Taming the Hunger Beast

The sun finally made an appearance today! WAHOO!! Nice to meet you, sunshine! It wasn’t exactly what I would call warm, but that’s OK, I’ll take it! My breakfast this morning was reminiscent of a childhood favourite….PB&J!
-1 cup water
1/3 cup Quaker oats
-2 tbsp PB2
-1 tbsp Cinnamon Plum Tea jam
-cinnamon
-pecans
Ohhh….so good!!! The oats turned out to be really creamy which was a HUGE plus for me! Unfortunately, this bowl didn’t hold my hunger at bay for too long. I found myself itching to eat again by 9:30! I broke into my stash of prunes earlier than normal…
An hour later, I was hungry again! I held off another ½ hour before I finally ate my muffin.
This was consumed a good hour before I would normally eat it! A minty piece of gum helped tie me over until I could get to my lunch, but just barely.

I had a few errands to run over the lunch hour, one of which involved the grocery store. Not good to go to one of those hungry! I did well, though. I only left with what I went in for. Every time I found myself gazing at something naughty, I told myself to walk away, it only looked good because I wanted to eat.

There was some quesadilla “stuffing” left from last night so I brought that for lunch today with my very last Flatout wrap to bundle it in. I left out the cheese today but added some sliced cucumber for some crunch.
Horrible picture, I know, but I just could not make this look pretty! I did eat some pretty strawberries for my lunch dessert, though! :)
I got lost in paperwork this aft so it went by nice and fast. DD had an eye doctor appointment right after work so I ate this chopped up mango about 10 minutes before calling it a (work) day;

I love mango's, but most times can’t be bothered preparing one to eat. Lazy, I know! I’m glad I took the time this morning because this one was juicy and sweet.
The eye appointment went just peachy....especially since they were able to fix my glasses!!! YAY! My contacts didn't fail me at work today which was a relief. I usually have a headache by noon, but my eyes didn't start getting uncomfortable until the last hour of the day. When I go for my eye exam I'm going to look into a different kind of contact so that I can wear them more often.

Dinner tonight was a Sol veggie burger on a toasted English muffin. My toppings were lettuce, hot peppers, honey mustard, a LC wedge and ketchup. A side of steamed broccoli with walnut cranberry Gorgonzola dressing rounded out the plate.
I really enjoyed this burger pattie!! I bet I could pass it off as meat with my hubby which is saying a lot! :) They were a little pricey, but a decent size so I'm certain that I would buy them again. My sweet end was a Cravings macaroon;
Heaven. 'nuf said.

I let my dinner digest a bit and then got right into shredding. I traded off the cardio parts for ab work again. Until I find out what's up with my ankles (which are now very swollen as well as painful) I'll be staying away from any high impact activity. This is already driving me nuts and it's only been 2 days, but I do not want to do any further damage. **Sniff, sniff** Anybody have any ideas on some heart pumping cardio that doesn't include feet??? Besides swimming that is. I abhor swimming.

On tonight's agenda? Helping with homework, dishes, lunches and then some down time watching CSI, which I hope is much better than last week! :) Tomorrow's Friday!!! Enjoy the evening!!

Bye for now!!