Breakfast: The hubby and I hit up the hotel breakfast Sunday morning

• Instant Quaker Apple Cinnamon Oats
• 1/2 cup raisin bran w/ skim milk
• coffee with 1 creamer

After breakfast we headed to the other hotel where the hubby’s family was staying to meet up with them for our trip to the beach.  Part of the hubby’s family lives out in Missouri and doesn’t see much of the beach, so on this vacation, they really wanted to get a trip in to the beach – no complaints here.

So, we drove about 2.5 hours south to Corpus Christi and then over to Padre Island for the day.

Snack: Twix candy bar – I had 1.5 sticks and gave 1/2 to the hubby – I’m such a good wife!

I only got a few photos at the beach, but we hung out on the sand, played in the water, jumped over the waves, got some sun and then called it a day and drove back to San Antonio for 2.5 hours.

The Coastline

View From the Water towards the road

Trucks parked right next to the water

The sand was pretty tricky out here and several trucks got stuck while we were out here.

On the way home we delved into the snack stash since we didn’t have a formal lunch planned.

Lunch: 1/2 Odawalla Chocolate Chip Peanut Bar (my favorite flavor!!) – the other 1/2 went to the hubby + TJ’s trail mix: cranberries, almonds and cashews – I can’t tell you how glad I am I brought the trail mix with me

Odawalla Choc Chip Peanut

Dinner: Longhorn Steakhouse was on the menu Sunday evening – we were given a gift card and used it for our meal

Appetizer – The table shared the Texas Tonion  and I had about 2 pcs of bread waiting on my meal to arrive – I was starving y’all!!

Main course – Salmon Salad – bourbon-marinated salmon over salad greens with a little balsamic dressing on the side – so delicious – the salmon was cooked perfectly!!

I also had a glass of Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio

And looking back at my photos, looks like my it was so good that I wolfed it down before capturing any photos of dinner – not sure what happened there.

Dessert – ice cream sandwich purchased at the hotel – it was so yummy!!  The stats weren’t too horrible on this, well except for the HFCS – yikes!

Old School Good

After dinner, the hubby and I watched a little TV and crashed out!  Another great day under our belts.

FRIDAY

The hubby was kind enough to drop me off on Friday at 6:30am at the airport.

Unfortunately, I left my camera charging on the docking  station, so there are no photos to post.  But, you guys didn’t miss much, it was pretty fast paced conferency stuff.

Friday afternoon,  my boss had a lecture to attend, so I read a little and decided to hit the gym at the Westin Detroit.

Workout:

• 10 min walking on treadmill
• 4 mile run
• 30 min walk, uphill
• Core work: Stability ball, medicine ball 6 lbs,
• lunges – 10 on each leg
• 25 jumping jacks

After the gym, I got ready to head to the little reception that was being held after the first conference.  There I had an Amstel Light, veggies – carrots, grape tomatoes, celery sticks and asparagus spears, wasabi peas, gouda cheese with a handful of crackers.  I also had 2 mini egg rolls.

SATURDAY

Breakfast: The conference began at 8:30 – so we made sure we grabbed a healthy breakfast

Saturday morning, we got up early and ordered breakfast room service – both of us got the oatmeal with toppings – the oatmeal arrived topped with pecans and sliced bananas. I added a smidgen of butter, some brown sugar and a few raisins.  I’m not a huge fan of eating oatmeal outside my home or my mom’s, but this was probably the healthiest option on there.  I also fixed me a cup of Starbucks coffee to go along with my oats.

Lunch: We broke for lunch around 12:30 – it was buffet style.  I fixed a large mixed green salad with blue cheese crumbles, olives and grated carrots.  I also had a sautéed veggies – zucchini, squash, carrots and red onions.  I also grabbed a small piece of cake that had a caramel frosting on top

Snacks: I snacked on some almonds and dried cherries and some Annies bunnies during the course of the conference

By the time we were finished with the conference, it was time to catch the plane – while waiting for the plan, I grabbed a Luna protein bar – Cookie Dough – I liked this flavor a lot more than the chocolate peanut butter flavor.  Not as good as the Larabar cookie dough bar, but not too bad.  I liked the amount of protein in these bars.

Once we landed and finally got home, I was still hungry, so I fixed me a quick dinner. 1 piece of Ezekiel bread, 1 egg + 1 egg white, topped with salsa and a little bit of avocado – delicious meal!!

SUNDAY

The hubby and I got up semi-early to get ready for church, so by the time we got ready, it was time to head out and no time to make dinner, so I grabbed a bar to eat along the way.

Breakfast: Chocolate Chip Trail Mix Odawalla Bar (200 cals)

Odawalla Bar - Trail Mix

Lunch: The hubby decided to whip us up a nice tasty meal using only veggies – he ended up making us a veggie curry with lots of yummy spices and coconut milk

Ingredients  in our curry:

• green beans
• red potatoes
• broccoli
• tomato, diced
• onion
• asparagus beans (from our OWN garden)
• lite coconut milk
• avocado, diced
• garam masala
• tumeric
• garlic

From our garden!!!

Coconut Curry

My bowl – spicy!

Veggie Coconut Curry

After lunch, the hubby and I decided to hit the movies and check out Eat, Pray, Love.

Snack: Instead of grabbing popcorn, the hubby and I brought our own snacks to tide us over during the movie – I snacked on another Luna protein bar – the Chocolate Cherry Almond.  I really liked this version – I’m on a cherry kick lately!

Dinner: Since the hubby fixed us lunch, it was my turn to get into the kitchen and make us a meal.  I decided to make mini quiches using Ezekiel bread as the base and then making my egg mixture to pour over top of the bread.

First, I made the little rounds for the base of the quiche to place on the bottom of a muffin pan

Making bread rounds

After the bread rounds are cut, I  tossed into the muffin pan

Bread Rounds in pan

Then I started on the filling ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk (I used hemp milk)
• garlic
• onion
• salt and pepper
• grated zucchini
• manchengo cheese

I grated the zucchini and set aside.

Then I combined the egg and milk and whisked together, then added the garlic, salt and pepper,  I added the zucchini and onion into the egg mixture and then stirred until well combined.

Lastly, I made thin slices of the cheese and placed on top

I baked these @ 375 degrees for 25 mins

Mini Quiche

After dinner, I made us sweet treats that I’ll post later…I”m worn out tonight!  We had some seriously delicious veggie meals!

Hope you guys had an awesome weekend and a good Monday – see you guys later.

Breakfast: 3 Egg whites (48 cals) + a spoonful of AB and yogurt (93 cals) + Coffee w/ agave and 1/2 and 1/2 (22 cals)

Snack: White Chocolate Macadamia Bar (190 cals)

White Chocolate Macadamia

Lunch: Friday my boss took me to lunch at Souper Jenny in Buckhead and it was so yummy.

We both got the $12 lunch deal – which is your choice of any two menu items. It comes with a roll, the daily treat (usually a cookie), a piece of whole, fresh fruit and a drink of your choice.  They are mostly known for the delicious homemade soups that are featured daily, they usually make 6 varieties.  What’s so great is that they’re also featuring cold soups for the summertime and they really sounded amazing.  I however, did not go with the soup, sometimes I have to be in the mood for soup and it was blazing hot, so soup, albeit a cold one, just didn’t feel right to  me – but a fresh grain salad and fresh fruit sounded awesome!

I ordered the Bulgur salad with grilled asparagus, arugula and artichoke hearts + mixed fruit (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and fresh pineapple)+ a roll (which I didn’t eat) + a lemon flavored cookie and water (approx 393 cals)

No pics but the meal was delicious! I wasn’t sure how my boss would react to me whipping out my camera.  I think I’ll give it a little more time – some people think it’s weird.  But I’ll probably bring it out next time. 

The place was packed and the decor is very whimsical and cheery.  Bright colors, various seating arrangements and an oversized couch definitely add a lot of character to this restaurant.  There is even a little playroom for the kids to use once they’re done eating, I thought this was a very clever idea.  I also learned that all of the servers are also performers at the local theaters which is kind of neat.  

Snack: 1 Lindt truffle (73 calls)

Peanut Butter

Dinner: We ended up meeting up with another couple to see a movie down at the AMC theater in Atlantic Station and didn’t have time to get dinner – I grabbed a Luna Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar, (190 cals) – and ate it during the movie – I also had a few bites of the hubby’s pressed buffalo chicken sandwich he ordered – I didn’t eat any of the chicken though. (78 cals)

Dessert: 1 Lindt truffle (73 cals)

Delicious creaminess

Total Calories: 1159 cals

We saw The Other Guys at the movie theater at Atlantic Station.  This was pretty crowded since it was opening weekend, but luckily we were able to find good seats.  The hubby and I resisted the temptation of getting popcorn this time.  I felt much better about our night out by not eating all of that salt and fat.  

This movie was funny, sometimes I’m picky about the movies I want to see in the theater.  Not sure if this is 100% theater quality, but it was a lot better than I thought it would be.  Funny and corny in some spots, but not over the top stupid that I had feared.  I really like both of the main actors – Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg.

It was a good evening to a good day.  

Peace out guys…

Another great perk of living at our new apartment is that they offer free personal training sessions twice a week at our gym.  So, I decided to take advantage of that yesterday.   The sessions last 30 mins and are pretty intense!

After work though, I was so tired and thought about canceling the appointment but then just told myself to just go and quit trying to talk myself out of it.  When, I got home, I got into my work out clothes and went to the gym to warm up and then had my session. I felt great afterwards and knew I would be happy I went.  The mind is a powerful thing and too often I let it talk me about of things!!

Yesterday should have been a little easier to hit the gym since the hubby was out-of-town, but for some reason it wasn’t.  Whenever he’s here, I just want to hang out but when he’s traveling, I’m usually a little more motivated, but not lately.  I can feel myself getting lazy…I mean, I’ve been trying new things lately and seeing what’s out there, but if I’m on my on and plan on going to the gym at our place, the laziness creeps on up.  Must work on that.

Workout:

• 5 min warm-up on treadmill – walking
• 27 mins on elliptical
• 30 min personal training session doing abs, arms, lunges and cardio

After the gym, I came home did a little cleaning and then fixed a green smoothie for dinner:

Green Smoothie

• 1 cup unsweetened original almond milk
• 1.5 large handfuls of spinach
• 1 Tbsp flax meal
• stevia
• crushed ice
• 1 scoop of almond butter

Other eats from today include….

Breakfast: I started the day off with an EmergenC

Raspberry EmergenC

Breakfast was raw oats in almond milk, cinnamon and 1/2 a banana

Raw Oats in Almond milk + Eggs

Snack: PB&J Larabar – one of my faves!

PB&J

Lunch: I had to run some errand yesterday during lunch, so I stopped by Starbucks on the way back to the office and picked up a little sweet treat.  They were out of the mini vanilla scones that I adore so much and instead of saying NO, I opted for a mini donut…it was calling to me, I swear! I also had a tall iced skinny cinnamon dolce latte.

Tall Iced Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte

Mini Donut

As the bad girl I am, I ate my dessert before my lunch…but you know what – life is short so you should eat dessert first – that’s my philosophy anyways.  Once I returned to work, I warmed-up my 1/2 sweet potato and ate my raw celery and cucumbers with a little avocado.  Pretty balanced meal if you ask me

Snack: 1 hard-boiled egg white.  I also had 1/2 banana with almond butter when I got home from work, before hitting the gym.

After dinner and watching a little bit of Netflix – Miami Ink anyone?  I called it a night…these shows ALWAYS suck me in.

Peace out y’all….

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip

Although I’m excited about the new flavors that they’ve brought to the table, I have to say that I’m a little disappointed that they’ve deviated from their original standards of raw and vegan.  I guess it didn’t deter me too much from grabbing them up, but I didn’t realize until later that they aren’t made the same way as the others are.  It’s certainly my fault for not reading the packing before devouring it, but I wonder if it has anything to do with them

Saturday, the hubby and I went up to Athens to hang out with my sister and we stopped by EarthFare to grab a few things.  I happened to notice that they were having a sale on Larabars – oh, what joy!  So, I grabbed a few…here’s a pic of my stash….

Assortment

Like I said I love me some Larabars!!!

Peace out y’all….