Entries from December 2008

December 31, 2008

La La Land is Coming to an End

Hello bloggies- can you believe it is almost 2009?  Crazy!  Today was such a fun day and full of healthy eats, thank God.  And no cookies, even better.
Breakfast was 1/2c. cooked steel cut oats (1/8c. raw) with golden raisins and a microwaved apple with cinnamon with a splash of milk. 

Shown with some very strong coffee.

 
I [...]

December 30, 2008

I’m Back and Ready for Some Veggies

Hi everyone!  I have missed you all so much- I am sorry I haven’t been able to post much recently- my life has been a flurry of WEDDING PLANNING and eating cookies.  I originally thought I could do a monster post with all the food I’ve been eating, but I simply can’t so I will [...]

December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas!

Hi friends- hope you all had wonderful Christmases- I certainly did!  My family is heading up to Syracuse to visit my grandparents for the night so I won’t be able to post until Sunday morning most likely- I have some great picturse of the plethora of butter and sugar that I have consumed over the [...]

December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve!

Morning bloggies- happy Christmas Eve to you/happy Hannukah (4th day, right?)!  I thought I would do a quick check-in amidst wrapping, decorating, and cooking!
Last night, my stomach started getting super grumbly around 5:30, and we weren’t scheduled to have dinner until 7:30 so I seriously dug in to some pretzels and hummus while my parents [...]

December 23, 2008

Repeats

Hi everyone- today’s meals are not terribly exciting- they are essentially the same as yesterday’s, but still doing the trick of being healthy.  After a great session with my friend the elyptical, I had a bowl of pumpkin oats while beginning my workday from home- 1/2c. oats, water, dolup pumpkin, cinn, equal, 1/2 banana.  With [...]

December 23, 2008

Back on Track

Hi everyone- just a quick update on dinner- my wonderful brother flew in this afternoon so it was a delight to have a meal with my parents, brother, and Mike.  We started with some apps- hummus, artichoke dip, crackers- I had one chip with artichoke dip.  It was phenom.
 
And some Beaujolais Nouveau. 
 
Dinner was 2 courses:  [...]

December 22, 2008

Self Control

Hello bloggies- can you believe Xmas is almost here?  Mike and I are working from home today.  I am writing a paper and finishing up this meal as I type:
 
a big salad with greens, carrots, cherry tomato, an onion, with balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper, and 3/4c. TJ’s Greek yogurt with 1/4c. Go Lean Crack [...]

December 21, 2008

R Rated Nutcracker and Butter

Hello beautiful people!  Hope you are having a tremendous Sunday.  I am writing this from my mother’s study curled up in a homemade blanket and watching the snow fall into my backyard.  It is truly magical!  Although I hate being cold, the snow at Christmas time really recalls nostalgic childhood memories for me!
Ok enough mushiness- [...]

December 20, 2008

Hormones Suck

Hi friends!   Hope you guys are having great weekends- I certainly am!  I am safely in New Jersey blogging from my childhood bedroom with my puppy at my side   Coming home is always so wonderful- my mother decorates the house in the most beautiful ways- not a painting is without a red velvet [...]

December 19, 2008

LAST DAY!

Hi friends- I will be brief bc I am about to head out of the door and do some serious present sorting/packing so Mike and I can leave at the crack of dawn tomorrow.
Breakfast- pumpkin oats with PB.  I also had a little PB on a spoon afterwards.

Midmorning snack- orange.  No pic. 
Lunch= awesome.  [...]