Scenes from the Week

That second job is coming along just fine.  Just fine indeed.  I guess they agree because I got to order my business cards.  I’m sooo official.

If I wasn’t so obsessed with constantly challenging myself to eat different things, I might be inclined to eat chick pea tacos every night.  So delish.

The love for Stoopy keeps on coming.  I have some very thoughtful, amazing, supportive friends out there.  Thanks J1!

And just so you know…Victoria is totally safe from the walking dead. 

Thank goodness.  That whole having to learn to shoot people in the head thing was really bothering me.

All Caught Up

In the interest of time that I do not have, I abandoned the collage feature for tonight.  I don’t want to be days and days behind, but I also can’t sacrifice sleep at this point.  Just 30 minutes too late to bed can make my afternoon slump extra crasherific between jobs.

And NOBODY likes me when I’m crashin’. Trust.

So where are we anyway?  Wednesday I think.  Yup Wednesday.

1. Coffee with almond milk, water.

2. Multigrain sandwich thin toasted with sunflower butter and banana.

3. Greek vanilla yogurt and raspberries.

4. Salad of the moment.  With chicken.

5. Afternoon pick me up.  Tall Starbucks iced coffee with non-fat milk and two pumps of vanilla.

6. Desk snacks: cherry tomatoes, rice crackers, Laughing Cow, dried cherries.

7. Post work ‘don’t gnaw your arm off’ snack of sesame snacks.

8. Leftover stir-fry.

9. Revello with a side of Big Brother. 

And then all of a sudden I woke up and it was Thursday.  How did this happen?  I’m not complaining.

Today I took a little road trip for some training for Job #2.  I knew I’d be on the road during my peak need-to-eat times so packed some car friendly snacks to get me through the day.

1. Kashi Honey Almond Flax with almond milk and banana.

2. Coffee and water for the road.

3. Simply Bar, sunbutter and nanner sammich, apple & cheddar.  That Bar rescued me while sitting training, that sammich got DEVOURED on the drive home, the apple lived until I got back here for Job #1 and the cheddar lived to see another day.

4. On my way back to the parking lot I spotted a cute organic cafe so decided I totally needed a non-fat latte to sustain my brain.

Girls Dinner at Sabhai Thai with Tiffaney and Charmaine tonight.

5. Shared Chicken Satay with Charmaine.

6. Spicy Papaya Salad with Shrimp.  I don’t know why I’ve never ordered this before but it certainly won’t be the last time.  So incredibly yum!

I totally ordered this because I just saw it on Around the World in 80 Plates.  Don’t judge me! :)

A Day Behind and a New Salad

Working two jobs that involve staring at computers all day just might take a toll on my poor little blog!  I’m a day behind! 

1. Coffee with almond milk.  One for home, one to go.

2. Big Green Smoothie:  banana, blueberries, spinach, vanilla protein powder, flax, ice, UVAB and water.

3. Yummy yummy salad.

4. Ciabatta with tomatoes and avocado.

5. Vanilla Greek yogurt with Kashi Honey Almond Flax.

6. Stir-fry with Chinese eggplant, broccoli, tofu and Thai stir-fry sauce.

7. York peppermint patty.

8. Pina Colada Star Pop.

For the time being it’s been easiest to pack a salad for my lunches on the run.  I can stuff the container and a fork in my purse and chow down at my desk at Job #2.  I’m only working part-time there for the first month so no lunch breaks for this girl.

I let myself get sucked in by a commercial and bought a bottle of Kraft Mandarin and Sesame Dressing last week so this week’s salads have been built to go with that. 

• mixed lettuces
• baby spinach
• cucumber
• fresh shucked English peas
• garden fresh strawberries
• goat cheese
• grilled chicken breast

I’ve kind of lost the taste for store-bought dressings but used lightly on top of this mix of deliciousness, it’s a pretty damn tasty salad!

Double the Fun

Well, I’m officially working two jobs!  Super exciting, but let me tell you I’m so glad I’m working part time at the new job to start.  Trying to wrap my head around everything I need to do to make this work is going to take a couple of weeks for sure.  At least I managed to eat breakfast and pack a lunch yesterday!

1. First coffee and water at home.  (Packed 2nds of each to take to the office.)

2. Overnight oats with fresh blueberries and strawberries.

3. Lunch to go: salad with chickpeas.

4. Second lunch:  tuna-cado and rice crackers.

5. Dried cherries.

6. Banana, sunflower butter protein shake.

7. Apple and cheddar.

8. Dinner at My Chosen Cafe:  BLT on whole wheat with yam fries.

That BLT was damn delicious and such a reward after a crazy week!

Look, my own desk!  Cubicle with natural light (from behind).  So far so good!

Tostadas on the Fly

You probably shouldn’t look at today’s collage. If you do you will notice that I didn’t eat breakfast. Because even though I got up an hour early, my new morning routine seriously needs some work. One second I was sipping my coffee, walking the dog, then combing my hair. The next second I had 1 minute to get out the door.

Riiiight. That’s what it like to have a normal job outside the home. Good thing it was only an orientation day and I was home for a late lunch.

Don’t worry, breakfast and lunch are all prepped and sitting in the fridge for tomorrow. Maybe I’ll have time for my two cups of coffee before I head off for the day!

1. Coffee with almond milk and water.  I at least managed to throw my water bottle in my purse.

2. Kind bar.  Breakfast of idiots that can’t plan their time properly.

3. Bigass salad with tuna-cado.  Is there anything avocado can’t do?!

4. Protein shake.

5. Cherries.

6. Tostadas! 

7. Miracle Day Blizzard.  Half Smarties/Half Cookie Dough.  And after punching that bad boy into MyFitnessPal I now know that will be the only Blizzard I have all Summer. 

Tostadas on the fly:  Layer toasted corn tortillas with warmed refried beans, sprinkle of cheddar cheese, drizzle of plain yogurt and salsa, red onion, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and chopped cilantro.  Sprinkle with salt and fresh squeezed lime.  Enjoy!

My three tostadas were only 510 calories and sooooo filling!

Time to get organized

Monday was busy and I struggled to get my eating in order.  It didn’t help that I didn’t have much in the way of fresh groceries on hand so making lunch didn’t happen until way late after I’d hit the supermarket.

Why so busy?  Well I had to actually find work appropriate clothing in my closet and do my hair.  This is tough for a work-at-home gal you know!  But I had a meeting to discuss my new job and I’m pretty sure yoga pants don’t qualify as workplace fashion.  Yup, I found a great new job to help make up for the cutbacks at my usual situation.  Soon I’ll tell you all about it. :)

1. Water (x2 all day, oops!) and coffee with almond milk.

2. Kashi Honey Almond Flax with almond milk and banana.

3. Rice crackers and Laughing Cow.

4. Dried cherries. Impulse buy at Wal-Mart.

5. Bigass salad (to which I completely forgot to add my protein).

6. Chicken and White Bean Enchilada from my freezer.

7. “Cheetahs” – baked yam chips.

8. Liberte Greek Vanilla Yogurt with Kashi and amazing strawberries picked from Michael’s garden.