This morning I got up at 6:30, read my scriptures and then headed out to my friend Pam’s house for a run together.  I ate my breakfast in the car of Greek Yogurt and strawberries.

We went down to a little park by her house and ran 2 minutes and walked 1 for 40 minutes.  I was exhausted and my face was bright red for hours. This is not typical interval training for FYM.  Holly would say anything I could do for more than 1 minutes was too easy a move.  And especially if I could keep it up for more than 15 minutes.  I will say after 15 minutes I was ready to die, but Pam kept me moving.  I was going for fellowship and some extra endurance–I got it.

I drove from Pam’s house to North Kansas City to pick up a Craigslist item for  Heather’s bedroom remodel surprise for her birthday.  I wish I had taken a snack with me!  At least I had water

Once I got home I grabbed a homemade protein bar and a banana.  And then showered and picked up my girls from swimming lessons.  I’m glad that Darren could drop them off this morning!

Lunch was leftover rice and beef from yesterday.  With a side of baby carrots.

Snack: Around 2pm I took Heidi out shopping to try to find a more modest swimming suit. (No Luck :(. Looks like I’m going to have to sew one for her.)

I knew I was donating plasma in an hour so I ate half a MetRX power bar to help fuel my body.  If I don’t eat enough on plasma days it can take me several days to recover and I mostly lay around.  I can’t afford to do that this time.  Also I made sure to exercise before the appointment since it’s not recommended for at least 4 hours afterwards.  I had a special coupon that gave me $80 for this visit which is double the normal fee.  The money is all going towards Heather’s bedroom remodel :). She’ll be 10 in a few weeks and I can’t wait to surprise her.

Dinner:  By the time I got home from Plasma it was dinner time and I was starving.  So I ate the rest of the power bar.  Then I could cook.

I grilled 7 chicken breasts seasoned with lemon pepper on our Foreman grill and saved one for myself. Then I boiled up some cheap Alfredo pasta packets for the family and cut up their chicken into it.  Once the grill was clean I put the brussels sprouts on sprinkled with lemon pepper.  I grilled them 8 minutes, then microwaved them for 3 minutes more until they were crisp tender and still smoky flavored.

I’ll have to admit halfway through my chicken breast I found a vein and that ruined me on it.  I gave the rest to Darren.  But I sure enjoyed my sprouts and salad.  (The Sprouts were from Aldi in their fresh produce section.  I had never seen them there before–a pleasant surprise.  They would have been good with butter, but that was 2 flights of stairs down from my attic kitchen and didn’t feel worth it, lol.)