Blogger Meat

Well this morning did not begin with the ever popular Green Monster this morning but only because I was low on almond milk and I have most of my food packed up in boxes, so as a consolation I didn’t mind having a bowl of Kashi Honey Almond Flax cereal topped with some fresh organic blueberries and the little unsweetened vanilla almond breeze I had left in the fridge:

 

I truly love this cereal so it worked out as a bit of a treat.

 

And of course the Joe:

I can now truly attest to the affect of the Green Monster on my satiety.  I was hungry again “on schedule” for a Snack at 10:30 pretty much on the dot.  I wasn’t disappointed to have a cashew cookie larabar though:

I ended up going out for Lunch by myself today.  I had plans with a friend who was in town, but they had to cancel last minute after I had already gotten to work and had no lunch with me.    I’ve never been one to go to a restaurant style place by myself, but I thought, “Why the heck not?”  So off to the Brooklyn Warehouse Cafe I went (it’s a favourite of mine) and it’s been a while since I’ve been there/here (since I’m there right now writing this) and they changed the menu :-(  The last time I was hear, they had so many delicious flatbreads and my favourite of all, the Portobello mushroom burger.  The one thing that remains the same though is that it’s a very healthy menu and they use organic ingredients (from what I can tell):

 

I was in the mood for a sandwich and they didn’t really have any that appealed to me particularly, but I settled on the Grilled Flank Steak one with a side cup of curried butternut squash soup:

It was all delish (and hearty) in any event and I love that they give you a bottle of water in a wine bottle:

 

I “splurged” on a diet coke since it’s a hot one today and the thought of the cold crisp bubbles was extra appealing:

 

And tonight was Booty Camp night!  We moved from the sandy volleyball court to an open grassy space which for me was much better.  I worked harder because I could do the exercises better and I ended up burning almost 100 calories more than on Tuesday.  There was a time during the class that Heather gave us bloggers some tough love to encourage the class to step it up and I thought that was so fun!  We were blogger meat!  I wanted to be pushed and she did a great job of doing that tonight.

I think all of us will attest that we’ve all got some majorly sore legs from Tuesday night.  But it felt really good to get them moving and get another workout in.  Tonight’s class was great!  We’ve got some major “phone it in” types in our group, but you can choose to work as hard as you’d like.  Heather’s doing a good job of keeping people going and encouraging you to give more.

We had fun getting together and making asses of ourselves (nothing new there!)

After the class we all headed up to Starbucks for a post-workout latte.  I had a tall skinny hazelnut latte with a banana and a nectarine that I brought with me:

By the time I got home it was after 9!  Hubby, MIL and my Dad were home packing and had ordered a pizza since all of our dishes and most of our food is packed.  I could have had leftovers from last night, but I opted for the pizza with the works:

And now it’s going to be a late night bloggies!  I got lots more to pack yet!  We get the keys to our new house tomorrow!!