"Skinny" French Toast and an emotional day

Hey blogworld,

Today started out well but has slowly become more of an emotional, stressful, and just all around grumpy day.

The one really good thing about today was my breakfast :) oh and my dinner :) haha, basically the only part of my day that was really good was the food. For breakfast I made "skinny" french toast with a whole wheat english muffin. I took the whole wheat english muffin and totally dunked it in egg whites. After grilling this I put some cinnamon on it along with a tbsp of reduced fat peanut butter. DELISH! too bad the rest of the day went downdill (til dinner of course).

Ugh, my day was filled with people and their PROBLEMS. Problems I did NOT want not care about, let alone deal with. I didnt care whose billing got messed up or whose hastring got pulg aed. I was told about a mistake I made on the fitness sales report and almost started to cry. I hate these days. When everything little thing gets to you and you have no idea why. All week I had been planning a special dinner with Stephen for this night, and was just counting down the hours until I was eating a fantastic dinner with my fantastic husband :)

I made parmasean and walnut stuffed pork tenderloin with honey glazed baby carrots and baked sweet potatoes :) My hubs has been working so hard and such long hours at the new job so I wanted to make him a really special dinner. He loved it :)

So, with my re-filled glass of wine I am going to toast to a better tomorrow :) Heres hoping.

Veggie Fritata

Happy Monday :)

This morning I made a veggie fritata that was losely based on a recipe I found on runners world.
It had asparagus, mushrooms, red onion, parm cheese, egg whites and one egg. It was also delish.


Unfortunatly, my camera is on the fritz and I cannot share photos. My husband got a fantastic camera for his bday, and I'm trying to convince him to help me out and take some food pics :)

Now I am out for a short 3-4 mile jaunt around the apartment complex.

have a happy monday :)

Healthy Food?

I found this article today on the Cooking Light website. I found it pretty imformative. I never thought to check the nutrional labels of whole wheat bread before. I will definately know to be more cautious next time...

10 Foods That Sound Healthy But Aren't

Farmington River Trail

Today I ran the Farmington River Trail. It is an 8.5 mile trail that goes along the Farmington River. It was absolutely gorgeous and I loved ::almost:: every minute of it. I, unfortunately, did not run the entire trail. I ended walking/jogging very slowly for about a mile and a half. I dressed a little too warmly for a day like today, and did not bring water. I know, very dumb. I had water in my car, but not with me on the run. I am now on the market for a belt to hold water bottles during long runs. Does anyone out there have on that they like?

Here are some pics from the trail! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!

:::EPIPHANY:::

During my run this morning I had an epiphany...

My goal for this week was to eat only whole foods. I wasnt going to eat anything processed or that would not do SOMETHING for my body. I have been gearing up for this goal for the past few weeks by adding fiber, limiting caffeine, only eating whole grain instead of white flour, etc. I started Sunday and have been very successful. I also had VERY limited animal protein. In fact, outside of the flounder I had Sunday night, I have had no animal proteain. Only beans, soy, and nuts.

Yesterday I was rather grumpy and could not shake a slight headache all day long. I took yoga last night and felt MUCH better are some cleansing deep breaths and some much needed stretching. And today? Today I feel amazing. I woke up before my alarm (still getting 7.5 hours of sleep) and felt alert and rested. My body felt ready to take on the world, and my mind was incredibly sharp.

I was scheduled to do a 5 mile tempo run this morning (or an "easy hard run"). My tempo runs normally look like this....

1600 yards (1 mile) Warm Up 3.5-5.0 mph

800 yards (1/2 mile) Sprint 6.2 mph

400 yards (1/4 mile) Recover 5.5 mph

x4

1600 yards (1 mile) Cool Down 5.2 mph

These runs are supposed to push you just outside your comfort zone for a small period of time in order to increase speed and endurance. I started out doing this pace and it felt way too slow. My tempo run ended up looking like this...

1600 yards (1 mile) Warm up 5.2 mph

800 yards (1/2 mile) Sprint 6.5 mph

400 yards (1/4 mile) Recover 6.0 mph

1600 yards (1 mile) Cool down 5.2-5.5 mph

I couldn't believe it. It felt amazing and empowering and I wanted to hold on to that feeling forever. I truly believe I felt this way because of the slow revamp to my diet. I am definately going to continue eating only whole foods, nothing processed, limited animal protein, and no white flour for as long as I can.

I hope you all have a great day!!!

Begining Of September Stats

Weight on September 1: 162
Body Fat Percentage: 31.2%
Chest: 36 in
Waist: 34 in
Hips: 42 in

I am going to begin recording all these stats at the begining of the month. According to my trainer, I need to lose some body fat so I am starting a new strength program for losing body fat. I will be sure to post it here :)

Bad blogger and Mexican Egg-White Omelette.

Yes, I have been a very bad blogger lately. The good news is I have a lot of pictures of the food I have eaten over the past 2 weeks and it has (for the most part) been on track with a healthy life style :)

I have noticed lately that a lot of bloggers who post healthy recipes have ingredients that are only available at places like Whole Foods and other specialty stores. Frankly, I really cant afford Whole Foods or anything really fancy right now, so I have been sticking to the basics. Some of it isnt particularly exciting, but the food I have been eating and the recipes I have been coming up with are fun, easy, fresh, and clean. I have decided to post a lot of them here :)

My first masterpiece....
(pics to come soon)

Mexican Egg White Omelette:

Ingredients:

.25 cups egg whites
1 egg
1 small tomatoe diced
1 tbsp red onion diced
smidge shredded cheddar cheese
.25 avacado sliced
small amount of hot sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Grease a frying pan using fat free cooking spray (not butter!!!). Combine egg whites and egg and scramble. Put into frying pan, add the tomatoes on top. Allow egg combination and tomatoe to cook for about 2-3 minutes. When the eggs resemble a pancake fold each side into the center. Place cheese on top and cover. When cheese is melted remove from pan onto plate. Add avacado slices on top of the omelette along with hot sauce. Enjoy :)

The skinny...
Calories: 244
Fat: 18g
Carbs 6.9 g
Protein 14.9 g

Note: although this meal is slightly higher on the fat content than I would normally like, it is mostly healthy fats. Also, the amount of protein in the meal keeps me from wanting to snack a lot throughout the morning. Also, this is a great breakfast on a day with a long run planned!!!