{"id":10418,"date":"2010-01-27T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=10418"},"modified":"2010-01-27T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T16:28:04","slug":"january-26th-2010-and-here-we-are-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/01\/january-26th-2010-and-here-we-are-again\/","title":{"rendered":"January 26th, 2010: And here we are again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday night while Scott and I were eating dinner, the wind picked up and it started snowing.\u00a0 Like crazy snowing and within about 5 minutes our deck was covered.\u00a0 The remainder of the evening it went back and forth between snow and freezing rain.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 Does not make for lovely driving conditions or lovely conditions period.<\/p>\n<p>I woke up\u00a0 to about 3 inches of snow and some ice on the roads.\u00a0 The weather was cold and it was windy.\u00a0 That meant it was back to two layers of clothes and YakTrax for running yesterday morning. *sigh*<\/p>\n<p>Now there are parts of winter running that just stink.\u00a0 But one of the worst?\u00a0 Is when you get a break from all that winter weather for a bit.\u00a0 We had temps in the 50s, the snow melted, and I only had to wear one pair of pants for my morning runs.\u00a0 When you get to experience the joys of such a break only to wake up the next morning smack dab back into the middle of winter, it&#8217;s a little, disheartening to say the least.\u00a0 It can make you really cranky if you aren&#8217;t careful.<\/p>\n<p>I tried my best but wow the weather got to me this morning.\u00a0 It was windy and cold and I was tired.\u00a0 Huge mental games I had to play with myself to keep going and crank out those five miles.\u00a0 But I did it!\u00a0 Even though my <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Heart Rate Monitor'>HRM<\/abbr> was totally out to lunch, telling me my <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Heart Rate'>HR<\/abbr> was flip-flopping between 40 and 79.\u00a0 It said that I burned 100 calories during my 50 minute 5 mile run.<\/p>\n<p>Nice!<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea what is up with that little bug.\u00a0 He&#8217;s only going on 2 years old so he shouldn&#8217;t be having a mid-life crisis just yet.<\/p>\n<p>I was starving this morning and could not wait to be done with my shower to hit the oat pan.\u00a0 Mmmm oats!\u00a0 I made a huge batch too just so I could dive into a large bowl headfirst.<\/p>\n<p>And I totally did.<\/p>\n<p>Rocky and I kicked it for a walk which despite the fact it was noon and hours since my run, it was colder, windier, and things were starting to refreeze.\u00a0 Awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Smoothie yesterday kicked major ass.\u00a0 It was thick like a shake and was very tart.\u00a0 I think it might be the combo of blueberries and cranberry-pom juice that caused that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_smoothie.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10422\" title=\"Smoothie \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_smoothie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_smoothie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_smoothie.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>1C Carrot juice<\/li>\n<li>1C Unsweetened Cranberry-Pom juice<\/li>\n<li>1C Water<\/li>\n<li>Spinach<\/li>\n<li>Frozen blueberries<\/li>\n<li>Frozen mango<\/li>\n<li>Frozen peaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MMMM!<\/p>\n<p>To be perfectly honest, sometimes during situations like yesterday, I don&#8217;t really want to leave my house when the evening rolls around.\u00a0 It&#8217;s true.\u00a0 It&#8217;s total winter hibernation going on.\u00a0 It&#8217;s dark and cold outside and I would rather be in a warm bed than bundling up and heading out the door.\u00a0 I suppose some people feel the same way about early morning workouts?\u00a0 But I&#8217;m a morning person (please note this does not mean I am chatty\/chipper\/happy\/talkative, it just means I would rather get up and get stuff taken care of!) so I would rather get things done early and have the evenings to myself.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t let it keep me down yesterday though!\u00a0 I was done with work and Scott (he&#8217;s been having a lot of work and freelance stuff going on.\u00a0 Good for moolah not so good for freetime) had no meetings on the schedule so off to <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> class we went for a lovely workout.<\/p>\n<p>Back home for Fish Tuesday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_dinner.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10421\" title=\"Fish, rice, roaste cauliflower, coleslaw \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_dinner-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_dinner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_dinner.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had flounder and I decided to make some extra because I was hungry plus I wanted extra for Scott&#8217;s lunch the next day.\u00a0 Wrong-oh! This fish cooked up really small and even though I took two pieces they were super tiny and not enough.\u00a0 I gave Scott most of the fish because I&#8217;m considerate like that and ended up taking some rice which I didn&#8217;t even want in the first place.\u00a0 Oh well, live and learn!\u00a0 The fish was seasoned with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coconut oil<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil (to help bring the smoke point up a bit)<\/li>\n<li>Soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>Curry powder<\/li>\n<li>Garlic powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YUM!\u00a0 Baked at 400 for about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>On the side was some roasted cauliflower and jasmine rice.\u00a0 The cauliflower was so so good!\u00a0 It had:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>Garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>Chili powder<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P<\/li>\n<li>Red pepper flakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scott kept talking about how fantastic the cauliflower was so I must have done something right! :p\u00a0 The last of the coleslaw also made an appearance.\u00a0 I made it through one period of hockey and then went to bed.\u00a0 I was asleep by about 10:30 and it was awesome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prezzie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_warmers.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10423\" title=\"Toe and hand warmers\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_warmers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_warmers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/OHC-01-26-10_warmers.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looky I got something in the mail!\u00a0 Whitney from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irunisweat.com\" target=\"_blank\">I Run, I Sweat<\/a> sent me some very awesome toe and handwarmers to wear during my runs!\u00a0 They came just in time too!\u00a0 She also sent me some Clif bars and biodegradable doggie bags.\u00a0 Oh yeah!\u00a0 Do you all read her blog because you totally should if you do not. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/>\u00a0 Thanks Whitney!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday night while Scott and I were eating dinner, the wind picked up and it started snowing.\u00a0 Like crazy snowing and within about 5 minutes our deck was covered.\u00a0 The remainder of the evening it went back and forth between snow and freezing rain.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 Does not make for lovely driving conditions or lovely conditions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2I2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}