{"id":6870,"date":"2009-07-09T15:11:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T19:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2009-07-09T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T19:15:45","slug":"july-9th-2009-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/07\/july-9th-2009-back-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"July 9th, 2009: Back on track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys! After a few days of eating at odd times and not my usual eats AND not running, it felt amazing to get back to Andrea Normal today!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been trying to stay semi-normal the last few days and have succeed to a degree.\u00a0 But today I was able to be totally routine and my body feels so much better because of that!<\/p>\n<p>First I got 9 hours of sleep by being in bed before 10pm and getting up at 7am.\u00a0 <img src='\/images\/woohoo.gif' alt=':woohoo:' \/>\u00a0 And boy was I ready for a run this morning! I haven&#8217;t run since Sunday and it was starting to eat away at my head. While I realize that Tuesday was an all day hiking fest and yesterday was an all day walk around the zoo, there was no cardio involved.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m addicted to and that&#8217;s what makes me feel awesome, getting my <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Heart Rate'>HR<\/abbr> up and busting a groove!\u00a0 When I don&#8217;t have that I start to feel meh and out of sorts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6873\" title=\"Chocolate soymilk \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_cs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate soymilk \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_cs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_cs.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did 3.5 today and when I got to my front door it started raining.\u00a0 Thankfully I did not push through to 4 miles or I would have been stuck in the early morning shower.\u00a0 Rocks was up my butt ready for a walk but he had to chill it since it was raining.\u00a0 I changed into comfy clothes and poured some coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6872\" title=\"Coffee \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_coffee-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_coffee-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_coffee.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mmmmmm! I attempted to get caught up on blogs and only got so far. Everyone posts so much when I&#8217;m on vacation! :p\u00a0 Then I had some breakfast because my bellah was empty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6871\" title=\"Yogurt with fruit and granola \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Yogurt with fruit and granola \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Simple today plus Scott was still sleeping so I didn&#8217;t feel like making oats for one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2% Fage<\/li>\n<li>Frozen raspberries<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 a banana sliced<\/li>\n<li>Fruit and nut granola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After\u00a0 a bit the rain stopped and I took Rocks out for his walk.\u00a0 We did a shorter one today since it was starting to warm up outside.\u00a0 Came back home, fed my birdies, saw a wee baby bunns, and had a bit more coffee.\u00a0 By this point Scott graced us with his presence and I started talking lunch strategy. Yeah, he&#8217;s a late sleeper when he&#8217;s on vacation or just in general really.<\/p>\n<p>I knew for sure a smoothie was in my future because I neeeedded one for my sanity and digestive track.\u00a0 I went with the standard lunch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_salad.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6874\" title=\"Salad \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_salad-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Salad \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_salad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_salad.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Salad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mixed greens<\/li>\n<li>Chopped carrot<\/li>\n<li>Chopped parsnip<\/li>\n<li>Sunflower and pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n<li>Raisins<\/li>\n<li>Shredded beat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fig balsamic and olive oil on top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_smoothie.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6875\" title=\"Smoothie \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_smoothie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Smoothie \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_smoothie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-09_smoothie.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smoothie!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.5C unsweetened cranberry juice<\/li>\n<li>.5C POM<\/li>\n<li>1C water<\/li>\n<li>Kale<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 a banana<\/li>\n<li>1 carrot<\/li>\n<li>Frozen peaches, pineapple, mango, and blueberries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fabbo!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6876\" title=\"Smoothie, salad, crackers, and hummus \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-99-lunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Smoothie, salad, crackers, and hummus \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-99-lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ohc-07-09-99-lunch.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crackers for dipping in hummus which I apparently have no closeup of.\u00a0 Strange.\u00a0 Perfecto lunch though!\u00a0 I know I had salads Tuesday and Wednesday but there were super basic salads with not nearly as much &#8220;stuff&#8221;.\u00a0 And no smoothie at all yesterday which sort of left me a little cranky. This meal sort of put my body back into balance and I feel much more centered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trivia!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I probably should have called this Fun Facts instead of trivia because it seems less like trivia and more like random information.<\/p>\n<p>I did not change my name after we got married but Scott and I can still rock the monogrammed stuffs!\u00a0 Both of our last names start with the same letter. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/><\/p>\n<p>And to answer Becky&#8217;s question about why we waited so long to get married, well to us we didn&#8217;t really consider it waiting.\u00a0 We were together and that&#8217;s what was important to us.\u00a0 If we got married, that&#8217;s cool.\u00a0 And if we didn&#8217;t, that&#8217;s cool too.\u00a0 However, we did eventually come to realize the benefits of becoming a legally recognized couple.\u00a0 If we weren&#8217;t married and something happened to either one of us, we would not be considered next of kin.\u00a0 If something were to happen and one of us had to stay in the hospital for\u00a0 an extended amount of time, we might not be given information or provided with visitation rights because we were not a legal couple.\u00a0 This concerned us and we decided that it was in our best interest to get married. So we did!\u00a0 I realize how unromantic that sounds but that&#8217;s our story. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/><\/p>\n<p>Another fun fact! Neither of us have middle names. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys! After a few days of eating at odd times and not my usual eats AND not running, it felt amazing to get back to Andrea Normal today!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been trying to stay semi-normal the last few days and have succeed to a degree.\u00a0 But today I was able to be totally routine and [&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-1MO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870"}],"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=6870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}