I woke up this morning with tight muscles and an empty tum-tum! My muscles weren’t really sore, they just needed a good streeeetch. The gym here doesn’t have mats so I’ve been lightly stretching while standing up, rather than sitting down and really goin’ at it. The OTHER gym however….(more on that later). I needed some yoga this morning big time!
I had the usual oatmeal + 1 egg white with pears + apples and a cup o’ Joey. I don’t have too many breakfast options here, hence the redundancy 
I’m missing my yogurt+kefir!!! I’m experiencing serious withdrawal symptoms. I could have sworn I smelled strawberry yogurt today when there was nothing of that nature around.
Then I hit up the tennis courts with the ‘rents. We hit together for about an hour and a half. I got bored so my parents continued and I went over to the recreation center to see what was inside.
There was a beautiful gym inside with slightly newer equipment (compared to the other gym) and weight machines. Cha-ching!! I ellipticalled for 40 min. and then did a quick full body strength training sesh. I ended up doing body weight and dumbbell exercises anyways, but it’s always fun to have machines around to keep me company 
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When I finished, I was surprised that my parents were still hitting!! The weather was too great, I suppose. *It’s still pretty cold down here but after you move around, it’s not too bad under the sun.
Here’s an action shot of my MOMMA (not me!).
Afterwards, I was pretty hungry but I wanted to eat dinner a little later since we’re watching Avatar tonight. So I snacked away! I had some carrots and tortilla chips with salsa and a piece of toast with banana and almond butter (not pictured) to hold me over.
For din, I roasted a kabocha squash. Look how many slices I got from 1 squashie!
And pulled out some shrimp from the freezer.
I had no idea what to make with the ingredients we had on hand!! I’m surprised I managed to come up with this:
Doesn’t it look summery?! …maybe just the salad.
A side salad with avocado and pan-fried shrimp:
Veggie scramble with 1 egg+1 egg white, mushrooms, and tomatoes:
Squashies:
T’was a beautiful day!!
I wasn’t kidding when I said we brought a truck full of food from home!!! (this is not even half of it!)
We cracked open the cantaloupe for dessert. I think I’m going to pack some snax for the movie tonight. We’re watching Avatar in IMAX 3D!!! Woot woot!
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Enjoy your movie!! You will have to let me know what you think. I am up in the air about it still- seems so looong!
you have better meals on vacay than i do at home!! hehe
thanks for answering me on the brussels sprouts
Dinner looks so delish! And avatar in 3D was awesome
hehe I love the stash of squash! Love the sunshine and shrimp – it does look summery!
Enjoy the movie! I love that you packed food for vacation — I do the exact same thing
Sooo jealous that you’re in paradise! What on earth is that big yellow fruit next to the cantaloupe?? I’ve heard good things about Avatar, enjoy the movie
I’ve pretty much been living on kabocha for the past few days. SO GOOD, and dipped in hummus, oh man don’t even get me started.
Enjoy Avatar!! I didn’t really think I would like it, not really my type of movie, but is was amazing!
Ah, I love tennis! I don’t have anyone in PA to play with (plus, obviously, the weather is not tennis-weather up there right now), but maybe this spring I can find a partner. Such a fun game!
what an awesome looking dinner! you are right, so summery! i love to play tennis although im not very good at it. ha! have fun seeing avatar! that movie is AMAZING!!!
Wow everything in this post made me think of summer (the beautiful weather,the food) and i love it!
And girl, I feel ya on the yogurt withdrawal…There’s some WEEKS in school when I can’t get to the store, and have to do without yogurt for uncomfortably long periods of time- rather depressing! haha
I am feeling some yoga too. I missed my intended session this morning and my body is yelling at me for it. Ugh, I need to stretch too!!
My family always brings truck loads of food when we go away too. I think we bring more food than we have in our house. Not really sure how that works, but it just always seems that way.
Hope you like the movie. I hear it’s intense.
please STOP picturing my beloved kabocha… you’re making my mouth watering!!!!!! I can’t find good ripped kabocha in China and I miss it sooooo much!!!
love your summery dinner… so fresh~~
Sounds like a really productive day! and your parents playing tennis together sounds just too cute.
I am so impressed with all your vacation eats! Oh man… I would love to see palm trees right now! It was 18 freakin’ degrees when I woke up this morning!
i get oatmeal withdrawal when i have yogurt/cereal for bfast and then yogurt withdrawal when i have oats!! lol. love that you travel in style…with great food
your mom’s so cute playing tennis! my mom hates playing sports but she runs at least. i have yet to try kabocha!!! but it looks identical to the acorn squash i cooked up last night for dinner. i haven’t tried the slices like you – i usually just cut in half and scoop out with a fork. the slices look great though
Wow, I’m impressed with that meal – looks delicious!
Girl, you come PREPARED! All of that looks delicious!
I’m surprised you didn’t stock up on the kefir & yog before you left!
I’m going on vaycay in two weeks & I’m learning from your example and stocking up when we get to our hotel
Hope you enjoy the movie!
That is a summery looking dinner! But it looks like you have some great weather over there! I’m jealous…
Enjoy the movie!
Mmmm shrimp and sunshine, looks good to me!
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Ahhhhh so jealous of your squash! I’ve gone 3 weeks without it and I’m craving it like mad, but the store was out! Grrr. Hopefully they get more in by this weekend
Everything looks so summery! I love seeing the sunshine, palm trees, and hearing about your fun tennis playing. Oh I love tennis and am so bad, but it is still so fun, and if I play someone who isn’t that great it is an awesome workout-run, run, run!
My hubby was so bummed when we went to see avatar with our friends and it wasn’t in 3D-it kept me entertained which is saying A LOT for a sci-fi/fantasy!
Ugh it’s been so cold in Florida recently that going back to Jersey doesn’t even seen that bad! And I would totally be going through yogurt withdrawal too… I hope you get your hands on some soon!
I wish I lived in sun and warmth like that! You lucky gal!
Oooh, you’ll have to tell us how Avatar is … everyone seems to love it!
That dinner does look very summery, and so do all of your palm tree photos. Looks are deceiving though, it is so cold in Florida lately even with the sun shining! Hope you enjoy Avatar, I saw it in 3d and loved it.
u can do no wrong…too healthy and beautiful…want some snow and cold
continue to have fun.
Allie, your pantry looks like mine! Wahaha! Four little kabochas, and a truckload of fruits. Hee hee!
And man, your mom is one slim hot mama!
Have fun watching Avatar.
What a crazy and long workout you had today, girl! Good job!
you will love avatar (i think).. i definitely did!! & nice workout- tennis sounds fun too. i’m jealous of your summer-like vacation, it is snowing a lot here!
Wasn’t a huge fan of avatar because the story sucked balls, but a lot of people liked it for the cool special effects. Tennis would be nice right now if there wasn’t ice all of over the courts.
ooo youre going to love avatar! let me know how u like it!
love it!
i dk how u are doing the yogurt thang.. yeah i def couldnt go that long w.out it..major withdrawels! ur dinner looks great! LOVE that u played tennis
Everytime I see kabocha squash on a food blog I am wondering if it’s the same thing as a buttercup squash! I just tried to look it up and wikipedia says its similar but I guess not the exact same thing? I haven’t seen kabocha around here!
I love that you brought 5 kabochas, I would do the exact same thing! Your travel meals all look fantastic
LOL I know exactly what you mean by “smelling” the foods you crave. It happened to me recently with almond butter. Weird.
What temp do you roast your kabocha at, and for how long? I finally got my hands on one, but I don’t really know what to do with it now.
It is so nice where you are! At least you have all that fun to get you through until you’re reunited with yogurt
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Those food look really very delicious.Those tennis court’s photographs are also very nice.I like vegetable salad very much and I take it daily with my lunch.Thanks for this post.
I totally understand your yogurt withdrawal I eat so much that when I’m away and can’t get my hands on it I to get same feelings! I so can’t wait to see that film looking forward to hearing what you think of it x x
Forget the food, I’m jealous of your gorgeous weather!
I have a hard time eating healthy while on vacay. That’s my biggest issue with healthy eating–I feel like I need to indulge while traveling. But your eating is very inspirational! I’m working on it.
Looks like you’re having a great vacation!
IMAX 3D is the best! Hope you have fun
Look at all those kabochas! I can’t find them around here anymore. Boo!
That shot of your Mom is great. She’s in such good shape!
Your momma looks like a tennis pro!
Enjoy the movie! I’ve yet to see it but I hear it’s great!
Score on finding a nicer gym! Always a nice discovery
And is it just me or is the picture of the huge shrimp on that package a little terrifying?? haha Looks yummy as dinner though!
ugh i totally feel you on the yogurt withdrawal. i was just away with my fam and i went without yogurt for a week! i usually have it (and kefir
) everrrryyyy day. that first bowl of yogurt you have when you get back i assure you will taste just fantastic 
the squash you made looks amazing and i need to find that kind by me!!!! (cant find it anywhere and im a lover of all things squash/sweet potato related)
my parents would have killed me but i would have brought food along on our trip too (if we were staying in the country lol…its just a foodie thing i guess
) it looks beautiful where youre staying! hope youre having a fun timeee and im so jealous youre seeing avatar! i have yet to see it 
can you believe I still havent tried kambocha!! ahh I know I need to! it looks so good! so many slices out of one guy! you are surely going to be squashed out! I know what you mean anbout withdrawal, when i go away I miss certain foods that I always eat!
SCORE on the newer gym with weights YAY!!
enjoy the movie!
loving the kabocha stash, girlie! those are the best. do you know if it’s possible to get kabocha as the winter continues and spring comes? im worried about kabocha withdrawl
love packing snacks for movies. looks like you are having fun in FL!
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