When Nourishing Food Matters Most

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Preparing fresh meals in my own kitchen at my own convenience is obviously something I was taking for granted.

In the past week I've been all over central Florida but haven't slept in my own bed or had a meal in my apartment at all. With commuting, my new puppy, house-sitting and changing apartments, my exercise has been non-existent and my meals processed and un-balanced.

House sitting at my dad's last week I had cereal for dinner almost every night in between errands and walking the dogs. That particular "fuel" did my body no favors with my hectic schedule.

And I am feeling UGH!

David and I just signed the lease on an amazing house in Orlando. We move in this weekend, but since my lease doesn't expire until next month and I am still committed to working in Tampa, there will be a lot of commuting, late nights, early mornings and meals consisting of whatever is available.

It is going to be one crazy month!

So, here's where your brilliant minds come in!

What meal ideas can you suggest that are:

- quick

- minimally processed

- vegetarian

- simple

- very few ingredients

- fresh

- balanced

?

Please leave your suggestions in the comments. I'll do another post of everyone's ideas!

I am going to portion oatmeal into individual bags and keep those in my purse. Other than that, I'm flat out of ideas!

... and the sky is blue!

This was part of my lunch today.. Avocado Salad Roll. It's avocado and fresh veggies wrapped in tapioca paper. I'm going to try to make this at home :) It was so tasty and fresh!

I'm sure I am last to comply, but I've been tagged!

Thanks Melissa and Monica for tagging me!

Here's 5 things about me that you probably didn't know:

1. My emotions are plain weird. I will cry at a good commercial and appear completely emotionless when someone tells me good news. Just trust me- weird.

2. When I was 11-years-old, I convinced my mom that we needed a farm by placing a baby goat in her arms. Needless to say, she fell in love. The one goat turned into 3 goats, 2 pigs, 20 chickens, 30 ducks, 2 lambs, 4 geese, 2 turkeys, 8 cats, 3 dogs, 1 horse... Yes, I am just that persuasive!

3. A few years ago (maybe 5?), my family served as a host family for an exchange student from Germany. Now that I think back on it, it was en enriching, fun experience. But at the time it was tough to be 14 and have all of the attention on a girl who is 2 years older and from another country! It had its hard moments. Just this week she found me on Facebook and she's engaged!

4. I am a total maniac on the road. I haven't lived in NYC since I was little, but I somehow inherited the traits of a very skilled New York City driver! "You don't want to let me in front of you? Oh yeah? WATCH THIS!" (I win!) I am very familiar with my horn and how to use it.

5. In December I will graduate with my bachelors in public relations. I love communicating with people, so my degree suits me well. But my other passion is health and fitness, so my dream is to one day combine the two. This is where my passion for Whole Foods might one day come in! (Do you hear me, WF?!)

From what I've seen on the other blogs, everyone else has already been tagged! If you haven't, consider yourself it!

p.s.- I hit a car today. Unbelievably neither car was hurt. It wasn't me being distracted this time, it was my brakes. Need to get some new ones.... (If you remember, I got in a very costly accident when I ran into the back of a Chevy Tahoe less than a year ago.)

p.s.s.- On my Challenge, I decided to press restart on my eating. Moving on! Now I've sketched out 21 days on my calendar. Other than Fathers Day and a planned trip to Ruths Chris and a surprise restaurant I'm taking David to, I have no reason to get off plan! And...I got my exercise plan together. Here is it:

Each full week:
- 30 min Cardio, 4/week
- 20 min Pilates, 2/week
- 25 min Strength, 3/week
- 8-min abs video, 1/week

Crazy! I can do it. This week is a "do my best" because I'm starting halfway through, but come Monday, that's it. It will rock!

The apartment I'm looking at has cherry wood floors and peach/tan/yellow walls. I have this nice comfy couch with teal fabric that's just not my taste. I tried a slipcover. I'm thinking my colors will be chocolate brown with orange, yellow, white and black furniture. What do you think?

This is what I get to sleep with tonight!

Hola!

I've been tagged to share a few things about me.. and I promise I will! I'll try for tonight.

Right now I am consumed with work, classes and looking for a place to live! Also, my computer broke and had to be sent away. It just cracked all of the sudden. Weird!

BUT, I had to fill you in on my 20 day challenge.

1. I am doing my clean eating/slight detox plan. I've put myself down for 20 days to rid myself of processed and junk foods. Yesterday was Day 1. I slipped a few times (hello, habits!), but today is 100% on so far! The key is planning.

2. I've fallen off the exercise wagon and can't get back on! When I'm exercising, I LOVE it. I make it a priority everyday because I know how good it makes me feel. But when I don't get one good exercise in for 3 days, I have a lot of trouble getting back into it. Right now I am not into it. As a result, I am lethargic and moody. I'm going to try to hit the gym for a good session tonight, but I also want to create a structured plan to go along with my eating challenge. I'd like to incorporate strength (upper, lower and abs), running, a bit of other cardio and Pilates once or twice a week.

So that's where I am. YAY on food, NOOOO on exercise. Maybe I'll devise an exercise plan by tonight and post it along with my response to the tags!