Hello Mr. Energy, Where Did Ya Come From!?

Today was a crawl-back-into-bed kinda day. Damp, wet, rainy, cold, and misty. Besides making my hair frizzy, it made me quite lethargic. I had a yogurt+kefir+TJ’s High Fiber cereal concoction for b-fast.

My classes were as gloomy as the day. Meh meh meh.

I kept lunch light because I wasn’t too hungry (hooray for a satiating breakfast) and I wanted to have the option of working out later. Boo for a sensitive stomach. I had a Green Monster with Cantaloupe, Papaya, Kefir, Amazing Grass, and Spinach.

Hello Mr. Marg and Mrs. Rita!

Slice of Flourless Whole Wheat Berry Bread (I’m going to have to come up with a shorthand for this one) w/ almond butter, banana, and pecans.

So listen to this (or read haha)! After class, I picked up my package and then proceeded to stand in the middle of the quad debating if I should a) go to the gym and have a totally crappy workout and quit after 15 min or b) go back to my room and plan on going to Body Tone and then not making it there in the end. So I chose option A and told myself it would be okay if I didn’t have a great workout because I walked over an hour to and from class and was exhausted. Plus the day had been ever so dreary.

I hopped on the elliptical and BOOOM a WHIRLWIND BURST of energy came out of absolutely nowhere. I felt like I was on speed drank 40 cups of coffee. I was ellipticalling so fast on a HIGH resistance…and my little legs just kept pumping and pumping. I felt great. I even felt optimistic about the job search (HAHA why!? how!? Don’t know but that was short lived). I ellipticalled for an intense 60 min. and then felt the sudden urge to RUUUUUN.

So I ran. For the first time in longer than I can remember, running felt good. I ran 2 miles before my shins started to twinch. I had on my retired running shoes which was probably a bad idea in retrospect. Just yesterday running felt gut wrenching and painful. Today, I could have gone for 3 more miles, without a doubt. Every step was a burst of energy. Too bad my body was totally depleted!!!

I can still taste the days when running 6-8 miles a day was just any old workout. I’ve had to stop cold so many times in the past 2 years because of my shins. But sometimes I feel like I’m just not fit enough now shins or no shins. I feel like I’ve lost it and I will never build up my running endurance again. It’s been such a frustrating year completely void of a runner’s high.

Sometimes (like today) you’re body can throw you for a loop when you least expect it! Maybe I set too high of expectations for my body so I get discouraged all too often.

Afterwards, I walked a mile back to my apartment…it took about 30 min!!! All because I was crawling with this HEAVY package and my backpack in my arms and on my shoulder.

This is the hill I have to climb at the very end of the hike!!! I almost cried/ collapsed/ ate my hand.

Anywho, so I drank some kefir to get replenish. Yep, still addicted. It took forever for my appetite to reappear. I knew I needed to eat but I wasn’t hungry!! Don’t you hate when that happens? FInally I broke out this panini press that my roommate’s mom got for our apartment!!!! Yay, my sammie’s no longer have to fall apart and crumble to the ground!!! Just as I was wanting a George Foreman, what perfect timing!

So I made a panini-wrap w/ an Ezekiel wrap, avocado, onions, goat cheese, smoked salmon (which got cooked in the press…oops) and lettuce.

With a side of broccoli slaw in Soy Ginger Vinaigrette dressing.

I’m already thinkin’ about dessert! I’m sure you can figure out what I want Stay tuned for what’s inside the package I received today!!! Have a great night everyone.

I can smell Friday peaking around the corner!!

P.S. I finally told my roomies about my blog.  Up until now they’ve only seen snippets of me photographing my food.  It was a bit awkward when I told them, not sure why!  :)  They thought it was super cool though. Hi roomies!

Tagged as: Amazing Grass, Avocado, Banana, Bread, Broccoli Slaw, Cantaloupe, Cereal, Ezekiel Wrap, Goat Cheese, Greek Yogurt, Kefir, Lettuce, Onions, Papaya, Pecans, Smoked Salmon, Soy Ginger VInaigrette, Spinach