my nose is froze!

Yep, I have gone through 3 boxes of tissue in the last week...and my nose has paid the price. It's red and raw and hurts! I'm still blowing my nose around the clock, too...when is this cold going to go away??? When I go outside it's, like, 800 times worse, too! Frozen and chafed = bad bad combo. So I woke up this morning because I was unable to breathe out of my nose (again) so I immediately opted for some tea. I even held it right under my nose to let the steam's vapor-like action unclog me a bit (that may sound gross, but it worked)!!

A bit later, while answering emails and watching the today show, I made myself some bfast. Lately, I have been so hungry in the mornings, which is just not normal for me. I must be consuming extra kcals to fight off this cold (I can't believe I'm STILL not over this freakin' sickness).

I tried to satisfy my hunger with a coffee, but the growling continued, so I made myself 2 pieces of toast (that turned into a PB and J sando). By the way, I was pretty lazy, as you may have noticed, and added plain soymilk to my black coffee (no frothy/foamy goodness).

A little later I had a blueberry soy yogurt (new flavor)! I'm really not a blueberry person, in fact, I only bought this flavor because Stonyfield's O'soy yogurts have been sooo hard to find, I finally just got the only flavor they had on the shelves.

It was surprisingly good. Stonyfield's soy yog has exceeded all my expectations. It's the only soy yogurt that I eat (and I've tried them ALL). It is SOOO good; even flavors I normally feel yuck about are really really yummy. It has now made the foodie fave list!

Other brands I couldn't live without: odwalla and lightlife (and of course pretty much anything from whole foods)

A bit later I snacked on a perfect organic gala apple. I bought 6 of these beauties yesterday, and it took all self control to not buy 15 of them. Mmmm...
Later on I decided to get my butt in gear and hit up the gym. I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped outside and didn't immediately turn into an ice block. In fact it was so tolerable out (30ish degrees), I decided to do some of my work out outside (gasp)! I warmed up on the elliptical per usual (15 mins, levels 8-10), and then bundled up and jogged to central park where I did one lap around the Jackie O lake, and then headed back to the gym. It took about 30 minutes (I went really really slow). Back at NYSC I did a cool down on the elliptical for 15 minutes (level 7) and finished off my work out with stretching and some ab work.

When I got back home, I wasn't really hungry, but these soy nuts were just calling to me from across the apartment. Salty. So addictive!

Before (above), after (below)

Yeah, I polished off half the container...eek!

I had big plans for dinner, but when I went to the store to buy the ingreds, broccoli slaw was nowhere to be found :(

So that plan went to the pooper.
Instead I made a big salad topped off with a tofu edamame salad.
Romaine lettuce, carrots, cherry tomatoes, raisins, corn, edamame, and tofu, with oil and vinegar drizzled over it.

I still had a little bit of room so I filled up on a mini bowl (the rest) of tofu, edamame, and corn.

Vino :)

Dates for deezer! I heart dates!!!