It's only Tuesday...

Here goes my day in one swoop!

I got up earlier than usual (7:45) and headed over to the UMD gym. Over the past few days, I've been able to walk more and more, but mostly flat footed so that I don't flex my ankle a lot. However, I would periodically stretch my ankle, and it would make these AWFUL sounding, loud pops every time. They hurt pretty bad, but my ankle would feel a bit better each time.

On my way, I had a Luna Bar. I really liked this one at first, but once I got more than half-way through, the white chocolate started to taste like an artificial flavoring. Yech! I didn't finish it.

So, today, I decided to see if I could use the treadmill or at least do some weights today. The ~5 min walk from the parking lot wasn't so bad, and once I was inside the heated locker room I began to feel better. I did 20 min of slooooooow walking on the treadmill, and then some upper-body weights (nothing fancy, just some curls, crunches, etc...)

My ankle felt tight after I got off the treadmill, but after stretching and a hot shower it felt like it had earlier this morning.

When I left, I had a few Annie's Organic Honey Bunnies. Love these!

I ran a few errands this morning, including one of my favorites... grocery shopping! Haha, ever since I was little my dad has been weary of taking me to the store; he claims the second he turns his back something randomly sneaks into the cart ;-). What can I say? I love food!

Dad, you would be proud today, I went in with a list and only got was on it! Kyle and I are trying to plan out our weekday meals so that we maximize what we buy, and minimize what we spend.

Produce:

• baby spinach
• spring salad mix
• jazz apples
• bananas
• 1 yellow onion/1 white onion
• grape tomatoes (uhg! why do all the tomatoes look so gross right now?!)
• carrots
• celeary
• green/red peppers
• red potatoes

Meat/Poultry

• 3 boneless chicken breasts
• smoked brats (healthiest looking ones in terms of fat/calories/sodium without getting chicken or turkey alternative)
• 1/2 lb peppercorn roast turkey (this GREAT on salads as well as sandwiches)

Dairy:

• gallon of skim milk
• goat cheese
• more yo Crunch!
• Slow Churned, rich and cream chocolate ice cream :-)

Grains/Non-perishable:

• whole grain bread
• red lentils
• Basmati ready rice (STILL NO STOVE!!!! ARRRRRGHHHHH!)
• ground corriander spice
• diced green chiles

I also got some frozen, steamfresh veggies and my guilty pleasure:

Don't look at me like that. you try going 2.5 weeks sans stove when you love you some pasta!

Once I put everything away, I had an early 11:30 lunch. I was a little annoyed about my ankle, not wanting to do research this afternoon, and I was in severe pasta withdrawal, so I just had a big scoop of mac and cheese (about 1-1.5 cups?) This stuff is AWFUL for you, but hey, what is life without a little indulgence?

After lunch I threw together our dinner... indian lentils in the crockpot. I followed the recipe exactly except I added 4 cups of broth and two cups of water. The house smelled GREAT, and I was really looking forward to dinner.

As my lunch was not even remotely protein filled, I was hungry ALL afternoon. For a snack I had a small bowl of multigrain cheerios with skim milk and a sliced banana at about 2:30.

At 5pm I looked in my crockpot to find a big, water, mushy, flavorless mess! I wish I had read the comments for this entry, because it seems that a lot of people had similar problems.

When Kyle got home, he added more of the spices originally used in the recipe, plus black pepper and cayenne pepper. I cut up some bell peppers to toss in.

During the extended cooking process, I had a granola bar. It's strange, but I actually prefer the generic brand of these by Rich Food (carried at Shoppers Grocery Stores). This Fiber One bar has a weird taste, but I can't quite put my finger on it....

Here is the finished dinner product....

We added some microwavable basmati rice, and had a glass of Frontera Carmenere. It was definitely salvagable, but I was really looking forward to having a consistency more like this:

Oh well, you win some you lose some! Hopefully I can try out some more Indian recipes when I have my STOVE back.

Off to enjoy some dessert, and TV for date night :-)