pandora radio & coffee.

the two things that are making me functional today~running off 5 hours of sleep is never a good idea.  not sure why i do that to myself but it needs to stop.  i need to implement a sleep challenge. oh but don’t you guys LOVE pandora? (for those of you who don’t know, it is a website that you can type in a band and it generates a playlist with similar types of music) i find out about so many new bands this way!  currently i am listening to matt & kim radio (because k got their song stuck in my head with her SOTD) and a new band (new to me) popped up~the blow. good stuff!

anyway, yesterday was the day that i was the fullest i have ever been in my entire life and this was due to the strength of the nation charity culinary event that i went to.  it was so epic that it will have a post of it’s own.  this post will just talk about the rest of saturday and sunday and today’s bfast.

so without further delay..

SATURDAY!

included a lot of hanging with the kids.  speaking of pooches, please send your love to meghann who recently lost her little girl :’(

saturday night marshall & i tried a new restaurant out, mazza, which is a midle eastern restaurant in the SLC

we had nice patio seating but it also made for crappy lighting so bear with me :)

cute table decor

great little bit about them on the menu~i was impressed.

hummus.

 

i am a hummus connoisseur.  this one had a couple armenian pickles atop the hummus~

the creamy factor was there but the flavor was a little too lemony for my palette.  it was good, but we didn’t lick the bowl clean like we do when we go to aristo’s, which still currently holds the title for best hummus in the SLC.

the pita bread was top quality though, still really warm and fresh. i could eat my weight in pita bread.. for real.

onto the main course! i got the med steak & cheese sandwich

 

horrible lighting, i know, i will have to go back during the day!  but as far as the taste goes~the bread was super soft inside and crisp on the outside.  very fresh.  the meat was tender and marinated in delicious mediterranean spices.  the cheese was a little bland but the texture of it paired well with the steak.  while i couldn’t come close to finishing this, i did enjoy eating it!

marshall got the beef kebab sandwich

yeah another crap photo. sorry.  marshall’s sandwich was MESSY!  he ended up dumping it out and eating it with a fork.  i had a taste and while i enjoyed it~i liked mine better.  he chose the yogurt sauce which i believe was the way to go. it was delicious!

all in all mazza was a good pick, fair price and nice atmosphere.  i am sure we will be back sometime!

after dinner we caught a late showing of 500 days of summer~go see it, it is as good as you have heard!

and after the flick we had some fro yo from spoon me~

strawberries, peaches & blackberries.. mmmm.

eaten outside with cars whizzing by~i love summer nights.

that was the perfect end to a fun date with the boyf. thanks babe! (he reads the blog :P)

SUNDAY!

i popped out of bed at 9:30 even though i went to bed around 2 AM.  and yes, waking up at 9:30 on a sunday is considered early for me.  dead serious.  i went to make coffee and we were out.. so i decided to get right to the exercising since i had to be dolled up and at solitude in a mere 2 1/2 hours..

i went for something new yesterday! it was cardio day~i usually do HIIT but i was sick of the treadmill and it was overcast out, not too hot yet, so i decided to do my workout outside.

this is how it went down:

• ran about a mile to the local high school
• ran up and down the bleachers~6 staircases (3 up, 3 down) 6 times for a total of 36 floors..30 steps each so that is a total of 1080 steps. yes i am a number freak. and my shuffle was dead so all i could do was count my steps. yes, i do that a lot.
• ran around the track once for my “high point” of the HIIT. i think a high school track is 1/4 mile? am i right? i ran it in 2 minutes 4 seconds.
• ran/walked home from the high school

stats:

duration:37 mion 35 seconds

Ave HR: 150

Max HR: 181

Cal: 287

oh and my HR monitor decided to work. glad that worked out, but i still think i am going to run it through the washing machine like anne suggested just so i dont run into any more problems.

well i will skip over the eats from sunday because it is going to be a humungo post of deliciousness and i need to put some thought into it since i will be posting it for foodbuzz~ more on that later!

but after the event i did go to my parents casa~oh yeah, for those who wondered, that gym is in her house, sigh..i would go there all the time but she lives about 25 miles from me~we celebrated my dad’s 58th bday! which is TODAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! XOXO

my mom always makes him a red velvet cake for his birthday~it is tradition! and it. is. delicous. yes, i made room for a (tiny) slice!!

i was already SO full from the event.. but there is always room for birthday cake, right?! haha.

then we went and saw funny people~ it was good but WAY too long, 2 and a half hours! too long for a comedy in my opinion.

MONDAY!

well all that has gone down the hatch today was the usual sales meeting breakfast at the original pancake house, for those new readers out there i have to eat at the original pancake house every monday morning. it gets old.

today i got egg beaters+tomato+mushrooms+onion+avocado (all sauced up with cholula) & dry wheat toast (& coffee)

that is it! today i have my upper body workout and i am going to work on some projects i have hanging out there.

i am really stoked to report that i drank a gallon of water every day except saturday and sunday last week.. 5 out of 7 is pretty stellar! AND i did not miss one workout which is really great~6 days of workouts and 1 rest day. i am happy about that.

i am determined to make this week even better than last!

let me inform you of some important national food holidays going down!

1. august is national peach month!
2. august is national brownies at brunch month..ha um ok?
3. august is national catfish month (i don’t think i have tried it?)
4. today is national watermelon day and grab some nuts day!
5. wednesday is national waffle day! a holiday i know a few girls will love to know about :)

and as per usual, i will entertain you with some questions~

1. how are you going to make this week better than last?

2. what is your birthday cake of choice?

here is a sneak peek of my next post…

xo. janetha b.