Day I Couldn't Care Less

Woke up on the right side of the bed... but been super grumpy since then.

Did my yoga.

Off to SCUBA. Till 11pm. I just want to get into bed with the Notorious EMP. I don't want to do anything else.

Ugh.

Phase Three, Day Nine

Gimped through KenPo today... my energy was fine but I was mentally out of it.

Ate really a lot of sugar, but 90% of it was in date, apple, and agave nectar form...

Finally took my yoga class!

Now busy at work looking at jobs to finance my so-called future life, or no special presents from the Notorious EMP for me!

Day Four, Phase Three

Move over, El Mejor Pistolero, because the new love of my life is this:Ok, so that's a damn dirty lie- how could smokey miso tofu replace a man who is refining the process of making steel-cut oats overnight in a crock-pot? It can't, of course, but as with every good lie there is an element of truth, and that is that smokey miso tofu is my favorite thing to have for lunch. I've had it pretty much every school day for two weeks. The wonderful incredible recipe is here at the wonderful VeganYumYum blog. I'm looking forward to getting the VeganYumYum cookbook in my next round of cookbook purchases.

In case anyone was wondering, I enjoy my miso tofu on a thin whole0wheat bun with Trader Joe's ailoli mustard, a slice of soy-pepper jack cheese, spinach, and some avocado if I have it kicking around.

In case anyone else was wondering, other items on my cook-book list are:
Raw Food Real World, Living Raw Food, Vegan Comfort Food, The Thirty Minute Vegan, The Voluptuous Vegan, and How to Eat, which has nothing to do with vegan/raw food whatsoever!

Otherwise, I'm pretty pooped today because of the usual rumblings and tumblings from my upstairs neighbors keeping me up all night. The most maddening thing about it is that they aren't even DOING anything. They are just living a normal life up there. I know because I can hear every footfall. I need to get a white-noise maker or something. I'd like to get a little more high tech a solution than just sleeping with a pillow over my head. Which I do.



Oh. I almost forgot.

The OTHER reason I'm tired is that I actually got up at 7am today (hooray!) and did Shoulders and Arms (hooray)! Other good news is that I'm definitely ready for heavier weights, for that video anyhow. I've been using 8lb weights for most of it, and though it used to be a struggle, it really isn't anymore. The Notorious EMP has a pair of ten lbs hanging around his house for me... I'm looking forward to giving those a try.

As if P90X wasn't enough, I also had a pilates class at ten. As if P90X and pilates weren't enough, I also have a (light) yoga class after work that I'm really actually looking forward to.

I miss yoga when I don't make it to the studio. Sure, theoretically I can do it with a video, but that's still untested since I've never actually done it. Though I do have access to yoga DVDs.

I'm just set in my ways, ok?

Another thing I want to do is to find time (somehow, probably not that often though to be frank) to start jogging, and to find a way to jog that dose not result in horrible shin splints. One of my roommates is a runner, and her immediate suggestion was to not run in hiking boots. Well. Maybe I'll give that a try if it is at all nice this weekend.

I know I used to squeeze the elliptical into my day, but for the life of me I can't imagine how. It's going to work out that phase three is going to end right around the end of my semester, so I'm thinking there will be a lot of yoga, elliptical, and (finally!) rock climbing this winter before I get back into the P90X saddle with Tony and The Kids.

The Triumphant Return

This is just a quick post to note that I've been keeping up with the P90X as scheduled (well, mostly... I haven't had the heart to do that nightmarish Chest/Shoulders/Tri, especially today since I have ANOTHER calculus midterm- yikes) and my yoga (three days so far since Monday, and I'm going tonight, so it looks like in min good shape for FIVE yoga classes this week... maybe even six if I can haul myself out of bed Saturday morning!).

The sad news is that between feeling under the weather and tutoring for this test I'm missing both my pilates classes, and have generally been too crazy busy to run on the elliptical. I haven't been carrying my water bottle around though, so I've been drinking less fluids. Boo.

My eating is still great though... and I've introduced KALE into my diet. Yum! I'm also remembering to eat my vitamins (got to put in a VitaCost order soon) with breakfast, and am aggressively pursuing a VitaMix on ebay.

Also: I don't remember if I mentioned this or not, and it happened last week, but... I went to trapeze with one of my best friends, La Abogada, and it was great! (Well, she liked doing something new, anyway, and she did great!)

Lost track again...

...but did yoga today!

Also: got Kale.

At This Point, Day Numbers Seem a Little Meaningless

Wouldya look at that waffle? If that isn't a thing of beauty I don't know what is.

Also (though this is totally irrelevant to the waffle iron that made that cutie), the recipe is vegan. I'm not really vegan (I will probably switch the egg-replacer for some local/free range eggs) but I'm always appreciative of hot breakfast food that doesn't give me dairy cramps and isn't an omelet.

...On the other hand, using flax as the binder probably will make it fluffier... plus add flax. Always a plan of the flax.

Image and recipe from The GirlieGirl Army.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 1/2 large banana
• 2 Tbsp flax egg-replacer*
• 4 Tbsp agave nectar
• 1 cup rice milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• pinch of salt
• canola baking spray (for waffle iron)
• maple syrup to taste
• Toppings!

DIRECTIONS:
* To make Flax Egg Replacer, simply combine Flax Seed and Water in a 1 to 2 ratio in a blender, until thick.

1. In a bowl, mash the banana until smooth.
2. Add the flax, agave nectar, and vanilla.
3. In a larger mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
4. Pour rice milk into the flour mixture, stirring with a fork.
5. Add the apple cider vinegar.
6. Add in the banana flax mixture from the other bowl.
7. Mix well.
8. Spray your iron lightly with the canola spray, and add the batter when hot!

ANYWAY.

I've skipped the protein shake in the morning and even though drinking it made me feel annoyingly full, I really notice a difference in my sluggatude by 3:30. I don't wanna mooove. And this is true even though I'm in love with the new yoga teacher.

Maybe I'll invest in a nice thermos so I can take my cold soy milk shake to school with me and sip it throughout the day. And by invest, I mean "finally use the one I made my mom buy me from barnes and noble".

The only thing is that I hope that drinking it later in the day doesn't decrease my appetite during the day, only to make me hungrier later at night. When I was eating like a bird during the day I'd often over-eat later (though I didn't ever really feel "hungry" during the day). Now with the big breakfasts I'm often under my calorie goal in the evening, even though the goal has been reduced.

It will also give me one MORE potentially spillable thing to carry. I'm already toting too much stuff as it is. :-/

In other news... I'm hungry again, and I'm going to try to eek out a twenty minute jog at the gym. I didn't even bother to change out of my workout clothes today!

Get Your Pants Up

Wow. I dont know what day it is but I did a LOT.

25 mins on the elliptical, about 45 mins of yoga, and 45 mins of KenPo (skipped the warm-up due to aforementioned hour of yoga).

So I'm pretty psyched for my fancy smancy savory portobella mushroom bake with potatoes and roasted garlic, followed by a strawberry banana soft serve.

That's really all I got to say.

Oh. I bought these boots today, but I'm probably gonna return them.

Also this duvet and this wall hanging.

Allegedly, the duvet is supposed to be more of an avocado color then a bile color. If its not, I'm sending it back and getting it in merry cherry red. Don't ask why I'm posting this... mostly I'm waiting to get hungry so I can enjoy my dinner.

Day Thirty-Six or Something

Today was a bad day. Not because I ate poorly (I ate great!) or because I didn't exercise (pilates, yoga, plus the loooong walk home), but because this student loan situation is starting to look really shaky and I'm not feeling any faith that SallieMae is going to come through for me.

Not that I've been denied outright, mind you. Apparently my application is mired in some sort of administrative purgatory because the financial wizards over there can't fathom why the address of a student attending a private university might not be the same as the address on her drivers license. Woe is I.

The Eatin's and the Goin's On:

Tofu Scramble	1	128	2g	0mg	450mg	20g	4g	6g	8g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Optional: When did you eat this meal? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Publix Salsa	1.00	10	0g	0mg	220mg	3g	2g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 2 tbsp
Red Pepper	0.25	6	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	1g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 middle size (105 g)
Onions	0.25	16	0g	0mg	2mg	4g	2g	1g	0g	x
	^ Total consumed: servings cups tablespoons teaspoons Serving size: 1 cup (160g)
Firm Tofu	0.40	31	2g	0mg	14mg	1g	0g	0g	4g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/4 package
Publix Black Beans	0.50	65	0g	0mg	215mg	12g	1g	5g	4g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/2 cup (130g)
Chocolate Shake	1	345	12g	5mg	418mg	35g	11g	5g	38g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Optional: When did you eat this meal? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Trader Joe's Original Soymilk	1.50	120	5g	0mg	255mg	20g	9g	2g	11g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 fl oz
Amazing Grass Green Superfood Chocolate Drink	1.00	30	1g	0mg	38mg	4g	0g	2g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 packet (8 grams)
CytoSport Muscle Milk Light	1.00	195	6g	5mg	125mg	11g	2g	1g	25g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 2 scoops (50g)
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Turkey Sandwich	1	244	7g	30mg	1,186mg	22g	4g	6g	24g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Optional: When did you eat this meal? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Tomato	1.00	4	0g	0mg	1mg	1g	1g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Slice of tomato (1/4 of tomato)
Trader Joe's Aioli Garlic Mustard Sauce	1.00	10	1g	0mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 tsp
Veggie Slices Pepper Jack	2.00	70	4g	0mg	440mg	0g	0g	0g	6g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 slice (17g)
Boarshead Cracked Pepper Mill Smoked Turkey	1.00	60	1g	30mg	460mg	0g	1g	0g	13g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 2 ounces
Arnold Select Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	21g	2g	6g	5g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 roll
Raw Revolution Chocolate And Coconut	0.66	175	10g	0mg	0mg	18g	11g	3g	4g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1bar (64g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Emergen-C Tropical	2.00	50	0g	0mg	120mg	12g	12g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 packet (9g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Bananna Bananna	1.00	110	0g	0mg	0mg	29g	21g	4g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bananna, 126 g Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Wegmans Strawberries	0.80	25	0g	0mg	1mg	6g	4g	2g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 medium (0.4 oz each) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Pure Cherry Cashew Bar	0.50	100	5g	0mg	3mg	13g	7g	2g	3g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bar Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
zucci pie	0.5	363	13g	0mg	1,161mg	28g	9g	8g	28g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Optional: When did you eat this meal? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Lisanatti Soy-Sation Shredded 3 Cheese Blend Cheddar, Jack & Mozzerella	3.00	210	12g	0mg	570mg	6g	0g	3g	21g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 oz (28g) Servings per package 12
Delmaine Cannelini Beans	0.50	54	0g	0mg	269mg	12g	0g	0g	5g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/2 can (120g)
Giant Crushed Tomatoes	2.50	63	0g	0mg	300mg	3g	5g	3g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/4 cup (61g)
Zucchini, Green Summer Squash	2.00	36	0g	0mg	22mg	8g	4g	2g	3g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 cup Sliced
Whole Wheat Couscous	0.50	75	1g	0mg	3mg	15g	1g	1g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/4 cup Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Tropicana Orange Juice	1.40	154	0g	0mg	0mg	36g	31g	0g	3g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Emergen-C Tropical	2.00	50	0g	0mg	120mg	12g	12g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 packet (9g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned						Distance	Heart Rate
Pilates	30.0	-122.0								x
Minutes of this exercise: Distance: miles km Heart Rate:
Walking - for pleasure	50.0	-204.0								x
Minutes of this exercise: Distance: miles km Heart Rate:
Yoga	60.0	-370.0

My dad, though usually the saner head in the family suggested I move back home and go to a state school in NY. For my last four classes. Madness.

So thats pretty much where I sit.

Also: the trapeze class is probably going to be cancelled on account of rain, my neck is stiff from floating, my ear hurts, and I'm sure college is going to be cancelled on account of the swine flu.