01 | October | 2012 | Better With Sprinkles

(Yes, I am so original with my title).

It’s October.

October = birthday month.

That means, the countdown has begun.

I’m like a seven year old when it comes to my birthday – I pretty much want to celebrate the entire month. Smile

Breakfast

Still on the pumpkin bandwagon, in pumpkin oats form.

In the mix:

1/3 cup porridge oats
2/3 cup water
1/2 scoop peanut butter chocolate protein powder
2 tbsp liquid egg whites
1/4 cup pumpkin
dash cinnamon
dash vanilla extract

Topped with almond butter and maple pumpkin butter. Just can’t get enough, I tell ya.

Lunch

Nadine (my boyfriend’s mother) came up to Brantford today to pick up Leon and take us out for lunch. Eric and I were already debating getting a dog, but after that week it’s become more a matter of “when” as opposed to “if”. If you want to convince your significant other/family members that you should get a dog, just offer to dog-sit a really cute one for a few days. They’ll be converted, I promise.

(Cue cute puppy pictures….just for you Sloane! Smile with tongue out )

Awww.

You can’t look at a dachshund and not smile.

I want to hug it!

Ideal dog would be a pug. There is nothing in the world cuter than a pug. JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE!

These are not puppies. In fact, they are platypuses. (platypi?) Wearing fedoras.

Just awesome. Smile

Lunch

Lunch involved a little bit of adventuring.

First restaurant choice for lunch: closed indefinitely. WHY DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE IF YOU’RE CLOSED INDEFINITELY?! Ahem. Annoying.

Choice two: Closed Sunday.

Choice three: Closest restaurant I knew of that was actually open.

So, we ended up at Shoeless Joe’s. It’s a sports bar and grill, so I figured it would work for everyone.

I’m always slightly impressed when restaurants have TVs right in the booths. Although I guess it doesn’t exactly encourage conversation, does it?

For lunch, I ordered the Chipotle Southwest Chicken Salad.

marinated chicken with roasted corn, mozzarella, cheddar, green onion, tortilla strips and pico de gallo over mixed greens with chipotle ranch dressing.

It was a tasty salad – mainly because of that dressing. I only used a little, bit that was really all it needed – lots of flavour.

Although when I was looking at this picture again, I realized they forgot the cheese – fail.

Eric ordered the smoked meat poutine.

I swear to god, the guy is a poutine connoisseur. I’ve given up thinking he’ll order something else. :-p

Nadine’s club sandwich:

Club sandwiches are such a classic, no? I’m pretty sure I went through a phase when I was about 11 when that was all I would order at restaurants. That, or chicken fingers and fries.

Slim and Sculpt – Week 1

This week, I finished week 1 on Thisfitchick’s Slim and Sculpt plan.

So far? I’m enjoying it! It’s challenging and definitely causing me to push myself in the gym. While I’m still struggling a little bit with the only working out 4 days a week thing, I know I’m appreciating the extra time I have in my days now to focus on schoolwork. I do walk to/around school every day, so I know I’m getting a bit of exercise on the side. I may add in some yoga or a turn on the treadmill/elliptical if I feel so inclined, but I think I’m good with following the program (mostly) as prescribed.

Things to note:

Workout B involves a circuit workout that absolutely killed me a little. I finished it, breathed a sigh of relief, and then noticed on the sheet it called for 2 rounds. Le sigh.
Intervals: I, for some reason, decided to start out with the hardest interval workout on the sheet. Umm, I died a little. Is it physically possible to hold running at 10 m/h for an entire minute? I got to 40 seconds before I cried uncle. Definitely effective!
Workouts changed: nope. Followed as prescribed.
Workouts added: I usually walk .5 – 2.5 miles daily, (plus I’ve got those stairs) but other than that, nope.