For those of you who don’t know ESPN College GameDay is at my alama mater, Purdue University today!!!

That means that after my 5 mile run this morning in the freezing cold (literally it was 30–freezing) I showered and immediately decked out in Purdue gear.  I even used my Purdue coffee mug!

P.S. It took serious balls for me to post this picture because I realize how awful I look.  I officially need to get some sun, makeup, and sleep!

My favorite part about weekend runs is that I get to eat a HUGE plate of pancakes for brunch.  I usually don’t eat much if anything before runs that are under 7 or 8 miles so I end up eating a late breakfast/early lunch…aka two meals worth of pancakes!  This is an entire plate of pumpkin protein pancakes.  I use Hodgson Mill whole wheat pancake mix as a base, add pumpkin, protein powder, and cinnamon.

Enjoy your Saturday!  BOILER UP!

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!

The hubby is now officially an old man.  He turned 25 today!  Ahhhh!  Personally, I plan to turn 24 for the next 5 years or so.

Since I am in class until after 7 on Tuesdays I made the hubby birthday dinner last night.  It was a fun dinner!

Dinner (really breakfast) started with this pink pancake mix that I won from Erica at Fashion Meets Food

Man, these are some fluffy pancakes!  Just how we like em!

I also made him a mushroom and sausage egg scramble.  He loved the pancakes so much he went back for seconds.  After stuffing his belly with pancakes the hubby enjoyed one of his birthday cupcakes from this weekend.  The hubby then spent the evening relaxing and hanging out with Trooper.

Being the wonderful wife I am I also prepped some beef strogonoff and left it in the fridge so he can heat it up tonight after work.  The hubby’s bday celebrations will continue this weekend because we have tickets to see Purdue play here in Houston in the Sweet Sixteen!  I don’t think Jordan could have asked for a better birthday present!  We have already got our game clothes laid out and ready!

P.S. The hubby and I made the local paper back home (Purdue country).  Click here to check it out.

Okay, now on to my eats.  I have made a conscious effort to watch what I eat.  I tend to keep up my race mentality and continue to carb load after my racing events (not so great on the waistline) although I am in complete rest mode.  I think I have done really well of adjusting back to normal chowing.

Monday’s breakfast was a GM with the last of my spinach.  Sad.

We haven’t grocery shopped in about a week and half, so for lunch  it was time to dig into the pantry.  I found Cream of Wheat Healthy Grains sample that I had gotten awhile back.  It was instant, so I decided a 3 minute lunch sounded good to me!

As a kid, I always had Cream of Wheat when I stayed over with my grandparents.  My grandma made plain ol’ cream of wheat with a little honey.  So simple, so good.  Today, I tend to stick to whole grains and feel the need to add endless toppings.  The Cream of Wheat Healthy grains definitely had a “heartier” taste then regular and I also thought it had a tad thicker texture.  I added banana, AB, and jelly to my bowl.  For instant hot cereal it was pretty darn good.  I would definitely eat it again in a pinch for time.

Although I made the hubby a wonderful Bday dinner, I just wasn’t feeling pancakes (nor were there any left once he was done) so I made soup and a sandwich.

I had a 1 cup serving of Lentil soup.  Yummy.  So filling for soup.

My sandwich was toasted ww bread with hummus, tomato, avocado, and a few apple slices.

Unpictured today were snacks of popcorn, handfuls of Honey Nut Cheerios, and dessert of 2/3 frozen banana sandwich.

Be back later today to give a post-race leg update, and foods for Tuesday!

Does anyone stop at the grocery store for one thing and come out with like 15 other random items?  Because I do, every time!

First random purchase:

Trooper treats!  Doggie ice cream!

Licking his chips just thinking about it!

Yum, Yum, Yum!  And yes, I let my dog eat ice cream for dinner.

Next random item:

Jelly Belly Cold Stone Creamery flavor mix, the strawberry blondie was by far the best flavor, with apple pie a la mode a close second!

Last random item:

Sourdough Nibblers.  Many servings were eaten last night.  Heck I actually opened the bag in the car on the way home.

Dinner was a quick quesadilla made with some of my mom’s homemade salsa:

So chunky, just the way I like it.  It was a bit too sweet for me.  Mom, did you add sugar or something?

After random snacking all last night I still woke up this morning starving!  (Probably that 5 mile run last night!)

Waffles…er, scratch that…pancakes!

Whole wheat pancake mix.  I made it according to waffle directions.

I am too impatient and didn’t let this warm enough or cook long enough, so they came out in pieces.  I decided to throw down some pancakes while I worked to fix my mess.

Success.

The extra large pancakes are for the hubby!

Yes, that pancake takes up almost the whole plate, and my hubby ate two of them!

I had one waffle and one pancake topped with cinnamon, banana, plain greek yogurt, and a little agave.  YUM!  YUM AGAIN!  These were soooo good!

While I made pancakes the hubby made some of a our new coffee.  We picked this up at the opening of One Green Street.

Now time to run some errands.  It got cold overnight!  We woke up to about 34 degrees!  And I had just packed up my boots and sweaters and put them in storage closet, time to unpack again!

Enjoy the weekend!