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<\/p>\nHi gang!\u00a0 Remember on Thursday how I said I was going to have some seriously decadent dessert?\u00a0 Well first I had some wine.<\/p>\n
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Mmmm red!\u00a0 And then….<\/p>\n
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Cheesecake!\u00a0 I picked up a mini pumpkin cheesecake when we were at Whole Foods.\u00a0 I love cheesecake!\u00a0 And seriously how often do I eat it?\u00a0 Exactly so I thought it was time to indulge.\u00a0 Now I’m pretty particular about my cheesecake experience.\u00a0 If I’m eating cheesecake then I want it to be thick, rich, and decadent.\u00a0 Totally worth the time and the calories.\u00a0 I want this to be a great experience when I decide to eat some cheesecake.<\/p>\n
This pumpkin cheesecake was a disaster.\u00a0 I took two bites and was done.\u00a0 Bah!\u00a0 It was like eating a mousse that was placed in a mold.\u00a0 Seriously it was way too fluffy creamy for a cheesecake.<\/p>\n
I said forget it!\u00a0 I’m not wasting calories on a sub-par cheesecake.<\/p>\n
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Instead I pulled out the very last chocolate zucchini muffin and also had one of those chocolate chip cookies.\u00a0 Hey if I’m eating dessert it’s gotta be good! 
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I got up early on Friday morning to hit some running action.\u00a0 It was cold and windy which stank but at least it wasn’t as windy like the previous two days.\u00a0 I wore two of my new Nike things I got and sadly they didn’t work out.\u00a0 
\u00a0 I bought a new running toboggan because it had great reviews about how well it worked.\u00a0 Well for me it didn’t, it won’t stay down over my ears, it creeps up during the run.\u00a0 Not good.<\/p>\n
Also, the new “cold-weather” jacket I got isn’t really suitable for really cold weather and it doesn’t block wind at all.\u00a0 I have a really great jacket from Nike but it’s slightly too big on me and I was hoping to get another one.\u00a0 Well, they discontinued the one I currently have so I was looking for an alternative.\u00a0 It’s a really nice jacket though and I’ll be able to wear it in the rain (as it blocks rain) and in warmer weather.\u00a0 Just not cut out for December cold.<\/p>\n
Because my jacket wasn’t blocking the wind I had to wrap up the run at 5 miles.\u00a0 I wanted to do 6 but it wasn’t happening.<\/p>\n
I stretched, showered, and put on my fluffy robe.<\/p>\n
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I made some oats with some unsweetened coconut on top and a scoop of dark chocolate PB<\/abbr>.\u00a0 I did some stuff around the house and then walked Rocky.\u00a0 It was so cold outside that he needed to wear his big-boy jacket and that wind was brutal.\u00a0 It had picked up since my run.\u00a0 Lordy!\u00a0 I am so done with wind.<\/p>\n After all that it was time for lunch:<\/p>\n Salad!\u00a0 Not loaded down with veggies but at least I had some lettuce.<\/p>\n Balsamic+honey+olive oil on top.\u00a0 Scott picked up some local raw honey and it is amazing.\u00a0 I have been looking for local honey for a while (Ever read the ingredients on a honey bottle?\u00a0 Most of them say a product of US and Brazil. Why do we get honey from Brazil?!) for lots of reasons.\u00a0 Well he found some and this is just heaven.\u00a0 Love it!<\/p>\n Smoothie:<\/p>\n Carrots and cucumber came in the form of some veggie sushi with brown rice.<\/p>\n YUM!\u00a0 I dipped the sushi in some Spicy Thai Dressing I picked up at Whole Foods which is just so tasty.\u00a0 It’s different and it’s not what I would call spicy, but it does taste great and it’s perfect for sushi. Scott and I split the sushi; I had four pieces.<\/p>\n Finally after some kitchen clean-up I could get to shopping!\u00a0 I spent the rest of the day with my butt glued to the couch shopping for my loves.\u00a0 We tend to go all out for each other at Christmas time.\u00a0 It’s something we like doing and we love surprising each other and spending the time to find the perfect gifts.\u00a0 For birthdays and our anniversary we usually just chill out and maybe hit dinner out.\u00a0 Christmas is a whole other ball game and is a big deal at the HQ.\u00a0 Once that was done, I fed Rocky dinner (I told you it was the rest of the day!) and then we headed out to the grocery store.\u00a0 When I was sick, Scott stopped by the local Kroger to get me some soup.\u00a0 We don’t shop at Kroger because every one I’ve been in is pretty sad looking.\u00a0 Anyway, he said this Kroger got revamped and has a huge natural foods section, great produce section, and a bulk bins section.<\/p>\n I am so there!\u00a0 First I had an apple and two prunes.<\/p>\n I was hungry and needed to keep that at bay for a bit.<\/p>\n We stopped by last night to check it out and I was blown away.\u00a0 I was able to get everything that I get at Meijer AND at Whole Foods, save for just a few things.\u00a0 It was amazing!\u00a0 The prices are better, sometimes just by a few cents but that to me is better.\u00a0 The sales are better for sure.\u00a0 We might be switching over to Kroger.\u00a0 I have to give it a few more times before I fully decide.<\/p>\n When we got home I was fading fast.\u00a0 FAST! I was starving.\u00a0 I munched on some tortilla chips and salsa while I made dinner.\u00a0 Unpictured because I was too busy putting stuff together.\u00a0 I didn’t have much though.\u00a0 Lately my pre-dinner snacking has been a bit much and I need to curb that right quick.\u00a0 When I was first losing weight and on that journey, I would snack on raisins while I made dinner if I was hungry and needed something.\u00a0 I’m going to go back to that for a bit.\u00a0 Unless it’s a special day and baked chips are necessary. I made fish and veggies!\u00a0 It was the quickest and easiest thing I could throw together.\u00a0 I found some wild caught red snapper at Kroger (they have a really nice frozen fish section) and I have never made it before so I decided it was time!<\/p>\n The fish got brushed with soy sauce and coconut oil then sprinkled with:<\/p>\n Baked at 400 for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Veggies were cauliflower and yellow squash, similar seasonings as the fish.<\/p>\n After dinner, it was 9pm and all I wanted was to sit on the couch.\u00a0 We started Thursday’s hockey game and then it was snack time.<\/p>\n Wine!\u00a0 This bottle is huge, when we pull it out again, I’ll take a picture of it next to a regular sized bottle.\u00a0 You’ll laugh. :p<\/p>\n Then I had two cookies and some toffee!\u00a0 Scott picked this up at Whole Foods and it’s amazing.\u00a0 I don’t have many sweet weaknesses but toffee for sure is one.\u00a0 I just love it and definitely have to keep myself in check when it’s in my presence. :p<\/p>\n I only made it through two periods before I had to call it a night.\u00a0 I was passing out on the couch.\u00a0 I hit the hay and was immediately dead to the world. Hi gang!\u00a0 Remember on Thursday how I said I was going to have some seriously decadent dessert?\u00a0 Well first I had some wine. Mmmm red!\u00a0 And then…. Cheesecake!\u00a0 I picked up a mini pumpkin cheesecake when we were at Whole Foods.\u00a0 I love cheesecake!\u00a0 And seriously how often do I eat it?\u00a0 Exactly so I […]<\/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-2yo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820"}],"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=9820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Salad\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-11-09_salad-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Salad\\"")
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