Omelette: Take 1
So this morning I attempted my first omelette. I have never been a huge egg person but for some reason I was absolutely craving an omelette this morning!
First of all, I didn’t make it to yoga this morning. My body is tired and sore, I am FINALLY back to a normal workout routine with training for the half. I love it, once I get into the routine I am hooked but I know my body isn’t used to it so taking a good amount of rest is important. 
Back to the omelette..
I cooked up about 1/4 of an onion added in some broccoli and spinach and then added 2 eggs and 1 egg white. It was not enough egg for the fillings and as soon as I poured I realized I had no idea what I was doing. I tried calling Adam but he couldn’t hear me.
I sprinkled some blue cheese in and started to flip as best as possible.
So this happened:
Egg-mosh is what I will call it.
Still tasted awesome. Not complaining.
I would have named this post “Omelette: FAIL” but it tasted good and for me that’s all well and good. For food blogging, it’s not really..but my tummy was happy and well, I aim to please!
With some berries on the side. I LOVE strawberries. Nom nom nom.
I am off to enjoy my day and get some things done.
I am thinking of trying some light yoga on the t.v. and then taking Leo for a nice long walk.
Tonight I have a bachelorette party to go to, my great friend Amanda is getting married on Saturday! I may try and take a nap since it’ll probably be a late night! I also may post earlier tonight.
Have a great day!
Katy
3 comments January 7, 2010
To whittle or not to whittle?
Hello hello!
I had another awesome day of relaxing, cleaning, and working out.
I actually had another training day and I ran three miles!
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Whittle My Middle
When I got home I wondered..to whittle or not to whittle?
Of course the plan is five days a week but I was sore and could definitely feel the work I had done yesterday.
I talked to Angela and settled on doing the workouts but being careful to listen to my body and if I felt outright PAIN to not push it!
I was able to get a decent whittle time in..(;
Front Plank- 60 seconds
Side plank- 30 seconds each side
Torso Twists- 50 Reps
Plank ups(w/out leg ups): 10 reps
Boat Pose: 3 sets of 10
Bicycle- 2 sets of 30
Boy did I whittle my middle today and it felt good! Until tonight, now I just feel sore. 
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To refuel I chose breakfast!
Two egg whites, two(plus one) piece of turkey bacon, and a small glass of fat-free milk with a couple teaspoons of lite chocolate syrup.
YUM! Perfect refuel.
Tonight our Wednesday night group reunited for the first time since the holidays!
It felt like forever since I had seen them, so a reunion was wonderful.
I always look forward to the meal’s Joyce provides for us.
Tonight, she ordered in.
Olive garden!! YUM!
My plate:
I had this plus another scoop of salad, another meat ball, and half another breadstick.
I wasn’t even full, I could have eaten a whole ‘nother plate. Mmmm!
I also had a shortbread cookie and scoop of coffee ice cream for dessert but my camera wasn’t around me to grab(we were sitting as they were passed out).
Great meal!
Now I am off to drink some tea, read a bit and then head to bed! I am thinking of doing yoga in the morning but considering how sore my body feels now, I may just give my body a rest for the next couple days since this will be the longest weekly mileage I have run, well, probably ever. What do you think?
I think I should just see how I feel tomorrow!
Have a great night!
Katy
3 comments January 6, 2010
Gotta love Skype
Seriousy, I really love Skype! I got to talk to my great friend Lindsay who is in Italy right now doing ministry. Since I have a lot of friends in Italy, and around the country Skype is just a huge blessing.
Anyways..
It’s 6 hours ahead in Italy so I got up around 8 and ate a quick breakfast.
Warm cinnamon Kashi H2H with bananas and fat-free milk, mmmm! I love this new flavor of H2H!
After we talked for about an hour I watched some Regis and Kelly and found by 10 I was starving again.
I had a piece of whole wheat toast and a little smart balance(I swear, it was a smaller amount then it looks!).
I also had a handful of strawberries.
My stomach was satisfied. Yay!
I took Leo for a walk and realized as much as I LOVE this weather(it felt mid-20′s when I walked him and no, I am not joking) it was WAY to cold for me to run. I’m still a Florida girl after all.
I waited and noon came around so I made lunch since I was hungry and knew my 3-mile run would take 30-45 minutes.
I decided on a delicious sammie for lunch.
In between two toasted slices of whole-wheat bread I had a handful of spinach, a few slices of thinly sliced turkey, hummus, a little balsamic and blue cheese crumbles.
Along with a nectarine. Mmmm I love nectarines! This sammie was super good, I just wish I had more balsamic, I love the sing it adds along with the blue cheese!
I am now off to bundle up and prepare for my three miler today! I was going to do four, but I want to slowly increase my mileage to train smart. Last week I only had about six miles since I didn’t get my 4 miler in. I may postpone my 5-miler Saturday and just run 4 again. Since I am unable to run straight through the four miles anyway, and my body felt fine I think that will be okay. Just making sure to listen to my body and stay injury free!
I also will whittle my middle when I get back!
I will see you all later tonight, my small group is back together again and I can’t wait for some of Joyce’s yummy food!
Katy
2 comments January 6, 2010
Date time
Adam and I had our date night tonight! We had a gift card to Outback from his grandparents so we headed there to enjoy dinner before our movie!
We started with a small ahi tuna appetizer. Not super pretty, but yummy!
BROWN BREAD!!!!!!!
Times this piece by three.
We declined a second loaf. Though I could have eaten it all!
It was happy hour. I had a Michelob Ultra..plus another half a glass.
I started with a small caeser. I shared it with Adam though so I wasn’t eating this whole plate. Small or not caeser has A LOT of fat and calories so sharing helps me to have a taste without over indulging.
For dinner I had sliced filet with a port wine and mushroom sauce..yum! With veggies on the side.
I also had a little bit of Adam’s mashed potatoes.
Then we saw..
I thought it was a good movie! Although, kind of depressing? I don’t want to give anything but gosh I love George Clooney though.
All in all a great night with the hubs!! I now need to head to bed.
Goodnight!!!
Katy
4 comments January 5, 2010
Productivity..yay!
This had been a much better day so far!! I got to bed at a decent hour and got nine hour of sleep and woke up at eight! I would love to get up earlier, but that is much better then 9:30.
I got right to brewing some coffee and putting together a delicious breakfast.
Stonyfield contacted me and asked if they could send me some coupons to try their Oikos line of greek yogurts! I LOVE greek yogurt, and I haven’t tried all of their Oikos flavors yet so I jumped at the chance!
I tried the vanilla this morning for breakfast. Considering I had my breakfast dreamed up since yesterday I was super excited to finally put it together.
First I put some Oikos in my big red bowl.
Added a chopped up nectarine.
Added some chopped up strawberries and some warm cinnamon heart to heart. Mmmmmmmm!
I tried just the Oikos first and it was really delicious. Just a subtle flavor added to it, not overpowering at all. I really loved it and the texture was different then other greek yogurts I have had. Very yummy especially with berries and cinnamon cereal. This breakfast fueled me through my morning and workout!
So did this coffee.
All together.
I can’t workout right after I eat so I ate around 8:30, watched Regis & Kelly, got ready and headed out by 10:30.
Grabbed one of my magazines I have yet to read:
I then headed to the gym.
My Workout:
-30 minutes on the elliptical
3 sets and 15 reps of the following(all machines):
-Lat pull down
-Chest Presses
-Horizontal Chest Presses
-Sitting row
Total Time: 45 Minutes
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Whittle My Middle
When I got home I started the Whittle My Middle challenge thanks to Angela! I am a few days late, but I want to do it and last month I let starting late stop me from doing it all. Not this time! I followed her workouts and here’s how it looked:
Front Plank- 60 seconds
Side plank- 30 seconds each side
Torso Twists- 25 Reps
Plank ups(w/out leg ups): 10 reps
Boat Pose: 3 sets 10 reps Bicycle- 40 Reps
This was SO hard!! I know that’s the point but ouch. I could barely do side planks. I have such a hard time with those. Hopefully in a couple weeks I will be able to do them.
I took before pictures, but I won’t be showing those until I take the afters!
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To reward myself for a productive morning, I made a productive lunch:
First was this side dish(recipe at the end) :
This was SO yummy, like a grown-up broccoli and cheese so good and good for you!
Along with a huge sweet potato and the leftover slice of pizza. I ate 3/4 of the potato cause it was quite large but this was such a yummy lunch!
Grown-Up Broccoli & Cheese
One serving.
Ingredients:
-1/4 of an onion cut and broken into strips
-Cup of fresh spinach
-1/2 cup of broccoli
-Large clove of garlic, minced.
-Crumbly blue cheese
-Salt
-Pepper
Directions:
Have your pan on medium-high heat.
-First let the garlic brown in a little EVOO (be careful not to burn the garlic or it will get bitter).
-Next, once the garlic starts to brown add the onion strips along with some salt.
-The onions will take a bit to caramelize but keep moving them in the pan.
(it took about 15 minutes for the onions to get cooked down enough)
-Once the onions are caramelized and soft a bit, add the broccoli.
-Add a little more EVOO and salt and pepper as the broccoli cooks.
-Once the broccoli is heated through add the spinach and stir together.
-Toss the spinach with the onion and broccoli mix so it cooks down with the onions and broccoli.
-Once cooked down serve onto a plate and sprinkle with a small amount of blue cheese or any crumbly cheese.
Done!!
Super yummy, the onions get so sweet and the blue cheese works so well with the sweetness of the onions and the spinach is infused with the garlic and onion sweetness.
Nom nom nom!
Katy
2 comments January 5, 2010
FOUR
…miles that is!
Yay, four! It’s not a PDR for me, but I haven’t run that far in a long time. I walked a bit too, I still can’t run four miles straight without stopping, but there’s no shame in that!
Leo was ecstatic for me.
Apparently Leo wants to eat my shoe laces, of course this was before the four mile run.
He’s such a little bear.
For lunch(I ate breakfast very late)..
This was also post-run. Again, I had NO groceries and very little appetite. My sister had gotten the polly-o twist string cheese’s when she was here last so I still have a few in my fridge. I ate it along with three big carrots and Sabra roasted red pepper hummus. Yum!
I then snacked on a large handful of unpictured Wonderful pistachios.
Adam and I were going to go on a date tonight but I called him and suggested we work on cleaning and grocery shopping.
He headed to the grocery store with our list and I stayed to clean.
Before(except for the eggs) After
Lots of fresh produce, two containers of strawberries.(it’s strawberry season, YAY!!!)
Apples, nectarines, bananas. I love fresh fruit!
Dinner was homemade pizza and a glass of vino.
Greg Norman wine, it’s a Cabernet-Merlot blend. SO good! It came highly recommended and did not disappoint.
Spinach, broccoli and mozzarella pizza with garlic and a little truffle oil. SO yummy! I ate all but a large corner.
Dessert was a cookie and milk.
The edgie had freezer taste 
so disappointing. I think if I heated it up it would taste better but one cookie and some fat free milk was all I needed!
I am off to bed, I took melatonin(a natural sleep aid) to help me get to bed at a normal hour tonight since I just want to get to bed at a decent time and wake up earlier then I have been. I think I would feel a lot better and more productive!
Good night friends!
Katy
9 comments January 4, 2010
Monday Monday
Well today has moved sort of slow. Lack of motivation I suppose. But I will be up and about very soon!
I have to go grocery shopping today so breakfast was whatever I could find. Luckily, I found some oat bran and cooked it up.
I cooked them up in the microwave with water, vanilla, dash of salt and cinnamon.
Topped with honey & cinnamon sugar.
…okay okay and almond butter and a little bit of chocolate chips!
Mmmm..I ate most of this bowl and I am still full! Cleaning, running, and then lunch!
Have a great Monday!!
Katy
1 comment January 4, 2010
A Sunday Full of Friends
Sundays should be a day of rest, but today it was super busy! A great kind of busy though.
We headed to a different church today because Marko, our great friend from Italy, was in town.
On our way to church, we stopped by Dunkin Donuts for a quick breakfast since we still haven’t gone grocery shopping yet!
Adam asked for whole wheat a few times. Apparently that means plain bagel. I ate 3/4 of one slice on the way to church and ate the rest later.
Along with a small iced coffee skim & sugar!
After church, we went to hang out with friends for a bit and picked up Publix subs for everyone. Mmmm..
I had a Boars Head turkey on wheat bread with lettuce, green peppers, banana peppers, and tomatoes.
We headed home for just a little bit before heading to a get together with some of the people closest to Marko.
I snacked on pita chips & dip mostly, nothing worth taking a picture of.
This is Adam and I with Marko. He’s so great!
We got home around 10 and I still needed a substantial dinner. Super late dinner..but dinner.
I read off everything we had out loud into song form..
“What can we make with swiss miss, almond butter, larabars, cheese, gatorade, water, pasta noodles, tuuuunaaaa!”
I managed to find enough for a yummy, albeit unbalanced, dinner.
A sweet potato, some roasted-toasted chickpeas and a black bean burger.
Mmmm…
That hit the spot.
I didn’t run my four miles today I HATE that..but to be honest, seeing so many friends in one day made it so worth it. I do need to start buckling down with my training though and I know it.
13.1 … I got my eye on you.
I will talk about my day a little more tomorrow, but Adam and I need some time together before he goes back to work for real tomorrow.
Goodnight friends!
Katy
3 comments January 3, 2010
New Cameras Are Fun
Today was fun..
..we added a new member to our family!
Adam sold his point-and-shoot and we needed a new one. I played with it a little, it will be nice to not ALWAYS have to lug around my DSLR. Although I am in love with my DSLR so I will probably still drag it around.
For lunch we headed to one of my favorite places..Greens & Grille! Mmm.
For lunch I chose the Fall salad..
SO good.
This salad has mixed greens, beets, peas, goat cheese, and roasted potatoes with a sherry thyme vinaigrette. Mmmm.
It’s a pretty gah-jiss salad if I may say.
It kept me full for a really long time too! I couldn’t even finish it all and I wasn’t hungry until later tonight.
Around seven I headed to my friend Jamie’s house. She’s in town from Italy where she is working in ministry in Florence. I hadn’t seen her for a few months so I was super excited to see her.
When I got there I got hungry but hadn’t gotten dinner. So I munched on snacks she had set out for us.
A little queso sort-of dip with spinach, salsa, and guacamole! I had some more chips and dip throughout the night.
I got hungry for real food and Jamie was sweet and let me have one of their Lean Cuisines. I would have taken a picture but it was just rice, beans and sauce and wasn’t pretty by any means.
It was good though and hit the spot. I also had a vanilla coke zero, I never really have soda so this was a treat. I love vanilla coke!
I am home now about to get to bed to read.
I will leave you with some pictures of Oviedo chickens..
We live close to Oviedo and drive through it often and they have chickens roaming around. Their are even bumper stickers that read “I break for Oviedo chickens.”
Their are strict laws protecting them. Unfortunately I have heard of the local Church’s chicken feeding them..well..you get it.
Have a goodnight!!
Katy
6 comments January 3, 2010
Happy Birthday Dad!
Well, when you’re a food/healthy living blogger and you have yet to go grocery shopping. Well, that makes for a boring blog entry. So boring, I didn’t even take a picture of my breakfast! I had a piece of toast with smart balance and a cheese stick that I broke over the toast. It wasn’t that great, but it was all we had! We’ll have to figure out something until tomorrow because it’ll be coupon cutting time!
I woke up at ELEVEN today. I never do that but I guess my body just needed it. It was too late to get my run in at that point though. Adam and I have limited time today since he has to work tonight, and we need to get out of the house together. SO, running will commence after church tomorrow or later if I have time!
I am off to enjoy my day.
Happy birthday to my wonderful Dad!!
Oh and..
Katy
3 comments January 2, 2010
