Peanut butter, jelly! Peanut butter, jelly!
Neither does a simple PB&J sammich! I woke up hungry + thirsty, so for my pre-workout snack I made a sandwich with 2 slices Harvest Pride no salt added white bread (120 cal, 5mg sodium) — yes, I said white bread, get over it 
— 2 TBSP Naturally More organic peanut butter (170 cal) and 1 TBSP seedless raspberry Polaner All Fruit (40 cal)
I had 2 cups of skim milk (180 cal) along with it. I think that’s the first time I have ever seen my food scale go from ounces to 1 lb! 
lol This high-cal, carby meal was a good source of energy for my vigorous workout, but not very much food! This is why I don’t understand when people say they “can’t” reach their minimum calories. Seriously? 
Really?! This was 510 calories, 30g protein and took all of 2 minutes to eat LOL. It did keep me full (maybe a little TOO full) through my workout and well past my shower, so it was definitely worth it.
Whenever I think that my food scale might not be working right, usually when I think it’s being too generous with a portion (like grated cheese or cheese crumbles), I’m reassured that it works perfectly when I measure out peanut butter. Geesh, talk about a tiny bit of food for lots of calories!! Well, tasty calories anyway. 
Good thing I had that tall glass of milk with this; it sure was dry! It’s like the fruit spread soaked into the bread and I could hardly taste it. 
I wanted to use grape Polaner All Fruit, but when I opened the jar, it smelled like wine! 
lol So, I threw it out. Must have gone bad. 
I’ve been doing my exercise backwards lately; I did 21 minutes (6 miles) on my recumbent bicycle, then lower body strength training + 60 minutes of my obstacle course. I like to change things up and when we move this week, I’m going to change a lot of things up. I need to figure out how to rearrange my obstacle course. The basement in our next house is smaller because the other half is the garage and the owners still have their stuff there. We will have 4 bedrooms though, so I’m definitely going to have a room dedicated to my exercise equipment! 
WOO HOO! But it won’t be big enough to fit everything in, so it should be interesting to see what I come up with.
I’m not sure where the time went, but from the time I ate my PB&J to my next meal ended up being almost 6 hours. What the heck? I must have waited about 2 hours before going to exercise and not realized it. *shrugs* Maybe I was abducted by aliens? *giggles* I was ravenous during my shower, so I planned what I was going to eat in my head.
Tuna on Ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread with tomato and an arugula side salad
I made the tuna fish with: 4oz Bumble Bee very low sodium premium tuna (140 cal) and 2 TBSP Hellmann’s olive oil mayo (100 cal) — it was still REALLY dry, even with all of that mayo. I lightly toasted 2 slices of Ezekiel sprouted grain cinnamon raisin bread (160 cal), then made my side salad with arugula, tomato, red onion, 1 teaspoon EVOO (40 cal), red wine vinegar and 14g blue cheese crumbles (50 cal).
The salad was spicy! This arugula really packed a bite. I love leafy greens. 
I also love sweet and savory combos. I love cinnamon raisin bread for turkey sandwiches and thought I might like it with tuna, too and I did. YUMMMM!
Between the salad and the sandwich, I pretty much used an entire medium tomato. I think if I had to pick just one fruit/veggie, I’d pick tomatoes. I estimate this sweet, spicy, tummy stuffing meal to be about 575 calories. I didn’t measure the veggies or vinegar, so I rounded up. I’m STILL full after eating this and it’s been over 2 hours. I love “sweet spot” meals. 
The past 24 hours have been slightly less stressful. I managed to finish the book I was reading; A Long Way Gone (Memoirs of a Boy Soldier) by Ishmael Beal:
This book was extremely well-written. It’s an extraordinary story that will move, educate, humble and inspire you. I highly recommend it as a “must read” in your lifetime. 
Next in my book queue:
I’m 10 pages into it. I hope to finish it within the week but unlikely with all the moving and all. hehe
Uh oh, 9:45AM — past our bedtime! I think we have to take our bed apart when we wake up. Fun times… lol. Did I mention that I cannot wait to get into our new house?! This is going to be AWESOME!
Nite nite
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My head feels like it’s in a vice; my eyes and ears hurt and my nose is stuffy. Other than making me feel yucky, it also makes me feel very tired, but now is the wrong time for a siesta! 
I was browsing houses online, like I do almost everyday, and happened to stumble across an awesome house. So, we decided to call the real estate agent that listed it and made an offer on the monthly rent; they counter-offered with $100 less than the asking price, which was still a great deal, so we made an appointment to see the house and we loved it!
But while we waited, tension was mounting, as you can imagine in a house with more cats than people that are trying to pack up the entire house in between working and juggling schedules to meet deadlines, answer phone calls, and make it on time for appointments all while living 10 miles minimum from every single destination in the middle of tourist season. 
It’s been extremely tiring and we haven’t even reached the peak yet, we still have a long way to go. Once we are settled into our new pad, life and blog-life are going to improve tenfold!! 
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