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WIAW – Dad’s for Dinner

08/21 by Leigha 5 Comments

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
MIMM - A Bit of Everything

Hey everyone! It’s a great day because it’s WIAW! i.e. my favorite day of the week. These are Monday’s eats!

Breakfast

I came home from cross country and I couldn’t even do 8 minute abs because I was so. hungry. I didn’t eat breakfast before practice which wasn’t one of my best ideas… I barely made it home. So I had toast, then did 8 minute abs, then had a green smoothie. It was a big deal that I changed my routine and ate before 8 minute abs! And since I was so rushed I didn’t take a picture… so here’s yesterday’s breakfast, the exact same thing, just eaten at once πŸ˜‰

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Lunch

I ate lunch around 3 (due to my lake breakfast). Then I found out we were going to my dad’s for dinner, and I started getting stressed. What if I don’t like what’s for dinner? What if I’m not hungry? I felt so bad. I hated the feeling I had.

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I now get cheese.. and mayo on my sub! πŸ˜€

Eventually it went away and I wanted dinner. We went over there to have chicken and pork chops on the grill. Nothing I really wanted, but I made a compromise. I’d take a chicken breast and make a salad!

Dinner

I had a nice time at dinner and enjoyed my time there! I made this salad, and it was soΒ good. Also we had some steamed garden fresh broccoli on the side πŸ˜€

salad

It was that good, I made it again for dinner last night πŸ˜‰

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It was fun hanging out at Dad’s, especially since I got to drive the dune buggy!

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Today I’m off to go hiking at Pictured Rocks with the altar servers from church! See ya later! πŸ˜€

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
MIMM - A Bit of Everything

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  1. Liz @ The Girl on Fire Now says

    08/21 at 10:55 am

    I wish I could drive a dune buggy … πŸ™‚

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    • Leigha says

      08/21 at 7:33 pm

      It so fun! πŸ˜€

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  2. alex@vegginout says

    08/21 at 11:13 am

    That salad looks sooooo yummy and colorful! Love it!
    I used to try to not eat before my runs because I didn’t think it would sit well, but I now find that if I don’t have anything before I run, I get terrible side cramps and come back ready to eat the entire kitchen! Thankfully I’ve learned my lesson and always grab something as I head out the door πŸ˜‰

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  3. Joy says

    08/23 at 1:18 am

    I can’t really run or do my workouts on an empty stomach. I usually have an apple at least… Salad looks really good by the way!

    Reply
    • Leigha says

      08/23 at 3:42 pm

      I only can if they’re super early in the morning. Thank you! πŸ˜€

      Reply

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