Archive | January 2010

Too much squash did me in.

Good Morning!

I didn’t get around to posting last night because I fell asleep at like 8:30! I was exhausted yesterday for some reason. I woke up naturally at 5 AM…with already over 8 hours of sleep.

These pictures are actually from Wednesday but I pretty much ate the exact same things Thursday so it doesn’t make much difference. Wow, the words definitely aren’t flowing this morning. I can’t seem to put sentences together yet…

Wednesday morning I went to the gym before work and did 3 miles at varying speeds on the treadmill.

1/2 cup oats for breakfast with PB, TJ’s High Fiber cereal and about a tablespoon of cinnamon under there. I hid it under the cereal because it’s kind of a ridiculous amount. I ate the apple around 11…

At lunch, I walked over to the Strip District which is about a mile walk and got a few things. I found another kabocha squash at the Asian grocer!!! Also, that peanut butter sucks. Not good at all. It was on sale though and we’re still in a pumpkin shortage I guess so I made due with butternut squash puree.

I also picked up a chobani and ate it with some butternut squash puree when I got back to the office:

I got home and roasted the squash! Soo excited. Those things are good. I ate way too much of it though and felt ridiculous full then decided to have cereal afterward…bad move. Oh well. I didn’t eat ALL of this but probably about half…. The original squash was a three pounder. Oh you eat the skin too. Fiiiiber.

Thursday morning I went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the sort of elliptical/stepper thing then got to work and had oatmeal for breakfast, did an hour long yoga class at lunch that was ridiculously intense and I couldn’t do half of the poses then had a sandwich and MORE squash for lunch..

Okayyyy I have to go or else I’m going to miss the bus.

IT’S FRIDAY!!!!!

–Pam

Whole day of foods you say? Si.

Jan13

It’s Wednesday!

Yesterday I took pictures of almost all of my eats for the first time in a LONG time. Food post time! I’ll list the couple of unpictured things at the end too for honesty’s sake.

I gymed in the morning. I got there around 5:45 AM and did 4 miles (?) on the treadmill while watching Good Morning America. Not a huge fan of George Stephanopolis/Robyn Roberts still. We’ll see ABC, we’ll see.

Oats for breakfast.

1/2 cup rolled oats

2 TBSP Better N’ PB

1/2 cup or so Trader Joe’s High Fiber cereal

Orange around 11 AM for a snack

I ate lunch around 12:15 at my desk. For new readers, I work at an office job in downtown Pittsburgh and generally eat breakfast and lunch at my desk.

I had a spinach salad with 1/4 of a granny smith apple, some sauerkraut (LOVE), feta and Trader Joe’s raspberry vinaigrette. The sandwich is 1/4 cup microwaved egg whites, spinach, more sauerkraut…, feta, sriracha, and mustard on a whole wheat sandwich thin. And I’m still mastering the toaster oven.

I had some carrots (x2) a little after lunch.

And some tea. Found this in the cupboard. Thank you mystery, tea-drinking coworker.

Around 3ish, I had some Stonyfield plain yogurt with more high fiber cereal:

I left work at 5 and made some soup. Uhhh so my plan was to make acorn squash soup with an acorn squash that I’ve had way too long. Well it turned out to be moldy so that went out the window. Enter random vegetable soup. Into a giant pot went baby carrots, vegetable broth, water, 1/2 a zucchini, frozen peas, an onion, and every spice that I could think. I let that simmer until the vegetables were tender then poured it into the food processor with a can of black beans. I wanted creamy soup!

It resembles mud and wasn’t that tasty but I doctored it up with feta and hot sauce and ate alongside another sandwich thin:

MUD

I also got some chores done while the soup was cooking –>dreaded vacuuming finally happened and cleaning the bathroom and kitchen floor.

The unpictured foods were a small bowl of cereal with almond milk, cocoa powder and sugar and then a bowl of popcorn. I think that’s it…

I also wanted to show you a few more pictures from the Florida trip. Sorry if you’re getting sick of them!

Me and Aaron eating lunch outside:

times 2:

Giant onion ring appetizer:

After lunch, we took a little walk on the beach.

It was hot…. Noooo not at all but we pretended:

Random car trip with little nephew Addison:

Dinner Saturday night. There was chicken parmesan for everyone else and moo shu shrimp for me:

Sister-in-law & grandma:

Other nephew Parker!

Addison wearing Parker’s new shirt:

Other grandma (Tutu) & Papap came over Sunday and brought GIANT lemons from the tree in their yard:

Seriously big lemons:

We had fun with them:

Sunday’s dinner was lobster tails, crab legs and steak!

Lobster:

Crab (+ giant lemon slices):

Addison & Aaron:

Parker & Addison:

Okayyy that’s all the Florida pictures I promise.

Anyway, thanks for reading! Hope everyone is having a happy Wednesday out there.

Adios.

–Pamela

Floridaaa Trip — Meet the Parents

Jan12

Well I didn’t mention it but Aaron and I journeyed to Ft. Myers, Florida this past weekend so that my parents could meet Aaron (future husband). I have a zillion pictures so I figured I’d just insert a gallery instead of the longest post ever. In the pictures, you will see the following family members:

Me, Fiance, Brother, Sister-in-Law, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Tutu (other Grandma), Papap, Nephew (Addison), Nephew (Parker) & a random picture of steak.

Enjoy!