Whew. This week has been nuts! We’re taking a little “adult” stay-cation this weekend, which means leaving my son, overnight, with my parents, for the FIRST TIME. I mean, hubby has been away from him overnight before, but I haven’t. Ever. Not in his entire 17 months of life. I ultimately know he’ll be just fine and probably have a blast with grandma and grandpa, but I’m so nervous and anxious! It just feels so strange to think he won’t be sleeping just a room away…
Anyway, between prepping for that, Mother’s Day, creating my own new service offerings, and new contract work that I’ve been approached to do, it’s been busy, busy, busy! And the weather! Ew! It’s so dreary! But, you’re not here to hear about my weather. So, let’s talk my week, food and nutrition!
This week’s dinners:
Saturday – Mother-in-law came to visit and brought lasagna, which we had with a big salad and some garlic bread.
Sunday – leftovers
Monday – quinoa mixed with curry-spiced peas, carrots, and onion, topped with muscles in a light green curry sauce.
Tuesday – cauliflower crust pepperoni pizza; the sauce I made for this was AWESOME; texture of the crust, not so much. Will keep working on it and see if I can’t come up with a winner. We ultimately enjoyed the taste, and N loved it.
Wednesday – grass-fed burgers with oven fries; I did my burger with lettuce instead of a regular bun, tomato, some mustard and a touch of mayo, and a heaping glob of kimchi. Yum!
Thursday – chicken liver pate (recipe coming next week!) with whole grain crackers, gouda goat cheese, pickled cauliflower
Friday – OUT! Start of our first “stay-cation” day! We’re going to be exploring our city and enjoying some fantastic food! I’ll try to post some pics.
Breakfasts and lunches are similar to last week; mostly yogurt bowls piled with fruit, hemp seeds, ground flax, occasionally an egg and fresh juice. Lunches have been a mix. On the days I get some work done out of the house (like today!), I often just pick up something at Whole Foods where I am working. Tuesday I had a huge salad. Today…not sure yet! Otherwise, I’ve had a couple half BLT’s hubby made, piled with avocado, lettuce, tomato, and a touch of bacon. For the first part of my pregnancy (i.e. the last 20+ weeks), I’ve had very little appetite or interest in sweets, which is super super weird for me. My appetite is still hit or miss, but my sweet tooth has returned! So, I’m often having a handful of bittersweet chocolate chips on a given day, or, last night, I tried out a microwave, single-serving berry “cobbler”. It was surprisingly good. Forgot to take a picture, but I think I’ll be making it again…soon!
Workouts… this week, I started out on Sunday with a crazy, 1,000 squat workout. It was 10 different squat-esque exercises, varying reps for each. One full round of the 10 exercises = 250 reps of squats…so I took the challenge and did the full FOUR rounds for 1,000 total squats. OUCH! My legs were definitely feeling it Monday and Tuesday! I did a low-impact HIIT workout Monday, a shorter HIIT + strength workout Tuesday, rest day Wednesday, which I spent some time doing some spinning babies exercises (designed to help get baby in the optimal position for labor and delivery), and today, (Thursday), I did a cardio-focused “HIIT” workout. It felt good to focus a little more on cardio for a change! (Christine Salus, youtube.com, 30 minutes –0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0FWAZ63bY&index=6&list=PLDZyLIuGoSHy_kRxHDvDJtvLqwduaOLas)
Did some editing work with a client (yep, I do personal statement and resume editing, too! Specifically, for dietetic students trying to apply to internships, but I’ve worked with a lot of other clients too!), and now I’m about to get down to business on my consulting project! How was your week? Can’t wait to share pics from the weekend! Follow me at aub_the_RD so you don’t miss any of the fun (food!)!
This week’s dinners:
Saturday – Mother-in-law came to visit and brought lasagna, which we had with a big salad and some garlic bread.
Sunday – leftovers
Monday – quinoa mixed with curry-spiced peas, carrots, and onion, topped with muscles in a light green curry sauce.
Tuesday – cauliflower crust pepperoni pizza; the sauce I made for this was AWESOME; texture of the crust, not so much. Will keep working on it and see if I can’t come up with a winner. We ultimately enjoyed the taste, and N loved it.
Wednesday – grass-fed burgers with oven fries; I did my burger with lettuce instead of a regular bun, tomato, some mustard and a touch of mayo, and a heaping glob of kimchi. Yum!
Thursday – chicken liver pate (recipe coming next week!) with whole grain crackers, gouda goat cheese, pickled cauliflower
Friday – OUT! Start of our first “stay-cation” day! We’re going to be exploring our city and enjoying some fantastic food! I’ll try to post some pics.
Breakfasts and lunches are similar to last week; mostly yogurt bowls piled with fruit, hemp seeds, ground flax, occasionally an egg and fresh juice. Lunches have been a mix. On the days I get some work done out of the house (like today!), I often just pick up something at Whole Foods where I am working. Tuesday I had a huge salad. Today…not sure yet! Otherwise, I’ve had a couple half BLT’s hubby made, piled with avocado, lettuce, tomato, and a touch of bacon. For the first part of my pregnancy (i.e. the last 20+ weeks), I’ve had very little appetite or interest in sweets, which is super super weird for me. My appetite is still hit or miss, but my sweet tooth has returned! So, I’m often having a handful of bittersweet chocolate chips on a given day, or, last night, I tried out a microwave, single-serving berry “cobbler”. It was surprisingly good. Forgot to take a picture, but I think I’ll be making it again…soon!
Workouts… this week, I started out on Sunday with a crazy, 1,000 squat workout. It was 10 different squat-esque exercises, varying reps for each. One full round of the 10 exercises = 250 reps of squats…so I took the challenge and did the full FOUR rounds for 1,000 total squats. OUCH! My legs were definitely feeling it Monday and Tuesday! I did a low-impact HIIT workout Monday, a shorter HIIT + strength workout Tuesday, rest day Wednesday, which I spent some time doing some spinning babies exercises (designed to help get baby in the optimal position for labor and delivery), and today, (Thursday), I did a cardio-focused “HIIT” workout. It felt good to focus a little more on cardio for a change! (Christine Salus, youtube.com, 30 minutes –0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0FWAZ63bY&index=6&list=PLDZyLIuGoSHy_kRxHDvDJtvLqwduaOLas)
Did some editing work with a client (yep, I do personal statement and resume editing, too! Specifically, for dietetic students trying to apply to internships, but I’ve worked with a lot of other clients too!), and now I’m about to get down to business on my consulting project! How was your week? Can’t wait to share pics from the weekend! Follow me at aub_the_RD so you don’t miss any of the fun (food!)!