After Saturday’s nightcap, Kyle and I found ourselves sucked into an A&E marathon. Has anyone else ever seen The First 48? Because we had finished our Netflix-ed Dexter DVDs the previous night (and didn’t want to pay $11.99 for the Hyatt’s On-Demand films) our TV options were limited. Turns out The First 48 is a really good show…so good in fact, that we’ve now seen the entire first season. 😉 Anyway, Sunday started the same as Saturday (plus football). Coffee, pool lounging, gym time, and eventually lunch. We couldn’t help ourselves…and so we headed back… Read more >
Elise
December 13, 2010
"egg" salad, Alvarado Street bread, chickpeas, chocolate, edamame, hummus, pitas, quinoa, seitan, tofu salad
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Here’s the line-up (the photo shows the eats in chronological order of consumption). And here’s the hourly breakdown… 7:30 pm – I pack the above eats for work. 8:30 pm – In an attempt to get back on track, I tuck into the covers extra early. 4:14 am – My alarm goes off and Kyle lovingly nudges shoves me out of my slumber to shut off the beeping. 4:30 am – Jillian Michaels makes me regret seeing the sunrise with weights and cardio. 5:00 am – Shower time. 5:15 am – I sip on coffee… Read more >
Elise
December 9, 2010
almonds, Alvarado Street bread, bragg's, chocolate, clif bar, coconut, granola, lentil soup, nuts, oatmeal, pumpkin, quinoa, raw, seitan, Starbucks, tea
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Starting the day with stove-top oats is becoming a nice ritual on non-work days. On Saturday, I woke up at 7:30 without an alarm (not ideal), but embraced it and jump kicked the weekend with some coffee…and blogging. Evidently, I took zero photos of my beautiful cup of joe. And yet, somehow I wound up with 800 pictures from my pumpkin oat cooking session. The recipe isn’t rocket science, and yet, I feel like it’s so pretty that I’m committing a crime in not taking pictures. Don’t worry, I deleted half of them, so now… Read more >
Elise
December 5, 2010
almonds, Alvarado Street bread, bragg's, brussels sprouts, chocolate, coconut, egg scramble, oatmeal, peanut butter, pumpkin, quinoa, seitan
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Oh my!? It’s been a sweet sweet weekend so far in Hippie-land. I’ll spare my male readers from any gory PMS details, but I think it’s pretty clear that my body’s chocolate cravings are well founded [as if you ever need an excuse to stuff your face with sweets!?]. My vampire schedule came to an end this week, and luckily enough, I slept like a baby through Thursday night. It felt awesome. And when I say that I slept like a baby, what I mean is I slept like a comatose patient, because my blackberry… Read more >
Elise
December 4, 2010
almonds, bragg's, chocolate, coconut, dried mixed fruit, edamame, kale, Kombucha, nuts, oatmeal, peanut butter, seitan
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My second night shift would have been fine had I slept longer than 2 hours before starting it. At least it was a learning experience…I now have a better idea of how to approach a schedule change. I had coffee before starting the shift, and was doing fine until 1 am rolled around. Since my patients were stable and I was starting to do that eye-droop-head-nod thing, I decided to try and get some shut-eye. When my phone alarm went off at 2 am, I was sooo confused. Where am I? Why are my pajamas… Read more >
Elise
December 3, 2010
butternut squash, chocolate, coconut, quinoa, raw, seitan
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