Life is good

Can we just talk about how wonderful weekends are?  Oatmeal made on the stove top is so much better than microwave (although I still like those too!).

This bowl was so good.  I used 1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats, 1/3 cup each of milk and water, 1/2 banana, cinnamon and salt for the base.  Then I just added some of my favorite granola and Crunch Time on top–voila! Enjoyed while watching E! News Weekend and drinking green tea.

Sometimes I think my life is so hard… But on days like this when I wake up in a warm house, eat a delicious breakfast and relax on the couch with no worries, I feel lucky for what I have

Speaking of getting lucky, I had an un-pictured steak taco with chips and salsa for dinner last night  along with this lovely piece of tiramisu when I got home…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love my roommates.

The snow is finally starting to calm down a little bit and I think I even see some sun outside!  I have a 5-mile run on the schedule (looks like the treadmill, unfortunately) along with a stop at the library and grocery store.

My cousin Sue sent me an artichoke dip recipe awhile back that I have been wanting to make forever!  I figured the big game tomorrow was the perfect occasion so I’ll need to stock up on supplies for that.  I love the Superbowl!!!

 

Short but sweet

Breakfast: Pumpkin oats–with chia seeds, cinnamon and maple syrup.  These were fabulous!  Maximized volume.

I snacked on the most addicting granola in the world throughout the morning/afternoon, probably about a cup.  I just can’t get enough of this stuff!

Lunch was leftover lasagna again.  But I swear this stuff keeps getting better! I had compliments on how good my desk smelled…

Dinner part 1 was veggies + hummus

Dinner part 2 was another freeie Luna bar (didn’t love this flavor) and a blood orange which is my new obsession of a fruit!  I didn’t get home until 9:30 so unfortunately my dinner was a little blah tonight.  Normal posts resume tomorrow!  I need cooking back in my life!

Just to note, I did my schedule 4ish miles at lunch today and felt great!  I’m loving the soft dirt path and comfortable pace that I run with a coworker near my home office.  And the weather could not have been more perfect.  Tomorrow is Hot Yoga Sculpt day (I am terrified of this class!!) so I’m looking forward to a good stretch/sweat.  Woo hoo!

I have a fun day at work tomorrow, then before you know it, Wednesday and the first day of a new month will be over.  Ca-raaaaaaazy!

 

Starbucks and Saki Bombs

I haven’t had oats in AGES!  Perfect little Saturday morning pick-me-up along with a glass of Simply Orange (we’re out of fruit, this is the best I could come up with!) and an Americano with soy aka my favorite drink in the world.  Better picture so you can actually see the food:

Topped with PB and maple syrup.

I needed something that would hold me over for awhile because I’ll be away from my house until noonish between working the 5k and training a client.  Oatmeal was an obvious choice!

Something fun I did last night:

Yes, saki bombs.  My first ever—-they were fun!  I actually ordered light for a change…

Veggie roll and spicy tuna roll.  Tuna roll was EXTREMELY spicy, exactly the way I like it.  Jessica tried it and said her mouth was on fire for the rest of dinner.  Success.

Buh bye now, I hope you all have a relaxing Saturday!

Active Sunday anyone?

I had a HUGE bowl of oats for breakfast this morning.  Went a little overboard with the mix-ins.  I actually almost didn’t finish it–may not be eating lunch for awhile!

Chocolate covered strawberry/banana oats:

Into the pot:

• 1/2 cup oats, vanilla soy, water
• 1/2 banana
• cinnamon
• spoonful of cottage cheese stirred in at the end of cooking

On top:

• dark chocolate covered pom seeds
• pumpkin spice granola
• chopped up strawberries
• almond butter

Kind of a weird mix of flavors now that I look back at it, but good nonetheless. I’ll need the fuel because I have 3 intramural games today (ultimate frisbee, softball, dodgeball) and I’m playing racquetball too.  Sports addict! LOL kidding…  It looks like I’ll be at the gym for awhile.  Fine by me, I’d rather be there then on my couch doing homework.

Time to get my game on!

Fun-Filled WEEK.

Yes you read that right… I’m always thinking ahead to the weekend because my Monday-Friday are typically just go-go-go with no time to do much relaxing, but this week should prove different.  Even though I’m still busy, we still have plans in the works for our guests!

Monday—show Sue campus, boot camp
Tuesday —Pick up Steven from the airport, Rio for margs
Wednesday—Possibly see a movie… so many good ones out right now!
Thursday— I have a Biochem exam so afterwards will be major celebration… We’re going to attempt a tour of New Belgium brewery, and head out to Whiskey River in the evening.
Friday— Staff appreciation night formal, after-party at friend’s house… who knows where else the night will take us?

We’re planning on doing our 10-miler sometime near the beginning of the week too and I think Buddy wants to join us so it should be a fun one.

Reversing to yesterday’s food… We decided to do a taco night for “family dinner” because it’s easy, quick and delicious. Surprisingly, less money was spent at the grocery store than usual even though we’re preparing for 4 people this week instead of 2. Weird?  I guess we cut out luxury items when we know others will be around to eat them LOL…

Came back from the store, whipped these up in about 15 minutes and chowed. We then proceeded to talk about how everyone likes tacos and how they always hit the spot.

I tried to squeeze everything in there but it wasn’t an easy task.  I had:

• Organic taco meat
• Mexican blend cheese
• Refried beans (spread on sides of shell)
• Peach salsa
• Romaine lettuce
• Black olives
• Avocado chunks
• Plain Fage
• Hot sauce

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The perfect taco!

Breakfast this morning was mixed berry oatmeal.  We have so much good food right now, I didn’t know what I wanted.  This was good though!

Topped it with Nature’s Path granola and TJ’s Raw Creamy Almond Butter that my cousin delivered to me!!!!! This is seriously the best almond butter ever and I bought it when I was in Minneapolis a few weeks ago.  However, due to not checking a bag, I couldn’t take it back with me so I had to wait a bit.

If you’re lucky enough to have a Trader Joe’s nearby, buy this stuff now!

Welp, I better get moving into Monday.    I’m coming home for lunch today so I may or may not put up a lunch post.  We’ll see if time allows!  It’s supposed to get into the high 50′s all week!!!!! Practically spring….

Happy March 1st!

Antioxidants galore

I woke up freezing this morning…

…so I definitely needed something hot to eat for breakfast.  This bowl of oats was an antioxidant powerhouse!

I started by microwaving the following for 2 1/2 minutes:

• 1/3 cup oats
• 1/3 cup vanilla soy
• 2 handfuls frozen berry mix (blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, and pomegranate)

And topped with:

• scoop of Hell’s Kitchen Peanut Butter
• pumpkin spice granola
• dried apricot bits
• dark chocolate covered pom seeds

My tea of choice for the morning is going to be this TAZO Green Ginger. It has just a little bit of zip to it.  FYI in case you haven’t tasted it yet–I don’t really like regular green tea at all, but I LOVE this stuff.  I don’t even know what possessed me to try it??? I’m glad I did.

Today’s my crazy day when I don’t get home until after 7, so not sure when the dinner post will go up.  I’m pretty sure that it will involve a Mexican-themed meal though.

Happy mid-week!

Bring it on Spring Break

Breakfast was banana/flax/PB oats–Hell’s Kitchen peanut butter, of course.  This stuff is seriously addicting!

I can’t believe that it’s finally Friday.  The second round of my Boot Camp class starts tonight (Spring Break Boot Camp), so I’m excited to meet a new group and get started on working with them.  Bring it on Spring Break!!!

Another Monday, another bowl of oats

Remember when I went to Minneapolis last year for Girl’s Weekend?  You can find recaps here and here.  These were a couple of my first posts because I started up Fuel and Fitness just a few days before heading out of town.  I thought of it because this coming weekend is the weekend of the annual trip and I can’t stop thinking about how fun it will be!  I looooooooove this trip and look forward to it all year.  I should have tons of great pictures.

Anyways I decided to randomly check the date of my first post because I didn’t remember the exact date but new it was sometime around this weekend and my blog’s first birthday is tomorrow!!!! Crazy how fast time flies, yes?  I may have to do something special tomorrow:-)

On to breakfast:

I used the stove to make banana oats today and it really does make for a much more volumous bowl.  Here’s what I threw in the pot:

• 1/2 cup OF oats
• 1/2 cup vanilla soy
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 banana
• 1 T flax
• cinnamon
• salt

I added a scoop of chunky PB and spread it all over the place once it melted a bit. Fabulous way to start a Monday!

Busy day ahead, better get moving.

Best bowl of oats, ever.

1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup soy milk, 1/3 cup water. Combine and microwave for 2 minutes on high.

Top with:

• grape nuts
• flax meal
• coconut
• pom
• 1 scoop of White Chocolate Wonderful PB (SOOOO good!)

Delicious and kept me full all morning…

Lunch

Quick, easy, healthy, tasty.  Tuna melt with produce. YUM.

Gotta go train, workout, and get ready for a night on the town.  The weekend is fast approaching, folks!

The new and improved Fuel & Fitness.

It feels so good to be typing this post right now!

Although I had a wonderful summer (the best ever!), I missed blogging a TON and ideas for improvement have been brewing in my head the last few months. Here are some of the main ones:

1. I really want the blog to be exercise/food/health/wellness…etc. and less about me.  Now that I’m going to school for Dietetics and I’m working as a Certified Personal Trainer, I feel like this will be easier.
2. I’m going to try 2 posts per day… we’ll see how it goes!
3. I’m going to get more recipes and workouts posted.
4. I don’t want to focus on getting readers.  They’ll come on their own if they want to read.   That’s all–Enjoy!

Breakfast

• Old fashioned oats
• 1/2 banana
• vanilla soy milk
• Justin’s cinnamon peanut butter
• Amazing homemade granola
• Shredded coconut

With coffee, this was the perfect way to start a Monday.  Adios!