Hey There!
This was the first weekend since June that I haven’t had a single thing planned. Nope, you heard right, not one. And it was glorious. Beyond glorious. Except it is over and I’m already feeling the Monday Blues. Anyway, here are completely random eats from Friday.
Look familiar? I have an addictive personality, breakfast foods included!
An apple snick-snack while I waited for lunchtime.
I try hard to at least bring my lunch to work 4 out of 5 days for all of the usual reasons (money saving, calorie control)—the other 1 day is reserved for delicious takeout cravings–ie:Chicken with broccoli and white rice. Confession: I have a sticky white rice obsession. The stickier the better. Right, Mom?
Don’t be alarmed by the following “dinner”:
Yes, that is a piece of bread. Yes, it has butter. And yes, it was a part of my Friday night dinner….
This piece of bread x 2, one bite of carrot cake, one handful of French fries, and one spoonful of risotto. Cleary not healthy, but when I waitress at night, sometimes this is as good as it gets. I do make an effort to order something healthy or eat before I go, but with a crazy, busy night like I had, this had to suffice!
When my alarm went off on Saturday morning at 7:30, my body very much wanted to stay in bed. I ran my butt off waitressing on Friday night and these bones really needed some extra rest. But, I knew that I would be disappointed in myself if I didn’t get up and go to my 9 AM Hot Vinyasa Class.
My favorite instructor was back from a three week hiatus. While I really liked the two instructors who filled in for her, Jenilee has an incredible way of pushing you mentally and physically outside of your comfort zone in the greatest way. I was very thankful to have her back. And she kicked my butt! I am so today, in that good, “I earned these sore muscles” type of way.
After yoga I came home and scrubbed the apartment from top to bottom! Having a clean house makes life so much better! I even sat on the floor in my bathroom and cleaned all around the edges of the floor. So rewarding to have a sparkling house!
The rest of the day was spent lounging, catching up on mindless tv, and napping. Since John won his first trophy as a XC coach yesterday, we went out for a mini celebration. We went to Applebees…which is really not the greatest, but as long as you know what to order you can have a good meal. We started with spinach and artichoke dip, and I had an Oriental Chicken Salad. It was just okay. My standard there is a Chicken Fajita Roll Up, but I was looking to get in some greens. Unfortunately the salad was mostly just coleslaw mix without any dressing. From there, we met some friends out for drinks.
I think I’ve talked about this before on SSL, but my body cannot handle alcohol the way it used to . Over the course of about 6 hours last night, I had one beer with dinner, one glass of wine shortly after, and I took about a two hour break before having two vodka and club sodas. I didn’t really feel drunk or buzzed when we went to sleep at 1 am. But I was mad at myself when I woke up at 6:30, wide eyed. Regardless of how tired my body is, my sleep is always interrupted when I drink. Now that I’m almost 25, feeling like crap and not sleeping is not worth having the few drinks I did. Don’t get me wrong, I love socializing and catching up with friends over a few drinks or enjoying the perfectly chilled beer or crisp glass of wine. But even with a slight hangover, my ability to make healthy choices is definitely compromised. This is all part of getting older, I suppose.
Today has been filled with football and more relaxing. The highlight of my upcoming week looks something like this…
I. CAN’T. WAIT.
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I’ve never seen Glee and I think I may watch it tonight bc I love Britney!!! I think some good running music will come out of this episode
I feel the same way about drinking and waking up feeling like garbage. So not worth it. Good thing I can limit myself to a glass or two of wine and feel fine