Hello FitFeat Friends!  Welcome to the weekend!  Ahhh I’m so glad it’s Friday.

Thank you all for having fun with my “Twenty Questions” post from yesterday! I loved reading the replies, and Cindy I’m SO bummed your comment went “poof” off into a bloghole somewhere!

Oh my, where to start?  Guess we’ll start with the fact that I did NOT get a workout in yesterday.  :(   I was faced with working out or writing a blog post, and I just don’t like to let down my awesome readers!  To be fair, Tuesdays and Thursdays are tough days for me to get workouts in anyway, so it’s not biggie.  The weather will be above freezing this weekend so I know I’ll be outside making up for lost time.  Don’t go thinkin’ I’m slacking off or anything!

Yesterday’s eats were great!  I started with just a couple of bites of a Larabar before my first client.  Which held me over just fine for a bit.  Then I made a cinnamon raisin  Ezekial and almond butter sandwich to go, with a side of travel decaf.

For the record, I do not condone much eating while driving, because it’s ‘mindless munching’ where your brain is otherwise occupied and as such, not really registering all the face-stuffing going on.  But I am guilty of needing to do it on occasion and understand when clients need to as well.  Yesterday was the ridiculous snow day where people where driving like we got 2 feet of snow when in reality it was 2 inches — my 10 mile drive took AN HOUR on the interstate.

Lunch at my desk (lookout, blurry iPhone photos are running rampant in today’s post) consisted of a salad with mixed greens, dulse, grape tomatoes, broccoli, and sugar snap peas:

Along with a side of leftover Azuki & Squash dish from The Kind Diet:

(There WILL be a review.  I know I’ve been saying that all week – but I don’t want to rush it.  :)   It’s getting there, I promise!)

Midafternoon I had a BUBBLY!!!!  Mmmm you know that makes me happy!  I had a few bites of raw goat cheese along with it. Totally felt like I was at a wine tasting party.  Only better.

Dinner was at Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill with a very good friend.  We choose to do dinner since it’s been a bit too cold to SOCIALCIZE lately!  (Or as that particular friend calls it:  ChatterCize!  Love that!)  I had about half of this humongous falafel plate:

I think I’ll get at least three meals out of that one!  Yikes!  This time I asked for some extra pickled eggplant.  DEEE-VINE!

I went to the dinner location a bit early since there is a brand new Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocer nearby.  I’ve been skimping along this week at the end of my almond butter jar so I needed to make a stop.  In typical Shari style, leaving the store with the ONLY item I went in to get was not possible (because apparently I don’t have enough food in the house already):

First I finally found Umeboshi Plums!  During the course of reading and reviewing The Kind Diet I tried to find them at Whole Foods with no luck.  But they actually JUST got them in at VCNG.  Wahoo!  So excited to try one!

Next, I have been searching for a kabocha squash for a few months now.  I hear from everyone how great they are, how nutty they taste, and of course the recipe I made this week from Alicia’s book called for one (and I had to sub in butternut).  Finally found a little BABY KABOCHA to try!  Look how cute!

And last but not least, the almond butter I went in for in the first place.  I decided to splurge this time on the organic version.  Last time I just got the raw creamy Maranatha, because the organic version is DOUBLE the price of the non-organic jar.  But I thought for sure it tasted different and it was really bugging me.  So I got the organic and did a taste-test last night when I got home.

And it DOES taste different!  The raw is a more delicate, slightly sweeter flavor than the non-organic.  So I wasn’t crazy (well maybe crazy but for other reasons!) I will need to do further reading on whether I want to justify the cost of the organic.  I spent more than ONE HOUR of PAY on that jar!  I’m telling ya, this part-time job is solely to support my health food store addiction!  :)

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Well friends, I better hit the ‘publish button’ on this post so that maybe my friends on the west coast will have a little light reading to do while they are watching the clock count down to 5:00.  ;)   I think it’s time to have a little glass of wine to celebrate the arrival of Friday evening, and I have a feeling there will be a bit of Wii Resort in my evening!

Have a FABULOUS Friday and an even better weekend!  I’ll be back again tomorrow!

– Shari B. =)

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