One Busy Wednesday

Hello all. It has been one crazy day so far. I'm just glad to be sitting down lol!  At least there are only two days left in the week, and tha means it's What I Ate Wednesday.

I started off my morning with a new favorite overnight oats recipe. The ingredients....no sugar added applesauce, nonfat plain greek yogurt, old fashioned oats, cinnamon and nutmeg.

I mixed one of these little guys with 1/4 cup greek yogurt, 1/4 cup oatmeal and a shake of cinnamon and nutmeg.  Then I put it in the fridge overnight and it was ready to go with a few toppings the next morning.

Mid morning my stomach was grawling! I had an apple and drank a glass of water to try and stay hydrated. It was almost 100 degrees here today and we had a double header in volleyball after work.  That means 2 hours of volleyball in the hot summer heat.

Lunch was also a new favorite of mine. I cooked up some quinoa and mixed it with a bunch of cooked veggies and chickpeas.  Then I drizzled a bit of bbq sauce on top. YUM

And some cherries on the side. I'm loving cherry season!

Right after work I was heading to the hair dresser to get my "wedding hair" chopped off!  I grew my hair out for over a year and I've been hating it. From the hair dresser I went straight to volleyball for our double header. Before I left for volleyball I finished my cherries and ate my favorite KIND bar.

By the time 6:30 hit I was getting hungry yet again. After our first game I found a kind soul on the sideline offering up some orange slices. Yes please. After our games, in which I totally sucked ass, Matt and I grabbed a quick dinner at WAWA.  7pm is way too late for me to go home and make a full dinner.

My sandwich was a turkey, cheddar cheese, cucumber, tomato, spinach, onion, and oregano on rye bread. I ate half and saved the other half for lunch tomorrow. I dipped it in a big pile of hummus!! After dinner I had a big spoonful of peanut butter with some chcolate chips on top. Then I worked on my grocery list for tomorrow, watered the plants, and just about passed out on the couch.  Thank God Real Housewives of Orange County is on damand for me to watch! Love my trashy TV. 

Tomorrow is going to be another scorcher, so I'll be headed to the gym for my run on the dreadmill. Mrrrrrr. Oh well. Hopefully I'll get a good run in outside this weekend.





Busy WIAW

Happy What I Ate Wednesday! I haven't been doing a great job at taking pictures of my food today.  I got the basic three meals, but was slacking on the snacks...and I eat a lot of snacks. 

My breakfast, as always, was my favorite part of my day.

Fitnessnista's Breakfast Cookie! I mixed 1/3 cup old fashioned oats, 1 tbsp almond butter, 1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, craisins, chopped walnuts  and half a mashed banana together, spread it on a plate, and stuck it in the fridge overnight. It turned out really well.  I toopped it with some apple butter and the rest of my banana.

Definitely a keeper. I really think I love all breakfast food. Nothing ever lets me down. 

Work was super busy today, so I'm glad this kept me full for a good portion of the morning.  Mid morning I snacked on an apple and some trail mix before lunch.

Lunch:

Tuna salad and the rest of my packet of trail mix.

Tuna mixed with chopped carrots, string beans, celery, craisins and hummus in place of mayo.

Today we had our weekly volleyball game at 5:30.  I had a blueberry chobani and some pretzels before I left work to tide me over. Then we headed to a friend's house for dinner!

Chili with lots of cheese on top!

Salad and homeade bread on the side. I'm totally impressed by people that can make bread because it seriously intimidates me.  I just buy mine from great harvest.  When I got home I snacked on some dark chocolate while I made my breakfast/lunch for the following day.  I also returned my several phone calls that I missed while playing volleyball.  All of my friends are calling me because they think I should be freaking out by now since my wedding is in 10 days.  Not freaking out yet!!! haha. But who knows where I'll be next week. 

I seriously can't wait to run tomorrow!!!! My foot and my muscles are feeling a lot better and it's supposed to be a beautiful day!



WAIW!!

Happy Hump Day and Happy Birthday to Matt!! 

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Breakfast:

Old news...overnight oats with my favorite flavor of greek yogurt, apple cinnamon.  I had a busy morning at work and this baby kept me full for 3.5 hours.

Snack:

Half a granolla bar and some veggies.  Notorious once again for eating halves of things. Matt loves it when I do that haha.

Lunch:

Turkey and cheese on a deli flat slathered with hummus and some spinach on top. Apple on the side.

Pre Volleyball Snack:

Pineapple, cottage cheese and apple butter.

Today our game was at 5:30, and even though it looked like it would rain at any moment, it didn't!! As always, we took the dog with us even though he is the worst dog ever when he is in the car.

But you can't deny he's freakin' cute!

Our volleyball game went pretty well.  We were down one person so we only had 5 people instead of 6 which hurt us a little. We lost all 3 games, but still had a good time.

Me and the bday boy after our game. 

And since we get home so late and I'm usually about to eat my left arm, we had some leftovers for dinner.

I made this recipe for quinoa with sauteed kale and goat cheese and added turkey sausage to it too.  I loved this recipe because I love goat cheese. It's pretty much my life source.  And a salad on the side for some veggies.

Dessert aka my favorite part of the day

Ok I know what you're thinking, this looks kind of gross.  But it's so good. I found this recipe on Chocolate Covered Katie's blog for the ultimate chocolate fudge pie, except I didn't make mine into a pie, I made it into chocolate mousse, stuck it into a container, and am eating it bit by bit for dessert each night. 

Ingredients:

1 package tofu

1 tsp cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp agave nector

2 tbsp skim milk

10oz chocolate chips

You basically melt the chocolate and all the ingredients together in a food processor and blend.  My only issue....our food processor broke and I have a new one in the basement just waiting to be opened, but apparently it's bad luck to open wedding gifts before you are married.  SOOOO I used a potato masher lol.  That's why mine looks kind of grainy compared to katie's.   But it tastes AMAZING. You need to go out and make this right now.  According to katie's website, if you devide the mousse into 8 servings, it's only around 150 calories.  I've been eating it every night since sunday and I still have a lot left so I think it is way more than 8 servings all together. 

Enjoy!



Daria Alert

Today was just gross outside. Two days ago I glanced at the weather (ok, i didn't glance, I'm an obsessive weather checker, meteorologist Megan to those I work with) and it was supposed to be 72 and partly cloudy today.  Fast forward and I'm driving to work in a torrential downpoor and the temps don't even reach 60.  That's springtime for you!  We had a doubleheader for volleyball...but I'll get to that later.

Now for What I Ate Wednesday brought to you by my phone lol. 

Breakfast:

Pumpkin Protein Pancakes from Carrots N Cake. 

2 tbsp pumpkin

1/2 mashed banana

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1 egg (I used egg whites)

1 tbsp flax seed meal

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

I made these last night and then warmed them up in the toaster oven this morning while I was getting ready for work.  I topped mine with some peanut butter and the other half of my banana. These kept me full for almost 4 hours!!

Snack:

Lunch:

Leftover black bean burger in a salad from last night.

Pre-Volleyball Snack

Chobani :) My life source!

Dinner:

Leftover whole wheat pizza from Monday night.  Hit the spot.  Right now I'm snacking on some dark chocolate and getting ready to pour myself a glass of wine.  And then...I'm passing out.

I totally pulled a Daria today at volleyball. I was so cold that I was absolutely useless.  My toes were completely numb...all 10. 

I totally tried to find the picture where the ball wizzes by and Daria just sticks out her hand without even moving, but I couldn't find it anywhere. This will have to do.  One of the only great things to come out of MTV (besides the Jersey Shore of course haha).