FAT tuesday

You may notice something different about the start to my day…no coffee?!?  Kyle and I were trying hard to stomach the rest of the bag of our most recent Starbucks blend (extra bold Gold Coast)…but there is a time and place for being green.  And suffering through bad coffee is NOT a compromise I’m willing to make.  We got this bag a few days ago, and neither of us have been finishing our AM java since, so what’s the point?  Instead of feeling guilty over wasted grounds, I opted for a warm cup of tea instead.

 

With a dollop of silk, just for morning consistency.

Without coffee to give me a good kick in the arse, I made some oats (Bob’s Red Mill) and added a heaping spoon of IM Healthy soynut love.  NOM!!  Warm.  Silky.  Sweet.  Salty.  Nutty.  Heavenly.

I snacked on figs + carob covered raisins while reading.

Then for lunch I had a recent fave.

GN veggie burger on an english muffin with avocado and greek yogurt.  Massive burger much?  The muffin looks like a hat on top.

A-maz-ING.  Plus the obligatory dried fruit platter.

And a papaya spear on my way out the door.

I had an ACLS recertification course (ugh) so I decided to take my camera and snap photos on the way there.

 

 

Not too shabby, right?  Anyways, now that you’ve seen my hood, back to my eats.

By the time I got out of that damn class it was already 8:45 so there was no time to mess around.  My stomach wanted food, like yesterday, so I stopped at WF for some hot bar action.

(picture this x 5)

Plate 1: baked tofu, soba noodles, edamame salad

Plate 2: more of the above plus seitan

Dessert: 3 flattened coconut date rolls and an extremely generous portion of carob raisins

**to answer a few Q’s I’ve been getting…when I make seitan, the brand I use is West Soy’s traditionally seasoned seitan (in a blue box).  It’s easy peasy, guys, TRY it!!

In giveaway news: If you want to get your hands on the MUCH discussed PB2, check out Love Of Oats for her blogiversary contest.

What’s with my math?

blue sky + sun – clouds = snow? 

Wait.  That can’t be right, can it?  Apparently.  I DON’T understand how this east coast weather works. 

Anyhoo, s’up kiddos!  Today was a mill times better than yesterday.  Thank you all for your sweet words of encouragement…lord knows I needed it today – heading in to work on the weekend (BOO).  I decided to skip the ‘bucks this morning since I woke up earlier than I needed to and my stomach was relentlessly demanding “feed me.”  I made my own cafe and silk-ed it up big time, vanilla style, yo.

The day started ick, but made a quick turn for the better.  You see I was kinda thrown for a loop on my 5 AM commute when I tried to transfer to the L train and discovered it was, in fact, not running today.  Can you picture my face when I turned the corner to a roped off platform?  I had to walk from 7th to 1st Ave in the 10 degree weather (that’s over a mile).  Along the way I was thinking how it’s a good thing I’m so type A, since I always leave ample time for such occurrences…

Then I found a lucky penny (heads side up of course).  Woo hoo.  This made me smile because we all know I’m superstitious as hell. 

“Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck”

It could not have been more true!   My patients were all sweethearts, plus I discharged 2 by noon (leaving me with only 1 patient for the rest of the day).  I love discharging patients.  It makes me so happy to see them leave the hospital.  Love.

New bread!!!  I tried a new kind of Alvarado Street bread, since normally I get “california style” but it wasn’t avail.

Otherwise lunch was the same old same old (except for the thrilling addition of the pear).  My sammie was “turkey,” bell pepps, lettuce, and mustard and greek yog.

 

Unfortunately I finished my book last night so I was a bit bored after I did the crossword and finished eating…maybe I’ll stop at B&N tomorrow?  Any good recs?

Doesn’t this picture just bring a big smile to your face. 

“Couldn’t be happier.  Right dear”.  Anyone recognize the quote?

For dinner I just wanted to be with my K love (sorry for the “pet names” Laura), so I kept the cooking to a min so as to maximize veg out time (Whole Foods)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello baked tofu (a few were consumed pre-photo, and a few more were consumed pre-purchase) – don’t tell on me, I know there are other illegal nibblers out there…

I also made a BIG ‘OL salad with BBQ tofu.  I was obviously in a bottomless pit kind of mood – that only tofu could fill.  Mmmmmm.

The tea helped ease my stomach as it massively expanded.  I can’t WAIT for the SuperBowl tomorrow.  Even though my Eagles aren’t in it :(  I still love football, so I’ll be watching without fretting about the outcome (silver lining, right?)!

Dessert was this MONSTER of a bar (can I even call it that?…it was more like a free weight).  I love these bars from whole foods because I HATE NUTS (there I said it) and they somehow manage to create a massive hunk of dried fruit, nuts and seeds that I can’t put down after one bite.  The thing is calorically equivalent to a jar of peanut butter – I mean it’s HUGE…and has peanuts, almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, wheat germ, dried apricots, cherries, cranberries, raisins, etc.  Ok, how can someone like me, who can’t stand the thought of eating nuts without a little bit of a gag reflex, stomach these, and even more, devour the whole freakin’ thing!?  It’s a WF mystery.  Clearly, they are just food geniuses. 

I was beyond full after this brick settled in my tummy.  Time to roll myself to the bedroom.

I may have had a plate of dates, too.  Eek!  I need to do something physical tomorrow.