Carbs Smarbs

Happy Sunday my lovelies. This weekend went by way TOO fast. I don't approve!! I'm not ready to end it yet. Maybe I'll stay up super late and drag it out as long as possible. Then again, if I do that I'll be a sleep deprived walking zombie all day at work tomorrow. Which of course will only make the time I spend at work drag on FOREVER! DILEMMA! I better give this more thought!

As soon as I walked downstairs this morning, I had a nice espresso, made with raspberry macadamia flavored coffee and a little sugar free creamer. GOOD!

After feeding my caffeine addition I decided to make a nice bowl of custard oats, minus the usual banana. I've decided to try something different for a few weeks to see if it helps with my weight loss slump. In addition to the NEW PLAN OF ATTACK, I also plan to pick just one carb with each meal. Thanks Janetha! ;) And by the way, this less carb/no carb business is HARD! BAH! The sacrifices we must do to get a smaller ass, I swear! HA!

• 1/2 cup Irish oats
• 1 tbs cracked wheat
• 1 tbs 5 grain cereal
• 1 cup vanilla Almond Breeze
• 1/2 cup water
• dash cinnamon
• dash pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp maple extract
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tbs sugar free cherry preserves

YUM! I devoured this. I didn't miss the banana at all. WHO KNEW! I'm sure it will be a different story when I make oats at work since I can't cook it on the stove or add eggs. SAD SIGH! I also had a cup of green tea with the oats. I'm really starting to enjoy all this tea drinking.


After my creamy feast I ran out to grab a few things from the grocery store. It turns out that shopping on Sunday instead of Friday after work isn't so bad at all. Less people, less traffic and I don't feel as rushed.

Lunch was spent with the Family as usual. I took the leftover spicy Asian broccoli slaw from yesterdays lunch and cooked up some Tofu to toss on top of it. The Tofu was simply seasoned with spray butter, salt, pepper and soy and browned in a frying pan. It was such and easy lunch. I tossed it together in just a few minutes and topped it all off with Sriracha, but of course! I also had a whole grain and flax pita on the side.


I hung out with the folks for most of the afternoon. Relaxing with some green tea, games and good conversation. It was a lovely afternoon.

When I came home at 5:30, my stomach was SCREAMING for food. ???? What the heck is that all about? I quickly made myself a little yogurt mess with Oikos, cinnamon, Natures Path Crunchy Maple Sunrise cereal (LOVE THIS STUFF) and a tablespoon of sugar free blueberry syrup. After my first bite, I immediately knew that I had come up with an amazing combo. I'M BRILLIANT! SO GOOD!


Tonight was my first official NO CARB dinner since I designed my new meals and workouts plan on Friday. I only plan to do this three times a week. I CAN DO THIS! Mahi-Mahi to the rescue. I seasoned four fillets with dill, creole, cayenne and garlic salt. I popped them into a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. While they were baking I sauteed some broccoli, carrots and sugar snap peas in pan with a drizzle of spray butter, cracked black pepper, sweet chili sauce and teriyaki sauce.


Okay, maybe this isn't so hard after all. This was freaking delicious! ;)

Time to veg out for a bit before I call it a night. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Only a few precious hours left.

Hugs!!
Ildie

A foodie fairytale

Why hello there. Happy Saturday! It's been a productive and fun one for me. YEAH!

It all started a long, long time ago. In a kitchen far, far away. In a magical place known as Babushka Land. The lovely Rambling Maiden awoke from her sweet slumber and thought to herself, now what shall I have for breakfast? Oatmeal? No, too typical. Cereal? No, too cold! Then suddenly, a vision of pure breakfast perfection appeared to her out of thin air. Spicy breakfast burrito!! Her diligent yet delicate hands whisked the egg whites, added the ground sausage and cooked both to perfection. With wild yet beautiful eyes, she piled them high atop her flax infused wrap and smothered it all in a secret spicy sauce. Oh the Maiden was pleased with her creation.

• 1 flax and whole grain FlatOut
• 3 egg whites
• 1 serving Morning Star Farms sausage crumbles
• salt & pepper to taste
• Sriracha sauce

Breakfast was served with a mug of hot, delectable brew. Sweetened with the new love in her life.

• Large espresso made with Chocolate Chip Cookie flavored coffee
• 1 packet Stevia in the raw
• 2 tbs Sugar Free creamer
• dash cinnamon

Babushka Land was abuzz with the delight of this magnificent feast. Joy filled the hills as the fair people frolicked about. All was well, for the fair Maiden was full, both with joy and in belly.

HA! Okay, enough with the Maiden talk. After breakfast it was off to the gym for an early morning sweat session. This workout was out of this world. I fear I may be sore by tomorrow. It was similar to the same workout I did last Saturday BUT EVEN BETTER. Last Saturdays workout left me super sore clear into Tuesday! :-O (scared)

Treadmill Warm up - 5 min.
5 Incline, 3.2 speed
Seated Leg Curl (cable)
90lb x 15
90lb x 15
80lb x 15
Squats
x15
Leg Extension (cable)
90lb x 15
90lb x 15
80lb x 15
Squats
x15
Hack Squat (plate loaded)
30lb x 15
30lb x 15
30lb x 15
Squats
x15
Single Leg Pres (plate loaded)
90lb x 15 (each leg)
100lb x 15 (each leg)
100lb x 15 (each leg)
Plié Squat (heels together)
x15
x15
x15
Stiff Legged dead lift
45lb x 15
45lb x 15
45lb x 15
Elliptical - 30 min.
Uphill Challenge
Resistance 3-16
410 calories burned

After this AWESOME workout I came home and quickly made myself a Green Monster Smoothie.

• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze
• 5 frozen strawberries
• 1 medium banana
• 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 packet Stevia in the raw
• 1/4 tsp xanthan gum (I'm a cool kid now)

It was SO good! Rich, super creamy and very filling. However, it left me feeling frozen to the core so I decided to take a HOT bath as soon as I chugged this baby down. After my bubbly adventure, I made a nice cup of green tea. Which was enjoyed in my lovely and stupid yellow dog mug. HA!


As soon as the tea was gone I indulged with a laundry party. I'M LYING! I had three loads to do. Amazing, considering only two of us live here. ???? BAH!

Lunch/Meal #3 was all sorts of delicious! I decided to make spicy, Asian infused broccoli slaw with chicken sausage.

Into a skillet I tossed an entire bag of broccoli slaw.


An onion.


Broccoli florets. (about 1 cup)


And a handful of sugar snap peas.


I added low sodium soy sauce, teriyaki sauce and spicy Thai chili paste to the party as well along with some spray butter.


A few pictures of the whole happy family, pre-cooking.


While the veggies simmered in the covered pot, I cut a Trader Joe's jalapeno chicken sausage in half and slowly seared it till golden in frying pan with Pam. By the time it was done, so were the veggies. And here you have it. Perfection topped off with a bit of Sriracha.


After lunch I did laundry load 2 of 3 and cleaned the house up a bit. Busy, busy. Nick eventually forced me to take a break and we curled up on the couch for a while watching his beloved home renovation shows. Signs of aging perhaps? HA! I took this TV watching opportunity and popped a bag of fat free popcorn, which I split with Nick. I seasoned my half with a packet of Stevia, cinnamon, sea salt and a bit of spray butter. SO GOOD! I used to eat this stuff all the time. No idea why I stopped. My popped tasty treat was enjoyed with another cup of green tea.


When dinnertime rolled around I decided to make a loaded little salad. Man I DO love me a good salad! It contained spinach, a sliced apple, a Morning Star Farms black bean burger, sugar snap peas, chick peas and Feta with a bit of fresh cracked black pepper and spray butter. WOW! I know this combination sounds a bit weird but I absolutely loved it. I'll be having this again!


I just finished laundry load 3 of 3 (I'm FREE) and think we're about to watch a movie next. Oliver is CLEARLY ready to cuddle and call it a night. He's been acting like an out of control attention whore all day today. SO CUTE!

Muew, muew, pfffft and all that jazz!