Auburn Weekend in Photos, Surprise Suite, New Recipe and 4 Miles

Saturday ended up being a blasty!! We hung out at the house, had my enchiladas (aka For the Love of Cooking’s enchiladas), then Teresa, me, Austin, Zach and his new girlfriend Lauren headed to tailgate! It rained. Of course. So I bought a pancho (no; it wasn’t supposed to rain). Then it stopped but it was COLD, way colder than it was supposed to be! I did get a fun phone call – my friend since elementary school called to see if me and Austin wanted two extra tickets to her family’s private suite. Yes, no bad weather, free alchol/food/privacy/bathroom/view/ticket – AWESOME! And I would get to catch up with her – woo hoo! Before meeting them we tailgated and had fun visiting with everyone and getting dangerously close to the portable heaters. Then Erin and Christine (friend since middle school) grabbed me and Austin and we headed to the suite! It was awesome! What a perfect game to get hooked up – the place was insane (I’d never been in a box before). I couldn’t get over the view, the stadium seating, being able to watch instant replays of the game in front of you via a mounted flat screen and the HUGE bathroom. And of course the full bar and catering. Love it, ladies! So we had a blasty, got drunky, then went to the bar…. Then right as I paid cover everyone was ready to go, so we headed to Teresa’s and hung out, drank, played trivial pursuit. Good times! Here's some pics:

Gotta love a pancho pic...

Me and Austin courtesy of Lindsey!

Driving in to the city! (we left late at night!)

Austin in Erin's parents' suite

Me and Austin in the suite (taken by the zap guy hence why it says PROOF on it) hehe

Me, Jennifer and Lindsey at 1716

Me and Lindz! (missing our buddy Megan... whom we found out today is pregnant - woo!)

Austin and some of his boys!

Me, T and Lindz!

My calories are all over the map – I mean really, I have no idea if this is accurate so here we go…2,390 calories, 151 carbs, 69 fat grams and 85 protein grams – not as bad as I thought! Then again, dinner is all estimates! Here’s what I ate and drank.

Sunday I slept in and woke up feeling pretty good! We got up, visited, got packed, had lunch (my manicotti!) then headed back to Atlanta. We got in town and I was exhausted! But we did laundry, unpacked then settled in for TV/movie day with Reuben!! I also cooked a few meals for the week: English muffin breakfast pizzas, bacon/egg/cheese packs for muffins, Easy Thai Curry, Southwestern Chicken and white bean soup and a new recipe – Slow Cooker Sweet & Spicy Tacos from Real Mom Kitchen! Here’s the recipe for FOUR servings:

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts

5 tbsp light brown sugar

1 14-ounce can petite diced tomatoes, undrained

½ tsp red pepper flakes

8 6” corn tortillas

Coat crock pot with no stick cooking spray, and add all ingredients but tortillas. Cook on high for 4 hours. Shred Chicken with a fork. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Chicken will absorb liquid after it is shredded. Serve in tacos. Nutritional information for ¼ of recipe including two tortillas: 339 calories, 49 carbs, 1 fat gram and 30 protein grams.

I just had these for dinner tonight and we LOVED these! Definitely making them again – maybe with more chicken? I don’t know – just to make it a bit more filling. Either way – SO good!! I found a ton of recipes on her site and can’t wait to try them – VERY excited to find a new recipe site of course.

Anywho, back to Sunday, I cooked until late, got ready for work and ended up at 1,541 calories, 183 carbs, 57 fat grams and 73 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

As far as today, I got up, got ready and worked A LOT. Then I walked 4 miles during lunch and worked more – blah! The hair did good during the work out – you never know how it’s going to do with a pony you know? I planned to work out but felt really overwhelmed and behind at work, so I headed straight home to relax and work more. Goo. I also cooked two more recipes: Cheesy Stuffed Shells and Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup! I’ll post the recipes once I taste them – hopefully I’ll like them!! I’m now in bed watching TV, definitely done eating for the day ending up at 1,452 calories, 160 carbs, 41 fat grams and 102 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

K -off to watch Gossip Girl with Reuben and read blogs - woo! Happy Monday!!