ugh – life happened yesterday and caused for a very stressful afternoon and evening. One of them days when I’d rather just skip over all the drama and talk about how it effected me.
First things first, I did not get a workout in. And I’m actually pretty frustrated about it. I got called home about lunchtime, and 3 minutes before I had planned on going to my work gym to change & go running. At home, I took care of what I needed to but didn’t get back to work until 3pm which left only 2 hours to get 17 hours worth of work done {yes, I’m over-exaggerating in my work.} Within an hour of being back at work, my head began to pound {right behind my eyes} and shortly thereafter, the headache turned into one of them can’t.keep.my.eyes.open kind of pain.
I left at 5pm and swung by a store to get some Excedrin. When I got home, I took care of some more stress causing crap. And then, I remembered something in the cupboard… something I’ve had for about 12.5 MONTHS.
"Open Only in Case of Emergency"
Oh yes. Please understand, this surely was an emergency. If your new to my blog, my mom looovved her some oreos. She would eat them in bed. She would hide them from my dad, not because she didn’t think he needed them but because she wanted them alllll to herself. READ THIS STORY ABOUT MY MOM & HER OREOS – HILARIOUS! HA, I laugh when I think about her and her oreos – God only knows how much I truly miss her. Anyway, shortly after my mom passed away, I got a care package in the mail from a friend with the oreos enclosed. I vowed to only eat the oreos in case of true emergency — there have been about 3 times since then when I’ve pulled the oreos out and pondered whether or not I was experiencing an emergency. Each time, I convinced myself it was not an emergency and did not open the oreos.
I officially made it 12.5 months without needing them. After all the crap-ola happening over the past 12.5 months, yesterday was enough — I opened the oreos. And guess what?
OREOS CURED A MIGRANE!
{uh, well…it could have been the Excedrin but I like the oreo idea much better!}
I didn’t eat them all, no worries. I ate about 4 and then put them away. After dinner {see below}, I ate about 3 more so yeah yeah, 7 oreos – whatev. Hellish day = it was an emergency.
The good news is that I didn’t inhale ALL the oreos. And, it wasn’t a fight with myself to not eat them all. It just felt normal to eat a couple (or 7) and then put the rest away. BWL (before weight loss), I would have either eaten them all right away or probably had an internal fight with myself not to. I’m proud of myself, that I didn’t feel the need to eat all the oreos.
P.S. Oreos taste just as wonderfully delish 12.5 months later as they do when first purchased.
Amazing Dinner
After my headache went away, I made dinner. When I first met Carlos, I was very conservative in the kitchen. As in, scared to make anything that didn’t come with instructions that said “Cook in microwave for 2-16 minutes, let cool and enjoy!” Over the past two years, and after many of encouraging conversations from Carlos, I’ve grown in my cooking skills. {Although don’t be too impressed, I still have a way to go.} Last night, I started with some sausage I bought from Trader Joe’s on Sunday.
Trader Joe's Spinach, Fontina & Roasted Garlic Chicken Sausage = Yummy in my Tummy.
In a pan, I drizzeled some EVOO and added some diced red onion. After about 3-4 minutes, I added some sausage and about a 1/2 cup water.
Almost to their full potential!
I cooked it until the water evaporated and then added another 1.5 cups of water. I added a small can of mushrooms and a can of cream of mushroom soup. I added about 10 cherry tomatoes from our garden (which can easily be omitted if you have none.) I cooked on medium for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Are you drooling?
After about 20 minutes, I increased the heat slightly to bring to a low boil…just enough to let some of the excess liquid burn off and so the sauce could thicken up a little. I served over noodles. {This was almost like a chicken sausage version of beef stroganoff.}
Wait for it...
As an after thought, I realized I wished it had a little more kick to it so I pulled out, what else, some Franks Hot Sauce.
A couple splashes of Franks Hot Sauce and sprinkles of feta cheese.
So good, it deserves me posting the picture twice!
My verdict: Wow…did I make this? This is yum!
Carlos Verdict: This is outstanding, Jennifer. You will definitely need to add this into a regular rotation! …. I’m really impressed, Jennifer. This is really good!
It may not be the loowessstt calorie option but it isn’t horribly crazy. And, I gotta tell you, I STILL weigh 149lbs – while I am pretty sure I need to be aware of the foods I eat, I am feeling more confident than ever that I am okay with my eating and this whole idea of trusting myself.
Thursday goal:
I am working a 1/2 day at work today and then will work 1/2 day from home. That said, my goal is to go for a 2 mile run at some point today as well as get about 30 minutes of weight lifting into my day. It is recommended to taper running the week immediately prior to a race so I’ll keep my miles limited and instead concentrate on working out some upper body muscles.
I’m pretty emotionally drained from the drama yesterday so today, besides getting my 2 miles in, my goal is to take an hour out of my schedule tonight and just relax. Thanks for always supporting me and giving me my space to deal with things in a public way without feeling bad for not sharing all the dumb details. Drama is drama and sometimes, it just isn’t worth repeating.
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