so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, gooood byyyye.

hey there bloggarionos! i am going to make this one snappier than snap from the famous rice krispie trio of snap, crackle and pop himself!

why you ask? i have got loads to do before my early morning flight to seattle!  i am, of course, the biggest procrastination station on the planet and so i still have to pack.

speaking of packing, big ups on all the methods you guys mentioned! sounds like a lot of you are like me.. last minute packers.. but i do think i got some good tips on how to cram it all in (TWSS)!

i am just going to cut right to the chase…

meal 1: waffles for waffle wednesday! yayer! @ 8:30 AM

it was my typical protein waffle that i cooked up.. but something made this dude a little more special than all the last…

dessert hummus!!

remember when the radtastic emily gave me 6 different flavas of crazy camel dessert hummus? well what better way to try out the sweet beany creation than on a waffle??  and this goes right along with sarah’s smilie plan of trying something new on wednesdays.. check!

i sampled three of the six varieties..

maple walnut:

pumpkin:

toasted almond:

while i definitely enjoyed all 3 flavors to the fullest extent of hummus loving capabilities, i gotta say the one that paired best with the waffles was the maple walnut.  maybe that is why maple syrup is so popular with the breakfast breads? i think they are onto something here people!  i enjoyed the rest of my waffles with the maple walnut hummus.

i will be testing out the other 3 flavors in the near future.  that stuff is seriously amaaazing! thanks em!

meal 2: chicken+dijon+cottage cheese & green beans & 1 mini pita @ 12:30 PM

yeah, same as yesterday, it was delicious and nutritious and i am using up the supplies since i am out the door tomorrow!

insert MASS amounts of work here, it is hard to prepare to go out of town and it is usually a disaster upon returning.. lots of things to factor into this whole out of town business.  oh well, it will SO be worth it :D

after work i was STILL full from my lunch, which was weird.. but i went to the gym to work out before meal 3.

it was lower body workout today!

• 3 minute treadmill warmup

hamstrings: single leg dead lifts with dumbbells

• 12 each leg @ 16#
• 50 ball crunches
• 10 each leg @ 20#
• 50 ball crunches
• 8 each leg @ 24#
• 50 ball crunches
• 6 each leg @ 30#
• 50 ball crunches
• 12 each leg @ 20#

barbell dead lifts

• 15 @ 30#

abs:

• 2 sets of 50 lower ab crunches on decline bench
• 2 sets of 50 oblique twists on decline bench w/ 10# weight
• 2 sets of 30 crunch and twists on decline bench 2/ 10# weight

calves: standing weighted calf raises

• 12 @ 20#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 10 @ 40#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 8 @ 60#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 6 @ 80#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 12 @ 20#

single leg calf raises:

• 12 each leg @ body weight

ran 1 mile on treadmill: 8 minutes 17 seconds

quads: dumbbell squats

• 12 @ 35#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 10 @ 40#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 8 @ 45#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 6 @ 50#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 12 @ 40#

squats against ball against wall holding 5# weight

• 20 reps

lower back: back extensions w/ body weight

• 30 reps

the end!

i bounced out to whole foods to get some post workout nutrish!

meal 3: oikos + z bar @ 6:00 PM

yes, while driving. i fixed it up in the parking lot of whole foods…

and devoured..

had you been driving on i-215 west today around 6:07 PM you would for sure have seen my licking the oikos container.. true story. no shame.

the check out line at whole foods also got the best of me and i was suckered into buying this gem of a beverage:

the straw was made of paper or cardboard or something though, i am sure it is eco-friendly.. but it kept me from chewing on the straw. bad habit.

i then hit up forever 21 again, FOUND A DRESS! and found two shirts, a plaid dress like thing, a sweater vesty thing and a tank top. blast. i shake my fist at forever 21.

i bolted home as fast as possible because janetha b’s bladder was fuuuuuull. just sayin. i was dying.

marshall made me dinner :)

meal 4: whole wheat rotini with meat sauce & veggies @ 9:00 PM

it was deliciouso! the best part about this meal is that when we were at the grocery store getting the goods for the pasta.. marshall randomly would burst out with italian words with a silly italian accent.. but the words were limited to noodle varieties.. “farfale!”…”rigatoni!”…”spaghetti!”… oh i think he did squeeze in a “mozzerella!”  ok, maybe  you had to be there. i was giggling.

whew. it is 11:15 and i have to pack, shower, get some quality time in with randy and penny (who i am going to miss SO DANG MUCH!!) and somehow fit some sleep in before my 5:15 wake up call. ugh. that is officially in six hours. i better jet.

i am going to be computerless until monday! i was going to take my laptop along with me but then decided it would be too much effort and i probably won’t have much time to be on it anyway.

i am going to miss you guys!! serrrriously. it will be weird to be out of the bloggie loop for 4 days. feel free to email me if anything uber exciting happens, i do have email on my phone ;)

i have some stellar guest posts lined up for while i am gone so make sure to check back here for those!

ok ok, enough stalling.. i am really leaving now. penny is going to miss us..

but randy does not seem to care..

you can’t win them all!

Qs

1. have any bad habits? in addition to chewing on my straws.. i also pop every joint in my body. i don’t think is necessarily a bad habit but a lot of other people do!

2. favorite noodle shape? i cannot pick. i love them all. i know, total cop out!

xo. janetha b.