sleeping beauty.

dudettes. i have been sleeping my life away today!  i have no idea why i am so tired!  we woke up at the cabin at 10, came home, i slept from 1:00 to 3:45 and then after eating something i went back to sleep for about an hour, the only reason i woke up is because marshall made me, and now i am at his house realizing i shouldn’t go back to sleep because then i won’t be able to sleep tonight!  seriously i am just so sleepy.. it feels like i have mono like i did in the tenth grade!  so i hope i am not sick, just tired, but yeah.. that is my story.

sounds like everyone had fun weekends planned, aside from the whole working thang, i hope the stellar plans were all executed properly :)

answers on friday’s post~daaaang, lots of you have family across the country and some of you across the globe, that would be so hard for me!  too bad nobody has invented a teleporter (yet). and it is official, i must try coconut cream larabar stat!

anyway! how about some recapping..

SATURDAY!

yesterday was my first free day now that i am back on strict, by-the-book body for life.  i like to think i didn’t over do it too much~i mean it definitely could have been worse!

around 10 AM i had a bowl of kashi go lean crunch w/ unsweetened vanilla almond breeze and black coffee in my cute new J mug!  $5 at TJ maxx, holler.

normally, i would pour a huge bowl and go back for more.  i measured out one cup exactly, ate it, and stopped there.  satisfied my cereal craving :) (i didn’t have cereal for 6 whole days, that is crazy for me!)

marshall finally woke up and around 1:00 PM we went for a late brunch at jeremiah’s in ogden, somewhere i have been before. i got some black coffee and two eggs over medium with dry wheat toast

i have been craving runny yolks all week, so that is what i got!

after brunch we headed to the time traveler’s wife.  i loved it!  it was fabulous. marshall bawled like a baby.  he said he had to hold his tears back to the point of his eyes hurting and then he just broke the seal.  he is a tender soul :) i have only cried at one movie in my life and that was marley & me… what can i say, i am a softie for the poochies!

after the movie i did manage to satisfy another craving~ice cream! i had exactly four bites of this delciousness (with a fork, no less):

i could have easily eaten the entire container so my will power was definitely put to the test. self control wins this time, haagen daaz!

then it was time to head up to my friend’s cabin!  well, by cabin i mean dope house in the mountains.  i was in charge of dessert so we snagged the ingredients and then headed up to the cabin.  marshall has a DVD player in his car which is nice, we watched i love you man on the way up and i snacked on some snap peas & carrots

that movie is hilaaaarious! watch it. i dare you.

i made two desserts once we got to the cabin…

fruit pizza

peanut butter bars

and then it was hang time!  among the snacking was 7 layer dip

lovingly made by lindsay & allie~

fruit, cheese & crackers (the cheese & crackers are in the background next to my PB bars)

these chips that i had last weekend which were way good so i bought them again:

and then my good buddy neal cooked for us!  i have posted about his amazing cooking skills before, it is always a treat when he cooks for us!

on the menu was:

• lamb tenderloins with mint chutney and red wine reduction
• young potatoes with rosemary and garlic
• roasted portobello, onion, quash and red pepper

here are some shots of the cooking process/food:

it was amazing. times seventy three.

of course i managed to have some fruit pizza and PB bar bites for dessert~

haha, see that photo up there? my friend bayley (on the left) said, “this fruit pizza is the best thing i have ever eaten in my life!”

fun photo time!

this looks like it is my leg huh? it is allie’s. optical illuuusion.

games

and then we adventured in the woods!

good times had by all.

SUNDAY!

we got up around 10 like i said before, snagged a coffee on the way home.  we bailed early from the breakfast at the cabin (french toast, omelettes and mimosas) because i did not want to be tempted to go off track since today is not a free day.  the biggest problem with taking my free day saturday is getting back on the BFL wagon sunday, it is so easy just to take the whole weekend off.  but i am determined!

meal 1: 5 egg whites & a cinnamon western alternative bagel + LCL wedge @ 11:30 AM with extra cinnamon of course

k gave me the excellent idea to pair LCL with the cinnamon bagel. muchas gracias senorita! very tasty.

i slept my face off for a few hours, got up and had meal 2: plum & protein drink @ 3:30 PM

and yeah, back to bed for an hour, then it was up to marshall’s place and i am watching weeds (season 2, way behind) and as soon as it cools off i am going to go for a run! i have HIIT scheduled today but it is just too hot at the moment. i have my running clothes on already, just waiting for the sun to go down.  then i will exercise and come back and eat again.. in case you were all wondering the game plan.

*EDITED TO ADD:*

well i figured i would throw this on here because then it completes today’s meals & moves and i can start fresh for monday.

i ended up running 3.2 miles n 27:08 which is an average of 8:29 minute/mile.  average HR was 158 max HE 177 and 223 calories burned.

after hitting the showers i whipped up meal 3: 10.6 oz (two containers) oikos 0% + apple pie larabar

a little calorie-dense but i have barely eaten today because i was sleeping all day!  so i figured i needed it.  this packed 34 g protein/35g carbs/10g fat.  still balanced, but higher stats than usual. weighted in at 340 calories.

*END EDIT*

this is long enough, so nothing else to ramble about for now.  my google reader is up past 100 so sorry about my MIA-ness, weekends will do that to ya ;) i will work on that.. if i don’t fall asleep first :)

OH! giveaway this week. stay tuned!

Qs:

1. do you prefer running inside or outside? at morning or at night? alone or with company?

2. favorite game? card game, board game, any game at all?