Oh holy crap!

I went to the gym tonight to accomplish two things. One - Work out. Two - Get some reading done for school. I got a lot of both done.

In the middle of my workout (originally a 60 minute run on the machine), two middle aged ladies couldn't figure out how to start up on the machine. I showed them how to get going on it. In doing so, I reset my machine by accident at around 30 minutes. I started it again, and now I'm counting down from 60 again. Crap. "I'll just stop at 30" I told myself. Well, I looked down in the middle of my reading and the counter was now at 20 minutes... I had gone 10 minutes past my usual 60. "I wonder if I can go the full 60?" So I pushed on and kept reading. Next thing I knew I was in the 5 minute cooldown aspect of it.

After all was said and done, 95 minutes - 7.5 miles. I could have gone another 90. I'm almost certain of it. But, the people around me might not like the smell too much.

Yesterday's exercise.

Holy crap, I'm slacking here. I got exercise in on Monday and Wednesday nights.

Monday: 30 minutes - elliptical + leg and arm weight training.

Wednesday: 60 minutes - elliptical + leg, arm, and back weight training.

Food side of things I have a hard time remembering right now, but I pretty much stayed on course. Need to get better at breakfast on weekends, but overall, I'm still doing well in that aspect as well.

...ok can we talk about this?

Vegan whole grain lasagna just out of the oven

I haven't had lasagna in ages. It used to be one of my favorites. Thing is, it's a pain in the ass to make sometimes. Then, a couple years ago after going vegan, I just ruled out eating lasagna ever again...

...until tonight. Look at this. I made it. Whole wheat lasagna noodles, broccoli, corn, carrots, onions, garlic, mushrooms, sweet potato, tomatoes, tofu, spinach, cashews (more on that later), spices, and two jars of sauce later and we were in business.

On the plate

So, on the top of it is what looks like cheese, for those in the know with me, it's not. It's ground cashews. You put it on the top of the pan for the last 15 minutes. It gets a little toasty, but it doesn't smell burnt. It tasted like what I remember to be cheese.

 The tofu served as a type of ricotta in here. I used extra firm and just crumbled it up. Up at the top is a sweet potato mash that seemed to hold everything together. 

Next time, I think I need to make a bigger batch. All in all, this took about two and a half hours to get done. It was well worth it. I have leftovers for a while now.

Om nom nom nom.

I wanted more like NOW, but I know I'll just get over full.

Food and exercise log - 2/15/2012

Exercise: 1 hour on the glider today. I don't like the one I used today. It kept resetting in the middle of the run. I listened to a lot of good stuff to keep me going. Mudvayne, Prodigy, Combichrist. I need to get some other stuff in there too. But it was still an hour solid at least. I do need to find better shoes. My toes go numb after about 30 minutes because of my stride and my knees.

Food:

Breakfast - banana and yogurt
Lunch - Salad
Dinner - Pizza (had to use the last of the ingredients we had before they went bad)

Food and exercise log - 2/14/12

Exercise: no real intense exercise today. I did change up my work space so that I am always standing. So, I think that should count as some sort of exercise.

Food:

Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch - small salad
Dinner - big salad

Tuesdays are school days so it I have to bring something with me. This day, I just packed an extra huge salad and portioned it.

Food and exercise log - 2/13/12

Exercise: 1 hour on the eliptical.

I'm finding major inconsistencies between gliders. Yesterday, it said I went 3.9 miles. The one I used today was 11. Odd.

Food:

Breakfast - big container of fruit (strawberries, blackberries, green grapes) and a banana
Lunch - my usual salad.
Dinner - Crispy "chicken" covered in marinara sauce with greens and peppers on toasted whole wheat bread with sweet potato fries.

This exercise thing is getting addictive. I love it.

Food end exercise log - 2-12-12

Exercise - elliptical - 64 minutes - 3.95 miles.

Food:

Breakfast - French toast, berries, orange juice.
Lunch - salad
Dinner - Pizza with whole wheat crust. Got so much vegan mozz I don't know what to do with all of it.

Weight: 187