Crazy Monday and a Recipe

Do you ever have one of those days? Yeah, that was me this morning. I set my alarm extra early because I have a terrible habit of hitting the "snooze" button and not getting out of bed till it's either too late for cardio or it's much shorter than I'd like. So I thought if I give myself extra time I would get up by the time my normal alarm would go off....WRONG! I woke up not even knowing where I was or why my phone was making noises that I made the mistake of sliding the bar instead of tapping "snooze". If you are familiar with the i-phone you know that sliding it turns the alarm off. UGH! So I awoke with a big jump 2 hours later. I thought for sure it was 9 AM! Thankfully, I had 25 min to get ready for work and get out the door.

It's times like these when life happens that I am so happy that I precooked my lunch and portioned it out the night before. I hurriedly grabbed my food for the day and packed my oats and a protein shake for an easy breakfast I'd have to make at work.

A morning like this could ruin your whole day if you let it. I chose to not let it get to me or allow it to give me excuses for poor decisions the rest of the day. I have often used the excuses in the past of: "this is a bad day so I need a treat" or "I didn't do my morning cardio so I might as well not work out later either." It happens to us all but life is just a series of decisions so if you chose to make a bad one it doesn't mean the rest of your day can't be filled with the right choices. Basically, it's never too late to start over. Get up and dust yourself off.

I eat my breakfast at work followed by the rest of my meals, drank my gallon of water, and went and worked out right after work. I feel quite accomplished after what could have been a bad Monday!

Anyways, this weekend I tried a few different recipes and really like them both. Last week Robbie's parents were eating a Waldorf salad from the grocery store deli and it had me thinking of how I could make a healthier version.

Here it is:

Ingredients:

1 sliced celery stalk
1/2 cup of sliced red grapes
1 chopped green apple
1 chopped honey crisp apple
1 small package chopped walnuts
1 &1/2 cups 0% plain greek yogurt
1 packet stevia
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp sea salt
the juice of 1 lemon slice

Directions:

Combine all the sliced fruit and celery in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl whisk the yogurt until super creamy. Add the stevia, pepper, salt and lemon juice to the yogurt and whisk well. Fold the yogurt mixture into the mixing bowl. Finally, mix the walnuts in.

This is a great Summer snack!

I also tried The Gracious Pantry's recipe for Sweet and Sour Meatballs and they turned out awesome! I did half extra lean turkey and half extra lean ground beef. 

Are there any recipes you'd like to see? Let me know and I will see what I can do!

XOXO, 

E