what i'm eating now...

this is a totally random post and you probably don't care, but food and the discussion of it has consumed my life lately (mostly because my friend, trupti, is in cooking school and making all sorts of fun and fancy things).

anyway, since cooking for one is mostly depressing and completely non-motivating, i've been keeping my food choices fairly simply and aiming for mostly healthy.

Breakfast choices* (i eat after i shower while i get ready for work so it must be fast, simple, and filling):
1. plain chobani greek yogurt with fiber one cereal, honey, and wheat germ
2. protein shake consisting of strawberries, almond milk, protein, flax seed, and wheat germ
3. oatmeal with honey and cinnamon (except for this weekend when i ate it with a mix of melted chocolate chips and peanut butter and it was delicious)
*note: i eat a banana pre-workout and most often either post workout or once i get to work so two bananas is usually part of my breakfast

lunch choices (packing a lunch is almost as bad as having to pick out an outfit- two things idespise doing and must do the night before work or my mornings are miserable):
1. turkey with jalapeno hummmus (i'm seriously obsessed with sabra jalapeno hummus- LOVE it), carrots, heart to heart crackers, baby bell cheese, apple
2. brown rice with either green giant vegetables or a light campbell soup

snack choices:
1. clementines
2. smuckers uncrustables pbj
3. kellogs fiber plus antioxidants or fiber one granola bar
4. almonds

dinner choices:
1. brown rice and black beans with added spices and onions
2. tilapia smothered with peppers, mushroom, onion, cheese (and avocado if i have any)
3. sweet potatoe topped with cheese
4. recently added: boca burger

dessert choices:
1. peanut butter delight (mix of fat free ricotta cheese and pb)
2. danon light and fit yogurt
3. banana "ice cream"- frozen banana, peanut butter, and honey mixed in a food processor

so, there you go, my basic foods are simple and straight forward. i do have more options in my life than this, but these are my default choices of the moment. i do more cooking on weekends when i'm not walking in the door after an hour commute and have some more time and motivation.
by the way, i am well aware of the fact that i eat a lot of food. and i'm aware that there is a lack of greens on the list- i love spinach but don't like buying it because it tends to go bad before i can eat it all and i love asparagus but never think about it

i promise i'm not opinionated

but, for the sake of everyone's sanity, i came up with a few guidelines for the gym:

Please wear appropriate attire:
• a bra is required. this is NOT OPTIONAL- even if your top comes with a shelf bra and especially when it doesn't
• a shirt is required
• shorts that cover your butt cheeks are required
• jeans, polos, and flip-flops are not okay
• cowl-neck cashmere sweaters and oversized jewelry are not okay


There is such a thing as too slow:
• If you can play your Nintendo DS while walking on the treadmill, you’re going too slow. Or if you can talk on your cell phone the entire time
• If you are on level one of the elliptical and only going 2.0 miles per hour, you are going too slow
• If you’re on the bike and going negative miles per hour you might as well go home
• Less than five minutes spent on a machine provided you no benefits


Things I should not see while at the gym:
• Lifting your shirt to rub your stomach in the mirror
• TMZ or the history channel
• Children running around wildly


Other notes:
• Strong odors are offensive.
• Not working out is not okay- if you are just going to bounce up and down on the yoga ball and take pictures of yourself with your legs in the air then go home
• When a boy glances at the treadmill of the girl next to him, increases his speed to match hers, and then ends up falling off the back, it is hilarious


*side note: i have moved my workouts to the morning and have found it a lot less frustrating. i just need to start going to bed earlier to make up for losing sleep in the morning.

speaking of frustration: i may never be allowed to shop at target again... last week i bought and returned four pairs of headphones. i'm not picky, i just don't want ones that fall out of my ears or are uncomfortable. and, to make matters worse, i spent tuesday night adding a ton of music to my mp3 player and on wednesday morning it died after half a song. luckily, best buy took it back (i just bought it in november) and they had a pair of headphones megan recommended that actually work. so, after fours days of irritation i have a working mp3 player and headphones that don't fall out of my ears.

random side note #2: if carolyn sends me the pictures she took when we went skiing i'll post them, but don't hold your breath.

my day today was so impressive i think it deserves some recognition:

• Got up at six and worked out

• Took a nap from nine to eleven

• Made beef taco nuggets for lunch then cleaned my apartment

• Took a nap from three to four thirty

• Worked on my BSF and made snickerdoodles

• Now I’m about to prepare a Sunday School lesson for tomorrow (gotta love last minute notification) and then GO TO BED!