I am enjoying my Laughing Cow Swiss and strawberry jam sandwich from my new sandwich box. My mom gave me this neat little container to take my lunches in. I not only stop wasting so many ziplocs but my sandwiches don’t get smashed!

I guess it is in my book.  I let myself hit snooze until 6 this morning although I am pretty sure I could have slept all day!  The last couple of weeks I have immediately gotten up and exercised for 20-30 minutes so that I made sure to get it in…but, this morning I decided to finish this dreaded outline I have been working on all week first.  Priorities.

To motivate myself I made a nice, filling breakfast.  And yes, I am eating instant oatmeal right now-there is no way I am dirtying a pan or standing in the kitchen for more than 1 minute 30 seconds.

OAIJ:  with some apple chunks and cereal topping.  This tasted a lot better before I went outside and realized it was as hot and muggy as the rain forest.  Maybe some iced coffee is in order.

Let me give a photo recap of what I have been eating all week and a quick workout review.

Eats:

Lots of cereal, protein powder, and berries.  At least one meal a day, usually two.

Packed up a few of these home-made tv dinners.  This is just a bag of frozen california vegetable mix, brown rice, chicken pieces, and low sodium teriyaki sauce.

Soup with the last of my mushrooms, spinach, and pitas.

A frozen black-bean, butternut squash burrito topped with Laughing cow.

So glad I made a few of these awhile back and froze them.  Instant lunch.  Click here for recipe.

Last night I created another wrap of sorts.  Can you tell what the hubby and I survive off when we have no time to cook or grocery shop?  Wraps are a lifesaver!  (*Tip:  Flatouts keep well in the freezer.  Buy an extra package and keep it on hand for weeks like this one*)

Southwest-style egg wrap

1 Flatout (best shape to work with)

1 wedge Laughing Cow

1/4 cup egg beaters

2 Tbsp or handfuls black beans

Tomatoes or salsa

In microwave safe dish cook your eggs until done.  Take out and break apart with fork.  Heat small skillet on stove med-high to high.

Spread 1 wedge Laughing cow out all over wrap.  Towards one end add eggs, black beans, and tomatoes.  Sprinkle on any desired seasonings.  Roll wrap up tightly.

Place wrap on hot skillet and lightly press down with spatula.  Cook until light brown and slight crisp.  Flip and repeat on other side.  Enjoy!

Helpful hints:

• I used both canned black beans and tomatoes because that was all we had!  Improvise people, this is meant to be easy.
• A panini press would work great if you are lucky enough to have one

Workouts:

If you can’t tell, I rarely leave the library or my desk chair.  I can tell, it is taking a toll on my body!  Besides already looking frumpy, I can feel my energy levels shriveling up.  That said, I have kept to my monthly goal of at least 30 minutes a day.  I wake up and immediately do Level 2 Shred or hit the treadmill for a HIIT workout.  These two things seem to pack the most punch for me right now.

I have completely disregarded strength training.  I can tell.  Things are starting to droop after skipping for about 3 weeks now.  I am going to make an effort to put in at least one day of strength work until I get through finals.

Okay, I am going to end this incredibly long post now…and come back with a second one just for Friday Fun Facts.

There was a lot of weekend recap happening, but obviously I left out a lot of food!

Let me start with today’s lunch:

Lunch was a toasted sammie with Laughing Cow Swiss and raspberry jam.  Dessert was a calcium chew and half a Cliff Z bar-brownie.  Some how I always end up eating these in halves.

I also had a big ol’ GM.  I used mixed berries instead of blueberries and it turned out to be of a Mud-colored Monster.  Oh well, tastes good to me!

Now, here are some random foods consumed since Friday:

Massive jar of oats/oat bran mix.

Turned into a massive bowl of apple cinnamon protein oats.  So filling!

I had saved a couple pink pancakes for the hubby, so he had PB pancakes on Sunday morning!

Tuna salad-salad.  Yes I made this is a casserole dish because all of my plates were dirty.

New “fake garlic bread”.  Toast bread, spread on Smart Balance, sprinkle Kroger’s Zesty Garlic & Herb spice, sprinkle on Parmesan.  I am addicted to this combo!

Boca burger salad.  I promise there is Boca under all those mushrooms!  Another piece of “fake garlic bread”.

Cadbury egg!  About the only kind of chocolate candy I like!  I always eat at least one every Easter season.  Anyone else think they have gotten smaller since they were kids?  Not that that is a bad thing!

PB & J protein cake.  Deliciousness!

Found the cutest Easter treats, click here to make!

As I write this post I am snacking on a plate of apple slices.  Honestly I think I could eat apple for every meal.  Apple is definitely my favorite snack.  I slice it all up then sprinkle cinnamon on it…delicious!

Anyway, this morning I hopped up and hit gym!  Since I have been training for races since about October, it has been a really long time since I have gone to the gym without  a mission.

I hit the elliptical and brought this with me.  I love this girl!  So excited to see her on the cover of Shape!

After the elliptical…return of the GM.  I didn’t take a picture because I was literally running out the door.

It is now about 11 and I am skipping the rest of my classes for the day to go watch Purdue’s open practice at Reliant with the hubby!  I am super excited!  Feels so home-y to be watching my Boilers right down the street again!  Posting and food might go undone today depending on how things go!

Wednesday recap:

I promise to get back on regularly posting in the evenings, I am playing catch up with school work this week!

For lunch I had…apple slices.  Like I said, I could eat this every meal!  I also had a toasted sammie with Laughing Cow (Swiss) and jam.  Such a fun combo.

Jam that I am lovin’ right now is Polaner Sugar free with fiber.  It doesn’t have that fake sugar taste, and who doesn’t need a little extra fiber in their diet?  Flavor of the month:  strawberry.

Dinner was boring.  Using up things that need used.

This meal.

With some diced tomatoes and pineapple added.  TV dinners never have enough to them for me.  Even visually I just need more food.  I always add my own fruits/veggies to them to pump up the portion.    The meal was okay.  I didn’t photograph.

I made some “fake garlic bread” with a toasted sandwich thin, smear of Smart Balance, Parmesan, and Italian seasoning.  Surprisingly good.

My hubby got these in the mail for his birthday from my mom.  This is Sublett’s BBQ sauce.  It comes from a little place up in Monticello, IN.  Best BBQ on the planet hands down.  I honestly could have drank some from the bottle, but instead am day dreaming about BBQ tofu!

After dinner my insane sweet tooth was calling.  I decided to do a second try on Janetha’s protein cakes.

Success!  Major key was using a bigger cooking bowl/cup.  I will list my recipe below, make sure the check out the recipe on Meals and Moves linked above!

Protein Cake

3 Tbsp egg substitue

1 Tbsp applesauce (whatever the hubby had in fridge)

1 scoop protein (chocolate)

1 tsp baking powder

Microwave about 2 mins.  My microwave is crappy, so it might be less in others.  I then cut mine in half and added sugar free jam and smear of PB.  Delicious!  This made a huge cake!   I honestly might downsize recipe next time to fit in my smaller cups.

Okay, BOILER TIME!!!!!!

Ah, it is so hard to get back into  school work and a regular schedule after Spring Break.  Well, lets be honest it is hard to get back into school work at any point.

Remainder of Tuesday eats:

Dinner was the remaining 1.5 servings of Lentil soup.  I really like this stuff and will probably buy again next time I am at the store.  I always add fresh ground pepper to it (and all soups), but I also enjoyed adding small scoop of regular hummus.

On the side, piece of ww toast with Laughing cow, tomato, and fresh ground pepper.  Seriously the best combination ever.  I also had about 5 crackers with hummus.  I needed some crunch.

Unpictured snack included a huge bowl of cantaloupe.  I have NEVER liked cantaloupe.  I love every other melon possible, but for some reason stayed away from the orange stuff.  Well, long story short-the hubby likes it, I bought him one, cut it all up, ended up eating a bowl, and didn’t hate it as much this time.

I am fighting a serious sweet tooth these days so I decided to make myself a little something.    Every time that I track my food I come up short on protein.  I am short on my protein on almost a daily basis.  (Likely because I am a carb and fruit queen!).  In hopes of killing two birds with one stone I attempted to make  protein cake that I saw over at Meals & Moves.

Problems with my attempt include: not using a big enough dish and not having very good protein.  (Again, I must be too lazy to get to store).  Anyway, Janetha’s cakes look awesome everyday so I am going to tweek the recipe and try again.  When I get a combo that works for me I will post!

Wednesday-Half Way There!

Still no cardio for this gal.  I am hoping to hop on my stationary bike for about 20 mins today.  Although I have taken the dog on as many walks as possible to get in some activity (he doesn’t mind), I am being very careful not to jump back in too fast and cause injury.  In my mind I can run 26 miles on the weekend and hit the gym Monday for an hour–WRONG!

Lauren from Biochemista suggested some yoga and foam rolling for my post-race legs.  Somehow I still haven’t bought a foam roller (I am just lazy), so I did some yoga and stretching this morning.  Legs are feeling good!  Thanks for the advice!

After stretching, I did about 35 minutes of upper body strength work.  Gotta have time to watch my Buffy episodes.  They just don’t make sitcoms like they did in the 90s!

Breakfast was the last of my strawberries, 3/4 of banana, about 1/2 cup cheerios, cinnamon, and some Texas honey.  Yum!  I followed this with a glass of chai tea.

After talking with mi madre today I am going to try and not complain about the gray weather we have been having here in Houston.  Back in Indiana, my mom’s road is completely in-passible.  They used the tractor to plow a path across the corn field down to the highway.  (Yes, I grew up in the middle of no-where  Midwest)  And areas up on the East Coast that got pounded with feet of snow a couple days ago are about to get hit again!  So crazy.  On the other end of the spectrum it is about to rain here again and there are tornado warnings.  Mother Nature is a funny thing!

Dinner tonight was a butternut squash that needed to be used.  This is about half the squash topped with cinnamon and dollop of plain greek yogurt.

I also made a sandwich thin with Laughing Cow Swiss and strawberry jam.  I have seen this combo on a few blogs and wish I would have tried it sooner!  So good!

As I type this post the rain is coming down so hard I can’t even see across the street!  One thing I have learned about Houston is that when it rains, it pours.  Dang it, I am already complaining about the weather again!

After dinner I had a small chickpea blondie.  I can feel more snackage going on tonight.  I am in a really snacky mood lately, so I will just fess up that more snacks will likely be eaten tonight.  Sometimes a girl just needs her snacks!

Do you go through major snackage phases too?  Do you give in or resist?