Holy freezing cold!! It felt like December outside today. It started drizzle-raining during golf and my fingers felt like they were going to break in half. It didn’t help that they were getting abused by my terrible golf swing.
I went to all my classes but I can’t say I paid full attention the whole time. There were times when my mind just drifted off stressing over this exam I have tomorrow that is going to ROCK me. Yep, you heard right. I’m not going to rock it…it’s going to rock ME! 
Breakfast: Pumpkin Yogurt (inspiration from GC)
It started like this…
…and ended like this!
- TJ’s Plain Euro Yogurt
- Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Stevia
- Bananas
- Pecans
- Almond Butter
Lunch: I went back to The Refectory Cafe on campus–I can’t get enough of this place!
I got a Mediterranean Wrap (ate half) w/ a cup of Vegan Chili and some home-brought mini peppers.
Look at that wad of hummus 
Beans galore!! This chili actually won an award!
I also got a Pecan Coconut Bar to satisfy this bar/dessert/sweet craving I’ve had for quite a few days now!
I ate about 1/3 of the bar so I could savor it later!
And a SoBe Life Water pictured with the man that looked at me oh so quizzically as I photographed my food
After classes, I told myself I would take the day off from working out but the idea kept gnawing at me. I could have used a rest day but I would have just kept thinking about it the whole night if I didn’t. I needed to go to the gym. I seem to develop some degree of exercise dependence whenever I’m at school. I’ve tried SO hard this year to fight it but something about being at school always manages to suck me into this hole that I hate being in….yet totally feed off of. Gah!!
Anyways, I did this new-ish (?) machine called the Octane Fitness Elliptical for 40 minutes. It simulates running more so than the traditional elliptical. It was actually pretty fun and I broke quite a sweat.
I’m pretty annoyed with myself because I couldn’t just accept taking the day off. I couldn’t be satisfied with walking over an hour around campus and playing golf for another hour. Oh well, hopefully it’ll help me study tonight…
Alright Mr. Mind, you won today, but I won’t let you get away with it so easy next time!!
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After my workout, I finished the Mediterranean Wrap and the Pecan Coconut Bar from earlier. Still incredibly YUM.
Later for din din #2, I had this salad plus about 1/2 a sweet potato that I ate without photographing.
I also made and ate some of THIS, which I will tell you all about tomorrow when my exam is OVER.
Okay lovelies, gotta go gotta study gotta go!!!! I’ll be back in action tomorrow, I PINKY PROM!!
Quirky Qs
1) Have you ever dealt with exercise dependence? How do you convince yourself to just take a break and be 100% okay with it?
2) What’s one thing you’ve eaten LOTS of lately because you just keep craving it? This week has been YOGURT mania!
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1) thank you for the shout out MAMA!!!!!!!!!!
2) IT’S been yogurt MANIA over here as well. I duno, just craving that cold creamy!
3) Homebrought peppz YAYO!
4) hUMMUS wrap looks mm mmm good
5) the pecan coconut bar sounds amazing!!!
i have an exam tomorrow too! guna go studyyyyyyyyyy
GLUCK WITH SCHOOOL ALLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like I have exercise dependence when I’m stressed. It’s the only way I get rid of the jitters and frustration. I could be doing worse things though, so I’m okay with it. Maybe that’s all it is with you, you just need to relieve stress. Don’t worry, your fellow bloggies will keep you in check
Isn’t pumpkin yogurt the best???
That machine looks WAY cool!!!
Good luck on your exam…
I want that award winning chili. AND your breakfast, miss!
That elliptically thing looks funny; I can’t figure it out at the gym so I avoid it. But kudos on making it work!
Your lunch looks sooo good. i wish we had that sort of food at my school. Vegan chili sounds delicious.
1) Exercise dependence? Ha-ha-hardly. I’m still trying to convince myself I NEED it.
2) I’m pretty addicted to almond butter. I thought it might pass, but I still love it just as much.
Have fun studying!!
I am taking advantage of this fallish weather and eating a lot of cinnomon! On my AB with apples and honey
It was 29.8 degrees when I left my house and biked to school this morning. I KNOW you’re jealous.
I have been downing smoothies and tea (hello, contradiction) like crazy and chocolate – I can’t get enough lately!
Good luck on your crazy test Allie!
mmmm looks like pumpkin pudding!! That would be delicious!
I definitely do the same thing with exercise when I’m at school. It just happens. I get out of class so late on Thursdays but I have have have to go to the gym before we eat dinner and go out. I know it’s bad, but I just can’t justify the night without it
I wish I had someplace on campus that made wraps that delicious looking!! and OMG that peacan coconut bar!! drool
1. I sometimes wish I had exercise dependence. It’s like pulling teeth for me to go to the gym sometimes, even though I never regret it when I do. I have aspirations of 6 days/week workouts and even write it on the calendar, but it never materializes.
2. Peanut butter, though, since I’ve been eating it a lot, I might be getting sick of it.
Hmmm… If I do 2 days in a row without some kind of intentional exercise (everyday walking, etc doesn’t count), by the third day I go a little crazy. Not guilt, per se, but an “I WANNA MOVE OR LIFT SOMETHING HEAVY” desire. But after a hard workout nothing feels better than a day off. Haha.
It’s hard to imagine that before high school I never exercised, EVER. And I still managed to get by
It’s funny that you posted this, because I am debating whether or not I should exercise tomorrow morning. I’ve had this exercise dependence issue for a while now, and I don’t know how to get our of it :/ so I’ll be reading all your comments! If I don’t go, I feel the need to. But if I keep going, I don’t give my body the rest it needs (I usually do cardio 4xs a week and yoga 2xs).
I’ve been having pumpkin mania
wow, girl, that pumpkin yogurt looks spectacular, like an art piece!
I’ve been nuts about nuts and orange over sweet potatoes lately!
Your lunch looked so pretty. I love those peppers. They looks so convenient!
I think exercise helps me keep a schedule sometimes, when other things in my life get a little crazy… so in some ways maybe I’m exercise dependent, too. The important thing is to be able to rest when your body truly needs it.
I’ve ate so much oatmeal lately. Seeing all the yummy combos on blogs makes me crave it for breakfast!
My, what a beautiful breakfast in a beautiful bowl! We should go dish shopping together sometime:)
Isn’t the vegan chili phenom?? I get it almost every time I go to the Refectory.
Good luck tomorrow!!
1. good luck on your exam.
2. trader joes almond butter creamy with sea salt and you know what? I AM OUT!! sad days until i go to trader joes again.
I am exercise dependent
That’s way I feel so down these past few days, I’m sick and can’t really exercise. I wish I had a restaurant like that in my campus.
Allie you are going to do great. I just can’t get enough pumpkin! I’m trying every recipe and putting it in every meal. CRAY-ZEE.
ooo wow im going to have to try that pumpkin yogurt recipe! looks delicious! good luck on your exam tomorrow!!
That wrap looks so good! Good luck with your exam, I hope you’re gonna rock it, I’ll be thinking of you and sending positive vibes all the way from Europe…that must work!
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
Study away girl! You WILL rock that exam not the other way around! You’ve got the brains girl you go to Duke! The pumpkin pie yog looks freaking good. The Pecan Coconut bar looks so yummy same with the wrap oh well you know how this goes it all looks so good! I thought my fingers and toes were going to break off during my run this morning it was SO cold outside. I find it hard to take a full break from exercising but I usually just go for 30 minutes a day anyways. GRAPES holy moly I’ve been eating pounds and pounds of grapes!
I used to feel exercise dependence, that I can’t finish my day without working out intensely, but then I feel guilty of doing that to my body (forcing it to workout). Now I think I still need to workout to feel good, but I learned to be okay with just walking around or a easy yoga flow.
what I crave lately? Kabocha obviously. I can’t get enough of it!
After reading your post I’m beginning to think that I do have a touch of exercise dependence. I always feel that I need to exercise everyday so that I don’t gain any weight when in reality I need to give my body a break. (There’s an article in this month’s Women’s Health mag saying that you NEED the break so your muscles can recover & repair.) I woke up this morning I thought I need to exercise but my muscles are a bit sore. So I think I’m going to do some yoga, a compromise.
Btw, thank you for pointing out TJ’s European Yogurt being the same price and getting more than the Greek yogurt. You definitely saved me some money this week!
I have seen that machine at the gym and have always been too scared to try it. I fear looking like a crazy person. I stick with the treadmill. That wrap looks delish!
That yogurt looks really yummy!
I think I used to have exercise dependence, but not so much anymore. I always used to think I HAD to go to the gym, or else my day would not be complete. I would actually feel lazy and guilty if I didn’t go. Then I ended up hurting my knee, and I think it was due to the fact that I didn’t allow myself enough rest days during the week. This scared me enough to teach that it is okay to rest my body when it needs it. What helps me is to convince myself that a “stretch session” or a bit of yoga IS the workout for the day, then at least I feel like I am being productive and helping my body recover at the same time.
Good luck on your test–TRY not to stress too much and you’ll do just fine!
That is the prettiest looking yogurt I’ve ever seen–looks absolutely delicious!
I know what you mean about depending on exercise, sometimes I have to convince myself it’s OK to take a day off!
Mmmmmm! That pumpkin yogurt looks delish, Allie! Gotta try that out soon!
I’ve been dealing with exercise dependance for the past few weeks. ever since started my half marathon training and doing cross training between my runs I have not been able to take at least 2 days off a week. I’ve been taking one day off and my plan is telling me to take two. But I’m just having a hard time doing that. I hate missing a run or weight training. But I know it’s HEALTHY to take breaks during the week from working out. I guess i’m addicted to the endorphins. lol.
i’ve been craving chinese food a lot lately. it’s weird. i usually have it once a month? lol. i’ve been having it at least once a week for the past month. like this morning when i woke up I was craving fried rice – but home cooked.
Shoot! That pumpkin yogurt looked so yummy! I love more ways I can use my canned orange fiber
But now I think I need to go and buy a dessert dish – thanks Allie! And I think you’re wrong about your exam. I think you are totally going to ROCK it, not the other way around.
As for exercise dependence, I’m totally guilty of it. Because I pay for yoga in 3 month increments (it’s a 3 month unlimited package for $375), I try to go every.single.day. I want to go as much as I can because I know I always feel better afterward, because I know I will feel lazy if I don’t, because I’ve already paid for the classes and I want to get my money’s worth and because I think they’re going to miss me at the studio if I’m not there. OK, do you think I’m crazy? If not crazy, maybe just a tad obsessed? I totally know how you feel! But sometimes, my body just whispers to me, “take a day off and rest.” I do listen from time to time and when I do, I am always thankful and I feel rejuvenated.
You are showing us some DANG good eats on this post!!
your breakfast? amazing.. i must get on making that!
Pumpkin pie yogurt has been my staple this week as well! So filling.I spent many years dealing with exercise dependence, even addiction. Two stress fractures and a laid back loving husband later, I have learned to give my mind and body a break!
Hey! I just found your blog…you are so adorable! I love it all already.
Your breakfast looks fantastic. I must try it. Thanks for the great idea!
I often feel like I need to exercise every day otherwise my day isn’t complete, so I understand. We just gotta MAKE ourselves take those free days though…we will be better off in the long run!
I’m loving your pumpkin yogurt. I think I have been on a grape kick lately…seriously grapes almost gone and I bought 2 bags on Tuesday. I think I’m the only one really eating them.
wow your pumpkin yogurt looks AMAZING
what a beautiful spread layout for it.
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