No Big Sunday Dinner

I fooled around too long last night and didn't get to bed as early as I should have, so here I am this morning wishing I were still in bed. I am the queen of procrastination. Why do today, what you can put off until tomorrow? I need a new motto, so I can stop hitting the snooze button.

Yesterday Sunday dinner was called off, on account of the heat. It was too hot to cook, so we took this week off. Hopefully next week will be better. I had an icy cold smoothie to start the day off, an original Banana Pudding Smoothie, wafers and all, no peanut butter, no chocolate, just pure banana goodness.

 

I'm still getting use to the cream colored flax milk. I can do it in smoothies, but my mind won't let me have it on cereal yet. I'm a nut and can help it. I still haven't manage to lose any weight. I stuck right were I am because I eat too many sweets and unhealthy snacks.

 

I need more veggie and less rice, potatoes, bread, etc. Knowing this does not help apparently. I still have brown rice with sweet & sour veggies for lunch.

 

It's so good I can't help myself.

 

and a Krispy Kreme donut for dessert.

 

You see that white stuff on the donut......that is my weakness. BTW these are the best donuts KK has, Lucas agrees.

 

I also had torilla chips with salsa. At least it wasn't some fattening dip like nacho cheese.

 

 

I had a coupon for the new skinny cow candies. Lucas and I share them. The Dreamy Cluster are chocolate covered caramel and rice crispies. There were five. I had 2, Lucas had 3. We gave them 4 out of 5 stars. We bought one package of Dreamy Clusters and one Heavenly Crisp which we split later. I didn't get a shot of it, but it was even better than the Clusters which were delicious, so it got 5 stars. The HC was sort of like a Kit Kat bar, but so much better. I think if I get another BOGO coupon, I will just get 2 of those. They make chocolate and peanut butter flavor too, but all they had at the store was chocolate or I'd have probably gotten the peanut butter.

 

I also tried Walmart's GV Lean Cafe Three Cheese Ziti Marinara.

 

It had cheese on top, but following the prep directions, once you stir it, you don't see it, so I added extra. (That makes it so much leaner, right?)

 

It didn't have a lot of flavor, so I also added oregano and garlic. It got better as I ate it for some reason. I've had better, but it wasn't bad. I guess it gets a 3 out of 5 rating.

 

Not quite enough ziti for me, I had a few seasoned potato wedges as well. I happened to be low on salad ingredients, which would have been better.

 

Even though we didn't have a big Sunday dinner, I still manage to eat a lot of the wrong things for losing weight. I will try to do a little better today, but I can't make any promises. Tune in next Sunday for lots of food photos, if you missed them today. Hopefully the heat won't put a damper on things. You can subscribe via RSS or email and/or follow me on Twitter. Comments are welcome. Happy Monday!

I Need To Do Better

Yesterday was Zumba day and the beginning of my new routine. The morning went smoothly, but it didn't start early enough apparently, since my email subscribers got a little messed up. Sorry. I was afraid of that, because I'm not exactly sure when the delivery goes out. It was suppose to be between 7-9, but it was nearly 9 before I got it posted, so it missed it's chance, I guess. I delayed the delivery a little more and set my alarm a little earlier. It was a little more difficult this morning since I was getting up around the time, which I usually sleep the best. I am in slow motion this morning....but, I'm up.

 

I had a banana smoothie for breakfast. I am missing my vanilla wafers. My morning smoothie didn't taste right yesterday, so I added a little maple syrup for some reason, which made it worse. I think it was because I woke up with what I call an "allergy hangover". That's when I forget my allergy meds and it doesn't really hit me until the next day. I get a terrible headache and my nose gets stuffy, my eyes itch a lot, & breakfast doesn't taste good, not mention I've misplace my eye drops, so it feels like I've got sand in my eyes. I'll be sofa diving today.

 

I was still hungover at lunch time. I was lazy and only had half an everything bagel from Panera with cream cheese and cucumber. It was very good though.

 

Then I had the other half of the frozen Cookie N Creme donut from Krispy Kreme, which was a mistake. Way too many carbs. I've gained everything I lost this morning + another pound. Ugghhh!

On top of that I had another banana smoothie, but with peanut butter as my pre-Zumba snack. It was super yummy. I added about a tablespoon of PB + 1 tsp. of honey. (More carbs)

 

Zumba was hot. We had a big storm before I went which cooled everything off outside, but I was still sweaty after Zumba. I had the a/c on in the car. When I got out my glasses were fogged up. I couldn't see a thing and they didn't clear up, so I had to take them off. 

I had dinner partially fixed when I got home. I made brown rice with spinach, tomatoes, & garlic (a new fave) and I heated a Gardein Chick'n Scallopini seasoned with barbecue seasoning & paprika (another new fave) to go with it.

The rice, way better than the frozen stuff you buy and the Scallopini yummy.

I enjoyed everything I ate, until I stepped on the scales this morning. I also didn't drink enough water yesterday. I never lose when I don't drink my water.

 Also the Function Water I got from FL is a no go unless they make a larger bottle. It left me hangin' towards the end of Zumba and I was running back and forth to the water fountain after that. I need the full 33 oz. bottles for Zumba. 

 

Ok, that's it for today. I'm going to fix breakfast. Looking at all this food is killing me. Have a great day!

Changing My Routine

 *Updated 6-8-11

I think I am going to have to change my routine. I don't know how well this will work for me or how quick, I'll be able to accomplish it, but I am thinking of doing my blog posts for the day, the following morning. I think I will be less tired and I'll be able to provide a less hurried post, which will hopefully mean a little better content, but I'm not expecting a miracle.

I would however, like to get more sleep, which may help with my carb craving. I am posting today photos and I'll fill in the rest in the morning. Sorry to leave you hangin'. I am hoping to start getting up early. I'll just have to see how it goes before I decide to make it a permanent thing, bear with me please.

Alright y'all, I'm fresh as a daisy this morning. Up early, not as early as I'd have liked, but early. I had set an alarm, but I was apparently too tired to do that right so, it didn't go off. I think I forgot to change the am/pm thing to am.

Now I will tell you about my day.......I got up early yesterday, I couldn't sleep, didn't sleep well all night. Despite my lack of sleep, I did have a good day. It started off with a Strawberry Apple Smoothie. Ya, can't get much better than that.

 

I had good energy, at least the first part of the day. I worked out a little with my weights. I'm switching that to mornings also. I'm still doing my yoga before though. I cleaned house some too and got a good bit done. I'm still behind on my major/spring type cleaning. I'm hoping to get some of it out of the way with my new routine. I am aiming for better sleep quality, so that I am not so drained mentally and physically. 

Today was not the best food day nutritionally speaking. I just had some pasta salad for lunch and that's it.

 

 

I was still a little hungry after lunch so I had some Ritz crackers with peanut butter. Off brands are alright and I buy those most of the time, but the Ritz are a little fluffier and lighter, so every now and then it pays to get those, just so you appreciate them, lol.

This should have been carrots or broccoli.

 

No this is not a misplaced breakfast photo. I had another smoothie as my pre-Zumba workout snack, complete with fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, flax, & milk. This one has banana in it as well as strawberries and apple, thanks to a quick run to the grocery store. I also picked up a Smart Water for Zumba class and I also found a new electrolyte infused water called Function Water. I got it at Food Lion, but I'm going to check around a see if I can find it anywhere else. I looked online for it. It must be pretty new, because it was pretty hard to find online. I did find it though and from what I can tell only Food Lion carries it at the moment, but I'm not sure it's exclusive.

 

Zumba class was great. We did our workout to some summer oldies. I don't know if I was just tired or what, but it seemed like we got a better workout than usual. It was definitely hotter and I was definitely sweatier. It was our last class at that church until Fall. We will be starting our Tuesday classes at the other church were we have our Thursday class.

After I got home I had a big salad in a bowl. There a lot going on here and it looks like a mess, but it was pretty good.

 

What's In This Mess

Spinach

Iceberg Lettuce

Corn

Black Beans

Tomato

Onion

3 Hushpuppies

Salsa

Light Ranch Dressing

Not much to look at, but very tasty.

 

I also had half of a frozen cookie n cream donut from Krispy Kreme. It wasn't bad. I do like Oreos. It also wasn't great for a donut. I think an Oreo Blizzard would be better, lol.

Well that was my day and I hope this one will be as good. Remember, I won't be posting tonight. I'm going to start doing my posts in the mornings. I will try and get the email subscriptions set up to come later so that nobody misses their email, so let me know if it doesn't work. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do. I welcome new subscribers and you can also follow me on Twitter, where I try to update frequently, definitely, if somethings up with the blog, so you'll be the first to know. Have a great day!

 

National Doughnut Day

This morning I had another banana pudding smoothie, minus the vanilla wafers and walnuts. I added a spoonful of peanut butter to this one. I used the last of my walnuts yesterday, but I did get some more flax this evening. I loved peanut butter in this one, it made it extra creamy.

 

We went to Mom's today. I had Havarti on Roasted Vegetable Ritz Crackers.

 

We also had taco salads with Tostitos Artisan Fire Roasted Chipotle Chips, shredded iceberg, brown rice, black beans, corn, tomatoes, shredded cheese, salsa, and southwestern dip. Better than Salsarita's.

Today was National Doughnut Day. I didn't know it when I got up this morning. I found out because I follow Krispy Kreme. I tweeted about it and posted it on my FB status to let others know to go out and get their free doughnut. I'm a sucker for free stuff.

 

 

We went and got ours.

 

I got the sugar donut. Mom fixed decaf to go with. You would think the sugar donut is really sweet, but it doesn't taste as sweet to me as the rest, that's why it's my favorite.

 

I brought a lot of frozen stuff home this evening. I had to make room in the freezer, so I ate the last of the Breyer's coffee fudge brownie ice cream. Just enough to make ya mad.

I fixed dinner, using the last Gardein Chick'n Scallopini. I sprinkled it with some barbecue seasoning and paprika. I made a salad of spinach, iceberg, tomato, & red bell pepper with light ranch and heated the last of my brown rice, tomato and spinach to go with my barbecued Scallopini.

The barbecue seasoning and paprika gave it the best flavor.

 

The salad and rice were perfect with it.

 

Did you get your free donut today? What kind did you get? Night y'all.

Coffee And Donuts

This morning my decision on what to have for breakfast was pretty much decided for me.....by my strawberries. They were starting to look pretty bad and they begged me to finish them off, so that they wouldn't suffer any longer and so I did. As a result of their selflessness, I was able to enjoy an icy cold strawberry smoothie.

 

All creamy, bubbly, and delicious.

 

I tried to do good for lunch today. I had a small piece of the leftover veggie lasagna with a medium salad. I did sprinkle a little extra Parmesan over the lasagna.

What's in the salad

Spring Mix Lettuce

Cucumber

Carrot

Tomato

Green Pepper

Italian Dressing

 

I guess it's a good thing I did so well at lunch, because the rest of the day was not so great. I enjoyed the food, but I may be paying for it later. I had a piece of the leftover lemon pie for dessert. It was just ok, not bad though. I think the coconut was better. The lemon wasn't candy sweet, but it wasn't really tart enough for me. Mary sure enjoyed it though. Chobani's Lemon yogurt has me spoiled. I could sprinkle on a few graham cracker crumbs and be in hog heaven. 

  

We went over to Mom & Lynda's this afternoon. Dale and Lucas manage to get the grass cut before the rain set in. We had dinner over there. They guys had Chalupas from Taco Bell. I had an Amy's Bowl. My favorite one, the tortilla casserole and black beans.

 

Mom and Lynda picked up donuts from Dunkin and Mom fixed some decaf coffee. It's been forever, since I had coffee and donuts. I can really suck down some coffee if I have a donut. I couldn't decide which kind of donut I wanted, so I fixed myself a sample plate with a piece of 3 different ones.

Chocolate w/ Coconut, Plain w/ Nuts, & Powdered Sugar Cinnamon. They were all great with the coffee, but today's favorite was the Chocolate w/ Coconut. I don't think the 3 pieces together were a whole donut or is that just wishful thinking. The scales will tell the story, lol. I just hope the story has a happy ending.

Today wasn't exactly sunny, but it did peep through the clouds a little and so the dogs were able to lay out on the back porch for a while. I think they needed some fresh air after being couped up in the house for several days. They always sleep better and are less restless after staying out side most of the day. I'm not sure what the difference is. They do the same things out there that they do in here basically. I love when they sleep better, because, I sleep better. I don't have carpet in the house and so when they pace, I hear, click, click, clicking toenails on the floor all night long. That may not bother some people, but it keeps me awake. I turned on my bubble bath classics cd last night and my fan so that I could sleep and I did, but I prefer quiet. It's pouring down the rain right now, so I guess it's good they went out while they could. Hopefully we'll all sleep good tonight. Wish me luck. Happy Tuesday!!