll probably get a small container of rice and veggies from the deli next door.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Another Day, More Yummy Meals!

Hey everyone! Hope your Monday was relatively painless :) Been having a good day...lots of yummy meals, short day at work, and a great workout! I did seven 3 minute rounds on the heavy bag followed by some core/abs. Over the weekend I watched A LOT of fights. On Saturday, Spike played 3 hours of MMA fights for the Ultimate Fighter Finale. On Sunday I watched a lot of old boxing bouts. Needless to say I was inspired and began to think about how I can effectively use my workouts on my own to continue to practice what I learn with my trainer. I began to think of workouts I can try on my own and I'll definitely keep you posted on them! I'm going to try my first one tomorrow. I don't know why it took me so long to realize I can make use of that heavy bag on my own time :X

Anyway, check out my yummy food today!

For breakfast I had a slice of GF Millet toast with 2 teaspoons of almond butter, 1/2 sliced banana and some cinnamon. On the side I had some blackberries and the other half of the banana. So delicious.

2 clementines packed for snack.

For lunch I had some baby carrots, grape tomatoes, stuffed grape leaves and amazing hummus from Trader Joe's. This was a yummy lunch.

I got out at 2 today and thankfully I put in all my meals into Lose It! along with my planned exercise because I realized I was WAY under for calories. Yikes!! I added in a pre-workout meal of 1/4 cup oats cooked in 1 cup water with 2 tbsp ground flax seeds, some raisins and cinnamon. Perfect pre-workout fuel eaten about 2 hours prior to heading to the gym.

After the gym I made a quick protein shake (in the blender this time!) and drank it quickly before I showered.

For dinner I whipped up a quick stir fry of zucchini, bok choy and broccoli tossed in 1 tbsp of garlic sauce. I served it with some golden sesame tofu from Whole Foods. Delicious end to the day!

Have a good night everyone!

Detox Day 10

Hey everyone! Sorry no post yesterday, things have been crazy around here. Not much to catch up on so I'll make this a quick one.

Everyone was making me wish I had gotten the coconut date rolls so I got all smart and took my almond date roll and rolled it around in coconut...so I had the best of both worlds! I spread the paste on an apple with some cinnamon.

Chopped salad.

Quick stir fry of frozen broccoli, frozen peas and carrots and some tofu.

Sorry so brief! I'll be back tomorrow with some awesome treats that are definitely not part of this cleanse (none for me no worries!)...and the winner of the cookie bracket! Stay tuned, yay for Friday!

Wedding Day Eats

I'm working another wedding today so I'm just going to be posting what I've eaten (breakfast), what I will eat (lunch and snack) because these are the only meals I have control over.

It's been kind of a rough week, I feel very out of sorts with all of the disruptions from the hurricane and to top it off I was in a little fender bender yesterday. Everyone is ok, I banged up my knee a little and my car is going to be in the shop for a while but it was just a really scary experience (I've never been involved in an accident). After that I was called to work today and then I had to cancel my training session for tonight and then Monday is canceled because the gym is closed for Labor Day.  It's all kinda bumming me out.  I plan on taking this weekend to try and relax, do some vegan baking for my giveaway winners (!!!) and lots of yoga.

Anyway, sorry to be such a bummer, I'll show you some yums now.

Breakfast was some fruit I was supposed to eat yesterday.

Last night my friend thought I needed a good meal and a margarita to calm my nerves. I got a delicious strawberry margarita and a really amazing, delicious meal. It is brown rice with veggies and sesame crusted tofu in the most delicious and slightly spicy orange sauce I've ever tasted. The orange was so bright and fresh! My pre-wedding lunch is the leftovers from dinner and it is a perfect balance of grain, veg and protein to start a long day :)

Bringing a lemon larabar as snack.

Gratuitous shot of Eddie because he is so photogenic :)

Sorry to be a bit of a downer today, once I get through work I'll feel better and get to relax. Yoga tomorrow will help too. Hope all is well on your ends!

Crazy Day!

Hey everyone, just got home a little bit ago from a crazy day! I woke up at the crack of dawn (5:30ish) and did laundry and cooked a delicious stir-fry that I will be eating probably for the rest of the week.

You'll be seeing a lot of this dish this week.  Check out how bright and vibrant the greens are! It is bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, snow peas and tofu. Yums can't wait to eat it!

Anyway, after that I worked from 11-9, however I didn't get home until about 9:45 because I had to "help" (lets be honest I really kind of just supervised) my boss DUCT TAPE HIS BUMPER TO HIS CAR. Someone hit his car in the parking lot so hard that his entire bumper literally came off.  It was crazy and really disgusting that they just left.

So that was my LONG and crazy day.

Breakfast: Banana with peanut butter and cinnamon and an orange.  It was yummy!

Midmorning snack: Iced coffee and a key lime larabar.

Lunch and Dinner are un-pictured: Leftover stir-fry and salad from yesterday.  Very tasty the second time around!

Ok I'm off the rest, gonna try and get a few miles in when I wake up the I have training after work. Yay!

Quick One!

I'm practically out the door for work but wanted to do a quick post now so i don't have to when I get out tonight :)

Started off the day with a 2 mile run.  It was my compromise because I didn't want to go in the first place because my legs are mangled from 45 mins of all kicking yesterday.  Breakfast is an unpictured protein shake and banana.  Midmorning I had a small mug of coffee and a lemon larabar.

Lunch: An aggravating experience that ended up in me waiting 30 mins for a stupid stir fry while a family of 5 got their meals ahead of me.  Mushrooms, broccoli, zucchini, snow peas and cabbage (which was supposed to be bok choy so another annoyance on top of the ridiculous wait).

Afternoon snack: Will be an iced coffee and some almonds.

Dinner: Will be yet another chopped salad - greens, carrot, cucumber, sun-dried tomatoes, broccoli, chickpeas.

Rushed around this morning but got some super cute cupcake decorating materials for my friend's upcoming bday surprise! :) Can't wait to make em. 

Off to work, have a great day!

Nommy day!!

Started my day off with a 3.5 mile run.  It was hard to get back into the groove and so hot it took a toll on my breathing pattern.  It was rough but I got through it.  After that it was smooth sailing though! Let's check out the grub.

Breakfast: Decided to go for some mochi this morning! It was AMAZING...I topped it with chopped walnuts, raisins, shredded coconut and cinnamon then drizzled it with maple syrup.  It was heavenly and call me crazy but it reminded me of baklava...especially when I had a bite with only walnuts, syrup, flaky coconut and syrup. Amazing.

Farmer's market mini-haul: Finally had a chance to get to the farmer's market and grabbed a few items.  I got a pint of cherries, a few ears of corn, a big ol' bunch of kale and some gorgeous peaches.

Morning snack: One of the aforementioned yummy peaches.

Lunch: Finished off the rest of my stir-fry with added broccoli to bulk it up. It was just as good the third time around :)

Afternoon snack: Iced coffee

Dinner: Farmer's market salad.  Kale topped with some raw corn, green onion and red beans.  I cut the avocado when I ate it so it would stay it's lovely fresh shade until then.  It was good but no matter how many times i try I don't think I'm a raw kale girl so it looks like I'm either making kale chips or steaming/sauteeing the rest of it.  

Have a great night!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th gang!  I enjoyed my day off tremendously and had some pretty yummy food.  Tomorrow is is back to the grind with work and a 3.5 mile run.  Guess the fun had to end sooner or later ;)

Breakfast: Unpictured, sorry! I woke up really late (especially for me) so I just slathered some peanut butter on a banana and ate it on my way out to run some errands.

"Snack": Iced coffee in a mason jar while I was getting my lunch together.

Lunch: A huge pile of leftover stir-fry with shiitake mushrooms, tofu and bok choy. Served over brown rice.

Afternoon Snack: I was craving hummus like crazy so I took a few Mary's Gone Crackers in the onion flavor (crispy gluten free crackers, yum!), slathered them in hummus and topped with sun-dried tomato.  So good.

Dinner: I had to take advantage of the gorgeous veggies in the Whole Foods salad bar so I made a salad. I took the pic pre-chop this time so you could see the full glory of this salad. It was a bed of mesclun greens with julienned green and yellow squash, cucumbers, carrots, chickpeas, broccoli, sun-dried tomato and one lonely dolma.  It was amazing!

Dessert: Unpictured bowl of juicy watermelon. Clearly I love watermelon.

Hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July!

Nothing New But Still Yummy

Hey everyone, had my long day at work today so I had to bring all of my meals except breakfast.  I enjoyed all of my meals even though they are standards for me, but I guess you can't go wrong with lots of veggies :)

Check it!

Breakfast: My new favorite oatmeal combo...banana, cinnamon, walnuts, coconut and ground flax. NOMS.

Midmorning snack: Iced coffee and a fruit salad of watermelon and grapes.

Lunch: Stir-fry

Dinner: Chopped salad with half an avocado.  Look how amazing the avocado looks!!!

Took another day off from the gym today but I plan to hit the training hard tomorrow :) I may take the rest of the week off from running though just to give my body a rest and start my 3.5 mile runs next week.  We'll see what time and how I feel when I wake up tomorrow.

Keeping My Head Above Water...

Hey everyone, this is going to be a quick post because I'm super tired from a crazy week/weekend at work.  Nothing interesting to eat today but I figured I'd share anyway.

Breakfast: Oats, cinnamon, coconut, walnut, and banana.

Midmorning snack: Iced coffee and a fruit salad of watermelon, grapes and nectarine.

Lunch: Stir fry

Afternoon snack: Key Lime Larabar

Post workout: Protein Shake

Dinner: Chopped Salad

Super Active Day!

I started off my day today with round 1 at the gym: a 7:15 am spin session.  It was my first time doing spin and it is hard! I have to say it was a great workout and I totally enjoyed it, but that seat was a killer.  It was so uncomfortable and now I'm so sore from it.  After that I went to work and ended the day with a training session.  Needless to say I'm exhausted and tomorrow is going to be crazy...a really long day for work (approx 8:30 am - midnight...though I'll get home later than that).  Just gonna be mellow tonight :)

OK onto the yummy eats.

Breakfast (pre-spinning): Smaller bowl of oats (1/4 cup oats, 1 tsp chia seeds, 1/3 cup almond milk) topped with fresh strawberries.

Post spinning: Protein shake

Midmorning snack: iced coffee and yummy watermelon.

Lunch: Stir-fry

Post training: Another protein shake (so didn't want to drink it!!)

Dinner: Roasted cauliflower, roasted chickpeas and an apple (I know I'm not supposed to eat fruit late but sometimes I just need something sweet!).

Overall a really yummy day! Hope everyone is staying cool! 

Yucky Day Eats

So I felt yucky all day today but still tried to get 3 nutritious meals down.  I barely wanted to get out of bed never mind cook but I did the best I could.

Breakfast: Banana Date Shake from How It All Vegan! topped with coconut and cinnamon.  I did a whole post on this yumminess below.

Lunch: Roasted Chickpeas with a roasted sweet potato.

Dinner: Stir-fry.

Not too much to report.  Hopefully I'll be back to normal tomorrow.