good advice for anyone

Go out exploring, today, and you are bound to find a few pleasant surprises. Whether you just take a walk around the block or you book a flight to some faraway country, there are new people and places for you to get to know better. You're curious right now, and the same old same old will not satisfy you. When you get out of your element, your creativity gets a boost, and your attitude gets a makeover. Happiness comes when you are getting acquainted with new things.

Grrr...Whole Foods

I had lunch yesterday with Carolina, made a fantastic salad with some new ingredients!
New, Never Before Had my LMO :
Lemon Tahini Dressing
Falafel
Blackened Tofu
Thai Chicken

also had:
olives, spring mix greens, broccoli, feta, purple cabbage, a mushroom slice, water crescents, red and yellow bell pepper!

After lunch I wanted to grab some annie's honey bunnies ( never had them before) and annies mac and cheese b/c it was on sale and I had a coupon! I also grabbed a bag of bridge mix ( big mistake!)...
I forgot to give them my coupon!! I hate that!! And then I had half of a serving of the bridge mix... I grabbed my feedback to my response paper on American Indian Health Disparities and headed to do some home-therapy with Jacob! I left jacobs feeling sick.. naseaus, almost like my stomach was empty but in a weird non-hunger way...

I couldnt figure out what was going on... so I went to Jeff's hockey game, and had a grilled chicken breast on top of salad in the car ( it was a 40 min drive away)... thinking it would help me feel better. Alas, it did not. We arrived home and I reached for the Bridge Mix purchased today-- It EXPIRED AUG. 21 2008... . 2 Weeks Ago!!! EEEWWW!
I was awake all night, in the bathroom, in bed, in the bathroom... yuck! I am planning on returning them and complaining... its not the $2 that bugs me its the fact that I was sick all night from it! Ew!!

That meant I woke up late and now have to get ready for Andrea's Bridal Shower!
I also forgot my camera before lunch so No pics either!

Body:
Yoga 40 minutes., Elliptical 20 minutes

Mind:
Read one article due wednesday, Read feedback on response paper, Played 3 games of suduko!, Had an insanely intelligent deep conversation with Caroline at lunch about government, health policy, poverty, ellectoral college!

Soul: Therapy with Jacob, 4 yr. old boy with autism that I used to teach... I had a dream I was crying because I missed him so much!!

Update on Laural's Closet Sale

36 shirts 4 dresses 4 skirts 10 pairs of pants 4 shorts

( here it is laid out on our guest bed and all hung up on the closet.. see anything you like...let me know ?)
I still have to go through the yellow basket on top of the closet, and another bigger one in the bottom of the closet.. and I had to hang multiple things on one hanger...

The stuff my sister gave me is cute but she is 5' 2" 110 lb ish and i am 5' 4" 120 lb ish... so it fits except its too short for me... And alot of my stuff I got thinking "oh i will have it taken in" then didnt...and it still has the tags on it

early early early

Jeff woke up super early, before 6! Which woke me up and Icouldnt sleep so I made smoothies ( He told me how excited he is for them, he loves them! horray!)

I made two 16 oz glasses with the recipe, and I also had a black plum ( which i didnt like nearly much as the apricot-plum "Pluot")

1.75 scoops pure protein
1 T ground flax
frozen blueberries
frozen cherries
frozen banana
1 tsp peanut butter
a few ice chunks
1.25 cups 1% milk

Since that breakfast was at 6:30 ... (even though smoothies tend to hold me for at least 4 hours...) I will probably have an early mini lunch soon and I am meeting a good friend Caroline for lunch at Whole Foods at 1:15! so excited to seemy friend!

Very, VERY VEGGIE!

After class I stopped at Fresh Market just to make me happy, grocery shopping usually de-stresses me... how odd i know.

So this is what I got from there:
(missing is the onion bread squares for burgers this weekend!!!)

The loaf is Rosemary Olive Oil and Sea Salt bread... IT IS AMAZING!!!! I seriously could eat the WHOLE LOAF!
The roma tomato is for the Frittata Tonight, The other is for frying along with the zuchinni and eggplant to go with the burgers!

I finally got to buy Pluots ( and a red plum and two black plums) .... They were on special for $1.48/lb ~ I tried the Pluot for the first time while cooking dinner.. Very Veggie Frittata













The Recipe is:
3 eggs
4 egg whites

splash of 1% milk

caraway seeds

dash low sodium salt

dashes black pepper
sprinkle of mixed cheese... total about 1/4 cup

I had mixed all of this with the veggies described below, then poured it into my pan on medium heat... when it was just about done I put it all into the cake pan , laid the sliced tomatoes on top and sprinkled with cheese, broiled for 15 minutes at about 400

veggies... I had used a bag of mix frozen asparagus stir fry ... I microwaved them earlier today with a dash of lemon pepper... the mix includes:
-asparagus

-red pepper

-carrots

-broccoli

-cauliflower

-yellow squash
i LOVE it... how many awesome veggies is that and I never have to worry about them going bad b/c they are frozen!! as you can see above, I do love fresh veggies too but I have to try really hard to use them before they go bad.


Here is the finished product, which looks like a pizza!!

Here is my plate, which is 3 servings of vegetables, 1 lean meat ( the protein packed eggs), 1 grain

Today's Adv. Nutrient Metabolism class

I love this amazing accomplishment feeling! Adv. Nutrient Metabolism was all about fiber and which types of fiber are insoluble/soluble... insoluble, nonfermentable fiber is better for treating constipation and soluble/fermentable fiber is better for lowering cholesterol. I asked why is it that psyllium seed is a common laxative yet is a soluble fiber ? prof. said he didnt know!

We also learned the pathways for how and why the fiber lowers cholesterol... The soluble fiber binds to bile salts (stored in the gallbladder, transported into the small intestine when fat arrives in it).... and carries them out the colon for waste... less bile salt is then returned to/ available in the liver so the liver must pull cholesterol from the blood in order to make bile salt, in order to breakdown fat/CHO etc... so it pulls the cholesterol from the blood... reducing blood cholesterol.
Cholesterol drugs often given to high blood cholesterol patients have a similar effect, they block the re-absorption of bile salts, and help carry out bile salts to waste - thus creating the need for the liver to pull more cholesterol out of the blood!


What the grossest part of the class was not the constipation stuff for me-- it was the fact that there are ANTS all over the floor in that room and one crawled up my ankle and bit me!! EEEWW!! They were all over/inside my bag last week... and now i had to keep my feet up off the floor!

The cons: I didnt get my check because I apparently never signed the letter of student aid award!
The pros: I signed it, the money will be ready next week! horray for borrowed money!

The cons: the meredith campus gym was closed between 9:30-11

The pros: I ran around campus TWICE plus an extra half mile or so... and walked an extra half mile or so... It felt great, based on timing I ran about 3.5 miles ! (no pain!!) walked another 1 mile total for cool down. I cant wait to build back up to 8 mile runs


Lunch: ( right to left)
-Frozen Alaska Salmon cooked in the pan, with some lemon pepper seasoning . On top is a drizzle of hot sauce, and a drizzle of brown mustard.

-Some left over rice from last night ( 0.25 serving)

-Romaine Salad with cabbage, carrots, romaine, gorgonzola, red peppers, asparagus

-a few Kashi Country Cheddar Crackers (yum! way better than cheez its which I dont even like!)
Big green mug of water