Breakfast:
On the way to work, I had the second half of my Snuffleupagus. Once I got to the conference, I had:
There were two sessions in the morning. It was very enlightening, especially this one session on Social Media. The wheels started turning in my head about ways to incorporate what I learned in both my personal and professional life.
At lunch, I selected the vegetarian meal. It was a quinoa rissoto with a vegetable stack (portobello mushrooms with zucchinni). Not pictured because I got into some really great discussion with the folks at my table.
One more session in the afternoon and I was done for the day.
Once I went home, I was in a cooking mood. I was sort of inspired by my lunch from yesterday and my lunch from today.
So I created what I called "Quinoa Bowl"
Ingredients:
1 cup of cooked quinoa
9 pieces of sundried tomatoes
Artichoke hearts
1 can of black beans
2 cups of frozen corn
1 can of tuna (packed in water)
First, I cooked the quinoa according to the package.
Next, I added the rest of the ingredients in a large pan and toss around until everything is almost heated through.
Add the quinoa to pan and mix again.
I added sea salt, pepper, and cumin to taste.
After dinner, I went to yoga with Brooke and Michelle. It was much needed after a two week hiatus. I got home and Marcin had an awesome present for me!
Now I'm sitting here, catching up on my blog, and enjoying a nice glass of Leelanau Cellars Blueberry Wine.
On the active living front:
So I have a couple of different things going on:
1) Successful Green Monster, which I call Snuffleupagus, was made and finished today. It was just ok on day two.
2) No coffee during the week - It was REALLY hard not to grab a cup of conference coffee (my favorite!) in the morning. But I was good and I had the green tea. I even went for a second cup of tea, only this time I did something English (read: British) and had English Teatime Tea with milk. Unfortunately, the dessert that came with the lunch (lemon bars) was super sweet, so I had a small cup of decaf coffee so that the bitter taste would counteract the cuper sweet lemon bar (again not pictured).
3) Vegetarian Option - I decided that since I attend conferences like this a couple times of year, I would always select the vegetarian option. I am completely bored with conference chicken no matter how differently they dress it up!
4) Waking up early - The goal this week was to wake up at 7:05 am this week. Well because I had a conference to get to, I woke up at 6:55 am! I'm still aiming for 7:05 for this week.
On the fashion front:
Why is it May and I'm wearing this?
On the active front:
Day 2 of the Push Up Challenge
Birthday Wish List: We are now entering the top five most coveted items on my Birthday Wishlist!
Birthday Wish List item #16 - Bare Minerals Make-up brushes
Birthday Wish List item #15 - Gift Card to Barnes & Noble
Birthday Wish List item #14 - Pearl Necklace
Birthday Wish List item #13 - Silver Cameo Locket
Birthday Wish List item #12 - Alias The Complete DVD Collection
Birthday Wish List item #11 - Xena The Complete DVD Collection
Birthday Wish List item #10 - Dollhouse The Complete DVD Collection
Birthday Wish List item #9 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Collector Set
Birthday Wish List item #8 - Zune Card
Birthday Wish List item #7 - A New Laptop
Birthday Wish List item #6 - Running hat
Birthday Wish List item #5 - Garmin Forerunner - I've been wanting to have one to track my miles and my pace. I want to be able to go and run without having to draft a path beforehand. I don't need to have all the bells and whistles, just something simple.
8 comments:
Conference food looks amazing! Love the outfit! I suck at push ups so seriously good for you!
xo
Mmm that quinoa risotto sound awesome :)
yay for keeping up with your pushup challenge!!
@ Ria - Thank you!
@Matt - It was. I wished I did take a picture!
@ Fashion Meets Food - I suck at push ups too . .that's why I'm starting on the Balance ball!
I hope you get the garmin! I love mine! Since starting at my internship my coffee consumption has been ridiculous. Have you had headaches or anything from not drinking it?
@ Courtney - so far no headaches from not drinking it . . but I do have to say, the small cup of decaf that I had with my lunch dessert TORE UP my stomach! I'm chalking that up to weak conference coffee! Which Garmin do you have?
I was thinking about it, and my dad's migraines are triggered by caffine and sadly...beer/alcohol. Just a thought. Hope that's not the case with you!
@ Brooke - Thanks for the note. I don't think that alcohol and caffiene are my triggers per se. At least with the alcohol, I think the strong coffee that Marcin makes + the fact that I sit at my computer for 8 hours straight is what leads to my migraines during the work week. On the weekend, I'm more out and about expelling the extra energy boost that coffee brings. . .
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