by Jen
on January 8, 2012
I have been in such a weird place lately with my workouts and eats. My body is all off. I woke up sick on Saturday morning and ended up spending a chunk of my day at urgent care. The wait was 2.5 hours! The good news? They will let you leave and call you when it’s getting close to your turn so I was able to go home and rest while I waited to see the doctor.
I ate a honey wheat bagel with maple walnut cream cheese for breakfast.
And frozen yogurt for lunch while I was waiting on my prescriptions. It was beautiful, sunny and 70 degrees here on Saturday and Menchie’s just happened to be a short walk away from the pharmacy.
I knew that my frozen yogurt lunch was meant to be when I walked in and saw “I like peanut butter” on the chalk board. 😉
I spent the remainder of my afternoon napping and trying to feel better.
I did manage to put together a relatively healthy dinner. Baked sweet potato, sautéed spinach, baked salmon with TJs Island Soyaki Sauce and 9-grain toast with butter. A bit of a step up from carbs and frozen yogurt, huh?
I spent my Sunday teaching yoga, meeting a friend for coffee + lunch, baking and cleaning.
I was kind of over baking cookies so I started flipping through some of my cookbooks for inspiration. I saw a recipe for Maple Oatmeal Scones in the cookbook that Alaina brought me when she visited, Flour.
The scones turned out so delicious! The batter features oats, dried cranberries and maple syrup and the baked scones are topped with a maple glaze. These are seriously addictive. They’re slightly crunchy on the edges but soft on the inside. I may or may not have eaten two this afternoon.
I planned on taking a rest day today to try and continue to recover but I got major cabin fever. I went to the Y right before they closed and squeezed in an easy 30 minutes on the treadmill. I think I was one of the last people to leave. It was kind of strange since this Y is always crazy crowded.
Hope it’s been a great weekend!
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