Change of Tone?

Hi guys!

Did you notice a change in my tone?  Today’s been pretty great (though this morning I was rather stressed out and emotional.)  I’m trying to be more upbeat.  This is not the end of the world.  Gotta keep saying that.  And keep praying.  My favorite time of day is at night when I go to sleep… because there’s always the chance that I could wake up in the morning and have it be all better!  Of course, by the same logic, when I wake up and it isn’t “all better”, that makes my mornings pretty depressing…

Anyways… so this morning I went on my usual morning walk (and got rained on a bit!)  Couldn’t decide what to have for breakfast…

Breakfast

Tropical trail mix (while waiting for eggs to cook…)

Eggbeaters + spinach + ketchup (post-photo)

I was going to make pancakes… but we had no fun fruit to throw in them.  So I made just eggs instead, with spinach (since I try to make sure my meals focus on a fruit/veg nowadays.)  I finished off the little snack baggie of trail mix that’s been hanging around forever, too.  I just ate the nuts, banana chips, and the ONE piece of dried pineapple left in the package… but I wasn’t feeling the raisins, so they got trashed.

After that, I wrote this morning’s post.  And then I had my first ever little “blog down” experience.  Apparently I was violating WordPress.com’s Terms of Agreement or something of that sort?  Ummm… yeah, right.  But I just emailed them and it seems to be fixed now, so no biggie.

Workout

75 minutes legs

• Warmup:  Squat jumps – 4 x 25
• Wallsits – 3 x 1.5 min
• Front lunges – 30 lbs, pyramid set
• Plie squats – 15 lbs, pyramid set
• Deadlifts – 30 lbs, pyramid set
• Calf raises – 30 lbs, 4 x 25
• Hip abduction – 5 lbs, 4 min (per leg)
• Hip adduction – 5 lbs, 4 min (per leg)
• Front single-leg lifts – 5 lbs, 3 x 1 min (per leg)

Yeah, so… the same workout that I usually do in 60 minutes took me 75 minutes today.  I hit a roadblock.  At the plie squats.  I must have stood there, hypnotized-like, for a solid 5 minutes between sets.  I don’t know why.  I was just not motivated to bang out those reps!  And it started out so good, too.  Usually, I start a workout “slow” and then get faster and more motivated as I work through it.  Not the case today!

Showered after that, and put on more make-up.  I can’t believe I took the luxury of not wearing make-up for granted for so long.  I would love to have the freedom to leave the house without having to worry about putting it on…

Then I vacuumed and Swiffered the floors for my mom before lunch.

Lunch

Salad with romaine, spinach, bell pepper, tomato, imitation crab, edamame, Italian dressing, salad bits

Yum.  I love that imitation crab stuff.  I’ve never even had real crab.

After a little blog-reading and Ghost Whisperer watching with my mom, we headed off to do the weekly grocery shop.  I asked to go today instead of tomorrow, so I can use that time tomorrow to do my hair and make-up (ugh I hate even having to worry about it!)

Tomorrow we’re celebrating my 17th birthday (even though its not really until Tuesday.)  The family’s coming over and we’re going to have Beaufort stew, which is pretty much my favorite meal ever.  I haven’t had it since last summer at Edisto with my best friend’s family.  Her dad makes the best Beaufort stew ever… but I’m hoping my dad can make it good, too!

So yeah, update probably not going to happen tomorrow night… I wanna just enjoy my family. 

For dinner tonight, I really wanted a chocolate microwave cake… but, coincidentally, in the past two days that I haven’t had one, my face has actually shown some improvement…  Its really evil, actually.  First, I can’t have my favorite food.  And now I might not be able to have my second favorite food?!  That’s just cruel.  But oh well.  I’ll do what I have to.  No food is worth a face like this.

But anyways… I decided to get creative

Dinner

Soy sauce stir-fry with broccoli, peppers, carrots, green beans, snap peas, edamame

I should really learn how to cook Chinese/Japanese food.  They don’t use cheese… I’ve always been such a Mediterranian food lover that I’ve hardly ever ventured out farther than Italian/Greek food!

Anyways… do you think I got enough veggies today?  Every single meal!  Come on, veggie power.  Do your stuff.  Make my face better.