Steroid withdrawal v. Eating healthy

Spinach salad and cumin-crusted salmon over mashed sweet potatoes. Only took 30 minutes start to finish.

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Lesson learned: Never complain about boredom at work...

...Because the second you leave the office for scheduled home visits you will be called by a panicking co-worker, telling that there is a gas leak at the shelter home and we need to find a place for all the kids to stay tonight.
The issue ended up being resolved before anyone had to be moved, but there was definitely an "oh shit" moment in there.  So, I'm never complaining about being bored at work again.  I'll do what I did today- clean off my desk, remove old notes from the ol' yellow legal pads, update my calender, and do some filing- but this time I will keep my mouth SHUT!
I was bad this morning.  I didn't have to go into work right away thanks to some late-day home visits. This meant that I gave myself an extra half hour of sleep, plus a couple snoozes. Then, I kinda just meandered around my house while getting ready. Cup of tea here, a snuggle with the puppy there.  And no yoga.  I feel quite guilty about it.  But, I have physical therapy tomorrow and I'm looking forward to burning off some calories.
My menu today was as follows:
Breakfast
Leftover Sweet Potato Hash
Kefir
Lunch
Leftover curried Lentil Soup (Even better today!)
Salad with one of the leftover Salmon Cakes
Snack
2 Trail Mix Cookies
Dinner
Sauteed Mushrooms
Seared Salmon over Greens with Toasted Pecans, Pomegranate Seeds, and Balsamic Vinaigrette (see picture)
Dinner was very tasty- I was pleased. The original plan was to have the salmon over an avocado and grapefruit salad but the dressing didn't look very "Kevin-friendly".  Also, no grapefruit.  Shit happens.
I'm thinking either a truffle with tea tonight or one cookie with some tea, I'll have to do my calorie counting.
Time to go relax- I have an early day tomorrow with PT starting at 8.  Toodles!

Seared salmon on greens with toasted pecans and pomegranate seeds

I didn't think Kevin would eat the salmon with avocado and grapefruit salad that the cleanse called for so I got creative.

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Trail mix cookies

Yum! This time I used a woman's blend of trail mix- next time I'm going to try a ginger blend. Serving size is two cookies or one cookie and all the dough you lick off your fingers throughout the baking process.

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Meal planning, chores, cooking smarter

Yesterday was an awesome day.  The Seahawks beat the Saints (the reigning Super Bowl Champs) and I had a date night with Kevin.  I ended up getting a falafel pita for dinner.  It had pickles.  I was pleased.  Then we went to see True Grit, which was quite good.  I avoided the popcorn and snuck in a bottle of white tea.  I ended the date night with a bite of dark chocolate and some grocery list writing.  It's an exciting life I lead.
As previously mentioned, I'm continuing to do the Food-Lover's Cleanse, but as I'm not following it exactly I don't feel right labeling my posts as such.  I'm mixing and matching the combinations of breakfasts, snacks, and lunches I've had in the past to save a bit of money and use ingredients we already have on-hand.
Today's to-do list is long.  This was made more difficult by the fact that Kevin and I seemed to be in a coma until 9 am.  Late start to the day, that's for sure. I started out by doing yoga with Kevin.
The lateral angle pose is giving me trouble.  My shoulder doesn't like to move in that way and my arm gets tired really quickly.  This is what it should look like if you're a pro:

Haughty bitch.

I have anger issues when it comes to yoga.  I regularly think about hurting the people in the yoga videos, usually because they hold the pose longer than I think it really necessary or because their arm/leg/back/whatever is bent in a way that is just not humanly possible.  I think I should get better at yoga before I attempt classes.

(Source)

So, after I finished my yoga and I showered I made the planned breakfast for this morning:  Sweet Potato Hash with Egg.

Oh my gawd.  This is Kev's manly sized portion, btw.

I did make one big mistake.  I missed the line where the cleanse told me to swap out the three tablespoons of butter for olive oil.  So, my breakfast was extra delicious.  Whoops.

The plan for later:

Lunch/Snack (Breakfast was at 11:30!)
Almond-Banana Smoothie (with yogurt)
Dinner
Salmon & Lime Cakes
Curried Lentil Soup
Salad

I also need to do all of the laundry.  I'm glad Kevin and I swapped chores, my hands really used to hurt after doing the dishes.  That being said, I hate doing laundry.  I may have a drink. I'm really relying on that 3-4 drink/week allowance for the cleanse.
I'm also taking the opportunity to get ahead for the week- I'm making trail mix freezer cookies and a nice big batch of my citrus-shallot vinaigrette.  I bought a trail mix that was on sale- supposedly geared towards women (it has some soy nuts in it).  You chop it up and throw it in the batter.  It has regular all-purpose and whole wheat flour.  I'm excited.
Back to work tomorrow.  I'm so energized I don't even dread the approaching work week.  It's nice.
Oh, and GO PACKERS!  If they win the Seahawks have an easy game next week.  Huzzah!