{"id":4861,"date":"2009-04-08T15:07:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T19:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=4861"},"modified":"2009-04-08T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T19:07:25","slug":"april-8th-2009-breakfast-and-lunch-greentastic-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/04\/april-8th-2009-breakfast-and-lunch-greentastic-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"April 8th, 2009: Breakfast and lunch! (Greentastic lunch!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys!\u00a0 Craziness going on around here today!\u00a0 The roofers are installing the new roof and I can honestly tell you that I understand why most people don’t hang around while it’s being done.\u00a0 The constant loud banging can get to you.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we got the call that the roofers would be arriving “first thing in the morning”.\u00a0 The supervisor said he would stop in later, around 9-10 to check in and then back a second time.\u00a0 Scott and I thought that “first thing in the morning” was going to be around 7am when it was light out.\u00a0 Especially since the supervisor specified that his “later” was going to be 9am.\u00a0 Normally I would call that early.\u00a0 So we got up early this morning to await their arrival.<\/p>\n

I decided not to run.\u00a0 Once the roofers get started, if you are in the house you can’t leave the house.\u00a0 You could try but you risk being pelted by falling debris.\u00a0 I decided to play it safe and hole up at home especially if they were arriving first thing.<\/p>\n

“First thing” is apprantly 8:30am.\u00a0 Since I got up at 6:30, I could have squeezed a run in most certainly.\u00a0 So I was a little crabby about not running today.\u00a0 But perhaps this is a good thing, more on that in a second.<\/p>\n

\"First

First cup...<\/p><\/div>\n

I had coffee right away this morning.<\/p>\n

Then I got caught up on emails and other coorespondence.\u00a0 Eventually I made some breakfast.\u00a0 Normally on non-run days I keep breakfast light but I had been up for a few hours at this point and was Hungry.\u00a0 That’s right, with a capital “H”.\u00a0 So I made oatbran.<\/p>\n

\"mmmm\"

mmmm<\/p><\/div>\n

Regular oatbran with some banana nut granola and cranberries on top.\u00a0 And a small spoonful of cashew butter.\u00a0 And another mug of coffee which I only had a few sips of and was done with.<\/p>\n

I made my way upstairs and took a shower. I was a skeered to though!\u00a0 I had visions of the roofers falling through or punching a hole in the roof and crashing down on me while I showered.\u00a0 Plus you know, guys walking around outside your window as you’re showering is just odd.\u00a0 But I did it and I don’t think anyone saw anything.\u00a0 Whew!\u00a0 Then I started leftover laundry.<\/p>\n

Leftover laundry are nonessentials that I wash during the week and not laundry day.\u00a0 Laundry day is straight up clothes.\u00a0 Leftovers are bedsheets, towels, blankets and things like that.<\/p>\n

And then I made lunch which I’m calling Greentastic.<\/p>\n

\"Even

Even my plate and placemat are green!<\/p><\/div>\n

A salad and smoothie!\u00a0 The salad has:<\/p>\n

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  • Mixed greens<\/li>\n
  • Spinach<\/li>\n
  • Cucumber<\/li>\n
  • Carrot<\/li>\n
  • Celery<\/li>\n
  • Sunflower and pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n
  • Raisins<\/li>\n
  • Red onion<\/li>\n
  • Tomato<\/li>\n
  • Banana Peppers<\/li>\n
  • Crushed Mary’s Gone Crackers (5)<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 a morningstar chic’k patty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Topped with a dash of buffalo sauce, red wine vinegar, and olive oil.\u00a0 So good!\u00a0 The smoothie was different today:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • 1.5 C orange juice<\/li>\n
    • 1.5 C cranberry juice (unsweetened)<\/li>\n
    • 1 kiwi<\/li>\n
    • Some cantaloupe<\/li>\n
    • Kale ( a good bit)<\/li>\n
    • Banana<\/li>\n
    • Frozen pineapple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Because the pineapple was the only frozen fruit, this came out more like a juice than a smoothie. It was awesome and probably the favorite of the ones I’ve made so far.\u00a0 Lunch was very filling both physically and for the soul.\u00a0 When I just get to “oink” (a la Erin) out on veggies and fruit like this it makes my day and makes my body oh so happy. :D<\/p>\n

      Injuries and running<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Several of us foodies have gotten together to form a support group of sorts for those of us running our first 1\/2s this year.\u00a0 In a recent email my issue came up and\u00a0 so I’ll share that with you now. :)\u00a0 At this point I don’t even know what’s going on but I’ll describe it for you the best I can.\u00a0 My right knee area has been aching lately.\u00a0 First it hurt and was sore to the touch and swollen a bit.\u00a0 I didn’t think too much about it because I do two martial arts, one that involves kicking that area and one that involves joint locks and limb destruction techniques.\u00a0 So I’m used to things hurting and being swollen for a bit.\u00a0 Then after my last long run, it was a bit swollen again and still ached.\u00a0 That’s when I realized that it was my run that was causing this and not martial arts.\u00a0 It’s the outside portion of my right knee and a little bit on the back of my knee, still the right most side of my right knee.\u00a0 It also clicks and pops as I walk.\u00a0 Not constantly but a good bit.\u00a0 The clicking I didn’t think anything about because my knees pop, crack, and so on all the time.\u00a0 They always have.\u00a0 I bought knee sleeves hoping to help stablize the area.\u00a0 They have not arrived yet.<\/p>\n

      But now it was brought up that maybe it’s an IT issue and not a knee issue at all.\u00a0 And well shit, is about all I have to say on that.\u00a0 So now I’m trying to research that topic and figuring out what to do.\u00a0 Not running is not an option.\u00a0 I could live with sticking to maybe at max 8miles but I wouldn’t be happy about it.\u00a0 I’m going to run this 1\/2 for sure.\u00a0 But I don’t want it to be my last 1\/2.\u00a0 I really enjoy long distance running.\u00a0 It’s extremely challenging and very rewarding.\u00a0 Plus for a not fast runner, such as myself, distances are awesome.\u00a0 Short and sweet and fast are not as fun.<\/p>\n

      So there you have it.\u00a0 I don’t know what’s going on but I’m thinking of making an appointment to see my sports medicine doc and talking with him.\u00a0 But I’m putting it out there in the event that maybe you have seen or experienced something similiar.\u00a0 I’m sort of feeling a little blue about the whole situation now.\u00a0 Stupid injury or whatever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Hi guys!\u00a0 Craziness going on around here today!\u00a0 The roofers are installing the new roof and I can honestly tell you that I understand why most people don’t hang around while it’s being done.\u00a0 The constant loud banging can get to you. Yesterday we got the call that the roofers would be arriving “first thing […]<\/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-1gp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4861"}],"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=4861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}