{Meal Prep}

I made meals for the next 4 days of work last night.

I made a large batch of chicken avocado salad (to go with a whole wheat pita).

4 Salads with the homemade ranch dressing (made with plain Greek yogurt).

4 days worth of egg muffins with chives and Canadian Bacon.

I've also got Gala apples, yogurt, oatmeal, and boiled eggs for breakfast and snacks.

Since I'm always tired after work, I'll pack a gym bag and head straight over to my work gym immediately after work.  That way I won't have any excuses.  Monday and Tuesday I should be able to hit the gym before my night shift.  If I'm up early enough those days I may even be able to go to my new boxing gym for a kickboxing or boxing class.

So, I tried out a new recipe last night for eggplant.  

Oh. My. Word.

Well, just one word... Delicious.

The recipe called to steam sliced eggplant in chicken broth, 3 minutes on each side with a lid covering it (I am a rebel and did not cover... or I just couldn't find the lid).

While that's steaming, press 2 garlic cloves and mix with 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, and a dash of salt (I used sea salt).

Once the eggplant is done steaming on each side, add it to the mix.

It was amazing and I will forever make this dish.

I also asked my mom to go ahead and make those cinnamon rolls for us.

I didn't want to be in the middle of eating well and then eff up because of a cinnamon roll craving.

Since I was already craving it last night I figured I'd just get it out of the way.

{It's been too long}

Crap it's been way too long.

Now that school is {pretty much} over I can devote some time to the blog again.

School isn't quite over for me because I still need to take one more test.

It's a test for Intro to Philosophy so I don't have to take the actual class.

Womp Womp

I should find out sometime after Jan 31 if I got accepted to the Graduate School I applied to.

I {really} hope I got accepted since it's the only school I've applied to.  o_O

For the weight loss part of my life... Well, it's really more of a weight gain.

I've gained back every.single. effin. pound I lost earlier this year.

I am working on getting back on track though.

For instance, last night I {really} wanted to make the cinnamon rolls my mom bought and are in my fridge.

I even went so far as to go into the kitchen with the intent of making them.

Mind you, this was at 10:30pm.

I opened the first cabinet looking for the pan.

I opened the 2nd cabinet looking for the pan.

I did not see the pan.

I turned around and saw the packet of ranch dressing on the counter, of which my intent was to make a homemade dressing using plain Greek yogurt.

What do I do?

I make the dressing.

I cut-up a Roma tomato.

I cut-up 1/2 a cucumber.

I drizzle that homemade dressing on top and, Voila!

It IS what I ate instead.

I've been exercising off and on but more off than on.

I'm working on that also.

I got a Polar HRM watch and strap for Christmas so hopefully that will motivate me more.

I want to SEE how many calories I am burning.

I will work on using this blog to keep track of what's working and what's not working for me.

Oh, and I did decide to go through with cutting my hair.

{Pain, Pain - Go Away}

So, about a week and a half ago I finally tried out a Boxing class.

It was an insanely intense workout.

I hated it.

I loved it.

Seriously, it made me sign up for that gym it was so awful but wonderful.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to go back yet since that first class.

I am looking forward to trying out their kickboxing class also.

Because they are a smaller gym, the class times for boxing and kickboxing are limited and with my crazy schedule, it makes it harder to attend during the 4 days I work.

A week ago I tried snowboarding for the first time also
A week of firsts!!
Snowboarding was a lot of fun and I definitely learned some things.
For one, and most importantly, stay on the bunny slopes until I get comfy and know how to "steer" and stop.
Steering and stopping are key.
Here are a few photo's from that day.

This is actually the view on the way home.

Loveland Ski Resort

My mom and myself

These ski lifts go up to the 2nd run I did (and should not have done).

If you notice, there's a Y. The right side is where the bunny slope comes out at.
The left side is where the 2nd run I did comes out at (and the harder runs as well).

I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I fell.
The 2nd run I did was the scariest to me. I'm afraid of heights so coming down the mountain scared me the most. Crazy, right?  I was lucky though and had 2 different friends stay with me on each run (the bunny and scary one). Overall, it was good times and I'll definitely go again.
I'm anxious to get it down pat so I can enjoy it fully.  :)

I had 2 really hard falls which made me thankful for the helmets.
The rest were easy falls.
I had lots of bumps and bruises though.
I didn't take a photo of the one directly below my ass cheek. haha