Do you ever have those days where you feel preoccupied with everything but can’t keep your mind on anything??? I had one of those days today.
I was trying to view the day like this…
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But I was kind of feeling like this…. :0
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I didn’t sleep great last night. I set my alarm for 4:45am so I could get up, jog and go to Pure Barre – Guess what didn’t happen this morning….
I decided at 4:47am that today would be a good rest day instead – Maybe that’s where my case of the Mondays started. Note to self: Do not, I repeat do NOT take Monday as a rest day.
I had a delicious breakfast – Hodgepodge usual #1 from the other day!
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Hodgepodge Breakfast Cereal
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Two of my favorites, Uncle Sam and Enjoy Life’s Crunchy Flax!
I finished up breakfast, answered some emails and of course, caught up on my social media, theeeen got to work-work. I have a wellness seminar for Hillsborough County on Thursday (Really?!? Valentine’s Day?!? ) They are doing a 7 week series on weight loss and I was asked to do the 2 nutrition weeks! Image may be NSFW.
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Seriously, I still feel honored every time I get asked to present!! Image may be NSFW.
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I’m not going to lie, presenting is my favorite… preparing for them is not… I’m definitely working on that! Beautiful Monday work-space = beautiful Monday head-space:) Flowers courtesy of my wonderful husband Patrick.
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Working awaaaay
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I worked on the presentation till about 12:25 then headed to the new Whole Foods in North Tampa (like 30 mins away!) for lunch and shopping with Ashley!! We had way too much fun! Image may be NSFW.
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Here we are, cheesing it up:)
Lunch was a total – you guess it — Hodgepodge! I am horrible with choices… so I tried a little of everything! Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. I tried to keep 1/2 my plate fruits and veggies. Tip of the day: Try to make half your plate fruits and vegetables at every meal – it’s fun for kids too! Try to make smiley faces with their plates — And maybe yours too! Image may be NSFW.
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I think mine looks like Skeletor (sp?) – Yikes
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Definitely hard to make decisions with all this!!
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This is only 1 of the 3 aisles
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Amongst the citrus :)
I realized very shortly after this picture that I actually had some shopping to do AND I had less than 20 minutes till I had to go. Usually this is no big deal but I had a lot going against me. I was in a new AMAZING Whole Foods and extremely distracted. On top of that, I wanted to discuss all kinds of fun things with Ashley AND I had some specialty items on my list that I had no clue where to find. Yeeeaaah I didn’t get out in 20 minutes Image may be NSFW.
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The rest of the day was kind of a blur – ha! Immediately after leaving Ashley and Whole Foods, I had a meeting at The Centre Club with Loran of Latitude 27 Marketing to discuss, yep, marketing. She is amazing, and was able to verbalize what I had been pondering and stirring on for 2 weeks in a matter of 30 seconds! Yep, amazing! Thank you Loran!
Because I was running late (dang Whole Foods fun:), I had to reschedule a wine date meeting with Liane.:( Another amazing woman! By the way, does anyone know a professional scheduler or have tips on how to realize that, in fact, one cannot fly across town in moments and make EVERYTHING. If you know of anyone – please send them my way!
Since I now had an extra 45 minutes before my small group – I ran home to finish the GUMBO ( Fat Tuesday Feb, 12!!) I prepped this morning. I am working from this recipe from Cooking Light – I made it a bit healthier Image may be NSFW.
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Onion, Green Pepper and Celery
I am usually not this organized and together but I needed a brain break from the PowerPoint and knew I would appreciate my lack of lazy later in the day.
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Midway through gumbo :)
Aaaaaaaand the kitchen midway - YIKES!
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Don’t judge
I cleaned up, turned OFF the burner and headed to my small group bible study ~5:45pm – Coolest group ever! Image may be NSFW.
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I got back home around 7:45pm to a busy Patrick who had finished up our salads and was just waiting for me to eat!:) Good man! The Gumbo was GREAT! I think it will be even better tomorrow though. I am a firm believer that soups and Italian food are better the second day! More time for flavors to meld or something like that. I had some emails/social media/work to finish up and then headed to bed way later than I wanted. Whoops!!
Treadmill workout planned for the am — Cross your fingers! :!
Questions of the day:
1) How do you bust the Monday funk?
2) Do you prep for meals earlier in the day or the day before? (I wish I did)
3) Leftovers? Yay or Nay?
XO