Curse You Core Fusion And Cameras!

Thanks for your advice on my vegetarian struggles. I'm not sure if it's just a temporary thing that will pass or if it's something that a piece of chicken wouldn't clear up right away. Most of you suggested eating high quality, grass fed meat and I agree with that. If I were to eat meat, that would be what I'd do. Even when I ate meat, I didn't eat it very often. Maybe once a week? Eating it once in a while wouldn't be a bad thing. I'm not ready to throw in the towel just yet. I'm going to try getting more creative in the kitchen and looking for more recipes online. Thanks to those of you who commented and emailed me with restaurants that cater specifically to vegetarians. I think hitting those up once in a while will help as well. After thinking about it more, I've realized that it's the whole label thing I'm struggling with. Why do we do that to ourselves? We're vegetarian, flexatarian, pescatarian, vegan, etc...I think we should just be. On the other hand, having a label is easier than having to explain to someone, "Well, I eat meat, but only grass fed, high quality meat and only once a month on Tuesdays when there's a half moon." I guess labels are okay :)

This morning's workout was my third time with Core Fusion. It was the toughest one so far. I thought it would get easier with time, but I guess it all depends on how your body feels that day. There are so many variables that go into how you feel during a workout. You can never tell how it's going to go. It's always an adventure! I struggle the most during the leg workouts of Core Fusion. It was so difficult this time around that I was cursing at the television! Good thing I'm not in a class. I'd feel bad if I cursed at a real person during a workout. I'm glad the workout is still challenging me though. It would suck if it were easy after just a few times. I was planning on going to the gym to use the elliptical after work, but once I got home I didn't feel like going out again. I did Cheryl Burke's Disco Abs instead. I love that workout! It's so fun and silly. I think I burned more calories doing that instead of the elliptical anyway. I really get into it...I'm a fool.

Tonight I was craving the shuttle salad from Fat Cat. I cried to Julie about it over email and she suggested creating my own at home So that's what I did. Thanks Julie! I used what I had on hand so it wasn't the shuttle salad exactly, but it worked. I didn't have shrimp so I used a Quorn Burger, I used feta instead of goat cheese, and I used raisins instead of dried cranberries. Unfortunately, when I went to upload the picture, I deleted it! I thought it had transferred from my camera to the computer, so I hit delete on the picture. Then the program said, "no new pictures found." I stink! Here's a picture of the salad I recreated from Fat Cat:



Just imagine a cut up Quorn burger instead of the shrimp. I'm sorry guys! I was so excited about my salad too :(

I hope you guys had a great day and thanks again to Shelley for sharing her struggles in her guest post this morning. I'm off to watch The Daily Show. I wonder what it says about me that I have a crush on Jon Stewart and Stringer Bell. Anyway, goodnight all!

What dish have you recreated from a restaurant?