It’s So Close

The weekend, that is! This week has felt really l-o-n-g to me! I got up a little later then I would normally so I needed a quick b-fast. Enter Kashi U cereal;

As you can see, I spruced up this 1 cup serving with a generous amount of fresh blueberries. I used USVAB for a little extra sweetness.

I’ve got my fingers crossed that this cereal makes it to Canada in the near future because I really like it. And that’s a lot coming from someone who isn’t big on cereal!

My day at work consisted of lots of keypunching. Yay me. Not my favourite task, but whatcha gonna do? I dug into my blueberry muffin a little sooner than usual…out of boredom, I’m certain!

Lunch time…AKA…gym time couldn’t have come soon enough! When I hopped on the elliptical I realized that my ipod was dead and was dreading the time with no tunes but it trundled on surprisingly fast. I also did some lower body work and stretching.

• Time: 50 minutes
• Avg Hr: 152
• Max Hr: 173
• Calories Burned: 408
• Distance: 3.4 miles

Here’s what I did strength-wise;

• 3 sets of 15 squats on the bosu ball
• 3 sets of 15 tricep dips
• 3 sets of 15 lunges with 7lb weights
• 3 sets of 60 toe taps on a step

Lunch was a lazy one today, but good. I had packed a tuna steak with broccoli, but there were some mighty good looking sandwiches in the staff kitchen so I snagged one. I paired it up with the broc;

The bread was a delicious, rosemary focaccia with ham, mozzarella, tomato, lettuce and a mango relish. It was the perfect size to tide me over. I didn’t even eat my grapes that I had packed!

Mid afternoon one of the fellas in the office brought me a small iced cap from Tim Horton’s.

When I asked what the special occasion was, he replied that it was a thank you for reminding him to get his time sheet into me so I could get him paid properly. Awwww….

I snacked on some walnuts and almonds on my way to pick the kids up from the sitter’s. I was getting a bit grumbly and didn’t want to get home hungry. That equals disaster!

Before we got dinner going I went to the garden to gather more goodies. Here’s my haul for the day…

There were more cherry tomatoes, but the kids went nuts eating them on me! :D The 2 zucchini ended up on the grill for dinner. Can’t get fresher than that!

Speaking of dinner, we tried some salmon burgers from Costco that I finally found.

My burger got dressed up with mayo, chipotle mustard, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickle….all on an Arnold Thin. Zuke’s on the side!

If you like salmon, these burgers are for you! Thankfully, we all love it! I do think, though, that the next time I’ll eat it sans toppings and bun. I think it would be better on it’s own so the flavour can shine through. My sweet end was another All Bran bar;

DS and I just got back from puppy walking duties. I’m going to kick back with my Shape magazine soon and then crash early. I’m looking forward to the end of the work week! Anybody have fun plans lined up for the weekend?

Bye for now!!