Yesterday I was a little bit sad to eat the last of my Food Should Taste Good yellow corn chips.

But happy to try a new sandwich for lunch:  Homemade veggie cream cheese, green peppers, and lettuce on wheat bread.  I really liked it!

Instead of taking a lunch break during the day, I worked straight through and left the office around 4:15.  Skipped the gym today.

When I got home, I snacked on 1 Lindor truffle and a 100 calorie package of Sour Cream & Onion mini-crisps.

We dropped off 2 bags of laundry at the laundromat, which is conveniently located next to the South End Buttery.  I ran in and grabbed two cupcakes:  vanilla and carrot cake.

I had one of my favorite guilty pleasures for dinner tonight, instant mashed potatoes!  I’m not a big fan of regular potatoes, but give me a packet of white powder and boiling water…Mmmm!  I only ate 1/2 of my chicken and saved the rest.  Plus a little salad with spinach and cucumbers to get in another serving of vegetables.

Jared and I split the vanilla cupcake for dessert.  Not my favorite cupcake ever.  The frosting was too soft and creamy.  The cupcake was a little dry.  But I love all cupcakes so I ate it happily.

I had bought a gallon of milk while out and about last night.  So I couldn’t resist a bowl of cereal for breakfast this morning.  Peanut Butter Puffins!

Today is the last day to leave a comment about Crofter’s Organic for two chances to win 4 jars of Superfruit Spread!

I was ready for lunch by noon.  I tried a sample of Yogi walnut spice crunch cereal I had gotten from HealthWorks a few months ago.

I blended the cereal into a container of strawberry Chobani.  Mmm!  I don’t know why I’d been saving this sample for over a month.  This cereal is a little high in calories, but so tasty.

I brought a book to the gym and read for 25 minutes while I pedaled on the recumbent bike.  I used the foam roller and then sat in the sauna for 15 minutes.

I was soooo hungry after the gym so I bought a salad from HealthWorks and ate it while doing some file cleaning with my fellow employees.

When I got home from work, I made a turkey sandwich.  Lunch meat goes bad so quickly.  Our bag will be bad by Sunday so that means 1 or 2 more sandwiches.  I made my sandwich on a wheat Arnold Thin and added American cheese, lettuce, and a pickle.  I ate baby carrots and yellow corn Food Should Taste Good chips on the side.

I’m really liking this book, though I’m still in the first of three sections.  I can’t wait to finish and give it my full review.  Also can’t wait to watch the movie version when it is released, and read Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book Committed.

I LOVE to read and I’m trying to get out of my bad habit of reading too many books at once.  Right now I have bookmarks in The Bourne Identity, Fear of Wine, and a biography of Marie Antoinette.  I resolved to read one book per month during 2010 and I really want to do that with only one book at a time!  Even though I can keep up with the plots of multiple books, I lose appreciation when I tackle too many at once.

I sat in the sauna for 10 minutes before getting ready to go back to work.  Even though I’ve only been back to my sauna routine for 2 days, I’m already noticing an improvement in my complexion!

I snacked on a Clementine and some Food Should Taste Good yellow corn chips.  2 for 2, last night’s and today’s Clementines didn’t have seeds.  I guess I bought the right box!

Even though there’s a fridge full of groceries, I didn’t feel like cooking.  Plus I can’t remember the last time I ate a fresh turkey sandwich.  I shoved turkey, American cheese, pickles, and lettuce in between slices of an Arnold Thin.  Always needing a crunch on the side, I had more yellow corn chips.

I started my day with a sesame bagel w/ veggie cream cheese and an ice coffee.

Maybe I wanted a cold drink to match the cold weather outside?  I love how our Christmas tree looks, snow covered and sitting on the deck.  I didn’t think we’d be enjoying it this long after the holidays.

Miles sniffed around in the snow.

And ended up with a snow beard!

I spent the morning/afternoon cleaning, unpacking, and packing.  Does anyone else feel like they clean the same things over and over again?  I’m constantly vacuuming, folding, Windex-ing, etc.

I worked up an appetite for my leftover piece of quesadilla and some Food Should Taste Good yellow corn chips.

Here’s Christmas, all packed up and ready to be sent back to my parents’ house to be stored until next year.  The 2009 Holiday Season is over and I’m ready to move on and go back to work.  I feel like I’ve been on vacation forever!

Not gonna lie:  I’m really psyched to get to work tomorrow and set up my 2010 calendars.  Dorky?!?!

(Extra blogger points if you noticed Miles in the background of 2 photos.  I love my dog!)

Yesterday was all about resting and recovering, not just from New Year’s Eve but also from all of the exhausting holiday travels.  I don’t even want to admit what time I finally rolled out of bed.  But I did enjoy my leftover veggie wrap from lunch the day before.  Plus some Food Should Taste Good chips.  Loving the corn flavor!

I watched the NHL Winter Classic (yay Bruins) and hung out around the apartment.  I did venture outside around 4 pm to go to the Apple store to pick up my laptop with it’s new disk drive.  Yes, my Lady Gaga CD successfully uploaded to i-tunes!

Jared and I ordered a pizza from the Upper Crust.

My dinner, times 3!  This pizza was SO good.

While I packed up Christmas decorations, I drank a cup of green tea.

Around 10:30 last night, I felt SO hungry.  I knew a snack wouldn’t satisfy my stomach so I made a sandwich on an Arnold Thin with green peppers and melted cheddar cheese.  Mmm, I felt much better after eating and watched Something About Mary before going to bed.

I slept in again this morning.  Boston is going to be snowy from now until tomorrow night so I didn’t feel the need to get up and at ‘em.  I made a DELICIOUS bowl of oatmeal using

• 1 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of oatmeal
• 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of frozen berries
• Squirt of Justin’s Maple Almond Butter

I loved the combination of the berry’s tartness with the sweet almond butter.  I might need to buy a large jar of Justin’s so I can make this combination again.  That 99 cent packet of AB didn’t last very long.

I made the most amazing sandwich!  An Arnold Thin with ground turkey (yup, leftover from last night’s tacos), cucumbers, cheese, and sprouts.  As soon as I took the last bite, I wished I had made a 2nd one.  I also tried my first bag of chips from Food Should Taste Good.  Thank you to their co-op Emily for shipping the samples to me.  (Go Huskies!)

I started with the Potato and Chive flavor because it was the one I was least excited about.  Get it eaten and over with?  Haha.  I was actually pretty impressed with the flavor of these chips.  They really did taste like potatoes.  The unique flavor was one that I could appreciate without over eating.  Plus it seemed to go well with my sandwich.  Important to note that these bad boys are gluten free.  I always think of Shannon when I find foods without gluten.

I had a cranberry VitaMuffin for a snack.  Look at all of those berries!

I went to the gym at 1pm, ready to work.  I decided to hit the treadmill for some interval running.  I walked for 2 minutes, ran for 2 minutes, walked for 1 minute, ran for 2 minutes, walked for 1 minute, and then ran for 2 minutes.  I repeated this pattern a second time and then walked for 5 minutes to cool down.  Wow, what a great workout!  Each time I ran, I made sure I picked a speed that out me under a 9 minute mile.  Then I walked at 4 mph to recover.

Changing the speed so often kept me distracted.  Plus I was never totally exhausted so I was able to finish strong.  I’m going to plan out another interval workout and do this again!  I used the foam roller and sat in the sauna for 10 minutes before heading back to work.

I snacked on 2 Clementines.  Yay for Vitamin C!

Then I snacked on a Mojo Dipped fruit and nut bar.  Really sweet plus a vanilla yogurty coating = perfection.

I used more of the taco leftovers to make a taco salad.  Same ingredients as last night, but a much bigger serving size.

I had to run an errand and knew the salad wouldn’t be enough to keep me full for the entire evening.  Especially since I had to power walk around Back Bay.

I had a small bowl of Annie’s macaroni and cheese.  Since I got rained on while running the errand, I just wanted some warm comfort food.

My evening is being dedicated to the Glee fall finale.  I look forward to an hour of music every Wednesday night so I’m going to miss this while it’s off the air.  At least I have a few other shows that I really enjoy, and Lost will begin it’s final season in 2 months.  I may also do my Whittle My Middle workout.  I began the challenge a week late and I’ve been slacking.