And The Lucky Winner Is.....

I woke up to a dreary, rainy morning, but it wasn’t cold and I had to be at work anyways so the less than stellar weather didn’t really bother me! I’m on 8:30 start at work this week which meant an extra half hour of sleep. That also helped make it a nice morning, :)

My breakfast this morning was very similar to yesterday’s eats!
-1 cup water
-1/2 cup Quaker oats
-cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice
-1/4 cup pumpkin puree
-2 tsp creamed cinnamon honey
Oh my, the honey was fabulous on the oats!!! It melted nicely throughout and lent the perfect sweetness to the bowl. Can’t wait to try this stuff on some toast!!! Here’s a better look at the jar;
Work was S-L-O-W today. Blah! I ate some dried figs at break not because I was hungry, but because boredom was trying to convince me that I needed to head to the office candy bowl for chocolate.
These are sweet and chewy enough to trick my senses!

It was great to get back in the gym today! Even though I stay active over the weekend, I tend to miss my gym time. Because of security issues due to construction on the building, the gym is still off limits over the weekend. We’re hoping that will change sooner rather than later! Before heading off I ate ½ a slice of the banana bread I made over the weekend to see me through the hour.
Today I did a 30 minute run, 10 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the BBBC ab moves.

Time: 50 minutes
Avg Hr: 163
Max Hr: 183
Calories Burned: 460
Distance: 4.11 miles (treadmill and elliptical combined)

My ankles, or rather, the backs of my ankles have been hurting pretty badly since last Wednesday. They're fine once I get going, it's the getting going part that's killing me! I looked up some info on Achilles Tendon's and what I found sounds similar to what I'm experiencing. Not good. I called the doctor to set up an appointment, but that's not until next Monday!!! They definitely hurt when I apply pressure to either side of the tendon. OUCH! Anybody out there have any knowledge of what to do for this problem???

As soon as I heard the rain this morning I knew that I wanted soup for lunch. It just felt like the right kind of lunch to have!! I grabbed a can of Amy’s minestrone to go;

I love all the oddly shaped noodles in this soup!! This is the whole can, by the way! I packed loads of watermelon and strawberries which I snacked on throughout the afternoon.
After all this fruit I had a few more washroom breaks than normal! As soon as I left work I went to pick the kids up from my parents and then dropped DD off at dance. On the drive home I ate the other half of my banana bread to fuel me through another 20 minutes with Jillian.

Today was day 16 of shredding for me. I’ve missed 3 days in between there, but I’m not worried about that. Sometimes life takes over and you just have to roll with it! I’m mid way through level 2 and I can already feel that some of the killer moves are not as bad now. AND….I can almost do a real push up!!!! At the beginning of level 2, I could not do one AT ALL so this is big for me!! :)

Dinner will look very familiar to you as it’s the very same as last nights dinner! Well, except for the cauliflower. I have plans for that for tomorrow’s lunch. Instead I had some more strawberries on the side. What can I say? They're delish!
Hehe! The grain blend took on the shape of the container it was in! My sweet end was a handful of dark chocolate covered edamame....
And now the announcement you’ve all been waiting for!! I ended up getting some really awesome recipes for the BSI lemon challenge!!! Thanks to all who entered! I’ve put them all under a “BSI:Lemons” header on the right hand side of the blog so that everybody can view them. In order to be completely fair and unbiased, I put my hubby in charge of selecting the winner! It also helps that he is a lover of all things lemon!!! This morning he sat down and went through all the recipes for me. Who did he select???? Amanda’s Sinless Lemon Granita!!!! Congratulations, Amanda! Please email me your info so that I can get your prize off in the mail! Once you're done here, you must travel over to Karen's blog, To Be The Whole Package to check out this week's BSI. She picked a great ingredient!!!!

Well, stay dry and enjoy the evening! I'm going to go soak these problematic ankles of mine while I watch Dancing With The Stars!

Bye for now!!