mini clif bars

Out of all the volunteer options during a half-marathon I picked the food tent because I wouldn’t need to get there before the race and I wouldn’t have to stay long after the race. It was a good pick for several reasons, but being paid in food was one of the biggest perks. Of course I also enjoyed being able to congratulate all the runners… they were very appreciative of the food volunteers. So back to the details of the biggest perk: While volunteering from 7 AM – 11 AM the women in charge kept taking nibbles of the food and offering me nibbles and then when I was leaving they insisted that I take food home. I left out of there with a box full of Panera bagels, grapes, pretzels, bananas, and mini Clif-bars. I was most excited about these:

I think these are the perfect size Clif-bars. I haven’t had the Cool Mint Cholcolate yet so I will let you all know what I think of it once I do. I froze some of the bagels and I’m going to save the bananas until they get nice and brown for some banana bread!

For breakfast this morning I had banana oats within and flax and Udi’s vanilla almond granola on top. I did something different with my oats and had a spoonful of PB on the side. I know this isn’t that different because a lot of other bloggers do it, but new to me. And my thoughts… it was a great addition. It was sweet so I didn’t need any sf maple syrup or brown sugar and I didn’t get hungry for a snack all morning. BUT I need to try it one day when I am home all morning though because I went out to the gym and to the Verizon store and didn’t get home until lunch time. Usually I don’t get as hungry when I am busy, whereas when I am sitting at home I go for a snack… most likely a boredom eating thing. Anyone else have this problemo? Any solutions?

For lunch I had baked tortilla chips with peach salsa from Trader Joe’s. Which was quite smoky and spicy, just as the label touts. I had an Amy’s california veggie burger on an Ezekiel english muffin half with tomato, ketchup, feta cheese, and onion. And a few grapes from my volunteer experience. I’m stuffed- off to take a nap and wait for Isaac to get home from a frisbee tournament.