Healthier, Happier, B

This is my favorite creami I’ve ever made omg

It’s a cookies and cream flavor!

205 cal / 20g protein for the vanilla ice cream base + one serving of sf dark chocolate chips mix in

- .5 cup Fairlife fat free milk

- 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

- half scoop of Quest vanilla milkshake protein powder

- 7g sf vanilla pudding mix

- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

- a lil salt

Let freeze overnight.

Ran some errands really quickly after work and now it’s dinner time!

334 cal, 39g protein, and 24g protein

After this I’m picking out a new book and probably having half of my vanilla ninja creami pint

Afternoon snack 🍓 looking forward to 5pm! It’s going to be a quiet evening in on the couch for me, enjoying a new book and relaxing.

Lunchtime with Clay! He came home for lunch today and we enjoyed loaded carnitas bowls. I keep forgetting that it’s not Birria (we did that once and it’s beef, this is pork) 😅

Made homemade fries in the air fryer and topped with a little southwest queso 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

I’m also eating half an orange and some more watermelon.

Strawberry sweet roll for a snack later if I get hungry!

Dinner is Greek meatballs and lemon orzo.

Today’s outfit! Totally forgot I had this dress 😆 if the pink dress doesn’t work, I might wear this one to that work dinner in San Diego. Wearing a cute outfit to WFH always makes me happy and it’s so hot/humid outside that this is nice and breezy.

The sheets are in the wash and I moved our laundry to the bed so I’d be forced to hang it up lol

Trying to read more recently and I finished this one yesterday after being recommended it by a friend.

It was simultaneously hard to put down and I also felt let down by the ending. It was so nostalgic reading about small town GA as that’s where I grew up! I love the southern gothic style but I don’t think it quite met my expectations. I wasn’t a fan of the MC, I know people are flawed and this might be a realistic representation of someone, but she wasn’t very likable and it kept me from feeling connected to her story.

Breakfast 🍊🍉 also using up all of the bottles of water we had leftover from our trip.

Lunch is going to be loaded fries with Birria and cheese 🍟

It’s dumpling Monday! 🥟

I had 8 which is ≈ 385 cal, 48g of protein!

I’m up to 135g of protein for the day which is right on target.

I love baking things from scratch. These strawberry sweet rolls turned out so good!

My recipe made 12 and each of them is 164 cal, 10.3g protein, and 29.6g fiber 🍓 not as much protein as a protein bar but much more delicious, higher in fiber, and feels satiating in a way that little bars don’t.

This is the dress I’m ordering! I have some brown sandals kinda similar to the ones the model is wearing.

My work dinner is at a waterfront venue in San Diego and the attire description is “comfortable, semi-casual attire suitable for a summer evening in San Diego.”

The dinner cuisine & theme is “aloha luau” so I thought this would be on brand, elevated enough to make a good impression, but still comfy with elements of my style. I’ve gotten the impression that my company is pretty casual and laid back but I still want to put effort into my outfit.

I’ve never met any of my coworkers in person before so I’m a little anxious.

Friday we’re doing pre-planned activities but I’m not sure what they’ll be yet.

I ordered 2 more backup options as well. I could always go shopping in person if I need to.

Meal prepped our Greek chicken meatballs and lemon orzo 🍋

I had 2 meatballs and some orzo for lunch. I know I’m going to want one of my strawberry sweet rolls when they’re done in about an hour so I’m saving room for that 🍓

Getting some steps in between meetings and webinars and catching up on Friday emails. My boss approved all of the drafts I sent over with only one small change request!! That felt amazing.

I’m at 6,281 steps.

I love vacation but I also love our life so much that it’s nice to come back and get into our everyday living and routines.

Chicken sausage, spinach, mushroom, feta, egg white wrap for breakfast with some salsa and watermelon 🍉

Hit the ground running this morning with my list. Laundry is running, Birria is in the crockpot, I put a face mask on right after my everything shower so it could be setting while I cooked up my mushrooms.

I think I’m going to try and have lunch by the pool, weather permitting. I have a webinar to attend for continuing education purposes from 10-11:30 so I might cook up the meatballs and orzo then 😅

I got back to my boss this morning and responded to his feedback already! Super easy. I think he and my other boss are actually road tripping to Seattle this week for the USA Australia game on Friday so I don’t expect to hear from him too much. Which is fantastic, it gives me plenty of time to be working on a couple campaigns I got the initial concepts approved for.

Back to our routines this morning with arm day 💪🏻

Woke up to a new LW?? Wasn’t expecting that after vacation but I guess I was on my period right before and ate pretty healthy during it.

Made it home with all our groceries! Thankfully got to Aldi like 30 min before closing.

Clay’s breakfast sandwiches are prepped + watermelon is cut up 🍉

Tomorrow will be prepping Birria in the crockpot, Greek chicken meatballs & orzo, and perhaps some cinnamon rolls. It’s been a while but they’re a lot of work so we will see.

My planned eats for tomorrow:

- chicken sausage breakfast wrap

- pancakes or waffles for lunch (or meatballs/orzo depending on when I prep it)

- dumplings for dinner