5th time's the charm

Well, I couldn’t even stay up to wait for Kyle to get home. I passed out around 11 pm because I just couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore. So I was asleep when he got home last night and didn’t get to see him. But on to today, TGIF! Another day of kinda sleeping in. I love that I am setting my alarm for 10:30 just in case, but still waking up before it goes off. I have been waking on my own around 10 am on all my days off, which I think is perfect. It means I am getting the amount of sleep my body wants to, while still starting the day off at a respectable time (i.e. not 2 pm). I love it when I can let my natural sleep cycle take over and it is not weird. ANYways…started off the day with coffee (no change there). And then headed off to the gym (again, no change there).
The gym was really not meant to happen today. I felt like crap from the 5th minute on. I almost left to go get a propel water and then come back I was so devoid of energy. I took a break on the elliptical for a cup of water or so, which did a little to help me. But seriously, it was a pretty weak work out. Then, randomly at about the 55th minute I got a sudden spurt of power or something. So I did a few of the strength training moves that I had just been reading about in self magazine. In the end the work out wasn’t pathetic, but it definitely was not one of my best.

The sando I made for lunch was loaded with fake bacon (smart deli soy bacon). It also had ff Fage, honey mustard, and smart deli “turkey” – all on toasted 7 grain live sprouted bread (food for life). A filling one for sure, but naturally I still had room for some more of the WF salty edamame :)

How pathetic is this photo!! I was trying to keep with the whole “don’t-finish-containers-just-because-you-don’t-know-when-else-to-stop” motto, which left me with like 15 edamame. Now the container looks ridiculous on the shelf but at least I didn’t eat the entire tub in only 2 sittings! It is the small battles that I win that are so delightful.

The rest of the day I spent tooling around town, talking on the phone, grocery shopping for Kyle, and planning dinner. I didn’t really know what I felt like for dinner, and when it finally came to me (soy noodle, tofu, edamame dish), I couldn’t find the ingredients anywhere. My search included 5 health food stores, and finally ended with a double success story. Not only did I discover a new health food store that is close (95th and Broadway) but it also had tons of new undiscovered tofu and soy products, including the soy noodles that were nowhere to be found in the previous 4 stores! Exciting, yes sir!

Totally worth the hunt!

Can you believe the whole pack of noodles is only 100 calories! That’s so unbelievable to me.

Obviously this is my second bowl.

Dessert was a couple (okay, 4) handfuls of yogurt covered raisins. So f-ing good!