Hola amigas!

Hope everyone’s Monday hasn’t been too manic

Mine was a bit stressful, but since we are heading towards the last 3 weeks of school, I’m guessing everyday is going to get a bit more stressful than the last! But, it will all be over soon All in all, it’s been a pretty productive day!

I woke up earlyyyyy this morning (about 3 am!!) sweating and crying <–had a terrible nightmare I finally was able to go back to sleep an hour later only to be woken up by my 6:30 alarm! Hmmmm, what could make my morning yummy start off on the right track??? Oats of course!

I wanted to try out this little guy I found at Trader Joes yesterday:

Mmmm, cranberry apple butter?! I couldn’t believe my eyes and for only $1.99, it was an immediate treasure/pleasure that went into my buggy

This morning I used it in my oats!

In this bowl:

• 3/4 cup oats
• 1/2 skim mik, 1/2 water
• dash of salt
• 1 tbs pb
• 1/2 mashed naner, the rest sliced on top
• cran apple butter drizzle
• 1/2  Mint Chocolate Chip Cliff Bar

Ugh. This bowl was so filling. But, extremely delicious too! I almost couldn’t eat the whole thing <–please note the word almost! After breakfast it was off to school for me! We are studying Cancer/HIV diets…heavy stuff! We also had an oncology RD as a speaker coming today, so I figured (though I wasn’t hungry) I should go ahead and eat lunch so I could be in total note-taking mode when she arrived Around 11:30 I unpacked my lunch ontop of my books:

Grapes..

A Stonyfield Probiotic yogurt…

And a yummo tofurky, cucumber, tomato, goat cheese, miracle whip and mustard sandwich!

(The whole time I was eating this, I was thinking: Hmmm, cran-apple butter —>tofurky…Thanksgiving sandwich heaven lol) Definitely going to try that combo soon! I topped my lunch off with a Diet Pepsi from the cafeteria and my last dark chocolate square from home.

By the time I left school, I was so ready for a run. Running is a MAJOR stress reliever for me, in case you haven’t noticed Yesterday Whit and I had a lovely 5 mile run in the afternoon. There was a lot of chatting about running, blogging and I told her some of my fears of running back to back days..meaning, I’ve never ran one day and not taken a day before I ran again. I was a little nervous about it, but she assured me that if I’m not in pain after our 5 miler, then I should be fine to run today. (Side note: I was a bit spastic when she whipped out her camera to take a pic of us! It’s the SAME camera I’ve been swooning over in Wal-Mart! I am totally in love with it Seeing all of the features and the great quality of pics that were taken, only concreted my decision to GET ONE.)

So anywho, today after school I drove like a maniac back to the house to change my clothes and head to the park. Before I went, I opened up a Cliff Z Bar (Spooky S’More flavor):

(Fuzzy pictures: another reason I need a new camera!) This was my first time having this flavor and I hafta say that I went into the first bite with a bit of apprehension…but there was no need because this is the best tasting Cliff bar I’ve ever had! It didn’t taste as sugary as the full-fledge Cliff bar and it had the perfect consistancy: chewy yet soft. My taste (<–just typed tush lol) buds were happy

I decided on my way to the park that I would do 3 laps (3 miles) and then walk a little bit. My mind was screaming at me to increase it to 4, but I wasn’t sure if I was mentally  up for 4. By the time my 3rd lap was completed I just kept going! I thought to myself: “It’s only ONE more lap! You will thank yourself afterwards!” Turns out my brain was totally right. That last lap I really, truly pushed myself and ran it my hardest (not sure of times because I didn’t wear my watch or HRM) and it felt great!

Once back home, I stretched, cleaned the kitchen and sat down to write reports. Jas and I took Trixie for a walk after he came home from work, and then I started dinner (Cheesy Manicotti). It’s got about 15 more minutes left in the oven, so I think I might work on some more reports before I can relax!

On the other hand, there seems to be a orange, furry beast sleeping on top of my Micro book! Perhaps I could just sit here and show him some lovin’ for the next 15 minutes instead See ya on the flip side bloggies!

P.S. I’ve been thinking of putting a “Smart Moves” page at the top. I would showcase my favorite fitness moves that are low-costing and easy to do anywhere..whadaya think? Something worth reading??

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