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Old Man Face Chicken

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Part of the reason I love Mondays is that they go by really fast.  It’s the day most people dread, but before you know it, it’s gone already.  Can’t hate that!

Work is on the slow side right now so I guess I’m easing into Christmas holiday mode.  Ahh, I do miss the graduate student days of having a month off this time of year. 

Oh right, I was home but I was writing furiously to hand in my final research paper.

That I do not miss.  Gross.

I love working. :)

I Eat

I don’t have any oat pictures for this post.  Can you believe that?

On Sunday, I just wasn’t feeling a hot bowl of oatmeal.  I had some egginess instead.

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A fried egg + bacon on some GF bread.  I had a bowl of granola too as I made my actual breakfast.

Today’s breakfast was oatmeal at my desk.  I don’t like microwave oats, but, I’m left with no choice if I’m going to workout before work and eat breakfast at the office.

Unless I can sneak a Coleman’s camping stove into my cubicle…

I had a decent but random lunch yesterday.

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Okay, I’ll be honest: these parsnip “fries” were awful.  I hated them.  I wouldn’t feed them to the squirrel in the backyard who dug up my plants all summer and then hissed and spit at me while he sat on our fence.  That’s how bad they were.

The open-faced tofu + avocado + sprouts + red onion sandwich was good though!

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This was followed by one hundred snacks and a mixed greens salad + huge hummus blob for supper.

Tonight’s supper – way tasty.

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Some sauteed kale + red onions + shallots + wormy mushrooms + soy sauce + sea salt.

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Steamed purple potatoes.

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Is it just me, or does that chicken breast look like an old man’s face? 

Let’s see what some Paint can do…

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Hahahahaha!

I only ate up to his eyeball and the rest in on my sandwich for work tomorrow.

My tongue and tummy agree: a tasty Monday night dinner.

I Move

Sunday – I took “day of rest” literally and didn’t work out.

Monday – if there were chickens in my neighbourhood, I would have woken up with them this morning.  I was at the gym by 6:15 and did a great 40 minute cardio workout split between the treadie and the bike.  On the treadmill, I varied my speeds so that I did 2 minutes jogging and a one minute walking break.  My legs are definitely stiffer first thing in the morning so I find running to be more challenging.  As if I didn’t already hate it enough.

Off to enjoy the rest of my evening… I think with a good book…

Hope your Monday went by painlessly, too.

Adi

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The White Stuff Arrived

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

My weekend to-do list is ginormous.  So much to do, so little time.

Instead, I shall procrastinate with blogging.  Reading other blogs.  Thinking of blog ideas. 

We were hit with a big snow storm on Wednesday and got all this snow in one big dumping…

dec12 040From green grass to 20 centimetres, I think.  It’s here to stay.  I could complain about it like I usually do, but no, this is my year to embrace winter and start loving the snow.

Bah humbug.

I Eat

Hardly any oat breakfasts to show you – I’ll explain why in the I Move section.

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Nothing new here.  Just 1/2 c. oats + 1/2 c. water + 1/2 c. almond milk + 1/2 nan + cinnamon + pom seeds + slivered almonds + pumpkin seeds + unsweetened coconut + peanut butter.

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I only use the finest china on Saturdays.

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Lots of oat bran.  There was 1 + 1/2 c. liquid mixed in, but other than that, same as the oatmeal.

It was topped with pom seeds + t-mix + lots of peanut butter.

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Guess I’m out of peanut butter. 

Buy peanut butter.  Now on the to-do list.

I have some unpretty eats, too.

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Rice spaghetti + Mom’s spaghetti sauce.  I love pulling stuff out of the freezer and not having to think about cooking after work.  It may be ugly, but my stomach didn’t care.

Not to mention, this guy on my bowl seemed to approve of my sad looking supper.

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A 24-year old working professional should probably not find as much enjoyment as I do eating from a bowl with puppy heads on it. 

Part of the reason for digging out the spaghetti sauce is: it’s time to eat through the freezer.  Every so often, I decide the freezer is too full of frozen portions of pre-cooked food (and I have the equivalent of 10 chickens’ worth of chicken breasts in there) and I need to start eating it.  Hopefully I get through a bunch of it before I head home for Christmas.

In other news, my exciting organic food delivery arrived on Thursday!  It was pushed back a day because of the storm.  Such delicious food allows me to eat things like this:

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Mixed salad greens + red onion + pom seeds + fried tofu + balsamic vinegar + avocado was one awesome supper.

The other night was an avocado sandwich and various fruits + veggies for dinner.  Here it is, topless (no shame…):

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I have a fridge full of vegetables I’m a bit scared of and not too sure what to do with, but therein lies the challenge.  You will be seeing beets on the blog.  I’ve never really had beets before…

I Move

Wednesday – just didn’t feel like exercising.  I exercised my vocal chords instead by going for coffee with a friend and blabbing about life.  I had all the time in the world to work out because the snow made for a short work day, but I just didn’t want to.  Instead of  a full work out, I did a some plank exercises at home in front of the TV.  Sad to say, I even had my gym stuff at work… which lead me to…

Thursday – …getting up at 5:30 to hit the gym before work.  This was an experiment.  I didn’t know if logistically this schedule would get me to work on time.  I told my boss about my new early morning endeavour just in case, but I managed to make it to my desk before 8.  Excellent.  I’m a morning person and have always preferred exercising in the morning.  There’s something rewarding about getting to the office knowing my work out is already done.  I don’t have to think about it at 3 o’clock when I’m sleepy and ready to go home.  I did 40 minutes of cardio split between the treadie and the bike.  This schedule also means I’m eating microwaved oats at my desk.  I eat 1/2 a nan + pb before the gym and then have a real breakfast afterward.

Friday – A repeat of Thursday, up in the darkness and off to the gym.  I did 20 minutes of cardio split between the elliptical and the bike and then did lower body strength training for another 20 minutes.  My legs are feeling it today.  Oh!  And I discovered the joy of the skipping rope.  Now that’s a way to get your heart rate up.  I was the only person there at the start of my work out – creepy – but eventually a couple other people showed up.  Hopefully I can keep this schedule going!

Saturday – this afternoon, I’m going to hot yoga.  I missed it on Tuesday so I’m ready for a good stretch in a hot room, especially since it’s –16C right now with the windchill.  Nasty.

Adi!  Adi!  Come here and get us!

Oh… right… my dirty clothes are calling me.  Time to start some laundry.

Enjoy your Saturday!
Adi

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Screen Sickness

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Sometimes I get tired of looking at a computer screen.  I spend way too much time in front of one – all day at work, and most evenings when I’m home I’m on my laptop.  Today I’m especially tired of it, so this post is going to be short.  But, before I go any further, here are two things worth noting:

  1. I signed up for an organic food delivery program and assuming the looming snowstorm doesn’t render traffic immobile, I should get my first delivery tomorrow.  It’s going to be like Christmas when I come home from work and get to see what the delivery person dropped off. 
  2. Oatonomy is getting a concept overhaul.  I’m still working out the details, but in 2010, expect to see a brand new blog with a brand new mission.  Should be exciting…

I Eat

Lazy blogger photo montage time!

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That is kale + cauliflower stoup and the Rachel Ray recipe is here.  I can honestly say it took less than 30 minutes to make.  No false advertising.  Pretty good, but I had no roasted red peppers and it would have tasted fantastic if I added some.

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Yes, that’s snow on the BBQ.  Yes, I want to cry.

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I Move

Sunday – saw Jim and did about 25 minutes on the elliptical, followed by chest + triceps, followed by a late bus that I waited 40 minutes for, followed by a ranting session with my roommates about how brutal OcTranspo can be.

Monday – I got stuck at the office, knee-deep in the wonderful world of speech writing.  Weee!  I’m not complaining though, I love that stuff.  (Worry not, words like “weee!” don’t make it into speeches.  And that’s why blogging is great.)  I canned any thought of a work out, and at then as I was sitting on the couch later, stuffing myself with countless clementines, I decided a run was in order.  Too bad I was running in fresh snow which is the same as running in sand.  Makes the legs sore!  I think I did just over 6km. 

Tuesday – hot yoga?  Nope.  I left work early due to a bout of extreme dizziness.  My co-worker and boss both informed me that I looked “horrible” (and used other, less kind words to state the obvious).  I’m seeing two laptop screens right now which suggests I’m still not back to normal.  I’m honestly blaming it on the mango I ate.  All this to say - it`s a no-workout day.

Time to go screen-less and read one of those olden day things we like to call books.

Bye for now,

Adi

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Santa Shuffled

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Woohoo, I did a 5k race!

I can finally say I’ve done one.  I can’t believe it.  I was surrounded by hundreds (?) of runners, many of whom wore Santa hats and reindeer ears, some in Christmas pyjamas, others dressed as elves, all out on a Saturday morning to run for fun.  The atmosphere was so positive, Christmas music was blasting, kids and dogs were running loose.

I think I came in around 29 minutes, but I’m not totally sure.  It took me awhile to actually get up to the start line once the race began (I started way at the back of the pack) and then could not get around a motorcade of baby strollers.  At the beginning, I had to walk for a bit before people started spreading out.

But my goal was accomplished: to run a race and enjoy it.  Check and check.  I’m so glad I did it – thanks for the encouragement!

I Eat

In order to Santa shuffle, warm oats are a required breakfast.

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This was 1/2 c. oats + 1/2 c. almond milk + 1/2 c. water + 1/2 nan + cinnamon + pumpkin seeds + raisins + flax seeds + peanut butter + running excitement.

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Other breakfasts in the last couple of days…

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Totally a TGIF breakfast.  Some GF toast + egg + bacon + tom + cheese slivers.  Not sure my tummy was digging le fromage, but the rest tasted great.  I had some grapefruit too.

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I had zucchini in the fridge and was craving zucchini batter oats so, naturally, I made some.

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The usual oats, but added 1/2 grated zucchini and topped it with cacao nibs + slivered almonds + peanut butter and stirred in some raisins.

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And this bowl was utterly forgettable.

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That wraps up breakfasts.  Lunches have been at work but today’s lunch is definitely photo worthy.  Unfortunately, my camera cord is far away from me and I don’t want to go get it.  I’ll post it next time – but to prevent you from dying of suspense, it was rice pasta + chicken + zucchini + green pepper + ginger + evoo + balsamic vinegar + fresh parsley.

Isn’t comfort food, um, comforting?  I wanted some the other night so I settled on mashed taters and filled my plate up with way too much other good stuff.

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Roasted chicken + roasted brussell sprouts + mixed frozen veggies + mashed taters with parsley.

And surprise!  I ate the exact same thing last night.

I Move

Wednesday – nothing serious, just walked to and from the office.  I was too busy socializing with a friend to exercise. :)

Thursday – I got home, put on my track pants with elasticized ankles loungewear and plopped myself on my bed.  Was I going to work out?  Nooo way, Hosea.  Then, I started watching LL Cool J videos on Youtube and felt like going for a run.  What?!  Motivation comes from weird places.  I changed into running clothes and went for a short, brisk nighttime jog.  Afterwards, I felt great.

Friday – Does walking to do 100 errands count?  I went to pick up my race kit and on the walk there, watched a car accident happen.  I did my civic duty and made sure everyone was okay – they were – and continued on my way.  After I got my stuff, I bought a foam roller.  Anyone tried using one of those torture tubes?  I came home and did these exercises and they hurt, but my legs felt awesome after.  I’m pretty sure it costs 50 cents to manufacture one of those things and I coughed up 30 bucks.  Trying not to think about it… trying not to think about it…

Saturday – Ran with other people for the first time in my 24 years of living.  Well, unless you count my old track days.  I was a sprinter and not a long distance runner, which wasn’t really conducive to chatting with people while moving.  Give me a baton and tell me to run 100 metres and I’ll run hard for a short time and have no problems, but tell me to ease up and run for half an hour?  Now that I have a problem with.  One of these days it will start to feel easier.  Maybe.

Off to make a new recipe for dinner and then bowling with friends.   Goooo bowling!

Adi

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Turn Your Year Around

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Do you write out New Year’s Resolutions?  If you look back on your list for 2009, did you accomplish what you set out to?

Don’t feel bad if you didn’t.  I didn’t.  I’m guessing 95% of people didn’t and the 5% who did are part alien.

But, there’s still time!  If you set lofty goals to accomplish then it might be harder to reach them with a month left in the year, but…

you can still do something to get close, right? 

I wanted to run a half-marathon in 2009.  I didn’t.  The beginning of the year started out great and then BOOM, my tummy adventure began and feeling sick all the time doesn’t help a girl trying to run.  I’m feeling somewhat better now, but my goals have shifted and I don’t have the same drive to run that distance.

Still, I’m determined not to let 2009 end as a race-less year.  And that is why, my friends, I am running a 5 K Santa Shuffle Fun Run this weekend.

I hope “shuffle” is an indication of the speed at which people run this.  I am petrified, but darn it, I’m going to run a race!  It’s about time I try.

I Eat

To the food front.

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A classic bowl of delish.  Just an easy 1/2 c. oat bran + 1 c. water + 1/2 c. almond milk + 1/2 nan + cinnamon + cranberry sauce + t-mix + bluebs + peanut butter.

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This morning called for an unconventional Tuesday brekkie.  I still wanted some oatage, so I mushed them into pancake form.

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I mixed 1/2 c. oats + 1/2 mush ripe nan + 1 whole egg + maybe 1/4 tsp. baking powder + cinnamon.  Once the pan heated up, I plopped the mush into circle shapes, let them bubble on top, flipped them, threw them on the plate, and then topped them with plain yogurt + cranberry sauce + almonds + pumpkin seeds and decided it was going to be an excellent day.

My boss asked me what time I have to get up to make breakfasts like this before work when I leave my house at 7:30am.  It’s all down to a minute-by-minute routine… but I get up at 6am.  It’s worth it to me to be able to eat a yummy warm breakfast and not feel rushed.  Any other morning savourers out there?

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Work lunches have been all about the sandwiches so far this week.  I made GF bread on the weekend, and although the mix I used wasn’t great (okay, it was also expired), it still makes an edible sandwich.

And now, suppers.  My least favourite meal of the day – unless it’s made of breakfast foods or sushi.

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This was a left over combo.  I took frighteningly old basmati rice + broccs + tofu + mushrooms and added roasted butternut squash and decided that was good enough for me.  Then I conquered the kitchen for snacks all night, so I guess that dinner wasn’t good enough after all.  Dinners that aren’t very tasty lead me to serious snacking later.

Tonight I munched on chilli left overs from the freezer + bread.  The chilli pictures actually look like… well, just really unedible.  I don’t want anyone reading to lose their appetite.  But it sure tasted good!   

I Move

Monday – a big, fat day off.  As soon as I got home from work, the track pants and hoodie were on and that was that.

Tuesday – hot yoga tonight.  I have a new habit of falling asleep in class before it starts.  This is not good.  At this rate, next week I’ll wake up in a pile of drool.   Aside from the spontaneous slumber, the class was fantastic.  I am loving yoga.

I love my bed too, which is where I’m headed ASAP.

Goodnight!

Adi

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