i have a special treat for you guys today (…or a painfully long and boring post, depending on how you look at it i guess)—i took photos of all my meals! that happens very rarely these days.
here we go.
breakfast was rushed because i had to throw dinner together in the crock pot this morning so i had no time to make anything elaborate.
kashi golean + cascadian farm multigrain squares + skim milk
plus a piece of whole wheat toast + skippy natural peanut butter for a little extra satiety.
last time i got a pedicure, i was reading cosmo. it said that the smell of toast supposedly makes you happy. not sure how true that is, but i know it makes me happy!
lunch was in wrap form and protein packed!
la tortilla factory low carb high fiber wrap + 3 oz grilled chicken + ~1/3 cup cottage cheese + salad greens
you really can’t go wrong with a wrap.
my snack was around 4 PM and i was still at work. i have so, so, so much to do still as far as tying out the accounts for year end. sigh.
two string cheese sticks + two clementines + the last of my gallon of water for the day
this has been my snack all week. at 230 calories, 15 g protein and 19 g carbs, you can’t go wrong! i call those addicting little orange guys clementines, but they have so many names. cuties. tangerines. mandarin oranges. aren’t they all the same thing? maria eats something similar called a mikan over in japan.
i managed to get to the gym today. oh, i have a serious case of DOMS from the jackie DVD, by the way! i love it. can’t wait to do the DVD again.
i did the following routine on the treadmill:
| minute # | speed MPH |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 7 |
| 9 | 7.5 |
| 10 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 |
| 12 | 6.5 |
| 13 | 7 |
| 14 | 7.5 |
| 15 | 8 |
| 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 6.5 |
| 18 | 7 |
| 19 | 7.5 |
| 20 | 8 |
2.35 miles total in the 20 minutes..
followed by 15 minutes of intervals at level 10 on the stairmill and 5ish minutes of stretching.
i came home and didn’t have to lift a finger for dinner!
i only had to lift a lid.
i made my mom’s beef stew in the crock pot. it is SO good. click here for the recipe. you can easily make this vegan by omitting the beef.. you may want to add some beans for protein.
i had a big bowl of stew…
…with my favorite side dish.. peanut butter toast.
haters can hate (marshall is a hater) but this is something i have done since childhood! i grew up dipping peanut butter toast into campbell’s alphabet vegetable soup.
oh man. best thing ever. here are the stats per serving. FYI.
not bad! again, the full recipe is here.
in case you are wondering, and i know you are.. i will be having a chocolate vitatop with biscoff spread in a couple hours. for dessert.
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if you read melissa’s blog (and i don’t know why you wouldn’t, it is one of my very favorite blogs out there) then you are familiar with her weekly feature called “three things thursday”. basically, thursday brings a good reason to rattle off three things that are bugging her at the moment. i often chime in with my own things, but today i decided to be a copycat and play the game on my own blog.
three things that are ruffling my feathers this week:
1. “i could care less”
people. the correct term is “i couldn’t care less”. i have said this before and i have to say it again because it has been popping up more than usual lately! the point you are conveying is that you really don’t give a flying flip about whatever you are talking about. to say that you COULD care less is really just saying that you care enough that there is, indeed, room for caring less. if you really want to get the point across that whatever you are talking about is at the very bottom of the barrel in care-ville, please use the correct term and say you couldn’t care less. thanks.
2. snow complainers
it happens every winter. the complainers. they start with the first snow and don’t stop until it has all melted. if i hear one more person around me complain about the fact that it is snowing, that it snowed, that it is going to snow or that it is cold.. i am going to throw a snowball in their face. or whitewash them. either or. if you live in utah and have lived here for more than one winter, you shouldn’t be allowed to gripe about the snow. it’s utah. it snows. our license plates boast “the greatest snow on earth”.. remember? complaining is not going to get you anywhere. but a ticket to florida will, word on the street is that is the only state left without snow.. so complainers, please book a flight to the sunshine state.
3. the battery life of my droid
i have a full charge on my phone every morning and i really don’t use my phone much throughout the day because i am at work for eight hours. but every day around 7 or 8, without fail, my phone is blinking red or already dead. yes, i can charge my phone in the middle of the day.. but the fact of the matter is i shouldn’t have to. if you are going to make a smart phone and offer all these different apps and functions, then make a battery that will back up all the features. lots of people who have droids say they have the same problem. what gives, droid?
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see ya tomorrow for flashback friday!
Qs~
1. what is something that is getting on your nerves these days?
2. clementines, cuties, tangerines, mandarin oranges.. what do you call them?
xo. janetha g.
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i read that too!! toast makes you happy cuz it brings childhood memories. yup, pretttty sure that’s what the article said.
yooo i forgot about la tortillas!! i need to get some of those.
Sh!tty people who in response to me saying I paid off my car today saying, “Now it’s gonna break down” REALLY get on my nerves. Just be happy for me, jerkwad!
I call em clementines.
And the smell of toast makes me extremely happy. Sometimes I smell toast when there’s no toast around. Maybe my body is trying to elicit a happy response?
High five for paying your car off!! Nice job!
It bothers me that they changed the damn horoscopes and I’m not an Aries anymore. I don’t even believe in that stuff, but I liked being a Ram. Now I’m a fish; who wants that?
THE DROID BATTERY!!! grrrr.
1) My struggles to understand the immigration laws so that I can get married with ease. Quite frustrating and a lawyer wants to charge us $4000 to fill out paperwork. That could be one sweet honeymoon instead.
2) The plane crash dreams I keep having. I hate flying, but I love traveling and I do it a lot. I just want the nightmares to stop, they are quite horrific.
3) The way my head feels after wearing a high ponytail. I love high pony tails, they are so cute! Is the suffering of an uncomfortable/slightly painful feeling afterward really worth it. I need a head massage.
I’m sooooo with you on “I could care less.” Also, anyone who modifies “unique.” That’s my biggest pet peeve.
i call them clementines or cuties, and i think those are the same, but i thought that mandarins and tangerines were distinct varieties? i know tangerines must be different because they have seeds.
I hate wimpy batteries too- they suck. I hate that I have only heard about this Zodiac thing via facebook and twitter- and I watched the effin news! What? I was already on the exact cusp of Aquarius and Capricorn. Now they probably just did away with both. I’ll just be in no-man’s land. Wah.
1. yes! So annoying!
I’m annoyed by potential employers who are not getting back to me, including people I know. C’mon, people!
Haha I LOVE this post! Your spoons are just too cute and I’m in stitches over your 3 gripes mostly the “could care less” I actually followed the whole tirade….. !!
Clementine cuties!
Really ignorant agents who bad mouth other agents in order to make themselves look better……wake up—— that doesn’t work!
Xoxo
satsumas!! ………no, clementines
I’m not complaining about the snow because I got the F out of there!
hahah I am the queen of snow complainers. My B :(
Im venting that I am currently not winnig at bingo!! New session and more people! Can you feel the pressure?! ;)
Hey Janetha – I have a Droid as well and was having similar problems, but I found a few things that help. Do you use a Task Killer app, I find that unlike the iPhone when you scroll away from something you’ve opened on your phone it doesn’t automatically shut if off. So it can run in the background and suck your battery life. The task killer is a pretty good fix for that problem. Also – if you install battery specific app (I think the one I use is called Battery Booster) – it will let you change things like the brightness level when your phone isn’t plugged in – which can save on power too. I get at least 2 days out of mine now, and like you, before I used to barely get 1.
Hope that helps!
thanks, allie! i do have the advanced task killer.. but i will have to try that battery booster!
Long time lurker…Love the blog!
My husband was having the same problem with his Droid but they reccently came out with a software upgrade and since that he has had no battery problems. Maybe check that out?
thanks for the tip!!!
My family has only ever called them “Christmas oranges” even though we eat them all year…please tell me I am not the only one??
I am IN LOVE with the La Tortilla Factory wraps. I eat them at least once a day!! I have never tried the cottage cheese in it though. I love it! Your whole day of food looks so good!!
1. Is it pathetic that I’m aggitated about the fact that Bones and House aren’t back from hiatus yet?
2. Clementines.
Are you a Modern Family watcher? (You so should be!) They covered #1 in last week’s episode.
I call them cuties–because it’s cute!
That’s weird that your Droid battery life sucks! My bf has a Droid and his keeps a charge for days! Maybe you should hit up Verizon for a new battery–especially if you’ve had it for less than a year.
HOW do you get your pb to so creamy?! I guess your answer wouldn’t help me since I’m allergic to PB. But still, it looks so luscious.
Thanks for pointing out the “I could/n’t care less” bit. I rarely use that phrase but I bet I would say “could” instead of “couldn’t.” Now I know.
Also, I only recharge my droid every other night. I don’t TALK a lot on it, but I do use the browser quite a bit. My battery life isn’t too bad and it’s 1 year old.
I downloaded something where I can control some of the settings from the desktop and one of them is brightness. I keep it the darkest setting and that seems to make it last longer.
haha, you poor thing! hot toast+PB=extra melty and creamy. that’s it!
PB bread in veggie soup! Now I want to try it. And I’m totally going to make Mama J’s stew.
On my nerves: I got FOUR nasty comments today and TWO nasty emails. Lovely.
I call them baby oranges, but that’s usually because I’m talking to the girls. :)
Have a fabulous night, lovely lady!
what? you get nasty comments and emails? SERIOUSLY? what could anyone possibly have to say to you that is negative.. i am honestly blown away. sorry about that, what jerks.
baby oranges FTW! i am calling them that from now on. come to think of it, i think that is what my mom calls them.
I’m joing in on Three things Thursday before! More like Thirteen! JK.
Your stew looks awesome!
and so does your wrap- pretty much anything with cottage cheese has to be good! I love wrapping cottage cheese in fresh deli turkey. Like two tablespoons per slice.
PB toast in vegetable soup…okay, that sounds great. I sometimes dip my brie toast IN cashew butter. Hee hee!
Things that got to my nerves: People hating on God. It’s all right if you don’t believe in Him, but don’t go about calling people who do “crazy” and “hypocritical” and “deluded”.
I think Im guilty of the “couldn’t care less” ….but only when I write, I usually say “couldn’t when I’m talking”. Do you love me again??? :P
hmmm my three are
1)When a bird just HAS to sh*t on my car (or me for that matter!)
2) people who dress up their dogs
3) People who wear sunglasses while they workout inside- Nobody is that cool!! Famous or not!
Ahahahaha…did you watch Modern Family this week?? There was a “could vs. couldn’t” moment between Cam and Mitchell….you MUST watch it because it is an amazing episode, but the little moment is so great and goes with this post :)
i just posted mine on my blog and linked you :)
edit: LAST week. not this week. the one with the reiki dude :)
ive never seen that show! sounds like it is right up my alley!!!
Thanks for the link! I think mikan are pretty much the same as clementines, but I’ve never had a clementine (I know, I know) so I can’t guarantee 100% on that.
I’ve been craving beef stew, so now I’m going to have to make it soon.
WTF is wrong with these Droids!?! Mine was off while I was on an airplane for 5 hours, used for a couple today and it died. Completely dead. I’ll be the first one in line for the Verizon iPhone!
Oh and I’m experiencing my first Utah snow and IT’S AWESOME.
Total healthy food porn. *drooling. I miss food from North America!!!
i’m the same with the weather thing, summer = hot, winter = cold. its fact & it happens every year. suck it up
orange balls
You have to get the android task killer because it ends all of the apps that will randomly start running on your phone because of what they have access to. it helps A LOT! :)
I LOVE Melissa’s blog too. especially Thursdays…
I’m totally with ya on the could care less. GAAH !!
and my EVO is the same. the only good thing is that it takes NO TIME to charge… but still.
people always tell me how “lucky” we are to live in san diego. no, it was a very calculated choice. We left the midwest, shed our past lives, and moved here. By choice. We forged a new life here, and yes, the weather is fantastic. We know that. Because we CHOSE to live here. Luck had nothing to do with it :)
I love 3 Things Thursday. And this is the 1st Thurs ive heard of it…LOL
I hate could care less. People don’t think about what they say.
Thanks for the holla!
I want toast w/peanut butter on it now…
that’s a new thing to me to have peanut butter with a savoury dish except for satay chicken! I can imagine it’s nice though! :)
i love the smell of toast!! would it work as a scented candle?!!
i’m with you on the weather complainers…we have an expression around here that goes something like, “if we didn’t have the weather we do, 9/10 people wouldn’t be able to start a conversation.” it is what it is, people!
the stew looks great! recipes from mom’s are THE best!
oh my gosh. someone needs to invent a toast scented candle. right now.
I used to be a snow complainer. I am sorry for all the complaining. I was cured when I moved to Florida. Good thing. I do think it funny now when I talk to family in utah that they still complain. I think they should just move to Florida.
Hi love!
I just saw you and Monica from RER had the same blog post title! Guess great minds really think alike ; )
Loving the string cheese snack, I used to eat those like crazy when I was younger! So good! I really just liked peeling it piece by piece, lol!
SOmething that has been ruffling my feathers……..hmmmmmmmmmm I realy dont know right now, I pretty much just go with the flow and dont get to ruffled over things : )
Love ya! Happy Friday! Sooooooooooo glad its the weekend almost! xoxo
My battery life is terrible too! I can usually make it last the day, but by the next morning, it is toast (pun intended) ;)
love the combo of that chili/soup with warm toast! :D
something that bothered me = I need a week or so for the jet lag :(
Oh man, that is one good stew recipe. I think every wife should have a killer stew recipe. Your mama sure knows her crock pot! :) Love ya girl!
I bet that beef stew was awesommmme to come home to. And the cheese/clementine snack is just perfect. We almost always have string cheese in the house. I doesn’t so much bother when people complain about the cold….but if those same people complain about the heat? I think you have to pick a team and be on it…I’m definitely on team hot haha.
Homegirl, you have THE cutest spoons. :) Ugh, I HATE BAD GRAMMAR. How about when people say “Happy new year’s!” It’s NEW YEAR.
oh. my. gosh. i can’t even tell you how much that one bothers me!
love the PB dippage. I do the same, so does my hubs. its like butter on toast to us. No haters here.
Annoying this week? I think I may be the annoying one to others this week, ha! I am in that zone, kinda spacey. Its been a long week!
Post was not boring. I love seeing your meals and moves!
Something that’s annoying me lately. Honestly, the cold ass weather…because I don’t have a heater in my car. I wouldn’t be complaining if I had heat. But freezing your booty off everywhere you go just isn’t fun. And having to wear 2 pairs of pants isn’t great either.
Yummy stew. And, I love toast. I just had some this morning with pb&j. Yum!
I am really annoyed with all the New Year Resolution-ers at the gym… who aren’t taking it seriously. My gym is not big enough for those types.
Also – I’m on this trying to drink a gallon a day with you. I’ve slowly increased my intake. ( I could go almost a day without drinking anything, including meals, wierd, I know)
For Christmas I bought people the contigo bottles, both insulated and not.. and i’m totally in love.
Thank you!
Love your three things, especially the couldn’t care less bit!
Aren’t Cascadian farms multigrain squares SOO good? I bought them when they were on sale but wasn’t expecting much. Little did I know how delicious they are!
And I can get behind the consumption of peanut butter for any occasion, even beef stew. What doesn’t peanut butter go with?
i know! i bought them because they were on sale, too, and i am so happy with them!
defs clementines! i love that workout-im saving it to try later!
That stew looks amazing! I call them clementines. They are so good. I haven’t had one in a while. My droid has a similar problem. I find that if I go on twitter on my phone it drains a lot of the battery. I haven’t had too many problems with it. My boyfriend just got the droid incredible and his phone loses a lot of battery charge. I think he is going to get the extended life battery. They are supposed to work pretty good.
The people who don’t shovel their sidewalks are so annoying to me right now. Shovel the driveway AND sidewalk, people!
I dunk a PB sandwich in my tomato soup every time I have tomato soup. It’s the best thing ever. And people don’t believe me… I am glad you’re on board!!
I know exactly what you mean about snow complainers. I live in the high peaks region of the Adirondacks where it is beautiful but cold (like -30 cold) and snowing from November to April. I swear that it always seems like when I go to get gas or groceries the checkout person is complaining about the weather. Not to sound bitchy but I’m pretty sure there are gas stations and grocery stores down south. Seriously. Glad to know I’m not the only one that is severely annoyed by this! Also I found my droid battery was dying quickly but then I switched from a live wallpaper to a regular one and found my battery life increase dramatically.
They aren’t all the same thing! As much as I love clementines, I love mandarins more!! They have a different taste, tangier I think.
Getting on my nerves these days… oh, man. Everything. It hasn’t been a good week. Here’s to a good weekend! :)
xo
I LOVE having dinner waiting for me in the crockpot :) That’s the best.
I call them clementines!
I’m with you! My Droid is driving me CRAZY!!! It is ALWAYS dying, and I really don’t use it during the day when I have class!
amen on the droid comment! i have to bring my charger to work with me everyday if i want it to last!
:(
cuties, definitely cuties.
:)
One of the few things I’ve made in my crock pot is beef stew. SO GOOD. I need to use my crock pot more.
I call ‘em clementines.
yaya for DOMS from Jackie’s DVD. You’re really selling me on this dvd, ya know. =P
Mmmm, that beef stew looks DELISH! And wouldn’t you know i’ve been on the hunt for the perfect recipe for, ohh, i dunno…3 yrs!!! Gonna try it next week! THANKS! I’ll let you know what we think. (Tho i’ll have to omit the onions..DH and DD dont like them or eat anything with them)
Cottage Cheese and Chicken. I dunno but the combo just sounds revolting but hey! some of the worst sounding combos are delish so i’m willing to give it a try.
let me know if you try it and like it. i am all about cottage cheese ONLY being savory. i love to use it in lieu of salad dressing. you know what i find revolting, though? fruit or anything sweet/fruity mixed with cottage cheese. i cringe! haha. i think cottage cheese is one of those things that people feel very strongly about when it comes to what they will mix it with.
I will certainly let you know. Im sure we’ll love it.
I happen to be one of those cottage cheese lovers that like it with frut. Then again, it’s the only way i’ve had it so I can’t really compare to other alternatives. However, I am willing to give it a try — esp. in lieu of salad dressing.
I love dipping a peanut butter in jelly in my beef soup, best comfort food ever!
My Droid does that too! So annoying.
I think clementines and tangerines are just different types of mandarin oranges. And Cuties is a brand name. I call them delicious! :)
Snow haters are the worst! I hate being cold, but I love the snow. There’s just so much to do with it.
i call them clementines :) i’ve had the same phone for 4 years now and i’m starting to notice the battery life isn’t lasting as long..
never tried pb toast in soup! that actually sounds reallly good. Grilled cheese and tomato soup, now thats a seriously good combo ;)
I am making this as we speak….I love stew!!!
I hate it when people say, “I could care less.” And some people don’t get how it’s incorrect even when you explain it to them. Awesome.
I AM a snow complainer though, and I’ve lived in Michigan near the lake (lake effect snow. sucks.) my whole life…but I am never well-equipped to survive winter here.
i know all about the lake effect snow! i actually love it.. haha. what i don’t love is the inversion. do you guys get that? it’s so gross.
The smell of toast always makes me feel like I’m at a bed and breakfast or that I’m home. It’s a cozy feeling that makes me smile. Though, a butterfly spoon would sure make me happy, too!
The smell of toast makes me very happy! Also, I like the idea of putting cottage cheese in a wrap.
I’m sorry you’re still having problems with your phone’s battery! Does your phone tell you what is using the battery the most? I’ve heard of some folks ordering replacement batteries that have a higher capacity than the one that came with the phone… might be something to look into.
I can’t stand “could care less” – I swear it’s especially prevalent in Utah.
Can you please teach me to like cottage cheese?
i don’t think so. it is a hard thing to like. sometimes you just have to accept your faults ;) is it the texture? you could try blending it. one thing i cannot do is cottage cheese in a sweet setting. oh gross. i am gagging just at the thought of throwing pineapple in my cottage cheese. i can’t believe some companies SELL it that way.
i love you. i couldn’t love you more. i could love you less. but i won’t.
I used to love it actually! It’s not the texture, it’s the flavor. Maybe I just need to start throwing it in things that have stronger flavor. I used to love it with canned peaches – sorry. :)
I love you too. I’m pretty sure we are sisters. Oh wait, we ARE, right? heh heh. I’m going to start calling you sister gallegos.
i just spit my coffee out from laughing at that. wait, coffee? i don’t think i am supposed be drinking that stuff.
baaaaahahahahhaa! you sinner.
CLEMENTINES:) I will be copying your snack. Great workout!!! That stew looks amazing, I WILL be making that. We have the same crockpot:) Snow complainers just need to move. If you don’t like it just deal with it or get out of here because Utah is kind of known for it’s snow ha! Something bothering me this week…..a particular student is driving me insane. I wear earplugs when he tries to talk to me. Have a great day and I was happy to see snow today because of YOU!
I HATE when people use the ‘could care less’ this AHHHH! Drives me nuts!!
I call them clementines ;)
I call them tangerines.
And what is getting on my nerves these days is the same people asking me the same questions. every.single.day!
My coworker tells me there’s a saving energy app for droid that will change your settings to keep the battery going longer. I have an iphone, but wanted to be helpful :)
I call them mini oranges! lol simple and to the point!
The packed gym is what’s getting on my nerves day in, day out! ugh!
I like to call them Darlings. As in Darling Clementine :)
I have a coworker that’s really annoying me right now. She’s always comparing her low-calorie food to mine and it drives me nuts. I don’t care if your bun has 80 calories and mine doesn’t. Sheesh.
that wrap looks so bomb! I’ll be doing my best to recreate that soon!
ugh, i HATE when people misuse that phrase!!! i was just talking about it the other day with someone at work. i really hate when people try to get all competitive about ridiculous things. really? i say they try to get competitive with something that’s worth them LOSING! muahahaha…
I’m a little late on commenting…my work is INSANE too (although, mine is insane because we’re counting the homeless…not because of books!).
My droid battery life sucks as well, but I find that if I just leave my 3G and wireless off (especially when I am at work and know I’m too busy to be fussing with my phone anyway) my battery life is awesome. If I need it, it’s super-quick to turn it back on.
All that being said, I probably still charge it once a day LOL
that i could care less thing was on modern family!!! i think it was last week’s episode and mitch corrected cameron on it!!!
my pet peeve is the incorrect use of the word infamous. its NOT THE SAME AS FAMOUS! come on PEOPLE. ugh.
oh wow thanks for the beef stew recipe i am totally making that. i have been on a stew/soup kick lately for my lunches. as for droid drain, do you leave your twitter app on all day? if so, the constant updating of tweets from those you follow could be sucking the life out of it!
getting on my nerves lately? not enough hours in the day…jk…sort of. no really, when people cut in front of you in the salad bar line at the work cafe. can you not see i am clearly standing and waiting patiently like everyone else? jerks ;p
The abundance of PB toast in this post (rhymage!) made me smile.
I have a droid too and I feel your pain. It’s charging right now. It irks me but I think I’d be more irked if I didn’t have it!
Every time I read your blog I’m starving when I leave!!! I live in Michigan, it snows and it’s cold, but yet people complain ALL the time about both…leave! Geez!
Have a great weekend :)
Jen
Bugging me: when people pretend you don’t have a life outside of work. And schedule meetings at all hours of the day.
And I’ve always called them clementines!
I love that butterfly spoon!
Can I still gripe even though it’s Sunday? And even though I complain about this every day of my life anyways? I spend AT LEAST 2 hours of my day on public transportation. At least. Some days it’s 4 hours. That’s a huge chunk of my life that I spend trying to avoid eye contact with people in cramped spaces. And it’s one of the main reasons why I’m leaving Toronto. Ugh!
LOL! Finally, someone else who seems to understand that “I could care less” doesn’t freakin make sense!! Thought it was just me. ;)