Another farewell

Hi, dreambugs! I hope your weekends wrapped-up beautifully.... maybe with a little football, maybe some sleep... whatever makes you happy!

I had sort of a blah workout today, but at least it was something. I did 20:00 minutes on the stairmaster (226 calories), then got on the bike but after a little more than a minute I got off. I tried to do some arm machines, but after two reps, I just wasn't feeling it and stopped. One of those days, I guess!

I went to Whole Foods with my dad for lunch today. It was a little bigger than usual, but after being so hungry during work last night I didn't want to deal with that again.

Here, I have mesclun greens with Indian curry tofu, BBQ tofu, and Thai "Chicken." I put a little oil and vinegar on the greens.


I also got an 8 oz cup of carrot, ginger and sesame soup. Mmm!


I also had a clementine...

... and a small skim cappuccino with a chocolate hazelnut biscotti.


After lunch, we went to Paragon to get new sneakers!!! They had me run on the treadmill so they could analyze my gait and "technique." Apparently, I pronate to the left, which either caused my stress fracture or is the result of it. Anyway, I got a pair of Asics that has an extra level of stability, and special insoles that support my arches so I won't get plantar fasciitis (OUCH).

Don't they look angelic?

Tonight was my last night of work, so I wanted to treat myself to a delicious sushi dinner. I ordered the sushi combo (7 pieces of sushi and a California roll), but Sunny, the oh-so-amazing sushi chef, sent me home with two extra California rolls and a Slammin' Salmon roll (salmon, lemon & cilantro).


I ate all the sushi, the Slammin' Salmon roll and two pieces of California.

For dessert, I had three clemmies and two pieces of Dagoba dark chocolate. This is one of the best combinations.


Eastern Promises is on TV, so I'm watching that in bed. Bonne nuit!

Life is a highway...

I wanna drive it all night loooong!








That song has [unfortunately] been in my head ALL WEEKEND. For some reason "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray is my go-to get-this-out-of-my-head! song, so I'm going to hum that to myself as I type this up and see how it works.



Dinner tonight was pretty fab. I made acorn squash, brown rice, sesame kale and baked tofu. Jalene's mom told us the best way to get the skin off squash is to cook it in the microwave for a few minutes first, then bake it. I halved the squash and put on a plate under paper towels, cooking it for about 5 minutes. The skin still didn't want to budge after that, so I just threw it in the oven at 350 with the already baking tofu (ginger, olive oil, honey, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, sesame seeds), and baked it for about 5 more minutes.


The kale was delicious. Kath's husband had made a version of this a couple nights ago, and since I still had an extra bunch of kale, I was excited to cook this up. I mixed a dressing of 1 tsp ginger powder, 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, 1 tsp toasted sesame oil, salt, and pepper. I tossed a few sesame seeds in for good measure.

I cleaned the bowl myself...


FOUND! Edy's Slow Churned Rich & Creamy pumpkin ice cream at just 100 calories and 3 g fat/ serving! Woohoo! With chocolate sauce and pecans:


I've been so freaking allergic today since I woke up. Hopefully it'll pass with sleep... if not, I have some good ole Allegra to help me out. We just watched Carrie as part of our Halloween gear-up.... I know the prom scene so well from books and other movies that I felt like I'd already seen it before! I'm going to spend some quality time with Edith Wharton in bed get up bright and early tomorrow to start my homework! What could be more fun?