{"id":9025,"date":"2009-10-22T21:17:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T01:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=9025"},"modified":"2009-10-22T21:17:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T01:17:22","slug":"october-22nd-2009-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/10\/october-22nd-2009-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"October 22nd, 2009: Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 Today has just been awesome from soup to nuts.\u00a0 Mmmm nuts.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m still busy and working on things, having Thursdays and Fridays all to myself are fantastic!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9036\" title=\"morning sky \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_sky-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"morning sky \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_sky-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_sky.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I tried sleeping in a bit today but instead of blissful, it was fitful.\u00a0 Ah well, I wasn&#8217;t about to let that spoil my first day off. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/> It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve taken a picture of the morning sky, so here it is!\u00a0 Purty!\u00a0 This is the view from my back deck.<\/p>\n<p>I took care of Rocks, changed and proceeded to bust out five miles.\u00a0 Wooo!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9030\" title=\"Chocolate soymilk \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_CS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate soymilk \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_CS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_CS.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a warm one this morning too, in the 50s.\u00a0 For a 7:30am October morning, that is warm for Cbus.\u00a0 I was over dressed and sweating like a fool in my pullover.\u00a0 Umph!\u00a0 I stretched and showered and then woke up my babies.\u00a0 Who then fell back to sleep.\u00a0 Ahh boys.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9028\" title=\"Coffee, fruit, yogurt, and granola \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee, fruit, yogurt, and granola \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9029\" title=\"Coffee\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_coffee-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_coffee-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_coffee.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breakfast was a simple little plate of a sliced up honeycrisp and some 2% fage mixed with chocolate granola.\u00a0 Despite having just run five miles, I wasn&#8217;t terribly hungry.\u00a0 In honor of my first free day, I did make some pumpkin spice latte for the coffee!\u00a0 I made sure to make a little extra this morning and I added in a touch of maple syrup and some vanilla extract along with spices, pumpkin, and soymilk.\u00a0 Delicious!<\/p>\n<p>While eating I read some blogs and also got some work stuff done.\u00a0 Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katheats.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kath<\/a>, I discovered Gcal tasks!\u00a0 I have no idea why I never noticed this before but hooray!\u00a0 A to-do list in my Gcal is awesome!\u00a0 Getting more organized, here I come!<\/p>\n<p>I took Rocky out for a walk and it was even warmer outside. :o\u00a0 It did feel like rain though but I hope that&#8217;s not the case!\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want rain, ew!<\/p>\n<p>After the walk, I started making lunchie which was pretty quick and easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_salad.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9035\" title=\"salad \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_salad-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"salad \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_salad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_salad.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fiesta bowl salad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red leaf lettuce<\/li>\n<li>Carrot<\/li>\n<li>Some leftover enchilada filling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_smoothie.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9037\" title=\"smoothie \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_smoothie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"smoothie \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_smoothie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_smoothie.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smoothie:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leftover pumpkin latte mix (about 1\/2 C)<\/li>\n<li>.75C Vanilla soymilk<\/li>\n<li>1C US cranberry juice<\/li>\n<li>.5C Water<\/li>\n<li>Kale<\/li>\n<li>Frozen peaches<\/li>\n<li>Frozen mango<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still tasted like pumpkin spice!\u00a0 It was creamy smooth and fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9032\" title=\"Smoothie and salad \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_lunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Smoothie and salad \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_lunch.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My salad was sort of meh though.\u00a0 The mix of all the cooked stuff with the raw lettuce and carrots sort of sat funny in my tum.\u00a0 The combo also left me feeling a tad bit bloated.\u00a0 Thankfully the feeling didn&#8217;t last long because I had a bunch of house work to get done.<\/p>\n<p>I started on laundry and then did a basic once over dusting and sweeping.\u00a0 I also prepped everything for tonight&#8217;s dinner and then cleaned up the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>After a short sit-down, we headed out to <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> conditioning class.\u00a0 FINALLY!\u00a0 Oh conditioning class how I have missed you!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9027\" title=\"toast with PB\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_bread-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"toast with PB\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_bread-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_bread.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Since breakfast and lunch were both light, I was a bit hungry before class today.\u00a0 I had a slice of Ezek bread with a bit of <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Peanut Butter'>PB<\/abbr> on top.\u00a0 MMM!\u00a0 Totally glad I ate this or I never would have made it through class!<\/p>\n<p>For new readers (because I think I have a few! YaY!), Scott and I train in two martial arts.\u00a0 We do Filipino stick and knife fighting (<abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Stick Fighting'>SF<\/abbr>) and also Muay Thai (<abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr>).\u00a0 The conditioning class for <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> is like a segment of Jillian&#8217;s 30 day shred on crack.\u00a0 It&#8217;s 45 minutes long and intense.\u00a0 Along with pushups, situps, jump rope, and whatever else he has us do that week (think burpees, sprints, long jumps, etc.) that&#8217;s only the first half of the class.\u00a0 Then we move to the heavy bags and do drills on that for the second half of class.\u00a0 Such as 30 seconds to get in as many round kicks as you can, set drills he gives us using punching and kicks, and punches then more pushups then back to punching.<\/p>\n<p>Intense and I LOVE IT!\u00a0 Totally my favorite thing to do period.\u00a0 It&#8217;s awesome!<\/p>\n<p>Then it was time to come home to Pizza Thursday!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9033\" title=\"pizza \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pizza \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WHEE!!!\u00a0 His and Hers style again:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hers (on the right)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinach and sundried tomato pesto base<\/li>\n<li>Shredded parm (I shred the parm myself, it&#8217;s not preshredded)<\/li>\n<li>Red onion<\/li>\n<li>Artichoke hearts<\/li>\n<li>Green pepper<\/li>\n<li>Garlic chili hot sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>His:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pizza sauce<\/li>\n<li>Shredded moz and parm<\/li>\n<li>Red onion<\/li>\n<li>Green pepper<\/li>\n<li>Chopped artichoke hearts<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza_slice.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9034\" title=\"pizza \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza_slice-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pizza \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza_slice-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_pizza_slice.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the newest addition for both of us, chickpeas!\u00a0 Who needs meat on their pizza when you can have chickpeas instead?!\u00a0 After draining and rinsing the chickpeas, I dried them off and put them in a bag.\u00a0 Added a bit of olive oil, chili powder, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_dinner.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9031\" title=\"pizza \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_dinner-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pizza \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_dinner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/OHC-10-22-09_dinner.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It sounds weird but they ended up being just like roasted chickpeas, on top of the pizza.<\/p>\n<p>Fabulous!\u00a0 I also did the crust using spelt and AP flour.<\/p>\n<p>Spelt is the way to go!\u00a0 <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Whole Wheat'>WW<\/abbr> flour might get kicked to the curb soon.\u00a0 I stuffed my face with 2.5 slices.\u00a0 I realize there are three slices there but I honestly had 2.5. <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/>\u00a0\u00a0 Those chickpeas were surprisingly filling!\u00a0 Ate dinner while watching Dancing with the Stars, Monday&#8217;s epi.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m off to have some wine and possibly dessert!\u00a0 Till tomorrow my pretties!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 Today has just been awesome from soup to nuts.\u00a0 Mmmm nuts.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m still busy and working on things, having Thursdays and Fridays all to myself are fantastic! 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