white beans

I did a little something different for breakfast and had some kashi go lean with 1/2 scoop of chocolate protein powder, and USAM.

I took this photo and then Isaac left for work – he needed his camera today so the second part of my breakfast (a banana with PB & Co Cinnamon Swirl PB) and my lunch (creamy tomato soup, salad, and edamamae) are photoless. I’m still on the search for a good camera. I can’t decide on one yet, but I’ve asked several bloggers and it seems the Canon SD880 IS on the top of my list at this point.

My house is now Pom Wonderful….. Isaac absolutely loves this stuff. We even have a few of the Pom Tea glasses as proof. I made a mocktail of sparkling water and pom to go with dinner.

I went to work out directly after work today. I guess no one else likes to work out on Friday evenings because the gym wasn’t busy at, which was quite lovely.

I came home and made din for Isaac and I. I tried a new recipe that I had found in Real Simple: Lemony Shrimp with White Beans and Cous Cous

I changed the recipe a tad by using 1/2 the amount of butter and using whole wheat cous cous. It turned out well and tasted good, however I probably won’t be making it again. I don’t know why but I’m drawn to making citrusy dishes, then kind of regret it once I do. The lemon flavor wasn’t too over powering, but the dish was lacking in flavor. Isaac and I added some parmesean cheese to the top and that helped a lot.

We’ve been playing wii, and then a friend is coming over to go to Very Berry, the fro yo shop! I love that place. I’ll post a pict of my creation tomorrow! I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead… any big plans?

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I would like to tell you that the reason I had another bad day at the office was because I went in to work today and that my laptop didn’t work because of the coffee spillage. Unfortunately, it was a very bad, terrible, no good day because I got laid off work and was asked to leave this morning at 11:30AM. Obviously this was really upsetting and I did a lot of crying and my eyes are all swollen now… which is just lovely. But I also think that everything happens for a reason, I was able to learn a lot at the job, got great marketing experience, and I didn’t want to stay in commercial real estate forever so nows my chance to do something new and different. I just need to find that new and different thing soon. I would ultimately like to find a job that combines my love for health/nutrition and marketing. (dream job- account manager for a kashi product, marketing or advertising for whole foods or trader joe) I always search online for things of that nature but I haven’t found that perfect job yet.

Needless to say I have had a trying day, which made my eating out of whack. Nothing too bad, but I ate like 20 peanut M&M’s and quite a large mass of granola plank- it was the blueberry one and it was kind of addicting.

But last night I went running and I had a salad for dinner. It was filled with lots of fruits and veggies… a kind of crazy salad but it tasted great!