Unexpected Encounter

So, last night I was sitting at home catching up on Grey's Anatomy and I decided that I needed a snack.  I found some candied walnuts in the kitchen that my boyfriend had brought home from work.  They were a sample, so they were not in their original packaging, therefore no ingredient label.  Against my better judgment, I ate them anyway and I paid the price later.  The candy coating on the nuts must have contained gluten, because I had a horrible stomach ache all night!  I'm still feeling it this morning.  Ugh!  Reminder to self, DO NOT eat anything without a label!  I'm still new to this no gluten thing and it's a learning process.  I will know better next time.

To add salt to my wounds, my boss brought in Panera bagels for the office staff this morning... waahhh!  I will NOT give in!  Oh well, I have my delicious LARABAR that I brought for breakfast instead.  My boss did inform me that she asked the people at Panera if they carry a GF bagel.  Of course they don't, but hey, it's the thought that counts!

I usually make very good decisions about what I eat.  Of course, there are times when I splurge and eat junk.  Like ice cream for instance... I LOVE ice cream!  I could probably eat it for dinner if I allowed myself.  Oh wait, I did eat it for dinner the other night!  Oops!  Apparently when my boyfriend goes out of town for work, my eating habits go out the window.  I went to the gym and had an excellent workout and had good intentions to go home and eat the healthy meal of zucchini "noodles" and homemade marinara sauce (recipe at the bottom) that I had planned.  Well, I was sweaty from the gym and it was 90+ degrees out.  There just happened to be a Dairy Queen on my way home and I gave in to the ice cream.  I could have just ordered a small peanut butter cup blizzard, but oh no, I had to get the large!  Ugh!  Bad choices!

I made up for the bad choice of "dinner" by killing it in Cardio Fusion class last night.  Or at least it felt like I made up for it.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it!  Oh well, my boyfriend comes home today so hopefully I will get back on the wagon.  Or is it off the wagon?  I can never remember.. ha!  And I have a date at the gym with the Tone It Up girls tonight!  Bikini Cardio, Malibooty and Bikini Abs are on the Bikini Series schedule for tonight!  I'll let you know how it goes!

Until next time...

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For those of you who are interested in the zucchini "spaghetti" that I was referring to above, here is the recipe...

For the noodles:
 Lay the zucchini on it's side on a cutting board and use a vegetable peeler, or julienne peeler to make thin ribbons.  I used 2 small zucchini.

For the sauce:
Combine 2 roma tomatoes, 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes, 1 clove fresh garlic, a pinch of fresh basil and oregano, and pepper to taste in a food processor.  That's it!  simple right?!  Yummy!

I eat it raw to take advantage of all the nutrients from the veggies, but you could warm it up if you'd like!  Here's the finished product.  My zucchini are not very "ribbon" like due to my crappy vegetable peeler, but you get the idea.