let's pretend today is yesterday, ok? ok.
i made pb chicken pad thai for an Instagram challenge last night for dinner. IG can be so addictive! i've been seeing a number of 'i need to get away from technology and focus on my life and the plan God has for me....etc.' posts lately from some of the health and fitness peeps i follow. it's admirable, long as it's not a publicity stunt or anything. it takes a LOT to step away from technology for a few hours, days, or even weeks nowadays. anyway, i get it. what is IG to you though anyway? a 'likes' contest? are you secretly competing with someone? a business opportunity? marketing tool? searching for who can flex the hardest? seeing what celebs are up to? seeing who can make their plate of food the prettiest? finding who can wear the least amount of clothes? lmbo (not really). i said all that to say it's cool to be inspired and build off of what you see in your feed, but stay true to YOURSELF. after all, it's your account. it's tough to be original once your mind has been tainted with what everybody else is doing. on top of all that, IG can be a huuuuge distraction, like facebook. sometimes you gotta put the phone down, log off your computer and just live..... technology-free.
*inhale....exhale*
so i adapted this from my own PB2 Shrimp Pad Thai recipe, but i used chicken breasts and fettucine miracle noodles instead of kelp.
aaaand i added a yellow bell pepper along with the red. everything else is the same.
ooooh these noodles are simply amazing and went PERFECT with this dish i tell you, perfect. my relationship with kelp is officially OVER, thanks to my affair with miracle noodles. *chunks deuce*
eye-popping color and freshness goin' on up in that pot!
letting the flavors marry for the last few minutes...
and bam! plated up! no cashews....i used pistachios and it was an even exchange. ok, the pistachios really was the last thing i altered, whoops.
yummay & healthay.
i worked the leggies at the gym this morning! how do i get my calves to pop? 4 x 25 of calve raises in between leg press sets.
flexin' in btw squat sets.
afterwards, my Stank Tank and i had lunch in the Life Cafe that started out with some Snikiddy grilled cheese puffs.
we're fans of Snikiddy all natural snacks- they sell the huuuuge bags in sams and costco, fyi.
i ordered half a cheese pizza with whole wheat crust 2% mozzarella for Chiso (yes more cheeeeese),
and a turkey avocado sammich on Udi's gluten-free whole grain bread for moi. this was my first time having Udi's bread and i liked it cause it was thick and actually kinda sweet, like challah bread or even a coarse pound cake! however, like Ezekiel, the slices are kinda small, and the price is kinda big. Natures Own and Sara Lee have the regular size bread and for less cals and price.
nevertheless, both halves were gone in about 2 minutes.
the weather was GORGEOUS, so we took to the courtyard for a little bit to play. funny, i remember bringing Chi out here and all he could do was crawl and watch the other kids play and jump over him. yeah, i had a moment.
our next stop- Trader Joe's Houston numero TWO!!!! i took this pic from the car so i wouldn't seem like an, i don't know...TJ's stan?
they said it was coming...and it's here. crunchy cookie butter. *shakes first*
i walked down this aisle for f...o...r...e...v...e..r. TJ's literally has chocolate covered everything you can think of. some of THE oddest combos just go together.
i didn't do too bad- walked away with only a handful of items i don't need, like these. cinnamon sugar (15 cals per tsp) and sugar chocolate coffee bean (calorie-free) 'sprinkles' or dust, or whatever you wanna call it.
first victim - PB2 topped whole wheat toast.
so...how are yours coming along?
whether short-term or long, sow your seeds NOW and as often as possible, and knock'em out one by one. happy to be sharing some of mine very soon!
le
