sinus tach!

Ok, first things first – here is a photo of the coconut date rolls I was raving about yesterday. I had 3 last night, and the remaining 3 for dessert tonight (so mentally insert this picture again later after dinner). They are so dense! I have been looking FOREVER for these deliciously sweet snacks. In the past, every time I have seen coconut date rolls there have been almonds in the ingredients (yuck!) which immediately ruins them in my opinion…so I am excited beyond words to have finally discovered this new health food store that carries the un-nutty version of the bite sized treats. I also had half a bag of salty edamame last night, so here is the picture of that.

ANYWAYS…I had work again today, and as per the title of the post, I had a LOT of soy lattes. We are talking heart palpitations, people! I am fairly certain that if I had been on an EKG monitor I would be getting treatment.

Work today was fairly uneventful – nice and slow, as it has been lately (so I am getting spoiled). Not that people can control when they get heart attacks, but it seems like with the approaching JCAHO inspection, everyone is ditching the hospital, patients and staff! I wish they would just come and get it over with. Even after combining the 2 pods of the step down unit, there were still more nurses on the floor than patients!

But enough about work…lunch was the same sandwich of smart deli meat on Ezekiel bread, with a banana as my AM snack and yogurt covered raisins for my PM snack. Plus, another soy latte. I also went to the gym after work, despite my exhaustion and the rainy weather. It was even a good work out (probably because my baseline heart rate was still in the 110’s from all the caffeine).

For dinner I was super lazy. I wanted something warm, but not too filling. I grabbed a can of organic lentils and heated them up (protein).

Then I went with my latest staple of hummus with veggies.

All together now.

The meal was lacking int he carb department, so I had a pita with the hummus too (no photo). And yet I still felt like I wasn’t quite satisfied…

There is no way I could have foreseen the mess to come, I mean who would have thought popcorn would have been such a disaster to make? To make a long story short, I nearly burned down the microwave (and thus the apartment) because for some reason I got defective bags. Rather than pop the kernels, the bag set fire (seriously, fire). So, the edible yield of 3 bags was probably only 2 servings! Whatever, I guess that is divine intervention telling me to stop eating.

The salvaged portion.

I am pretty sure I had a few handfuls of raisins after this…tomorrow starts my 3 day weekend though, so I can get my cooking on and stop being such a sloth in the kitchen.