It’s been a busy couple of days. I was on the run on wednesday, so I didn’t make a green monster but grabbed a protein bar instead. I did a 1 hr weight workout at the gym and had brown rice sushi for the first time ever. It was from the supermarket, so it wasn’t that great, but I liked the chewy/nutty consistency of the brown rice. I also ended up going out to a latin dancing club that night and drank way too much.

Of course the next day I was super hung over and unable to keep any food down til evening. I blame it on not ending the night with greasy food. I swear everytime I go out drinking and don’t have a slice of pizza at the end of the night, I end up sick the next day. I was craving pizza once I finally felt better, so I decided to indulge.

Friday was also rushed, so I didn’t take any pictures. I ate relatively well throughout the day, had toast and my mom’s healthy veggie/chicken soup. In the evening, I went to the movies to see (500) Days of Summer (which was really good btw), and I can never seem to resist peanut glossettes at the movies. I also brought along kale chips and roasted potatoes, which ended up being my dinner.

I splurged on some Amy’s dinners when I was at the grocery store on Thursday. I bought veggie burgers and a frozen pizza to try out. I was really surprised at just how expensive it was! Not products I’ll be able to buy regularly.

Yesterday, I made a bulk batch of green monsters because the spinach was wilting and probably wouldn’t last through the weekend. I used:

• 4 tbsp ground flax seed
• 2 cups chocolate almond breeze
• 1 cup water
• 1-2 cups kale
• 4-6 cups spinach
• 2 bananas

I didn’t try it out yesterday, just put it in a container and into the fridge. I was surprised to find it had separated a bit, which hadn’t happened the last time I had stored a leftover smoothie.

Luckily, a thorough shake fixed that:

Unfortunately, it didn’t taste as good as it normally does. I think it was because I had added so much spinach but only 2 bananas. I think 1 more banana would have helped. I was still decent, just not delicious. I also had a couple of pieces of mango with it (forgot to take a picture).

For lunch I made the Amy’s pizza I had bought:

I love veggie pizzas, but my favourite toppings are mushrooms, green peppers and red onions. I didn’t have any green peppers on hand, but I did have mushrooms and onions and some fresh basil that I added on top of the pizza.

And out of the oven:

The serving size is 1/3 for 310 calories, but it’s really a small pizza, so I split it in half.

It was AMAZING! It had a pesto sauce instead of tomato. I love pesto sauces, but usually like traditional tomato sauces on pizzas. This combination was spectacular though! I enjoyed it so much I had to have the other half for dinner:

I also had some leftover kale chips from yesterday.

They weren’t as good. They surprisingly still had a bit of crunch, but they had gotten kind of soggy and were much chewier than they are fresh out of the oven. To satisfy my chocolate craving, I had some Sha Sha Co. Cocoa Snaps.

Total calories: ~196 cal (green monster) + ~40 cal (mango) + 95 cal (kale chips) + 951 cal (pizza + extra toppings) + 140 cal (cocoa snaps) = 1422 calories

Plus I did a 30 day shred workout (20 mins) and 40 min high incline walk on the treadmill.  Which burns approx. 150 cal + 272 cal = 422 calories  And puts me at 1,000 net calories for the day.

So, overall a good day! I’m going out to meet some friends for drinks in a bit, but the thought of alcohol is making me queasy still, so I think I’ll be safe from consuming extra calories tonight.