Wednesday Smorgasbord

I must be lucky...I have just received my second giveaway prize in the mail, and another on the way (Krema PB!)! Today I received the Pure Organics prize from this sweetie of a blogger (her blog is HILARIOUS if you're looking for some new blog material!). For my morning snack I had the Apple Cinnamon mini Pure Organics bar and let me just say....yummmm!

Ingredients: organic dates, organic apples, organic agave nectar, organic walnuts, organic cashews, organic almonds, organic rice protein concentrate, organic minerals, organic cinnamon.

To Allison and Andrea: 

I JUST went to the post office...your Newman's Own Oraganic products are on their way! 

Sally from NOO and I have been in communication and I pleased to hear that both Akins and Whole Foods stores near me carry NOO products. I just hope they carry the hermits...!! NOO is such a wonderful company, I feel so blessed to have come across such wonderful people and products!

Last night, husband and I split dinner duty as I had boot camp. As to not be eating dinner at 10pm, husband was in charge of making wild rice. He did pretty good...maybe a bit more stirring action was needed, but hey...I'm not complaining!

Look at that wild rice...goooooigeous!! It was so nutty and rich in flavor.

 

I had a virgin cocktail last night...Baja Bob's (sugar-free) Pina Colada! What can I say, I was craving it!

 

My contribution to dinner was Biggest Loser "Fried" Chicken....always a good choice!

And on my wild rice...nutritional yeast! It was really good!

 

And a fresh field greens salad : )

Some of my "regulars" brought me a little gift yesterday (I know, not supposed to accept gifts from patients...but it was FOOD!) -- POPS CHIPS! Besides Terra veggies chips, I'm very "take'em or leave'em" when it comes to crunchy, salty snacks. Pops Chips, however, are pretty much amazing! They're a cross-over between a rice cake and a potato chip -- 100 calories per serving! And supposedly my local Target carries them, so keep your eye out! Sorry I don't have a picture, husband was on a rampage last night cleaning away.

Same goes for my LARABAR wrapper (doesn't husband know by now that I'm not throwing out my trash because I'm lazy but rather, because I'm a blogger! Doh, hubby!). I tried the Peanut Butter Cookie Larabar and it was pretty incredible. The apple pie was good, but the peanut butter cookie was phenom.

And as a marathon runner, I have to address Biggest Loser last night. Lame.

60 days to train for a marathon? Who in their right mind finds that feasible? Safe? Fun? Not me. Not a doctor. Not a personal trainer. These people are still obese and NO body is made to run 26.2 miles. Each of my marathons have required 4 1/2 MONTHS of training and I barely survived the second race. I dunno, just really not "smart" on The Biggest Loser's part.

And to quote one of my patient's on Danny's 59-pound weight loss in 60 days: "That aint safe." I have such a love/hate relationship with that show, but no doubt will I be tuned in to the finale next week.
Will youu?

Does anyone have any favorite healthy holiday cookie recipes? 

My taste testing at work next week is holiday cookies and I actually don't have any tried and true cookie recipes! Anyone???

My neighborhood was decked out to the extreme in lights yesterday (Dec. 1st...makes sense). So I ask...

What are you ask for from Santa this Christmas?

Husband and I purchased a treadmill as our gift to one another (I mean from Santa...). So excited!

Happy Hump Day!

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