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Personal Daily Food Journal

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This is from Last Wednesday so I guess it qualifies.   And FYI props to you foodies that do this everyday.  It was painfully difficult for me for one day. 

I don’t know all the tricks of the trade of the WIAW posts.  I like to read them but I don’t participate that often.  Mainly because my food intake is super boring right now.  I eat pancakes.  I eat a sandwich.  I eat whatever is going on at my house.  I am not a good foodie and I’m okay with that.  I’m hoping to find a man that will understand that I am not chef Hollie.  If you don’t want pancakes or something cooked in the microwave-I can’t help you.  I also hate getting into that comparing who eats what and how much they burn and food advice from your great aunt twice removed because she is an expert.

But I also get the question of what do I eat-all the time.  How many calories I have…ect ect…I thought I would do this once and show you a day in the life of me.  When I’m being lazy at home.  So maybe I’ll do day in life part two in school.

Without further ado-let’s go time travel back to Wednesday.

I woke up at 7:25am.  I don’t know why but that is when my alarm was set from school and I just kept it that way coming home.  I like that time and it works for me and I wake up that early every morning of my break.

At home I tend to eat waffles because we don’t have a griddle.  Well we did and I brought it to school and I don’t enjoy making stovetop pancakes.  Pancake snob maybe.

Waffle of the day goes to Chocolate Peanut Flour.  For your enjoyment this meal is about 500 calories.

Chocolate peanut flour waffle with peanut butter (and syrup but you can't tell)

I normally eat and then read blogs and pux around the internet until 9:30, Wednesday was no different.   It gives my food about an hour and a half to digest before my run.  That is plenty of time for me and besides I’m not going hard so if anything if cockblocks speed even more.  8 miles untimed was my morning jive.  Easy.  Nothing too exciting and that’s all I have to say about that. I would love to be more informational about my running but most of my runs are easy and quite boring.  I didn’’t go to track but 2 times in 2011.  Yep I said it. 

I will talk more about my training when I go into phase 2 in a couple weeks.  To simplify, 85% of my runs are easy and untimed.  My goal is just easy milage for 85%.  I have already become so strong.  I can feel it.

Moving on to lunch.  I time my run so I can eat lunch right when I get home (as in within 2 seconds of walking in the door).

Egg bagel with guacamole and cheddar cheese

Then I did absolutely nothing for my life for another 3 hours.  Isn’t break lovely that way?  Actually-I went to the mall and got some new makeup from MAC but I didn’t do much else besides that.

But I did get some coffee.  I get gas station coffee everyday.   Everyday I put at least 150 calories of grimey cream and whatever else is body.  I don’t care.

This is a summertime shot but I still go to the same place. Oh and this is the Beamer that dude texting and driving totaled but still accurate that I got this 24 ounces of grime.

I got home around three and went for my tempo run (that day happened to be part of that 15% timed fast runs I do).  It was good.  I felt so good.  I cannot even explain to you how good that run went.  In fact, I will tell you.  I ran 5.5 miles in 38:08 which equates to a 6:34 overall pace.  I didn’t feel like I was dying or going to have a heart attack or go into cardiac arrest.  Thus it was overall perfect.

After getting home, I had one of these lovely creations.  In order to become more tan I will eat more pumpkin (and turn orange from beta-carotene).  Just kidding but add some pumpkin to yours oats and it’s so good.  (This was around 4:30-5).

With sprinkles. duh. 15 extra calories of worth. Well probably like 45 because I just kinda dump a bunch in.

For dinner we had chili, broccoli and left over turkey.  That is parmasean cheese on top because it makes everything better. 

Later that night I wanted ice-cream.  So I went and got some cake batter ice cream because it’s my favorite.  It is way to cold in Northern New York to be thinking of ice cream but down here 50 degrees is optimal ice cream weather.

with cherries.

And that was my day of joyous eats.  It came out to be roughly 2500 calories incase you were wondering.   So please call your great aunt twice removed expert in dietetics to get at me. As 99.9% of the time-I do answer your formspring questions via blog or there so ask away.  :)

Question for you: What have you been eating lately? 

Lunchtime Leftovers

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Tis the season to still be jolly (one would hope!).  Or use all your left overs and no, I’m not making turkey and stuffing pancakes, can you say ew? Mom and I (mostly mom) did come up with a great way to use leftovers and all this Chobani that I’m loving.

I hate to call anything I help to make a recipe considering it’s easy (and I’m clearly no Betty Crocker) but you know we all start at different points in our cooking skills.  Mine just happens to start at that easy bake oven level.

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Turkey Salad

 

All your delicious leftover turkey (or roughly 2 cups shredded).

¼ cup almonds

½ cup apple slices

½ cup Greek Yogurt

Add everything and mix. 

I’m thinking you could make different specializations with this.  For me personally, I might integrate vanilla yogurt and cranberries because I like the sweeter things in life.  Dad doesn’t have a sweet tooth (at all), so this was perfect for him.  He is a mayo addict and even agreed it was perfect for a sandwich and was okay that it didn’t have mayo.

Mom with the final product :)

So there you have it.  Leftover week here and more recipes to come!

Question for you: How do you use leftovers?  

I’m Giving up Hot Cocoa and Coffee For Milk Coconut Chai Tea

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So I committed the ultimate Blogger fail yesterday.  After meeting up with Katelyn, I realized I had left my camera in the on position and therefore it had died.  Imagine that…I’m the most observant and intelligent person and pulled that move.

So my dearest blogging BFFS.  You will be forced to deal with Katelyn’s awesome photography (aka much better then mine hollaaa).  Before I begin, I must say while waiting for Katelyn to arrive, Aram and I watched someone getting a sobriety test.  At 6pm…they failed but in the three years of my college times this was the first time I had ever seen it.  It was quite interesting.

I have to admit, I had never ever been to a Vegan Restaurant before and it was seriously the bomb.com.  I was a little worried that I wouldn’t even begin to know what to have but it was amazeballs.  Since this was her favourite restaurant, she ordered for the table.  We ended up getting five different dishes and splitting them each.

The chai coconut tea makes  me want to give up coffee and hot cocoa for the rest of my life.  It was the best 4 dollars, I have ever spent.

The Ethiopian Lentils were by far my favorite.  Can I just live off these?


So in short if you are ever in Rochester, go eat your little heart out at Natural Oasis.

Afterwards we went to her house for some Biggest Loser Bonding and cookie eating.

Oh by the way, Katelyn’s cookies are delicious and I plan to recreate her concoction at school-along with fried plantains.

I was also able to try her signature Quinoa-Hummus-Raisin-Balsamic Bowl and let me say it doesn’t disappoint.

Incase you wondered, I indeed had a fabulous time, so shout out to Katelyn and you should all meet her.  Right now.

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This morning following a date with the Arctrainer, Aram made us scrambled egg sandwiches with ham.  That is his favorite postworkout meal.  Since I’m at his house-when in Rome?

I actually didn’t have pancakes or waffles at today go figure…

Anywho, Aram and I headed to Syracuse to meet Caitlin so that I may get back up to school.

Please don't mind that I look like a 12 year old.

We stopped for an extremely late lunch at Ruby Tuesdays.  I had like 20 salads (because their salad bar wins) and salmon with spegetti squash.  I had never actually tried it until today and I love it!  YUMMY!

5 million rounds of salad...YES

Does anyone else agree that Ruby Tuesday’s Salad bar is the best part of restaurant?  As much as I like their entrees, their salad bar is what brings me back.

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Question for you:

What is one type of food you were hesitant to try and once you did you were obsessed?

Um.  Everything Katelyn eats makes me want to be her.

Peanut Flour Waffle and More Schooling

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I must be going loco or something but I found that 20 degrees was indeed merit enough to run outside. Then I realized, um Hollie, you haven’t run in a month and half no wonder your calves are screaming don’t get out of bed.

As hard as this is for me to admit, I often jump into things. I have to remember, yes I was running 50-60 miles weekly but that was a few months ago. My body will love me if I slowly get back into running (and I’ll be injury free, which posted somewhere that was my coach’s goal all along)

So anywho-I’m going to ACTUALLY stick with the plan of running 20 miles this week. Next week I’ll run 30. The following week, I’ll compete at my swimming championships and never be pool grimy (until July) again and run 10 again.

So yell at me because I’m going to get in my 20 miles and then call it a week.
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Today was a pancake to waffle conversion recipe. As many of you know (or don’t) you can’t put pumpkin into a waffle maker and expect a nice hard crunchy waffle. (That’s what she said?). You can’t put a smashed banana, Greek yogurt or actually many other of my pancake staples into a waffle maker. I am the first to admit, I use a lot more mixes to make waffles then pancakes.

But today I adapted my peanut flour pancake recipe to make chocolate peanut flour waffle! It is much denser then a typical waffle but I think you will enjoy the high protein (32 grams!) and high fiber (16 grams!) waffle.

½ cup peanut flour
1 egg (egg sub/whites does NOT work as well)
1 tsp baking powder
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
Between ¾ and 1 cup of liquid (milk or water, I choose milk)
Sweetener to taste

Wala. As you can see, this waffle uses the same amount of batter (if not more than normal waffles) but does not fill out the waffle maker because it’s so thick. So if you like dense breakfast foods for about 300 calories, this baby is for you.

Because waffles need greek yogurt topping

 

Lunch today was at our nicest eatery on campus, Dexter’s. One of my cross country friends, Bonna, (who I mentioned got plantar fasciitis and had to stop midseason) and I grabbed a bite to eat and caught up. I’m happy to report her foot is doing better and she is planning to run an ultra marathon in November! You go girl.

For lunch I had my normal turkey, mozzarella and assorted veggies in a pita pocket plus a fruit salad. One day I will be creative, but not today.

My first class of the day, teaching middle school, was interesting. It is exactly what I want to do…aka teach middle school math so obviously I’m going to be more interested in that. We also have to go to an actual middle school starting in early March…

My nutrition class was pretty interesting as well. I’m certainly going to learn a lot an I’ll be posting things about it on the blog (if you are interested)…I’m thinking about changing factual Friday to different facts that I’ve accumulated throughout the class. What do you think?

That also leads me to the next point. For the next couple of weeks, I will be posting (I promise) but I’m going to settle into my semester and decide what works best for me and how much extra time I have. I’m taking a 16 credit semester and obviously want to succeed in that. 16 credits but 6 classes since teaching classes are strange and unproportioned credit hours. Although, as we know I’m striving for a blogging career ha. A career of sarcastic writing seems rather suitable for me.

Question for you:
1. Would you be interested in factual Fridays featuring my nutrition class?
2. What is your favorite waffle recipe (post a link to your recipe if ya got one.).

On a side note-want to make pumpkin bread pudding?

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Day 7: This was the day I quit last month but here ya go. A picture of you working. Want to know a fun fact about my job? I’m the supervising lifeguard in a rough part of my area. We can’t open without a policeman. We were on the local news when we actual opened this summer. It pays well though and it was a never a dull moment…to say the least.

Santa Brought Me 12 Hours of Sleep

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My entire blog that I wrote crashed in the middle of the night between Christmas Eve and Christmas. Oh Boo. That is okay though because I think I fell asleep around 9 and woke up at 9 the next day. My body must have been running on empty.

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Anywho-I’m decently behind in the getting to know me days so here are days 8-10. I’m not lazy I swear!

Day 8: A photo that makes you laugh.
My cat because one day she’ll be a famous lolz cat. My cat is such a diva and I love it. I miss her so much as school and she sleeps right next to me every night. Well sometimes she decides my head is more to her liking.

I iz smilin wit meh eyes Tyra.

My cat is also Americas Next Top Model.  Basically if you live in my life you are destined to be ANTM.  (I don’t have an addiciton with that show-I swear.)

Day 9: Someone who has been with you through thick and thin.
Easy Peasy. Anna! She has been my best friend since 7th grade and believe me if you could talk to me then, you are true friend. You think I’m socially awkward now? Just think of me during awkward middle school times ha. She is such a great friend of mine and I don’t know what I would do without her.

Nom nom nom Chinese food.

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Woo now that we got all that out of the way, do you feel more enlightened on my life?

I woke up today at 9am. I had already received about 10 text messages wishing me a Holly Jolly Christmas. Some people just think they are oh so clever. I also got a few texts later asking if I was going to deck their halls. As if it was some sort of new joke. I’m not even born in the Christmas time, I’m born in July. I often wonder if I was named after the Holly tree that grew beside our old house. Ha.


For Christmas I got a Nikon D70! I’m so excited. You think I’m an obsessive picture taker before? Just wait until now. Nothing can stop me.

I also got some new jeans, boots, another starbucks coffee mug and warm socks. I collect coffee mugs so my brother normally gets me a new starbucks one every year. Did I mention Anna got me 1000 more headbands? I think my parents (or Santa) were trying to say something getting me “legging jeans” from the gap. They always make fun of me for not wearing jeans. I do love gap jeans though so I’m super excited for more.

My brother, Matt, got a bunch of new ridiculous running clothes. If you thought I liked my obnoxious running clothes, he is 10 times worse. As seen by prerunning 10 mile photo. My brother Matt, me and my dad go for a nice long run to get out of my mom’s hair while she is cooking. My other brother Steven, who is not interested in running anymore goes off to BMX bike. We went for a nice 10 mile run around the neighborhood and area. I love running with my brother and dad. It is such a nice change of pace versus lonely runs.


I made baked pineapple for the family. It was such a hit at school, I thought why not make it at home. This time I use cinnamon bread which is delicious. I never thought pineapple could go so well with everything.


Our dinner is always similar to Thanksgiving and we had turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and a mixed assortment of veggies.

 

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I have also been compiling my half marathon schedule for the next six months. So if there are any near you let me know (that is including you are okay with having to deal with me for 13.1 miles plus before and after the race. It’s totally understandable if you aren’t.)
March 6 Servna Park, MD
March 13 Rock Hill, NY
April 10 Ithaca, NY
May 1 Rochester. NY
May 15 Binghampton NY
May 22 Philadelphia Versus Williamsburg (I will have finished exams that Friday so do I want to Rush back home or stop at Philly?)

I’m most certainly doing the two bolded, but I’m deciding what else I will be doing.
I wanted so desperately to do the Shamrock Half in VA Beach but of course my spring break is the week before.
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Questions for you:
What’s your race schedule? Running? Swimming? Biking? Triathlons? Kayacking?
How was your Christmas?
Do you prefer skinny jeans or boot leg? (or bell bottoms?)
I personally love skinny jeans if I’m going to wear any sort. But not too tight. I hate tight jeans and refuse to wear them. That is also why I have a small collection of belts. You will see more of those as the summer progresses and I decide it is jeans and shorts time.