Thursday, June 27, 2013

Thoughts

I'm happy to report workouts & eating have been good this week. I've been to 2 Yoglates classes. Yesterday, I ran 4 miles, did 50 squats & an upper body weight workout. Tomorrow is another 4 mile run. That's leading up to 6 long miles Sunday which has me kinda scared.

I made quinoa salad the other night. I put tomatoes, olives, carrots, red onions & bell pepper in it this time.
Very good! Dean baked chicken & I cooked squash.
It was good too. I've had squash leftovers the last 2 days at lunch. I've been wanting to buy a spaghetti squash & try it but the fruit stand doesn't have any. At least I don't think they do. They don't have anything named "spaghetti squash", they have "butternut squash" that looks a lot like it. Any chance they're the same thing?

My brother heard somewhere that local honey helps with allergies. After being sick on vacation yet again I decided to try it. It can't hurt.
Supposedly, 1 tablespoon a day is all you need. I've been putting it in my coffee.

Last night I didn't feel like chicken leftovers so I had scrambled eggs with deli turkey & an avocado.
It may seem weird but it was like an omelet just not pretty. I was being incredibly lazy last night so the eggs were cooked in the microwave & everything else was just thrown in.
I had whole wheat toast with peanut butter to go with it. I love having breakfast for dinner.

I was reading Tina's blog the other day & she had a recipe for a smoothie that I thought sounded good.
- 1 frozen banana
- 1/2 ripe avocado
- 1.25 cups almond milk (I use unsweetened vanilla)
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon (I never measure cinnamon I just sprinkle it in)

I blended it all up in my Magic Bullet & it was delicious! I've always wondered about smoothies with avocados & spinach & kale. I just don't think I want to drink any of it especially at breakfast. Well, the smoothie tasted like banana. I plan to buy some spinach & try one of the green smoothies everyone talks about.

I have lots of weird little food things about me. Like when I eat cereal I only want a tiny bit of milk in the bowl because I don't want the cereal to get soggy. Well, now that I've been drinking almond milk I don't have that problem. I've been buying Cascadian Farms granola cereal (LOVE LOVE LOVE - seriously could probably eat the whole box in one sitting but that would totally negate the health benefits of granola), anyway, when I eat it I want to eat cereal like a normal person with a bowl of milk. I never use to likedpeanut butter unless it was with Chocolate like a peanut butter cup. Any of y'all do weird things like that?

Another thought I'm having right now is about the $629 I have to pay for my mammogram & ultrasound that I had in January. UGH! I have a job & pay for health insurance & I still have to pay that. So annoying. Insurance is such a racket. Do you know how many things I could buy with $629??? At LEAST 629 different things.

Toodles!

5 comments:

  1. No, butternut and spaghetti squash are not the same. I like the spaghetti squash myself. Oh my, don't even get me started on insurance!!!!

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  2. We love having breakfast for dinner, and it's on my menu plan for tomorrow night!

    We just heard the weather prediction for tomorrow is 118 degrees. I already feel hot and am starting to get my "grump" on.......ha!

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  3. The smoothie sounds good. I like avocado with sugar and milk but it's fattening....Christine

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  4. I love spaghetti squash. It has the best nuttiest taste! I could eat it every day.

    I only like a little bit of milk in my cereal too! It gets too mushy!

    Mmmmm granola. I can't buy it because I'd eat the entire box too.

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  5. That's a lot of yummy food. I hope you have a great 4th of July.

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