First Friday of February! What I ate today.

I now have 2 yoga partners!  It does make yoga even more enjoyable than it already is. 

I think big dawg was looking toward the stairs because someone was making noise!

Felix was sitting on the armoire after being spooked by something.  He is a little skittish!  His favorite place to hang out is the closet on top of the shoes in my office.  He's a little strange!  I was very happy that he actually ate all his food in one sitting this morning.  I had everything ready to go this morning, so no prepping needed!  I warmed up my coffee from yesterday (Be Well Cafe Vanilla Latte) and made my shake.  The temp had dropped again yesterday so D was going to drive me to work 😀 No being cold for me!

I got to work and then was asked to go run an errand!  Of course I don't drive to work so I borrowed a car from the front manager.  I was off looking for coffee filters!  Luckily a nearby Starbucks was kind enough to give me a stack!  So I headed back to work and had a bunch of things to get done.  Unfortunately I wasn't very busy cooking food but just prepping.  Around 10:30 I was ready for my lunch.

I mentioned I bought this metal bento box yesterday and it came in handy!  I had around 1/2 pound of sriracha brussels from Whole Foods, spaghetti squash, baby kale and a spinach chicken sausage from Brat Hans.  I grilled up the sausage on the flat top and let everything else come to room temp.  Only bad thing about eating at work, don't want to microwave it.

Can I get a macchiato!?!  I did make this myself, decaf of course. Then I was back at it.  I made almond butter bars a little later.  It's one of the best selling pastries in the case!  I make them a couple times a week!  If you're near Birmingham the come to Birmingham Roast to try one!

Finally 3pm and time to walk home!  It was still a bit cold but not like it was in the morning, I was happy about that.  I always listen to a Podcast on my walks.  Today was listening to the latest from Jason Seib and Altshift.  I love it for the mindset.  You should check it out.  I got home to hungry animals.  I'm feeding Felix after everyone else so him and I can get alone time and he can be calm.  So I meditated for 30 minutes in my office with him.  He ate well and went to the litter box.  He's making progress but I wish Nostrand would stop stalking him.  The dogs could careless about him but she is just nasty.

Butcherbox to the rescue for dinner!

For my Real Plans dinner tonight I made a cinnamon sage rubbed ribeye.  I had pulled from the freezer this morning 2 ribeye's to thaw from my butcherbox.  I love this service and wondering if I should change it back to monthly instead of bi-monthly or just add on a few more items.  The cinnamon was very subtle in case you were wondering.  They paired a totally different side but I wasn't feeling sage dusted butternut squash and opted for my leftover roasted cauliflower.  I made D a pesto rice with peas.  Overall it was a good day.  I'm still loving the Real Plans meals and so nice to be able to customize everything including portion sizes.  Check it out here if you haven't yet!

Whole30/Sugar Detox/AIP Journey - Day 28 (What I ate for the day)

Day 28 and up bright and early.  Okay night bright at all.  It was still dark and snowing.  Snow!  I was completely shocked!  I had no idea it was going to snow and we are suppose to get 4 inches.  I loathe this weather!

I waited till D was leaving at 6:30 and place my Starbuck's order with my app and headed the 1/2 mile to pick it up.  So convenient!

YUM!

When I got home I made my protein shake and tried to figure out what I was going to do first.  Was I going to shop after the dentist and the gym or shop first?  Shop first!  I jumped in the car and went to Target.  I needed to get Zero water for D (they were out!), cereal for him and some Fancy Feast for Felix.  I was told he really likes the gravy lovers, so I grabbed a few cans of that.  Next was Whole Foods, I needed to get what was on my list I didn't already have for my Real Plans meals this week.  I got back home with time to spare before my dentist appointment.  I was finally getting my broken filling fixed!

I fed Felix, well a little and gave him some attention before heading out the door.

I grabbed 2 of these mini sticks since I felt a little hungry and figured I could eat them after before heading to the gym.

Here is what I did today.

Treadmill warm up

Single leg press 4 sets 90, 110, 2x 130

Leg press 5 sets 190, 210, 230, 250, 270

Single leg extensions 4 sets @ 40#

Leg extensions 4 sets @ 70# with air squats in between

Chest Press 4 sets @ 35# (db)

Abs

Goblet squats @ 35#

Shoulder press single arm 27.5#

I think that was it.  I didn't do thrusters  I was interrupted by working during so I ended up cutting it short to run up there and fix an issue. 

It was about 1pm when I got home and I was more than ready for lunch.  I've been wanting to try these sausages.  I love spinach!  

I cut them up and put them in a skillet with coconut oil, bacon, mushrooms, green beans, spaghetti squash and spinach.  This was a really good lunch!  I also had some almond butter, maybe a tablespoon.

As I was cleaning up, D came home!  I was quite surprised but he said that due to the weather work sent every home.  Nice!  It gave me a chance to run another errand for work so I didn't have to go out after dinner.  I got back from those and headed into see Felix and mediate for 30 minutes.  I missed it yesterday since we were busy.  I got cleaned up and started to get dinner ready.  I knew D would be hungry since it was already 5:30.

Real Plans stated that tonight was Chinese Chicken Chopped Salad!

D really liked this one.  I used the leftover chicken from last nights dinner.  Added to that was some seasonings, oils, lettuce, pea pods, carrots, cabbage and green onion, all mixed with a homemade dressing.  I will definitely make this one again.  I think I had it done in 15 minutes.

Now I am going to kick back and drink a cup of tea.