Day -2! I’m nervous

2 days away from my first Half Marathon!!! 😆 I’m excited and nervous! Excitement was 80% until I saw these:

I can’t believe that I have to end it up with a HILL!!!! 👿 That’s not good!!!

AND

can this get WORSE? RAIN? Seriously???? I’ve been checking weather since Monday and was crossing my finger that it changes. But apparently not! 👿 Now you understand where my nerve comes from, right? I’m worried and a little bit scared.  But the good thing is that Star will be cheering me up and I’ll be running with my best friend Agustin (he already run 5-6 halfs before), my advisor (who’s >50 yrs old and run >10 races before) and Beth!!! That’s exciting!!! 😆

Well… at this stage, I I can’t do much other than eat and sleep well today. 😉

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Now let’s rewind to yesterday’s eats. Appetite is not visiting me lately 😦 so I had to be extra creative 😉

Extra puppy coconut pancake

I wanted to try it with only egg whites but it turned out to be a mess.

After reading Emily’s post, I decided to make zucchini “noodles” for lunch

topped it with tomato sauce

add some tofu for protein

nuke in the microwave for 2 minutes. Top it with homemade sweet potato gnocchis

parmesan cheese is a MUST!

this amazing meal was ready in <15 min!

YUM~~~

double YUM~~~

I worked at home until 3 PM when I started to lose focus. So, I went to Caribou Cafe just crossing the street (so good to be living in a city  ;)). Worked there until 6 PM when hunger kicked in 😉 so I went to WF (a block away) to pick something to snack

spotted a new organic yogurt

I don’t mind when it’s not thick or creamy as long as it tastes good

peach + yogurt + golean

I didn’t like the yogurt 😦 so “greeking” it as the solution

I looked at the fridge and saw this chinese winter melon. Need to use it!

dry scallop

Easy pissy! 😉

and a stir-fry of chinese green bean, mushroom and cauliflower (my fridge is officially empty now ;))

served with black rice/oatmeal/kabocha bowl

Today is going to be an easy day. Star is coming back home in about 30 min… we’ll do groceries (I have a chinese meal feast to prepare tomorrow for his new co-workers) and mainly relax and enjoy each other’s company! 😀

Q: Are you friend of your hubby’s co-workers? Do you like socializing with them?

A fun spinning class, A review & Easy chinese food

Yesterday I went to a spinning class at the gym that confirmed how fancy is my gym 😉 Have you heard of RealRyder? A spinning bike that moves? 😯 It is a spin bike that moves side to side, which mimics banking a turn on a road bike. Learning how to make the bike lean to left and right was a bit challenging but the true challenge is when you stand up and pedal while trying to keep the bike relatively centered. The side-to-side movement of the bike feels almost like riding on the road. I was working way harder than normal spinning class. In 45 min I was all sweat and could feel my abs and arms working a lot more. If you have a chance to try one, I highly recommend it. It’s a lot of fun! 😀

Breakfast was all GREEN 😀

a GM made with spinach, almond milk, frozen banana and GREEN MAGMA barley grass

I received this a while ago from Stephanie and finally remembered to try it 😉

Benefits of Green Magma:

•    Is made of organic barley grass powder that dissolves easily into water
•    Boosts energy levels
•    Enhances regularity
•    Improves skin, hair and nail condition
•    May have cardiovascular benefits
Recommended Use: Blend 2 teaspoons of Green Magma into 8 ounces of water or juice. Drink twice daily on an empty stomach for best results.

It does not have a strong taste like Amazing Grass, which is good because I prefer to have smoothies with the taste of the ingredients. In term of benefits? Sounds promising but I’ll have to let you know in about a month or so (if I can remember taking it everyday ;))

accompanied by two toasted homemade oat bread (I added the recipe) with avocado & LC.

Simple chinese food.

The chinese food that is served in restaurants is unhealthy and time consuming to prepare it. Furthermore, it’s not the real chinese food that chinese people eat at home. What we have then? Here’s an example of food that is healthy, simple and tasty 🙂

Chinese green bean and garlic (fresh garlic please!)

cut it by hand

neutral oil, minced garlic

Stir-fry for 1-2 min, add salt, 1/2 cup of water, cook covered at medium for 5 min and it’s done!

To make steamed egg I used 1 whole egg + 1 egg white, salt

hydrated dry scallops (optional)

For 1-2 eggs, add about 1/2 cup water, 1/2 tsp salt. Steam for 15 min

Ready~

I don’t like plain white rice so I made a mix of black rice, rolled oats and some unripped kabocha

dinner was served in <20 min 😀

Q: Do you like chinese food? What’s your favorite dish?