Three Days- Three Busy Days

Wow, has it really been that long since I posted?  Time is flying.  Crazy busy this week working and prepping for a fundraiser. 

I'm still struggling with that sweet tooth at night.  Wonder if it's because of my "exposure to butter cream" lately.  Ha ha!  Yes, I'm still into making the cupcakes.  I've become cupcake obsessed!  Just kidding.  But I did bake yet again last night.  See, even though I'm new at this baking cupcakes, I want my cupcakes that I'm bringing to the table to be "really good", not just normal regular cupcakes.  So I keep testing recipes.  I tried a batch of white cupcakes to take to a family part last weekend and they were a flop.  So last night, we tried another.....and we found a good one!  They came out great (at least that's what hubby says).  I made green mint frosting for St. Patrick's Day.  Time to give away more cupcakes.  Can't have them in the house too long.

Now, as to the real topic of my blog, my journey to eat healthy, stay at goal, and be active.  So far this week, I think I'm doing okay, still tracking every single thing thanks to Weight Watcher's eTools points tracker.  Makes it so much easier for me.  I've also been trying to get more water in.  Couldn't even get my ring off on Saturday.  TOO MUCH SODIUM.  Hello!

This week I decided to flip my week and get my long run out of the way early since Friday would be impossible to run 7 miles.  Felt pretty good.  It was a little cold and started to rain a tiny bit, but I kept moving.  Ended up with the same pace that I did on Friday.  So now I know that's my "good run" pace. 

Food?  Well, hasn't been working out so well in the kitchen, probably because there is so much else going on.  Had a nice ham that I popped in the oven to cook on Sunday.  I've been craving a baked ham lately.  Well, when we took it out, ready to slice, with all our sides complete, garlic mashed potatoes, swiss chard, and ....oh, I can't remember what the third was.  Anyway, the ham tasted funny.  I don't trust meat that "tastes funny", so I threw it out, the whole ham!  Luckily, we had a container of roast pork in the freezer as a back-up, but dinner was a little late.

Yesterday I cooked tilapia, but got wrapped up in something in my office, and it was "a little crispy".  Hubby said don't worry about it, it's "oven fried".  :)  He's such a good sport.

I also made a big crock full of turkey chili yesterday.  That will be for Thursday's dinner and then I'll pop the rest into containers for the freezer.  Stopped by the market and picked up another ham, which we intend to cook today.   Yep, I'm a little stubborn.  Once I have my mind set on something, I have a hard time letting go. 

Still feeling very achey in the morning, back and above the knee.  Plan on getting a foam roller suggested by Marisa, and I put myself back on the glucosamine on Monday.  I had taken myself off of EVERYTHING, all vitamins and supplements when I was having tummy trouble.  Decided it's time to "test the water" again.  The glucosamine used to help me....or at least I thought it did. 

Well, time to go make some breakfast.  What will it be this morning?  Honestly, I'm bored with breakfast, really bored.  I tried a big yogurt bowl yesterday, Greek yogurt (2X protein/(honey vanilla), lots of mixed fruit including mango, kiwi, strawberries and blueberries, and a little bit of  Special K (with extra protein).  It was delicious!  However, not even two hours later, I got the shakes, not enough protein.  So hubby came to the rescue while I worked and cooked up some scrambled eggbeaters for me.  Seems that's the only thing that works, eggbeaters or eggs.  Why is that?    Is it a different kind of protein perhaps?

Any other ideas on high protein breakfasts?  Would LOVE to make protein pancakes, but no time this morning.  :(