(first published on blogspot on July 25, 2014)

I know most people usually do summaries of their weekend, but my weekend is usually the same grocery shopping and gym and food prep. This week, however, has been quite different besides just working at the office and I wanted to share.
     Monday after work, my cousin, Chris, had driven down to Philadelphia to see my apartment and the new town I was living in. I got home from work, quickly changed my clothes and then we were off to dinner. I decided to go to Samurai Japanese Restaurant. I had tried it once before with Brian and we really enjoyed it and they have sushi which I know Chris enjoys (me, not so much). I ordered the chicken fried rice while Chris got some sushi. I was a bit too busy talking to take pictures of my food, but instead enjoyed the evening.
    After dinner, we took a walk through my town and over to the next town where Haverford College is and the wonderful duck pond, though the duck pond was filled with like a million geese. I did see 2 ducks though. We talked through the whole walk and walked through the campus of Haverford College a bit. Neither of us knew where we were going, have to love the blind leading the blind, but we ended up on a main road and I knew where we were from there. It was about a 4 mile walk, but with talking the whole way, the time flew by.
     It was just after 8pm when we returned to my apartment and we got to talking about my kitchen light being out. I found a box of my books sturdy enough for Chris to stand on and take the cover off the light. We then decided to take a drive to Home Depot to get a couple light bulbs and voila! A working and brighter light in my kitchen!! [If you ask Chris the story of Monday night, he’ll tell you he drove 400 miles to change a light bulb lol]

(first published on blogspot on July 16, 2014)

So I got home from work yesterday, was caught in the rain for the first time walking from the train station, but it wasn’t that bad. Then I got inside my apartment and first thing I do is walk into the kitchen and turn on the light and out went the light 🙁 I spend a good portion of my time at home in the kitchen between meal prepping, cooking, cleaning up, eating, snacking…and now there is no light in there. Good thing there is the dining room light or I’d have to manage cooking with a flashlight because I don’t own any lamps or anything. Hopefully maintenance will come by and fix that soon.
   Meanwhile let’s get to the eats that come out of my kitchen. For breakfast this week, I have been enjoying a half a grapefruit, sausage and my usual oatmeal with a few fresh blueberries I got from the farmers market Saturday.

     Around 11am, I snacked on some multigrain crackers and cashews.

   For lunch, I have a salad, the usual for me, spinach base and then whatever other veggies I feel like throwing in, such as spiralized cucumber, sweet potato, brussel sprouts, tomato and then a protein, which today was honey ham.

     Before Zumba, I had a quick dinner of turkey meatballs (yay for meal prepping so I just have to heat them up) and brussel sprouts and sweet potato and half an avocado.

   After Zumba, I had a delicious Larabar and some tea to settle down for the night.

    Delicious day of eats!! Thank you Jenn for hosting!!

(first published on blogspot on July 9, 2014)

You know what I love? When someone else treats you to lunch or dinner! Especially when you are meeting some new people, even if it is for a work meeting. It makes me feel so grown up to say I went out for lunch/dinner for work. I know my new job is going to start getting busier and may be stressful at times, but I am loving the opportunity to learn so many new things and meet some great people. Monday night I went out for my first business dinner and then Tuesday we all went out for lunch after our meeting. Great people, great food and great conversations! Now let’s get to the eats lately.
   
Breakfast: oatmeal with chia seeds and strawberries with some bacon. Fruit, protein and oats does a great job of keeping me full throughout the morning.

(first published on blogspot on June 25, 2014)

I take pictures of my food, but I usually don’t take pictures of every meal, therefore I have just random pictures of dinners, maybe a lunch here or there and somehow rarely snap a picture of my breakfast but that is because usually it is the same thing, a bowl of oatmeal with some protein on the side and fruit on top. I finally have a picture of each of my meals for a typical day, especially now that I’m back at work I pack a salad for lunch daily and have been loving that it makes me eat more veggies daily.
    So let’s begin with my breakfast, which is usually a bowl of oatmeal with about a tablespoon of chia seeds mixed in and topped with strawberries or blueberries. On the side I usually have bacon or sausage for some protein and fat to keep me full in the morning. This morning I also had one of Davida’s strawberry cornbread muffins that I made. Very delicious by the way.

     If I am craving something sweet later, I sometimes eat a spoonful of cookie butter. So good!!

   And that wraps up my daily eats these days. I am trying to eat less processed foods and more veggies. I know I still eat some processed foods but I have cut back a lot and my stomach is definitely happier! Thanks Jen for hosting.