2-in-1

i missed thursday's post, so today will be a two-in-one post...

yesterday flew by! it was really just another day at the office... with the addition of a quarterly company award ceremony and happy hour... recipe for disaster? actually, i didn't do half bad. 

my team worked at our downtown office since that's where the festivities were being held. i ate out for both lunch and dinner, but made pretty good choices for both.

breakfast was the norm. quick oats with a scoop of cake batter protein powder and a handful of chopped almonds. it was simply delish!

made a cafe run before heading downtown (i forgot to mention i started out at our main office and took the shuttle to our downtown office), and grabbed an ice coffee with one Splenda.

mid-morning snack. i love having a protein bar stashed away for days when i need a little boost in between meals.

went out to lunch with my team since we were all downtown for a change. i opted for the grilled veggie sandwich on multigrain. it was overflowing with warm, fresh-off-the-grill veggies and fresh, chilled veggies. not bad for a non-prep lunch.

curved my afternoon sweet tooth with these fruity little treats. i prefer fruit, but these do in it's absence.

and for dinner a group of us went to this little pizza joint after the happy hour. first restaurant i've ever know to have vegan cheese! needless to say i ordered the vegan cheese pizza and had 2 perfectly sauced and cheesed slices. 

confession: i also had 1.5 vodka clubs with a lime. (the second was picked up by the cocktail waitress half full lol i guess she was doing me a favor really). 

i could focus on the fact that i ate out twice on an unplanned cheat meal day, but the fact is i'm human and sometimes it's fun to mix up the normal routine. i really am a foodie at heart and love trying out new eats. plus, i must say that i made pretty darn good choices despite having eaten out. :)

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it's friday, friday... 

honestly, it was a pretty average day. went into the office for a bit. made my weekly Target run and grabbed a few things for my upcoming work trip. oh, and got a flat tire on the way to pick up aquarium meds (sick fish and a flat tire? ughh). thank goodness my guy was there to save the day. :)

also, killed it this afternoon with a 54 min cardio sesh on the elliptical. i'd intended on 30 mins, but the gym was empty, giving me control of the TV clicker. CSI was on, and lets just say i got a little into the episode that was playing lol.

today's gym look. my Color Me Rad run shirt, super light running shorts (a la Target), and my wildly bright ASICS. 

today's meals: 

breakfast: quick oats with a scoop of cake batter protein powder and a handful of walnuts. 

mid-morning cafe run: iced coffee with 1 Splenda.

lunch: a banana and a rice cake topped with vanilla almond butter. don't know why, but i wasn't in the mood for a full meal. 

dinner: butternut squash soup, cracked pepper wheat thins, 5 slices of tofurkey lunch meat, and a wedge of laughing cow herb spread. 

and now it's late and time for bed. 

goodnight world.