Tick Tock Tick Tock

Well peeps, work just about killed me today it went so slow. OMG! 7hrs felt like 70! It’s been quite awhile since that’s happened! AND it’s a pay week so time should be moving along. Sometimes I get caught up in all that I do/have to do outside of work and it freaks me out a little. I think that’s what happened today. I was constantly reminding myself that it was Tuesday (Pilates night) and not Thursday (skating/hockey game night) ARGH!

**WARNING** Crappy breakfast photos ahead! The ghost in our house changed the settings on m camera. Must’ve been him because no one will admit to it!!
-1 cup water
-1/2 cup kamut flakes
-cinnamon
-raisins
-chopped peanuts
-kefir
Ouch…that’s are really bad! The other one was worse!! The actual food, on the other hand, was bang on!

Snacks du jour included the following:
I had full intentions of running on the treadmill today but when I got to the gym both were in use. Meh, I just hopped on the elliptical. I upped the resistance some today and was rewarded with a nice burn in my legs.

Time: 45 mins
Avg Hr: 158
Max Hr: 181
Calories Torched: 443
Distance: 5 miles

My HRM went all loco on me before my workout. When I checked the time it read 5:31am. Strange. I went into the settings to fix the time and realized that it had my height at 3’7”….AND….the date said “March 5, 2005!!! WTH??? LOL! It’s all fixed up now, but I’m still a bit baffled as to how everything got mixed up. HA!

I found a bonus serving of mango dal in the freezer this morning! YAY! Once warmed up I used a small piece of Asiago bread to scoop up the juices…

Best. Lunch. Ever.

Seeing as work was so pathetically slow today, I took the opportunity to Google some helpful kitchen tips for you all. Enjoy!

-Before you chop chilli peppers, rub a little vegetable oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spicy chilli oil.
-To keep potatoes from budding in the bag, put an apple in with them.
-If your salt is clumping up, put a few grains of rice in with it to absorb excess moisture.
-Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator--it will keep for weeks! (I do this and it really works!!)
-Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle perfectly shaped pancakes every time
-To get odours out of plastic containers, place crumpled newspaper inside the container and seal it overnight

There you go! :D

I made a nice pot of pasta for supper tonight with a ground chicken sauce. To make the sauce I cooked a chopped onion, carrot and some celery in basil infused oil then added a pound of ground chicken and 3 garlic cloves. Next into the pot went dried basil, oregano, salt, pepper & hot pepper flakes. I let that all cook about 10 minutes before adding 1 can of tomato sauce and a few tbsp of tomato paste. Right at the end I added a good half cup of chopped parsley.

This is the type of pasta that I used:

Just look at the amount of fibre in this pasta!!!

I don’t normally eat pasta but when I saw at the store that this had 10g of fibre I thought I’d give it a try. And it was great! I served myself a scant cup and bulked it up with steamed veggies. Then I topped it off with a half cup of the sauce and freshly grated Parmesan cheese:

I swear there is pasta under there!! LOL! ;)

Right after dinner DD and I made our way to Pilate’s. It was just her and I in the rebounder class which was fun. My core dynamics class was a big time ass kicker. Literally. We worked our “buttock” muscles tonight and I’m positive that I will feel the pain tomorrow!!

I’m now settling in to watch “The Biggest Loser”. I also snacked on an All Bran bar. (Please excuse the flash)

So, how about I catch you all tomorrow?? Sounds like a plan, right? :D

Bye for now!!