>Happy Wednesday. Today is day #3 of my 3-11:30pm shifts at the hospital. Thursday I’m off – and man am I looking forward do it!
Yesterday I woke refreshed at 7am and started my day. Who am I kidding? I peeled myself out of bed at 10:30, make a quick Berry Berry protein smoothie, then headed out for a run before work. This time, I did actually dress appropriately. Recently, I’ve been making it a point to run a few sets of stairs and do push-ups (I’m up to about 25 real ones) mid-run.
Yesterday it was the steps in front of the Lincoln Monument:
Do you ever stop mid-run to do crunches, push ups, yoga, etc? It’s a nice way to break up the run and get in some muscle-toning action.
When I returned, I refueled with a gigantic protein-packed salad monster.
Spinach, deli turkey (all natural version. Many kinds have gross fillers and preservatives), low-fat cottage cheese, garbanzo beans, cherry tomatoes, red grapes, Laughing Cow cheese wedge (light swiss version), sea salt, pepper, and a 1:1 mixture of Goddess dressing and balsamic vinegar.
Goddess + Balsamic = salad dressing heaven
Work was insanely busy, as usual. I snacked on a new protein bar. Ever try these?
20g protein. Kept me full til dinnah-time. Thanks to those of you that Tweeted some other all natural versions to try.
Next up:
– Zing Bars
– Perfect Foods Bars
– Clif Builder bars
– Kind Bars
Am I missing any good ones?
Last night I broke out this box that had been collecting dust in my pantry
I added cooked shrimp, peanut butter, and honey and they were pretty darn good.
Okkkkk, I’m going to get off my butt now after RHNJ is over, head to the gym, then to work. Weeeeeeeee! <—-sarcasm
>The ThinkThin bars sound amazing! I wonder if they're available in Canada yet… if not, I'm going to have to wait until the next time I'm in the US!
>Your salad monster looks really good! …and those stairs made me tired just by looking at them 🙂
>My friend and I stop at the same stairs when we run on Rock Creek! Hopefully the weather clears up soon, I've been stuck doing treadmill workouts and it's driving me crazy 🙂
>We would love to send you some Zing samples to try out for your blog. Send me an email at alma@zingbars.com.Thanks,Alma
>Oh the Lincoln Monument stairs would be awesome for a workout! I found sushi seaweed wraps last week and made sushi hand rolls tonight with them! They were yum!Have a goodnight love! xoxo
>Hey lady! Sounds like you've had a busy week…Glad you have the day off tomorrow! If you want to grab coffee in the afternoon, let me know. :-)Zing bars are my very favorite bars, but I can't find them here. When I'm home in Boise, I get them at my favorite independent health foods store…I brought a few back to DC with me, but of course they're looong gone! The doctored up noodles look awesome! xoxoxo
>One more thing! I gave you a Stylish Blogger Award on my blog today, so check it out! http://bit.ly/fAN7n6
>You mentioned Kind bars and I love them! You know I have to dust off some rice noodles in my pantry for a stir fry!
>So jealous that you get to run up the Lincoln Memorial during your workout!
>Hey love! I'm just letting you know that I chose you as one my favorite bloggers to receive the "Stylish Blogger Award" because I adore your blog! Here's the link to the post http://tastyandtrim.com/?p=3240 Have an amazing weekend 🙂