In a funk

Phew, glad this week is over and I am now relaxing on a Friday evening. It’s just been one of those weeks I guess.

Yesterday, we were allowed to wear Packers gear to work, so I chose to play a little joke.

(I think I kind of have an evil look on my face below. I also look horrible because my face gets really red and irritated when I drive home from work.)

I wore Craig’s Packer shirt (even though he could care less about football too) to work and a whole bunch of people thought I was a big Packer fan too. Only until mid-day did anyone notice that it wasn’t “right” that I was wearing a Packer shirt when my co-workers all know football isn’t something I care much about. I am from Wisconsin and think it’s great that people are so into football, but I hate when it takes over their lives. Besides, I’ll be honest about my opinion–we pay the men who play football, baseball, and basketball WAY too much in this country. It’s ridiculous. It was a fun little joke and besides, I didn’t have to think about what I was going to wear yesterday. Am I glad that the Packers won? Well, sure because people are in a better mood at work the next day.

Breakfast today was the Berry flavor of the Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer.

I just posted my overall review about these packets and the Vega breakfast challenge.

While taking a little break away from the mind numbing computer at work, I read a book and ate this Eat. Think. Smile Mixed Berry bar. Honestly, it was pretty dry and just a bit tasty.

No picture of lunch. Just had a black bean burger & a pink lady apple.

Came home to an Amazon order at my door! Yay! I finally ordered these two books and bought a reusable bag for snacks. I am aiming to use less plastic baggies during the week. Just wipe this bag clean or wash it out and dry it.

I can’t wait to try NROLFW and I hope it inspires me to do something new at the gym.

My plan is to use my new scanner and scan these moves, send them to my iPod touch, and be able to visually see what to do while I am at the gym. I know other bloggers have written down things on index cards or paper in general, so maybe I will have to go that route if my little plan doesn’t work so well. Anyone have tips on the best way to follow the NROLFW plans?

My body shuts down on a Friday night, so instead of the gym, Craig and I took a nice long walk around the hood. We managed to see the coolest hawk eating his prey and watched him for a while. He was beautiful.

Tomorrow, I am off to meet my friend Angie at Starbucks and find out what’s been going on with her health woes. Hello Pumpkin Spiced Latte for me and tea for her.

Vega Breakfast Challenge

Over the last week, I have tried four different flavors of the Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer: Vanilla Chai, Chocolate, Natural, and Very Berry. This was part of the Vega Breakfast Challenge to compare the Whole Food Health Optimizers with my usual breakfast.

My favorite by far was the Vanilla Chai flavor. It didn’t taste like a Vanilla Chai drink you would get at a coffee shop. It had a vegetable taste in general with a hint of the Vanilla Chai.

My least favorite flavor was chocolate.

Compared to my normal breakfast of a Kashi cereal, the Vanilla Chai rated much better:

This morning, I tried the berry flavor.

Normally, I would have had some yogurt and preserves, which was hard to calculate, so I chose a general non-fat yogurt with fruit to compare.

To take the challenge yourself and compare your normal breakfast to a Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer, here is the link to the calculator.

Overall, I did miss eating something for breakfast, but these did fill me up too (thanks to the protein and fiber).

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