Food conversations at Target

Boy, what a busy Monday it was for me at work. I was running around non-stop. Just when the fax machine would go off (I get most of the faxes), the phone would ring, or a new e-mail would come in.

Luckily, meditating really has seemed to help me control my stress levels at work and also helps me think more clearly. I am sure it has helped in many other ways too!

I started off my Monday with Stonyfield French Vanilla yogurt, berries, and chia seeds. This filled me up!



I snacked on an iced coffee and a string cheese at work mid-morning.

I had a big salad with spinach, feta, and red peppers, topped with Italian dressing for lunch. I also had some baby carrots and a vanilla activia.



After eating and reading some blogs, I started The Hunger Games. Craig has been reading it on his kindle, but he's a slower reader than me and I couldn't wait to read it!



So, I picked it up from the library just in time for our upcoming trip up north, where we will be doing lots of reading. I wanted to get a head start on it so I can get into a bit before we are at the cottage. Hope it's a good read! I like it so far.

A Target trip was in order after work. I got out my "All Out Of" list and coupons and was ready to conquer my list! I was on a mission to get some essentials, a few food items, and to use up some coupons! Love my coupons! I actually never bought a coupon organizer from etsy in the end. I just use this cute and cheery Clinique cosmetic bag and filled it with labeled envelopes full of coupons. It works perfectly!



While at Target, I heard one interesting food related conversation and participated in one. I overheard a young mom say to her two boys that she wasn't buying them scooby fruit snacks because those particular fruit snacks had artificial ingredients in them. She told them, "you wouldn't understand, but I buy things that are natural and I read the labels to make sure certain packaged foods are good choices." They kind of whined and then she said, "you'll understand someday." I smiled at her as she said this and thought to myself, what a good mom!

The food conversation I participated in was at the checkout. My cashier saw that I was buying cheap balsamic vinegar. Even though it is from Italy, I am sure it's nothing special. I just needed some to make salad dressing with and to drizzle on my quinoa. She recommended Oro di Oliva in Wauwatosa. She was so excited to share the details of how you can taste conventional olive oil and vinegar vs. Oro di Oliva's and really taste the difference! I'll have to check it out soon.

When I got home from Target, I found this lovely package on our back door step! I kind of squealed with joy upon seeing it! I am sampling five different flavors of Food Should Taste Good chips. The company was also generous enough to give five bags to a lucky reader. I'll post that giveaway a week from today on the 18th, so check back then if you love these chips as much as I do!



We'll definitely be sampling those up north too! Craig is a major chip eater, while I tend to only care for these more healthy ones and pita chips. :) I told him he can't scarf down all of these bags, I must sample them for the blog!

Dinner tonight was boring frozen pizza. I had a larabar at work before leaving, so I wasn't too hungry. I needed to eat something quickly before heading to the gym.



At the gym, I biked for a half hour while reading an old issue of Health magazine. They showed a drawing of the Bulgarian Split Squat and I decided to try it out when I was done biking.

If you haven't seen this move before, here is what it looks like:



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I enjoyed doing this exercise and will definitely incorporate it into my gym routine more often.

It's almost bedtime, so time for me to sign off. Hope you had a good Monday.