WIAW # 7: Hong Kong Edition

Happy Wednesday!
We’re this much closer to the weekend!

Peas and Crayons

I believe this is my first WIAW outside the states.
Lets get movin!

Pre-Workout:

 1/3 of an apple
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Lately I’ve found that eating a couple bites (apple, a couple walnuts, some toast…) before working out gives that extra kick of energy I need.

Today was weights day.
My favorite!

Post workout:

Chocolate Protein
[1 packet true vitality chocolate + 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk + 1/2 cup water]

Anddd, pancakes!
I’ve been on a pancake roll lately. Can’t get enough of them!

[1/2 cup kodiak cake mix + 1/2 cup water]

Today I kept is simple by just topping them with some honey almond butter and strawberry jelly.
Doesn’t the jelly look like it’s arm around the almond butter, hugging it?? I’m telling ya…match made in heaven.

On a side note, I should probably work on getting my pancakes the same size… and perhaps the same color.
One step at a time.

Mid-Morning Snack:

So remember how I made some pumpkin quinoa the other day? I still had 2/3′s of a can of pumpkin sitting around and as much as I wanted to just trash it, it just seemed like too much of a waste.

So I thought I’d try making something I might slightly enjoy.

Pumpkin Spice Latte
[anything with coffee in it, I'm game]

I have to say Averie sure knows her stuff.
Anyone who is a pumpkin fan, I highly recommend checking out her recipe!

And I also had a slice of my current favorite snack:

Cheese and Jelly Toast

[strawberry jelly + 1 slice laughing cow cheese + toasted slice of  sprouted whole wheat toast]

The cheese slightly melts into the warm toast and goes perfectly with the strawberry jelly.
Soooo good.

Lunch:

Since it’s my last day here I needed to use up some of my produce stat.

kabocha squash + button mushrooms + carrots

20 mins in the oven and lunch was ready.

Plus some bread from one of my favorite places!

Always perfectly soft and chewy

One
cheesy tapioca roll

Look how soft and pillowy inside!

and one
chocolate chip tapioca roll

All washed down with these fellas:

Sparkling water and malted soy milk

Late-Afternoon snack:

A snack bag of baked cheese puffs

Dinner:

One of my favorites!
Japanese.

Lots of sushi and sashimi were eaten.
So much that I only managed to take a grand total of 2 photos.

Ever seen fruit sushi?

 I haven’t! It was interesting.

So, that’s what I ate today!

Lastly a BIG thank you to our lovely hostess Jenn!

What’s your favorite cuisine?? -
Mine are Japanese and Italian, but a lot of the time I prefer my ‘homemade’ cuisine :)

WIAW # 6


hi lovies.

Can you believe it’s already Wednesday??
This week is just flying by!

Wednesdays are more than just hump days.

They’re WIAW days!
[all thanks to Jenn! :) - so, THANKS Jenn!]

Peas and Crayons 
This morning I started off with what I’ve been eating every morning for breakfast since I made those lemon poppyseed muffins.
1 Barbara’s shredded wheat puff + 1 fig + 1 mini lemon poppyseed muffin
 

 And a handful of blueberries, which I decided to add at the last minute
[yep, thats right. I'm livin on the edge! ;) ]

Then I was off to do some cardio. Today’s class was INTENSE. but in a good way.
I just couldn’t feel my legs afterwards. No big deal.

Then it was snack time. Or 2nd breakfast time.

I picked up a new protein powder yesterday to try.

Spiru-tein High Protein Energy Meal
Chocolate flavor, of course.

I mixed 1 packet of the powder with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk and 1/2 cup water.

I couldn’t get the lumps out of it, but it was still good.
I just had to chew.
Which was actually kind of like drinking a malted milkshake.

I’m sure putting it in the blender would’ve done the trick.

I have to say, this powder rivals my all time favorite true vitality protein powder.
I’m just not sure about the ingredients of Spiru-tein yet since I couldn’t pronounce half of them.
I think some decoding may be necessary.

Then it was time to try a new bread I picked up from Costco this morning.

Best way to try it is obviously with butter. Almond butter.

<3

+

a cup of coffee

I approve.

A shower and some errands later…

It was lunch time!

I had my go-to lunch. Egg white + veggies.

Today’s looked more like a pizza. An egg-white pizza?

Spinach + mushrooms + egg whites + tomatoes + cayenne pepper + garlic powder + smoked salt

And some diced avocado.

So since I had something savory of course it was time for something sweet :)

Pineapple to the rescue!

And 2 slices of freeze-dried mango

This stuff is amazing! It’s crunchy like chips.

A little later it was snack time. Again.

I got really hungry when I was driving and I made a sensible choice to find a place where I could find a banana. Then I drove past Yogurtland and the banana went out the window.

Dark chocolate + coconut + oatmeal raisin

Oh.Em.Gee.
The oatmeal raisin was amazing! It tasted JUST like an oatmeal raisin cookie. No joke.

For dinner I had a simple plate of veggies and brown rice.

eggplant + a chinese veggies [the green one on the left] + pickled cabbage + fish [in the middle]

And because I apparently haven’t had enough sweets in one day…
I had a bite of a new chocolate bar I bought today


I have to say I prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate.  It’s ok though because I totally bought a dark chocolate bar too ;)

And now I need to do some school work.
And pack! – I’m leaving town tomorrow morning and my suitcase is still empty.

Have a good night!

What’s your favorite snack?

Milk, White, or Dark Chocolate?

Any fro-yo lovers out there?

Double Fisting

Caffeine that is. ;)

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[coffee and pumpkin spice tea - hello autumn!]

I didn’t get to bed til late last night since I kept procrastinating on my packing and totally didn’t make it up this morning for my workout before my flight. I should have just gone ahead and woke up since I hit snooze every 5 mins for a WHOLE hour and fifteen minutes. I mean, who does that??

Leaving Dallas-ft worth-

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Arriving in New York-

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I’m now sitting on the plane at JFK getting ready to head to France!

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I’ll be in Paris for two days then heading to Bordeaux on Sunday for a wine tour. I’m really excited to go to
Bordeaux since I’ve never been!

Hopefully that caffeine keeps me up long enough to at least start studying for a quiz I have in a couple days…

Have a lovely evening!! :)