Winning Friends with Salad

Hey guys,

Sorry for the posting delay…I have no real excuse - I was just out and about relaxing and having fun.  I know the delays in posting are happening more and more frequently.  They’re never too long (usually no more than a day), but I know how frustrating I found posting delays on other blogs, so I understand if they’re frustrating here.  I’m going to really try to do better, gang.  My schedule is really busy right now and I want to make sure I’m doing everything to my best ability, including the blog.  So I’m sorry, but bear with me - I’ll get it together!

I woke up Saturday morning around noon and booked it straight to the gym.  I felt so disciplined - I loved it.  At the gym, I did 10 min Elliptical, then lateral weights and jumping jacks, 10 min Step Mill, then side leg raises and back kicks on all fours, then 10 min Arc Trainer, finishing with situps on a ball and standing leg raises.  I love working in sets!  I used to think it was so confining, but now I know it’s a great way to ensure you’re getting a good workout.  Cardio and weights = 546 calories burned.

After getting cleaned up and into a cool summer dress (one of the last times this year, boo hoo), we headed to one of our favorite local brunch places, Good.  I’m usually an iced coffee girl for brunch, but on a whim I decided to order an alcoholic drink, the Good Brunch Punch, which is peach vodka, strawberry and orange juices, peach schnapps, and mint.  It was awesome:

Peter got a brunch special that included biscuits, so I had three bites of biscuit with jam and butter:

Peter got the most delicious looking entree, I had to snap a pic for you guys.  He got Banana Cream Cheese Stuffed French toast, topped with brown sugar, sliced bananas and maple syrup:

Crazy delicious right?  I tried a bite.

I got the smoked salmon platter, on whole wheat bread with salad and veggies:

SO good.  Now I’ve had alot of smoked salmon platters, but this is the best one I’ve ever found.  I’d eat this every day if I could.  I liked how there was just a thin layer of cream cheese - they didn’t over do it, like some places do.

After brunch, P went shopping (which he never does unless there’s a big event coming up - lo and behold, our anniversary is Sept 8th) and I went home to have a blissful afternoon on the couch.  P came home with chocolates and jelly beans - my favorite candies.  Grr and yay!  I was still very much buzzed from that brunch punch, so I had two butterfly chocolates:

and we both split this bag of jelly beans:

It wasn’t anywhere near full, it was one of those pick and mix bags you do yourself - but it was probably still too many jellybeans.  I’m sorry though - I freaking live for Jelly Belly.  There are the only jelly bean in my book.

P went out again, and I headed out to the bookstore and to do my C25K run.  I spent an hour in Barnes and Noble perusing the books - I found this book on emotional eating that I really wanted to get - it looked so helpful and informative, but I was in my running gear with no wallet - so no book for me.  I’ll have to go get it soon.  One of you guys recommended it actually!  It’s called Breaking Free From Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth. Even from flipping through it, I got some great advice that I can really take to the bank.

After that I set out on my C25K run.  This was the first run of Week 5, so we’re taking it up a notch with longer stretches of running.  Fortunately, I ran for 10 min on the treadmill on Friday, so doing 5 min of running outside on Saturday was a snap.  Since I started my run from Barnes and Noble, I had a long walk back when I was finished with my run, so my calorie burn was really high - but there’s a good deal of walking in there too.  C25K Run and walk = 528 calories burned.

When I got home, I showered and put on the Olympics.  We don’t have a traditional tv, but we do have a computer monitor that looks like a tv (and takes up half the living room). :P  But you can watch full coverage of the Olympics online, so I pulled up the gymnastics (the only part I really like).  It was great!  4 hrs of gymnastics - wonderful.  I made a simple dinner while I watched:

Turkey and cheese on double fiber bread, with CSA greens and tomatoes:

and a little bowl of grapes:

All together:

After that, P came home and we spent the rest of the evening watching the Olympics - LOVED it!