a fresh start

There’s nothing like the blanket of white snow covering the ground to symbolize the clean slate that today represents. Welcome 2009. I love you already. Fresh starts are always a good thing.

Today started bright and early with a 5 am wake-up call for work. I packed my lunch the night before, which included the usual smart deli sammie, apple, mix of raisin/dried cranberries, plus odwalla bar.

Look what Santa left for me!! Clearly my mom (errr…santa) knows me well. This will last me quite a while – yay!!

On the way to work I was bummed to find that both Starbucks and Bruno’s were opening late since it was New Year’s Day. Whatever will I do?! No worries, I’m quick on my feet…I got a mediocre coffee at a little market and bought a soy milk to get the day off right.

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I had my odwalla berries gomega in the AM, and got away for lunch around 1 pm. Even though it was 16 degrees outside, I still made it to Starbucks (Bruno’s was closed all day). I got a TON of Sbuck’s gift cards for x-mas so it was free 🙂 I got a short coffee and added vanilla soymilk. Perfect sando go-with. I headed back to work with a nice little caffeine boost. Later in the PM I had the rest of the dried fruit and the apple, which got me through the rest of the shift quite nicely. The day was a bit slow, so when 7 rolled around, I was bouncing off the walls. I wish it were warmer out, I really feel like I need to exercise. Grrrr…snow sucks. So much pent up energy. My BF needs to get back home, stat.

For dinner, my choices were minimal, groceries are sparse in the apartment. So I had a new kind of veggie burger (Lightlife) on Ezekiel english muffins. Yeah, no greens. Veggie shopping def needed.

Lightlife meatless “light burgers” stats (per burger):
kcals 120
fat kcals 15 (1.5 g)
carbs 11 g
sugar 0 g
fiber 3 g
protein 16 g
cholesterol ZERO
sodium 500 mg
potassium 520 mg

How is THAT for healthy? Nada in the cholesterol department, low in fat, and tons of protein.

The consistency was a bit weird, but the flavor was good, although the delish EZEKIEL bun was so warm and toasty that basically anything could have been between it and I would have loved it. And that’s not even mentioning the Sabra-licious hummus I lathered on each muffin 🙂

I ended up having both burgers (the pack comes with 2) and the last 2 Ekez english muffins. I’m shocked the english muffins made it this long considering how obsessed I am with them. Seriously, I hope that is what heaven is like.

Here’s #2

I was full after the two burgers, so I pretty much chilled the rest of the night while watching the Rose Bowl and drinking lots of water and goji berry pom tea. I have another long day of work ahead of me tomorrow, so I’m going to hit the hay early. Still a bit jet lagged from the time difference flight yesterday.