i started the morning out with my usual (lame) 15 minute run. It’s all my coach will allow despite my whining and begging. My foot feels a lot better, but he wants to be safe. I’m really wondering how possible my half marathon in February is gonna be. I’m trying to stay positive. It was actually declared the coldest morning so far, but I guess my perception is skewed, because i wore half the amount of clothes (even forgot my new gloves!) and was perfectly fine… granted, I was running, not biking. I guess the lack of wind IN MY FACE makes a difference. Either way, it was a nice, not miserable, morning.
Once I got to work I made my breakfast, a sort of combination of my 2 favorites: fruit cereal and grawnola. I filled my bowl with one sliced banana, 1/4 red apple, 1/2 cup of grawnola, topped with fresh almond milk and a sprinkle of cinnamon. I paired it with a new flavor of Yogi tea (warm, not hot). Lovely way to start the workday.
For lunch I was excited to eat some of the taquitos I bought from the Shakti stand at the farmer’s market on Saturday. The sticker on the container divulged all the ingredients, but I wish I knew the recipe. The taste and consistency were so spot on it’s uncanny. Hopefully I’ll be able to execute dishes that taste that good. They were just a bit too spicy for me (i have the most sensitive tongue in the world), so I used the last of the white sauce I had left over from last week to cut the heat. It made a great sour cream substitution. Yum! I paired the taquitos with a simple spinach-arugula salad with some yellow peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, sprouts and drizzled it with lemon flavored flax oil.
I snacked a good bit in the afternoon. I brought some leftover marinated/dehydrated veggies as well as the last taquito. I ate it all, as well as some cashews. Will power? Not so much today.
For dinner, I at some leftover asian veggie pasta, which by the way, the noodles get softer the more they sit in the sauce (and the fridge?). I also put together a side salad similar to the one i had for lunch. I put together a quick vinaigrette of lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and oregano. It was light and full of flavor.
