Birthday party eats

Tonight we went for the most wonderfully tasty sushi to celebrate a family birthday!!! I forgot to take photos of a lot of the food but I'll list em all:

Appetizer:

Steamed Bun filled with Korean japchae (unphotographed)

Next:

Truffle-ginger Tuna tataki on top of microgreens

Smoked Hamachi

Sashimi.. yum!!

There was a lot of maki & sushi after this. 

Dessert 1: Most delicious cheesecake at the restaurant

Dessert 2: Strawberry short cake at home!

Today was probably like 2500 calories.  Sigh. 

At least it was delicious.  

Tomorrow my sneakers will be used.

Popsugar Must Have Box for October

Yay my October Popsugar MustHave box!  Now, let's get to the contents:

This is a special set by OPI, dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness.  

The two colors are: I think in Pink and You Glitter Be Good to Me

**This is a giveaway item.  So email me by Sunday, October 28, 12am EST if you want to enter!*

Gummy Bears by Dylan's Candy Bar

Who doesn't love gummy bears?!?

Spanish Gardenia Petal Topped Candle by Red Flower

This is very very tuberosey.... which I happen to love!

Shampoo and Conditioner by Clear Hair Care

 *Will Review soon!*

ExerSocks by Crescent Moon Yoga

*I'm so excited to try these- I will review these soon!*

Aged White Cheddar flavored Pirate Booty

I ate these as soon as I finished taking a picture of it! Sooo yummmo

Hard-covered "Casual Vacancy" by JK Rowling

Rowling's first adult book.. looking forward to it Ms. Rowling!

Halloween for my dog?

This Parade makes me want to dress up Lalo

Back on my feet with a new sense of balance.

After a low of a weekend, I got to thinking, what am I doing wrong or not doing that is getting me into these ruts time and time again?  I can't just keep living the way I am and expecting a different result.  That's the definition of insanity!  I know I have suppressed deeper rooted issues that creep up on me, right at my weakest moments- be that moments of exhaustion, exhilaration, release, surrender, etc- and bite me!

Yes, I have a stressful life right now.  What I need to accomplish in the next 60 days is nearly impossible but the reality is I've just got to make it happen.  I need to use every second as well as I can and just get-it-done.  Still, I can't let all of that be my entire life.  Obviously, I need to find a bit more balance and be healthier than I have been lately.

I don't think I can get to the root of all my deeper rooted issues but I can enforce more balance, through exercise and frivolities such as shopping and what not.  And.. I've got to take my own advice and focus on ONE task at a time.

Past 24 hours

Something happened 24 hours ago and I just mentally checked out of my life.  It wasn't one particular event actually.  I have a lot of stress in my life and I guess things tipped over that ever-so-delicate line of balance.  I went on a massive eating binge and I am so ashamed.  I ate cookies, pancakes, waffles, chocolate, peanut butter, noodles.. (notice the carbohydrate theme?) I watched movies and tv-shows and just ignored the entire rest of the world.  Of course, I felt so gross as I was trying to go to sleep.  I felt gross when I woke up.  My belly felt like an alien limb, heavy as a watermelon, impeding my breathing and making me so uncomfortable.  This morning I asked myself why I do these things? I'm trying to lose weight, not gain it. I'm trying to get things done efficiently, not the opposite.  Why do I get in my own way?

What is it about chicken?

I don't know what it is about chicken, but when there is a good chicken recipe in the house, I end up inhaling it.  It happened again last night and I woke up feeling gross and sooo thirsty.  Ugh, I wish I hadn't done that.  I started today off with a healthy set of whole grain waffles with half a cup of egg whites and a side of sliced pear.  I've got a practice exam starting in a few hours so after that, I'll squeeze in a work out.  Until then I'll have this fatty butt sitting in a chair :(

Happy Saturday y'all.

Snack: stirfry of kale, mushrooms, low sodium turkey - yum! (sorry, forgot to take a picture)
Snack 2: plate ful of Ak-mak crackers with peanut butter.  Not sure why but I really like these.

Snack: apple
Lunch:  Chocolate wafer bar by PowerCrunch - Yummy! It was just like the wafers I used to have as a kid, except covered with chocolate and with added Protein!  The only bad thing I have to say about it is that it had an odd after taste.

Yikes. Put your foot-down-Friday

I was trying to be pretty good this week but I guess my splurge on Wednesday did a little damage.  I had also replaced my deli wraps with homemade peanut butter sandwiches on Ezekiel bread, but I guess that might not exactly be helping.  

Breakfast:

1 cup Kashi Go Lean Cereal and 2/3 cup Trader joe's Almond Milk

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I'm having a party by myself in my own head :)