Holy Fahrenheit, Batman! 
It has been SO HOT here in upstate NY!! It came out of nowhere. One day I’m shivering, the next I’m sweating while sitting on the couch. Geesh! I do NOT like warm weather! 
I’m more like a penguin, gimme snow and ice! hehe Thankfully it’s supposed to be in the 60′s and rainy the rest of the week. HOORAY!! \ 
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Aaaaaaaaaah, there’s a beautiful breeze in our office as I’m typing this. Love it! 
Let’s go back to last Friday. Remember how I was craving my new tropical trail mix? Well, I finally had it for my pre-workout snack and WOW, is it GOOD!! I had it with 1 cup Stonyfield Oikos fat free Greek yogurt (120 cal) and 1 serving (40g) tropical trail mix:
Very, very calorie dense for such a small serving. But worth it! Such an eclectic mix of flavors, yum!
Then for my post-workout meal, I made tortilla-less flank steak fajitas with a side of Eden organic brown rice & beans that I mixed with a can of Eden organic no salt added pinto beans:
Yeah, I had Ginger Ale with it 
The ingredients for a can of soda aren’t very different from Gatorade actually. I topped the steak with Cabot 50% reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese and on the side, diced tomato and fresh avocado that I doused with lemon juice to keep it from oxidizing. Plus a dollop of Stonyfield Farm Oikos Greek strained yogurt.
Yummy!
Saturday we ate pizza and other salty, unhealthy things. We’ll call that a free day lol. I’ve had many, many free days these past few months, but I’m going in the right direction this week. 
Being it was so hot, I tried to keep cooking simple on Sunday. We had whatever was laying around the fridge/freezer and then when the sun went down, I made turkey burgers with the leftover avocado and a side salad made with:
- Fresh baby arugula
- Fresh sliced strawberries
- Reduced fat blue cheese crumbles
- Goat cheese, crumbled in
- Pumpkin seeds
- Bolthouse Farms blue cheese dressing
- Splash of balsamic vinegar
- Red wine vinegar
- Drizzle of honey
I absolutely LOVED it!! In fact, I had seconds! 
My 4oz turkey breast burger (120 cal) had just yellow mustard on it along with a couple slices of sub-par tomato on a Martin’s 100% whole wheat potato roll (80 cal).
The salad would be excellent with chicken breast or even salmon tossed in to create a meal out of it. DEEEEEELISH!
Despite it being extremely warm, I still worked out everyday since Sunday. GO ME! 
Yesterday I was starving before I worked out, so I quickly threw together a 4oz ground turkey breast burger (120 cal) on a Martin’s 100% whole wheat potato roll (80 cal) with a messy glob of yellow mustard and on the side I had 14g Kettle Bakes baked white cheddar chips (60 cal) and 106g Red Delicious apple (55 cal):
Then I worked out vigorously and came upstairs to roast a head of garlic in the oven while I took a shower. Roasting a head of garlic is SUPER easy.
1-) Peel off the outer skin
2-) Cut off about 1/2 inch of the top of the head to expose the cloves
3-) Rub whole thing with extra virgin olive oil
4-) Wrap in foil
5-) Roast in the oven on 425F for about 30-35 minutes or until the garlic is soft
I don’t know where I came up with this idea, but it sounded fantastic, so I gave it a try. I spread about 4 cloves of the roasted garlic on both sides of an Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted grain bun that I popped in the oven for a couple minutes to warm up. Then I put a poach egg on each half!
AMAZING!! It was positively DELICIOUS! I could eat it every single day and never get tired of it.
On the side I had 1 cup Stonyfield Farms fat free Oikos plain yogurt (120 cal) topped with:
- 3 large sliced strawberries
- 7g pumpkin seeds (40 cal)
- 10g Trader Joe’s 3 berry granola
- 1 teaspoon honey (20 cal)
I’m getting really good at poaching eggs!! *proud*
YUMMMMMMMMMMMM!
It’s finally cooling off now — YAY! I’m going to take advantage of the pleasant break and clean the fridge out. Some nasty, nasties going on in there! LOL
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