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The Weekend in Photos

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Peanut butter and jelly breakfast.

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Baked an orange cake for my aunt, but didn’t get to give it to her due to the weather. This was taken after Josh dived in. I had a piece too and froze the rest.

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I made jerk chicken with saffron rice. I rolled about a pound of organic chicken thighs in jerk spices and this drizzled with honey and olive oil and baked at 375 degrees for about 24 minutes. So, so good!

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I would probably wear it outfit anyway, maybe even with my John Cusack pin. This fushia lipstick is perfect. I got it from the Sephora Collection in color Mr. Lover. It stayed on all night and wasn’t dry at all like some lipsticks tend to be. The dress is from Forever 21, it just came in the mail. The jacket from Coldwater Creek. The tights from Kmart. The belt from Old Navy. Modern retro outfit?

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Josh playing with my phone settings. And a better photo of the lipstick. I love it, totally wearing this one again!

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Hanging out with the kitties.

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Lunch at Wildflour in Roanoke. I had the steak salad (yup, there is actually a salad under the mountain of sweet potato fries!) with a killer ginger dressing that our waitress recommended. This restaurant is one of my new favorites. I can’t say enough good things about it.

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Josh had the shrimp and avocado quesadilla and a side salad.

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Then we popped into the book store next door and where I found these gems. I’d like to do a Julie and Julia experiment with the Chocolate and Zucchini French cookbook. So many good recipes to try! I think I’ll give myself until the end of the year to make them all.

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Our final stop was for gelato at Pino Gelato in Roanoke. I had hazelnut and cheesecake, Josh had coffee and hazelnut.

And last, but not least, I lost 2.35 pounds this week, taking me to the 10 pound loss point!

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I Will Wear Anything

The day started with an Insanity workout, which was insane. I skipped Thursday’s workout meaning that I will have to exercise tomorrow, my usual day off , to make up for it. I’ve learned that morning exercise is the way to go for me, especially in the winter and Thursday just didn’t happen.

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I drank tons of water and made a mental note to carry my water bottle with me where ever I went today.

 

I made a fruit smoothie for breakfast. Granola was an amazing addition.

And then I got dressed for the day and realized something that I need to share: I will wear anything. Even if I probably shouldn’t. I’m  sure there is some rule book out there for big girls in their late 20’s. You know the one about not wearing puffy vests, and bright colors? I laugh in the face of fashion rules! This is why I should never give fashion advice. I will try my darnedest to “make it work”. For real. Too old? no! too fat? no! too bright? no! Bring it! This is also why you should never take me clothing shopping with you. I will encourage you to buy anything that makes your heart pitter patter, even if fashion says otherwise. I will encourage and celebrate headbands on grown women, false eye lashes for the office and sparkly shoes that were trendy seven years ago. You’ve been warned.

Lunch was a big giant salad that I’m calling “fall salad”, because of the cranberries, of course. It was filled with other yummy things like goat cheese, pecans and ginger dressing. And then I hemmed and hawed over having baked spaghetti. Would the salad be enough? Do I really need the spaghetti? Will the salad keep me full? So I did was any rational person would do and ate the spaghetti. The cream cheese baked spaghetti that my bff Jasmine told me that I needed to “omg make right now!” because it was on pinterest and it’s delicious. So I made it with whole wheat noodles and vodka sauce and I’ll be darned if that didn’t come out to 530 calories per serving. That’s what happens when you put a whole block of cream cheese into your spaghetti. You won’t regret it. Luckily, I portioned everything out into single serving freezer cups to prevent it from tempting me too much.

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For a mid-afternood treat I drank a mug of Tazo passion tea, unsweetened.

For dinner I made the most popular Fenn household dish. Are you ready? Vegetable and peanut stir fry! Not kidding, it’s the very best thing that I make. We both love it, it’s easy, it’s quick, it’s healthy, it’s bulky, it’s vegetables, it’s cheap, it’s everything I could hope for.

It’s so easy and fail proof, just vegetables, garlic, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, peanuts, rice vinegar, water and honey.

I had another tea right after dinner. This time it was caramel black tea with a little milk and sugar.

And then I succumbed to an after-after dinner treat while re-watching Mad Men. I really went back and forth on this. I rationalized heating a little cookie dough in the microwave. I really truly did. It wasn’t much, and I ate it slowly. Did I need it? no. Did it derail my day? no. Did I end up eating more? no. So I’m okay with that. I did have a real moment with myself when I wanted more, because I will always want more in that, more wouldn’t taste any different and would make me sick. I’ve been there. I just wanted a little. But, I’ve been here before with “just a taste” which has turned into a weeks worth of calories. I’m realizing that eating more of anything when I’m full is never fulfilling, I just need to keep reminding myself of that every day.

Stuff I liked about today: I had a plan with food, exercise and even my work. I got a lot done today and I feel good for that. I also feel good that I drank lots of water and had servings of fruit and vegetables at each meal. I net about 1,600 calories.

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