Its gonna be a good week! :)

Determined to have a good week this week. :) Its all mental, and nothing's gonna get me down this week! BTW, there is snow on the mountains! CRAZY! I walked outside and the mountains were magically white. How does that happen?! At one point when I was walking to class, there were snow flurries falling. Never had that happen before!!!!

Breakfast:

• Quinoa with flax, wheat germ, and a spoon full of my cinnamon peach jam with chia seeds.
  
• Egg whites
  

Mid morning:

• 1 apple
  
• 2.5 oz tuna
  

Lunch:

• 3.5 oz chicken breast
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• carrots
  

Mid afternoon:

• carrots
• 2.5 oz tuna
  

Dinner:

• steamed broccoli
  
• 1/2 sweet potato with honey and cinnamon
  
• 4 oz lean thin cut pork chop marinated in olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar, lime juice, lime zest, fresh garlic, and salt.
  

Not gonna lie, the pork chops were DUH-liscious. :)

Exercise:

• 35 minutes running
  

Half marathon on Sat!!!!!

Let's bring it back!

Well I went home last week...Sweet Home Alabama...and ate lots of Sweet Home Alabama food. Hehe :) I basically ate whatever I felt like...i.e. lots of really bad for me food. And lots of good ole sweet tea! Well I went to the grocery store last night and it is officially time to hit it hard.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with flax seed, wheat germ, and some homeade peach blueberry jam
• egg whites with spinach

So yeah, I've recently gotten into making jams. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

Mid morning:

• 1 honey crisp apple
• 1 scoop whey protein powder

Honey crisp apples are the best!

Lunch:

• 1 baked green pepper stuffed with Italian seasoned ground turkey
• 1/2 cup mashed butternut squash with honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Winter squash season!!!!!

Mid-afternoon:

• baby carrots
• 3 oz albacore tuna

Dinner:

• 1 green pepper stuffed with ground turkey
• 1/2 cup mashed butternut squash
• 1 cup steamed greenbeans

Exercise:

• 25 minute run before class this morning

I wish I could have gotten in more exercise but clearly I didn't do much work at all over the break. Shame on me, but whatever. Procrastination wins this time! SOOOOO much homework and studying to do the next few days. Boo!!!!! 12 days til the Halloween Half Marathon!!!!!!! :D :D :D