{"id":6819,"date":"2009-07-07T09:15:28","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T13:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2009-07-07T09:15:40","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T13:15:40","slug":"july-7th-2009-take-a-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/07\/july-7th-2009-take-a-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"July 7th, 2009: Take a hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 I cannot even tell you how full yesterday&#8217;s lunch kept me.\u00a0 It was going on 8pm and I still wasn&#8217;t very hungry.\u00a0 I sort of just wanted to pick at things.\u00a0 I could have completely not eaten a thing and been fine though. :o\u00a0 Either the lunch was major filling or my body just isn&#8217;t used to that kind of heavy lifting in the afternoon and it didn&#8217;t know what to do. <img src='\/images\/lol.gif' alt=':lol:' \/>\u00a0 Seriously though it did not sit heavy in my stomach except for right after I finished and walking around took care of that.\u00a0 I just wasn&#8217;t hungry.\u00a0 So weird!\u00a0 But since I was in the mood for picking, I made a snack plate for Scott and I to share.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6820\" title=\"Cheese, fruit, and crackers \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-06-09_snack-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese, fruit, and crackers \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-06-09_snack-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-06-09_snack.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ta-da!\u00a0 From left to right:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White cheddar pieces (I take a slice and then just crumble it into small pieces)<\/li>\n<li>Two kinds of sheep&#8217;s milk manchego<\/li>\n<li>Kashi veggie crackers<\/li>\n<li>Cantaloupe<\/li>\n<li>Carrot sticks<\/li>\n<li>365 Not-Triscuits<\/li>\n<li>Hummus with hot sauce<\/li>\n<li>A glass of red wine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cantaloupe was so good, I probably could have had that the rest of the night.\u00a0 I focused on that, carrots, and crackers.\u00a0 I only had a few nibbles of cheese.\u00a0 I had cheese in the wrap for lunch so I didn&#8217;t really need more yesterday.\u00a0 While we snacked, we watched To Catch a Thief.\u00a0 Not too shabby!\u00a0 I do have to say the way people fall in love in older movies cracks me up.\u00a0 The know each other for two minutes and all of the sudden it&#8217;s true love! :p<\/p>\n<p>I could have easily went to bed at 10pm but I stayed up a bit longer to snugs with my huns.\u00a0 Then before 11pm I headed up and crashed it in bed.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I got up around 7ish to get the day started!\u00a0 I took care of Rocky and had some coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6822\" title=\"Coffee \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-07-09_coffee-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-07-09_coffee-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-07-09_coffee.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mmmm bliss!\u00a0 I did some computer stuff and then a bit later got Scott up.\u00a0 Time for breakfast and I kicked up the oats today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6821\" title=\"Oatmeal \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-07-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Oatmeal \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-07-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-07-09_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1. Because I wanted to see if I need a bigger portion and 2. Because we&#8217;re going hiking today and need the fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Blueberry oats!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1C vanilla soymilk<\/li>\n<li>3\/4C old fashioned oats<\/li>\n<li>1 mashed banana<\/li>\n<li>1TBSP ground flax<\/li>\n<li>1 scoop vanilla protein powder<\/li>\n<li>Blueberries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix-ins were coconut, crushed pecans, and some vanilla almond butter.\u00a0 YUM!\u00a0 This was filling and I couldn&#8217;t finish the whole bowl but close!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a big day ahead of us!\u00a0 We&#8217;re heading out to a nearby lake and park for some hiking, picnicing, and relaxing.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to see what kinds of foods I can pack and also get a bag packed for Rocks.\u00a0 Then we&#8217;re off!\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll be posting again today but I&#8217;ll try if I&#8217;m not too wiped out. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/>\u00a0 Later guys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 I cannot even tell you how full yesterday&#8217;s lunch kept me.\u00a0 It was going on 8pm and I still wasn&#8217;t very hungry.\u00a0 I sort of just wanted to pick at things.\u00a0 I could have completely not eaten a thing and been fine though. :o\u00a0 Either the lunch was major filling or my body [&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-1LZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6819"}],"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=6819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}