{"id":10372,"date":"2010-01-24T20:05:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=10372"},"modified":"2010-01-25T02:04:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T06:04:07","slug":"january-22nd-23rd-and-24th-2010-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/01\/january-22nd-23rd-and-24th-2010-catch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"January 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, 2010: catch up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi gang! I’m so sorry for going off grid but we’ve been so busy with just life that I haven’t had much of a chance to sit at the computer and type out a post.\u00a0 It happens. :D\u00a0 So let’s tap the way back machine and get going!<\/p>\n

Friday, Jan. 22nd<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Thursday evening before the show, we headed over to a local Chinese place for dinner. I had pad thai and there’s no picture.\u00a0 I was starving you see and since you all have seen pad thai numerous times here, I did not take a picture.\u00a0 It’s pad thai from the place we normally get takeout from, so it’s been featured.\u00a0 Plus, I just wanted to enjoy dinner without worrying about the perfect shot, I fully own that.\u00a0 I am coming to terms (slowly!) with the fact that not everything has to be photographed.<\/p>\n

Now I have to get a few grumbles off my chest.\u00a0 They are totally food related but if you do not want to read the grumps, feel free to move along.<\/p>\n

1. I cannot say never, because who knows what could happen in the future, but I hope to not have to eat toast and fruit for breakfast again (See’s Thursday’s post for a refresher).\u00a0 It did not fill me up and in fact left me empty feeling for the rest of the day.\u00a0 I never reached the satisfied and content stage after the meal.\u00a0 I was missing my whole grains!\u00a0 Even after lunch I was sort of “empty” feeling.\u00a0 Not empty hungry but empty like something was missing.\u00a0 By the time we got to dinner I was starving and even dinner didn’t fill me up.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to grump #2.<\/p>\n

2. This particular Chinese place is such that when you dine in you actually get less food for your money.\u00a0 If you get takeout, you get way more food.\u00a0 It’s weird.\u00a0 AND they skimp on veggies like whoa.\u00a0 I ordered veggie pad thai last night with extra veggies ($1 worth, whatever that means) and really I couldn’t even tell there were veggies in this dish.\u00a0 It was so lame with the veggies.\u00a0 In the grand scheme of things, veg for restaurants is cheap cheap, so what is with the skimp?<\/p>\n

I could have easily cleared my plate but I didn’t because I don’t want to fill up on noodles.\u00a0 I want to get full from real food; veggies and protein.\u00a0 Not noodles and not rice.\u00a0 Nothing wrong with those they just are not my preference.\u00a0 I have the worst time tracking down veggies when we dine out.\u00a0 I don’t understand it!\u00a0 Give up the goods and gimme some produce already.\u00a0 Jeeze.<\/p>\n

We went to our first show at Shadowbox<\/a> and it was amazing!\u00a0 I had a very overpriced glass of wine but I didn’t really care it was overpriced because everything goes towards the show and the workers.\u00a0 Shadowbox is a mix of comedy skits and music.\u00a0 It was awesome and I can’t wait to check it out again! The show is hilarious and the band kicks ass; if you are a local definitely check it out.<\/p>\n

We got home late and I snugged in bed chatting with Scott.\u00a0 It was probably going on close to midnight when I tucked myself in bed for sleeping purposes.<\/p>\n

I got up Friday morning and was ready to start my rest day.\u00a0 I patted myself on the back for listening to my own advice and still working out Thursday because there was no way I felt like doing anything.\u00a0 Fridays are three cups of coffee days and I enjoyed that to the max.<\/p>\n

I did have a huge bowl of oatmeal which was very sad but I didn’t care because it was oats.\u00a0 Gimme those grains!\u00a0 I’m out of bananas and the apple I added in was a bit mealy so it turned a little too soft during the cooking process.\u00a0 I couldn’t be bothered to care if I’m to be honest, I just wanted to eat some food.\u00a0 I had a bit of a greater appreciation for my oatmeal breakfast having dealt with the toast void the day before.<\/p>\n

Lunch was beyond lame.\u00a0 We were out of everything, no salad fixings, no fresh fruit, not even any carrots period!<\/p>\n

\"\"There was a smoothie, frozen burrito and some dried fruit (apricots, prunes, raisins).\u00a0 I switched burritos with Scott, he was having an Amy’s one.\u00a0 I just was not feeling the one I made for myself, so what is pictured isn’t what I actually ate.\u00a0 The Amy’s burrito was alright but this lunch was heavy which is no surprise since there wasn’t enough raw for me.<\/p>\n

It was so heavy that I never really had an appetite the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

Scott’s laptop crapped out on him and he spent the rest of the day backing stuff up and trying to his computer to boot.\u00a0 I was having a blah day so I did some stuff around the house.\u00a0 I got out of my funk because Scott said we should hit the grocery store. :p\u00a0 Hooray! That meant I could get some veggies.\u00a0 We just went to Kroger and I got myself some dinner as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"Veggie sushi with brown rice! With actual veggies in it and some spicy Thai dressing for dipping.\u00a0 I also sipped on some of Scott’s beer, Sam Adam’s Winter Lager.\u00a0 I ate that whole container of sushi too!\u00a0 Normally I have sushi with lunch and can only eat about three to four pieces.\u00a0 Having it with dinner is a whole other ballgame and I was able to eat much more.\u00a0 MMM!\u00a0 One of the keys to sushi with me is having something to dip it into, soy sauce doesn’t cut it.\u00a0 I need something with more flavor.<\/p>\n

We watched hockey and then I kicked it in bed early because I was passing out.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 23rd:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got up early Saturday morning and sat on the couch watching some TV and drinking coffee.\u00a0 Scott got up and I made us some pumpkin oatbran, still with no banana because they were not ripe enough yet.\u00a0 We chatted for a bit and then got ready for MT<\/abbr> class.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a big errand day for us.\u00a0 After class we did some stuff and then came home for lunch.\u00a0 I made us a big lunch because I was starving (I blew through the oatbran and was already hungry when MT<\/abbr> class started!) and wanted some food already!<\/p>\n

Basic lunch with smoothie:<\/p>\n