Breakfast on the run

My work schedule is amazing. I usually have to be to work by 12:30pm and I leave by 5:30pm. I work about 25 hours a week. To put it simply, I am blessed with my mornings to myself.

Anyway, today I had to be at work super early. I kind of ran out the door and FORGOT to eat breakfast, or grab any kind of healthy snacks. Now, everyone probably knows this is a BIG nono when living a healthy lifestyle, because...

1. you should eat breakfast to keep your metabolism regular
2. you should not skip a meal because then you will be hungry! and hungry=binge eating (for me anyway)
3. failure to plan is planning to fail right?!?! If I don't bring healthy snacks with me everywhere I go, I end up creating some dumb excuse that it's ok to eat the junk that is easily accessible

Since I usually have a decent amount of time in the mornings to make myself breakfast, I usually eat some kind of "cooked" meal- egg white omelet, low fat waffles with banana and pb, etc.

So my question to you all:

What is your favorite "on the go" breakfast?

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Life Without Pizza is No Life At All

Yes, this is an actual magnet on our fridge. And it is just so true: pizza- the food of the gods! This amazing dish spans countries and generations. And here at our house, pizza makes a very regular appearance.

Last week I got an inkering (is this a word??!) for some good pizza grub. But since my goal mainly has been to take my favorite dishes and transform them into lower calorie goodness, I was presented with a challenge....

I can't remember who asked the question, but I was reading a blog a couple of weeks ago where someone asked ways to make a lower calorie pizza. Someone suggested using the la tortilla wraps for a crust (possibly Kaitlin @ Everyday Grace??). So I scooted on over to my local Albertson's and picked up some la tortillas, and some other ingredients:I was a little skeptical of the tortilla for a crust....but I decided to try it. I put the ingredients together and broiled it in the oven. Then I wrapped it up like a burrito. And can I just say....YUMMMMMM
If you saw my food journal for the past couple of weeks you would be quite surprised to see the entry "PIZZA WRAP" in their QUITE a few times. Rough calculations say this delicious lunch is about 250 calories. But it is FILLING! Man, I was surprised how long this kept me full.

Last night I ventured into the real crust world. I figured it was probably a good idea to use some frozen crust I had picked up at Trader Joe's a while ago (A garlic and herb dough). I used essentially the same ingredients, except the dough. OH! and I added some pineapple. SO good. And of course this was spilt with my eating machine hubby so I beefed his up a bit. Can you tell which side is mine?!If you missed it, I also made some mini pizzas on Sandwhich Thins on Sunday. However, I would HIGHLY recommend the pizza wrap over the minis!!Well those are my pizza creations....that's a wrap (no pun intended...ok maybe it was...)!

H2-O-o-O-o

I took that picture at an antique store I visited last weekend. Oh the 70's decor...how I so wish it was still in style!

Today I did my C25k 9.2 Almost done! I actually pushed myself to run a bit farther than 30 minutes this morning and wound up running 36 straight minutes. In that time, I ran a distance of 2 3/4 miles. I'm feeling better about running and getting really nervous for my first 5k next month- the St. Patty's Day Dash!

What a miracle water is. It's amazing how many times we hear that water is nature's MIRACLE drug but we still don't take advantage of it! Why is it so hard to get in enough water during a day?!

I usually drink less than 30 ounces of water a day. I've always been the person that can never finish a drink! I do, however, drink a lot of tea and sugar free hot coco- do you think this counts?!

Yesterday I made it my goal to drink at least 40 oz of water (I know, it doesn't sound like a lot, but it really is for me!). Well guess what....I woke up one pound lighter this morning! Now, how much that has to do with water retention I'm not sure...but I'll take it!

Thanks so much to all my new blog followers! You all majorly rock!!

Trick Your Man Tuesday's: Second Edition

Welcome to my new weekly installment of "Trick Your Man Tuesday's" If you missed last week's episode, you can click HERE to check it out.

Trick Your Man Tuesday's was invented in order to try to get my husband eating healthier food choices without his knowledge. Is it only me or do we all get a little sense of satisfaction when the people around us have no idea that what they are eating is just a little bit better for them, and we don't have to hear their hesitations?

This week on the menu was spaghetti and ceaser salad. The healthy switches? Ground turkey for regular ground beef and low fat ceaser in place of regular.

This was a very daring event as my cooking this week had to be done quickly without the notice of the subject, who was playing video games on the couch! (Notice said subject in background, please forgive me for the crappy photo as I was trying not to draw attention to the frying pan)And here is my frying pan creation: Ground turkey with spaghetti sauce. I was a little worried about the color of the meat as this might be a big indicator....we will see....

While the pasta was a' cookin, I threw together some lettuce and low fat ceaser dressing. Did I mention the low fat part??! SHHHHHHHHH mum's the word!And here is the final spaghetti product. My portion/his portion. Man that man can eat!
THE VERDICT:

It went a little something like this:

Meal was inhaled (on both parts, i was hungry!)

End of meal...

Him: Um...is this like chicken or something?
Me: OH....uhhh...yeah...uh....ground turkey...*slight smile* But it was good wasn't it?!?
Him: Yeah....*smiling* But why ya gotta cheat me like that??!

(no comment on the ceaser)

We both laughed. It was a good moment. And I think he may just be open to the ground turkey a little more....

MISSION SUCCESSFUL!!


After dinner the leftover cookies were consumed by the subject. Yay for no more temptation for me!

Weigh In Week 14: Superbowl Munchies Got the Best of Me

Guten Morgen everyone! (Had to throw some German out to ya!)

This morning my weigh in was as follows:
-.5

That is basically the littlest amount I've lost thus far (other than gaining after Christmas). But, I'm not really surprised. For one, I've been doing this long enough now to notice that the weigh loss right before I start my period is always pretty small. Also, I kind of cheated this week...A LOT. including superbowl....it was sort of my demise.

I started the day off good with my favorite breakfast of lowfat waffles, banana, and PB. YUM.

Then for lunch I made mini pizzas:I sort of left these bad boys under the broiler a little to long...they were a little crispy...and just ok. (Made on an arnold's sandwhich thin)

The rest of the...yes, well, we will not speak of it. Let's just say there were chocolate chip cookies, tortilla chips, and hot wings involved. YIKES!

HOWEVER, good news is that I got my hair cut this weekend, FOR FREE! My friend Olivia did it! And she even dyed it (brown) and gave me bangs. I look smokin'! (humble, aye?)
Next week I'm looking for a better loss- at least one pound will make me happy. I am starting off the morning with c25K 9.1. We will see how 30 straight minutes running goes....

PT: We're all here because we're not all there.

Yesterday was really fun. It started out with a super yummy breakfast that Kellen and I like to make once in a while:This dish consisted of red potatoes, eggs, onions, and bacon. Calories? A lot. But don't worry people! I lightened my version up--egg whites and turkey sausage in stead of regular eggs and bacon. Here's a pic of my plate:Yum!

After Breakfast we headed to Port Townsend. It's a town on the Puget Sound. Our first stop there was Fort Warden state park. This park used to be a military base and has a ton of cool old military bunkers to explore. It also has some hiking trails up to higher bunkers and such. It was SO fun!Here we are exploring the bunkers:All in all it was great exercise!
We sat down on a seat we found at the park and ate our lunch:

Tuna fish sandwich on 45 calorie bread. A perfect packed lunch. I tried feeding Chloe some carrots but she wouldn't go for it!After lunch we went into town. Downtown Port Townsend is a super cute strip of shops and cafe's. If you'd like to see some more pictures I took around the town there, you can click here to be linked to my photography blog. To wrap up our day, we headed over the Courtyard Cafe. I ordered the "Way to Aunt Katie's Heart- Peanut Butter Pie"Don't worry guys! I didn't eat it all. It was pretty delicious, but I resisted!
This place even makes there own Marshmallows! I didn't try them, but Kellen and I definitely plan on it next trip we take!

Such a wonderful day!