Bowl of balls

I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to use that as my post title. Well, actually, I can. I was pretty damn excited. I probably shouldn't be a doctor...I'm very immature.

Anywho, I actually got up and went to the gym today like I told you I would. Go me! I just did 45 minutes on the elliptical. It was hard work, but I had my kindle to keep me company. My back wasn't too bad on the elliptical and my pain isn't as severe as yesterday (I don't look nearly as awkward when I'm walking today), but I'm glad I didn't try to do any strength training. If my back is feeling even better tomorrow, I'll probably lift some weights since the only thing that still hurts is my chest.

After the gym, it started snowing. Like a lot. Like snowstorm. So, I opted out of going to Panera today. But I was still good with my eating and semi-good with my productivity. I'm taking a break from watching lectures right now to tell you how productive I am...I'm pretty sure I just disproved my own point.

Anywho, here are my meals for today (and the motivation for today's post title):

Good, hearty breakfast for only 370 calories

Bowl o' turkey meatballs/bowl of balls

With marinara, my current obsession

Pancakes made from scratch for dinner - I got the recipe from SparkPeople - they were delightfully fluffy

Kinda overcooked the first two, so I opted to toss them and make another set

Much better the second time around

Tomorrow I have class from 8-10 a.m. and again from 3-5 p.m. so I'm going to drive to school so I can hit the gym right after my morning class and get a tiny bit of studying in before the second school trip. After school, I'm going to head to the mall to check out the iPhone 5 (my mother is graciously giving me her upgrade so I may be making the switch from Android to the iPhone if I like it after checking it out), and then I'm going to hit up Panera to do some studying until 9/9:30ish at which time I will go grocery shopping and begin working on making brownies in a mason jar to send to Uganda for Nasur and his roommates. 

Why am I going to send him brownies you ask? Because when I was there, it was Cathy's birthday (she was one of the little girls I lived with and she turned 11) and we had a birthday cake. Birthday cakes are ridiculously expensive there (like it costs 20,000 shillings for a birthday cake - that's equivalent to spending one night in a hotel). So, being that it was so expensive, I was pretty pumped to try it out. The verdict? Most disgusting cake I've ever eaten and I've eaten a lot of cake in my day. It was super dry and the "frosting" was rock solid. So, I told Nasur baked goods were much better in the U.S. So, I'm going to send him (and his friends) brownies in a mason jar. Apparently they won't spoil this way.

I'll keep you updated on how that works out. 

No donut? No problem.

Today was definitely a better day than yesterday, that's for sure. There were no Cadbury eggs or mini cupcakes. Thus, no obscene overeating for me today! But I sure wish I hadn't overeaten the day before my weigh-in. Yeah, poor timing.

So, last week I lost 4 pounds. This week, I lost 2.2!

Woot, that means I'm down 30.6 pounds. That's like more than three Baileys (at least when I got him - I've probably fattened him up...).

Anyway, I didn't go to the gym this morning for two reasons:

1. Because I couldn't sleep last night my knees hurt so bad
2. Because the heavens opened up and shat upon Midland (photographic proof below)

But, I did have personal training today, so it wasn't as though I didn't exercise at all today (like yesterday...).


Anyway, after a busy morning at work, I decided to go to Tim Horton's for lunch since I didn't want to go all the way home. I could have stayed and ordered something in, but I really like leaving during lunch. It's nice to get a break from work. So, anyway, for lunch, I kept it pretty healthy.

Please note the absence of a donut. Even though they all looked delicious, I decided that I didn't need one - especially after yesterday.


After lunch, work was a fustercluck and I was happy to get out of there to go work out with Mark. We did some new ab move, which was totally weird, and Mark told me I looked awkward. Well, thanks Mark. It's not like I'm not already self-conscious at the gym... But I got him back with a few well-timed insults, mostly about how he's more than twice my age.


After the gym, I came home and made a protein shake. Apparently if you're going to have a protein shake, you're supposed to have it within 45 minutes of your workout to help enhance muscle tone. So, I decided to mix things up a bit and blend my protein powder with some chocolate almond milk, hoping that would improve the taste. It turned out to be a waste of a perfectly good serving of almond milk. The protein powder totally overwhelmed the deliciousness of the almond milk. The good news is that I'm almost done with that massive jug and can get a better flavor soon!

While I was choking down enjoying my protein shake, I made dinner in about 15 minutes. It was pretty sweet. I freaking love how Schwann's stuff is ready to be cooked straight from the freezer. I'm going to need to find someone who actually gets Schwann's and have them be my dealer.

I had teriyaki chicken nuggets, green beans, and some reheated rice from Monday.


After dinner, I fiddled with my computer for a while. After Best Buy lost all of my data from the last 8 months, I've been trying to figure out a good way to transfer my music from Ronald (my old, janky computer - an Apple PowerBook) to Arthur (my beautiful new MacBook Pro). So I finally bought a crossover ethernet cable that allows me to network the two without actually setting up a network. 

I took a picture of it because I found it funny that it said it was male/male (click on the pic to make it bigger). I didn't learn until earlier this year that cords were different sexes at each end or that you referred to them that way. I think it's hilarious. You should, too.


So I've been transferring music files over slowly. Ronald's pretty old so he's putting up a fight to keep the files to himself. So far, I've transferred about 2,000 songs. I have about 4,000 more. The timing of this hard drive wipe really stinks because I had literally just cleaned out my iTunes library. Boo on you, Apple. Boo on you.


Anyway, it is time for me to head to bed. Thank you to everyone for your encouragement yesterday!