Lost the motivation

I kind of don't feel like blogging anymore. I've lost my motivation and it lost its exciting new appeal. I'm going to take a break from it, at least for now.

Failure to adjust my sleep schedule

I've still been getting up between 1-2pm, such a disaster. Last night I considered staying up all night so that I would fall asleep earlier tonight. I stayed up until 6 am but then ended up going to bed. I ruined it! I start my internship on Tuesday so I need to fix this, I will have to be leaving the house around 8:15-8:30 in the morning so there is no way I can continue this cycle.

Yesterday when I got up I of course wasn't hungry right away. I eventually had a plain Chobani with some Muesli mixed in, topped with blueberries and cinnamon. YUMMY! I had a half a cup of coffee on the side just because it had been a while and I wanted the taste.

Some of my afternoon was spent out in the sun reading the new Health and Self magazines that arrived. Then I got an urge to make muffins so using the frozen blueberries that we've had for a while I made some Blueberry Orange muffins. Yeah I threw in some orange zest to spice it up a little. When I bake I tend to put in the least amount of sugar and the most amount of healthy pantry ingredients I can find. They definitely don't come out sticky sweet but I am fine with that, it's everyone else that I'm pretty sure thinks whatever I bake is gross. I admit the Carrot Oatmeal cookies last month didn't turn out very well but hey that is what experimentation is about. As for my muffins, I really like them so here are the ingredients:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup oats
• 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
• 1 scoop protein powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• zest of 1 orange
• 1 single serve unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup 2% plain Chobani (would have used nonfat but I have to use up the 2%)
• 2 egg whites
• splash of vanilla extract
• 1 cup frozen blueberries

Baked for 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Ta-da!

I had to taste test one of course hehe. I also had another for dessert later on : )

Dinner was some leftover salmon with black beans and brown rice. I like to eat fish more than twice a week so I usually split it up into smaller 3-4 oz portions so I can have it more times. Works fine for me!

Snack monster throughout the night (keep in mind I was up until 6!) Glass of nonfat milk, then a mini whole wheat bagel with Teddie Unsalted P.B. topped with some Craisins, then later a light mini Babybel. Not too bad considering. A day lacking in veggies though. I just seem to be craving carbs and dairy lately and it's hard for me to want a salad in the middle of the night, ya know?

Nighttime Snacker

Alright I have a SERIOUS problem. I am such a nighttime snacker! I just can't seem to stop myself. Yesterday I at least managed to get up a little earlier, at a whopping 1 pm...... While watching DAYS, my breakfast/lunch was an arepa w/ american cheese and low sodium ham. Not exactly the healthiest but I haven't had one in a really long time.

I can't even remember what I did yesterday. Must have not been very important......We didn't really have much food in the house yesterday before peapod delivered later in the evening so my bf wanted to go check out a restaurant that one of his friends goes to all the time. It's called Bamboo and it's in Dedham. It was alright, nothing special for a Chinese /Japanese place. It was extremely clean though which was nice. We ordered crab rangoons for appetizers and then split a plate of lemon chicken and a side of house fried rice. I am really not a huge fan of any of the fried rices mostly just because I don't like things mixed in. I would much rather just eat plain rice on the side.

I did manage to complete some assignments for my classes but I still have a lot to do before next week. I was lucky that I doubled checked one thing though because apparently even though the essay is due Monday, a discussion post needed to be submitted by 11 last night. I saw that at 10:30......I was definitely panicked but I managed to submit it on time.

While working I made a snack of a plain Chobani with blueberries and the last of my maple cocoa nibs. They changed the color of the nonfat plain from pink to blue! I liked the pink better :( I scooped it out into a bowl though so you can't see that here.

This is where the problem starts. I stay up so late that I just keep getting hungry. After midnight I ended up having some ice cream and wheat thins. Serious snacking issues here. I already know my solution is to start going to bed earlier. I really need to do that because I hate wasting the day now. I was doing so well adjusting my schedule before and now it's all messed up again! It's very frustrating....

Summer classes

I have not been keeping up with the photo taking or anything. It's been pretty bad. I came back to Boston last Thursday afternoon and basically didn't have internet until yesterday so I just didn't keep track of basically anything. I went to the movies over the weekend and saw Robin Hood, it wasn't that good. I'd give it 5 or 6 out of 10. Pizza, chips, donuts. Lot of junk food, staying up all night and sleeping all day. I'm set to get back on track though.

Today started out super duper late around 3. I rushed off to school so I could get to the parking office before it closed even though my class didn't start til 5:30. My packed supply of food ended up being a Kashi granola bar, a bag of grapes, and a smartpop popcorn. I accidentally burned the popcorn  though so I only ended up eating about half. Not really the best mix of foods but it's what I could grab running out the door.

My summer classes are Advanced Topics in Preventive Nutrition (Tues. & Thurs. nights for only 6 weeks) and online Global Health Promotion for 12 weeks. Tonight's preventive nutrition class started out with the best quote: "Genes load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger" I really like that one. Most of the class we went over nutrition for pregnancy. I can't wait for the whole marriage & babies scenario! Everyone always says that is ridiculous for someone my age (22) but I just can't help myself. I'm old for my age I guess.

When I got home I was surprised to find some dinner leftover for me! I had a small piece of cod and some lentil soup which was definitely a better laid out meal than everything else I ate today. I've got Chobani on the brain for my nighttime snack. Class is canceled for Thursday so no more class for the week but lots of homework to do. I've got to remember to bring my camera with me all the time now too. Blogging is a lot harder than I thought it would be!

Technical Difficulties

I was having some internet issues over the past week but I'm up and running now. I won't cover everything but I will start posting again later!

Cleaning and Procrastination

This morning I went grocery shopping with my mom. I sipped on a coffee with nonfat milk and Truvia on the way there. For the sales we made several different stops. Mid trip I grabbed a banana right after it went on the scanner LOL I didn't even wait for us to take the groceries out of the store! At Price Chopper I showed my mom the NuVal scores and got her to "trade up" some items, including spaghetti sauce. d

We got home and only missed a couple minutes of DAYS. I'm a little disappointed with the daytime emmy nominations but I'm stoked that James Scott is nominated for outstanding lead actor! I really hope he wins it :) Lunch was leftover stir fry and brown rice. Yeah there was still some of that left, ugh. No one else is eating it so I figured I should try to finish it up.

My dad wanted oatmeal raisin cookies so I modified the recipe on the oat box. With no specific measurements the ingredients included

• quick rolled oats
• oat bran flour
• 50/50 whole wheat & white flour
• baking soda
• cinnamon
• 1 egg + 1 white
• canola oil
• honey
• brown sugar
• almond extract
• walnuts
• raisins
• nonfat milk

I think that was everything. My dad didn't complain about how they turned out so that is good. Though he did mention wanting maple syrup.....I just don't know haha. I ended up eating 4 of those cookies today! I also had a granny smith apple for a snack.

Dinner was a turkey burger on a whole wheat bun with onion, tomato, and avocado along with a side of sweet potato fries. I only ate about 3/4 of my burger though because it kept falling apart and I got annoyed.

Cleaning for today included giving Lena a bath and finally cleaning up my room. I still have to clean up all the dog hair in the bathroom so my dad doesn't throw a fit hehe

I'm heading back to Boston in the morning! I will finally get to properly charge my phone and my camera battery! OMG, my other dilema.....last night I took the battery out of my phone and then when I turned it back on it asked for my lock code! I set it when I first got the phone just playing around and now I have no idea what it is. I tried every combination I can think of but it is useless. Ugh....So now my boyfriend is going to try to fix it when I get back to Boston. It's just one thing after another I swear!

Bottomless Pit

After dinner last night  I felt like a bottomless pit. Granted I eat dinner around 6 and stay up till sometime between midnight and 2 am so usually I need a snack but last night was ridiculous. I had a small bowl of muesli with nonfat milk, then a piece of mint dark chocolate, then 2 laughing cow cheese wedges with reduced fat triscuits, then finally another piece of dark chocolate. I've kind of had the that constantly hungry feeling today too.

To top it off I am also camera-less right now because I forgot to bring my charger home. I forgot both my cell phone and my camera charger. Not cool.

Breakfast this morning was a very large cup of coffee with Truvia and nonfat milk. I wasn't very hungry, probably from all the snacks the night before. My SIL brought my nephew over for me to babysit for a little while. My car was still at the shop so I couldn't go anywhere anyway. First words out of his mouth at 10 in the morning were "can I have some candy?" UH NO! haha. I did end up giving him a popsicle eventually LOL.

After he was picked back up, I made breakfast for lunch.

• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1 banana
• cinnamon
• 1/4 cup blueberries
• squeeze of honey

Even with my usually filling meal, I felt hungry shortly after. I held out for a while and then made a version of ants on a log. I cut up 3 celery sticks, filled in with some Teddie unsalted p.b. and put on some dried cherries because we didn't have any raisins!

Dinner was a beautiful creation of a walnut and herb crusted mahi mahi. Sides included a white bean and tomato mix and sauteed zucchini. Then again with the hunger! I first had a Edy's Lemonade popsicle and then a granny smith apple. I'm hoping that I don't feel the need to have anything else for the night, especially since I've been a lazy bum and haven't been working out like I should. Besides eating I don't think I accomplished anything today. I need to get back on a set schedule....

Grocery shopping with  mi madre in the morning, something to look forward to!