A Taste of Sparkle

First off, flowers of the week! (Late in the week, yes, but oh well!) They are Gerbera daisies – they were beautiful in the Co-op and who I am to resist my favorite flower?

Good news, I went to the doctor today and I do not have strep! The bad news, if I’m still not feeling well in a week, she wants me to come back to test for mono. Hopefully I’m feeling better by then, especially because I have to get on with my half-marathon training! I’m getting sick of putting off runs.

Speaking of exercise this week, so far I haven’t run, but I’ve gone to the gym twice. I went on Monday, took yesterday off due to feeling quite sick, and went today to get in some hill walking and weights. I’m feeling better right now though, so as long as I’m feeling this good or better tomorrow, I’m looking forward to a run. I definitely will be doing my long run on Saturday.

This week at my nutritionist appointment, we were trying to figure out a snack that would last me from when I have breakfast (around 8 am) to when I get out of class for lunch (2 pm) – that’s a long time! I only have 10 minutes in between each class, which I spend actually walking to the next class, so I don’t really have time to stop and snack. So she suggested protein bars.

I have been avoiding protein bars for a little while now because I’d rather get my nutrients from whole foods, but it’s not looking like that’s going to be possible for my morning snack. So, what did I do? I went shopping!

This morning, I tried an old favorite: a Zone bar. I had it at 10 (I had breakfast early today, at 7) and it kept me pretty full with its 14 grams of protein. I was hungry for lunch, but not so hungry that it was difficult to pay attention in my last class, which has been happening recently. So I am excited to continue with this protein bar experiment and test all these lovely samples. We’ll see if any of them beats the Zone bar!