i've got the golden ticket

This post will be quick and to the point because I am SO tired.

Big coffee + blueberry bran VitaTop muffin.

These are good, but not too filling. They'd probably be better as snacks because there is certainly not enough caloric oomph to get the day started.

So I had a cereal mess (a la Andrea)...I think I will eat all cereal out of this bowl forever-more. It's so fun!

Apple. (I know, it's a good thing I put a title for the pic, as you may not have been able to figure out what the above red, round thing was)

Lunch: SB&J (none other than soynut butter and home-made plum preserves)

I *heart* loaf end pieces!

Plus a blended treat made with 12 oz. silk soymilk, 2+ tbsp chocolate soynut butter, 1 banana, and enough ice to get the right consistency.

I sipped it with a straw (I'm proper and shiz).

The people at SoyJoy sent me a coupon for a free bar. So (against my better judgement) I bought one to try out. We all know how much I hate nuts, but every bar is made with almonds or walnuts (ick), so I reluctantly got the Raisin Almond, since I figured it was the closest to something I would maybe eat. Talk about a John Dorian style angel vs devil inner monologue!!

It went something like this:

Angel: Elise, you HATE nuts. This will make you sick.

Devil: But you like oatmeal raisins cookies? It's close! C'mon, try it.

Angel: You are going to regret it.

Devil: Just one taste, do it, do it.
Angel: Ok, just one taste...

Sorry SoyJoy, NOT a fan!!! (not even a little bit). This tasted like old biscotti made from uneaten christmas fruit loaf, with stale nuts. It was super gross. I definitely spit out the first bite and threw away the rest.

Another little secret they don't advertise is that the product contains dairy. What!? Sure there is soy in the ingreds, too, but mostly the name is just a gimmick. Don't be fooled, guys, this shiz, is NO good.

The last of the coconut date rolls. Note to self: buy more.

More snacky snacky: puttin' on the ritz (if you know the reference, I feel a little sad)

Chocolate soynut butter goes with everything

I kinda almost ruined my appetite for dinner with all the PM snacks. Fortunately, I'm a big growing girl :)

I'm way into these tortillas - verrrry GOOD! I especially like how you can see the grains. They don't taste all doughy like white flour tortillas, and they don't taste weird like those nasty lo carb ones. They are just perfectly wheat-y.

At the store today, I randomly found this massive sized Sabra, and couldn't pass...You can actually see HUNKS of glorious chickpeas in this tub! Chunky indeed-y!

In the wrap (that was packed too tight to close): hummus, baby spinach, matchstick carrots, some leftover seitan salad (and one lonely tofu cube)

A little blurry, sorry! I had to hold it closed with one hand, while doing some serious photog acrobatics in the other hand.

I had 2 of these wraps, and still my tummy was beggin' for more (not really, but I wanted more)

So, for dessert #1, I chopped up a Vita Brownie

...and mixed it up into a vanilla o'soy yogurt.

Hmmm...I'm not sure what to make of this. I think the yogurt combined with the brownie was just way to sweet. Don't get me wrong, I finished it (obv)...but I don't think it's a combo I will repeat. I guess if you're gonna make a dessert sundae with the Vitas, you may as well just do the damn thang right with frozen (not reg) ice cream (or soy fro yo, or whatevs).

Needless to say I wasn't satisfied, and even though I tried to watch tv, read, and draw to keep my mind pre-occupied (where is my BF when I need him!!)...I ended up having a huge dairy-loaded chocolate bar. EFF!! Tomorrow is gonna be rough. Good thing Kyle is in China (that should be a safe enough distance from the bathroom...). TMI? Sorry...

I felt like Charlie finding the golden ticket as I was opening it...

Oh dairy, how I missed you! This will bite me in the ass tomorrow (pun intended)!

Night kiddos!

peanut buttah jelly time

Hooray!  The internet people fixed our connection thingy for real now.  Can you tell how tech savvy I am with that intelligent computer language…Anyways, fingers crossed, we won’t have any more days without access to the outside world.  Phew!  (Since it is snowing and I’m cooped up in the apartment, I associate the internet with the “outside”)

I started the day off with a mug of frothy vanilla coffee and big bowl of oats.

Gotta love me some Bob’s Red Mill organic whole grain oats :)

I had about 1 1/2 cups and added in some raisins, cinnamon, and a heaping spoonful of creamy peanut butter…Oh lovely oats!

After vegging the AM away, I decided to get my ass to the gym (it’s been over a week) so I think it’s about time I ventured back into the exercise world. 

Well, I had a pretty crap workout.  The gym was PACKED (so annoying) and since it was 17 degrees outside, the gym was in the 90s (way overcompensating).  It was really uncomfortable and I was miserable the entire time.  I felt so out of it.  First of all, I wasn’t in the right mindset, and secondly, all the machines had lines!  Ew. I hate waiting to exercise.  It makes me feel like a hamster or something, awaiting my chance to spin on the wheel.  The lack of freedom and imposed time limits was not what I wanted.  I ended up waiting 15 minutes to get in my 30 minutes of cardio, after which I had to turn the machine over to the next in line…ugh.  I went home feeling worse than I did before my “work out.” 

When I got home I was in a funk…that only peanut butter would fix.  I had some creamy nut butter on toasted Alvarado Street soy bread and an apple. 

And a bit later…vanilla soy yogurt with a bowl of grapes.

During the Eagles game I snacked on pretzels with hummus.

Home-made hummus that is!!  Woot woot!

 

For dinner I was in the mood for breakfast food.  I’ve kinda been craving AM foods all day…

1 cup of egg beaters

3 crispy strips of soy bacon

2 pieces of toast with plain greek yog and avo

Hello amazing BREAKFAST sando!!

Sammie doing the splits!

I ate the entire bag!!!!  (shocker)

After dinner and the Eagles game (sad), I decided to take a second shot at hitting up the gym.  I don’t like being a Debbie Downer on the blog, but I was SO annoyed after my first attempt at working out today that I really wanted to have a successful gym sesh to redeem myself.  The second football game was a good background distraction to keep me exercising…

I was semi-productive on this trip, but I still only did the elliptical for 30 minutes, followed by a 10 minute walk.  I guess the combination of both half-ass gym visits could be equivalent to one (more or less) decent session.  I really can’t seem to get back on track and it’s frustrating me to no end.  I know I’m overly hard on myself, but my January was going really well, I was balancing my exercise schedule with work and eating in a mindful healthy way, and then all of a sudden, I got my period and turned into a total sloth.  Eating everything in sight while not even bothering to change out of my pajamas all day long.  Sure, I’d love to blame it on hormones and the crappy weather, but I know I’m a stronger person than this!  I shouldn’t be so affected by these things. 

Venting done.  Sorry for that paragraph of self reflecting mumbo-jumbo. 

Post-gym snack: Toast with home-made strawberry jam, half a nanner, and cinnamon

And some blueberry green tea while watching Brothers and Sisters.

Ok, tomorrow starts anew.  Self control, here I come!  Nighty night!

London calling

My K-Love is still in the UK, and I miss him like whoa!  Since he left for his business trip while I was in Cabo, I haven’t seen him for over a week, and the time difference makes it hard to even get in a few live conversations…boo :(   He even called the unit yesterday (while I was WORKING) to say a quick hello, that’s how desperate we were to touch base.  It was only a 3 minute convo though, since one of my patients went into V-tach right after I picked up the phone.  Sweet.  Don’t worry, my patient is still alive. 

Here’s a (beyond brief) recap of the days eats:

B: Soy latte, water, water, water

AM snack: odwalla bar

L: sando, apple, dried fruit, coffee with silk (is this lunch getting repetitive or what?)

D: WF salad bar salad and BBQ tofu

Here’s a new discovery  SNOW = no lines in WF!!!

I am SO glad I finally got what I have been craving for the past week…the WF hot food bar is pretty much my idea of heaven, so I wasn’t disappointed, that’s for sure.

I was not expecting to finish it all because it was SO much food, but I should know myself by now, if I have the food in front of me, it’s going to be eaten!

This is when I should have called it quits, but that’s just not what happened…it’s that time of the month, so chocolate was on the menu. 

My Euro candy :)  I guarantee I’ll be kicking myself tomorrow for this dairy loaded dessert.  They are both from Paris, so I’ll use the excuse that I couldn’t read the French wrapper…totally not vegan.

After that I really wanted some peanut butter, so I dipped animal crackers in the PB…which lead to spoonfuls of PB on their own…which turned into a mega PB binge sesh!!

That donkey has never carried a better load!

This montage is WAY longer than what I’m going to show…anyways, I’m full and heading to bed (kinda uncomfortable).  BAH!  I gotta do better with my self control when this time of the month hits.

AM in the PM (and AM too)

What could be better than a day full of ALL breakfast food! I heart breakfast food the most...I had a yummy cup of joe with a vanilla organic probiotic soy yogurt. This brand was so/so. I bought a few different brands of soy yogurt the other day to try them out, but I don't know if I am going to like them...so far I have liked 1 of the 3 (not the best average).


Here's a recap of the soy yogurt trial up to now:


O'Soy = good

Wildwood = so-so

Silk = yuck



Lunch was pure laziness - peanut butter jelly time!! I actually had 2 of these sandos with the REST of the Smucker's natural peanut butter..yes, I finished the jar of PB!! (also, I finished the jam, which was Kyle's grandma's blueberry rhubarb)

Dinner was more breakfast. Wake-y wake-y, eggs and bac-y!! (and by that I mean egg beaters and soy bacon but that doesn't really work with the rhyme)



What a boring blog day - I should really not be so lazy on days off...



More coffee? Sure, why not. Hey, throw some soy milk in there.


Dessert was a bag of dates...too many maybe?