Category Archives: comfort foods

Lifting and apples!

John’s mom got settled in late last night.  I was up early to hit the gym.  30 degrees, so no biking.  I am thinking the biking might be over for the year 🙁

Did my own program today:

  • Barbell deadlift/row combo:  3 sets of 8 at 65 pounds
  • Pliet dumbbell squat:  3 sets of 8 at 35 pounds
  • YTWL:  3 sets of 4 with 10 pound dumbbells
  • Lat pulldown:  3 sets of 8 at 60 pounds
  • Split squat with 35 pound plate:  3 sets of 8

Then 30 minutes on the dreadmill.  I am going to feel this tomorrow!  Came home and picked up John and his mom because you know what Wednesday is!

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I ate half before I remembered to take a picture 😳   Bad food blogger.

I had to work while John and his mom got to play and have lunch out 🙂  My lunch was a waffle sandwich with chicken, laughing cow, and cranberry sauce.  I so love this combo!

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While I was hard at work, they went out to an apple orchard.  No picking going on, but the apples were awaiting!

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And some sleepy bees:

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The goats at the orchard had their own playground:

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It’s like a giant Habitrail for goats!

John brought me a couple presents:

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Plus a small snack:

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Cider donut fresh made.  So good! Plus a fresh Honey Crisp.  Fresh apples just taste amazing.

I liked how this was a small donut and not a giant one.  Most cider places have ginormous donuts.

John also cooked dinner tonight and made his yummy clam chowder.  You all know what I had on the side!

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I am so spoiled  🙂  We may not have a lot, but there are times when I feel very rich, know what I mean?

Question:  Favorite kind of apple?

Netflix and comfort foods

I never thought there were people who didn’t know what Netflix is!  The ads are so ubiquitous, but guess that is just the US.  I love that not only get you get movies, but you can get exercise DVDs, documentaries, classics, TV series, etc.  Not to mention the instant download to watch movies on the PC!  Guess I should get something from them for the endorsment….

I am glad you are all liking the videos!  Wish the quality was better, but it is my digital camera after all.  Of course, too fine of a quality and you will really see me in my morning state!  Note the hat will almost always be on in the mornings 🙂

Rainy day today, so no biking to bagels.  I caught myself almost starting to drive to the Y, as I have biked to my new gym since I joined there and it was weird to drive!  I had to get John so we could have our bagel.

Mmmm….. don’t you want some?

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At the coffee shop, I spied my pink item for the day!

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A bar of pink handmade soap!

Work today was slow.  It always seems like when I breeze through a day, the next day is full of tough files and my productivity takes a nosedive.   Weird.   It was chilly and damp, so I felt like something warm and comforting for lunch and decided on this:

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I added some protein powder and did my blueberry layering technique (patent pending).

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This really was comforting and warming!

Afternoon snack was a new (to me) Larabar flavor:

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For some odd reason, this bar really, really reminds me of a raspberry zinger.  Think it is the coconut texture.  I used to eat those a lot.  I remember the good old days when a Charlie Brown special came on TV and they were always sponsored by Dolly Madison.  I’d say I was dating myself, except I have my age posted right on the sidebar anyway 😛

I had trouble deciding on what to eat for dinner, and decided on a wrap with sauteed broccoli, chicken and some Laughing Cow spread.

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Looks boring, but quite tasty 😀

If the weather is nice tomorrow, I will take you on a bit of the bike path via video 😀

Question:  Ever have Dolly Madison treats? Which one was/is your favorite?