Today flew by and I am getting ready to relax for the rest of the night before it starts all over again tomorrow! It’s another busy week at work so I am looking forward to some quiet time tonight.

Dinner was turkey meatloaf, baked potato and grilled eggplant. The turkey meatloaf was especially tasty! It has spinach, scallions and mushrooms in it which gave it a nice flavor. I had this plate plus another piece of meatloaf.

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Lunch today tasted really good, but left me hungry an hour later. I had a piece of grilled chicken and some crackers to fill me up.  I am going to have a slice of pound cake with Cool Whip  now and call it a night!  Until tomorrow :)

Labor Day weekend was fun and busy, but I am sad to see summer leave! We had some sun and some chilly weather this weekend and fall is def in the air. 

I had a BBQ with my family Saturday night. There was grilled chicken, ribs, broccoli, eggplant, potatoes and tomato salad. There was so much food and I was stuffed after dinner :)  BBQ’s can be healthy if you choose carefully. Grilled potatoes are real TASTY and are a good alternative to potato salad that’s usually made with tons of mayo. I especially like them because I can’t eat mayo (allergy!).  And, you really can’t beat grilled veggies! I’ll miss them come winter :(

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Sunday afternoon John and I decided to walk the Freedom Trail in Boston. We walked from one historic site to the next including…

The State House

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and Paul Revere’s grave stone.

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This was our tour guide who had lots of stories to tell!

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John and I saw the movie Extract Saturday night. It was funny and entertaining, but the story line was a little out of the ordinary. Have you seen this movie? What did you think of it?

It was really nice to have Monday off! I spent most of Monday relaxing then I was off to Mohegan Sun to see Journey in concert. They were fantastic! I think my friend and I were some of the youngest people there, but it was fun! There were a lot of food choices at Mohegan Sun. We choose to eat at Bobby Flay’s Bobby’s Burger Palace. It was the best burger I had in a while. It was the perfect portion (I was full, but not stuffed afterwards) and I did not feel like I was eating a fast food burger at all. The restaruant did not serve any seafood so I got my french fry fix! The fries were crispy, just how I like them :)

Here are the rest of the weekend’s EATS:

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Saturday and Sunday’s bowl of cereal were identical so I didn’t snap a photo of Sunday’s Rice Chex with rice milk.

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I also had some chips that are not pictured with the hot dog.

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What a hectic two days it has been! Work is in its “busiest” season and has been a bit crazy lately. Yesterday I had a meeting over lunch so I couldn’t snap a pic of my EATS. I can tell you what I ate though, which isn’t nearly as exciting as a pic but will have to do! I had a salad (greens, tomato, cucumber and onion) with grilled chicken and light Italian dressing on the side from a local restaurant. A mini bag of microwave popcorn was my afternoon snack.

After work I went to John’s. We made quick egg sandwiches for dinner before doing yet another fantasy football draft. The draft started at 10:30pm and we didn’t finish until midnight so I was pretty tired this morning. It was a lot of fun though and I can’t wait for the season to start!

You can see the draft happening on my computer screen. Everyone gets 1 minute and 30 seconds to make their pick  in each round of the draft so I was anxiously awaiting my turn deciding what player to choose.

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My draft cheat sheets with the player rankings were a big help!

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Oh and of course the egg sandwich. I sliced up a tomato and had some ketchup on mine. I also had some potato chips.

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Today’s EATS…

I was running late this morning so this cereal I had in my car came in handy! Does anyone else keep snacks in their cars? I’m always in my car going somewhere so I sometimes keep some snacks in there for days like today. I ate the cereal, but not the rice milk. I just wasn’t in the mood for it!

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Lunch was a turkey and hummus sandwich on a potato roll eaten at my desk. I also had some canned peaches that I had at my desk (yes, I keep snacks at my desk too!) and a bag of baked potato chips from the caferteria.

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This chip bag was larger than normal, but was only 1/4 filled with about 12 chips in it. When I first opened the bag it looked like someone already ate half of it!

A banana was this afternoon’s snack.

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By the time I got home tonight I was exhausted and a little cranky! I didn’t sleep much last night and had a really busy day. I decided to skip the workout I had planned on doing and save it for the morning instead when I’m wide awake with lots of energy!

For dinner I had a hamburger sauteed with onion and mushrooms and sweet potato fries. I went bunless on the burger, but was still hungry after dinner so I toasted up a potato roll and ate it plain. It was still good though and hit the spot!

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Dessert was a slice of poundcake with coolwhip on top. I ate it before I could take a photo. Guess I was still hungry!

I’m off to relax now… TGIAF!!!

I don’t know about you, but I always feel like I am rushing to get somewhere.

Need. To. Relax.

If I’m not too tired later tonight I am going to do some more YOGA. It worked wonders on Monday for me. I felt relaxed and full of energy :)   I have a feeling though it may have to wait until tomorrow morning because I feel ready for bed!

I had an appointment after work and no time to cook anything so I grabbed some leftovers from last night and was on my way. Sorry, nothing exciting to report about dinner except that I was glad to have leftovers!

Lunch today was DELISH! My sandwich was filled with hummus roasted peppers and chicken.

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It was one of those days where I felt hungry ALL day long. I ate my sandwich around 11am (too early for lunch!). After eating it I was surprisingly content so I didn’t eat anything else. Around 1pm I was famished again. I wanted cake, cookies or anything sweet really, but wanted to eat something that was a little healthy for me. I chose Oh’s cereal. Now there are def cereals out there that are a lot better for you, but this hit the spot. It was sweet and I felt like I was eating dessert! Oh’s does contain some added vitamins so I guess it was better than eating cake or cookies ;)

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I had this bowl x2. By the time I was finished I had about 2 servings of cereal with rice milk.

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 Today’s snacks were a fruit cup around 4pm and this piece of poundcake after dinner. (I guess I needed to eat some CAKE today!)

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Tonight’s big decision is whether to watch a movie or get some exercise in. Hmmm…..

The day flew by! I hope the rest of the week does too since I’m looking forward to the long weekend. I can’t believe tomorrow is the start of September. Fall like weather made an appearance today :(

I managed to squeeze in 20 minutes of yoga and 10 minutes of ab work. I like starting the week off with some kind of exercise. Hopefully I can fit in 2-3 more workouts this week….

Tonight’s dinner Eats were breaded chicken wings, roasted pepper salad and toasted potatoes.

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The picture of my potato seemed to have disappeared from my camera. It was a white baked potato, sliced and put in the toaster oven to get crispy.

It was soup for lunch! It seemed fitting with the cool weather. I had reduced-sodium beef and vegetable soup.

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I also snacked on a 100 calorie bag of microwave popcorn while working.

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I’m off to John’s now to watch last night’s episodes of Entourage and Hung that we missed because we were at Foxwoods. Hope you had a FUN Monday :) See you in the morning!

Good Monday morning! My week’s off to a busy start already. I had the first of two tests done on my stomach this morning and couldn’t eat or drink anything beforehand. When I got home I was surprisingly not crazy hungry. Most days I wake up hungry, but I was happy today was not one of those days.  I made a grilled ham and egg white sandwich on a thick slice of French bread for breakfast when I got home.

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I also ate a nectarine while uploading the pics for this post so I could snap a photo of it.

Now that breakfast is posted I can fill you in on my weekend! Saturday was spent playing BINGO and roulette at Foxwoods with my mom and John. None of us came home winners and it was getting a little frustrating ;) John and I decided to go back to Foxwoods on Sunday to try our luck at BINGO and roulette again, but it was not our lucky weekend. At least we had fun!

Here’s are some highlights of this weekend’s EATS

Ham and tomato sandwich on rye bread with mustard.

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Tea with lemon and honey and a cinnamon roll from Panera. I had just a few bites!

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Saturday night’s EATS were a grilled steak dinner with corn on the cob and asparagus.

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Both Saturday and Sunday I had the usual bowl of cereal for breakfast- Corn Chex on Saturday and Rice Chex on Sunday!

Sunday afternoon at Foxwoods John and I ate at Stadium Sports Bar and Grill. I had the chicken fajitas. They were excellent!

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I was a little hesistant at first to order the chicken fajitas because they also had shrimp fajitas on the menu and I was worried that they would be cooked together. I told the waitress I had a shellfish allergy and she said they would cook my chicken in a separate pan. When the bill came I was happy to see she did make note of my ALLERGY

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It’s so nice when restaurants are accomodating to allergies :)

The plan is to get A LOT of WORK done this afternoon and to find some time for a little YOGA…

Today was a great day, but I am happy to be home relaxing  now :) I ventured out during lunch this afternoon for a  manicure and pedicure. I have been meaning to do this for over a week now! I got a summery pink color on my fingers and toes. Since this is a food blog I thought it best to leave out a close up photo of my feet!

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Dinner was DELISH! My EATS were crispy sweet potato fries, fresh picked tomatoes from the garden seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and EVOO and grilled chicken legs.

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I had a couple more slices of tomato and many more fries! For dessert I had a piece of homemade zucchini bread and tea.

Lunch today was not so exciting! I only have an hour lunch break so I choose a mani/pedi over a nice lunch. I had hummus on raisin toast (yesterday’s Plan B!). This may be a strange combo, but I really l ike it. The sweetness from the raisins adds a lot of flavor to the bland tasting hummus. I use original hummus so there really is not much flavor to it.

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I didn’t eat the banana in the pic with my breakfast so I ate it with lunch instead. This afternoon’s snacks were a small bag of potato chips and this orange.

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There will be an early wake up call for me tomorrow.  I’m leaving around 7:30am for Foxwoods to play BINGO and gamble. Now this is later than I wake up for work, but early for a Saturday! I’m going to squeeze in a little exercise tonight (20  minutes of strength training) then it’s bedtime! Hope your weekend is off to a great start!

I’m eating breakfast at my desk as I’m writing this post. I went back to an old favorite this morning- Kix, rice milk and a banana.

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Friday came quick for me this week! I couldn’t fit in a manicure yesterday during lunch so I am hoping to do that today. It’s nice to do something a little fun and different on a Friday :)

Last night for dinner I had another favorite, stuffed meatloaf. You can find the recipe on the “My Eats” page. This is my second favorite dinner. Breaded porkchops are my first fav which I had this week too!

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As always, I went back for seconds!

For dessert I had an apple square from Guarino’s Pastry Shop. Apple pie is my favorite dessert so I was excited to eat it! I cut the square and only ate half at first, but who was I kidding I ended up going back for the second half and ate the full square. Here’s the first half…

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NEWS WORTHY

Have you seen this article? Americans eat 22 teaspoons of sugar a day, according to this report. It’s recommended that women eat no more than 6 teaspoons a day and men 9. This guidline does not apply to natural sugars found in fruit, veggies and dariy, the article says.

 Do you think you eat more than the suggested 6 or 9 teaspoons a day?

I’m assuming there are days when I eat more than 6 teaspoons of sugar, but I would have to pay closer attention to find out how much sugar I actually consume. I don’t drink soda or fruit juices with added sugar and purposely do not eat cereals high in sugar on a regular basis so I think I’m headed in the right direction!

I decided to stay home from work today and just rest since I have not been feeling well. It was a much needed day of relaxation!! I did make it out to meet some friends for dinner, but other than that I stayed in bed for the majority of the day :)  Sorry for the lack of posting today, but I did captured today’s EATS and last night’s dinner to share with you so let’s backtrack a bit…

Last night after work I headed to John’s. He had caught a bad cold and stayed home sick from work yesterday. When I got to his house dinner was already cooking in the oven! I peeked inside the oven to find breaded porkchops (which is my favorite home cooked dinner, but I don’t think he knew that). We had rice and John fried up the leftover breadcrumb mixture with egg to have on the side. It was DELISH!

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Again, no veggies because of my sick stomach. I did have a nectarine for a snack earlier in the afternoon to get some more fruit in.

This morning I had Rice Chex with rice milk! This bowl did a good job of settling my stomach.

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I ate breakfast around 9am and went back to bed. I didn’t get up for lunch until around 1:30. I had a bowl of Campbell’s Select Harvest Chicken and Long Grain Rice soup. I like this brand because it has less sodium than I have found in other soups and has no MSG or artificial flavors.

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I had some Wild Harvest organic Black Bean Tortilla Chips on the side. I really don’t know how many chips I actually ate, but I had quite a few more than what you see here on the napkin!

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I enjoyed the company of a few friends tonight over dinner at Papa Razzi. I have never dined at this restaurant before and was surprised at how good it was. I started with a piece of bread. I was a little oily, but that’s what made it so good!

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My plan going into dinner was to skip dishes with tomato sauce. I love tomato sauce so it was hard for me to pass up, but I didn’t want to further aggravate my stomach. I ordered  the chicken and broccoli over bowtie pasta sauteed in garlic and EVOO. This dish was so tasty! I especially liked the big slices of garlic in it.

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I was full after finishing this enitre plate :) When I got home I somehow felt a little hungry though and had a slice of homemade zucchini bread for dessert.

My day of resting is almost over, but I am going to enjoy a couple more hours in bed watching some episodes of last season’s Weeds. I haven’t seen the new season yet and need to catch up! Good night.

Today was an extremely productive day for me workwise. What a busy afternoon! But it’ll take some of the pressure off later in the week. I called it a day and decided to heat up some leftovers for dinner, pasta with a tomato basil sauce and grilled chicken.

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It was tasty, but didn’t sit too well with me at all given my recent stomach issues. I was told to eat a bland diet so I guess tomato sauce wasn’t a good idea? My EATS will be bread and water for the next few days :( Well, that may be a bit extreme. A plain turkey sandwich, fruit cups and cereal seem to be working the best so I think I’ll have to stick with that for a little while until I find out what’s going on.

It’s only 7pm and I’m done with my TO-DO list for today. It’s an early night for me! There’s nothing left to do now except watch some bad TV (I’m not sure yet what’s on tonight?) and relax ;)

What’s TV show is your “guilty pleasure?”

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