That’s what sleepless nights are made of.  It wasn’t really a sleepless night, but considering we didn’t get to bed until nearly midnight (all you college kids, laugh away. You’ll get old one day, too :P), morning came early! Hubbs didn’t get home until 11:30 last night, so of course I waited up.  I read almost all of  ‘The Help’ and also ate 3 olives that aren’t pictured on yesterday’s food blog.  Once I fell asleep around 12:15am or so, I was out cold.  So when the little nugget started her whining around 5:30am, I was in no mood to deal with it.  But then the summer sun was shining in and not helping the situation.  I spent the next 2 hours tossing and turning, until I finally got up around 7:00ish and kicked ::ahem:: fed the dog. (I’d never actually hurt my sweet pup!)

Then came my breakfast.  I decided to try out eggs again.  I split 2 whole eggs and 3 egg whites with Hubbs.  Wrapped mine up in a wheat tortilla with spinach and low fat mozzarella.

It tasted fine, but I am so confused how only a month or two back I ate eggs everyday. I loved them! Now they just don’t settle right with my stomach.  Huh?? What happened?

I’m also happy to report that I can walk today.  Although I can feel a little bit of Jillian in my upper back and arms, nothing is painful and my legs are fine.  On second thought, I’m not sure I’m happy about that.  I kind of like that pain that is associated with ‘I DID Something’.  Maybe I’ll move on to level 2 today? We’ll see…

Obviously eggs aren’t doing it for me anymore… What’s your favorite summertime breakfast?

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I agree with Christina and Alycia‘s comments… I’m going to stick of fresh fruit based breakfasts for a little while 🙂

Before I get back to food, I must first issue a formal apology to Jillian.  I’m sorry Jillian. I said I was only slightly able to feel your workout from yesterday… I lied.  When I came back today to do my second day of workout #1,  my legs were shaking and my arms… weak.  Thank you for kicking my booty back into strength training! Shaking muscles means that my muscles were fatigued- yay!  I think I’m going to like the video for a quick strength training session, but although it has cardio built in, I probably need more than it gives me.

After working out with J, I showered and realized I was running late- eeks!  So I grabbed a snack for the road…

and

Arriving home a few hours later, I was snacky again.  I started off with some <3 Chobani…

Then, remembering that I bought some kale at the Teeter, I decided to finally try out KERF’s Kale Chips.

Kale, drizzled with about 1/2 tbsp of olive oil, 1 tbsp of grated Parmesan cheese, and sprinkled with salt.  Before the oven:

After sitting in the oven at 375 degrees for about 17 minutes:

I can hear some of my friends now “eww-ing” at these and thinking I’ve lost my mind, but I’m all up for trying new things!  At first taste, I was psyched!  Crispy and salty (two of my favorite tastes!)… but then came a little bit of a bitter aftertaste.  eh.  I still ended up eating almost all of them, and I do think they are pretty good!  However, 5-8 kale chips would suit me well… no need to eat a whole plate.  Have you tried kale chips? Would you try kale chips? What was your impression?

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What happens when you don’t eat a proper lunch?  You spend the day snackinggggggg nonstop.

Laughing Cow wedges, with carrots, celery and Kashi crackers.  These are the same Kashi crackers I had the other day and said were good… but somehow today they tasted pretty bad! They didn’t taste like they went stale, more like salty and crumbly? Weird… but I ate 2, then traded the other 2 out for a handful of Wheat Thins. I also drank a whole bottle of

and finished off my snacking with

I’m making myself stop snacking so I’ll be hungry for dinner.  It’s going to be a yummy one I think! I’m looking forward to some fun in the kitchen 😀

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For dinner I was excited to attempt to make my own salsa! I am trying to learn more recipes and be more adventurous in the kitchen.  I’m learning that this doesn’t come naturally to me.  I am a bit more of a recipe-follower… but I’m trying! I figured salsa would be hard to mess up, so I went ahead and chopped things up…

recipe-less.

Two colors of tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno, onion, fresh cilantro, lemon juice.  Everything went into the food processor.  Confession:  I’ve never used a food processor.  Unless you count my mom letting me help put stuff in it growing up.  I had no idea what I was doing.  I envisioned a nice, chopped up blend of ingredients, but it turned out as more of a summery puree.

Hubbs’ reaction? “Why did you make baby food?”  Arghhhhh.  Despite the ‘baby food’ appearance, it tastes pretty yummy- very fresh!! So I consider it a success 😀

Hubbs’ punishment?  Holding my plate in good light so I could get a picture of the whole meal.

haha 😉

Mexican night!  Iceburg lettuce (yes, I know… no nutritional value, but I like the crunch!), black beans, green peppers, onions, shrimp, avocado, fat free sour cream, and some of my special salsa!  Lots of flavor- delish!

I also munched on 2 handfuls of Tostitos scoops while “sampling” the salsa.  I forgot to take pictures, but figured I ought to fess up.

Are you a recipe follower? Or are you cook by taste? Any tips?