His Girl Friday

Hello there boys and girls, and happy Friday!  How are you today?  I’m just fine, although I knocked myself a little out of whack when I overslept, and my schedule is a little funky! Oh well, no matter.

Yesterday I woke up at a normal time, and made a normal bowl of fruity oatmeal.

I used:

• 1/2 cup of oats
• 1/2 cup water
• TJ’s Mangolicious blend
• 1 peach
• 1 scoop of peanut butter

After a little computer work, I accompanied the boy to the diner where he enjoyed a nice egg sandwich.  Then I hopped on the train and went to visit my poodle.  When I got there, I was greeted by many goodies!  I found the Zevia sodas (and cute T-shirt) I won from a contest Missy hosted…

A NuNaturals stevia sampler I won from Averie’s contest…

POM Wonderful’s new Kiwi and Nectarine flavored pomegranate juice…

A variety of Greek yogurts from Chobani…

And, best of all, gourmet Brownie Points brownies from Liz!

Pretty good mail day, dontcha think?!

I incorporated both new items and tasty leftovers into a fabulous lunch, starting with Daddy-o’s spicy corn chowder…

Gliding Calm tofu with brown rice, mango chutney & peanut sauce…

Low-Fat Pineapple Chobani, which I LOVED (review to follow)…

…. And Ginger Ale Zevia. Full review to come as well, but I did not like this at all.

While I ate, I read some more sad news about the demise of Gourmet magazine.

A little later, snacked on an apple to hold me over on a mid-distance run.

I tried to warm up slowly, run 3 fast miles, and cool down with one more mile.  It was hard to pace myself without knowing for sure how fast I was going.  When I got home, I was pretty pleased with my statistics; seems like I did pace myself pretty well.

Total distance: 4.54 miles

Total time: 43:41

Maximum heart rate: 181 (91%)

Average heart rate: 166 (84%)

Calories burned: 455

I finished up a baggie of baby carrots while packing up and getting ready… these are the perfect quick snack, except when you have bad allergies.  Sneezing while chomping on carrots makes for a HUGE mess.

I hurried back home just in time to have dinner with Ilana. We heated up leftover cassoulet and steamed some broccoli.  Ilana was finally introduced to the hippie juice, and I think she liked it!

After dinner, we dug into Liz’s brownies while we watched Grey’s Anatomy and Project Runway.

There were a lot of flavors, and I wanted to taste them all…

These were so freaking good.  The hit of the night seemed to be Cookies & Cream… it tasted just like the middle of an Oreo!  I can’t wait to dig into the rest of them.  Holy yum, Liz!

I stayed up kind of late, and ended up eating another giant apple before bed.

Off to go meet some lovelies for dinner! What are you up to this weekend? I have my 10K on Sunday, but that’s about it! Have a great night