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!!

Weekly Menu, Auburn Weekend, It's Raining, It's Pouring...

Hi friends! Happy Monday! I hope for you all it’s not raining. It’s raining here. It has been raining here in Atlanta forEVA! Seriously – going on 9 days straight I think? Maybe more? Anywho…. Backtracking!

Friday I worked until noon, raced home, packed, then went to the gym for a mile running (6.3 mph), a mile walking (4 mph) and back + biceps – great workout! Then I headed home, hopped in the shower, grabbed Reuben, packed up the food and went to pick up Austin. We drove into Auburn and, I kid you not, I fell asleep in the car. I NEVER do that! Weird! We got to Teresa & Forrest’s new house – SO CUTE! Loved it – they did an awesome job picking out their paint colors, granite, etc. – everything was so nice! Reuben was excited to – to see Daisy and Cassie, their puppers! We visited, got ready, then went out to dinner with friends and then to 1716 to drink/chat! No rain – lovely! We left the bar, went home and stayed up talking until 4 a.m.ish… – eek! I had a blast, and ended up at 2,226 calories, 229 carbs, 30 fat grams and 94 protein grams. Yes, we drank all night and 673 calories were alcohol. That HURT, especially since I only burned 334 at the gym – eek! Here’s what I ate and drank.

Saturday I woke up at 11 a.m. Still tired. Oh no! But it was time to get it together, get going and get to the tailgate! We left around 1 p.m., Forrest went to work at his store and we walked to the tailgate, Reuben in tow! We had a great time seeing Andy, Mon, Andrew, Laura Anne, Ellen, Nick, Candice, Jamie and everybody – GREAT to catch up! About 30 minutes to game time it was raining. And kind of miserable. We decided not to buy tickets and to just go to the house. If the game was good, we would go to the bars. We walked back, walked into the store and then MONSOON. Oh my! We drove home, got in cozy clothes and then I knew we weren’t going to make it out again! And we didn’t! It continued raining... all night. But we still had a blasty and I got in bed by midnight – MUCH more reasonable! I ended up at 1,835 calories, 172 carbs, 66 fat grams and 100 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

Sunday I woke up at 8 a.m. and blogged a little, then went down and watched some HGTV with the crew, then we headed out to Atlanta. I packed ALL of our meals, but we left not hungry, then got hungry on the road, so I had a junior cheeseburger at Wendy’s. Guh. It hurt my tummy. Then we got home, unpacked, showered, and CHILLED. I did next to nothing and it was STILL pouring rain. Instead of dinner I had tons of snacks – not good! I ended up at 1,837 calories, 222 carbs, 69 fat grams and 86 protein grams. Here’s what I ate. I went to bed early…. Had a feeling the weather was going to be nightmarish the next day…

Today I woke up and I was right…. AWFUL weather all night, thundered and kept me up, etc. Grrrr. I got in the car at 7:10 – 20 minutes before normal. I got in at 8:10. I traveled at, on average, 5 mph. Oh my. I got in and it was still storming and everyone was late, some couldn’t even make it because of flooding – eek! I stayed busy, and during lunch I tried to work out but the gym was SO crowded because the outdoor runners were on the treadmills. Me and Stacy did chest, triceps and shoulders – and walked 2 miles. The plan was to go back after work and walk 2.5 more miles… but at 3:20ish shit hit the fan and Atlanta was closing down quickly, side streets flooding, etc. So we were all free to go. By 3:45 I was out of there… in the car for another hour and 15 minutes. Then HOME!! I got in bed, watched TV, and then me and Austin made dinner and some meals for the week – not too bad! Our power hasn’t even gone out (knock on wood!) and NO it hasn’t quit raining. Sigh. So glad we got the new roof! Anywho, I ended up at 1,686 calories, 225 carbs, 49 fat grams and 74 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

Oh – I also set up this week’s menu! It’s below – I made lots of it tonight! And here’s dinner. Yum!


Monday: Bacon/Egg/Cheese Muffin (b); Sweet & Sour Chicken (l); Tomato & Mozzarella Pizza (d)
Tuesday: Breakfast Muffin Pizza (b); Chicken & Pasta Salad new! (l); Mediterranean Calzone (d) new!
Wednesday: Bacon/Egg/Cheese Muffin (b); Curried Tuna (l) new!; Garden summer pasta (d)
Thursday: Breakfast Muffin Pizza (b); Yellow Curry Pasta (l); Chicken in Tomato Sauce with feta (d)
Friday: Potato/egg/sausage burrito (b); Quinoa with garlic chicken and veggies (l); Chicken Souvlaki (d)
Saturday: Potato/egg/sausage burrito (b); Chicken in tomato sauce with feta (l); Garden Summer Pasta (d)
Sunday: Potato/egg/sausage burrito (b); Chicken Souvlaki (l); Pasta with sundried tomato pesto (d)

A few questions:

When you travel, do you pack all of your own meals/snacks?
If not, what do you do to make sure you eat “good.”
If so, do people think you’re crazy? :)

K –I’m off to read your blogs. I promise more pictures tomorrow, as well as two new recipes!!