I’ve been under the weather the past few days – condemned to my bed with nothing but TV and a laptop to keep me company so it seemed the perfect time to revive the blog a bit.

I was home a little early from work and due to having NO appetite during our potluck (figures) I was pretty hungry when I arrived.  So before plopping myself into bed I snacked on this:

It was all delicious but the snow globe went down the easiest

Several hours later I pulled myself out of bed and put together a quick dinner

morningstar farms chick’n nuggets, alexia sweet potato fries

I guess “put together’ is a little strong for what I did.  I basically threw it all in the toaster oven and waited for the timer to go off.

So as to get a little vitamins and nutrients in, I also had a salad

delicious.

Now I’m just sitting here looking at this:

It makes me happy

courtesy of larabar.com

Apologies for the lack of a real photo, I didn’t realize this would rock my socks off as much as it did.  But, as Bethenny would say “Holy Balls!” – this thing was seriously good.  I have to say that I truly believe it’s as good as it is simply because it’s real food.

I picked up the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough which I’m sure will be on deck for tomorrow so I’ll try to snag a photo of that one and report back as to whether or not it measures up.

On another note, my best friend from high school and I have decided to run the NYC Half Marathon for a charity in March so I was up a 6am and off and running a 3-miler by 6:20 or so…followed by some pilates (gotta strengthen that core, right?!).

The run was great – it was incredibly mild out considering it’s the middle of December (global warming??) and I beat the rain/snow/grossness that we were supposed to be expecting for later today.

Not much else to report other than that!  Hoping for the same mild weather in the coming days of 6am runs but I’m thinking that’s VERY wishful thinking…

I guess you can take the blog away from the blogger but you can’t take the blogger out of the girl!

Anyway so far so good with this whole CarbLover’s thing. Granted it’s meal 2 of day one, but work with me here people!  The fact that neither Krissy nor myself have taken a deep dive into any bowls of candy is a big deal around here!

In terms of mid-day meals, mine is a big off base (once again) of the whole CarbLover’s strategy, but I managed to get the general gist of it.

Another whole wheat lender’s bagel w. 3 oz of tuna (mixed with carrots and a tbsp light mayo), lettuce and mustard along with a crispy, hand-picked empire apple!

Krissy did much better than me with her meal.  Practically straight out of the CarbLover’s book she made herself a chicken pita sandwich

Whole wheat pita, grilled chicken, roasted red peppers and hummus.  Not gonna lie, it looked and smelled delicious!

Our respective beverages of choice:

Water for me, Diet Coke for her.  Don’t hate on her Diet Coke, I’m pretty sure if she didn’t have it she would die, so it’s really a necessity.

Time to keep on keepin’ on!  See you for dinner…

When I gave it up, all I felt was relief!  Relief to eat a meal without having to blog it, relief to be freed from all the time it was taking up.  But now I’m finding that I may actually MISS it a bit!

I can’t promise a full return, but I am going to (somewhat secretly given that a lot of you don’t know this original URL) try to blog here and there (or when I feel so moved) to see if it’s worth it to get back in the game).

Working for Health Magazine sets me up with a lot of cool things.  One of the cool things currently is access to Health‘s new CarbLover’s book.  My co-worker Krissy and I have decided to give it a try (loosely for now) just out of curiosity mostly but also the added benefit of getting a little healthier.  Suffice it to say there have been too many moments of diving head first in the office candy bowl as of late (yes, those do really exist, they’re not just something women’s lifestyle magazines make up)

The plan seems pretty straightforward, albeit pretty low on calories and not far off from most other healthy eating plans: whole grains, lean proteins, healthy fats, LOTS of fruits & veggies.  Also not far off from the way I normally eat anyway – just missing the CANDY.  Which I view as a good thing

Breakfast this morning was a grande soy misto with a whole wheat lenders bagel and 2 hard boiled eggs.

Filling and delicious! The Lender’s bagels are probably not quite within the official CarbLover’s plan, but because Krissy and I decided to start this mid-week, I have to be practical and use the food that I already have. I figure I can shop this weekend for more of the essentials, but for the most part I have the basis of what the plan requires!

That’s all for now! I’ll be back for lunch and I’ll try to snap a picture of Krissy’s lunch too!

Here’s a taste of what I’ve been eating over the last several days…

Nectarine

Gardenburger on multigrain flat-out wrap with lettuce, mustard, avocado and side of fresh strawberries and grapes

Cinnamon Raisin GNU bar (so good!  which according to your comments many of you know and some of you are soon to find out!  I’m so glad I’ve inspired some of you guys to try them and that I’m not alone in my love for them!)

Roasted asparagus and sweet potato wedges with Morningstarm Farms chik’n nuggets (DELICIOUS and I’m glad so many of you agree!!)

Scrambled eggs with whole wheat toast and some smart balance

Turkey, lettuce, avocado and mustard on whole wheat with another nectarine

Slice of pizza and a side salad

Scrambled egg wrap on a multigrain flat-out wrap with my last nectarine!

A veggie salad from Whole Foods after Mike and I took a trip to Strand Bookstore in NYC. This place is AH-MAZING! A book-lovers dream come true

And that’s about that!

Sorry for the lack of updates, things have been busy both personally and professional. My team and I had a blast going out for some after dinner drinks at the Boat Basin in NYC…

We’ve been working pretty hard so it was nice to just RELAX and chat!

Okay…and be a little A LOT goofy too

Have wonderful Fridays everyone!!