Happy Humpday!

Today was a pretty good day, I started out with another Insanity workout. This is such a killer week! WOW!! :) I'm feeling the burn!

Breakfast was my version of a Egg McMuffin- an English Muffin, strawberry jam, egg whites and a square of laughing cow cheese. YUMMY! It was accompanied with a greek yogurt and a little bit of granola!

Lunch was some more cereal and a banana. It was delicious, but not very filling for lunch. I should've added another fruit or something. Like grapes. It was fine though, I ended up eating my afternoon snack a little early! :)

Dinner as I said, would be repeated all weak, but I did remember to take a picture. Delicious and filling. I had to eat early because I had to babysit, but I grabbed an banana and some almond butter as a snack while we watched Little Mermaids. 

So some exciting news: I'm going on a cruise in December. From December 16-23, stops in Cozumel, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands. I'm going with a friend and my sister and my brother. Its our Christmas present from our parents and we are super excited! I CANNOT WAIT for some relaxation! Sun! Fun!! 

So after babysitting last night I was on the phone trying to figure out the details from my sister. If anyone is reading and has any tips for us I would love to hear them!!

Election Day Tuesday

So today, as I'm sure you know was election day. As a law student it was a little crazy, everyone voicing their opinions pretty loudly ha!

Well I started out waking up super early for an Insanity workout, it was another 55 minutes of intensity. I was exhausted by the time I was done, and still sore after yesterday. I am kinda NOT looking forward to waking up tomorrow for the next day, haha. BUT the only work out you regret, is the one you DON'T do, so I will get my butt up and do it!

Breakfast was my standard fare of a Green Smoothie. In this one, I had a small frozen banana, plain Chobani greek yogurt, 3/4 of a small pear, spinach, water, and a packet of stevia. Mighty delicious!

Lunch went unpictured, because I forgot but it consisted of a spinach and artichoke dip Lean Cuisine and some chips and salsa. I was in a dipping, snacky mood. That was the first time I had that dip and I have to say, It was DELICIOUS! Definitely plan on taking that again next week!

Like I said yesterday, dinner was in the crockpot. I love arriving home and having dinner ready for me! You may not get too many pictures of dinner, because as you can see, its going to be repetitive the next few days! I definitely froze two portions, BUT that leaves 3 to eat the rest of the week. Since I'm babysitting a lot, it makes it easy to just pick it up on the run and go!

My final dinner consisted of the pork roast, potatoes, carrots, green beans and 2 (though only one slice is pictured) slices of bread! I definitely need to add more carrots next time, and maybe some broccoli or cauliflower. Or both. After my vegetarian month, I'm definitely loving the veggies. 

After dinner I had some desert, an apple and half a container of Arctic Zero Mint Chocolate Cookie frozen treat (I refuse to call it ice cream) when I first tried it I was not impressed. I was expecting ice cream, and it was NOT ice cream. But now that I know what to expect I really like it! Its expensive though so I do not try to buy it very often, though after all the babysitting I'm doing this week, I may invest in another tub!

After my snack, I had some decaf green tea while watching the debate results. I hope you got out and voted! 

I just noticed Leo in the background! :) He's such a pretty boy!

Movember Monday

So Monday started out with getting up early to do the insanity workout. Today it was Max Interval Circuit. Oh. My. Goodness. It was 55 minutes of Hell. I thought I was in shape, I was wrong. This 55 minute workout kicked my butt. I walked around all day very sore.

Breakfast was a toasted fiber-full English Muffin with strawberry fiber jam. Grits and eggs (spinach and cheese) and a banana. It was super delicious, and very filling.

After breakfast I went to babysit. I think the time change affected the baby, because she would take short cat naps but then be wide awake. It was a long morning, but I really do enjoy babysitting so much!

Lunch was a pb&j sandwich and cheetohs and grapes. It was good. After babysitting I went to class, where our teacher told us he was going to let us out early because he was under the weather. Well after 45 minutes he gave us a break, then proceeded to continue on with the lesson. We got out a full five minutes early. What a tease. :( 

After class I had to babysit again around dinner time, and I planned on taking Leo on a long walk but it was cold and raining so we just took a quick stroll around our neighborhood. Before babysitting, I ran to the farmers market to pick up a bar of the Equal Exchange dark chocolate bar for my friend who loves dark chocolate, but prefers 90% and they only had 71%, though they told me they were ordering more of the 80% but had sold out. I think she'll enjoy it, even though its a little less strong then she wanted. I was never a fan of dark chocolate, but its slowly growing on me, though I don't know if I will every enjoy the 90% variety. :) Whatever works!!

This chocolate is amazing though! I love it, and would encourage you to buy it whenever possible! I love that its all about fair trade and organic!

After babysitting for a few hours I ran home and heated up some pasta I had frozen. It was delicious. I definitely prefer reheating home cooked meals, rather then having frozen dinners where I don't know all of the ingredients. HOWEVER, I still don't mind occasionally having them, in fact, I have plans to eat one tomorrow for lunch. 

I also plan on cooking my first NON vegetarian meal in a month tomorrow. Well, cooking might be a stretch. I plan on sticking a pork roast and veggies in the crockpot so it'll be ready when I made it home that night!

Either way, it'll be delicious. I've made a plan to eat 80% of the time vegetarian and 20% of the time I'll eat carnivorously. When I eat meat, I also hope to try and always eat grass-fed beef and hormone free, free range chicken and pork. However, before I can do that, I need to clean out my freezer's stock pile of meat, which since it is just me, is not very much but over the next couple months I plan on eating it then replacing it with the better more organic ingredients. 

Also, tomorrow is election day, no matter what go out and vote! I don't get one of those handy dandy stickers because I voted absentee but I encourage you to vote! Show your voice! 

Lazy Sunday

Usually Sunday is a day for cleaning my house and going to church and doing school work. This one was no different, just a little less housework! :)

Breakfast before church was a new kind of cereal. Cascadian Farms Organic Cereal-Honey Nut O's. It was delicious! I think I like it better, then Honey Nut Cheerios!

After church, which is next door to my gym, I hopped in the gym and watched an old episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta. I love that show. When the commercials were on I sprinted and while the show was on I walked in an incline. 

After the gym, I ran into Petsmart for some dog food and cat food. 

For lunch I had just two slices of veggie turkey slices so I loaded them up on a sandwich thin added some spinach and mustard. Side of carrots, and cheetohs and grapes. Yes, sometimes my meals are repetitive, but it helps me keep eating healthy.

It got pretty chilly yesterday, so dinner was frozen leftover chili and green beans and a toasted sandwich thin with butter and garlic salt. It was so good and warm!

Tomorrow is already Monday, and I should be getting the name of my Foodie Pen Pal from TheLeanGreenBean, I'm super excited and I'm already trying to think of local things to include in my box! Just have to wait to hear if there are any food allergies before I start purchasing! Have a great day!!

How NOT to pick up Women

So after an interesting night out the other night, I was hit on by some interesting guys. It made me start to think about the ridiculous things guys do when trying to pick up women and while talking to my Mom she said something like "Well that should be tip number 1 on how to NOT pick up women." I decided to compile some tips of my own based on personal experiences. This is meant to be amusing! :)

Tip 1: Don’t lie about your level in school. Telling a law student that you’re a junior in law school, is like saying that you’re a junior in elementary school. It. Does. Not. Make. Sense.

Tip 2: If you’re going to wear a costume to a Halloween party and plan on trying to pick up a girl, make it a cool costume or at least something really witty. Wearing a spongebob costume, does not work.

Tip 3: If you’re going to try and get a girls number, do not pull out your phone in front of them with a picture of you and your girlfriend kissing on the background of said phone.

Tip 4: Don’t assume that when a girl says she has a boyfriend, that she is lying. (Even if she may be.) Just take the answer and go. Pressuring her, will not make you more attractive or make her give you her real number. It will make you look like a creeper. 

Tip 5: Don’t insult a girl when she is so frustrated with the situation she says she’s a lesbian and her friend is her girlfriend. Again, just take that excuse and walk away. Lying and saying you had just seen her friend kiss a boy will only piss off the friend who will threaten to find security. 

Tip 6: Do not touch a girl without asking. Do not touch a girl in an inappropriate way. Do not slap a girl on the ass. Its not sexy, its ridiculous! Also, its a crime. Don't do it.
Tip 7: If you offer to buy a girl a drink, don't get offended when she asks to go with you to the bar. She doesn't know you. Yes, you're PROBABLY a nice guy, BUT we're not going to take anything for granted. So thank you for the drink, but don't feel offended that we don't trust you yet. 
Tip 8: Ask us questions about ourselves and LISTEN to what we say. Thats the best way to make us feel comfortable with you. You don't have to be super suave to pick up women, you just need to be nice and make the girl feel comfortable.

Tip 9: Don't lie about things. If we do go out with you for a first date, and the car you come to pick us up in isn't a BMW or whatever, we will probably not trust you and won't want to have a relationship with you.
Tip 10: If a girl is interested in you, finish! You can tell by if she touches you, if she leans in to listen to you. If she smiles at you and makes eye contact. Trust your gut. Ask for her number. 

Now, don't get me wrong, I am not saying I'm so special that a guy has to be perfect or anything while approaching me. In fact, I think its shows a lot of courage for a guy to approach a girl, no matter what! BUT at the same time, women deserve respect and these tips are different things I or my friends have experienced. Learn from this! :) 

School Work Saturday

So on Saturday I had agreed to babysit almost all day, but it was fun and I got a lot of school work done during nap time.

For breakfast I had Whole Grain Blueberry Waffles and light syrup and a banana and yogurt with just a sprinkling of granola. :) I love breakfast foods! And I need to go to the grocery store!

Because I love breakfast foods so much I decided to continue eating breakfast for lunch too haha. I had a slice of Pumpkin Spice toast, some grits and egg whites, and a whole bunch of grapes! It was delicious!

For dinner, I finally got off the whole breakfast theme of the day for a meatless turkey sandwich with cheetohs, carrots, and an apple with peanut butter.

I finished the night after babysitting going to the grocery store, tomorrow should be a little less breakfast-fied haha. :) 

Its Friday! :)

The day started out interesting. I woke up early to do Insanity. Beforehand I take Leo out for a walk, and I accidentally locked myself out. I live in a duplex so I have a neighbor, but I know how busy she is and all so I waited for about thirty minutes walking Leo around outside before knocking on her door. Thankfully I was able to gain entry and warm myself up with some grits and eggs and toast and a banana. I know I eat this breakfast a lot, its so easy for me and its delicious.

After babysitting I ate my regular lunch of this week. A vegetarian turkey sandwich and cheetohs and carrots and some grapes. As always, it was so yummy!

Dinner was with my Bestie and my friend who was a sorority sister of mine. She's going to be close to town more now that she has an internship at a hospital. She's in medical school and I'm so proud of her! She's going to be a great doctor!

Dinner was at her favorite restaurant that she had missed the most. Ajax. Its country cooking and I was thrilled with my first non-vegetarian meal in a month. I had green beans with bacon, mashed potatoes and country fried steak. It was so good!! :) I forgot to take a picture until I was finished, but you can see that there wasn't much leftover!

So I've decided that while I am a huge fan of vegetarians and I applaud their choice to live that way, its just not going to be for me all the time. BUT I loved the way I felt as a vegetarian and I now have plans to follow a kind of 80/20 rule. 80 percent of the time I will eat vegetarian, while the other 20 percent I will eat meat. When I go out to eat with friends and I want a steak. I will eat a steak. 

I also plan on eating as organic and as much hormone free chicken and grass-fed beef as possible when I do eat meat. Though it costs more, I think its better for our bodies. Although I do have a freezer full of not so good meat that needs to be eaten too. I think life is all about balance! And I'm just doing the best I can!