Yesterday started out rough. Left my badge at home. Left my two rubberbands/hair ties at home. Got in horrible traffic making me 30 minutes late for an 8:30 a.m. 30-minute meeting so yes, I totally missed it. It was ROUGH. I talked to Austin though and he was supportive and pretty much was like you'll make it work, it will get better. And it did. Jackie took over the meeting. I found a rubberband in my gym bag and the gym had a new bag to share.
Peeps at my lunch gym let me in the gym (recognized me) and Stacy let me borrow her badge so I could park my car at my after-work gym. BLISS. It all worked out. And I got LOTS of work done on top of it! My lunchtime workout consisted of 4 miles of cardio at 4 mph (0-2 incline) while reading The Dead-Tossed Waves. Love it. After work, I hit a running milestone - I walked for 2 minutes at 4.0 mph, then ran for a straight 35 minutes at 6.3 mph - the longest I've ever run without stopping in my entire life - WOO! After this, I walked for another 2.55 minutes to take me to 4 miles in 39.55 minutes.
After my run I called Austin (yay!) and mom (yay!) then headed home to get to cooking! The cooking marathon did NOT occur on Sunday... or Monday... so it was time! I made the following:
- 4 servings of chicken pesto pasta with mushrooms
- 4 servings of beef in tomato sauce with feta
- 4 servings of beef taco bake with refried black beans
- 4 servings of Greek Feta Chicken
- 4 servings of Indian Curry Chicken - with a new product Patak's Rogan Josh Curry
Review: We just added 1 cup of chicken and simmered for 15 minutes, then poured over 3 cups rice, divided in 4 servings. YUM. This was a great sauce, very flavorful and Austin loved it since it was more 'saucy.' It's not a thick sauce, but it is enough to go around and definitely makes your rice 'soupy.' We'll definitely be having this again, and thanks, Kroger, for having $1 coupons the day we bought this making the whole bottle $2 making the whole recipe about $3.50 for 4 servings - less than $1 a serving and it was FILLING!
After the cooking marathon it was just shower time and relaxing family time - YAY!! I ended up at 1,565 calories, 212 carbs, 42 fat grams and 78 protein grams. Here's what I ate.
Q: Who do you call first when something exciting happens? I'm always all over Austin, my mom and my sis!!
Q: What's your favorite "easy and cheap" meal? I'm loving these Indian jarred meals (simmer sauces). I know they're not the best because of preservatives/higher in carbs/sodium but I figure once a week won't hurt me!
