Lazy Breakfast

This morning I had a bowl of Kashi with banana and a piece of toast.

It is only about 25 degrees here this morning so I am going to wait a bit before running.

Must come up with something to do today:  Whole Foods, Sams, Mall, Discovery Green?  Must decide.

Sweet Potato Goodness

Dinner was a sweet potato stuffed with apple chunks and topped with yogurt and cinnamon.

Here is my concoction all mixed up!

I cooked my sweet potato in the microwave.

Stuffed it with microwaved apple chunks, cinnamon, and sugar.

I then wrapped in tin foil and let it sit in oven while my hubby's dinner was in there cooking.

 

Dessert was fro-yo with chocolate (more than pictured here).

Box Lunches

Today was my last day of class and I now have my certificate to mediate family law disputes.  I am pretty excited about this!

I have been eating boxed lunches all week in class, so I am excited to do some lunch planning next week, but here is a look at the last two days:

Friday was a Chick Fil A box.  I was not too excited about the sandwich.  It was breaded and greasy.  On the plus side it came with lots of lettuce and tomato toppings.

The box included my a fruit cup, brownie, and my favorite chips again!  The sandwich was so BIG that I only ate the fruit cup.  I saved the chips and took the brownie to my hubby.

Dinner last night was more stuffed acorn squash-see below.

This morning we got up before the sun and ran 5.5 miles with a 15 degree windchill.  (Yes I am in still in Houston and yes it is crazy!)

Being proud of myself for running this morning I treated myself to a donut for breakfast:

My donut looked like this with walnuts on top.  I forgot to take a picture. (Picture by americanbagelcomapny.com)

Saturday was pizza.  I had a this slice of veggie pizza (plus 1/2 another) and a side salad.

I dug into the Baked Lays from yesterday as a snack.

Running Shoes: Hazardous to Your Joints?

Running Shoes: Hazardous to Your Joints?

This article was sent to me by a friend and I thought I would pass it along to all of you who have seen people running in those weird "barefoot shoe things" and wondered why.

Brrrrrrr

26 degrees in Houston my friends.  And colder tomorrow and Sunday.  There is something wrong with the world!

I hopped up this morning and hit the gym for a little elliptical.  I have a 4 mile run on the training schedule today and plan to do it after class this evening.  Anything over 3 I just can't force myself into boredom on the treadmill, so hopefully I can talk my hubby into taking me out to the park.  It gets dark here about 6pm, and I won't run by myself after dark for obvious safety reasons.  My training schedule and current 830-530 class do not mesh well!

I started this brisk morning with a bowl of pumpkin oats topped with granola, Kashi, and tiny scoop of almond butter!

Although getting home around 6 makes cooking dinner a bit more inconvenient (considering I still have homework to do!), I did manage to throw together stuffed acorn squash last night before the game.

I had already roasted the squash yesterday, so I added in a wedge of Laughing Cow.

Topped with a spoonful of ground turkey and pasta sauce.

I then topped this with Parmesan, Italian seasoning, and ground pepper.

I baked at 400 for about ten minutes to warm everything through, then put it under the broiler for just a minute because I like my cheese browned a bit!

Delicious!

There were also unpictured chips, salsa, and queso consumed (game food).  And the last two pieces of Christmas chocolate!

Hook Em Horns

The BCS Championship Game is tonight and since my beloved Boilers don't compete at that level, I am cheering for my adopted team:  Texas Longhorns!

Today was another day of class from 8:30 to 530ish.  I got out a bit early and am blogging until the hubby gets here to pick me up!

This morning I got up super early and hit the gym for about 50 mins.  30 minutes of slow running (but I did hills) and then 20 minutes on the elliptical.  My training schedule called for a 45 minute temp run, but I just cannot run for more than 30 minutes on the treadmill-it is too boring!

I worked on some blog things (hopefully to be announced soon!) and then headed to school.  The walk was very windy and reminded me that the temperature is dropping to 20 degrees with wind chills in the single digits tonight!!!  Can you believe that?  I live in Houston now people, it is supposed to be warm!  Good thing I hadn't boxed up all my winter gear from the holiday trip.

Lunch was a boxed lunch from Luby's that included a turkey sandwich (some guy got the last one with wheat bread!), fruit cup, Baked Lays Original (my favorite chip of all time!), and a cookie which I tucked back to bring the hubby.

I will likely not be posting tonight because I will be yelling at the TV and cheering on theLong Horns!!!

2009 Fit Hits

Need some new workout music?  (Who doesn't)

Click over to Fit Bottomed Girls and check out Fit Hits:  Best of 2009 playlist.