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April 10th, 2013

The Carbs I Ate Wednesday

by Tiff

Ever have those days where you just carb out to the max?  Yeah… that was me yesterday.  Luckily, most of my carbs were fiberlicious and chock-full of nutrients, but carbs are still carbs.  Ahhh, such is life.

spring

What I Wore Wednesday: print pants are super bold for me, paired with unpictured jacket

What I Worked Wednesday: core yoga in the morning, 2.5 mile walk in the evening (no overtraining!)

What I Ate Wednesday { WIAW }:

  • rice cake before yoga
  • breakfast: green smoothie after yoga (spinach, raspberries, almond milk, Sunwarrior protein, banana)

smoothie

  • snack: raw almonds and a calcium chew

almonds

  • lunch: taco-less salad (quinoa, pepper, onion, black beans, Rotel that I prepped Sunday topped with lettuce)

taco

  • snacks: apple and a couple hours later homemade hummus with carrots and unpictured reduced fat Triscuits

apple   hummus

  • dinner: butternut squash mac n’ cheese (recipe tomorrow!  definitely went back for seconds with this one)

pasta

  • dessert: you bet I snuck in a little ice cream!

  1. Do you carb-out from time to time too?
  2. Thoughts on print pants?

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April 3rd, 2013

WIAW: National Walking Day

by Tiff

Guess what today is?  National Walking Day!  As luck would have it, according to my new workout plan, I will be enjoying a long n’ sweaty treadmill walk today.  Of course, it’s also WIAW.  Double Whammy!

walking ********

But that’s enough about today.  I have a recap of yesterday’s eats n’ moves.  Despite how I felt yesterday morning (the dog says it better than I can), I had a nice little at-home workout.  My abs were feeling it!

 tired     workout

Pre-workout: salt-free rice cake

Post-workout: protein oats (1/3c blueberries, 1/2c oats, 1/2tsp chia seeds, 1 scoop vanilla protein,  less than 2/3c water)

oats

Snack: chocolate chip banana bread (perhaps not the best picture)

bread

Lunch: Amy’s veggie burger in a wheat pita with red bell pepper and a drizzle of tahini

lunch

Snacks: grapefruit and Post Shredded Wheat n’ Bran a while later with some unsweetened almond milk

fruit     cereal

Dinner: Kale Cabbage Quinoa Casserole (except I used millet this time)

greens

There might have also been a bit of ice cream after dinner… and it might have been delicious!

 

  • Will you be doing any walking today?

 

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March 27th, 2013

WIAW: I’m Baaaaack!

by Tiff

I’m baaaaack!  I flew out to Vegas on Thursday, and though I returned on Monday, I got back super late.  I needed to hit the hay and sleep in as late as possible before getting up for work yesterday, so that left no time for blogging.  No worries; there was still plenty of time for eating and even a wee bit of time for exercising.

I kicked off the day with a 25-minute cardio DVD and this pilates/cardio YouTube video.  Not bad for a rush workout!

And now for the WIAW eats…

Pre-workout: rice cake

Post-workout: 2 eggs and a beautiful Harry & David grapefruit

breakfast

Snack: fiber cereal and unsweetened almond milk

cereal

Lunch: Though a green smoothie was planned, I didn’t have time for that.  Quick meal to the rescue!

Snack: pb & nana and 10 almonds a few hours later

banana

Dinner: Mexican Polenta Bake (vegan, GF)… there might have also been a little ice cream thrown in after dinner

mexican

Mexican Polenta Bake (serves 3, super easy)

  • tube of polenta
  • 1 tsp + 2 tsp olive oil, divided
  • large bell pepper, diced
  • medium onion, diced
  • 1 can black beans, drained
  • approximately 1 cup salsa
  1. Preheat oven to 375 F.  Oil an 8×8 or 10×10 dish (I used my Pyrex.) with about 1 tsp oil, or coat with cooking spray.
  2. Slice polenta in 1/4 inch slices.  Line bottom of dish with polenta.  Overlapping will be necessary.
  3. Heat 2 tsp olive oil in a pan over medium heat.  Add bell pepper and onion.  Cook until softened, approximately 6 minutes.  Add canned beans, and then stir in the salsa.  (I used a basic chunky, medium-heat salsa.)
  4. Pour vegetable mixture over the polenta.  Cover and bake 25 minutes.  Uncover and bake 5 additional minutes.

polenta

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March 20th, 2013

My Fruity WIAW

by Tiff

Hey!  How’s it going?  Things are pretty good here!  I’m in a much better mood this week than last week.  Perhaps it was just the extra dose of sunshine I got over the weekend.  Anywho… it’s time for another WIAW link up party.

Pre-Gym: rice cake and pb

peeb

Workout: leg day… whew.  Nuff said.

leg

Breakfast: two eggs, onion, bell pepper, and an orange

eggs

Snack: Sometimes you crave chocolate at 9:30 pm, and sometimes it’s 9:30 am.  Today was the latter.  choc vitatop and a tease of pb

vitatop

Lunch: green monster (frozen banana, 1/2 c frozen raspberries, 3 handfuls baby spinach, 1/2 c almond milk, Sunwarrior vanilla protein, and a splash of water to thin it out a bit)

lunch

Snack: alfresco cereal with almond milk

snack

Dinner: this apple-spinach chicken recipe with quinoa (omahgershsogood)

chicken

Dessert: Sometimes you crave chocolate at night again too. teehee  a couple dark chocolate squares

  • How much fruit do you usually eat a day? (I’m usually 1-2 pieces, but obviously not yesterday!)

 

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March 13th, 2013

WIAandAandAW

by Tiff

As you know, it’s time for another WIAW (What I Ate Wednesday) post.  Yaaaaay!  This one is more of a What I Ate and Ate and Ate Wednesday.  I’ve been totally ravenous lately, as you’ll notice.

I think I’ll be making my meals a little bigger in the near future so that I can cut back a wee bit on the snacking.  Oohhhhh no, there will still be ice cream though.  This stuff’s too good to give up completely.

Cleo

Cleo wanted breakfast too!

Breakfast: strawberry, plain Greek yogurt, and cereal parfait

parfait

Snack: Quest Bar (160 calories, 17 fiber, 2 sugar, and 20 whopping protein… I’m impressed)

quest

Lunch: I packed a salad, but when my colleagues said they were going to Panera, I joined in on the fun.  Now if only I had been able to turn down that fresh, warm baguette…

panera

Snack: protein carrot raisin muffin and a Vitatop later

muffins    vitatop

Dinner: crock pot cashew chicken (The chicken was great, but I want to tweak it again before posting a recipe.  Hopefully I’ll get it juuuust right next week.)

dinner

Snack: ice cream!  I just couldn’t help myself, especially after waking up hungry in the middle of the night the last couple of evenings.  This helped. ; )

ice cream

  • I’m loving that ice cream.  What have you been loving lately?

 

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