Food!

Imagine that, a post about food on a Monday. I know it's surprising. Yes, that's sarcasm. One day life will get exciting again & I'll have something more to blog about.

Have y'all ever had this candy?

I thought Hershey's chocolate was the best. This stuff blows it out of the water. One of the guys I work with gave  me some different flavors for Administrative Professionals Day. I had the sea salt & something or other. Maybe caramel? It was good but I love regular chocolate & almond. It's so good! The fact that it's so good makes this little feat even more impressive - I opened it about a month ago & I haven't finished it yet! I just eat a couple of squares when I want chocolate. It's like 20 calories per square. I highly suggest you buy some if you're a fan of chocolate! Or maybe not if you're a fan of being thin.

Friday night we had our usual dinner at Caliente but it was just Dean & I. The rest of our crew was out of town. I didn't take any pictures because by now you've seen all the food that I get there. I went with fish tacos. Trying to be a little healthy but then I go & ruin it. Instead of getting the grilled veggies & other rice that comes with the tacos, I got fried rice or whatever they call the brown Mexican rice & refried beans. 5 years ago if you would've told me I'd be eating that stuff weekly I would've laughed in your face.

Saturday we woke up bright & early to bring my car to get the oil changed & tires rotated. Such fun. Throw a Sam's trip in where we didn't buy anything that we didn't need & it was just a barrel of laughs. Next up I was yard girl pulling weeds while Dean played pool boy & vacuumed out the pool. It was hot & humid! Yeh, I know, it's July in South Louisiana. I pulled weeds in the front yard & the back yard. When I had the whole vision of a tropical paradise, I neglected to envision all the weeds that we would have to contend with. Seriously, I think I could go outside every single day & pull weeds. Did I mention it was hot? When I was finished I was just as tired as last week when I had my 8 mile run. I called it a day after all the weed pulling & got in the pool & swam some laps. It was a rest day as far as running was concerned but I'm trying to get these arms into shape.

Saturday afternoon we went to pick up my car & the plan was to go to Mass. Well, when we got to Mass the A/C was broken. Um, yeh, remember how I mentioned it was hot? We moved on to another Church. After Mass we went to dinner at a local place, Bistro Byronz. The last time we were there we saw the Blue Cheese chips after we'd ordered another appetizer & I vowed that the next time we were there we were trying them. The were sooooo goood!!!

The chips are homemade & they're topped with some sort of melted cheese & blue cheese crumbles. These are a must! For my entree I had the Creole Pasta. It was really good too.

Shrimp, spinach, grated cheese in a creamy sauce. DELISH!!!

Sunday I got up early, like 5:45 early to get my run in. It was crazy hot & humid. I'm so glad I was out early. This week I only had to do 6.2 miles. It was harder because it was so hot.

I was excited to see that I had all positive splits since it was so hot. My miles always start slow
& I get a little faster. I'm determined to have 1 mile under 10 minutes at some point. Hopefully, once it cools off I'll be faster. We'll see.

Burned a ton of calories. I managed to do well with my eating yesterday too.  Once I finished my run  I got in the pool & swam laps. Then I had to go to Walmart. Ugh. If we ever win the lottery I'll never set foot in another Walmart. That's a promise! I went with no makeup on & my hair was wet. I did put it in a ponytail & put a hat on so I wasn't total white trash. I expected to see 9,000 people I knew because of how I looked but I lucked out & didn't see anyone!

I love this cereal! Well, this is the first time I've tried this particular flavor because they were out of the one I normally buy. Another reason I hate Walmart...... Anyway, this stuff is good. It was dinner last night. Try it.

After a lovely nap I went & had my nails done & then treated myself to Yogurtland. I'm wondering if I can call it treating myself when I go at least once a week?

Toodles!