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Pinning from the Bottom

I have a bit of a Pinterest problem.  All I seem to do is pin and the majority of my pins are recipes.  While I do make the recipes, about two a week, as I keep pinning, the recipes keep getting pushed down into no man Pinterest land.  You know, where it takes a minute for the site to fetch the pins.  So, I thought that instead of making things that I’d recently pinned, I’d go to the bottom of my page and make things that I pinned a year or more ago.

Fried quinoa

Tonight’s dinner was one of those pins.  This was Fried Quinoa and it was absolutely delicious.  I followed the recipe as directed, only I used just two eggs instead of four.  Yum.  I would definitely make this again.  Tasted like Chinese food and was super easy to make.

I also made a dish that I took to work for lunch today.

Tuna bean salad

This was tuna and bean salad, or rather a variation on it.  And by variation, I mean, I skipped the oil, onion and cucumber.  It was good nonetheless, but I am always a big fan of canned tuna.  It’s risky taking it to work when you work in cube-ville, but no one complained about the smell.  I personally sort of think tuna smells good, but I know that’s kind of weird.  Also, I apparently forgot how to focus my camera.

So I also made another Pinterest recipe but I didn’t like it so you don’t get to hear about that one.

Are you on Pinterest?

Fitness Survey

I’ve seen this little survey going around and I thought, hey, I have nothing really interesting to write about tonight, why don’t I take it?  So here it is:

1.  Run/Workout in the heat and humidity or the freezing cold and snow?

Well, Atlanta is known for heat, hills and humidity…

Heat hills humidity

so you’d think I’d be used to it by now, but I hate it.  I’d much rather workout in the cold, though we don’t get as cold here, so maybe that has something to do with it.  Although, Atlanta does get cold in the winter.  Our temps are probably in the 30s or 40s in January.  The thing about the cold weather is that you can always put on more layers, but when it’s hot, well you can’t really do anything more except take off your shirt and I am not going to take off my shirt!  Plus you get warmer when you run anyway.

Cold charlotte

That’s me and my friend Sean at a half-marathon in Charlotte. It was cold.

2.  Have washboard abs or flat abs?

Honestly, I’ve never had either and I don’t really think I ever will.  That said, I think flat would be more achievable.

3.  Dr. Oz or the Doctors?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen either.  I have to be at that place called work when they’re on.  I think.

4.  Cardio or Strength?

Cardio, specifically running.

Lee charlotte

5.  Cravings: protein or carbs?

Carbs, although I do like protein too.

Pizza

6.  Jillian Michaels or Bob Harper?

I think the Biggest Loser is incredibly boring so I don’t know much about either as far as that show is concerned.  However, I’ve read one of Jillian Michaels’ book, Mastering Your Metabolism, and I liked it, so I’ll go with her.

7.  Frozen yogurt or ice cream?

Frozen yogurt.  I also like low-fat ice cream treats like Skinny Cows and I don’t care that they’re highly processed.  Everyone has their vices.  Full-fat ice cream tastes too rich to me.

Yoforia

8.  To train: Upper Body or Lower Body?

Upper, although I have a somewhat difficult time putting on muscle.

Lee muscle

9.  Protein powder or in food?

Food for sure.  I will sometimes put protein powder in a smoothie, but I very rarely make protein shakes and that sort of thing.

10.  Lunges or squats?

They are both equally terrible, but I think lunges are worse.  So squats.

11.  Sweet or salty?

See question 7.

12.  Workout attire: cute or comfy?

I wear a bunch of old race t-shirts when I workout, so definitely comfy.

Workout attire

 

13.  Body Pump or Heavy Lifting?

My gym doesn’t offer Body Pump so I don’t know for sure but I’m guessing this question is asking if you prefer light weights with lots of reps or heavy weights with lower reps?  Honestly, ever since I hurt my back in May, I’ve been lifting a bit lighter.

14.  Yoga or Pilates?

I don’t do either regularly, but I like them both.

15.  Nike or Adidas?

I haven’t run in a pair of either in years (I usually wear New Balance and Brooks) but as far as workout gear, I have both.

16. Running on the treadmill or outdoors?

Outdoors, but I don’t hate the treadmill as much as some people do.  I ran nine miles on one once!

17.  Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s?

Don’t make me choose!

Trader joes

Whole foods

Is it sad that I have pictures of both stores on my phone?  Don’t answer that.

18.  Summer or Winter Olympics?

I like both.

19.  Wine or beer?

Wine.  Preferably sauvignon blanc.

20.  Steamed or Roasted Veggies?

Definitely roasted.

Okay, that took way longer than writing a regular post!

Superfood Ravioli from Costco

If my last post implied that I only bought three things at Costco, well that was a lie.  Those are just three of the typical things that I always want.  The thing with Costco shopping for a family of two is that it’s always a bit of a gamble.  They have good deals on things like apples and spinach, but will we eat them on time?  They have some interesting looking products but they’re big, so if you don’t like them, you’re throwing away a lot of money.  We took a gamble, however, on these Superfood Ravioli.  Kale ravioli?  Sign me up!

Superfood ravioli

I don’t eat a ton of pasta.  I like it but it’s so easy to overeat.  So when I made myself a bowl of ravioli, I made sure to measure it out.  Each one cup serving had 220 calories so I measured out a portion of 1.5 servings.  I knew that it would still feel like a very small amount so I looked through the fridge for something to bulk it up with.  A zucchini that was going to be past it’s prime in a week?  Perfect.

Ravioli

It worked!  I sauteed the zucchini slices in 1 tsp of olive oil until they looked done and then mixed it all with some pasta sauce and some feta cheese (a huge tub from Costco).

Any good Costco finds lately?

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