This day has been a whirlwind! It started wonderfully with free lunch. The English department is looking for someone to teach 18th Century poetry, so I went to hear one of the candidates give their talk. It’s hard to make Alexander Pope interesting, but it worked.
Veggie lasagna with dry salad (and black coffee, which I hid from you):
My body is still on that hungry girl kick. While I was in the library, only an hour or two after the talk, I was starving! Luna to the rescue. I THINK this was my first time trying the Chocolate Raspberry flavor, but I liked it a lot… especially since I’m going to have to wait awhile before buying the Peanut Butter Cookie again. Boohoo.
Lo and behold, an hour and a half later, before Step, my tummy was crying out again! Emergency snack #2 to the rescue. I had 1/4 of this Cashew Cookie Larabar.
Step today was so intense. It was a lot more difficult than last week, and we learned a lot of new moves. I think I’ve more or less gotten the basic steps down, but my arms still confuse me a lot.
After class, I ran a mile on the treadmill (still pain-free!) and did some ab work. I kept my heart rate monitor on the whole time, and I was shocked to see that , including Step class and my mile, I burned 853 calories in 1:16 hours! Holy MOLY.
Needless to say, when I got home I was FAMISHED. I attacked this orange…
… then wolfed down this yogurt while I iChatted with Ari in London (!).
Dinner was something I’ve had my eye on since I bought Veganomicon. Inspired by Erin (and Isa), I finally made myself some Snobby Joes. I made a few changes to the recipe (yellow pepper instead of green, 1 T chili flakes instead of 3 T chili powder, brown rice syrup instead of maple), but overall I was very pleased. I might cut back on the chili in the future… my mouth was on FIRE.
I had two big globs on two slices of Ezekiel sprouted WW toast with arugula. Yum yum yum!
I wanted to make up for some of the calories lost, so I made a delicious protein shake:
1 banana
1 cup skim milk
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tsp peanut butter
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Well, that’s it for me. I’m going to catch up on the blogs tomorrow; I’ve already missed my “computer bedtime” by 45 minutes. Sleep well! Over and out.
mmmmmm your dinner creation looks absolutely amazing!!!!
what is step about????
I hate that we have to wait to buy the PB flavored bars again- booo! Nice job on the calorie burning! Yayyyy for Step! Arms do have a great way of throwing me off during class too (even when I’m teaching
). Sloppy lentils are one of my favorite meals. Love your addition of the heat!
Wow! A step/pilates combo would be great, kind of like a “circuit”. Mix it up? Careful with that leg! Be nice to swim every once in a while.
Your English classes sound fantastic–the whole department is interesting. Did they hire the Pope person? Did s/he discuss the “Rape of the Lock”? Did Pope even write the “Rape of the Lock”? Wasn’t he the “Wasp” of someplace? Discuss.
Stay healthy.
Holy workout girlfriend, rockin it OUT! I need to try my hand at those snobby’s they are lookg quite deelicious! Have a good friday dahling
-C
larabar!! snobby joes!! fabulous workout!! hell yes
man! great workout!! I tried to take step classes regularly once upon a time and then one day they had this new instructor filling in and she was sooo confusing, all I did was stand there with a look of confusement and frustration on my face, and I havent been back since! haha. Maybe I should give it another chance.
Everything looks great – I like your take on sloppy joes!
Ari’s in London?! SO.NOT.FAIR! Okay – maybe I’m just a little bit jealous
Love the snobs! I need to make some – everyone loves them!
Have you ever seen the lunch lady skit on SNL? Everytime I see the words “sloppy joes” it reminds me of it
I need to make these snobby joes! I’ve seen them everywhere!!!
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