Since I am working a double today, I decided to sleep in a bit. My alarm went off at 6:15 and I turned it off and said “I’ll just sleep for like 15 more minutes.” Um, more like 45 minutes! I still have an hour before I have to leave for work, but it was nice to get that extra 45 minutes.
I had the last piece of my potato crusted broccoli quiche for breakfast yesterday. I decided to have some Chobani on the side and made myself a mini caramel apple parfait. One container of vanilla Chobani, half a chopped apple, 1/2 and ounce of toasted pecans and one teaspoon of Smuckers caramel sauce. It tasted like I was eating dessert!
It was a rest day from strength training, so I decided to do the stairmaster. I tested my blood sugar before working out and it was only at 140, so I had a snack of half an apple, some honeydew melon and a tablespoon of the cinnamon peanut butter.
Turns out that wasn’t enough so sadly, my blood sugar was dropping and I only was able to do 35 minutes, but I went 94 floors and 1.97 miles – not too bad!
When I got back to my office, my blood sugar was 64. I ended up not even taking any insulin at lunch since it was low carb. I cooked one whole zucchini in my microwave for a minute and a half. Let it cool a bit, then sliced it and scooped out the seeds. At work I heated up the leftover chili and made Cincinnati Chili Zucchini boats. With just a few jalapenos on top. This was so delicious!
I had steak on the menu for dinner. I decided to make mashed potatoes and asparagus on the side. I also picked up some blue cheese over the weekend and put that on top of the steak – I puffy heart blue cheese on steak! My lighting is all wrong on these pictures – oh well!
I bought this brown gravy mix at Sam’s Club. Only 3 tablespoons of this mixed with 1 cup of water – just nuke for 2 minutes, and whisk together. And 1/4 cup is only 20 calories. 
Super simple and delicious. And I had no after dinner eating at all – go me!
I am hoping the weather isn’t too bad tonight – the last few times I’ve worked at the restaurant it’s either been sub-zero, snowing, or icy roads, which put a damper on my covers. Hopefully tonight we’ll have a good crowd – makes for a much busier night and it goes by faster. I am also trying out new shoes. I bought some Dr. Scholl shoes, but after being on my feet for 6+ hours, I was sore. I found these Sketchers at my thrift store – barely used and only $7 – they normally retail for $60!
I’ve been wearing them to work all week, and so far they seem pretty comfy. But then again I do sit at my desk most of the day, so we’ll see.
I am hoping to get some new running shoes this weekend too. My bosses gave me gift cards for Christmas – right now the shoes I am wearing to workout in are probably over three years old!
Question of the Day: What is your favorite brand of shoe?? My shoes now are Saucony, and while they are fine, I am not in love with them.
Happy Friday! Make it a great day!
Brooks!
I’m with Helen and Shelley: go and try on the shoes, the brand doesn’t matter. It’s what the best shoe for you is. When I started running I just bought some cheap running shoes and was injured within a month. I went to a running store and came home with Brooks Adrenaline. I bought a pair of Asics later because they had a nice pink color but I didn’t like them for running. Now I’m sticking to my Brooks, I buy them everytime (nowadays online because they are always right) and use the pretty pink Asics for my cardio workouts at home.
The zucchini lunch looks delicious!
I am an Asics girl. Most of the time, I opt to wear my Vibrams at the gym, but I do have a pair of Asics I wear in the winter.
Those zucchini boats look awesome. I am not a huge fan of zucchini unless it’s not too mushy. When you cook it in the microwave, do you chop the ends off at all? Or just throw the whole thing in?