Well I haven't completely fallen off the planet. I took a hiatus and in the mean time I have seemingly fallen more deeply into my ed. I can't explain where my anxiety or compulsions come from. I am taking steps to gain a bit of weight, but my ed voice, lets call him pedro, likes to sabotage me by obsessing & restricting.

Now onto other things. I took a nasty fall yesterday and am suffering the consequences today. The doc says ice, rest, and pain killers, fun times. I am freaking out a bit about not being able to exercise and feeling like a bum. I hope to be feeling back to normal soon, I am one big ball of pain.

I downloaded ecto to try and be more efficient about blogging. This is all still so new to me so I will see how well I can keep up with the follow through.

Dinner: made yummy nachos with turkey, black refried beans, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, green pepper, guacamole, and salsa.

Off to read some other blogs and read inspirational running quotes..lame I know.

A couple days in and I am already not keeping up with my blog...go figure. I am toying with posting pictures of my meals but I do not think it is feasible to post pictures of everything I eat. I actually am going to get another camera memory card for that purpose. Here are a couple pictures of my meals yesterday.
My breakfast was egg white sort-of frittata with zucchini, ham, red pepper, & green onions on toast. I ended up putting the other half of the frittata not pictured on the side of the 2nd piece of toast. And lots of salsa on top, can't have eggs without salsa.

I decided on a light lunch since I was heading to the gym in the early afternoon. Here is a half a BLT with peach & cottage cheese.

I had a really long workout at the gym, I take advantage of my extra time on the weekends. Elliptical 30 minutes, cool down on stationary bike, then leg & arm weights and attempted some ab work. I was starving by the time I was done and had a smoothie with banana, strawberries, and chocolate protein powder. Last night TF (the fiance) and I got some pizza and Sonic! Got to love those jr. banana splits! We rented What Happens in Vegas with Ashton Kuscher & Cameron Diaz, it was really cute. Before bed I fueled up with some oatmeal for a run this morning.

Yay it's Friday. I actually took off work early today and made it a half day. I took advantage of the adult lap swim at the local Y. I am not a great swimmer but I am trying to get more comfortable in the water by trying out drills and increasing my endurance. I swam about 3/4 mile in various drills and front crawl. I wish the stoke development session at the Y wasn't canceled so I could get some coaching on my swimming technique. When I got home I made myself a ham & provolone melted wrap with some homemade veggie soup & a pear. The rest of the night I hope to get in some reading and spend some quality time with the fiance (TF).

The test was just ehh, just glad it is over. I am taking the rest of the night off from chemistry and only one more work day! Two things to be very excited about. A little more about me. I am in the middle of reading two books, Chi Running by Danny Dreyer and Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I bought Chi Running at the recommendation of Jenna at eat, live, run. It has really opened my eyes about my form while running. Maybe once I get the hang of the technique I can completely get rid of my nagging left hamstring issue/strain. I think I strained it during my last race in late July. Other than that I am a die hard baseball fan, go Cubs! Here is a picture of my fiance and I at a Cubs-Cardinals game last year.

And here is the other love of my life, my cat Brodie. He actually is quite a butthead but in a lovable way!

Off to bed so I can get up early and hopefully get a lane at the pool.

Big chemistry test today. I am taking Chemistry 101 as one of my pre-requisites for the dietetics program. I have been memorizing elements and ions for over a week but I am still struggling with the word problems. It is a bit daunting to think of taking these classes in topics I struggle with to begin a new path and a 2 year program. I must really like school!! Because of the test, today is a rest day, that and the bottom of my feet & knees will thank me. Fingers crossed for today!

As this is a food & exercise blog I thought I would start off by posting a fantastic picture of me eating one of my favorite foods, Sushi! Enjoy.