Yowza!!

It's almost the weekend... I CAN'T wait!

For breakfast yesterday I had an egg and egg white with cholula and lightly sauteed onions so they were crunchy:

Also, another skinny water. I liked this one, too!

Yesterday morning I still felt a little not-so-great from my headache troubles on Tuesday. I decided to skip a workout, and just shower at the gym (because we STILL DO NOT HAVE HOT WATER. Apparently I am bad luck because the landlords were never this bad until I moved in!!!). I am, however, planning a Saturday workout to make up for it!

The weather was lovely; in the mid-60s. I settled in with an iced coffee (un-sweetened with a pour of skim milk), and a banana to do some work on a terrace in the heart of campus.

After a few hours, Ky joined me for lunch. We food-courted it up, and I got my favorite... Panda Express! I know, I know. Bad News Bears. But it's soooooooooo good!

Veggies (lots of broccoli!), sweet fire chicken, and lo mein. Plus water to drink.

I was starting to resemble a tomato after sitting in the sun, so I went home to finish my work. While there I tried another Fuze:

This was pretty good; I prefer white tea WAY more than green tea. Green tea leaves a filmy feeling in my mouth! However, this is more caloric than the Slenderize Fuze's I've been drinking. I had about half the bottle over the afternoon, and accidentally let the rest get warm so I tossed it.

No problem... I had a Sapporo to drink while I cooked our Asian dinner.... Lab Gai!

This is a spicy lime chicken dish I love to get at Thai restaurants. It's VERY healthy, and is made almost entirely of natural ingredients. It is so spicy, you need to add a lot of veggies to help absorb the spice. Not to mention, red pepper flakes are very good for you (in moderation). Healthy goodness.

Lab Gai

Ingredients

• 5 shallots, minced

• 1 can of water chestnuts, quartered

• 3-4 slices of fresh ginger, minced

• 4 Tbsp fish sauce (found in Asian section of most chain grocery stores)

• 4 Tbsp lime juice (you could squeeze your own limes, of course)

• 2 Tbsp red pepper flakes

• 1 lb. THIN SLICED chicken breast, minced/cut into tiny pieces

• 1/2 red cabbage, halved and then cut into thin strips; rinse well

• 1/2 bag of carrots cut into bite size pieces
• 2 heart of romaine, washed and cut
• green onion, sliced (for garnish)
• fresh mint leaves (for garnish)
• lime wedges (for garnish

Directions

1. Mix shallots, ginger, chicken, fish sauce, red pepper flakes, and lime juice together

2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok or skillet; cook chicken mixture through

3. Place a scoop of chicken on a bed of romaine, carrots, and cabbage

4. Garnish with green onion, mint, and limes

THIS WAS AMAZING! It tasted JUST like the one I had at Chef Secret last week. A keeper recipe for sure. It takes a while to prep, but less than 5 minutes to cook. This made about three servings.

*Note: the recipe is from my looking at about 10 recipes on line, and going with my cheapest options for ingredients!*

The evening was spent watching Beavis and Butthead on DVD (ah, memories!) and sipping on champagne. The champagne of BEER that is ;-)

This morning I had a strange breakfast; a veggie burger and a skinny water:

Strange, but good fuel for the gym:

• 30 minutes elliptical, level 10 on random*
• 30 minutes stationary bike, level 13

*I liked the elliptical today! I put it on a higher level and went at a slower pace; much preferred to a lower level, faster pace! This felt much more my speed and I could really feel a burn.*

I packed a ton of food to have on campus with me today!

Turkey on an Arnold's thin with 1/2 a laughing cow herbed cheese, spinach, and red peppers:

Then a banana, carrots, trail mix, and a luna since I wouldn't get home until after 7:

I ate ALL OF IT. I burned about 500 calories at the gym today, and I went through all my food by 6:30pm except for the Luna. Even though I would be home for dinner around 7:15, my stomach was so loud I owed it to my classmates to eat it.

I came home feeling satisfied but ready for a small dinner; however, my honey had made an amazing dinner too good to resist, with a surprise dessert:

That would be pork tenderloin, brown rice (cooked with carrots!), and a medley of roast purple (!) potatoes, red onion, butternut squash, and red peppers. This was delicious.... I stuffed my face despite not being hungry; probably not the best idea. But it gets worse.

I have been wanting, needing, DESIRING something sweet for a few days now, specifically a cupcake.

I had the chocolate one with blue frosting in the back. YUM. Thanks, honey!

I am now watching NCAA play (love love love!), while sipping on a pom mocktail:

It's about 1/3 cup straight pomegranate juice mixed with soda water. Mmm mmm good!

Alright, I'm off to do a bit of work before hitting the sack!