...back to reality

Heyyyy bloggerzzz,

How's your week going? Mine has been pretty slow. Getting back into the swing of things after a vaca is pretty rough. Ya think?

Last night I dragged my butt to the gym for a 45-min spinning class. Although I took the weekend off from working out (minus the dancing, dog sledding, etc.), I had zippo energy. Once the class got going though it wasn't so bad. I ran a 1-mile warm up on the treadmill and I think that also helped. Also anticipating warm weather and sleeveless shirts, I've been getting back on the push-up train. I *try* to do 25 push ups before and after most workouts. For minimal time investment, push-ups are a great way to strengthen your arms and core. Get er done! ha

After the gym, I went grocery shopping (always a bad idea when starved) and whipped together this concoction:

^Spiralized raw zucchini, diced (medium firm) tofu, steamed broccoli (something about the hot/cold combo is bomb), and topped with Trader Joe's Spicy Peanut dressing and peanuts for crunchiness. Ha, 'crunchiness'. Do you add food/flavors for consistency???

Hungry shortly afterward I made my favorite night time snack:

^Diced honey crisp apple w/ mesquite and cinnamon (cinnamon swirl PB for dipping, not pictured)

And hot tea:

^Decaffeinated black tea w/ soy

This morning I woke ravishing and warmed up some overnight oats I prepared last night:

^1/3 cup oats, 1 cup H20, 1/2 scoop Sun Warrior Protein (see below), 1 tsp cinnamon, raisins, 1 tsp Cinnamon Raisin Swirl PB, Stevia, pinch sea salt. Yeee-UM. Hit the spot.

FINALLY bought this and LOVE it! Seriously get this stuff:

I also tried this guy for the first time:

^Vitamin Water Zero XXX. Thumbs up.

I recently posted how irritating it is to work at a HEALTH institute and all of the vending machines are filled with CRAP. Well today I found 1 new item, now the healthiest idem in there:

^I gave it a try since I was starving after lunch (Sorry Amy and Gardenburger, your soup and burger didn't hold me over):

^Grilled Garderburger (Veggie Medley) on top of Ezekiel and organic ketchup/mustard (no pic of soup, sowwie)

Not the most clean granola bar out there, but better than a Snickers. After satisfying my hunger and feeling a little better that we *might* get some healthy alternatives in the future I immediately saw this sign:


Just when Dunkin's was on the healthy track with their egg white flat bread sandwiches they come up with this...Lol...ah well.

Well I gotta run back to my experiment. Since it's nice out today I'm gonna run home from lab (~7 miles) :-)

xoxox, Lauren

I leave you with some more pics from the wedding and reception:

Church:

Gorgeous reception:


View:


Heh, not sure:

Dancing with the Manfriend's aunts:

And here's the video I promised of almost killing Seth on the dog sled, haha: