WIAW: Eat The Rainbow

Happy Hump Day everyone! Today is my last day of classes, woo hoo!! Just 3 finals and then the semester will officially be over! FINALLY!

Yesterday's Elf4Health challenge was to "Eat the Rainbow" I knew this was going to be an easy one for me and I was super excited for this challenge!

 

My Red was an apple for breakfast.

 

Carrots and roasted red pepper hummus for orange!

 

 Yellow was of course one of my favorite foods, a banana!

 

I had to work last night and I knew I wouldn't have time to make a spinach salad which would normally be my green. Instead I stopped on my way from coaching to work and got this Amazon Kick smoothie from Planet Smoothie. It has strawberries, blueberries, bananas, acai berries, and spinach in it. So the smoothie was my green, blue, and purple!

I tend to favor the "brown" foods aka carbs, but lately I've been eating more and more fruits and veggies. They are so yummy and I don't know why I used to hate them when I was younger.

 

One of my all time favorite quotes!

After my one and final class of the day I am hoping to get a nice run in and then maybe a nap :) Tonight I am going out with some friends to celebrate the end of the semester, it should be fun!

Fellow elves, did you succeed in eating the rainbow yesterday?

Who else is SO ready for this semester to be over/for it to be winter break?

I've Been a Bad Elf

When I signed up for the Elf4Health challenge I had all of these grand plans of completing every challenge with ease. Well that has not happened at all...

I put everything on the back burner when I went home to visit my family. Elf4Health challenge included.

 

So far I've recapped the Go Meatless and Unsubscribing challenges. Here is the rest...

New Workout- I tried the Nike Training App for the first time and holy crap did it give me a workout! I loved it and will definitely be using the app a lot.

Make a Phone Call- I talked to my grandma on the phone for a little bit on Thanksgiving. For those of you who know me, you know I HATE talking on the phone so this was a challenge for me.

Track Water Intake- FAIL. I did not track my water intake whatsoever on Friday. I drink a ton of water though so I'm sure I drank plenty!

Treat Yourself- I treated myself to this yummy Margarita :)

 

100 Burpees- I was exhausted after my day of traveling yesterday so no burpees were done. I'm going to make this up in the near future though!

Hand Written Note-  I have yet to write a note to anyone, but I still have time! I don't have anyone in mind yet but we will see!

So here's to channeling my inner Buddy the Elf and doing a much better job at completing these Elf4Health challenges!

 

If you are an elf4health how are your challenges going?

Anyone else out there obsessed with the movie Elf like I am?

• "I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite!"

Elf4Health Day 2 and Uncooperative Weather

Everyone meet my Elf4Health match Lorraine! Her latest post is about cupcakes so I think we are going to get along just fine :)

Yesterday was "Meatless Monday" which wasn't too hard for me. I'm not a vegetarian but I easily could be. I don't eat any red meat or pork, so that leaves chicken and turkey, which most of the time doesn't sound appetizing to me either.

I once again majorly failed at taking pictures of what I ate.

For Breakfast I had a Peanut Butter Clif Bar, and some cinnamon oatmeal.

Lunch was one of my lovely creations. I put mozzarella cheese and spinach on a whole grain flax seed sandwich thin, I put that in the oven until the cheese was melted and then dipped the finish project in pizza sauce. It was actually really good.

I normally eat a snack between lunch and dinner because I'm always hungry but that pizza sandwich thing I made for lunch kept me really full.

We were unusually busy at work last night so I didn't have much time to eat. Normally I would make a salad but last night I just poured myself a bowl of Tomato Basil soup- my favorite soup at work! (especially with a grilled cheese). I only ended up eating about half of the bowl but it was really good. Of course I was hungry when I got home from work so I ate a banana with peanut butter which is my all time favorite snack!

Picture stolen from my work's Facebook

Today's challenge is to unsubscribe from 3 email lists or magazine subscriptions. I don't have any magazine subscriptions so it will have to be email lists. I already have 2 in mind that I will unsubscribe from: Sunglass Hut and JustFab. I love both of their products but I can't afford to buy things from them all of the time. I don't even open their emails anymore they just go straight to the trash. I don't have a 3rd one in mind yet but as soon as the junk emails start rolling in I will start unsubscribing!

I have the absolute worst luck when it comes to traveling. My flight ALWAYS gets delayed or cancelled, I'm not exaggerating when I say ALWAYS. I had no idea there was a big storm coming until I went to work last night and my boss told me good luck on getting home in the storm. Apparently I should watch less E! News and more of the real news. Anyways when I heard this news I was pretty much planning on spending Thanksgiving in an airport because that it just my luck.

 

Early this morning I got a call from my dad saying that he changed my flight to a different one where I will hopefully avoid the cities that are getting hit by the storm and it will get me home before it hits us. I'm not getting my hopes up though. I could very much be camping out in the airport for Thanksgiving. My roommate made a very good point that airports have pizza and beer so I think I would survive :) Here's to hoping that I make it home tomorrow with no delays or cancellations, or at least before Thanksgiving!

If you are an Elf4health how are your challenges going?

Does anyone else have bad luck when it comes to traveling?

• I try to avoid flying as much as possible because of this!