Atrophy

My goodness! 

I feel like I’m losing muscle and my body is turning into blah by the day…I don’t know what happened to my motivation, but somehow I have managed to avoid physical activity for nearly two weeks.  Unfortunately, I can feel it in my tone and general fitness.  Even MORE unfortunate is how little I seem to care.  Ok, that’s inaccurate, I definitely care.  I just am too tired and unmotivated on my days off to take action.  No worries, I have a plan. 

But first, my past few days of work eats.

Clif bar, Odwalla bar, apple, salad x 2

MUST.GO.GROCERY.SHOPPING.NOW.  How does the fridge get empty so quickly?!  Where does it all go? [insert obvious answer here]  Since I was operating with minimal options, I got a bit creative, and filled in the gaps in my lunch at a local health foods store on my lunch break.  (So add in a bag of Happy Herbert’s honey wheat pretzel sticks and hummus)

The veg ensemble had layers upon layers, including spinach, steamed kale, raw green bell peppers (my least fave bell pepper, but Kyle’s fave…sacrifices people, sacrifices), steamed carrots, shrooms, cherry toms, and dried cranz.

The other tupperware had edamame/corn with Bragg’s liquid aminos.  It’s climbing the charts into the favorites zone. 

Work was so nice.  I only had two patients, and even though one of them made 4 visits to the bedside commode before 10 am, I wasn’t too busy and the day was pretty relaxed. 

For my dinner appetizer, I munched my way through more of the honey wheat pretzels that I bought at lunch…

Then, inspired by Gigi, I decided some Health is Wealth meatless “chik’n” nuggets would be the perfect accompaniment to my already gourmet dinner. 

Everything is better when coated with hummus. 

Chocolate pudding (‘fu, cocoa powder, xanthan gum, agave nectar)

After packing up the next day’s work eats, I snuggled up to finish my latest book (Push by Sapphire) and hit the sack.

Two apples, a whisper of pretzels, chocolate hazelnut Larabar, PB&J Larabar, and two salads.

These salads are getting…interesting.  And by interesting, I mean desperate.

In the mix we’ve got spinach and romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, green bell peppers, cukes, and dried cranz.

Well, I was in such a choppy mood, I just kept right on going…and made a whole second salad!  I mean, why not?  I figured this way I wouldn’t have to think about dinner after getting home after work.

Which I did!  But I spruced it up with some hummus, BN squash, and BBQ sauce.

By the way, there was no BN squash to be found at the store last time I went grocery shopping, so (the above) was made from frozen cubed squash.  Wow.  Having previously only eaten fresh squash, let me just state for the record, there is NO comparison!  This went straight from frozen to mush, with no in between.  I guess this could be good for making soup or mashed UNpotatoes (or any time you need to puree the squash), but that’s about all.  Also they were way more yellow than I’m used to, which makes me think they weren’t at the height of their ripeness when they were frozen.  I’m brainstorming what to do with the rest of them…and I think I have a great recipe in mind.

I was in a fruity mood for dessert, so I decided on two apples and banana ice cream/smoothie-in-a-bowl (frozen banana, ice, coconut milk, xanthan gum, arrowroot, agave nectar).

Tomorrow I have a pretty hectic agenda, but I’m going to start brainstorming a game plan for February (think exercise schedule).  I need diversity and something I can stick to. 

Oh, and in case you were wondering whatever happened to the rest of my FAQs, I’ve been slowly but surely answering them, and adding them to my Q&A tab.  Feel free to check them out.

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