The Year of Paula

[foodfromafar]

What a lot of great food!!! I'm definitely making the pumpkin pancakes. Can you freeze them?

[SpacecityPaula]

Tonight's Workout was bodyweight only....

26 minutes level 4 on the elliptical
The following from MM2
Cat Camel X12
Yoga Twist x8 each side
Side Twist X8 each side
Bent Knee Twist X8 each side
Bird Dog X10 each side
Sidelying Trunk Twist X8 each side
Calf Stretch X10 each side
Fire Hydrant X 10 each side
Supine Bridges x 12
Hip Corrections x 8 each side
Prone IT Band/Tensor Facia x 15 secs each side
Deep Wideout Drops X 10
Single Leg RDLs x 10 each side

10 minutes foam rolling on the left side.

My left hip is extremely tight especially over the front of the hip. So for now, I'm going to focus on getting some of this stuff corrected.

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by foodfromafar

What a lot of great food!!! I'm definitely making the pumpkin pancakes. Can you freeze them?

I don't see why you couldn't, but you'd probably need to put wax paper between the pancakes.

[dillytl]

What a lot of great food!!! I'm definitely making the pumpkin pancakes. Can you freeze them?

I'm making another batch of 'em today!!!!

[SpacecityPaula]

I made another batch during my cooking fest on Tuesday. I'm officially out of pumpkin.

[dillytl]

Originally Posted by SpacecityPaula

I made another batch during my cooking fest on Tuesday. I'm officially out of pumpkin.

I bought 5 CANS when I was grocery shopping this week!!!

[Silly Sally]

Originally Posted by SpacecityPaula

And before anyone asks, here's the recipe

2 cans of chickpeas (a.k.a. garbanzo beans) drained, reserve half a cup of liquid

Juice of 4 lemons
4 cloves of garlic (if I had to do this over again I'd roast these to mellow the flavor a bit)
3 TBSP Tahini
4 TBSP Olive Oil.

Dump chickpeas into food processor bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. Whirr until you have a nice smooth consistency (you may have to stop and move things around a bit in the bowl a couple of times). I think it took about 3 minutes to get a nice consistency.

This looks easier than I thought it would be. We love hummus, especially served with some fresh roasted garlic, or diced toms & sliced jalapenos.

You eat some good stuff, Paula!

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by dillytl

I bought 5 CANS when I was grocery shopping this week!!!

I may try the next batch with Sweet Potatoes

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by Silly Sally

This looks easier than I thought it would be. We love hummus, especially served with some fresh roasted garlic, or diced toms & sliced jalapenos.

You eat some good stuff, Paula!

I try to eat good stuff most of the time. Don't always succeed, but I do try.

[SpacecityPaula]

I am feeling the Mag Mob Stuff in my abs today

[sharsell119]

I'm back from my trip and trying to catch up. I think my boys would love those pancakes! Where do you get most of your recipes? I'm all over Tosca Reno's Clean Eating cookbook, and would love to know where to find more recipes like that.

[SpacecityPaula]

I get them from a variety of places Susan. Some are over on the 02 Web Site, some from here (go down and check out the nutrition section) Some from other sites, and some from books. And in some cases, I just take a standard recipe and clean it up in terms of ingredients. But I've seen your menu choices and You've always been pretty wise overall I think (even when you are throwing a party).

Not much to report. Last night I started reading the e-book "The Unusual Athlete" that I got from Charles Staley's Web Site. Pretty interesting stuff and I've already started doing some of the paper exercises in it in terms of goal setting.

I left my wireless card here at work yesterday so no internet access when i got home. But I was tired and was in bed reading by 8 and asleep right around 9. I got up at 5 this morning. I've really been working on getting to bed at a more reasonable hour and getting between 7 and 8 hours of sleep.

Tonight I think I might go for a bike ride and do some more mag mob stuff.

[foodfromafar]

Good for you on getting to bed early!!

I should've gone to bed at 9 but stayed up till 11:30. I did get to sleep in till 7:30, so I at least got 8 hours in...but somehow I still don't feel as rested when I get to bed after 10.

Getting enough sleep is a key to keeping my metabolism roaring... I tend to plateau when I'm sleep-deprived which apparently most women (particularly mothers) are. I know for me, I turn into the ogress of the South when I'm physically tired - even if I present a calm exterior it isn't without much restraint inwardly in dealing with my ogre-ly feelings and reactions. I am woman hear me ROAR takes on a whole new meaning.

[SpacecityPaula]

Ugh... i hate feeling grumpy....

I really wish they would do away with the damn candy bowls here.... I have no self restraint today. And I wish DOT would hurry up and get here too.

[Espi]

It's almost like a conspiracy to keep employees fat. I know it isn't but it can work out that way.

Some people always need to express love/empathy/gratitude etc. with food. I know I used to do this as well.

[kfisherx]

They do the candy thing around here too. Interestingly it is always the females. And more interestingly they are always overweight. It is like they are sharing the opportunities to get large.

But the worst thing is "Doughnut Tuesdays" around here. They bring in literally hundreds of fresh doughnuts and bagels and cream cheese and they also have free pop to go with. Then we all sit at our desks all day. Hmmmm... Wonder why all the bellys are a hang'n out 'round here.

[SpacecityPaula]

I think the thing that irriates me the most about this is that we have a corporate wellness program. And the thing that irritates me second most is that there is no damn suggestion box for the corporate wellness program.