No Beuno. 10/25/11

HI. Today is not my day… It’s funny how much the quality of my morning workouts effect my mood for the day. Yesterday was painful, but I was proud to get through it… today, I just couldn’t do it. My body was NOT having it and I ended up having to walk at 2 different points in my mile run. It was really discouraging and I’m very disappointed in myself for not pushing through the pain and just finishing. Oh well, I can’t change the past so I guess I just need to look forward to pushing extra hard through tomorrow’s workout.

Here’s what I did:

Tuesday
Situps     50
Run 1 mile
Situps     50
TIME:	14:05

Same thing I’ve been doing for the previous Tuesdays and Thursdays…

For dinner last night I made an Asian Stir Fry… it was pretty good, though not the greatest. Really simple:

2c Cooked Brown Rice

2tsp Minced Fresh Ginger

3tsp Minced Garlic

¼ c Minced Red onion

½ c Chopped Green Onion

1/3 c Chopped Carrot

1/3 c Chopped Snap Peas

1 ½ tbs Sesame Oil

¼ c Light Soy Sauce

-          Saute garlic, ginger and red onion in oil for about 3-4 minutes, add peas and carrots and sauté for another 5 minutes or so, stirring frequently. Stir-in rice and soy sauce, continue to cook for another 5 minutes or so. Fold-in green onion and serve.

You can totally play with the veggies here!

Food Today:

Breakfast:

All-natural Oatmeal w/ organic blueberries and a smidge of organic/unsweetened soy milk

Snack:

Oatmeal w/ raisins and cinnamon

Lunch:

Thai butternut squash soup w/ brown rice, edamame and slivered almonds

Snack:

Leftover stir-fry from last night

Dinner:

brussel sprouts w/ brown rice (another recipe from vegan cookbook!) I think I’ll throw in some tofu as well.

As a small attempt to start a healthy-eating movement at work, I replaced the candy basket with a basket of fresh tangerines today… hopefully it will catch-on. J

Oh! I finally ordered protein yesterday! I’ve been on the hunt for vegan protein and the reviews for this particular brand were really great! I’m not going to give a specific mention until I actually receive it (so I’m not advocating something that ends up tasting like dirt!) but I have my fingers crossed!!

Well, that’s all I have for today! Until tomorrow…