My first Cherry Chocolate Bomb

Hello.  I am finally getting a chance to post  I had some issues since my last post.  First was the camera battery deciding to die.  I replaced the batteries and the new ones died too.  I was not happy.  But, it seems to be better now.  I had to take a few pics with the Crackberry and skipped a few pics, but it’s okay

I realized I had some pics on the BB that I forgot to upload.  Here are some from my grocery shopping trip (where I spent WAY too much, I thought):

the goodies in my grocery shopping cart

KIND bar (new favorite) I scarfed down once I got in the car after shopping

VERY yummy pomegranate limeade Odwalla drink that I drank on the way home

Last weekend I purchased two new awesome things – a new pedometer and a HRM watch.  The HRM is strapless for two reasons – I don’t think the strap will be comfortable being an overweight woman and chafing will annoy me.  I would have liked to get a HRM watch with a pedometer, but I didn’t have that option at my store, so I went with a pedometer in addition to the watch.  It works sideways and upright, so that’s MUCH better than my other pedometer that crapped out.  It even has a clip and a strap.  Basically I wanted something to give me my HR as well as the distance I went, but that wasn’t available.  I rolled with the two things.

Pedometer

HRM watch

One problem with the watch – it is too tight.  It also appeared to have been opened (though not a big deal since it worked), though it’d have been opened in the store by me if I’d remembered to try it on.  :(  I was in a little bit of a hurry and wanted out of the store.  *Note to self – do NOT go to sporting good store on the weekend…their parking is HORRID and the store is insanely busy*

So, even though I could get the watch on and fastened, it was too tight for comfort.  I wanted to be able to wear it loose or tight.  Also, it wasn’t that attractive.  I like blue, but really didn’t want that color of a watch.  Unfortunately, the only other watches that are for women (since the men’s are HUGE, and if I’m getting big HRM watch, I’ll get a Garmin ) are either petite (the issue with this one – oops) or are PINK.

Now, anyone that knows me will know I have a slight aversion to the color pink.  I actually don’t mind it sometimes and in small quantities.  I bought some athletic shoes with pink in them and a brown and pink skirt *gasp*…but, I wanted a different color.  BUT, I will get one if I have to.  Function is first, and honestly I am considering the Polar F6 – it’s pink, but not too bright.

Okay, now that the HRM and color debate is over, I will move on

I had my first Z bar the other day:

snack on Wednesday before we made dinner

It was pretty good.  Peanut Butter

James made his awesome stir fry for dinner on Wednesday:

YUMMY

We had the beef stir fry (beef strips, green cabbage, red and green bell pepper strips, and bean sprouts) with some Jasmine rice.  It was pretty delicious.  While we were eating, I realized that it was one of the few meat dishes we’ve had in a while.  I don’t know the last meal we had that included meat, but it seems that we only have it once or twice a week  We don’t wish to give it up, but we’d like to limit the amount of red meat we consume.  It seems that we’ve inadvertently done that

Yesterday we had a meatless burrito – it had refried pinto beans (refried bean love <3), a sprinkle of cheddar cheese, some romaine lettuce, and some homemade guacamole (which wasn’t good enough to photograph) and salsa.

bean and cheese burrito

sorry for the blurry pic

I had two – small size, but I was stuffed with my little  big bean burrito baby…

The past few days have been insane, busy, and a little stressful.  We’ve had some noise issues with a neighbor in our apartment complex (one of the reasons I am looking to get out of here) and it resulted in me getting so frustrated that I couldn’t concentrate.  It began on Wednesday night (we had to call the police it was so bad) and I was WISHING for quiet time to work, but it didn’t happen until the police showed up (11:10 pm) and the neighbor left (11:20pm).

I was still up (I keep wonky hours lately) when he came home and started the music/TV up again at 2:30 am.  Seriously, is it so difficult to keep your TV at a reasonable volume?  It is illegal to disturb your neighbors, not to mention it being against the lease terms.  Yet, though I have never had anyone complain about our TV/music volume…obviously it can be done.  Unfortunately, I seem to want silence when I work sometimes, and my neighbor can’t respect anyone around him.

Anyway (sorry for venting on here, but it influenced my stress levels, which in turn influences my health), tonight it happened again (not as loudly, but still noticeable and annoying).  Finally, I HAD to get out of the house.

Thankfully, my wonderful best friend suggested a walk.  PERFECT!  My boyfriend agreed to come along (good for him and us since it was dark outside – almost 9pm).  It felt SO good to get outside and go walking!  I didn’t take pictures because my phone was charging and my camera had died…but it was lovely.  Stretching my legs by walking was so good!

I think that the walk energized me as well as calmed my nerves (which were so raw the hour before).

After we came back to the apartment, I whipped up my version of a Cherry Chocolate Bomb Shake:

Cherry Chocolate Shake deliciousness

My shake had:

• almond milk
• spinach
• frozen cherries
• chocolate powder

It was delicious.  My friend is allergic to bananas, so I didn’t include any.  She didn’t care for the spinach in it, so I whipped her up one that only had the other three ingredients.  I think that next time I will include some vanilla extract and banana (like in Kristen’s recipe).

After a while, I got hungry (I didn’t exactly have a lunch since I woke up so late), so I had a snack:

cottage cheese with nectarine and a banana (unpictured)

and some tea:

Bigelow Ginger Snappish tea

Now I am going to TRY to get some reading done before heading off to bed.  I have a LOT to get done this weekend (the last two days of my spring break)  :(

Good night!