My friend Amy has been raving about the quality of the meats at a local butcher shop. Please note, I am not much of a meat eater, the stars have to align for me to really crave a steak, but I love the idea of getting fresh and local poultry and grew up having bacon and freshly ground hamburger from my grandparents butcher in El Campo. So Saturday morning, I weeble wobble into the store. It really was a mecca of meat. They were actually butchering a pig behind the counter. Please note, I'm from Texas y'all, so the concept of seeing this wasn't a distraction as much as heartwarming to know that shops still do this.
I looked around the counter and ended up buying 6 local quail (my favorite bird), a pound of ground buffalo....and half a pound of bacon *looks away*. There's something about that bacon that just called to me. I've been cooking 3 slices of the bacon, and making a sandwich out of Arnold's Sandwich Thins, lots of spinach, lots of tomato and a horseradish sour cream. My side has been baby carrots. I've had it twice since Saturday.
I've also successfully cooked food at home for 3 days straight, starting each day with a green monster smoothie. The y keep me energized all the way to lunch, which is shocking. Normally 9:30 a.m. rolls around and I'm starving.
I even brought lunch with me to work - I made deconstructed sushi. Basically, I made sushi rice, sliced some cucumbers, carrots and avocados, added some leftover bbq (for a Texas twist, I guess) and a splash of rice wine vinegar. It's delicious. Next time I'm going to switch it out for brown rice.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Injured
Admittedly, I'm not the most graceful of people. I can Zumba with the best of them, but can not walk down a flight of stairs. Last Saturday, I had just arrived at the Lady Antebellum concert (who were awesome, btw) and was walking down the stairs of the venue to go get a coke (it's a long drive to the venue, so I didn't want to drink alcoholic beverages) and what happens? My left foot missed a step and I go rolling down the stairs. My friend Lauren says that it was epic to watch, and even more amazing that I just hopped back up and kept walking like nothing happened. The next day I had a huge ass bruise on my upper left thigh, but was no worse for wear.
Then Monday morning rolls around. I am leaving for work, have my purse and blackberry in one hand, and a bag of trash to take out in the other. I walk down the stairs that I've walked up and down everyday for over a year and a half...same left foot misses a step and this time, disaster. My right leg bends underneath my world-renowned ass. I felt a pop.....this time I stayed down. Tried walking and realized I could, but that it hurt. Was hoping I could 'walk it off", so I proceed to limp to the trash bin, throw that away, get in my car and drive to work.....
By the time I get to work, I realize that something is really wrong. I go to my bosses office, lift up my pant leg and can clearly tell that my ankle is about 3 times the size it normally is. I turn around, take the elevators back down, get in my car and drive to the ER. Two hours, $99, a cast and crutches later...yeah, I'm injured. I've been a hopalong for 4 days.
Yesterday, I was able to go to an orthopedic surgeon who did more xrays and an MRI and was able to upgrade to a walking boot for the next 3-6 weeks. It's a severly sprained ankle, and at first I was all "Thank GOD, not a break" until the super adorable male nurse (of whom I think was flirting with me, but how am I supposed to pick up the guy fitting me for my boot?) said that sprains are worse than breaks because you still have to use those tendons to walk/balance, etc. Good times :-(
This has made me much more aware of what is going in my mouth, because if I'm not going to be doing ANY extra physical activity, I have to be aware of this. I've switched to green monster smoothies for breakfast (been loving the pumpkin one) and decided to do "No Meat Fridays" with my coworkers.
I'm also extremely interested in seeing what new program Weight Watchers is unveiling at the end of this month. My biggest problem with them is that I couldn't eat that much fruit because it'd make me go over my points...which is borderline ridiculous - how many people do you know that get fat over eating 2 apples a day? Anyway, we shall see.
Then Monday morning rolls around. I am leaving for work, have my purse and blackberry in one hand, and a bag of trash to take out in the other. I walk down the stairs that I've walked up and down everyday for over a year and a half...same left foot misses a step and this time, disaster. My right leg bends underneath my world-renowned ass. I felt a pop.....this time I stayed down. Tried walking and realized I could, but that it hurt. Was hoping I could 'walk it off", so I proceed to limp to the trash bin, throw that away, get in my car and drive to work.....
By the time I get to work, I realize that something is really wrong. I go to my bosses office, lift up my pant leg and can clearly tell that my ankle is about 3 times the size it normally is. I turn around, take the elevators back down, get in my car and drive to the ER. Two hours, $99, a cast and crutches later...yeah, I'm injured. I've been a hopalong for 4 days.
Yesterday, I was able to go to an orthopedic surgeon who did more xrays and an MRI and was able to upgrade to a walking boot for the next 3-6 weeks. It's a severly sprained ankle, and at first I was all "Thank GOD, not a break" until the super adorable male nurse (of whom I think was flirting with me, but how am I supposed to pick up the guy fitting me for my boot?) said that sprains are worse than breaks because you still have to use those tendons to walk/balance, etc. Good times :-(
This has made me much more aware of what is going in my mouth, because if I'm not going to be doing ANY extra physical activity, I have to be aware of this. I've switched to green monster smoothies for breakfast (been loving the pumpkin one) and decided to do "No Meat Fridays" with my coworkers.
I'm also extremely interested in seeing what new program Weight Watchers is unveiling at the end of this month. My biggest problem with them is that I couldn't eat that much fruit because it'd make me go over my points...which is borderline ridiculous - how many people do you know that get fat over eating 2 apples a day? Anyway, we shall see.
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